My diet... :-)

I have decided that I will lose a stone by Christmas... So last night I had a huge chicken and pasta salad... followed by a large portion of apple spice cake with ice cream... Followed by two very large glasses of white wine with lemonade.  What do you reckon to my chances... :-) In fairness I had made the sponge the day before and it was meant to go with some custard... But I made the apple roses instead so the sponge pudding  would have gone to waste.. I will not waste food. The wine was left over from Friday when we had friends over. It is all gone and I won't buy any more so that I can't be tempted.  We don't buy biscuits and I have stopped buying crisps so now the serious work begins.  Fingers crossed for a new sylph like me.  It means losing about one pound each week and I reckon it is do able. Unfortunately my doctor has advised against long walks so I need to be a bit careful. Hopefully, tomorrow the physio will give me some exercises to alleviate the pain in my hip and then I can get back to walking my usual seven miles.  Luckily I love salad and could eat it at every meal quite happily. I will let you know how I get on.