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I now weigh 68.3kg. Yes, I weigh more than I did last week.
The most important thing to remember is that good change is gradual. Or as Mae West said, “Anything worth doing is worth doing slowly.”
I'm not aiming for tabloid style fast weight loss. I'm aiming for a sustainable, healthier, better way of living and enjoying food. So I'm ok with the weight gain as long as I can learn from it.
So why didn't I lose weight?
- During the week I went out for high tea for a good friend's 30th and dinner for my mother's **th (deleted to protect the old) birthday. On the same day. I didn't moderate my eating or drinking at all and had fun with friends and family. This is ok in and of itself - but I didn't make healthier choices later in the week to balance it out.
- I ate because I was stressed, not because I was hungry. I was nervous about a review meeting at work and I ate to quieten the butterflies in my stomach. I should have had a few glasses of water or gone for a brisk walk instead.
- I skipped a meal. I went to bed early one night and then woke up hungry at midnight. Hot cross buns are not a nutritious, balanced dinner.
- I used the car when I should have walked. I was lazy. I live walking distance from several fabulous butchers, a good greengrocer, an excellent deli, cafes and more. Yet I relied on the car instead of my feet. I'm not a big fan of organised exercise for exercise's sake. I am however a big fan of reducing reliance on cars and integrating activity into normal routine.
UPDATE: I just came across a fabulous post at Feasibly Fit Mom that gives examples for 5 minute workouts - yes, five minutes. Even I can do that!
There is plenty of room for improvement this week. I'll keep you up to date with my progress.
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]]>I have a serious case of restaurant performance anxiety. Recommending a restaurant makes me feel like I'm standing naked with only my favourite children to protect me - but what if they don't? What if the restaurant is so spectacularly awful (and hell, it is Perth so that is hardly a mean feat) that you think I have awful taste too?
I recently was forced to recommend a restaurant to my cousin and his new wife. This was particularly fraught with danger because she asked me to suggest a good Indonesian restaurant - and she is from Java. (From, as in arrived in Perth 3 weeks ago). Luckily, the recommendation produced under duress (Sweet Java in Grosvenor Street Mt Lawley, in case you are wondering - and if you start going there and I can't get a table I will be very cross) came good. But I can't handle the stress.
On that basis, I'm going to offer up some non-recommendations. These Perth restaurants are so consistently rubbish in my view that I feel secure enough to say it aloud.
- Sienas
- Sicilian Subiaco
- The Olive Tree
- The Jolly Frog (this one might be scandalous)
- Almost anything claiming to be Mexican
- I can't believe I forgot it earlier - Pines Grand (that isn't) Buffet and Carvery
If you disagree, tell me so.
Edit: Thanks to the feedback of the good people of Perth, decent Mexican can be had at The Flying Taco and That Little Mexican Place, both located in Perth's very own little Mexico. You can also have a good time at Panchos in Vic Park or Zapata's in Freo with the addition of a cocktail or forty.
The Good Bad and the Ugly is best forgotten, and the Shed is the perfect example for why most eatingwa restaurant reviewers should not have access to a computer.
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