Ok so just half off this week and I know why too.

Last week I started my new job and yeah that’s great and I am enjoying the social interaction with other adults etc and I am even managing to stay away from all the naughty food that people in offices seem to eat….bacon butties every morning, cakes for birthdays, biscuits with coffee……that really isn’t the problem. 

Sadly the down side of going back to work is now the lack of exercise.  At home I used to regularly walk 4 miles a day just doing the school run!  Then of course there was all the standing up ironing and house work which really help in the exercise stakes.

So now I need to actually make an effort to get my exercise in otherwise my weight will start to stabilize as it has already and then before you know it I will be putting on the pounds.

You’d think that as I work for a Fitness firm then it would be easy but going to the gym still takes effort and also takes more time out of my day.

So here’s the plan!  This weekend I am going to get out the bike, dust it down and do a trial run to work and back to see if I can cope and don’t die from exhaustion!  I’m not sure how far it is but I reckon only a few miles there and a few miles back!  Must say I’m not looking forward to the sore backside afterwards though!

I’ll let you know how I get on next week.

Have a good one.

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OK so I didn’t write my blog last week and that was probably partly due to the fact that I was really busy and also partly because I didn’t shed any pounds!  However I didn’t put on either so I can’t complain.

This week though….drum roll please……2.5 punds off which means I’ve hit the 2.5 stone mark!!!! Yeah baby!  I’m too sexy for my shirt, too sexy for……oh sorry I am getting carried away!

This just feels so strange.  After all the tough weeks, the stress over hitting the 2 stone mark, I never thought I’d get here!  I am feeling great, looking great and there is definitely no way I am going back!

Last night I found an old slimming world book from 10 years ago.  Then, I was losing weight for my wedding and I was actually lighter when I started than when I started this time and now I am actually lighter than when I stopped last time.  That is just so cool.  I really must dig out my wedding dress and try it on.  I bet it will just hang off me now!

of course the up and downside of losing lots of weight is the constant need to replace clothes!  I’ve done really well so far as my sister has also been looking after herself and shedding the pounds so she has handed over loads of stuff that no longer fit her.  Now though she is nearing her target weight so the clothes will no longer be coming my way!

I also returned to work last week after having 18 months at home!  That was tough on the clothing front too!  All my business suits looked ridiculous so I’ve had to have a shopping trip to get some new stuff in!

Have a brilliant week.

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I must say that I am pretty pleased.  I lost 2.5 pounds this week which is great as I hadn’t felt that I had been focusing enough.  Having said that maybe now after 20 weeks my new eating habits are really really becoming habits and so even when I am not constantly thinking about my diet I am now naturally making better choices about what to put in my mouth!

I also had a a couple of different things happen this week which I feel really good about!

The first was when I got a phone call from a friend saying that they have been reading my blog and now feel inspired to change themselves and shed those pounds that are making them sad!  I was bowled over to say the least!  I started writing this blog more as a way to keep me on track….a public declaration each week which can only motivate me to stick with it when things get tough.  So for someone to tell me that I have inspired them has really touched my heart and given me another reason to carry on.  Thank you Anita and I look forward to your success too!

The other thing that happened was that I finally took a close up picture of me from my webcam and updated my Facebook picture.  I got a message from someone I worked with years ago telling me how great I looked and then a couple of other people said the same too!  Check out my picture on the About page!

So if you’re wondering whether it’s worth the time and effort to shed those pounds I can tell you for sure that it MOST DEFINITELY IS!

Here’s to looking and feeling great!

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OK so this will be brief as I forgot to write this straight after my weigh in which I know is very very naughty.  My apologies.  It’s not that I don’t care about you or anything, it’s just I’ve had other stuff on and I kinda overlooked this!

Just half a pound off this week.  Thought I’d been good but obviously not as good as I should be if I want to lose the weight.

So for next week I will do better.  Having said that, as next weeks weigh in is tomorrow I perhaps should have addressed my eating habits a little earlier….like last week.  Anyway what will be will be and if it’s not the result I want then I certainly know what to do about it.

See you tomorrow!

Yep you guessed it!!  I hit my 2 stone milestone and exceeded it by 1.5 pounds!

So as promised here is a photo to give you an idea:

So after all my stressing about getting past that mental 2 stone barrier I finally did it.  It wasn’t easy however.  I found myself desperately trying to put things in my mouth that  Ishouldn’t presumably in an attempt to sabotage myself.

Each time I caught myself, I literally had to give myself a good talking to, telling myself that history can’t repeat itself if I don’t allow it to, re-affirming why I want to lose weight,  re-affirming why I need to lose weight  and then if that wasn’t doing the trick I went for a walk to take myself away from the fridge!

I am so glad that I did.  I now feel relieved to have gotten past that barrier and continuing no longer seems to be the struggle it was last week.  I am sure there will be more tough times to come but for now I am winning the battle!

Hope you all had a good week.  Please feel free to leave any comments you’d like to make.

