Relax... Panic over...

Well its just over week since I stepped on the scales to see a horrific amount of weight gain which shocked me speedily into action.

I was much relived this morning to see the scales showing me 12 stone 6 pounds.  So thats 5 pounds off in a week, which further reassures me that my gain was just water.

As I always, I like to have a plan.

My goal is now to get back to my lowest weight of 11 stone 13 pounds by the 20th of December when I shall be flying off to Malta.  Whilst in Malta I need to understand that going away does not equate to stuff yourself like a pig.  I hope to however maintain my weight for the week I am there by feeding myself when staying in with my parents and when eating out I must make senisble choices of what I eat.  I am going to try the Rick Gallop thing of asking for no potatoes with my meals.  And I need to practice the maltese saying of 'shay grazi' which means 'nothing, thank you' - which is what I will say to my family when they offer me copious amounts of alcohol and cake.

Upon my return to England I shall continue to play squash twice a week, enrol on the yoga course I have been planning to for some time (parting with £80 for the course will hopefully inspire me to keep at it) and I will also find an aqua aerobic class.  Yes I finally have a fellow exercise buddy who no good at finding courses, but is willing to come with me to a class if I can find one.  This is a wonderful arrangement for me as I am very internet and exercise class finding savvy, but complete pants at actually going to these things without anyone.

It is as you can see a wonderful plan, like all my magical, perfect plans...

Of course there are challenges, number of one of which is coming up this weekend.

Every christmas my close friends from University and I meet up to have a Christmas dinner.  I have agreed to bake a cake for the occasion, which again, like last year I shall be baking only to not eat it.

Oh and lookie I decided to get back into dieting right before Christmas - well thats a challenge in itself!  Strangely I find the challenge of all this quite exciting, so obviously I am some kind of crazy sadastic dieter!

Well thats it for now, I shall keep you posted with my progress and problems as I get my head back into this dieting business.