Slimming World - WEEK 13 - Mar 2016

I was up, as expected.... amazing how 4 days off plan has me back at almost square one!!
I've gained 7lbs in 2 weeks!!!

So since I feel like a fool today on April Fools day, I've decided that I might be down but I'm definitely not out.(pardon the pun)
So new month means a clean slate...
I've set a few goals to see me through the month

• Keep a food diary - (write every bite)
• Stay to group every week 
• Take Away once a week (Chinese within my syns)
• Get back to Spinning twice a week (Haven't been since 29th Feb)
• Fit Bit Goals - Hit 10,000 steps Everyday 
• Be kinder to myself
• Keep Calm at the weekends
• Try at least one new recipe
• Stay within my syns EVERY DAY
• Get my 1 stone award from Slimming World (its like a unicorn at this stage)

Weight lost to date: Week 12:  -2lbs
Onwards and Downwards, the Slimming World way :)

Bit of Motivation for the coming week..

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Hey,

I know I’m very late with this months progress report, but I thought that since I posted loadsa photos last week from my Gallery of Shame that I ‘d leave the lovely Lycra shots till a later date!

But today is that day.

Since my last post things have been very good for me, I gave myself a stern talking too and committed myself to cop on 100% I think we all need a good kick up the bum at times, I defo did.

I am down 7lbs since my last update (14.04.13) which means that I am down over the stone mark and I’m now officially the lightest I've ever been in my adult life EVER.

Its been a good month for me, I've gotten over my own mental sabotage, I've set myself the realistic goal of being down 2lbs per week, (I've managed this 4 out of the last 5 weeks)

I've changed my hair, my car, got new runners, but best of all my mind-set has changed and I truly believe that I can do this.

TO THE LEFT

TO THE RIGHT

ME BACK FAT

Yes I talk the talk ALL THE TIME. But I’m the worlds worse for taking my own advise, oh I can give it out alrite, but I've been slow to believe my own hype just incase I fail!

But the way I feel at the moment, failing isn't an option, the only way is down for me at the moment. I feel very positive in all aspects of my life, I think the sunshine has a big part to play in that too J

I want to eat light and feel light and get up off my bum and go for walks when I don’t have a class booked. You never regret a work out that you've done, and even if its just a stroll rather than a power walk  it’s a lot more than what you’d be doing if you were sitting on the couch.

I know I said last month that I’d take my measurements but I totally forgot! But I have measurements from a body wrap that I had done a few months back, so I plan to use these as my before numbers and next month I promise to give the results out.

In the last week of so I've bumped into people that I haven’t seen for a while and they have been complimentary about my appearance and this has been a huge boost. I’m not advertising what I’m doing, well I tell you guys here, but a lot of my friends/ family don’t read my blog. So they wouldn't know about my careful eating, gym visits and weekly weigh in’s. So its nice to hear it from people that are unaware of my hard work and efforts. Not that I don’t appreciate every supportive word or comment that I receive. I guess I’m just happy that my loss is now starting to show in the real world, rather than just in my imagination and magic mirror, lol. I know that sounds a bit mad!

Apologies for the photos, they were taken after a Rip60 class, so I'm a bit of a sweaty Betty!! I normally try to take these before I go to my classes!!

Also, I never got around to editing these and trying to make them “pretty” but the camera doesn't lie, so your seeing the raw/real photos!

I hope your starting to see results with your weight loss and fitness attempts. I’d love to hear your stories

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Its time to report back with another update of how my month has been and its not been the best of month I must admit!!!

Especially with the two bank holiday weekends thrown in, I had lotsa binges, fell off the wagon, got back on and fell straight back on, right now I’m hanging onto the back of the wagon, my feet aren’t firmly on it, but I’m 90% back to where I should be. I’ve been up and down the same 3lbs for most of this month, so I’ve yet to hit the 14lb mark!! Not good for being 3 months in really!! I’m not meeting any of my own targets and I’m pretty disappointed to be honest.

Now to be fair I can see a difference in myself in some of my clothes, I’m gutted that I didn’t start taking my measurements back in January, but its never too late as this journey is on going, so I’ve taken my measurements today. That way I can report back next month on my scales loss and my inch loss. I’m being advised from all sides that the inch loss is showing more than the scales results.

I’m putting this down to doing so many spin & abs classes, its good that I’m toning and losing and I will benefit from this in the long run as I don’t fancy having excess skin on my person (I don’t imagine anyone sets out to get this on purpose)

So I’m still in the same spot as last month at the moment. I’m 2lbs away from being the lightest I've been in my adult life and 4lbs away from being down 14lb.

Both of these goals seem so small and very achievable, but as you know I've somehow manages to hit the self sabotage button on my brain and this 4lbs at the moment feels like 4 stone to me!!

