Sorry I've not written for a while, I've been quite busy and haven't found the time to post anything of interest really. I'll make more of an effort to get my thoughts down in future.
The diet has been going well, I've now lost a total of 8.5lb in 5 weeks, which is pretty amazing for me. I need to lose another 4 pounds to reach my initial target of 5% weight loss. I thought it would take me much longer so I am really pleased.
We're off to Spain next week for a fortnight so need to make sure that I keep myself on track. I'm really hoping I could continue shifting another 2 pounds a week so I come home to my 5% weight loss target but that's never going to happen with the amount of drinking and eating out we are going to be doing! Realistically, my main goal should be to make sure I don't come back any heavier.
Diet saboteurs are a major problem but I'll just have to defend myself against them and put up a bit of a booze and naughty food barrier. I know exatly what to expect, comments like 'go on have another drink, you're on your holidays', 'ahh, surely you can have a few meals out, you're on your holidays' and 'don't be boring, you're on holiday' springs to mind. I'm still going to track everything and really watch what I'm doing, of course I'll have some treats but will have to choose wisely.
It might actually help being in the sun, looking at all the lovely toned, tanned bikini bodies on the beach while I'm sat feeling like a beached whale in a tankini will stop me from running off to the ice cream van!
Friday, 30 March 2012
Friday, 16 March 2012
Bursting Bubbles
Well, I was totally amazed after stepping on the scales last night, I was over the moon. I had lost 3 and a half pounds at last nights weight in, get in! I was totally shocked considering I really thought I might have stayed the same or put at least put a pound on. How good is that eh?
The actual class was really inspiring last night. One lady lost her final pound after weeks of trying and became a gold member, meaning she was now at her target weight, a feeling I'd love to have one day soon. Another two ladies that I hadn't seen before stayed to the class as they had promised that they would stay and introduce themselves to everyone when they had both lost 50 pounds. Yes, I did say 50 pounds, each! and the strange thing is they both got down to losing exactly 50 pounds on the same night. What an achievement for a couple of best buddies, it was lovely.
I was in a very happy mood all evening and didn't even bother Thursday night cheating, I got on with the plan and stuck to my points. Had my big plate of salad and stuck to the diet coke. Mind you, my friend and I did have a glass of wine during the class so I didn't miss out on my Thursday night tipple completely. I might have sneaked in a bag of weight watchers crisps at the meeting too, but I did count them!
So, I'm on a proper roll this morning (and not a sausage roll!) but whilst filling my online weight record in I realise that I must have only lost 2 and a half, gutted! For some reason my leader, and probably me too, couldn't add up the figures correctly. Grrr, oh well, at least 2 and a half off is still good, but it did burst my bubble a bit. I thought I only had to lose 1 pound next week in order to get my first half stone sticker on my book. Oh well, I'll just have to try a bit harder and make sure I lose 2.
The actual class was really inspiring last night. One lady lost her final pound after weeks of trying and became a gold member, meaning she was now at her target weight, a feeling I'd love to have one day soon. Another two ladies that I hadn't seen before stayed to the class as they had promised that they would stay and introduce themselves to everyone when they had both lost 50 pounds. Yes, I did say 50 pounds, each! and the strange thing is they both got down to losing exactly 50 pounds on the same night. What an achievement for a couple of best buddies, it was lovely.
I was in a very happy mood all evening and didn't even bother Thursday night cheating, I got on with the plan and stuck to my points. Had my big plate of salad and stuck to the diet coke. Mind you, my friend and I did have a glass of wine during the class so I didn't miss out on my Thursday night tipple completely. I might have sneaked in a bag of weight watchers crisps at the meeting too, but I did count them!
So, I'm on a proper roll this morning (and not a sausage roll!) but whilst filling my online weight record in I realise that I must have only lost 2 and a half, gutted! For some reason my leader, and probably me too, couldn't add up the figures correctly. Grrr, oh well, at least 2 and a half off is still good, but it did burst my bubble a bit. I thought I only had to lose 1 pound next week in order to get my first half stone sticker on my book. Oh well, I'll just have to try a bit harder and make sure I lose 2.
