On A Mission

Weigh in wc 20th September

2010-09-21T08:15:00.000-07:00

Another 2 lb off, Just hope I can keep that up cause a steady 2lb per week is 8 stone in a year and that would be something to aim at !!!
Well I am having a rant on Facebook at the moment as they are just changing the time of out Slimming world group. The one I have been going to for the past 3½ years cause it was the perfect time for me !!! Well it seems really unfair that they can just change it because they think 7.30 is a better time well not for me. I love my group and all the people in it, its all going to change.

Hows it Going

2010-09-14T09:04:00.000-07:00

Well another 2lb off this week and there was 1½ off last week, so its comming off and if I can keep it up it will be two more stone for xmas.
Gym tonight where I am going to really start to push myself to get burning all the extra calories. I am still very focused and my personal motivation is very high.
I just wished i could have a few good weeks to make me feel I am making real progress.
Got to also stay as the groups biggest looser as I have a few people hot on my heels now with some good losses. By March next year when they award it I want to be back to * stone lost then onwards and upwards to 10stone lost and then keep it off.
I am going to try really hard again this week and reduce my syns right down , and stick to the minimum I can manage with
A green day today with chips and beans for tea tonight.

Weigh in 31st Aug 2010

2010-09-01T03:55:00.000-07:00

I lost 2½ this week which I was a little disappointed with but it was a loss and 2lb per week would be 8 stone in a year. I have to now keep the motivation and focus of last week up and keep focused. Stability Ball and spinning tonight and I want to really start to push myself and really get burning those calories.

Next week would really like a good loss and be slimmer of the week and get back to the days of old. I started this week by having eggy bread and fresh tomatoes for breakfast and brought a chicken salad for lunch. Now the question is what to have for tea. I am on an original day so steak Salad would be nice and tick all the boxes. Might see if I could persuade my mum to nip and get me a nice piece from the butchers.
Going to up my water intake as well so that it will flush out all the fat !!! and keep me hydrated of course.

Bank Holiday Weekend

2010-08-31T07:47:00.000-07:00

The final Bank holiday of the year & I managed to stay in control for once.
If anything I would have to say I perhaps didnt eat enough. Managed the gym on Friday night and worked really hard, then just had fruit & chicken for tea when I got in.
Depressed myself on Saturday and nipped up to Mcarthur Glenn (J28) to go to the addidas shop, got a great top from the Nike shop and some Fab new Reebok trainers, but the Addidas shop was a disaster, bought some cropped leggins for spinning and couldnt even get them over my hips and then got a Vest top that shows up every one of my rolls of flab !!! This has motivated me cause I now have to go back there again next weekend.
Then on monday someone took a few pictures of me at Moorgreen Show, with the cattle and posted them on Facebook and I look like I did when I was 22 stone !! Yet more motivation.
Add to that the motivation of beeing dumped by the bloke you thought was going to be your soul mate for the rest of your life and being on your own again at 38 and you should have shit loads of motiation .....
I have filled my food diary in religiously for the last week and I am going to keep that up as well, so its a big fingers crossed for a good loss tonight to restart me.

A very good week so far

2010-08-27T07:39:00.000-07:00

So far I have made the gym every night this week and ate brilliantly. I am so motivated this week, just wished i could have this much resolve every week.
Went out last night and had steak salad and asked for it with no chips no jacket potatoe no peas no mushrooms and no onion rings and no salad dressing. My friend sat and ate a pudding and I had a black coffee, it felt to be that much in control and the food was really nice. I did have a sachet of mayonaise which I looked up this morning and it was 4½ syns... OMG . Just got to keep this up over the weekend then weigh in on Tuesday should be a breeze.
My personal circumstances have changed slightly (ie been dumped yet again) so i can be more focused on me an my weight loss and exercise.
Having a man in my life has made me drop that focus and cook nice food for him, which i consequentially eat as well. All that now is over his choice and I am gutted but that is the way it is. Cattle show this weekend but I am going to stay focused and in control

Weigh in w/c 23/08/10

2010-08-25T07:24:00.000-07:00

A disappointing pound on but I am not going to let that defeat me as I know why it happened. Getting the hours back in at the gym, and looking to do the same again this week but end the week on a loss. I know it is Bank Holiday and could potentially be a situation where Alcohol may be required, but I am going to try my hardest to avoid it.
I have had a very traumatic few days but still made it to weigh in and the gym. I have to turn my life round, and I know I can do it.
If I have a good loss next week i will start to put it down again and update my ticker. Allthough I am not actually sure if any one at all reads this.

Weigh in This week & WHats been happening

2010-08-06T07:22:00.000-07:00

This week weigh in was much better and my hard work did pay off and I got the loss of 3½ lbs that i deserved and I was finally Slimmer of the Week. Havent had that award since March 2010 and This week I earnt every bit of it. Been at Bakewell show all week so no gym and wont get till Sunday now, but i havent been too far off plan diet wise and yesterday didnt have too much to eat, just got to hold it together over the weekend, and stay focused and on track.

I am keeping up with my food diary which is helping and I have the desire to do this again, so things are all good.

Thursday and all is well

2010-07-29T07:31:00.000-07:00

So far been very good, and have kept up with the good food choices and the gym. Got to keep plugging away at it then on Monday night I will get the results that i deserved last week.
Cant go to pieces over the weekend, I never used to, I used to be better at the weekends than in the week. I could loose 3 lb over the weekend, But that hasnt happened recently. Going to have a sneeky little weigh on the scales in the morning.
Nursing a bad shoulder, so only doing spinning and legs tonight !! Still not going to use it as and excuse to skive off, got to keep with the motivation

Day 1 in the new start house!!

2010-07-27T09:07:00.000-07:00

A really really disappointing weigh in last night only lost ½lb, and I am gutted !
I cant let it get me down, cause I have to do this and get back on track and keep loosing weight.
Off to the gym tonight, then to resist evil temptations of food on the way home.
Only a short blog today cause I am off to the gym now and the choice is sit on my too fat butt blogging or make my butt smaller at the gym ... WHat would you do ?

