Day 8/first weigh in

A week ago I weighed the most I ever have, on the back of the better part of three months of eating ridiculously, being massively slothful, and generally falling in a hole.Today marks the end of my first week on Lite'n'Easy, started without incorporating exercise. Between last night's blow out, starting my period yesterday, and the lack of physical exertion, I had a little trepidation when I stepped on the scales. And was rewarded with loss of 2.3k!
I very much doubt that will be an average for the weeks and months ahead, but it's certainly an invigorating start and will help bolster me if I begin to lose motivation. So far, though, the process has been significantly easier than I anticipated - it's early days, but so far I've had no cravings at all, and have been completely untempted by anything, even when it's in front of me (except the slice of garlic pizza last night).
Breakfast today was the last of the current batch of stewed rhubarb/raspberry, with yoghurt, Weetbix and muesli. Yesterday I sorted my weekly delivery into frozen and refrigerated bags, so I can just grab one of each and head off. I've put the fruit (including anemic tomatoes) into a bowl, so I'll keep an eye on the menu plan and pick additions up appropriately.
Work has been busy the last wee while, so as a morale booster/thank you, my boss arranged for pizzas for lunch, and her boss brought slices (chocolate, lemon etc) for dessert. I'd like to say I resisted, but I succumbed and had three pieces of quite delicious pizza. I'd eaten the rice crackers and salsa dip on the way in to work, and had the broccoli & chicken pasta bake for dinner, along with a citrus sultana oat biscuit. I had the sliced turkey and cranberry sauce roll (which would have been considerably enlivened with a little baby spinach or lettuce), and walnut & date cake when I got home at 11PM (after one of the most unpleasant evenings in my twenty-one year career), instead on a Lite'n'Easy dinner.
On the plus side, until last week I would probably have vacuumed up half a dozen pieces, washed down with Coke, and sampled a number of the slices. So I'm going to be kind to myself, and not see this as a failure. After all, I have to incorporate change into my life, not put my life on hold. - Alex