Thursday, 15 March 2012
'Meh'
Well, I've not been posting much this week, have been quite busy. We had an Italian colleague visit our office this week so have been out of action on the blog front.
I've been a bit 'meh' this week and could do with a bit of a pick up really. Diet wise, I'm still within my points allowance but I've probably not made the best choices yet again. I'm pretty spotty this week too, a sure sign that I haven't eaten as healthily as I could have. No idea how the scales will fair up later, will just have to see.
We've had a couple of meals out (our curry and booze night last Saturday) and then we took my Italian colleague for some posh nosh on Tuesday evening. I was pretty good, just had a salad starter, fillet steak for main and skipped the pud. I was designated driver so just had the one glass of plonk. Quite boring but very enjoyable none the less.
It's Mothers Day this Sunday and I have my lovely Mum flying in from Spain for the weekend, I just hope that it doesn't sabotage my diet, I'll have to be strong, especially when the vino gets cracked open! We'll be out all day Saturday wedding dress shopping with my sister whilst she searches for the frock of her dreams, so this will likely involve food on the go. Plus, Sunday we are meeting up with the clan for a set menu 3 course pub grub affair, just hope the choices will be OK.
So, I'm still feeling 'meh' and a bit down in the dumps. Hopefully tonight's weigh in will give me a bit of a boost. I need to turn my frown upside down!
I've been a bit 'meh' this week and could do with a bit of a pick up really. Diet wise, I'm still within my points allowance but I've probably not made the best choices yet again. I'm pretty spotty this week too, a sure sign that I haven't eaten as healthily as I could have. No idea how the scales will fair up later, will just have to see.
We've had a couple of meals out (our curry and booze night last Saturday) and then we took my Italian colleague for some posh nosh on Tuesday evening. I was pretty good, just had a salad starter, fillet steak for main and skipped the pud. I was designated driver so just had the one glass of plonk. Quite boring but very enjoyable none the less.
It's Mothers Day this Sunday and I have my lovely Mum flying in from Spain for the weekend, I just hope that it doesn't sabotage my diet, I'll have to be strong, especially when the vino gets cracked open! We'll be out all day Saturday wedding dress shopping with my sister whilst she searches for the frock of her dreams, so this will likely involve food on the go. Plus, Sunday we are meeting up with the clan for a set menu 3 course pub grub affair, just hope the choices will be OK.
So, I'm still feeling 'meh' and a bit down in the dumps. Hopefully tonight's weigh in will give me a bit of a boost. I need to turn my frown upside down!
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Monday, 12 March 2012
Curry and Booze
My weekend wasn't too bad this week, but as always Mondays come around far too quickly! They should make 3 day weekends compulsory. If I was prime minister that would be my first task.
Saturday morning was boot camp, then it was off to one of my best friends houses for a typical Saturday night take away curry with the husbands. Luckily my friend is on weight watchers too, so we worked out what we could eat and drink for maximum enjoyment using as few points as possible without being totally boring.
I ditched the usual creamy korma sauce, rice and naan bread and opted to share a chicken shaslick with salad and saag aloo then mopped it up with a weight watchers pitta bread. To be honest, it was absolutely gorgeous and completely guilt free which meant we could save all our points for booze!
Normally, we'd both be on the wine, but wine is 4 points for a small glass (and who pours small glasses these days?) Spirits are only 2 per shot and diet drinks are free, so I stuck to the Bacardi for a change. I had 5 Bacardi's so all in all I had a jolly good drink and scran without going overboard on the allowance. However, when we got home at 2am I ended up raiding the cupboards for something to eat and made myself a couple of crumpets, I counted them in though!
So, this weekend I've used a fair few of my weekly points allowance so will have to be quite strict with myself for the rest of the week. It is do-able though!