Massive Kick Up The Butt

2010-07-26T03:17:00.000-07:00

Right Confession time
I am putting weight back on, It has to stop. I am back at class with a vengance and want to get myself back on track and back loosing weight.
I could write a list of excuses down here as to what has gone wrong but i am not going to as its life and also me being weak and using events as a reason !!
I found that when I blogged more I was much more focused and was planning more so here I go again.
Not going to say yet how much I have put on, but I will when it starts comming back off, cause I am going to do it, and I am going to eventually get to my target of loosing 10 stone. Now a massive way to go to achieve that, but I will do it !
The gym and classes are still going to form a major part of my master plan, as are my slimming world classes.

This week

2010-03-08T02:38:00.000-08:00

Well I only managed to loose a pound last week which I was disappointed with. This week motivation has been high and I have been very good, even though I am still not eating enough. That is again what I am going to work on this week, as I know that is where I am going wrong. Mixed feelings about weigh in tonight as I think i could have a gain cause all though I have been really good I went out for a family meal last night, so not only did I not go to the gym I had all you can eat Chinese. That was my only failing for the week, so with any luck i should still have a good weigh in.
I need some good news this week as I have had a lot of personal stress this week and feel very very low, and i am surprised I havent gone off the rails food wise. Been dumped yet again, and not coping very well with it, so going to throw myself in to the gym to try and take my mind off things.
Fingers crossed for weigh in tonight

The weekend

2010-03-01T05:45:00.000-08:00

Had a good weekend food wise and kept up with the gym big style, just need to get the results to show on the scales.
I dont thing I am eating enough at the mo, and that will be what i am going to change this week, to see if I can get the losses back up. Its weigh in tonight, not really sure how I will have done but I have been good, so fingers crossed.

Whats been Happening

2010-02-19T03:35:00.000-08:00

Didmt make weigh in this week as was off work on Monday and didnt feel like breaking the day up to haul myself back t Mansfield for Weigh in at Slimming World.
I have been on track and last weekend made it to the gym Saturday and Sunday, and I have been all week apart from Monday. Didnt spoil things with a fancy valentines meal as Lee was working so at least I could look on the bright side of it somehow, and on the Monday didnt go off plan either. I think my problem this week will be the fact that I havent been eating enough. I have had a few things to deal with and that has made me not want to eat as I have been feeling a little sick. But i have managed full attendance at the gym and so hoping for a 4 lb loss this week (2lb from last week and 2lb this week ) to keep me focused and motivated.
I dont feel as if I am shaping up yet from the gym activities, but am going to get the tape measure out in the next few days.
Well its omelette for lunch today with Salad and then roast dinner when I get back from the gym so I should be relatively syn free today and tommorrow and Sunday I am going to try exceptionally hard.
I want to be reporting a good loss on Monday night and stay focused for shifting all this excess weight, and toning up !

Week 140WI

2010-02-09T08:15:00.000-08:00

Week 140 weigh in

A good 2½lb loss this week, which I am pleased with after last weeks blip of a pound gain which I didnt feel i deserved. I seem to be getting a steady loss but I suppose I am just impatient and wish it would come off as quick as it goes on. But in real terms i did have three off plan meals in that so just imagin if i ever had a stunningly good week fully on plan !!

Well So far today I have been on a green day and I have had fruit for breakfast and a Baked bean and Cheese jacket potatoe for Lunch. Tea tonight is planned with Pasta and a small piece of garlic bread, and melon and a muller lite yogurt. Going to the gym as well so i should have no reason or in fact time to stray off plan. Got the gym planned in all week till Sunday even then I am trying to fit some thing in.

My shoulder is a little better and definately now feels as if it is on the mend.
I am keeping a comprehensive food diary as well which does seem to be helping.

Its the weekend

2010-02-05T03:27:00.000-08:00

Well its the weekend I have been to the gym as planed, and I am going to try and get tomorrow and Sunday. I am finally feeling a bit fitter and in spinning my legs seem to be going round much faster, so i think that my belly must be starting to shrink, so that when I am sat on the bike there is more room for my legs to go round.
I have got spinning and studio strength class again today, and going to be ontrack diet wise and stay under 15syns. Tomorrow will be a little harder but sunday should be ok as I have planned to do a full roast dinner.
In my mind I would really like to loose 3lbs at weigh in on Monday as that would be the two pound I want to loose every week and then the pound I put on last week that was undeserved. In theory to get back on track it should really be 5lb but that is very unrealistic as i have has two meals out this week, allthough I have been very very good the rest of the time.
Quite hungry now so the choice is two satsumas or some grapes.
Got some new gym kit of the internet today from a company called TLC sport, i have ordered off them before and there stuff fits well and washes really well. So as well as feeling fitter this week i will look better in some nice new gym kit.
I am feeling very motivated and really need to have a good weekend this weekend, and I really want that loss for Monday.

Im Back !!!!

2010-02-02T08:34:00.000-08:00

Big kick up the arse time
Put on weight over christmas, got a lovely fella that likes me cooking nice things to eat, going out for nice meals.
Well back on track with Slimming World, lost 6½ lbs in January just need to continue that for each month of 2010 and I will be back to where I want to be.
Was ill the first two weekd of Jan so didnt make it back to the gym straight away but i was back last week, so apart from a niggling little shoulder injury there is nothing stopping me !!!
Lee (my fella) has been coming to the gym with me and will support me as he knows how much I want to do this, so I have no excuses at all.
Spinning & Studio Strength are the order of the day today, and also more regular blogging, I do like and enjoy the support from my online buddies.
Luckily I didnt put all my weight back on, but it has been enough to shock me back into control.
I have continued going to the slimming world classes so at least i knew exactly where I was weight wise and also cause I am a social team member, that is one of the reasons it was so easy to get back on track.
I have the gym booked 4 times this week and i will make it to all of them and maybe more, if i have time.
I will do this and at the moment motivation is high, just wished i didnt have to spend all day sat in front of the computer when i could be at the gym or out walking or something burning off calories !!! But for now I have to do this
Happy reading and keep commenting
x

Arse into gear now

2009-09-08T06:12:00.000-07:00

Its 15 weigh ins till Christmas, and I need to shift 2 stone.
I feel motivated, but have a lot of bad habits creaping back in. Focus is what i need. I am going to get meals planned this week and try to shift the 1st two pounds for monday.
Blogging is back on the agenda, cause it keeps me away from the vending machine at lunch time !!!
Motivation is what i need. Things are more settled on the love life front now, so there are no excuses there now except for the fact that he some times brings cookies home and he loves Ben & Jerry's. They used to be two of my favourite men along with Jack !!!! I have to be strong and resist them as much as I can.
This is a much stronger me, with hopefully lots more will power !!!!

