Monday

Well I think blogging must be harder than dieting, I had a hell of a job getting into this again today!

Quite a good day so far, one of the hardest things for me; is to eat slowly, years of rushing through my meals are hard to break. Also I think the bit I read in one of my books last week (Geneen Roth) about what you want to eat has really made me think. She says when you start on this type of programme (mindful eating, no forbidden foods) you eat a lot of sweet stuff, because of all the years of depriving yourself of them. After a while, apparently, you can begin to tell what you really want to eat rather than what you 'think' you want! (If that makes sense?)

So today I have eaten two slices of toast, one with butter, and one with jam.

Half of an M and S pasta salad, and a cream slice, have saved the other for o/h, normally I would have scoffed them both and hidden the evidence!

I feel comfortable now, about 4 on the hunger scale; 0 is starving, 10 is stuffed. (Another really useful tool)