As of this morning, the scales shifted 300 grams to 86.0 kgs. I'm 1 kg off my first goal of 85kgs.
It's a small loss, but I'm over the moon that the I've started losing weight. It's been a long, hard week, but it is starting to make a difference.
One of my key weightloss strategies is finding a way to make the time pass without eating.
There are plenty of reasons why we over-eat. For me it's sometimes out of habit, boredom or needing comfort. I don't over-eat because I'm hungry, that's for certain.
My best technique for getting to the next meal without snacking is re-directing myself to something else to do. There's always housework, but if that feels like too much of a punishment, I might try a beauty treatment, like a face mask or painting my nails. Light exercise is also a good option, it has to be something that engages the brain - TV doesn't seem to switch off the urge to snack for me.
I'm not a 'small snacks and often' kind of girl. When I eat something, I like to feel like I've had a filling meal that will sustain me until my next meal. Snacks present me with the option of eating more than I should. If I have a biscuit, will I then decide that one is not enough and go for two or three. Before I know it, I've given myself permission to have a large snack and 300 extra calories I wouldn't have bothered with, if I had just set myself a no snacking regime.
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