Day 2 has been challenging, because the day didn't go as I expected. Colleagues suggested going for an imrpomptu drink in the park after work, as the weather was lovely and sunny. And I don't want this healthy regime to restrict me from doing things like that, else what's the point of life, so I decided to go. Unfortunately as well as wine though, there were loads of snacks! But I managed to stick to two small glasses of wine and the healthy crudite style snacks, and resist the crisps / cheese (except one cube) / bread! Not too bad.
Am home now having eaten roast chicken with green beans and just a couple of potatoes for dinner. Dying for a chocolate-y desert but it will put me over 1600 cals which is my daily target. Don't plan on calorie counting in the long run, but I think it's a good idea to do it for a while just to get me aware of what a reasonable amount of food per day consists of. ie not what I was eating before!
The impromptu drinks also meant that my exercise plan for today went out the window, so will have to make the effort to do something extra tomorrow. And, tomorrow evening I have a dinner party to go to, so am going to have to think carefully about how I will manage that, what is and isn't reasonable etc.
Is anyone else on myfitnesspal? My username there is riverboat83 if anyone wants to add me.
Congrats on the exercise Dingle! I know what you mean about the weight creeping up, I had always been 10 stone pretty much since I was a teenager no matter whether I exercised and ate healthy, or ate what I wanted and did nothing. But over the last year or so that 10 stone has crept up to 10,6 - which scares me a little as it doesn't show signs of stopping, and all the women in my family have a tendancy to balloon in their 30's and 40's!
Welcome and good luck wizzler and overit.