Sexy Monday - I put on weight.

Hello and welcome to another Sexy Monday post. 

Having weighed myself at the gym today I can confirm that I have gained weight (0.3kg) since I weighed in last week. My stats now look something like this:

Starting weight:              91kg

Current weight:              90.3kg

Overall weight loss:          700g

Seven hundred grams. I think I know why this is, I had a couple of rather large meals over the weekend. I was at my (future) in-laws' home for dinner two nights on the trot. They are more than happy to cook vegetarian for me but not vegan. I am not ready to turn down food from my partner's parents yet so I just eat what they give me. And there was a lot of food. There was a cheese course, which I could (and should) have left alone, and a lovely dessert called Almondy, which I had far too much of.

So, in the spirit of being totally honest on this blog (what good is lying??) I am grateful that the weight gain was only 300g, it could have been worse (had I also been drinking wine, for example).

Tonight is date night (I'm writing this on Sunday) and Mr SSV and I are going to a place that I know has plenty of vegan options. My mission is to stick to these and to eat a sensible amount - not to stuff my face.

Other missions this week include:

• Going for at least one run. I've been mainly doing weight training and yoga but a bit of running would go down a treat and probably help my weight loss efforts.
• Continue logging food on myfitnesspal. I did this for a few days, but fell off the wagon, it's almost impossible to accurately log food that is home-cooked by someone that isn't me. I'll get back on it and do my best to estimate when I'm out and about. Logging food is tedious and time-consuming but it's giving me a good idea of how much I'm actually eating.
• Keep it more vegan when I'm out of the house. Being outside my home does not give me a good enough reason to dive head first into a baked camembert.

So there we are, lessons learned, time to dust myself off and keep moving forward. 

I really don't want to become obsessed with my weight and with losing weight. That's a rabbit hole it's really not worth going down. But, at the same time, I do need to lose a bit of weight and keeping myself accountable on here means that I don't lose momentum.

Being at a healthy weight and feeling strong and fit is sexy. That's what I'm aiming for.

I'll be here again on Wednesday for another instalment of Sober Wednesday. 

SSV x