As longstanding readers will know, I've been making an effort to try and lose some weight since before Christmas, primarily so I can get my hernia treated without the risk of it coming back.
It's been going… variably. The overall trend is downwards, which is good, but I've been struggling a bit with motivation over the last few weeks, which have made my results be a bit up and down.
There are two real reasons behind this. First is the fact that I quite simply get cravings for things that aren't at all healthy, and it's tough to ignore them when they come along. The second is boredom and other negative emotions.
I tend to eat when I'm bored, depressed or stressed. I've been feeling all three of those things at the day job recently — I hasten to add that there's nothing specifically wrong with the job itself or the people there, I'm just having a bit of a low ebb mentally — and that leads me to want to do stuff like buy the delicious flapjacks that the canteen offers. I fucking love flapjacks.
Andie and I did a "big shop" after Slimming World this evening, though, and stocked up on some stuff that should make for suitable snacks if I find myself feeling bleak during the day. Hopefully that will help matters somewhat!
Now I just need to break the mental funk that's been causing all this and try to get back on track.
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