Gym

2009-07-23T02:51:00.000-07:00

Went to the gym las night, and did a lot of free weights, Chest and biceps, which felt really hard but good. I am enjoying the change, and it is good to train with someone.
Spinning tonight, then a take away, which I am going to try and make wise choices.
I was very good yesterday. and I stayed on plan and was under 10 syns yesterday.
That will give me a little extra for tonight, and i know that after tonight I will be on plan all weekend.

Week 112 WI

2009-07-22T07:00:00.000-07:00

Well as promised I am back and writing things down again, and back on track with the diet and exercise.
Weigh in was no where near as bad as I thought. I put on 2lbs and and still at a total loss of 7stone 2lbs.
First mini target is to get back to 7stone 7lbs lost which I am going to try and do in the next couple of weeks, then onwards from there.
The gym is going well and I did a hard spinning class last night and will go again today, but it will be the gym as opposed to spinning.
Diet wise I am much better as I am eating healthier and staying relatively on par with syns allthough I am only on day two, but I do feel motivation is high.
I will do this and will get two stone off for xmas
21 weigh in's till xmas, scary i know but at two lb per week that could easily be 42lb which would put me at target, but alloing for a few slip ups along the way i can do 28 without too much stress. I really want to motivate myself to do this now.

2009-07-20T07:55:00.000-07:00

Back Again.... Had a few weeks away at shows and off track with the gym and diet. But did go to the gym last night and do Aerobics Studio and Spinning. And its off to slimming world tonight for the weigh in. I am going to be back on track, no matter what stresses my personal life seems to be giving at the moment, i am not that far off track weight wise cause i still think i have lost well over 7 stone, but I will post after weigh in this week, and my classes are booked this week, with a trip to the gym every day from tuesday till sunday.
My new training at the gym was going well and I am still in shape, but need to do better !!!
I hope that my few readers bear with me, and still find some interest in my ramblings !!

Not quite As Planned

2009-06-03T00:41:00.000-07:00

Well the new training partner didn't show for the gym , so I did double spin, but I am going in the gym on my own tonight. Any ideas of what to do ?
I want to do some free weights but that tends to be the male are of the gym, so when I venture down there I would like to look like I know what I am doing. I am quite strong and do quite a lot of weights in Studio Strength (like Body Pump) .
I need to do this so if the training partner ever decides to leave his ex girlfriend alone I can whoop his ass at the gym !!!! It is a little bit of motivation for me among all the shit i have put up with.
Onwards and upwards forom this morning, and on to 8½ stone marker again.
I can do it and I will do it !!!!

A Stressfull few weeks

2009-06-02T07:09:00.000-07:00

A very stressfull few weeks for me and for the first time ever i have lost my appetitie. That was was the only upside of the whole stressful experience. I am not sure if all the stress is over, but i do have a feeling it may not.
But the good side is I am now back to 8stone lost, just need to stick at that.
Got a new training partner at the gym and after spinning tonight i am having my first gym session with the training partner. I know I will have to push myself to keep up but i think that will be a good thing, cause i need motivation to loose this last two stone.
I am still at slimming world every week and I am going to post more often, so if any one does actually read this I am back, and going to be thinner and fitter.

week 93 WI

2009-03-17T07:45:00.000-07:00

A slight gain this week which was a little disappointing, but I have to get over my disappointment and move on and just hope that I can loose it next week.
My motivation is still really good, but I do have the odd treat too many.

Back on plan today, and its a green day, and lots of exercise. I have a busy schedule the next fwe days so I am going to prepare food in advance and try to not let it be the focus, more of something I have to do. If I am bust I do not tend to think of food as much. So in theory it should be a good few days !!!

Fingers crossed

Week 91 WI

2009-03-03T09:46:00.000-08:00

Week 91......

Another 2lb off Yippee. I knew i deserved a loss last week, but I did feel it may have been a little more. Allthough I had lost 6lbs the week previous and 2½ the week before that.

I am now feeling like I have got back into the swing of it and would like to keep going this way for the next few weeks. I really must not let anything throw me off course food wise and I want to remain focused.

Circumstances have made it that I am not gyming tonight, but I am going to cook much healthier for tea and have a nice Green day tea of slimming world chips and mushy peas. I have some Rice pudding as well that I can also have and still keep my syns right down.

I have got back to loosing exactly 7½ stone (again) and now need to get back to that 8 stone mark. If i could do that before the end of March that would be fab, if not i will get there.

I also got slimmer of the week at group last night, and the nice thing was that was 2nd week running. It has been a very long while since that has been the case.

Motivation is still good and I am not wanting to eat the large ammounts of rubbish that I had been eating. Finally i am on the move.

So on plan today, meals planned for tommorrow, got to start to think about Thursday.

Did My Plans Come Off ??

2009-03-02T07:11:00.000-08:00

Both diet and exercise this weekend have been top class. I so deserve a loss tonight and I hope I get one.
I did Spinning & Gym on Friday and had a go on the powerplate which was quite good.
Saturday did a long walk with the dog and then got my butt to the gym, and did the xtrainer & rower and some free weights, then a spinning class.

Tea was lovely I did slimming world chips and mushy peas with a small piece of cod, and the syn free rice pudding. How nice was that !

Sunday I became gym bunny extodinaire. I got up and took the dos out, and then went to do spinning and aerobics. Got home and took the dog for a proper long walk and then did another gym and power plate session and aerobics class, as I couldn't get to the studio strength class that I normally go to on a sunday.

Diet wise I have only gone over 15 syns once this week and that was on Monday which was treat night. So I am really hoping for a loss tonight. I haven't been this motivated for a long time, just need to hold on to it.
Fingers crossed and watch this space

Finally

2009-02-27T06:34:00.000-08:00

Finally I am back in the zone, well I have been all week and looking good for the weekend.

