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!

x

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.

x

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.

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

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

x

Sorry I haven’t posted for a couple of weeks, christmas and all that!

How was it for you? For me, well, I’ve only just picked myself up off the floor from laughing so much….not christmas cheer but my weigh in on Wednesday night!

So here’s what happened….

Week 12:

I had prepared well for Christmas, planned to a certain extent what we were eating and although I ended up using Goose fat for the roasties overall I thought food wise I did rather well! Booze wise was another story though and the small glass of Baileys over ice I asked my husband to pour me seemed more like half the bottle…maybe he knows me too well and to hand over anything less may have got him shot!

Anyway, weigh in…2.5 pounds ON! Which I was slightly disappointed at as I didn’t think I’d been THAT bad!

Week 13:

This week I knew would be difficult. We were off to visit various family and friends for 4 days and I knew I would have no control over what food I was given and then there was the booze issue too (sounds like I have a drinking problem doesn’t it?!). So I just decided to forget it, it’s only 4 days and then I can get straight back to clean living!

So four days of sausage rolls, pork pies, takeaway curry, bread & BUTTER, pies, puddings, and booze. We finally arrive home having stopped for a burger in the service station coming back and then we tuck in to Pizza for tea. Oh dear! The next day we end up having a takeaway Chinese and there is fruit loaf and all sorts still left over which seemed rude not to eat up!

The weigh in…..1.5 pounds OFF! So now you see why I can’t stop laughing!

Anyway the past is the past. Here’s to a new week.

Well after a complete downer last week having gained 1.5 pounds I have well and truly redeemed myself this week with a fantastic 3.5 OFF!

To say I am ecstatic is probably a bit conservative. It hasn’t been a tough week. I think I knew deep down that last week was just some terrible womanly thing and that if I persevered and stayed focused the weight would come off!

This week will be a bit different no doubt! I have planned for Christmas though so food wise it won’t be too bad. It’s the alcohol sadly that might be the problem!

Oh well if you can’t enjoy yourself for a couple of days at Christmas then when can you?!!

Have a brilliant one everybody and I will let you know how I get on next week.

xxx

Pants. 1.5 pounds ON this week.

I have to say this has really done my head in. Probably because I don’t understand why. So what is different this week to last? Well there are only two things I can think of. The first is that I am taking some medicine from the doctor however according to the box it is sugar and fat free, and the second is that it is that wonderful time of the month that us females have to endure!

Could these two things really be the cause or am I looking for excuses? I don’t suppose I will ever know. The only thing I can do is to carry on, focus on my food to make sure that I am eating healthily and see what happens next week.

Here’s another recipe you might like to try this week. It really is yumbo!

Teriyaki Salmon with Noodles