Set Back

I coped really well with the going on holiday and the potential nightmare of the help yourself dinner and breakfast buffets on the P&O boat from Hull to Zebrugge, and thought I was coping well with my strategy in France.

My strategy was to use every day bonus food for breakfast (0% fat yogurt and fruit) and zero check lunches (vegetable soups) with a slice of bread. I did treat myself to a lovely pastry each day after my Scottish Slimmers PEP dinner.

We did eat out on the Thursday - at the lunch in the village square. We had a soup, boudin noir and apples, pork and chestnuts, cheese, and apple tart with wine, french bread and coffee. We also eat out on the Friday for lunch and the Saturday for dinner (in Calais as we were on our way home).

I think the Calais dinner probably did the bulk of the damage as I had a 4 course dinner which was a heavy meal: 2 pate starter, mussells in white wine, chicken in red wine (half a chicken) and fruit tart. We obviously had wine and coffee. My stomach felt so heavy afterwards I could not sleep!! Served me right!!

When I weighed myself on the Monday for my phone in the scales hovered between 6 and 7lbs gain - I took pity on myself and took the 6lb gain reading. The good thing is that I did phone my dietline and admit my gain, I did not run away from it.

I have learnt that I cannot let up at all on myself and must learn to cope with social and out of the ordinary situations. Even better planning!

After 2 days in the car travelling back from France my legs and knees were swollen and uncomfortable, so some of the weight gain is water retention but this was not helped by travelling up to Scotland the very next day for the start of my working week.

I did not cope so well at the beginning of this week - Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday were bad days for extra checks (all counted though). My downfall? Chocolate - Frys Orange cream bars, Lees Macaroon bars and plain Bounty bars! I went looking for the Lees Macaroon bar and stumbled across the Frys Orange bar (which you cannot get in England). The Lees Macaroon bar reminds me of being a little girl growing up in Scotland and was always an extra special treat - I wanted to treat myself.

I always find it hard coming back from holiday. I love our French house so much and really just want to stay there to make my life, but financial instability makes that just a dream. By Thursday (yesterday) I found I was back on track and starting to feel more positive again. This is helped by hubby having an interview lined up next week, so things may be looking up financially for a change. If hubby gets a good position then I can drop my working down and get back on track to study my holistic therapies - my next course I want to do is Indian Head Massage.

Lets hope that the pounds are dropping again by next Monday.

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