Last mondays weigh in was a good loss, but I still have over a stone to loose to get back to my pre xmas weight. On the real plus side I was slimmer of the week and would like to be it again this week, but that will be a case of wait and see. Realistically I have to loose 2lb to get back to having lost 7½ stone, so that is my mini target for this weekend.

I am not doing as many of the Extra Easy days as I was before, and going back to original and green days, and this seems to work so much better for me.
Gym wise I am getting fitter and my knee is not giving me as much pain as it used to even though i am still carrying and extra stone of mince pies !!!!
I have a really busy weekend so that could work one of two ways for the food plan, but with how I'm feeling at the moment it will be good. I will get back to a more regular posting, just in case any one actually reads this drivel and has the slightest interest in my progress.
Exercise planned over the next few days is spinning, aerobics, studio strength and a couple of hours in the gym on the x-trainer and rower and doing a few free weights.
We have one of those new Power Plates in the gym, but never used it before, may give that a go as well.... I will look it up on the wonderful internet, but in the meantime, any ideas what you do on it or links to pages about it ?

Here's to an on plan weekend food and exercise wise.

Exercise over the weekend

2009-01-26T03:13:00.000-08:00

Lots .....

Did quite well with it, but could have done better.

Friday night did spinning and then studio strength, and worked hard in both.

Saturday went for a very brisk 1 hour walk. Had a bit of pain in lower back from a cow pulling me on saturday morning, so didn't make spinning as i wanted to rest it an make sure i could do my walk with the girls on the sunday morning.

Sunday did about 6-7 miles with the girls from the gym that are starting to train for the moon walk in May in London. It was very muddy, but loved every minute of it.
I then did Aerobics, Studio and spinning last night. I was very careful with the weights in studio as my back was still a little sore. It feels better when I am walking and fine at spinning, so as long as I am careful it should be ok.

Food wise quite good over the weekend, no alcohol except a small mug of gluvine whilst on the walk with the girls, but i have been under syns all three days. I am also trying to very steadily reduce my portion sizes, and i am now only having one slice of bread with my breakfast. I had a little sneeky weigh on my home scales and it was reporting a 2lb loss, which is a little disappointing with all the hard work I feel i have put in, but not getting to dispondant till I have had my official weigh in tonight. So for the moment its a case of fingers crossed and wait and see !!!!!!!

week 85 Weigh in

2009-01-22T06:55:00.000-08:00

A satisfactory result due to have three meals out a loss of 1½lbs. That is 8½ lbs in three weeks, the disapponting thing is that i put 14lbs in 2 weeks over xmas !!

But at least it is comming off and I am feeling quite fit at the moment, allthough I have got to improve in the gym. I have got to get my times better on the rower. And get back to more cardio in the gym. I am going to try and do some extra in the gym on saturday.

Food wise this week I did have a meal out last night, but that is it now till next week, so i should be on for a loss this week. I would like to have a 2-3lb loss, cause I have lots of exercise planned between now and Sunday and I am going to work hard to achieve the results.
Spinning & Studio Strength later today so that should help as well and the same booked tomorrow.

I have been writing down all my food and exercise in a book and that is really helping, and also I have found out that my BMR is 1720, but i am going to try and find out a bit more about that. Isn't the internet a wonderful thing !!!

week 84 Weigh in

2009-01-13T00:51:00.000-08:00

A great loss of 4lb. Really pleased that my hard work of last week paid off. I am gong to try and work harder this week cause i know that it will harder. I was Slimmer of the week this week, and it has been a long while since I have done that. I would like to get it again soon.

I did have a few more original days than i was going to have, but it has worked so I am going to keep up the good work. I have one meal out planned this week, and one night when I am not sure what will be happening food wise. But i know for sure both nights I wont be drinking, as I am going to drive both of them.
I am going to go for a walk every day this week at lunchtime as well, unless the weather is really bad, and that should help things along.
Fitness goals this week are more walking and improve rowing times and distance in the gym, whilst still doing other classes. I can see improvements with the weights in my studio strength classes.

The weekend

2009-01-12T05:57:00.000-08:00

Well I did lots of exercise and i am back on track with my weights at studio strength. I have got to start increasing the walking, and get back in the gym more. I need to improve on the rower and xtrainer. But there is time to do that.

Food wise not too bad and I am expecting a loss at weigh in tonight, and i do deserve it this week. It feels good to be back in control, and even when I had an impromptu invite out for lunch yesterday, i knew it wasn't going to ruin my whole week. But also I had been for a walk in the morning and went to the gym last night, so hopefully that will have counteracted it.

I am trying to reduce my portion sizes a bit now, as a new aim for 2009. Because i love my food and still love it, i am going to try to scale things down a little and only eat when I am hungry... Apart from breakfast. I do have my big breakfast every day, and that helps me stick to plan for the rest of the day.
On the Slimming World new Extra Easy plan , I have been getting on ok with it but i do enjoy my healthy extras and have found myself reverting back to original, quite a few days last week. I think I am going to use extra easy every now and then rather than the norm, as I know i can loose weight very successfully on original.

Anyway i am looking forward to weigh in tonight, which is a good feeling, and looking forward to the gym tommorrow.

How the diet is going

2009-01-07T08:06:00.000-08:00

Still going well been really good for over a week now, maintaining exercisie levels, and getting back into a bit of a zone.
I have been doing the Slimming World Extra Easy plan but the last couple of days I have gone back to original, but only cause it was easier.
Motivation is still high, and I am looking forward to getting through this week with all days on plan. Just need a good loss at the end of the week as a reward. I may have a little sneeky peek on the scales on friday morning just to see how things are going.

New Years Resolutions

2009-01-07T07:58:00.000-08:00

My New Years Resolutions

There aren't many but at least if they are wrote down at another point in time I can see if I achieved them, which will be interesting in December.

Obviously number 1 is to loose the weight I put on before Christmas and over Christmas, and then another two stone. I am not ready to say how much i put on yet, but I am working very hard to get it off

2. Get fitter and try to run. I live in the countryside and would love to be able to do some running, down side to this is that i live on a great big hill

3. go to bed earlier. A silly one but after comming home from the gym and having a bath i then seem to spend too many hours in front of the tv catching up with the sky plus.

4. Get to work earlier, i have got in to a bad habbit of just getting to work on time, i used to be a real early bird, i have no problems getting up for show's, it seems harder for work.

