Use it or Lose it

I think it’s safe to say that events over the last few weeks have proved disastrous for my weight loss endeavours! 

The upheaval of starting a new job – albeit a contract position – and moving house within such a short space of time has meant that I’ve been struggling to make the healthy food choices I know I should. Instead, I’ve been grabbing food on the go with little or no regard for what it will do to my waistline. 

Breakfast has just been a snack bar grabbed from the kitchen cupboard on my way out in the mornings and eaten at my desk some time between 9am and 12pm. Lunch has varied from soup and a roll to fish and chips, depending on how weak-willed I’ve been when going to the café.  

Dinner has been another disaster. Still being a little disorganised from the move, I’ve been grabbing stuff from the supermarket on the way home from work while tired and hungry – the worst combination for food shopping. Eating out and takeaways have also figured highly over the past week.  

The move also means I’ve been getting less exercise. I don’t have as far to walk for the bus in the mornings and evenings, so that’s cut at least 20 minutes exercise out of my day. Even though there’s a gym in the building, I haven’t ventured in there yet.  

Obviously, this is all leaving me feeling rather lethargic and generally unhealthy and unattractive. This morning I managed to get myself out of bed that little bit earlier and give myself the time to sit and eat breakfast before leaving the house. I’ve brought a low-fat chicken salad sandwich for lunch and have a healthy dinner planned out for this evening.  

The only problem with having breakfast before leaving for work is that while it may well kick start my metabolism, it also kick starts my appetite! By 9:30am, I was hungry again and by 10:30 I’d given in and had to chomp on a bag of (reduced fat) potato chips.  

I know having breakfast is a great way to help with weight loss, but right now it just seems like I’m going to end up eating even more.