No, I haven't disappeared
I'm still here - my last post on 31st July was about going back to
Mary's Mini again and I must say - it worked. After a week back on that
plan I dropped 6 pounds. But work and family events came along and I
had to eat off plan and once I did I struggled to get back on. So what
do I do about that? I think the trick is finding a way to allow real
life to creep back in here and there where it will without thinking it
means I've blown it and may as well give up. If I'd been able to eat
that one meal off plan here and there and got right back on again I
think it would work. That would mean MOST of the time I'd be eating
according to the McDougall plan with occasional meals with friends,
family or work colleagues that didn't fit the plan. As it is, I find I
do great on plan for a week or two and then the one meal off plan feels
like I may as well have something else off plan and start again tomorrow
- and then I have something else off plan tomorrow and may as well
start again next week, etc. THAT's what I've got to fix. I'm going to
go through the McDougall cookbooks again this coming week and select
some basic meals to try to stick to for a while, and when I do have that
off plan meal, just get right back on again after that. Wish me luck.