5. get on top of my spare room, that is full of clutter, and clothes that no longer fit, that I have been going to list on Ebay

Well there they are.... not an exhaustive list, but it is still written evidance

Week 84 Weigh In

2009-01-06T03:47:00.000-08:00

Finally good news to report and i am back on track and feeling more in control.
A loss of 2½lbs which to say they was a new years eve and news day in the week, it was really good. I was trying the new Slimming world Extra Easy Plan, which works.
The new plan allows you to have meat and pasta/potatoes in the same day all free. It was a bit wierd but got me through new year sucessfully. My aim is to have a loss at every weigh in during January, that should help me get back on track.

This week i should have nothing at all to throw me off track, and there will be no alcohol drunk at all for the next few weeks. At least !!!! I have the gym planned most of the week, and i am going to start to vary things a lot more. I went on the rower on Saturday before spinning and I realised i need to actually go in the gym more to get some variety. I have booked in for aerobics, studio strength, spinning and the gym this week. I am even going to do more walking at the weekend and possibly walk up town a bit at lunchtimes.

I am not going to write about my final target till I am 10lb awayfrom it cause as soon as I set it last time, I started to fail. All the way along when i never set a target i kept loosing, so i amd just going to keep plodding away at it for the time being, and just want to get back in to a pattern of actually loosing weight. I do have a couple of mini targets in mind, one of which is a challenge with an online buddy I have on a Slimming World Forum, which is a race to 13 stone, which will take me a while but I will get there. Also I want to have lost weight for the start of the cattle showing season in May which is when the food and drink becomes more of an issue.

Anyway the gym later and an original day for me today as I have lots of Lamb to eat up and tonight i have the rest of it, so it seemed easier to go back to basics today. Also the original and green days are going to shift the weight off quicker, and I could do with a New year boost to shift some of the Christmas weight that is going to take a while to get rid of !!!!!!
Anyway Motivation is sky high now, and I hope going to last for a good long while.

Last weeks WI week 82

2009-01-05T03:21:00.000-08:00

It was bad news but I went and found exactly where I was, and went away thinking I would not have a gain next week.
I managed to control New Year and make it 24hours off track, from 6pm till 6pm. After that i got back on track and didn't leave it till today the 5th to get back on track.
Weigh in tonight should be good, and one of my new years resolutions is to blog more often
I promise !!!

2008-12-29T07:23:00.000-08:00

Well its the end of the old year... nearly, and I am not going to mention weight too much in this little post only to say the last few weeks I have been completely off the rails, but I am weighing tonight, so at least I will know what damage I have done, and that this will be the last gain of 2008. I dont intend to have a gain in January. Starting with next weeks weigh in, I am trying to keep my diary as clear as poss for the next few weeks so I can get back on track big time. I know I can do it and I will.

Another thing I am going to do is try and blog more, so come on followers give me some encouragement and tips.

This was just a quick post to let you all know I am still alive just a bit off track !!

Birthday and Works Xmas Doo

2008-12-01T03:52:00.000-08:00

It was ours works xmas doo at the weekend, which coincided with my birthday. My freind had told me she had found me the perfect man..... Well here he is on the picture !!!

No Hangover Sunday morning which was excellent, as I had quite a bit of stuff to do, and I even managed to do three classes at the gym last night, which by the looks of my arms in that dress i need to keep doing them till the next time the dress goes out on the 13th Dec !!

I was pleased I did go to the gym, cause with it being my birthday I was tempted to go out for a meal.

Here is a picture of me and me sis she has borrowed Tom Jones's wig !!

Its weigh in tonight, I am hoping I haven't done too much damage on Saturday night. I did do a lot of dancing, so hoping that may have balanced out a few of the Vodka and redbulls.

I have been quite good exercise wise all week, and food wise not too bad, did go out for a meal on Friday night, but did not have a pudding. So its fingers crossed for weigh in tonight.

Week 77 Weigh In

2008-11-25T02:08:00.001-08:00

Finally a great weigh in at slimming world to report 5lb off this week, and I am back in control and back on track. I have meals planned for the next few days. It is my Birthday at the weekend, but I am sure that if i can be good up till then I should be able to get through it without a gain.

I have spinning booked today, and I have a good exercise plan for the rest of the week. I just have to stick to it and remain focused. I need to get back to the 8½ stone lost that I got to over a month ago. I have now lost 8stone 1lb again, but I feel very motivated and want to get this last 30lb off. I know that exercise is they key and i realise that i have slacked off recently, cause I did three classes on Sunday, and woke up feeling very stiff and aching and it made me think I had not been up as much as i should.

I am going to try and keep up with my blog, and report the bad as well as the good.

Week 75 Weigh in

2008-11-11T04:05:00.000-08:00

Finally got a hold on things and had a maintain this week which I am happy about as I would have normally put on with being away at the weekend. I was really good right up till the show, and not terrible whilst there so i am back in control.

I have the last stay away show for the year this weekend, so if I can be extra good till friday night, i should be able to limit the damage, and being realistic, a maintain next week would be excellent.
Then I can really start to kick butt again and get my arse into gear, I have put on half a stone, which I am disaapointed with but I am motivated to sort it out.
Double spinning booked today, so that should be good for calorie burning, and keeping me on track for the weeke ahead.
I need to keep blogging as this helps me to see what I am doing, and at night keeps me out the fridge.
I have planned all my meals today, and having the Beef Kofta meatballs from the slimming world Curry feast book tonight for my tea.
I need to start loosing again, cause I really do want to do this.

Week 68 Weigh in

2008-09-23T01:07:00.000-07:00

Not so good this week, a gain of 2lb. A little disappointed, as I didn't feel that I had strayed too far off course, but i can think of a few reasons why. It was one of those weeks last week where circumstances ment I just couldn't get to the gym. I do think that getting to the gym is crucial to my weight loss, and I need to try and get there 3 times a week. Last week I went once and i think that really shows.
Also at the weekend I had two cattle shows and that ment I didn't eat enough on Saturday and Sunday, which I also feel i need to eat plenty of free food to get my losses up.
This week I also have two shows but I am going to take more free food to eat so I don't stray on to snacks !!
This now means I have 27lbs to target, and I maybe wont get there for xmas, but I am still motivated and even a stone for xmas would be fab, and i still have a new dress to buy. Which i am going to leave buying till the middle of November. So its a case of how much can I loose and how much can I shape up at the gym before then. My motivation is still good and I still want to loose as much as possible.
On another plus side my back is much better this week, and i think having a few days off from the gym has helped this.

