Well it has been a long summer, I have been doing EM2WL since the beginning of May. I increased my calorie intake according to the Scooby numbers and then did my cut after 6 weeks. Nothing, I lost 4lbs and then started gaining, and gaining. Yikes, but I was losing inches! So that is positive.

I decided about 2 weeks ago to drop my calories by 100 and try not to eat so much fruit. I eat a lot of fruit and I wondered if maybe I was eating too much. I also started eating oatmeal for breakfast, just because it was getting cooler. Hmmmmm, the past two weeks I have dropped 2.3lbs and 2.8lbs. I am now back to where I started. Which is good. I feel great still and I am eating foods I like. I have fruit twice a day instead of several servings.

For those of you who have just started, or are working away and thinking this might not be working, just hang in there. Change up your foods a bit if you think you need to do something. Look at your diary. Look at what you are eating. If you notice you are eating a particular food quite a bit, for me it was fruit, which is healthy but can also be high in sugars (good sugar I suppose but it was obviously affecting my progress!). Try to reduce the servings. For someone else it might be dairy or bread. I don't think you should cut anything out completely at all, but just look at your portions and number of servings.

I did not change my activity level at all, in fact, I was a "naughty girl" and slacked off at the gym! I will be better this week though. I promise. I had a check in with my trainer and she was very positive. We meet again in one month. Until then I am on my own and I need to get it done! I have a goal in mind now. I will be achieving it.