Saturday morning was boot camp, then it was off to one of my best friends houses for a typical Saturday night take away curry with the husbands. Luckily my friend is on weight watchers too, so we worked out what we could eat and drink for maximum enjoyment using as few points as possible without being totally boring.
I ditched the usual creamy korma sauce, rice and naan bread and opted to share a chicken shaslick with salad and saag aloo then mopped it up with a weight watchers pitta bread. To be honest, it was absolutely gorgeous and completely guilt free which meant we could save all our points for booze!
Normally, we'd both be on the wine, but wine is 4 points for a small glass (and who pours small glasses these days?) Spirits are only 2 per shot and diet drinks are free, so I stuck to the Bacardi for a change. I had 5 Bacardi's so all in all I had a jolly good drink and scran without going overboard on the allowance. However, when we got home at 2am I ended up raiding the cupboards for something to eat and made myself a couple of crumpets, I counted them in though!
So, this weekend I've used a fair few of my weekly points allowance so will have to be quite strict with myself for the rest of the week. It is do-able though!
Friday, 9 March 2012
Good Friday
Yes, it's a good Friday today!
'W' day went well and I managed to lose 2 and a half pounds from mainly eating rubbish this week. I'm quite pleased with that. I'm only saying quite pleased as usually I'd expect a bigger weight loss on my first week of embarking upon a diet, but due to the fact that my choices have not been as healthy as they could of been I'm pretty chuffed really.
So, what I have learnt this week? Probably that portion control is one of the things I need to change about my eating habits (even my Mum pointed this out to me yesterday!) I've eaten rubbish, but I've controlled how much rubbish I've stuffed into my mouth. I've weighed and measured absolutely everything that has passed my lips, and, if I've been hungry I've chosen healthier things to fill the gap rather than just having more of the wrong things.
Portion control is a bit of a shocker really, what I would class as a normal portion size is not what I have in my head. Other diets I've done usually give a list of 'free' foods which you can eat to your hearts content. For example, if I've been on a green day on slimming world I've been able to eat things like potatoes and pasta freely, so would make a big mountainous pile on my plate and stuff myself silly. Or, on a red day I'd pile my plate up with meat and have fewer potatoes. With Weight Watchers I've been able to mix all the foods I like, but weighing them into the correct portion size has made me realise that you shouldn't be eating a plate full of food higher than the Chrysler building. Facing facts, I've been troffing like a pig and it needs to change.
Typical normal sizes should be as follows:
Learning to eat less will be a bit of a challenge for me, but it's gotta be done
Whilst browsing the Internet for an inspirational image for today's post, I came across this:
Fitting don't you think?
'W' day went well and I managed to lose 2 and a half pounds from mainly eating rubbish this week. I'm quite pleased with that. I'm only saying quite pleased as usually I'd expect a bigger weight loss on my first week of embarking upon a diet, but due to the fact that my choices have not been as healthy as they could of been I'm pretty chuffed really.
So, what I have learnt this week? Probably that portion control is one of the things I need to change about my eating habits (even my Mum pointed this out to me yesterday!) I've eaten rubbish, but I've controlled how much rubbish I've stuffed into my mouth. I've weighed and measured absolutely everything that has passed my lips, and, if I've been hungry I've chosen healthier things to fill the gap rather than just having more of the wrong things.
Portion control is a bit of a shocker really, what I would class as a normal portion size is not what I have in my head. Other diets I've done usually give a list of 'free' foods which you can eat to your hearts content. For example, if I've been on a green day on slimming world I've been able to eat things like potatoes and pasta freely, so would make a big mountainous pile on my plate and stuff myself silly. Or, on a red day I'd pile my plate up with meat and have fewer potatoes. With Weight Watchers I've been able to mix all the foods I like, but weighing them into the correct portion size has made me realise that you shouldn't be eating a plate full of food higher than the Chrysler building. Facing facts, I've been troffing like a pig and it needs to change.
