Doing well!!

Still going strong on the old diet front. Despite being overly tempted by our local indian take-away. I am still not eating breakfast!! I weighed myself again today because i was convinced i was on the wrong path but turns out i've lost another 1lb. Very chuffed indeed. 5lb in less than two weeks is very good going i think and i am very proud of myself. I think even last time i dieted i had a chicken kebab from our local kebab house by now! 2 weeks with no take-away is definately a massive achievement for this household. Today i had a ham salad butty and a banana for lunch and salmon with boiled potatoes, green beans and brocolli for tea. I also had a ryvita cracker with low fat pate on. I am still having one sugar in my tea which has brought my daily syn allowance right down! I can keep this up, just need some motivation from somewhere as i don't seem to have any at the moment. I do want to lose weight but it appears i do not want to diet to do so. Unfortunately the only other option is surgery and i'm really not sure i am willing to go to such lengths. My next mini target is to get under 13stone. Only 6lb left until i am. I sometimes just feel like i have such a long way to go. I am most definately never letting myself get fat again!! far too much trouble to lose weight. I miss foooooooood. I am in a bad mood today mainly because i am sick of dieting already. I have a long way to go yet though

New DVD

I have just ordered Jillian Michaels 30-day shred DVD after reading about it on a weight loss forum. It sounds tough but apparently you can lose upto 20lb in 30 days so, i'm giving it a whirl. I have Charlie Brooks weight loss dvd but living in a 3rd floor apartment it can be tough doing a work-out dvd without annoying the neighbours. I'm sure they don't want to listen to the elephant dancing around above them haha. Anyway, my new dvd should be here tomorrow and my partner is going to do it with me. It sounds quite tough but i am feeling rather motivated at the moment to do this so hopefully it won't seem so hard.
  I have had 2 ryvita crackers with pate on and some pasta bolognese for lunch today. Was rather yummy. I even put courgettes in it which i hate and i ate them. Made sure i couldn't taste them in with all the other stuff. I am thinking of having something with fish for tea but not quite sure what. We were meant to have pork chops last night but ended up having home-made chicken kebabs in wholemeal pitta bread with slimming world chips instead. I went to tesco at 11pm to get some fruit as we had pretty much run out and spent over £30 on fruit and veg. It was worth it though, we now have a nice selection of snacks in the house for when we are peckish.
   I am craving an indian so badly. I would cut off a limb to go to our local indian restaurant tonight. The cravings have started pretty bad these past couple of days. I want take-aways and crisps and chocolate and cake!!! :( My partner is being really supportive so hopefully i will stay on track

yeah!!!

Well, i couldn't resist. Today i went and weighed myself - 4lb off!!! YES!! check me out! So pleased. I am very proud of myself for this week. I have cut down to 1 sugar in my tea as well. I am quite enjoying one sugar. I am over the moon with 4lb loss, so happy. I am also very proud of my other half who has also lost 3lb! We are going to be thin and fit in no time haha. I missed breakfast again this morning but nothing new there and i am still not drinking enough water. A few little niggles that need sorting out with regards to this diet. Well, i planned on losing 1lb a week until the holiday so even if i don't have another loss for 4 weeks (as long as i don't gain any) i will still be on track. Although i am hoping that i will lose more in the next 4 weeks. I am a very happy girly today as you can probably tell but i still don't have much of an appetite. I have only had a peice of ham and a bit of pasta salad for my dinner and i am so full. Tonights tea will be pork chops (all fat removed) with potatoes, peas and gravy. I'm not sure what i am going to do with the potatoes yet though. Boiled or mashed? I have set myself a bunch of mini goals to achieve, that way it doesn't look so daunting. My next mini goal is to get below 13st. So, 7lb off will get me to 12st 13lb. My next mini goal after that will be getting into single lb figures so 12st 9lb. If i reach 12st 9lb it will be the lightest i have been since having my little girl. The last time i dieted i got down to 12st 10lb before giving up so it will be an achievement. Lets hope for another good loss next week to get me well on my way

