Full steam ahead

I'm back from holidays, and have 3 weeks at home before I head off once again, back to Australia to visit family. It shouldn't be too hard to stay on track there but there is always more than the usual amount of socialising, celebrating, etc, and straight after Australia I head to Europe for another 3 and a bit weeks, so I have to make this next little bit of time really count.

I didn't do too badly in Singapore, but I didn't do as well as I hoped. I rarely refused dessert, did not manage to skip many meals (just breakfast on a couple of days) and ate too many unnecessary things (damn communal cheese plates!). I didn't do as much exercise as I intended either. However... It was not as bad as it could have been, and since willpower is a finite resource, I should let myself off the hook a little bit. I managed a fast day on the journey back, didn't too badly yesterday, and then today I'm onto my second fast day of the week. To manage to get back on track as soon as the holiday ended was a pretty big accomplishment for me, really. And I had a lovely and relaxing time - I really like Singapore, despite its dull reputation - so I should just enjoy the post holiday glow a bit more.

I haven't yet braved the scales, but may do so tomorrow. I'm really hoping for a loss, but have to make sure I don't overreact if I don't get one. I'm quite surprised at how easy I've found the fasting, to be honest. It does feel at the moment like this is something I could maintain for a fairly extended period of time, so I'm optimistic. I just have to make sure my optimism doesn't come with unrealistic expectations. I desperately want to lose weight before the Europe holiday and am kind of hoping I can drop a dress size, but I have to keep reminding myself that I can't expect a miracle and I'm not going to suddenly wake up all beautiful and sylph-like. Even a dress size is a big ask, since it's probably at least 6 kilos away, and I've only 5 weeks to go. Perhaps I'll see what the scales say, and recalibrate my goals from there...