The Weekend

2008-09-19T01:12:00.000-07:00

Where did the week go to this week. I have been very good food wise the last couple of days staying in line syn wise. My new best friend "Slimming World Chips" has definately helped, I had them again last night after the gym. Got the nack of getting them cooked a bit quicker, as i boiled them last night and put them in the fridge over night. Tonight I will be on plan for tea as it is allready made, I am having the minced beef wraps that were in Augusts magazine. I dont do many recepies out of the magazine but this has made me have a go and be more adventrous.

Allthough my back is still hurting a little from falling of my sisters horse last week, Spinning doen't aggravate it so that is a good thing, I was going to studio strength last night but it was cancelled. I suppose that is a good thing as my physio isn't back off her hols for another week and I have got four cattle shows in the next 8 days so i have got to keep going.
A busy weekend comming up which will be good for the diet cause I have planned tonight and tomorrow nights teas, and as long as I can stay away from the ice creams tomorrow and Sunday, i should have a loss for Monday. Looking forward to Sundays show, cause it has the trotting racing. Its at Hartington and we always enjoy this show. Dietwise i am going to take lots of fruit with me both days, and try and avoid anything too synful, as I do want a loss on Monday to make it four weeks in a row. Again 2lb will keep me on target. But i will be happy with a pound this week as i have had three good weeks of losses

Week 67 Weigh in

2008-09-16T02:09:00.000-07:00

After staying on track all week Saturday was Pennistone show, managed to be good there by only succumbing to an ice cream. I ate my cob with no butter on it and not much else. Got home and just had fruit and a mullerlite yogurt. I didn't deliberately not have much food, it was just the way it worked out.
Sunday I went to a family christening which food wise was terrible. I ate fruit on the way there and was like a saint when I got home, so the damage limitation worked. I tried to make wise choices, but nearly everything was syns rather than free food.
But all that said all the good work in the week must have paid off as I lost 3½lbs. My total loss now is 8 stone 8lbs..... I am so chuffed. That keeps me on track for our Christmas target. I so want to do it, I have even said no to KFC before the pictures tonight, which for me is a big thing.

25lbs to target Woo Hoo

I have to try and be really good this week as where I fell off the horse last week I have a niggling back, and my lady that sorts it for me is on holiday, so not sure when she will be able to mend me. Hoping it will be this week cause i need to get back in to full exercise mode to keep this last 25lb comming off.
I am spinning tommorrow and Thursday, so that will hepl, and spinning doesn't seem to annoy it... thank god.
Never heard anything about Slimming World Woman of the year, which even a no would have been nice when it took 3 hours to fill in the entry form. I really took time putting loads of info in it. Oh well lesson learned.

Motivation is very high this week and i am still on track and the desire to to it is as strong as ever

How the week is going

2008-09-11T01:42:00.000-07:00

Well diet wise I had a 10 syn day on tuesday, and finally cracked the Slimming World Chip lark. They were delicious. They key is to buy the right potatoes, and don't cut corners with the method. I used my grans chipper and they were crinkle cut. I am having another green day today to eat the rest of the potatoes tonight.

Spinning & Hula Hooping tonight, and going to stay below 10 syns today. And do the exercise as well. Yesterday I went out for a meal and managed to do it in 12 syns, which i was really pleased about, so this week is going to plan so far. The only blip over the weekend will be a christening on Sunday, but I am going to try so hard and not let one day ruin my plans for a Christmas Target.

My knees at the moment feel much better, not perfect by a long way, but I can definately feel an improvement, the main niggle I have at the moment, is a bit of inner thigh strain, that wasn't helped by the long fall of the big horse (nicknamed Lanky) on Sunday. Allthough I couldn't have done that bad a job riding him as my sister wants me to ride him again.

So I am hoping for a good green day on plan today with exercise, its all looking good so far.
The plan is
Brakfast Eggy Bread and fresh tomatoes Eaten and enjoyed
Mid morning Apple & Banana
Lunch Melon & Strawberries with 2 muller lites
Mid Afternoon Grapes
Tea Syn free chips with egg (frylight) and baked beans
I will then have 10 syns to have whatever comes along !!!!
Watch this space

Week 66 Weigh in

2008-09-09T05:36:00.000-07:00

Another 2½lbs this week which I am over the moon with. To get to my Christmas target, i need to loose 2lb per week, Which is doable. I have 29lbs to go and as long as I get some of the way there for Christmas I will be happy. I have 2½lb to loose for my next award which I would really like to try and do this week. I am going to be very good this week with only one meal out and try and get as much exercisie in as possible.

Allthough nearly had a major setback on the exercise front on Sunday, when I came a cropper from my sisters horse. I went out the back door !!! He is nearly 18hands, and I haven't fell off a horse for over 3 years and it was a very long way to fall. It was mainly hurt pride, but I was a little winded and have got some inner thigh strain, but I managed to soldier on and go to Spinning & Studio Strength on Sunday night. And I will get back on again, but may not be quite as adventurous as jumping next time......

Its spinning and the gym today, and going to go on the rower and go for 9mins 13 or lower as that is my personal best. Must do some good weights on the pullovers, as I gould really feel those on my triceps last week for about three days afterwards !!! Claire that i go to the gym with calls me the Punnisher... I cant think why LOL

I have been very good so far today and want to stay that way for the rest of the day, I had a bit of a disaster at breakfast as my bread was mouldy so I had to throw itaway after it was cooked, cause although the slice I tried to use did not have any mould on it, tasted vile , so my lovely breakfast had to go in the bin. So then i had no time at all to prepare anything else, so I had a muller lite yogurt.

Only snag was I was having mullerlite and fruit for my lunch today. Its a good job they were on offer in Morrisons. And actually I don't feel that hungry... at the moment, that will be all the grapes I have ate !! Going to have some melon before I go to the gym, then I can have what I want for tea tonight, almost. Infact I know my tea is 6 syns cause it is a Quorn Lasange that some one at Slimming world made for me. So really looking forward to that and will be able to even have it with a slice of bread, as breakfast went so wrong !!!

