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End of week 17 - 27th December

Starting weight - 12st 4lb

Last weight - 11st 

New weight - 11st 3lbs

Comments

* As expected, a slight increase. I was conscious of wanting to relax my diet enough to feel like I had enjoyed Christmas, rather than building up any resentment. In the end, I found that the conflict fell the other way. I relaxed my diet but wanted to be stricter.

* I tried to find balance wherever possible. The big Christmas lunch was offset by a modest dinner, a pattern repeated today. I allowed indulgences, helping myself to choccies from the box and sharing a bag of onion rings.

* Having reached 11st, there is a part of me that can't help but regret the weight increase. But having got there once, I can do it again. The Christmas weight gain is a reasonable blip, once the routine kicks back in again in the new year - which it will - I have no doubt that I will quickly shed any excess picked up over this time.

* Christmas brings into focus a number of mental health issues. When I feel ready, I will blog about them in detail but one thing is clear. As much as I may have changed, the world hasn't. The hardest part of recovery from mental illness is that most other people do not understand the journey that I have been, and continue to, travel.