Salt.... is the devil

Well.. my plan seemed to pay off.

Even though my points for last week were very much over what they should be... my change in diet in general for the week plus the extra exercise paid off.

I lost 1.5kg.

I definitely must have been retaining water because of the salt the week before.... man... I had so much. argh.

This last week I have incorporated more fruit, more veg and rather than snacks such as vege chips or an LCM bar, I've had better alternatives that also keep me fuller for longer.  Such as a crispbread with ham, cheese, sundried tomatoes and marinated mushrooms.... so good and much better than a cereal bar or chips.

So I'm at roughly...35 down from my highest at the moment... 18 in total since I started WW (in 16 weeks) an average loss of 1.2kg a week.

I am keen to see my Mum in September when she gets here (she is currently doing around Aus trip with her H2B) and if I can keep up the average then I should be lighter then she has seen me in a good 10 or MORE years.... since high school probably.

Crazy....  I put it all down to tracking!

Okay.. so it's time to slap me on the wrist...

I went on a mission to reduce my salt intake this week and eat better foods... I got fruits, reduced salt stuff... have stayed away from the salt shaker and have taken decent wholesome foods to work as snacks... none of this le snack, vege chips and LCM bars crap...

I do so well until after dinner time... and then I crave something sweet... and for some reason the last few days when I've gone to do the desert thing... I've chosen the wrong things... because they are just there.... and like... did you know that those little snack apple pie things are like 6.5 points???? OMG it killed me! Even with sugar free ice cream!

I went for a long walk with Bella the other day and I'm going for a walk tonight.. and planning to go for another walk tomorrow night... as well as saving points from today and tomorrow in hopes that I can gain about 10-12 points back for my week (4 each day from less foods and 1.5-2pts per day from exercise)

Soooo....cross my fingers that I can at least lose 100g coz at least that will mean that I haven't put on.... I don't want a downward spiral to start... and I'm not the strongest person when it comes to my emotional side of weight loss.

So, wish me luck...

And I've noticed that people are coming to my blog and not following... is it because I'm naughty?  Or am I just boring as bat shit? :)

Salt...salt....soooooo effin good....

After a loss of 500g this week, I think I need to massivly reduce my salt in-take.

I know I can do better.

Anything above 500g I'd be happy with. I'm still happy... but I'm sure there are steps I can take to improve it.

Last week I had massive amounts of salt.

Mash a few times. With Salt.
several Cup-a-Soups ....saltyyyyy
Kiev... I'm sure lots of salt in that...
Le Snaks... surprisingly high in Salt...
1/2 a cheeseburger....(at 1 am driving home from a party where I ate minimal chippies) um. salt?
fish... floured.... yep, I added salt.
chicken nuggets... salt.
chippolata (mini sausage)... salt....
baked potato... with reduced salt butter (and yep, LOTS OF SALT hahahaha)
chinese.... so has to be plenty of salt in that...

Ok, so not great food choices... but keep in mind my portions were really tiny...

So... I have been writing a list of stuff to get at the supermarket that I can buy to try and reduce my salt in-take. Hopefully this will help me get a better loss next week.  Although, as long as I keep on moving down I'll be happy. As soon as I stall or put on I will be sooooooooo angry/sad/mad/emotional.

I'll soon be a teenager again...

I'm so close to the teens I can smell it.

I can't even remember the last time my second number was a one.

I DEFINITELY can't remember the last time I was double digits... but that's still a little far away yet... but I'll be able to smell that soon.

The teens.... wow... Just the thought of it is making me giddy.  I remember being in the 120's, but just.... ugh... the teens!!!!!!!!! englkjeanbkjeanbkjsandbkjnafbabg

700g down last week.... weigh in again tomorrow.

My week has been OK I suppose. I had a really low day last Thursday, almost fell off my graph it was so low... but I've tried to even it out in hopes that I might get that 'lacky band' effect where it kicks my metabolism a bit.

Either it will go good or bad.... or OK.

I can deal with OK. ;D

1.5kg the week before last and 1.1kg last thursday for my losses since my last update.

I seriously can't believe how well this is all working out for me now that I am using WW as a steady ground.

Since writing down everything I eat, I have found it equally as easy to eat to many points as it is to not eat enough points... having a number to follow every day is making sure I eat enough on the days I don't want much, and making sure I don't over eat on crappy stuff on the days where I could easily have too much.

I seriously urge anyone out there that may be struggling with a lapband to consider using the WW points as a base.  I definitely couldn't do this without the band, but the points factor is definitely keeping my weight going down.

It's all about "knowing" :)