Hi Combat Queen. Well I have basically just been watching my diet and upped my exercise since just before Xmas so about 4-5 weeks. I had lost 4.5kg and have put 0.5kg back on I think (don't have great scales). I haven't been counting calories but have given up junk food at work which accounted for at least 2 packs of choc biscuits a week (I know -OMG right?). And I have just been trying to eat pretty normally apart from that. I usually have cereal in the morning with soy milk but might have an egg or something instead, I have salad or a sandwich for lunch and for dinner whatever DH cooks but usually pretty healthy like tomato pasta, curry etc. Rarely creamy things but sometimes a lot of starchy vegies. We dont eat meat but I do eat other proteins like soy, nuts etc. I have two cups of coffee a day with soy milk (low fat) and 1 sugar and might snack on vegies or fruit during the day but no more than MT and AT (not a whole watermelon or anything!). or sometimes some rice crackers. I admit to some chocolate at night but strictly limited to 2 squares. For exercise I play indoor soccer (approx 30 mins of stop and start sprinting), cycle to work 2xwk (40 mins return trip) and have added one jog to my schedule from last week. I currently weigh 80kg.
Having resisted hot chips 3 times in the last 1.5 weeks when others have been eating them in front of me I feel a bit ripped off I have put on weight this week. Maybe I need to have a closer look at what I am eating.
I did put my 12 week challenge into 3 week goals and this coming week I am supposed to increase my exercise and meet another diet goal (takeaway only once a week but I am already meeting that anyway and my takeaway was pretty healthy).
What do you think?