Everything in moderation

They say that you must exercise moderation. Don't eat too much, don't sleep too much, don't exercise too much, don't drink too much water...

I should learn how to not bake so much so that I don't eat too much. I love being in the kitchen. I love eating good food, trying out new tastes, experimenting with different recipes...but inevitibly, I must try the stuff to know whether or not it tastes good.

My partner is one of those blessed with the ability to just eat and not gain weight. Damn him! Anyway, what seems to be working at the moment is me cooking or baking, and then him eating larger portions so that I am left with smaller ones. It forces me to eat less. At first I found it difficult, but it is becoming easier.

I try really hard to not eat after 6:00 pm. I believe that this has helped. Now that the weather has gotten nicer, we're also trying to take walks after we've eaten to aid with digestion.

The last month or so I have been averaging at losing about 1-1.5 Kilos a week. At that rate, I should lose about 10 kilos by the wedding. That will bring me to about 70 Kilos, which is 5 Kilos more than my current goal of 75 Kilos for the wedding. Now, I shouldn't think that this gives me a bit of leeway, when I suppose it does. I can't think...ahh...I'm on track,...let's have more ice cream.

That's the thing, I'm not stopping eating those little temptations. I do have ice cream or pie. I just eat a small amount of it, enough to satisfy the craving. Maybe I'm not doing it the right way, but at the moment it's working for me. I believe that I would go crazy otherwise. I'm currently researching Stevia, the natural, low calorie, non-sugar sweetener. If I can bake/cook with that stuff, it'll make things a lot easier from the losing weight/diabetes perspective.