Going to try and limit my syns this week to 10 per day except for tomorrow when I have a tea allready prepared for me that I don't know what it is.

Feel very motivated for the week ahead, and really really want to loose this 2½lbs. Have got a christening on Sunday which could Hamper me slightly, allthough I am going to offer to drive and that should help the acohol syns.

Its the Weekend

2008-09-05T05:45:00.001-07:00

Going to the gym today to do spinning class and studio strength class. Been good syn wise this week have stayed away from chocolate and alcohol. I did have a naan bread last night, but only cause the low fat fish dish I had cooked myself was vile !! I was starving and had come back from the gym.
I sometimes do this and get get very disappointed with my cooking ability !!
But it will be ok tonight, as you cant go wrong with Pork Chops.

Gym planned for Sunday as well, may even try and do three classes on sunday, which should help for a loss on Monday.

My freind Beck is still on track as well and we are together this weekend, so hopefully we should manage to stay syn free, and keep each other motivated. I am hoping that I loose 2lb on monday, which will keep me on track for my Xmas target, and even if it is a little less I will still be happy, cause its still comming off.

Becks Weigh in & the Gym

2008-09-03T01:44:00.000-07:00

My Xmas challenge partner lost another pound this week so on our 35lb for Chrismas challenge we are both level pegging at 4lb each. She is gutted she only lost a pound, but I said to her every pound is a good pound, and she is loosing every week, so she is much more consistant.

Worked really hard at the gym last night, and really pushed myself in spinning and then had a really hard session in the gym. Managed 9.16 on the rower, which was good to say i hadn't been on for a while. I am going to try and do this more to get under 9 mins. No exercise for me tonight as I have a meal out tonight, so going to try and stay syn free all day, and I am driving tonight so they will be no alcohol worries. I am not going to have a pudding, so just the starter and main course to think about.

I forgot to mention

2008-09-02T02:08:00.000-07:00

31lb to go to Target

Week 65 Weigh in

2008-09-02T01:45:00.000-07:00

Did I do it ?

Yes I lost the 4½ lb I put on last week, and when they read out my weight loss last night it was back to 8 stone 2lbs. I am going to try so hard to never let it say 7 stone something again.

I am also now not obese according to my BMI I am now just overweight. I never thought I would be so happy to be overwight !!

My consultant Jane who has been off for a few week s with a back injury managed to make it last night, and it was really great to see her. She gave me my Woman of the Year award. Last night I filled in the 15 page entry form to enter the district finals. Not sure i will get very far in it though, cause I am still on my weight loss journey and still need to loose another 2 stone, and I haven't really got any exciting stories to tell. But I am entering it anyway so watch this space... I will keep you all posted. It would be nice to get a bit further in the competition, would give me a real achievement, allthough i am happy with what I have achieved so far.

After a nice curry last night, with a garlic and cheese naan bread, I am allready firmly back on track this morning with a large breakfast this morning of eggy bread and cherry tomatoes. Not sure about what to have for lunch today, but I am going to have steak salad for tea tonight after the gym.

The gym today is one spinning class then a good 1-1½ hours in the gym with a work mate (Claire). I haven't been on the rower for ages and want to see if i can still hit the 9.20 mark for 2000meters. Still not sure it that is any good, but when I started going it was around 10.45 so even i can see an improvement. Got to work hard tonight, as won't make the gym tomorrow night, and thursday can only do Hula Hooping.

My Favourite Animal

2008-09-01T03:19:00.000-07:00

This is my favourite animal at the moment

Did I Stay on Track ?

2008-09-01T01:37:00.000-07:00

I worked very hard and yes i think i could say success . I did Studio Strength & Spinning on Friday night and stuch to plan for my tea when I got home, of Lamb Chops.

Saturday was also a good day as very busy, cattle washing first thing, which must be a good calorie burner, cause washing the car is supposed to be so I will try and equate it like that LOL .

I then Had a bacon & egg sandwich for my lunch which was really nice and set me up for going to the gym later. Did my spinning class, and I do feel that my knee is getting stronger. Its not perfect but it is feeling that i can work harder on it.

Sunday was at a cattle show, so lots of activity, Walking round and a little bad food, cause i submitted to a tray of chips and mushy peas, and two hot donuts (without sugar) but was like a saint for the rest of the day, and went and did studio strength and spinning with my friend Beck, and worked like stink ! I think some of the motivation was the chips and donuts I had ate and not wanting them to ruin my weigh in tonight.

It is the Woman of the Year award to night at slimming world, and I so need to be back to 8 stone lost when they read it out. I know 7stone 12 is a great achievement, but the 8 stone just sounds so much more.

We are having a party night tonight, so I have made a syn free (original) quiche, which tastes yummy, and have brought some of the asda good for you prawn crackery things, just need to check how many syns they are, i think they are about 2 syns per pack.

Watch this space for weigh in news, and who knows I may even post a couple of pictures from the party.

Perhaps I was a little over ambitous

2008-08-29T08:55:00.000-07:00

Perhaps my picture from yesterday of where I want to be by Xmas was a little far fetched !
Plastic surgery would be needed for that, but i hope you get the general idea. The picture of me in the black trousers was a stone ago and I want to loose another 2 stone 5lbs from now.

I have been almost saintly today, but with it being friday the Lottery Chocolates have been round at work today, but i did have something, a pack of fun size chocolate buttons, and I have counted them into my syns. I had to resist hard this morning the urge to pop on the scales but I haven't gone on. The gym was good last night i worked really hard in Spinning and then did Hula Hooping, which doesn't sound that much like hard work, but i work up a right sweat with three, yes three Hula hoops. I am finally making a bit of progress in the Hula Hooping department.

Tonight I have Spinning & Studio Strength booked, and I am going to try to work reall hard, cause I want and need a loss on Monday. I am going to try and up my weights a little at Studio Strength tonight, to help build a few muscles to try and fill a bit of the spare skin I have.

Tea tonight is going to be Lamb chops. with leeks and a low fat cheese sauce. I am also going to avoid anything sweet as a pudding tonight, and try and have fruit, cause I want to try and be under my syns today.

