129.4lbs
Another Saturday check-in and I'm still under 130. I'm very pleased about this as I had a NWS day during the week. This was more of a NWS event than a whole day - I had 1 piece of cake after a buffet lunch - really not excessive
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Review of September
Positives:
Starting weight: 134lbs End weight: 129.2lbs Total loss 4.8lbs
I think that now means I've lost a whole stone in weight. I was about 144 when I started No S, although I didn't write it down officially anywhere.
I am so pleased with the way I look - I am wearing clothes I bought a year ago after losing at ww. However, I quickly put the weight back on and have never worn some of them until now!
I feel so healthy and I have so much more energy. I run up and down stairs at work - people turn round and look at me as if I'm mad
I know my mood is better - I am calmer and more rational and I am convinced that is down to withdrawal from sugar.
I find it easy to resist sweet things during the week. I was hungry during the week and the only things around were chocolate bars. It didn't occur to me to eat them - I wanted proper food. I sit in meetings 4-5 times a week with biscuits on the table and don't even think about touching them. People comment on this - 'you're so good' etc - sometimes it takes me a minute to register what they mean because I haven't even noticed that biscuits are there!
And this is me - who could never resist sweet food 6 months ago. I would eat chocolate, biscuits, cake all day long.
I love my new job. I don't know if 1 month in is too soon to say this - maybe it's still the honeymoon period - but I feel as though I've found my niche. It is absorbing, challenging, interesting and every day is different.
I am very solution focused and this is a huge aspect of my job, which is why it suits me, I think. It's also one of the things I love about NO S - it's a solution focused eating plan
Challenges:
I'm hungry during the day. I have breakfast at 7, lunch at 1ish, and dinner is sometimes not until 8pm because the girls have new routines, too. Because I'm more active in my job I start to get hungry about 11ish. I am not eating - and I know I can cope with the hungry feeling, but I think I will try adding more food to my meals in the form of fruit and veg. These are a bit difficult to eat because of my braces - but I'll try a few things.
Fitting in all the work I have to do is a challenge. I am out of the house from 7.15 until 5.30 most days. I then do another couple of hours of work in the evening and I work most of Sunday. I'm just keeping my head above water and I need to find ways of working that will give me some free time, but will mean that I do the work properly. I have spoken to my manager and we are looking at ways of freeing up some time during the day - but I don't know if that will happen yet.
Because of the long hours I have to work hard to keep the routines going around the house, but I think I need to ask for more help with this. My family has been used to me being here and taking charge of everything, but they need to start taking the intiative. I really am not the only person who can empty the tumble drier
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My long hours mean that I worry that my youngest is not getting the attention she needs. I need to make sure she gets some attention every day and that we do something special with her at weekends.
Ditto my husband.
My oldest one is 16 next week. She is growing up and growing away and it is breaking my heart. I know she needs to be independent. I know she is sensible and responsible - she has a good head on her shoulders and can always be trusted. I know I can't keep her as a little girl - I have to let go. I can feel my reaction to her being sharp sometimes because I want to keep her with me instead of letting her do things and go places - I need to remember to 'hold, don't grasp' - and that way she will want to be with me sometimes. I think this is the hardest time of all - way harder than potty training or sleepless nights.
I'm worried about my husband's health. His uncle, who he physically resembles, died suddenly last week of a massive heart attack at 57. His own father - my husband's grandfather - died similarly at 55. My husband is overweight (not massively- but enough) and drinks more than he should. His mother and I have a plan to get him to look after his health - but it will be hard going.
A long review of September - but there have been many changes. Personally the changes are mainly positive, but I need to make sure that the impact is positive on everything else as well. October will bring its own challenges as I start my Masters this month (a requirement of my new job).
This long review has helped me to think quite a few things through and to try to find some solutions. If anyone managed to get to the end (without losing the will to live) and wants to offer any solutions - I'll gladly listen.
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