Easter Sunday at Mum's

We all get together on Easter Sunday every year at Mum's house, my siblings and me. There are five of us, one nephew and a couple of partners. So yesterday it was quite a full house and really good craic. Mum cooks an absolute feast and we all eat too much and laugh a lot. It's a recipe for a really good day.

Having weighed myself and had the result of the century, I was in the mood to go easy on all things chocolately. Just as well, as temptation was rife. There were bowls of sweets all over the living room. In previous years, I've gotten torn in to them, and eaten hundreds of calories before dinner was even served. Not this time. I was very restrained, and it was all because I knew that eating within my allowance for the last three weeks, strict as it's been, has really worked. A whole stone off in three weeks is amazing and very motivating.

It was hard not to boast about it to everyone. They all know my weight loss/gain history and they know I struggle to lose. They are all very happy for me when I do well, so they'd love to know that I was having some success at the moment. It was especially difficult to keep quiet when there was a discussion about the benefits of food intake verses exercise in relation to weight control. But I let most of it go over my head, as I decided to keep my own council for now. I'll wait till I've a bit more off, or they notice (which could take a while.)

I don't think it went unnoticed that I had no dessert, but it was easy to say that I was too full from the massive plateful that I'd eaten. Mum set it all out, buffet style, and we all helped ourselves to turkey, ham, stuffing, cocktail sausages, gravy, boiled and roast potatoes, carrots, peas, mushrooms and broccoli with bacon. I can honestly say that one plate of all that (and believe me, I had some of eveything) was enough to account for my calorie allowance for the day. I was very glad that all I had for breakfast was a banana and a coffee. Of course, Mum gave TMM and me some turkey and ham to take home for tea. TMM had a sandwich while I avoided the bread and just ate the cold meat. I also had some home made broccoli and cauliflower soup that I prepared on Saturday. I think I probably ended the day a couple of hundred calories over, but didn't do too bad for a day that's renowned for chocolate over induldence. I was happy enough with my day.

I have finally told TMM that I'm weighing myself, and told him how well I'm doing. He's very pleased for me, and as always, uber supportive. He knew that I was eating healthily, and avoiding over fatty, over sugary foods. He thought I'd gone paleo again. But I'm still eating pasta, rice and legumes, though not as much, so I'm definately not paleo. I have cut out dairy and a lot of processed sugar, so going to a proper paleo diet wouldn't be too much of a stretch. It is a very healthy way to eat. I might consider it, if I can be sure that I can do it within my current 1200 cals a day goal. Eating grated cauliflower as a rice substitue, or shredded carrots instead of spagetti is a fab way of lowering the calorie total of a meal.