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So after all my good intentions last week, all my psycho analysis blah blah blah…..what have I done?

Well the week wasn’t completely bad, as half a pound off is still half a pound off.  It really should have been more though.

I am definitely trying to sabatage myself and the really horrid thing is that I know I am doing it.   How can I sit here and tell the world and his wife about my lifes events, tell you how I am not going to let it beat me and then try and ruin everything?

Was I thinking that just because I am now aware of my mental blocks and the causes behind them that it would be that simple? Just move on and have the body and mental state that I truly deserve?

Wish it was that easy!  Perhaps I have still a lot of work to do, starting by forgiving myself for beating myself up all the time and then maybe forgiving others and remembering that history will not repeat itself if I don’t allow it to.

Here’s to a better week and my 2 stone goal!

Did you have a good week?  I was unsure.  There is something about weigh in day that fills me with terror and the minutes leading up getting on those scales just fills me with a really heavy fat feeling.  My mind starts racing trying to think of anything that may lead to a weight gain or a weight loss!

For me though this week I lost a fabulous 2.5 pounds which does mean that I only have 1.5 pounds to go to hit the 2 stone mark!!!!  I must say that I am really really pleased.

Through out my years of yoyo dieting I have always got to this point and then hit a plateau where the weight loss stopped.

There could be a number of reasons for this and I will look at each in turn.

1. Could I have been eating much the same foods week in week out and my body needed something different to give it a boost?  I think this is true and so I need to keep lots of variety in my diet.
2. 2 stone is quite some weight to lose and as I am feeling great and looking good then it is easy to let naughty things slip into your mouth and if it isn’t shown on the scales the next week it’s easy to think you’ve got away with it.  I suppose then there is the temptation to stopping getting weighed and then before you know it the weight has piled back on.  Not me, not this time!
3. Male attention.  You might laugh at this really.  For a lot of women getting some male attention, being flirted with, being fancied is why you would want to get slim.  For me this is partly true and then when it starts to happen I get scared.  When I was a lot younger I had a nasty experience with a man which happened right after my very first diet where I lost 2 stone!  The event left me feeling completely unworthy and unlovable and then for a long long time every man I attracted didn’t have any respect for me which obviously then contributed to more unworthy feelings etc.  So now I wonder if, even though I have found true love with an absolutely wonderful man, does my subconscious mind keep sabotaging my diets thinking that the history might repeat itself?  Now I recognise this I can work through it and this time I will go on to get rid of ALL the excess weight I want.

So next week I want to report to you that I have lost the much wanted 2 stone and when I do I will also put up some photo’s of me in the trousers I was wearing when I started this weight loss journey!!

Have a great week.

x

Oh, well I’m not sure what happened and although it’s by no means a disaster I still put on half a pound this week.

Why?  Now that is a good question.  Could it be that I finished off those Christmas chocs?  Yes, guilty, and the ridiculous thing is…. I don’t have a sweet tooth!  I’d much prefer to munch on a bag of crisps or a chunk of cheese.  What else have I done?  I did have a bit more alcohol this week.  Had a pig of a day on Monday, a horrid stressful incident involving a weirdo and the police and then I had a job interview so all in all I did have a few glasses of the old vino which if you’ve ever seen my wine glasses actually amount to a bottle of wine!  Not good for the waist line!

It’s a great excuse isn’t it?  Having a bad day, stress, etc etc.  Making excuses like this though really doesn’t help and doesn’t empower you at all.  At the end of the day you always have a choice.  Sadly I chose to put the chocolates and wine into my mouth and sadly that means a weight gain.  In times of temptation I must just ask myself…”How much do I really want to be slim and get fit?”  If I still put stuff in my mouth then that must mean I don’t want it as much as I thought.  Maybe now I have lost nearly 2 stones and am feeling great that the urgency has died down?  I will ponder on this some more and question how I am really feeling.

So this week I will be good.  I hope.  Nope, no “I hope”…..I will!

Hope you have a good one.

x

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OK so the Christmas and the New Year celebrations are over and life has returned to normality!

I’ve had a good week.  Didn’t struggle sticking to my plan and so things went well! 3 pounds off WOO HOO!!!

I wonder if a couple of weeks of being naughty helped?  I mean, and I know this may sound ridiculous as I have had consistently good weightlosses each week on the whole, could it be that your body actually gets used to eating certain foods and then when you have something naughty for a short period and then change back again your body freaks outs at the naughty stuff and says hey lets get rid of that crap?  It would be nice to think that!

I actually think that psychologically we need a bit of a blow out from time to time too.  Whenever I start to feel deprived of something I start to focus on it more and more and then like clockwork the Law of Attraction kicks in and hey ho you’ve got what you asked for…..thinking fatty food or chocolate leads to eating it, leads to weight gain.  So my advice is to not feel deprived.  Have a little of what you fancy from time to time and most importantly be happy!

The more weight I shed, the happier I am!  How about you?

Thanks for being there.

A

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