New plan finally

I am in such a filthy mood right now. I took my English paper. It actually wasn't that bad and I think I *might* have done OK. But then I went to go and meet my sister, and we went back to my dad's flat... I ended up eating 1/2 of a pepperoni pizza, a slice of bread with butter and cheese, 1 1/2 packs of crisps, nuts, and sweets. I really am a disgusting individual. And the tragic thing? I actually woke up at 63.3 kilos (139.6 lbs) this morning - yes I have started weighing in kilos again - which was incredibly lucky and should have put me in the mindset to resist bingeing and kick off this week with a bang. I did kick it off with a bang. Just... not the right type of bang.

  

I've been considering how to proceed with my new 'plan of action', so to speak. How to go about getting this f*cking weight off. I've come up with some ideas based on the intermittent fasting/zig-zagging calories concept. The basic theory is that if I make every 3rd day a cheat day (ie. 1,500-2,000 calories) and on the other 2 days have 600 calories or less of healthy, vegetarian/vegan food to purge my body of the cheat days, I should keep my metabolism running high and hopefully lose weight. I'm not expecting it to work. It's not like I've ever succeeded at this sticking-to-a-plan thing before. But I'm going to damn well give it a shot because I have nothing to lose at this point (besides perhaps the obvious 6 kilos). 

So, today counted as a cheat day. That means tomorrow and Wednesday, I'm sticking to two consecutive 600-calorie days, then on Thursday I get to splash out again. I have proposed a coffee with Tina at some point this week, and I also need to take Eliza out to dinner for her belated 18th as it's our tradition to go for Italian every year. Creamy pasta dishes and ice cream... not something I can afford to indulge in unless I'm compensating somehow either side of it. So yeah, this is how the next few weeks are gonna go. A typical kind of 600-day might go something like this:

Morning: Natural granola with soymilk and sliced banana (300)

Evening: Baby spinach salad with hoummous or cream cheese; fruit smoothie (300)

OR:

Morning: Coconut, banana and pineapple smoothie; kale chips (250)

Evening: Vegetarian, bean or mushroom burgers/falafel with green salad (350) 

  

I'm gonna try to stick to 2 main meal times. Grazing constantly makes me binge without a doubt. When exams finish and parties start up my eating schedule will probably be a little more erratic. I might do something like eat normally on the days I have parties and do veggie 'fasts' on the days I don't... I don't want to plan for it particularly, just take it as it comes. The plan allows for indulgence but also a chance to detox my body and let it repair itself in between partying. And trust me, the way me and my friends do it, it will need to be repaired.

So that's it pretty much it. I'll update you tomorrow night to let you know how it's going. I'm back to using kilos for the time being because I think losing 6 kilos sounds easier than losing 12 lbs. I will probably weigh in the region of 63.8-64.0 tomorrow. My long-time goal is obviously 58 kilos/128 lbs, but for right now I'm focusing on the number 61. It's nice and clean. 

Peace and love