Typical normal sizes should be as follows:
- A medium portion of spaghetti (dry weight) is 40g and should be the diameter of a 5p coin
- A medium portion of cheese (40g) is the size of a small matchbox
- A medium portion of cooked rice (150g) is the size of a small tuna tin
- A standard scoop of mashed potato (60g) is the size of a lime
Learning to eat less will be a bit of a challenge for me, but it's gotta be done
Whilst browsing the Internet for an inspirational image for today's post, I came across this:
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| Small, medium, large and Horse |
Thursday, 8 March 2012
W day and Gallbladders
Yeay! It's W day and we all know what that means, it's my first big Weight Watchers Weigh in tonight.
I'm feeling quite optimistic as I know I have stuck to the plan 100%, but a little bit sceptical considering I feel like I've eaten 'worse' than I normally do. But, I've done it literally by the book so don't see why it shouldn't have worked.
The thing that does play on my mind is my lack of gallbladder which was removed a few years ago. I've struggled with losing weight on other diets and had been told that the problem with slow or no weight loss could be related to my lack of gallbladder or possibly the side effects of the medication I am on long term (for associated gerd/reflux problems)
Gallbladders are funny old things. At the time, I was in lots of pain, and I mean LOTS of pain when my gallbladder became infected. People say that the pain associated with gallbladder problems can be worse than childbirth (and I don't fancy going through that either!) 9 times out of 10 the doctors are quite happy to solve the problem and stop the pain by whipping the thing out and sending you on your merry way. Ever since mine was taken out I've suffered with other ailments and problems and really wish I would have thought about the implications of cholecystectomy before undergoing surgery. But, when you are dosed up to your eyeballs on morphine and feel like you are dying you are likely to sign anything to make yourself feel a bit more human again.
Anyway, I digress. Admittedly I'm probably looking for reasons for me not to lose weight this week before I've even stepped on the scales and usually I blame the old gallbladder for that (as most of my weight has gone on since then) but who I am to say? It could just be the fact that I need to stick with something that works for me for long enough to get to my goal weight.
So, I'm actually quite excited to get there tonight and find out what this week has brought. Fingers crossed that I'm on my way to wearing that bikini again one day
I'm feeling quite optimistic as I know I have stuck to the plan 100%, but a little bit sceptical considering I feel like I've eaten 'worse' than I normally do. But, I've done it literally by the book so don't see why it shouldn't have worked.
The thing that does play on my mind is my lack of gallbladder which was removed a few years ago. I've struggled with losing weight on other diets and had been told that the problem with slow or no weight loss could be related to my lack of gallbladder or possibly the side effects of the medication I am on long term (for associated gerd/reflux problems)
Gallbladders are funny old things. At the time, I was in lots of pain, and I mean LOTS of pain when my gallbladder became infected. People say that the pain associated with gallbladder problems can be worse than childbirth (and I don't fancy going through that either!) 9 times out of 10 the doctors are quite happy to solve the problem and stop the pain by whipping the thing out and sending you on your merry way. Ever since mine was taken out I've suffered with other ailments and problems and really wish I would have thought about the implications of cholecystectomy before undergoing surgery. But, when you are dosed up to your eyeballs on morphine and feel like you are dying you are likely to sign anything to make yourself feel a bit more human again.
Anyway, I digress. Admittedly I'm probably looking for reasons for me not to lose weight this week before I've even stepped on the scales and usually I blame the old gallbladder for that (as most of my weight has gone on since then) but who I am to say? It could just be the fact that I need to stick with something that works for me for long enough to get to my goal weight.
So, I'm actually quite excited to get there tonight and find out what this week has brought. Fingers crossed that I'm on my way to wearing that bikini again one day
Wednesday, 7 March 2012
Day 6 Already!
I can't believe I'm on day 6 already, only one more day to go until W day! Hooray!
I really hope that the scales shift in the right direction this week. I've stuck within what I am allowed and have exercised like a freak so there should be no reason why they shouldn't show something encouraging tomorrow night.
