I’ve been absent without leave for the past week. I need a vacation but that’s not happening until next month. So I took a blogging vacation instead. It was lovely.
I didn’t stop counting calories though, still on track with that. Weight still dropping off. I’m at 73 kilos or 162 pounds now. I’ve lost a total of 8 kilos or 18 pounds since starting counting calories 2 months ago. Since I came back from winter vacation (mid January) I’ve lost 11 kilos or 25 pounds. My clothes are fitting looser. My biggest clothes do not fit at all.
The best change of all is no longer seeing myself as fat in my head. I see myself as getting thinner. With perception follows the behaviors of a skinny me: saying no to my past crappy eating habits, avoiding junk food, and not giving into emotional eating as a mode of coping to name a few. In previous diet attempts I felt like a fat girl punishing herself, and the fat behaviors were hard to battle with my fat girl mindset. Now I don’t feel like I’m being punished but rather more like I’m saving money for some grand luxury vacation. Hard to feel bummed with that sort of mindset eh? Do you whine about skimping on frivolous luxuries such as going out to movies or eating out if you know the reward is totally worth it? No, not a bit. You get excited. And that’s how I feel, excited. If I do get hungry I permit myself extra food within reason. Usually fruit or cottage cheese but sometimes candy or something special. To celebrate my progress I had pizza for breakfast. Dinner last night was sushi with a friend at the most amazing sushi place in all of Tokyo followed by a matcha latte at Starbucks and a big beer later. I don’t deny myself any food at all, I allow myself to eat anything I really want. I just watch the portion sizes and don’t eat everything all in one day. In case you’re wondering, last night I finished the night at 1510 calories. The beer and the latte put me over but I really wanted to enjoy them with my friend whom I don’t see so often. So I treated myself.
I’ve also learned these past two months that having a cheat day boosts your metabolism. Every time without fail that I go over my caloric allowance, I get results soon after. Routines need to be broken I think. If I stick to 1200 calories a day my body would think it were starving and then slow my metabolism down. Splurging tricks it into thinking it isn’t starving. So I don’t feel guilty anymore for having a cheat day.
I must say I am super proud of my weight loss so far. 
Go me!!! Getting closer to my goal weight, about half way there.
I booked my flight for Vietnam. Ten days of nothing to do but eat well, get massges, and go to the beach. Since I’m flying into Ho Chi Minh City and have the time, I want to visit Angkor Wat in Cambodia. Then off to Nha Trang for some beach time and diving. Maybe I can cross the border into China to visit Macau? We shall see. Who has time to fret over food when there is a vacation to be planned?
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