Holding steady

Saturday:

I seem to be eating the amount of calories that keeps me at this weight. I gained 0.5 kg (about 1 pound) at the start of the week then have held steady since then. Looking at the graph I've been keeping since Christmas, the same thing happened this time last month. So I'm not really worried, I should start to lose again.

The thing is, I can't blame lack of weight loss on a "plateau" or water retention. It is quite clearly due to the fact I've been eating more that I should if I want to lose weight. I am eating at a maintenance level. Today I had great meals; cheese and a pear for breakfast, pulled pork and salad for lunch, chicken and vegetables for dinner. But I ALSO had some sultanas and cashews at morning tea time, and cheese and crackers and little banana muffin at afternoon tea time. A few hundred calories extra, that keep me at this weight. Not a disaster by any means, no problem if it was just now and then, but it's been nearly every day this week. Am I still blaming this behaviour on PMS?

On one hand, I consider maintenance at this lower-than-I-was-six-weeks-ago weight a win. But I can do better. I will do better.

Maintaining

Monday:

I was quite excited about being back in an office. By Friday afternoon I was over it. Sunday afternoon I realised I had to do it all again ... and again ...

But today I felt refreshed again so I should be good for at least a few days before the next end-of-week slump.

Had a quiet weekend at home. Maintaining my weight at 78 kg so walking for an hour a day must be offsetting the slump back into bad food. So far, anyway.