I'm still trying to get my head around the fact that the stuff I'm eating is not what I'd normally eat at all. I also have a big confession to make, which involves ready meals. This week I've eaten 7 of the buggers already which is not like me at all. I never buy or eat convenience food and am usually totally against the concept of microwave dinners. I really don't see the point in them when you can cook something much more appetising and appealing from real ingredients. Ready meals are the work of the devil.
On my quest to find low point lunch time meals I read somewhere that you could buy Weight Watchers ready meals for £1 each at Iceland. Now Iceland is a place I'd never normally set foot in as all that junk food/convenience meals makes me shiver (and gag) but last Sunday I drove to our local village and stocked up on a pile of frozen ready meals intending them to be for emergency use only. I was so shocked at my purchase that I had to photograph my bad booty and send it to my friend (who was probably totally disgusted with me too!)
So, I've now eaten 7 of my emergency frozen meals in one week and need to start cooking again for my own sanity!
Whilst on my frozen food convenience roll this week I also purchased a 2 pack of frozen baked potatoes from Tesco. Am I going totally mad? I think so. I can't believe I've bought something that takes 5 minutes in the microwave to cook from frozen, when I can just get myself a lovely fresh potato from the sack, prod it with a fork and stick it in the microwave myself for 5 minutes! Who is mad enough to buy this stuff? .....Me probably!
So, no more Mrs Lazy Arse, I need to cook REAL food next week!
I really hope that the scales shift in the right direction this week. I've stuck within what I am allowed and have exercised like a freak so there should be no reason why they shouldn't show something encouraging tomorrow night.
I'm still trying to get my head around the fact that the stuff I'm eating is not what I'd normally eat at all. I also have a big confession to make, which involves ready meals. This week I've eaten 7 of the buggers already which is not like me at all. I never buy or eat convenience food and am usually totally against the concept of microwave dinners. I really don't see the point in them when you can cook something much more appetising and appealing from real ingredients. Ready meals are the work of the devil.
On my quest to find low point lunch time meals I read somewhere that you could buy Weight Watchers ready meals for £1 each at Iceland. Now Iceland is a place I'd never normally set foot in as all that junk food/convenience meals makes me shiver (and gag) but last Sunday I drove to our local village and stocked up on a pile of frozen ready meals intending them to be for emergency use only. I was so shocked at my purchase that I had to photograph my bad booty and send it to my friend (who was probably totally disgusted with me too!)
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| Bad Booty |
So, I've now eaten 7 of my emergency frozen meals in one week and need to start cooking again for my own sanity!
Whilst on my frozen food convenience roll this week I also purchased a 2 pack of frozen baked potatoes from Tesco. Am I going totally mad? I think so. I can't believe I've bought something that takes 5 minutes in the microwave to cook from frozen, when I can just get myself a lovely fresh potato from the sack, prod it with a fork and stick it in the microwave myself for 5 minutes! Who is mad enough to buy this stuff? .....Me probably!
So, no more Mrs Lazy Arse, I need to cook REAL food next week!
Tuesday, 6 March 2012
Bootcamp!
I'm not sure if many of you know (unless you are friends with me on facebook) but I've been partaking in a crazy little thing called bootcamp, military fitness stylee. It's pretty manic but I love it!
I've been going 3 times a week since January, but had a bit of a break from it whilst away in Marbella but I'm now back in full swing. It is run by an ex army fitness guru called Gavin who intends to kill us all slowly through extreme torture.
The hour long weekday evening class mainly consists of running up and down stairs over a motorway flyover bridge then getting down and dirty in a pile of mud on a car park grass verge in the pitch black darkness. Last nights class generally consisted of 'planking', 'squatting', 'crunches', 'press ups' and the infamous class 'burpees' man they are a killer! If you don't keep up, or you are slacking the whole group gets punished and you have to start again.
