Post-BES: Need to get back on track!

I weighed myself yesterday in the knowledge that I had probably put on a little weight since going off the raw vegan BES regime the previous Monday evening. When I weighed myself, I got quite a shock: 77.0kg! That was a gain of 2.4kg!! Now, since I weighed in this morning with 76.2kg (a loss of 0.8kg in a day), I hope that yesterday's weight was a little bit of an aberration. But what is really is an aberration is the extent to which I have allowed myself to fall into bad habits again.

Let's be clear on one thing: there are some very good habits that I have maintained, such as zero-tolerance for lollies/crap snacks, and a commitment to large salads etc. It is also true, though, I have been eating too much food each day, I haven't been making myself green smoothies as I said I would, and I have been eating too much in the way of dairy and meat, I think. Feast and famine, etc.

So. My renewed goal is to get back where I was, on 74.6kg, by Christmas. That gives me about two weeks to lose a little under 2kg. Which I should manage easily. Should. I thought about being more ambitious than that, but with the lead-up to Christmas etc, I don't want to set myself up to fail. My medium-term goal, though, is to get under 71.8kg, as that is where the healthy BMI kicks in for my height. That's a loss of 4.4kg required, and I'd like to get there by my birthday in mid-January.

It's quite interesting: as soon as I became aware of my weight on the scales, it started dropping. Obviously, I just wasn't being quite aware enough of what I was putting into my mouth. So far (and this is early days post-BES) it seems that awareness—rather than any "dieting" per se—is enough to get me eating healthily and releasing the excess fat. This is a massive change for me, and I hope that it continues.

I'll keep you updated on my path toward my Christmas and Birthday goals, and I will also do the post-BES Workbook and see what insights come from that.

Current weight: 76.2kg (+2.4kg since my final weigh-in)
Current body-fat percentage: 35.0% (+0.9%)
Current feeling: Re-motivated