Damage limitation......NOT required

Last night I had a great night with my friend. We talked a lot and ate.....well we ate well, but not too badly. It was a really muggy night so had the perfect excuse to have a prawn salad which was minimal points..asked for no coleslaw and sauce on side so most of the salad was 0 point veg....it was HUGE. My friend had a seafood platter starter....she announces (so I can have a pudding). Initially I was thinking, oo maybe I should have a starter not a main, but then I realised hers included bread whereas mine it was all about the salad lol. I avoided looking through the menu, having see the ladies next to us have the salad, I was satisfied in my choice.

So we chatted and then the topic of PUDDING came up...the list was endless and exciting.....I was confused, I wanted all of it!!!! I looked for a saviour, maybe a fruit salad hiding amonst the gooey goodness of oreo explosion, dime dar crunch, sticky toffee pudding etc. But NO nothing with fruit......arrrggghhh. Ice cream, a plain ice cream maybe .....NO it was allice cream trifle, knickerbocker glory....I looked to my right as the waitress anounces here is you strawberry ice cream...2 scoops.....a ginorous glass with ice cream, cream, cherries, sauces nuts arrived at the table. No if I was looking for salvation ice cream wasn't it :(...so I opted for what I liked the look of.

Banoffee brandy snap basket......nom nom nom!!!!

Got home and immediately pointed it....yes I have used a few of my weeklies, bit not too many and a quick blast of zumba will soon remedy that.

I think today I will be mainly eating fruit and veg lol.

Week 2 :)

Day 1 week 2. After that great loss yesterday I am determined to carry on losing. This week I am going to try and

• do Zumba 5 days out of 7,


• stay within my daily points


• ensure that every day I am earning at least 1 activity point on my ww pedometer

This is following the same pattern as last week. I have a busy week planned with essays to complete, and wedding venues to visit and my lovely fiance coming over at the weekend, I am going to plan to avoid disaster.

Talking of planning and avoiding I am meeting one of my friends tonight that has never had a problem with her weight. We are meeting for a meal. The pub I know has options which are healthy, but they also have 'yorkshire chips' which seduce you with their look and smell and the knowledge of how bad they are for you. I am determined to avoid them, but I know my friend has already text me to say 'you won't just be having salad will you?' I think to put her off the scent I may have a fishy option, that way I am being healthy but it does not scream diet!!

What do you do when you go out with friends to eat? Do you have well meaning friends that say 'oh its just one night it won't do you any harm'? I used to say my social life gangs up on me, but now I realise that I used to let it. I have friends who sabotage my weight loss journey without intending to, but I just need to play the game more wisely.

I have listened to my weightloss hypnososis CD two nights running now ( I say listened in the loosest way, having fallen asleep on both occassions, which the very dull Australian hypnotist assures me is fine.) He suggests I listen 10 days straight, which I am going to try to do (not sure what OH will think at the weekend but hey ho). Last night my sleep was amazing, and I feel groggy this morning, you know in the way you do when you have had a really good deep sleep. So if nothing else its helping me combat this awful hot muggy weather!!