Averaging a loss over 18 months

Monday 6th Feb
75.1kg

When I started my blog in September 2010 my weight was 78.7kg. In September 2011 I was 76kg. Now I am 75.1kg. In between I reached 80kg and got down to 74.3kg.
I have turned the tide and even though I am not strictly dieting to lose weight fast I am thrilled that I have lost weight over the last 18 months. It took me 25years to put it on. It won't take that long to take it off. If I only manage 4 kg a year it will take 4 years to reach 59kg.
The only way I have managed to consistently lose weight is to count kJ for the day. Whenever I get lazy and don't count I end up eating too much.
For the past month one way I have managed to keep the kJ down is to drink water when I get up and not have food til about 9am. This seems to suit me.

Today's food

10am - banana 300kJ and walnut brownie slice 650kJ mineral water 0kJ

12pm - chicken 500kJ with rice 450kJ and sweet and sour sauce 200kJ mineral water 0kJ square of chocolate 100kJ

3pm - out for afternoon tea. cheesecake square 1000kJ chai latte 600kJ

4pm - spearmint tea 0kJ

5.30pm - chicken 500kJ sauce 200kJ mineral water 0kJ

Total 4500kJ
Room for some banana (300) and yoghurt (200) for dessert.

Not many veges today but I will make up for it tomorrow. I usually eat a lot of veges.

Cheers,
Val

Eating Well

77.3kg today.
I am losing steadily even though yesterday I had lots of snacks. It was supposed to be 4696kJ plus 2 pears but instead I had:
1 pear 290
handful of mini marshmallows 395
Another coffee 330
Another 1/2 a piece of choc 300
and left over fresh juice 100

At this point I had to rethink dinner. Beans 50 and carrot 135 and sweet chili sauce 100 = 285
I figured this would not satisfy me so I doubled the veges and mixed gravy with the sauce - another 285. So dinner was 570 rather than the planned 1095.

I thought I had blown it but the total was 5586kJ and I lost weight!

Today is 1/2 cup oats and 1/2 cup milk plus extra water with 1tsp honey and 1 tsp butter for topping for breakfast- 1395kJ

Lunch is roast lamb 100g, 1 medium roast potato, 1 piece of roast pumpkin , 1 roast carrot and boiled beans and gravy - 2000kJ

Dinner has to be left over chicken (150g when raw) 750kJ plus beans, carrot and 1 tsp sweet chili sauce - total 1035kJ

4430kJ so far. Room for some fruit. A pear 290 and a banana 365 and a two orange glass of juice 200. I am pretty full after the porridge so I will have only tea for morning tea or a pear if I have to eat something. The banana and cup of tea for afternoon and the orange juice for after dinner.

Projected total is 5285. But it isn't even lunch time yet. There is still a bit of room for coffee if I need it.