Saturdays in the daylight are usually a bit more fun. We are generally sent off on a 2 mile run followed by some gruelling team games in the middle of a rugby pitch. Gavin sometimes gets out the medicine ball for extra torment, or has us in teams of 5 commando crawling through each others legs then lifting the smallest person above our heads determine the winning team. Luckily no one has had to lift me yet! The worst bit is realising you still have to run 2 miles to get back to the car park to finish the class.
Why do I do this when I have membership at my lovely local warm and less muddy gym? It's actually really motivating and you really feel like pushing yourself further than you would anywhere else. Doing the class with another 20 girls (and the odd fella) really keeps you motivated and the added giggles make you feel like a team. Plus, the routine is changed every class and we are always doing something new and going home covered in mud makes me feel like I've done more than my fair share.
I'm considering cancelling my gym membership and doing this full time but we'll see! I'm still in the beginners class at the minute and the sight of the advanced class jogging past on their 5 mile run whilst carrying car tyres looks a bit too scary to be doing, especially when only the star jumps knacker me out!
I've been going 3 times a week since January, but had a bit of a break from it whilst away in Marbella but I'm now back in full swing. It is run by an ex army fitness guru called Gavin who intends to kill us all slowly through extreme torture.
The hour long weekday evening class mainly consists of running up and down stairs over a motorway flyover bridge then getting down and dirty in a pile of mud on a car park grass verge in the pitch black darkness. Last nights class generally consisted of 'planking', 'squatting', 'crunches', 'press ups' and the infamous class 'burpees' man they are a killer! If you don't keep up, or you are slacking the whole group gets punished and you have to start again.
Saturdays in the daylight are usually a bit more fun. We are generally sent off on a 2 mile run followed by some gruelling team games in the middle of a rugby pitch. Gavin sometimes gets out the medicine ball for extra torment, or has us in teams of 5 commando crawling through each others legs then lifting the smallest person above our heads determine the winning team. Luckily no one has had to lift me yet! The worst bit is realising you still have to run 2 miles to get back to the car park to finish the class.
Why do I do this when I have membership at my lovely local warm and less muddy gym? It's actually really motivating and you really feel like pushing yourself further than you would anywhere else. Doing the class with another 20 girls (and the odd fella) really keeps you motivated and the added giggles make you feel like a team. Plus, the routine is changed every class and we are always doing something new and going home covered in mud makes me feel like I've done more than my fair share.
I'm considering cancelling my gym membership and doing this full time but we'll see! I'm still in the beginners class at the minute and the sight of the advanced class jogging past on their 5 mile run whilst carrying car tyres looks a bit too scary to be doing, especially when only the star jumps knacker me out!
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| Not for wimps |
Monday, 5 March 2012
Diet Confusion
Diets are pretty confusing, I must admit
But who is right? Which is the best method? I suppose we'd all be skinny if we knew the answer to that. There are just so many conflicting rules and ideas that it totally baffles me......
Ok so:
Carbs are bad for you they make you put on weight, skip them and you'll lose. But, if you are following the Slimming World plan you can eat carbs until the cows come home, but only if you don't mix them with fats.
Fats are good for you if you are on something like the Atkins Diet or the Harcombe Diet, or the Pig2Twig diet. But, if you are on Slimming World or Weight Watchers you should be cutting the fat from your diet and trimming your meat.
Bread is bad for you (especially white bread) and switching to wholemeal bread is much better for you. But, if you are on Weight Watchers white and brown bread seems to have the same 'points' value so indicates there is no difference
Sugar and sugary snacks have never really been 'allowed' on most diets I have tried, but for some reason Weight Watchers allows you to eat this kind of stuff - as long as it is within your 'points' allowance
Vegetables (apart from potatoes) and salad seem to be a universal winner so we probably can't go wrong with those
Moral of the story? Eat more Veg!!
Real moral of the story - don't mix all what you have learnt from other diets and do them all at the same time as you'll end up the size of a small house.
Monday Morning Again!
Here we are on a cold and frosty Monday Morning. What is it about cold weather that makes you want to eat yummy things!?