Another slimming world picnic

We packed up another slimming world picnic today and headed off out. I forgot breakfast - AGAIN! Although when we got to our destination, which was a lovely lake with a nature trail and some picnic areas, i wasn't even that hungry. I ate a salmon and cucumber sandwhich and a hard boiled egg and a little bit of chicken and that was it. I am meant to be having boiled ham with roast potatoes, carrots and spring greens with gravy for my tea but i'm still not hungry. I had a small (very small) bowl of pasta with tuna and kidney beans earlier and an apple but i don't know what is wrong with me today. I am still craving weighing myself but i only have to wait until the day after tomorrow and i get to see how well i have done this week. My partner has already got a t-shirt that fits him better than it did last week!! I will be gutted and up my game if he has lost more than me!! haha, i will be very proud of him of course. He used a few of his syns today on a nice cake, it looked delicious....i was salavating just watching him eat it but i know all my willpower and hard work would disappear in an instant if i let that soft, crumbly sponge pass my lips. I have had a day of cravings today. Fish and chips mainly. Fish, chips, mushy peas and a nice cuppa for afters - may be even an ice cream....mmmmmm. Instead i had all the things i didn't want. I was very restrained though and am proud of myself. One more day till weigh in, i just hope i have done ok.

Argghh!

I really really want to weigh myself!! I am so proud of myself because i have stuck to this diet 100% for a whole week! I know that is nothing compared to how long i have to be on this diet but still, it's not many of my diets that last a week following it to the book for a whole week. I am very proud of myself *insert massive smiley face here* However, weigh in day isn't until tuesday and i am desperate to know how i have done. I will be truly gutted if i haven't lost anything though or, even worse, GAINED weight....i don't see how that is possible though as i have been so unbelievably good. I am getting into the swing of it now and it doesn't seem so hard. I use up a lot of my syns in sugar in my tea and coffee and i really need to stop that as it doesn't leave much room for any other little treats from time to time. I have just had a ryvita with reduced fat brussels pate though which was yummy and only 3 syns. With two cups of tea with 2 level teaspoons of sugar in each (4 syns in total), a level teaspoon of light spread on my sandwhich this afternoon (1.5 syns) and my ryvita with 1 level tablespoon of pate (3 syns in total) that takes today up to 8.5 syns. I am thinking of doing some form of stew for tea so that will be nice and syn free. I do need to cut down on my sugar so from now on i am going to cut down to one sugar. This will be hard as i have always loved my milky sugary tea. I am going to miss it but, i guess two sugars in each isn't very good for the body. Another thing i need to start doing is having breakfast!! I have been really bad at having breakfast recently. I am missing a whole meal and it is the most important meal of the day. I have been better with my water today though and drank two pints! I'm getting good at this dieting lark!

naughty naughty naughty

I have been so bad today! It is now nearly 10pm and i haven't eaten a single thing :( I am just waiting for my tea of homemade green chicken massala with rice and half a chapati. It's my own fault. I have been asleep nearly all day, i have been so so tired. In a way though, even though i know it can be counter productive i feel quite good about the fact that i haven't eaten anything. That is a bad way of thinking and i really need to get out of it before it becomes habbit. When i was younger i did have anorexic tendencies. It all started when i was in school because i was a big girl and i did get called "fatty" and other things that i don't want to repeat. When i left school i decided enough was enough and went on the slim fast diet and started taking diet pills. I didn't follow the diet the way i was suppose to and didn't really eat solid food for weeks, only the odd bit to keep me going. I went down from a size 16 to a size 8 and ended up being really ill for quite a while. I don't want to go back to that so really need to keep an eye on my eating habbits. Although, if i had kept an eye on my eating habbits i wouldn't be on this diet in the first place. Ah the irony.

Massive motivation boost

I remembered today that i had joined a weight loss forum last year when i started slimming world the first time and today i logged back in. I had a look at some before and after pictures that people have posted and they all look fantastic!! It has been a really big motivation booster for me because i know how much i want to do this. It gets hard sometimes when temptation kicks in but i think i am finally getting into the swing of it. I just hope i have lost something this week as i think if i have put on then it will put me on a really bad downer. I want to get back to the gym, i just wish it wasn't so expensive. It is £30 a month each for me and my partner. Another thing that makes this diet hard is him sometimes. He is a big foody and being part Spanish loves his olive oil and bread. I must admit, i am missing bread. Before dieting i ate a lot of pate on toast, somtimes upto 6 slices a day and now i can only have one i am missing it quite a lot. I did buy some reduced fat brussels pate from tesco last night which is only 2.5syns for 28g. I have missed breakfast again today!! I have been having bad nights with my little girl recently and as she is in nursery today i thought i would take the oppertunity to catch up on some sleep - didn't plan on sleeping till midday. I am just about to have a slimming world friendly full english. Although the sausage is 5syns :( Sausage, bacon, beans, egg, tomatoes, potato cubes and a piece of toast :) nom nom. Then for tea i think i am going to make a nice cottage pie with veg.
   A big problem for me at the moment is drinking. I barely drink anything through-out the day and i really need to drink more water. Cordial and juice is all synful so i can only have it occasionally. I do need to start drinking more. May be a "drink alarm" is in order.

