One of the girls in the office had a birthday boy and a bit of white wine, cheese and 2 packs of hoola-hoops jumped the queue. It’s very important to keep your cool and not start blaming yourself for adding extra calories to your perfectly-going-so-far diet. On many previous occasions (let’s say 90%) I felt guilty and considered the whole diet effort so far has been in vain. In the next hour or so I was taking my pizza, chips and sweets containing fix. Afterwards I would feel worse than before the Big Eat. I bet you have been in my shoes too.

I have come to realise what I was doing was completely wrong. If you “make a mistake” and taste the “forbidden fruit” (why some things become so appealing when you start your diet thing – I don’t know. Maybe it has a relation to the mysterious sleepy condition I was going into when I had to prepare for an exam as a student in the university. Bear in mind that I have never slept during the day, except for when I was a baby, I suppose) don’t start blaming yourself but think “OK, I’ve had a few more calories than the usual at this time of day. No problem – I will eat less calories during my next meal (or even spread the calories over the next 2 or 3 meals). If I cannot do that, I can do some extra exercise – e.g. walk an extra couple of miles/spend 30 min more on the treadmill. Easy!” You can even your favourite junk food on a regular basis as long as you:

  1. Chew the food over 30 times before it goes to your stomach
  2. Eat it during the day

Day 4

Morning weight: 103 kg

Food: cheerios with soya milk, pineapple juice,  espresso, coke 500ml, pita bread with pate, choriso sausage, cheese spread, tomato, 20g mature cheddar cheese, 100 ml white wine, 2 packs of hoola-hoops snacks, banana, fried salmon with boiled potatoes and vegetables. Total calories – ??? I am still missing a few. Will update.

Exercise: None. Must start running on the treadmill from tomorrow. Again :-)