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So tempting, so very tempting. Weight Watchers has a brand new diet, a new points system that takes into account calories, saturated fat plus carbohydrate and protein. Its an updated way of counting intake, I would image it incorporates the low glycemic science as WW were already recommending food choices that fits into this.
The temptation is to give into the instant gratification that you get when you first decide and then subscribe (ie pay over the money) to the latest book/plan/programme. This is the Magic Bullet that is going to solve all problems, launch you into the weight loss you have sought for all these years.
Mum has joined the Swillington WW class again and is trying to get to grips with the new plan. I vowed never to go back to the class and I won't but the temptation is to either buy the plan (£60+) or subscribe to the online version and do it at home. Because, once I decide to do it I will feel great - its very tempting.
However I know ...
- What I need to eat and do in order to lose weight
- That after two weeks of slavishly planning and setting up menus I will will flag and lose interest
- That once I flag I will go into the downward spiral that leads to a period of binging
So, this time, no Magic Bullet. Just planning good food in reasonable quantities and more walking.
No aims, not goals, no daydreaming with the calendar and calculator. Just getting on with it.
I have a Kindle and it is wonderful!
Ruth called me to ask if I had thoought about getting one, which I had - who hasn't and she proposed buying me one for Christmas so that I could 'troubleshoot' for her!
I didn't know what to expect, it certainly wasn't what I got. Its small, light and really easy to use once its set up and you have it on the wi-fi network.
It is easy to make the text bigger, I have it bigger than the normal page. I will be able to use it for knitting patterns as documents can be emailed to to your Kindle account at Amazon and they appear on the device within minutes. Its a bit of a pain scrolling about the page but its doable.
It is terrific for reading whilst I am knitting because it sits on the small bookstand on the small table that I keep in front of my knitting chair at the perfect reading angle. No fighting with books to get them to sit on the bookstand (usually requiring the spine to be cracked) and to turn pages on a thick paperback.
It is also terrific to read in bed. No back light but the same lighting needed to read a book suffices. It takes the strain out of holding the book as you can hold it at an angle if, like me, you read lying down on your side. You can also prop it up at an angle and read hands-free!
I used it the whole journey on the way back from Norfolk and its perfect on the train - one hand to hold it and press the turn page button.
The plan is to use it for the books I buy but do not keep - I have already read Kate Morton's latest and will read the last of the Larsson trilogy next.
This won't be one of those new fads that fades in the second week of January, it has boosted my flagging interest in reading, and solved the problem of text size v my new varifocals that was becoming a pain.
Found out the reason for the difficulty walking any distance, back ache when standing and possibly the problem with the arms: an additional 14 lbs since I last weighed myself. Not surprising, not distressing just inevitable given when I have been eating for the past 6 weeks or so, which means I am 22lbs heavier than I need to be to wear my jeans.
No resolutions, no goals, no despair. Just eating mindfully and making an effort to move more.