Hungry!!

My lord am i starving!! To be fair i have been quite a naughty girl today and not in the way you might be thinking. No, i have not gorged myself on chocolate, in fact i have not eaten enough. I didn't have breakfast because i was a bit busy and lunch was only beans on toast (toast with no butter and reduced salt and sugar beans). I am writing this eagerly awaiting my chicken roast that is on it's way. I am going to pile high my veg - it's a good job i like it! Then i have got a nice selection of fruit and some natural yoghurt for pudding. I can't wait i am so hungry! Dieting is starting to get me down already, i think once i have had a weight loss i will feel better but for now i am going mad. There is chocolate in my fridge that keeps calling my name and a chippy down the road that is very very hard to resist. I miss food. I miss the local kebab house. I hate how i have become such a food junkie, i mean, i love my fruit, veg and salad but convenience food is so easy. I do love cooking but sometimes at the end of the day it is easy to just nip up the chinese and grab a quick bite. I am determined to stick to this, just need my dinner!

It's not fair!!!

I went to boots today to weigh myself and found out that i actually weigh more than first thought!!! So gutted but i suppose it is my own fault for just randomly guessing how much i weighed. Today i have been a good girl though. The fruit salad was my brekkie, for lunch i had the rest of the quorn bolognese in a jacket potato and for tea i have had a chicken stir fry. I've also had a couple of peices of fruit in between as snacks. I am pretty full now! I am still rather gutted about being nearly 6lbs over what i originally thought :( it has really put a downer on me. So, here are the stats now:
Start weight: 192lb (13st 10lbs)
Goal weight: 126lb (9st)

For now, getting below 13 stone is my goal. I hate having so much weight to lose, it feels like it will take a lifetime! I am severely lacking in motivation since this afternoon, not that i have been perticularly motivated so far. Just need to hang in there, hopefully once the first couple of weeks are over it will just get easier

Annoyed much?

I am really rather quite annoyed!!!! Since starting the diet i thought i had been very good and was following it religiously - until i read in my book that slimming world counts freshly squeezed juice and syns!!! which means i have gone over my syn allowance both days!! So gutted. However, it has given me certain motivation to be on the diet strangely. I am currently sat in bed eating a very nice bowl of fruit salad and using 2 of my syns for a nice cup of tea with sugar :D I haven't planned out what is for lunch or tea yet but i am sure a jacket potato and a stir fry will be involved.
    Yesterday i tried something new....Quorn. I have always been a big meat eater so the thought of eating a spaghetti bolognese without beef mince was wrong to me. However, it is much lower in fat than beef mince so i thought i would give it a go...it isn't that bad. Obviously, there was no comparing it to a lovely traditional spag bol but it was ok as a nice low fat alternative. I have plenty left over so may be that can be my jacket spud filling thiss afternoon.
   Another thing i have thought of doing is taking week by week photos, that way over time i can see my weight loss for myself. I am thinking it could be a good motivation booster. I am also going to take my measurements today and will record the difference once a month. I will weigh myself once a week in Boots using their weigh machine.
   The fruit salad was yummy.....might have to go raid the fridge for some more.

Holiday = Diet :(

We have booked a holiday for September and that only means one thing.....it's diet time!! It is about time really though as i have been putting off the diet since i had my little girl but one thing is for sure, i cannot go abroad with a flabby stretch marked covered stomach. Me and my partner are both doing the slimming world diet as we have done it before and we know what we are doing, plus, it is one of the best diets out there for variety in my opinion. I'm hoping this blog will keep me focused for the next few months as i am likely to go mad otherwise. In total i have 4 stone to lose ideally but there is no way i can do that in such a short space of time. So, i will just have to make do with what i can lose between now and then. So, here are that stats as they stand at the moment:


Current weight: 186lb (13st 4lb)
Ideal Weight: 126lb (9st)

I have worked out that there is 22 weeks till the holiday and if i can lose roughly 2lb a week i can lose 44lb. This is my theory anyway, wether it will work or not remains to be seen!
  Today i have been a good girl so far, had an apple and a banana for breakfast and me and the family have been out for a picnic today so i have had some nice pasta salad, potato salad (all made with extra light mayo), some fruit, and a low fat cheese sandwhich. For tea we are having roast ham with roast potatoes (roasted in fry-light) with carrots, cabbage and a nice low fat gravy. At the moment i am doing the shopping online and getting in some nice low fat healthy ingredients to see me through the rest of the week. I am really missing sugary tea though :(