Are you a rebel dieter?

 

So remember last week I joined Weigh-Less?

When I mention to people that I'm on WL, I get one of two reactions:

oh WL is great. It's always worked for me/ it worked for me in the past OR
oh, I could never weigh my food all the time

GRRRRR - because that tells me you're not open-minded about this.

Nevertheless, this is not a post to promote WL but to tell my story.

This week I honestly felt like it was easy.

I saw that I lost a lot quickly (after 2 - 3 days), then I stabilised, picked up 200 or so grams, and then lost a bit again at the end of the week.

My total weight loss when I weighed on Saturday?

0.8 kg!

AWESOME considering for my frame I'm always happy with 0.6 or more, and I had about 4 mini Cadbury's eggs and 5 caramel marshmallow eggs...

Right.

I briefly mentioned in that post I linked to that I'm a profile B.

When she weighed me this week, I told her I found this week quite easy, easier than I did the whole of last year's WL attempt, and that somehow I think it's linked to this profile B business.

She said they've had LOTS of success with this new profiling business even though she thought it was a load of nonsense but it is working.

A - these are the good girls - they love a plan and following that plan to the T. Last time I was there there was a lady who was the PERFECT dieter. She even told me last time she counts out exactly 12 nuts for her snack..... (I thought, "wow, self-control") For these girls, they tell them exactly what to eat and when, and they follow that plan perfectly and lose their weight.

(I think this is you, Marleen - what do you guys who know her think? :))

B - these are the ones who mostly follow the plan but don't like to be too restricted on weekends especially. This is me. I consider it a good week (as you saw above) if I don't cheat too badly. For us, they tell us what to eat but we have such a lot of choices and I feel like I can eat more of what I like (like 3 fruits a day) and I only have to have 1 - 3 veg per meal (at least 1 so I only have one :))

C - these are the rebels - they don't like to be told what and how much to eat. They just don't like rules. She told me for these girls they don't use any "must" or "should" language. They say things like "they suggest that they do x and y"

All these mind games are working, people!!!

I'm already down 0.7 kg from Saturday but of course, we expect that to increase a bit mid-week and then dip again. Unless I lay off the chocolates totally!

This has been going round and round in my mind since Saturday and I've decided that there are 21 meals in a week - breakfasts are really easy for me and I always do them "right" so that means of the 14, I want to do at least 8 - 10 right and the rest mostly right, in other words, I may not do the recipes in their entirety but I will focus on getting my carb and protein portions correct, and let's see how we go.

The one thing I've been really good about is not drinking more than 3 cups tea/ coffee a day. Do you know how hard that is with our weather cooling? And tea for me is much more than just tea - it's how I read blogs and books, how I write, how I blog, etc.

Wish me well and send me good Easter egg vibes because it is HARD with all the chocolatey goodness around.

I must thank God that I "only" like Cadbury's because it's really hard to find Cadbury's easter eggs. I bought 4 bags of little ones for the kids and us and don't intend to get more. By the way, does anyone know if Cadbury's still make those divine mint crisp eggs? Oh man! If they do, tell me, I'll get D to get a pack and dole out half of one every Sat just after I weigh!

Right, so into which category would you fall - A, B or C?
PS the lovely yellow flower is from Caren's garden