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.

x

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.

x

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

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

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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

Well it’s another humdinger of a week! 3.5 pounds off….come on!!!

So it really feels like I am on a role. Half a pound more off this week than last week which is great, so what have I done differently?

Well food wise I have eaten much the same. By that I mean I am loading my plate with plenty of veggies and eating fruit when peckish and just generally sticking to the rules from my weight loss group.

The only other thing I have done is increase my activity levels. I haven’t mentioned exercise before and I think we all know how important it is. Mention the “E” word and we all groan (at least we do when starting out doing the wicked deed!) and then soon enough, and you may just have to trust me on this, you actually do start to enjoy it, especially when the pounds start to shift in the right direction!

Anyway, exercise isn’t something that I am consciously doing. I am not going to the gym, not going out specifically for a bike ride, not going for a run. All these things are great to do but if at first exercise isn’t your bag then forget it!

All I am doing is staying on my feet more, walking a bit further than I would have done before and I can tell you that I am definitely feeling fitter. In fact yesterday I didn’t get in my car once! With the weather on my side I walked to my kids school and back three times…two school runs and one Christmas Concert, then after school I also had to take my eldest to the doctors and she was happy to walk there and back too. So all in all I walked 8 whole miles and that is without all the steps done in between!

With christmas coming up click here to download my present to you!

Have a great week.

x