Calorie Counting and Intuitive Eating Saturday, May 19 2007 

At the moment I am using the Calorieking software to work out what I am going to eat plus trying to get a new attitude to food using intuitive eating concepts. This is where you listen to your body and only eat when you are hungry then just eat enough to be satisified but not full. I have a book called intuitive eating on reserve from the library. I should be able to get that next week… in the meantime I have a book called Diet No More that I got from a huge secondhand book sale. I really related to it, it described some of my thought patterns that I go through. No food is good or bad, just eat what will satisfy. It also says to throw away the scale but I can’t bring myself to do that. I still get weighed every day.

 I have given up Curves. I wasn’t enjoying it. Instead I am trying to walk to town a lot more…

Trying to lose weight before the weigh-in tomorrow Wednesday, May 9 2007 

I have tried really hard today, I have to lose 900 grams before tomorrows weigh-in. I have been to Curves and I have cut my calories. I’ll see what the scale says tomorrow!

Worked out 5 times at Curves Saturday, Apr 28 2007 

Well, I have worked out 5 times at Curves so far and I am really enjoying it! The machines are fairly easy to use, I find the ones that work the upper body easier and I enjoy them more. The ones that work my stomach and side muscles, my body doesn’t like one bit! They are so weak but hopefully they will gain strength in the next few weeks. I am finding it much easier to go up hills. I have to climb a steep hill twice a day to take and meet my son at the bus stop when he goes to school and it is much easier since I have been doing Curves. My weight this morning was 110.7 which is lower than I have been for ages!

 I have had my breakfast and lunch today with no Morning Tea. I will have an apple for afternoon tea and I will have vegetable soup for dinner which I made a couple of days ago!