My Crazy Weight Loss

Well, remember I said that I was on the hunt for facts about my sugar addiction? Right here if you didn’t see my post Sugar Fix  Well I’ve discovered a whole load of facts about sugar and the way it impacts on our bodies, sign up for the Crazy Weight Loss Newsletter that’s where I usually give a ton of free info and reports about my weight loss research!  Anyway, bananas!  My favourite fruit is packed with sugar and yes of course I realise that they taste sweet, I’m talking specifically about ripe bananas now, but I never really put the two things together like that! Doh!! 

If you are a diabetic, you should avoid ripe bananas and instead go for the green variety.  Incidentally green bananas are a staple of the Jamaican diet, where my parents are from, and they are eaten cooked!  So I suppose I could get my banana fix that way, but I gotta say I just love the convenience and simplicity of ripe bananas.  You just pick one up and off you go!  It has it’s own container, you don’t need a knife or any other implement to open/peel them and they don’t make you messy!

So what’s a girl to do now?

Yep!  It seems like it’s been raining in the UK since the end of August until now!  A few days ago I had to put the central heating on for the first time, the leaves are dropping, I’ve cut back some of my perennials, my kid is in winter school uniform and there ain’t no doubt about - Autumn is officially here! 

I personally find that this time of the year can be like a stalker stalking me when it comes to keeping track of my weight.  You know that the temptation is to begin to fill out those large coats and those big stripey jumpers and hide away in a ball like a hamster, curled up for the winter and waiting to rejoin the human race in the Spring!

Unfortunately, life has taught me that I forget that I’m a woman and not a hamster at my peril.  I know that I have to knock the comfort eating on the head and face up to the fact that I really don’t want to have to redo the work I did over the last five months, at the beginning of the Spring next year.

My mission, and I do choose to accept it, is to make sure that I remember my vision.  That I keep my truth ticking away in the forefront of my mind for the whole of Autumn and Winter!

Think it might be worth you doing the same too, don’t you?

Well I haven’t really been that preoccupied with jumping on and off the scales for a few weeks now, I mean you kind of know when you’ve gained and when you’ve dropped a few pounds don’t you?  The only interesting thing at times is how much you are + or -! 

I’ve been really busy running around working and sorting out my life, running a relationship and supporting my friends etc - had a lovely weekend in North London supporting a friend of mine with a work a situation.  Gorgeous hotel and I ended up catching up on my sleep and just chilling out at the British Library that was right across the street from the hotel.  So not much time to centre my weight loss around the bathroom scales!

I personally think it’s counter productive to keep jumping on and off scales anyway.  I mean, let’s be honest guys and gals, there are times when we have a slip or three and we don’t always need to be shown the evidence at the beginning of each and every day, do we?  Sometimes it does wonders for the self esteem and the motivation if we can leave it a few days until we’re back on track and have our eating under control.

The other side of this though, and a point to guard against, is if you go for weeks on end off track and secretly you know you’re off track!  You know you’ve had to loosen your belt another notch to get your favourite pair of jeans on!  If that is happening and you haven’t checked yourself, then get on them damn scales this instance and look at the cold hard numbers…and then breathe!

Take a moment, re-affirm your plan and get back to it!

So, I got hold of a little gadget from a site I found, through another site, and a little bit of kit will now sit in the sidebar for all of you to use. 

The potential for this is huge people.  I know I more often than not wonder just what in the hell I’m putting into my body and more often than not you end up taking pot luck with some foods when you’re trying to lose weight. 

The gadget is simple enough to use, you put in the foods you want the information for and the little NuritionData.com kit gives you the low down on what you’re eating and what you THINK you might eating.  It kind of takes the guess work out of fat, nurtional content etc. for some of our favourite foods and by distinction, some of our biggest weight loss breakers.

Give it a play!  Let me know what you think!  If you’re surprised by what you find out, let me know about that too!  Knowledge is key and power people!