may I tell you a secret?

Day 30
Thanks.
This. This was supposed to be easy. Oh, sure- I was going to be hungry. I was going to be jealous of the people eating cakes in the staff room, my family having lovely meals for dinner.  But that was ok! I was going to be losing weight! Five pounds a week! And that [...]

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Day 6

Nightmare:  A family of five moving from a huge 4 bedroom Victorian house, with lots of storage space, to a cramped three bedroom modern house. With almost NO storage space.
And since we have moved in- the twisty thing for the blinds on the side door has broken and fallen off, the bathroom light pull has [...]

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day 3.

I’ve got 50 calories left to spend, today. There are Oreo’s at home. I could have two. And maybe a dark chocolate finger as well.
Or I could have another orange.
Decisions, decisions.
update: I had the orange.

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Day Two

Ok, I know. Technically it’s not day two anymore. But since the sun hasn’t risen yet and I haven’t yet had my morning 250ml. of smoothie, I figure it’s still ok to post a day two update.
Today was the first time I have ever weighed my food. I could have just had the 1/2 can [...]

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Day 1

Well, the first day is never the hardest is it? I did pretty well keeping to my 500 calories, ignored the call of the Oreo’s. I felt…slightly peckish all day, but was never “starving”. When I found myself getting hungry, it was just about time for lunch or dinner so it was ok.
I did cheat [...]

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Let’s call the whole thing off…

I dread going into sandwich shops. Which is irritating. Normally I’m hungry, with a hungry family in tow. Trying to get everyone’s orders, worrying about parking and whether I’ll need cash or if my card will be ok,  which kids get to come in and which stay in the car and then suddenly I’m standing [...]

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