So I’m planning on baby steps for the minute to get past this particular obstacle. I know that once I pass these numbers and reach these targets, its all new and (hopefully exciting) territory for me.

I’m hoping that once I hit these numbers and get under them that this will be a new motivation for me and spur me on to loose the next 14lbs in less time.

This 14lb loss will be the same stone that I lost 3 TIMES last year and gained it back, so its 4^th time lucky for me this time.. and I mean business this time.

Also at the moment I’m refusing to buy myself any new clothes (even though I really need some spring/summer work wear) until I’m buying them in a size smaller.

Oh I almost forgot, in the last few months my feet have shrunk!! I’m pretty gutted by this! I never realised that this could happen! I thought that your feet stayed the same all of your grown up life and like handbags were friends for life L So I’m afraid to try on half of my collection for fear that they no longer will fit me L Everything else I’m quite happy to put in the “they don’t fit me” pile, but not my lovely and pretty shoes!! *sigh* It’s a bittersweet side affect I guess, and feck all I can do about it.

For the month of April my target is to be down at least 2lbs each week. If I can do this, then I should be able to get back on track and get cracking on stone number 2

If there’s anything in particular you’d like me to do a rant post about, do let me know and I’ll see what I can do, I've got a few half written posts on the go all the time; these posts seem to be the ones that people like to read and can relate too, so feel free to make suggestions J

I am also in the process of putting together a photo diary of me from the last 5 years together for your viewing. And I will be making myself a Facebook page when someone teaches me how.

How’s your weight loss journey going? I’d love to hear all about it.....

When a Cheat Treat turns into a Cheat Day!

Hey Guys,

What do you do to celebrate after you’ve had a good result on weigh day? Do you go shopping and buy yourself something nice? Do you met the girls for lunch? Do you allow yourself a glass of wine that evening? Everyone has their own version of a “treat” more so after a hard day or a long week! 

For me, I allow myself something nice after I’ve been weighed on a Saturday, so all during the week, I focus on what lovely thing I really want to have as my “treat” on Saturday. Sometimes it’s a cream egg, other times a cupcake with lotsa butter icing with hot lovely tea, maybe a bag of crisps and a can of coke, it varies for me weekly. Some weeks I may be going out or dinner and that would be my treat, other times a trip to the cinema and ice cream would be my “treat”. Sometimes I’ve thought about it and imagined eating it so much during that week, that come Saturday it’s the last thing I want!! Weird eh!!

But I’ve found that since I was sick at the start of the month, that my one “treat” for being good all week has spilled over into a whole day of cheat eating. So instead of eating one of the above I  could easily have all of the above during the course of the day! Its shameful I know but its true!! And I end up consuming more calories in one day then I usually would in the whole week!!

I know I shouldn’t beat myself up about everything bad that I eat, and I don’t to be honest, but the fact is my cheat treat is becoming a cheat day. And if this day were to turn into a weekend, then I’m only fooling myself!
If I was at the maintaining stage, then this would work for me, because I’d spend 5 days eating good and clean and having 2 days off to eat whatever I like.

I’ve been blaming my “lack of routine” at the weekends, but I know that this is a total cop out!! I know that I’m being lazy and reverting back to my old ways and being a greedy guts, but the thing is, once I get a taste for the wrong thing, I get this out of control feeling and I block out my conscience and in that moment, whatever I’m eating is the nicest, tastiest, yummiest thing I’ve ever had and I HAD to have it.
Also at the weekend I find that I can’t have a cup of tea without having something nice with it? Yip, again I thought that this was a dirty habit I had kicked months ago! Funny how during the week I wouldn’t dream of having anything with my tea, but at the weekend, all bets are off and I HAVE to have something. My inner demons have a lot to answer for.
I live by the motto What I put in my mouth is my responsibility. .but sometimes I’m weak!

At the moment I’m on a slippery slope, and I’m writing this because the long weekend looms and all I’m thinking about is 3 days off = 3 days eating PLUS Easter Eggs…
Which is completely the wrong attitude to have towards the long weekend! I should be planning long walks during the days and making plans to see my friends and family, not thinking about what I’ll eat and if I’ll eat out everyday! The warning bells are starting to go off for me. But I’m hoping that because I’m aware of them I’ll fight them a little bit harder.

I do plan to have a small Easter egg over the weekend and that will be my something nice this weekend. I hope that I will stop at that. I’m my own worse enemy at times!


How do you decide what to "treat" yourself too once a week?? I don’t think that my weekly cheat treat should be food related, it should be a magazine, new top or nail polish, Yet it ends up being a slice of cake or ice cream at the cinema or a dirty Chinese!! which are not really a "treat" because its consuming these foods that have gotten me into this position in the first place!!!

For me this is a vicious circle!! What’s your secret to success?