My weekend has gone not too bad actually, and the weight watchers way of eating seems quite easy. That is, apart from me feeling like I've 'cheated' all weekend! I've indulged in burger and chips, cornetto ice cream, bags of crisps, cheese butties and chocolate desserts, but still seem to be within my allowed points total which makes me feel rather sceptical! It's all stuff I wouldn't normally eat out of guilt! Well, I suppose we'll see what the scales say on 'W' day this Thursday.
It has been quite hard to get my head around this new 'pro points' way of eating. I've been used to having lists of 'free foods' with most of my previous diets, where I could fill up on allowed food types or groups. But, with Weight Watchers most things (apart from veg and fruit) have a pro points value and everything has to be counted (with average servings or weights listed against points) What a joke! Have you ever weighed and measured 40g of dried spaghetti? It really wouldn't feed a sparrow. So bang went another 4 pro points when I doubled my spaghetti allowance to 80g (which by then would probably only fill a crow) Really, I should have quadrupled it to get my usual portion size, but I've gotta start somewhere and opted for the smaller portion. I probably could have saved points by making the bolognaise sauce without 2 glasses of red wine in in it, but where's the fun in that? Granted, I was still hungry after dinner but needs must and all that.
At the moment, my leader has given me 28 daily pro points and an additional 49 weekly pro points to use as I see fit. It is quite do-able and if you think about it you can make yourself some lovely wholesome meals, but due to lack of preparation and having nothing WW related in the house I seemed to work myself through 33 of my weekly extra pro points on Saturday alone! oops. I hope I won't need extra points before the week is out.
So, to keep me motivated this week I decided to list the following 5 reasons for losing weight:
1. My clothes need to fit again as I'm seriously running out of clothage
2. I'm sure my husband thinks I look like a pig!
3. I want to be able to wear a tankini in Marbella in 2 months time (a bikini would be nice but this is a diet not a miracle!)
4. I don't want to have to hide myself in ridiculous old fogey clothes anymore, I look like a frump
5. My best friend is having a humongous fancy birthday party in June and I want to look fab
My weekend has gone not too bad actually, and the weight watchers way of eating seems quite easy. That is, apart from me feeling like I've 'cheated' all weekend! I've indulged in burger and chips, cornetto ice cream, bags of crisps, cheese butties and chocolate desserts, but still seem to be within my allowed points total which makes me feel rather sceptical! It's all stuff I wouldn't normally eat out of guilt! Well, I suppose we'll see what the scales say on 'W' day this Thursday.
It has been quite hard to get my head around this new 'pro points' way of eating. I've been used to having lists of 'free foods' with most of my previous diets, where I could fill up on allowed food types or groups. But, with Weight Watchers most things (apart from veg and fruit) have a pro points value and everything has to be counted (with average servings or weights listed against points) What a joke! Have you ever weighed and measured 40g of dried spaghetti? It really wouldn't feed a sparrow. So bang went another 4 pro points when I doubled my spaghetti allowance to 80g (which by then would probably only fill a crow) Really, I should have quadrupled it to get my usual portion size, but I've gotta start somewhere and opted for the smaller portion. I probably could have saved points by making the bolognaise sauce without 2 glasses of red wine in in it, but where's the fun in that? Granted, I was still hungry after dinner but needs must and all that.
At the moment, my leader has given me 28 daily pro points and an additional 49 weekly pro points to use as I see fit. It is quite do-able and if you think about it you can make yourself some lovely wholesome meals, but due to lack of preparation and having nothing WW related in the house I seemed to work myself through 33 of my weekly extra pro points on Saturday alone! oops. I hope I won't need extra points before the week is out.
So, to keep me motivated this week I decided to list the following 5 reasons for losing weight:
1. My clothes need to fit again as I'm seriously running out of clothage
2. I'm sure my husband thinks I look like a pig!
3. I want to be able to wear a tankini in Marbella in 2 months time (a bikini would be nice but this is a diet not a miracle!)
