241.8lb

Wey hey!!! I am so happy right now, I can't stop smiling :-) A loss of four and a half pounds, bringing me to a grand total of nineteen pounds (well, 0.2lb off) in just four weeks. I've never lost weight at this rate before, even the first time round. That's three big losses and one reasonable one. Wow! I know I sometimes find it tough to stick to 1200 cals a day, but I need to remember this feeling. It's soooooo worth it!

I have to remember that it will slow down and not to be disheartened when it does. I have programmed the MFP app to work out my daily cals on a two pound a week loss, so by now I thought I hopefully have had eight pounds off. To have lost eleven more than that is a fabulous bonus, but that's what it is, a bonus. I can't start to feel entitled to continue to lose this much, then become dissatisfied when I don't. That way lies the ruin of all my good work.

Food might go a bit over today. I'm roasting a turkey, so there will be dark and white meat (I much prefer the dark) as well as the bacon that is over the bird to keep it moist, and loads of butter it the stuffing. I rarely cook rich food, full of butter, but as this is only the second time in my entire life that I've attempted to cook a full turkey, I'm not going to skimp on the stuffing ingredients. And the will be gravy and cranberry sauce. It's cooking away as I type. Three more hours to go. Hopefully I won't poison TMM or myself!

I've noticed that I haven't been eating anywhere near as much fruit as I usually would when I'm watching what I eat. I have had bananas, and the odd apple, but I'm conscious of the amount of natural sugar they contain. The MFP calorie counter doesn't distiguish between healthy and unhealthy cals, it just adds them up and spews out a daily total. So I have steered clear of things like fresh pineapple and grapes, which I love, because they are relatively calorie dense, for fruit. I finally bought some grapes today (they were on offer because they were coming up to their date. I couldn't resist them), but I stopped after I'd eaten 100g, instead of scarfing the whole 500g, which I could easily have done. I want to try not to go too over today, so I practiced restaint for once. Believe me, that's not my natural state of being. My factory setting is greed, every time.

I'll let y'all know how the turkey turns out. If I'm not dying of salmonella!

Oh my goodness. It turned out well. And the stuffing is to die for! But very rich. Even a greedy hallion like me might not be able to eat to much of it. Hope TMM hurries home from work, or I won't leave him his share!