There’s this clever little trick my subconcious plays when I pork up. It doesn’t announce none of your clothes fit you Alana, you’re getting fat … no, it simply decides everything in my wardrobe is terribly unfashionable. Short skirts are so last year, no-one wears fitted tops any more and it’s way too hot for denim …
It insists long, flowing tops are the hot new thing. It berates me for not having more of them when they’re so fabulous. The same goes for leggings and elasticised skirts – much more stylish than fitted pants.
Other little subterfuges are decreeing that sleeveless tops are a skin-cancer risk, XL T-shirts drape better and voluminous beach cover-ups are tres cool.
I was totally believing my own PR until Husband showed me our Christmas holiday snaps. That’s when my brain stepped in, gave my subconcious a sharp slap and accused it of totally lost the plot because even a blind man could see I’m starting to look like a sumo wrestler and SOMETHING MUST BE DONE.
No more Vegemite turkish toast for breakfast, no more chicken caesar wraps for lunch, no more party pies for afternoon tea, no more cheesy pasta for dinner, no more booze. Well, maybe a little bit of booze.
(When I was at Dan Murphy’s the other day, I briefly considered switching to vodka as a diet tool … before suggesting to myself that cutting back rather than considering lower calorie options might be a healthier choice.)
But school holidays are just too hard for that sort of restraint. The Sprogs are constantly sniffing around for food … when they’re not bickering … getting to the gym feels like mission impossible … and wine o’clock verges on medicinal.
So I’m thinking Feb Fast has a nice ring to it.
HOW ABOUT YOU? DO YOU FIND IT HARD TO EAT SENSIBLY AND EXERCISE REGULARLY IN THE SCHOOL HOLS?
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Last year I gave up sugar/sweet things for Lent….Lent starts 13th Feb… 😉
Are you giving it up again?
Oh I really love Turkish bread too. I could probably give up wine easier than Turkish bread. I find it hard on school holidays too as the kids are always hungry, we do more baking as a family and if we’re not at home making cupcakes we’re out somewhere buying them for something to do! Feb is nearly here 🙂
We’re baking tomorrow. It does help fill the day. The kids want to go for a picnic with homemade Enid Blyton-style food … Another reason the diet will have to wait.
I just had a baby 5 weeks ago and nothing fits me in my whole wardrobe. I am wearing leggings most days. I have 10 kilos to lose…and really I know how to lose it…starving myself on a healthy diet plan. I can’t get motivated to have a salad for lunch, and then 10 almonds as a snack. I’ll put off starting until feb too. How depressing.
I am so not good at being hungry long-term. If I just had to do it for a day or two … But this whole months of abstinence business … Blah. Don’t worry about starving yourself with a new bub – you need your energy. And you might be one of the lucky ones who burns calories like nobody’s business while breast feeding.
I have only recently discovered the joys of leggings! I had never in all my years tried a pair and now I am in love with them. Perusing JCrew for a pair of ‘weekend leggings’ which I will turn into everydayoftheweek leggings… you are right to wait until Feb, as Dr Phil says, don’t set yourself up to fail.
Ooooh I can’t wait to go to J Crew when I’m in New York. Hopefully I’ll have dropped a dress size by then.
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