Whilst I'm not a great one for sitting in a room full of other pudgy women, clapping like a sea lion when each one loses a few grams, I feel that support is vital if one is to succeed at weight loss.
Whilst I am very lucky to have an extremely supportive husband, he is great in the kitchen, and can make wonderful dinners out of virtually nothing, but therein lies the problem!
He was used to preparing meals at work for 5-9 burly men. Now it's just me and him. However the portion sizes are the same as they would be for the burly men.
I've managed to quit the cigs in the last 2 months (go me!) without a catastrophic weight gain, but when rifling through my wardrobe for something to wear, I came to the sad conclusion that I have lots of lovely clothes, but they're all too tight. I look like a badly drawn sausage in most of my tops. My trousers look like they holding a grudge against me and refuse to be comfortable!
Jeeze, I must have said this 1,000 times before, but I'm done with feeling like this.
I've done the cigarettes, that's behind me. It took willpower and determination to stop.
Now to be able to get back into my clothes again, or else I'll have to go to work in my pyjamas!
As someone who also has a cooking spouse, I found switching to a smaller plate really helped. No matter how much is cooked, my first portion won't stuff me to bursting, and if I'm still hungry at the end, I can always have a second helping.
ReplyDeleteGreat advice. I keep telling D to use a smaller plate for me, but he 'forgets'. I'm ok if I serve myself, but often dinner is plated for me and it's huge! xx
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