1066 All Stars

Day 4 - 4th September 2014

Food Log

Breakfast - Tea and Bran Flakes (with sultanas)

Lunch - Salad

Dinner - Southern Fried Chicken, Carrots, Broccoli, Cauliflower and Greens

Dessert - Yoghurt

In between meal snacks:

2 dry crackers

Apple

Half corn on the cob

Small potato salad

Thoughts and Feelings

* Feel like I'm getting into this now. still early days of course, this is only day 4 but I remain motivated. Previous dietary changes have failed as soon as the first day and, rather than resuming, I throw in the towel completely. Instead, I have reached the point where I would rather lose weight than eat a sugary snack.

* I even started to picture what it would be like to lose a bit of weight and that nice moment when other people notice.

* Short walk today, again impacted by needing to pop to the shops but also by having salad. This type of meal necessitates sitting down in the work kitchen, taking up 15-20 minutes of lunch. I may switch to sandwiches or something else I can eat at my desk, leaving the full hour available for walking.

* I bought some Snack A Jacks today. I wanted something else to eat in the morning that was low calories, low salt and, crucially, low sugar. That ruled out extra fruit or 'healthy' biscuits. Snack A Jacks have 0.4g salt and 0.2g sugar and are 40 calories each. I will need to be disciplined because I have had a tendency to gorge on them in the past (hence why I had resisted buying) but they seem a reasonable option.

* I also stocked up on veg for the evening meal, picking up broccoli, cauliflower, carrots and greens. I'll allow a small portion of potato or rice but the intention is to reduce evening carbs to a minimum.

* Feeling very hungry tonight (9pm as I write). Desire to eat remains outweighed by desire to slim.