I am sitting here eating cheese, dip and wine. Why am I doing this? I have had surgery to help with my weight loss yet I am still eating crap!! Well the wine and cheese are really nice … but you know what I mean.

Hubby and I have made a pact, to start Monday. Yes, yes I know I hear myself, the classic “diet starts on Monday” speech. But really it does. Marc and I both need to get our eating in order.

The funny thing is I wonder how many partners end up needing a band after their other half has lost all there weight. Marc has a bad habit of eating his dinner and then eating what’s left of mine.

So as of Monday we are on a healthy eating and exercise binge! I want to get down to 85kg before my holiday! I know it sounds like a lot but it’s 2kg a week over the next 8 weeks. Lets see if I can do it! I would love to be even at least under 90kg before we go away in November. To be able to fit comfortably in the seat, to not have a double chin in our holiday snaps and just to feel better in my clothes!!

So I am going to sit here and enjoy my wine and dinner, I am doing to savour every mouthful because as of Monday I am knuckling down and taking advantage of this awesome tool I have!

I was actually thinking today that there must be an advantage to paying for your surgery, not having your health fund or superannuation pay but you actually physically removing your savings and paying for it. I wonder if people who do that respect it more and do better? Or maybe it is how we are programmed and it takes a lot more than a band around our stomachs to get through the psychological part of being an over eater?

So until Monday …..