4. I don't want to have to hide myself in ridiculous old fogey clothes anymore, I look like a frump
5. My best friend is having a humongous fancy birthday party in June and I want to look fab
Friday, 2 March 2012
Day One of Combat the Fat!
Well hello, here I am, sat wondering how on earth I've managed to get myself into this predicament yet again! I'm seriously not happy and feel like the biggest, fattest, frump in the world. I'm living in one pair of faded 'once were black but now are grey' size 16 jeans because I've stretched them enough across the arse to be comfy, and I refuse to buy anything bigger. My other trusty stretched pair that I was able to switch between gave up the goose last week and I ended up with a big split across the inner thigh which occurred whilst leaving a restaurant after a big fill somewhere in Marbella. Highly embarrassing to say the least. So, here I am, determined to finally do something about it.
I've dieted before, sometimes successfully but mainly unsuccessfully if I am to be honest.The last truly successful time was probably in 2003 where with the help of Slimming World I managed to get down to a size 10. Since then I've yo-yo'd up and down, sticking to something or another, then usually giving up whatever I was doing to try and go it alone. But, as always, the weight creeps on little by little and is hardly noticeable until I finally admit to myself that the tumble dryer hasn't in fact shrank all my clothes, I've just got fatter, again.
Over the years I've tried them all, from the Cabbage Soup Diet, which stank so bad it got buried in the garden (because it was too lumpy to flush down the toilet) to the Atkins Diet, which just made my breath absolutely stink and to be honest eating nothing but meat and eggs then peeing on a stick to see whether or not my body was in 'keytosis' was not my idea of a fun way to shred the excess blubber. You name it, I've tried it. Whether or not I stuck to it is a different matter entirely.
So, this time I really feel like I'm taking the bull by the horns (and man I feel like a bull!) and I'm rearing to go, this time with the aid of Weight Watchers. Yes, I've also tried this one before, but the plan has changed and I think tackling something completely new, with a new set of rules is something that can give me that boost. So, last night was my first weigh in.....
Shocked, me? noo? Oh yes, bloody hell I was shocked! The scales said something that I really did not expect. I've beaten my all time record and am the heaviest I have ever been. In fact, I am nearly 2 stone heavier than on my wedding day which was only July last year. That's 7 months ago...how the frick did that happen!?
Well, no point crying over spilt (or in my case drank) milk, I've just gotta go for it and think those scales will never show that number again
Wish me luck!
Jo xx
I've dieted before, sometimes successfully but mainly unsuccessfully if I am to be honest.The last truly successful time was probably in 2003 where with the help of Slimming World I managed to get down to a size 10. Since then I've yo-yo'd up and down, sticking to something or another, then usually giving up whatever I was doing to try and go it alone. But, as always, the weight creeps on little by little and is hardly noticeable until I finally admit to myself that the tumble dryer hasn't in fact shrank all my clothes, I've just got fatter, again.
Over the years I've tried them all, from the Cabbage Soup Diet, which stank so bad it got buried in the garden (because it was too lumpy to flush down the toilet) to the Atkins Diet, which just made my breath absolutely stink and to be honest eating nothing but meat and eggs then peeing on a stick to see whether or not my body was in 'keytosis' was not my idea of a fun way to shred the excess blubber. You name it, I've tried it. Whether or not I stuck to it is a different matter entirely.
So, this time I really feel like I'm taking the bull by the horns (and man I feel like a bull!) and I'm rearing to go, this time with the aid of Weight Watchers. Yes, I've also tried this one before, but the plan has changed and I think tackling something completely new, with a new set of rules is something that can give me that boost. So, last night was my first weigh in.....
Shocked, me? noo? Oh yes, bloody hell I was shocked! The scales said something that I really did not expect. I've beaten my all time record and am the heaviest I have ever been. In fact, I am nearly 2 stone heavier than on my wedding day which was only July last year. That's 7 months ago...how the frick did that happen!?
Well, no point crying over spilt (or in my case drank) milk, I've just gotta go for it and think those scales will never show that number again
Wish me luck!
Jo xx
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