Slimming World Update June 2016

Sorry I’ve been MIA, I took 2 weeks off in May, skipped Slimming World and the whole world in general, it was just what I needed..

I spent time at home and we got our garden sorted, just as the sun made a brief appearance :-)

I’m a huge sun lover but when it did appear it showed up how unprepared I was for it, in that I was a hot sweaty mess, wearing the wrong clothes because the few light summer bits I own don’t fit…. And so the rotating cycle continues…. So I had a chat with myself, went to weigh in and took my 2lb gain after my 2 week break (up 5lbs for May in total) and decided to put myself first and get on with things….

I decided not to blog about it as it would have been moany and whingey  (I did keep my food diary going)

I was still snapping and posting daily on snap chat, Instagram & Facebook, everything that I was eating…

June went well for me, I was in the right frame of mind for it….. the scales wasn’t as good to me as I thought they would be tho, but I feel good in myself if that makes sense! 

So at the end of May I set myself the mini goal of losing 1 / 2 lbs per week and being down 7lbs for the month of June, I thought that sounded very reasonable and sensible, I wasn’t setting myself up to fail

Results are in:

WEEK 1  -0.5

I was upset with this, I had hoped for 2lbs

WEEK 2    -3

I was delighted, felt like my hard work was starting to show & I was back on target

WEEK 3  -0.5

I was very disappointed and almost cried in group, I was so sure I’d be down 2 or 3 on the scales.. but  star week hit midweek and I felt like the marshmallow man.. 

I had 100% followed the plan for 7 full days and was truly gutted! ( you see 20 pink ticks above)

WEEK 4   STS

I took the weekend “off”  after my disappointment last week and it showed on the scales!!

WEEK 5   STS

I was hoping that my good days & exercise would override the 3 days I went over my syns… no dice

So I’ve made the decision to give Slimming World a break, I have friends that have lost a fortune of weight on it and have witnessed other member lose incredible amounts of weight, (so it really does work) but for me it’s been a life buoy, helping me loose and gain the same 10lbs time and time again for over 2 years… It has stopped me from gaining what probably would have been a couple of stone!!

Don’t worry I have a plan going forward and have enlisted the help of professionals.. with 15 months to do to my Wedding, it’s time to start losing the weight, not just playing in with it and when I say Lose, I don’t plan to find it again

Watch this space over the next few weeks J

Weight lost to date:   -4lbs

Bit of Motivation for the coming weeks..

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Slimming World - WEEK 8 - Feb 2016

I knew going into this week that I would struggle as star week approached and being out for dinner 3 days in a row at the weekend…

So the plan was to stay on plan for breakfast & lunch, and also low in syns where possible and enjoy my dinners without any guilt ( I won’t post photos of my off plan dinners here as its not very helpful (they are on my Instagram) 

I had a loss :-)

This weeks Diary is my Food Diary.. I haven’t listed my HEA, HEB & syns

(FYI, my healthy extra A is always 350ml of skimmed milk for my tea)

(my healthy extra B tends to be 35g cereal, a bagel slim or 2 x Hifi bars)

(I try to keep my syns for sweet treats /chocolate..)

Fri 19^th Feb 2016 – Day  46

Breakfast:  2 x mini egg muffins with beans

Lunch: Toasted Bagel slim with Ham Salad (1.5 syns for light cheese triangle)

Dinner: Off plan pepper burger & chips

2.5 Litres of Water &   14.5 syns + Dinner

2 x mini egg muffins with beans

Sat 20^th Feb 2016 – Day  47

Breakfast: BLT on a bagel slim with egg & mushrooms

Lunch:   Pasta in passata with ham

Dinner: Off Plan 3 course meal

2 Litres of Water & 3 syns + 3 course Dinner

Pasta in passata with ham

Sun 21^st  Feb 2016 – Day  48

Breakfast: Raspberries with yogurt & Bacon bagel with ketchup (1 syn)

Lunch: Roast lamb Dinner in my mothers (syns for oil & cheesy cauliflower)

Tea: Food Court – Abra!!

