First Walk

Day 3

Today I went for the first bush walk I've had in a while. My husband and I went with our dog into an Open Space nearby. It was a short walk - not very energetic but a step up from no walk and no exercise, which is what I've been getting recently.

The bush always seems to have something happening. The spring flowers are done but there will be various trees blooming over summer.

These yellow banksias will be blooming for a while yet.





















There was a little blue tongued goanna near the track too, but he didn't like us staring at him much, and waddled off.













I spent quite a while working out what I can do with this blog. I believe it will be an important element in making this weight loss happen, mainly because of the way it helps me keep focused and conscious.

I ate quite well. I did get preoccupied and let myself skip an afternoon snack which wasn't so great because then I was feeling famished while I was trying to visit places offering poor food choices and prepare the evening meal.

I am going to try a small change to the way I was eating when I was losing weight last time. That time, I was concerned that any deviation from the exact plan I had in mind might make it too hard for me to continue, so I was very rigid. This time, I want to start out more flexibly and I'm hoping that will be a part of the changes that make this more successful in the longer term. I want to be more used to having small amounts of food that isn't too healthy.

My husband and I have had a tradition of making Friday night meals a little more special than the others. I don't know quite what is happening with that now. However, we had some nice fish tonight. I've cut back on that a bit lately because fresh fish is so expensive. Tonight's was crimson snapper I think and cost about $32 a kg.


I let it sit in some fresh lime juice, chilli and parsley while I prepared the veges tonight, then dusted it with flour and fried it in a very little extra virgin olive oil. I had intended to use coriander rather than parsley and I think that's nicer, but I misled myself about what herbs we had.







The other normal healthy aspects of the meal were a microwaved potato instead of fried chips, and plenty of salad.










The elements that were a little less healthy and which I have firmly flagged as "only sometimes" and "portion control!" were, a glass of white wine, 1/2 an avocado in my portion of the salad, and about 5 fried chips. I wondered whether this is too close to the beginning of the change to be experimenting, but the chips and avocado just add calories. They don't tend to make me feel like eating crazily. The wine of course is the more dangerous because of the way alcohol tends to relax inhibitions. (Especially inhibitions that may not be all that firm, like the one I have about unsuitable food!)

I've been taking too long to do this, and am heading late to bed again. I know I can do this to an extent, regardless of how much sleep I have, but I also know it will be heaps easier and a lot more likely to work long term if make sure I get plenty!