Week 5

14 stone 8lb 3/4

Fantastic news, I lost another 2 lb.

I did a stupid thing this week and weighed myself every day, the scales seemed to be getting higher and higher, at one point, I was up to 14 stone 12 lb. But instead of getting depressed, I thought that it must be because I've been lying on my bed all day in order to keep out of the way of the kitchen workmen but still be in the house. But I knew that I wasn't over eating, so I just thought, oh well, it'll come off next week when I start moving again.

However, my husband did warn me not to weigh myself every day, as it won't be an accurate reflection of what I have lost over the week.

Turns out he was right. What a lovely surprise when I got on the scales this morning.

Food motivation was 8 out of 10 this week.

I was DESPERATE for costco cakes this week, and to be honest, if I had some here right now, I'm pretty sure I'd eat a few for breakfast. But I didn't give in.

I did have some costco icecream this week and it was totally lovely.

I had alot of take outs because the kitchen was being fitted, but I didn't go mad on my portions.

Over the weekend, I did eat deliberately small quantities (small bunch grapes for breakfast, sandwich for lunch, burger mash and cucumber for dinner) As you can see, not exactly healthy choices, but I visit my sick Dad often, and just eat what my mum makes me.

I'm not going to turn into a diet bore. She cooked for me, I ate it gratefully. But it is possible to have a small portion of mash, one burger instead of two, and extra vegetables. However, I was hungry in the evening, so I had a banana too.

Exercise Motivation 5 out of 10

Like I said, I've been stuck in my room most of this week, which isn't conducive to exercise, couldn't do Wii as there were loads of cabinets in front of the TV and couldn't go swimming because couldn't find my costume. However, I could have walked or run up and down the stairs. However, I did make up for it over the weekend with lots of moving and shifting kitchen equipment back into the kitchen.

This week I aim to swim twice, clean the house more and walk to the shops at least twice.