Today was a hungry day and I make no apologies!! I wouldn’t say I had a binge... but  I definitely over ate on the wrong foods.

1.5 Litres of Water & ??  syns

Mammy Dinner - Roast lamb

Mon 22^nd Feb 2016 – Day  49

Breakfast: 2 x mini egg muffins with beans

Lunch: Turkey Salad

Dinner: SW Spaghetti Bolognese (2 syns for light cheese single)

1 hours Spinning for some body magic and to get me in the right head space

3 Litres of Water & 7 syns

Healthy Extra B & 5 syns

Tues 23^rd Feb 2016 – Day  49

Breakfast: 2 x mini egg muffins with beans

Lunch: Leftover Spaghetti Bolognese with side salad

Dinner: Bacon (fat removed) Turnip & Potatoes

Star week has arrived and I am feeling drained & very sorry for myself! (also explains Sundays over eating!)

2.5 Litres of Water & 10 syns

Leftover Spaghetti Bolognese with side salad

Weds 24^th Feb 2016 – Day  49

Breakfast: 2 x mini egg muffins with beans

Lunch: Toasted Bagel Slim (HEB) light cheese triangle (1.5) Turkey & Salad

Dinner: Chicken, mushrooms, SW chips, boiled rice & 28g Mayflower Curry (4syns)

Car passed the NCT, I celebrated with a purple snack (5 syns) that’s a positive that I stayed on plan

2.5 Litres of Water & 15 syns

Mayflower Curry 28g = 4 syns

Thurs 25^th Feb 2016 – Day  49

Breakfast: Overnight Oats

Lunch: Boiled Egg Salad

Dinner: Roast Chicken Mammy Dinner (syns for sausage meat & gravy)

Went to early weigh in & was 100% expecting a gain after the weekend!! BUT I was down 1 lb…

Delighted, the only thing I can think of is that on the days that I knew I’d be over my syns for dinner I kept the rest of the day low/synfree, obviously this stood to me this week!!

2.5 Litres of Water & 15  syns

Weight Loss

Weight lost to date: -6lb
Onwards and Downwards, the Slimming World way :)

Bit of Motivation for the coming week..

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Slimming World -WEEK 6 - off plan

Hey guys,

So it was my birthday last week, we went to London for the weekend AND Pancake Tuesday happened, so it wasn’t the worst week to have off plan…….

London was great fun, we done LOADS.. arrived early Sat morning, we were in the Science museum by 10.30, then I got cupcakes from The Hummingbird bakery (unbelievable)

We got the tube to Harrods for a walk around.... went to a yummy steakhouse for dinner that done a duo of cheesecakes for dessert (need I say more:-))

Sunday - we had breakfast, queued for the natural history museum, dinosaur expo was CLOSED!!! I was gutted!!

Then we went tube hopping to visit, London eye, big ben, Westminster & MI6 building....

 

London eye, big ben, Westminster & MI6 building

After a busy morning, we went to visit Hamleys & hit Oxford street for some retail therapy….

HAMLEYS

I also saw people with Hummingbird bakery  bags, so tracked it down and had a slice of Rainbow Cake (highlight of my trip)

We strolled thru Selfridges to avoid the rain & went for Dinner in Covent Gardens in Maxwell’s (delish)

Hummingbird Bakery

We were very lucky to get home on Monday.. the early flight was delayed in Stansted by 8 hours!!! we walked passed them and got our flight and were only delayed by 45min over the winds in Cork!!!!

I was very happy to be home but exhausted after the weekend!! my legs are still heavy!!

We did 17,000 steps on Sat & 28,000 steps on Sunday according to my Fitbit!

I took Tues off work, himself went to work, I hit the couch and ate lotsa pancakes :-)

So I happily accepted my 4lb gain at Slimming World and plan to get back on track ASAP

Bit of Motivation for the coming week..... 

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