Despite a two-week hiatus in my weight management efforts (Christmas, Boxing Day, New Year's and many-a-day in between) I miraculously lost an entire kilogram at my latest weigh-in! I had been bobbing around the 68kg mark, weighing in at 68.1kg two days before Christmas. But lo and behold, yesterday the scales tipped in my favour and screamed '67' at me!
An entire turkey, and entire ham, two entire boxes of truffles, an entire lamb on a spit, kilograms of potatoes, litres and litres of wine - all consumed by me during my week of shame. And yet I'm all the lighter for it!
I blame (congratulate) two things:
Firstly, my charming beau purchased me some very fancy scales as my Christmas present, which calculate body fat, muscle, bone density and hydration, as well as weight, and how many KCal you can eat per day to maintain your current weight. I bit the bullet and weighed myself after Christmas, and the damage wasn't that bad. Knowledge IS power, I guess... Brilliant!
Secondly, we were entertaining an international guest and ended up doing a lot of activities, including shopping, beaching and climbing to the waterfall you see above.
I often forget that just because I might not count something (ie. an extra mouthful, or an extra stroll around the block), it doesn't mean my body doesn't remember! Just because I went AWOL and didn't count points (reallllly) for two weeks, doesn't mean my body wasn't doing the tallying for me. And apparently my good habits are starting to become ingrained, finally, after 8 months of counting points every day!
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