Got to find time today or tomorrow to make something for the Party on Monday night, I am either going to make an original syn free quiche or some eat smart sausages in a hot spicy sauce.
I have spinning booked tomorrow, and I am going to try and make it to the gym for at least an hour as well. I want to get on the rower and keep pushing my 2000m times.

Well I am going to try really hard all over the weekend, and there are no more pringles in the house, so that is good there are a few bits of chocolate but nothing too exciting, so I think I could be ok this weekend. Fingers crossed for weigh in on Monday night.

Being Good & Trying Very Hard

2008-08-28T06:52:00.000-07:00

No syns so far today, and prepared a virtually syn free tea to have when I get back from the gym tonight.

I really want to be back on track for Monday for the Woman of the Year Awards and also to get a new dress for this chrismas. When they read out how much weight I have lost I really want it to be 8 stone and not 7 stone something !!! I know that a couple of lb doesn't make much difference in the scheme of things but it is a big thing for me.

I dont expect to look like the picture but I have to visulise something and i need to keep looking at where I have gone from and to, and focus on where I want to go to.

Come From Now Want to be

Week 64 Weigh In

2008-08-27T02:31:00.000-07:00

I am annoyed at myself this week cause I put on 4lb, i wasn't saint like but I did do 6 classes at the gym and was very active at Moorgreen Show lifting buckets of water for 8 cattle and feeding them and muck them out. I thought that that may have balanced out the Jack Daniels and cream cakes that I ate !!! Bad plan, it failed miserabally. I know what i have to do to rectify this and I have to loose at lease 2lb this week as i want to have lost 8 stone when they give me my award for Woman of the year.
I also really want to have lost another 2 stone by Christmas, so I have got to stop getting off track and kick myself up the butt. Have booked in for spinning tonight and tomorrow night and Hula Hooping tommorrow so that should get things moving again. I am planning before Monday to have had at least 8 hours at the gym and done stuff at home, like going for a walk and riding.
My mate beck had her weigh in as well last night and she has lost two lb, really pleased for her as she has worked really hard and deserved a good loss this week. Since our mini christmas challenge started i am on zero and she has lost 3, but I know I can turn things around.
I have to, cause its what i want to do

Disappointment

2008-08-20T08:37:00.000-07:00

My freind had a first Slimming World weigh in last night and had lost a pound, which she was verry disappointed with, and I cam empathize with her totally as I only lost a pound on my first week and a pound and a half on the second week, so i can really feel for her. What I can stress is, that Slimming World does work as long as you stick at it, but then any diet will work as long as you stick at it.

We are both motivated towards our Christmas targets and know that there is hard work to come.

I cant even begin to imagin what i would look like with another 31lb off. I think now it wont change me too much, but just give me a better shape.

Exercise plans had to go out the window last night, as I had a poorly eye again, and had to come home from work and rest it. That led to big temptation in the food department, but i did manage to stick to my syn's even though I made myself a really horrible tea !!

Had the majority of my syn's so far today as it was Roast dinner today at work, so will be having free food for tea tonight after the gym.
Planning on havin Laughing Cow Lights and Ryvita, with pickled onions and tomatoes. Followed by strawberries and a mullerlight yogurt.
Hope they are still 4 for £1 next week cause i have become quite addicted.

Week 63 Weigh in

2008-08-19T02:20:00.000-07:00

Hard work and being on track dows pay off, but then i knew that allready, but need to keep in this mindset to achieve my Christmas goal.

At weigh in last night I lost 4lbs, so that gets rid of the 2lb I have put on over the last couple of weeks and another 2 besides. I have manages to take two pound off my christmas countdown and it now says 31lb to go.

My personal mini target this week is 2lb, which over a Bank holiday weekend will be hard, but I want to get back in to regular losses, and I know I can do it, this week has proved that.
I also want the 2lb next week cause i have been nominated for woman of the year, and when they read my name out I want to be able to say I have lost 8½ stone and 2lb next week and the week after will nearly get me there. It is 16 weigh ins till a Chrismas Ball that i go to every year and I really want to go in a stunning black dress, and be able to say I have got to my target.
I dont think 2lb per week is too hard to achieve, especially as I am going to put the exercisie in and work hard at it cause i still really want this and I have slacked off sor long enough now !!!

It is my friends weigh in tonight, and she has been just as good as me, if not better, so I have my fingers crossed for her. She has the same time frame as me so we can motivate each other along the way.

I have booked in for Studio Strength (weights with Music like Body Pump) and Spinning tonight, and should be able to make the gym every night this week including saturday, and I have booked in for all of them.

Food wise today I have allready had a good breakfast and I am hoping to have a syn free lunch and either pork or Lamp Chops for tea tonight. The pork or lamb chops are are really quick option for me now I have got into using my George Forman.

Motivation is really high this week, and i just need to feel like this till weigh in next Tuesday, and really go for it this week. There are no meals out to stand in my way, just a local show at the weekend, but I am going to try so hard to not go off plan.

WI week 62

2008-08-18T05:53:00.000-07:00

After a few days at Bakewell Show, numerous Jack Daniels and Fish & Chips, I managed to put on a pound and a half. Very dissapointed with myself, but at least I know why it has happened. It is weigh in tonight, and I have been very good this week so I am hoping to repair the damage done, and get back on track for my Christmas goal of another 2 stone. I have done 4 exercise classes over the weekend, and even made a Quorn Lasange.

My best mate has been a great source of motivation today as she rejoined Slimming World last Tuesday, so we have been texting a lot, and that is really helping me, she also wants to loose 2 stone for xmas, so it will give me a new dieting buddy, this time last year I had one and it was a great motivator.

I will post tonights weigh in as soon as possible.

Just A Quickie WI Week 61

2008-08-05T02:40:00.000-07:00

Just a quick update this morning, as I am finishing work a lunchtime.
Slimming World Weigh In last night I maintained. A little disappointed as I would have liked a loss but i do feel that it is my body catching up with the fact that I have lost 8 stone and I do think that you plateau off every now and then. But I am still determined to loose my final 33lb between now & xmas , so watch this space

The Weekend

2008-08-04T01:05:00.001-07:00

Friday lunchtime threw me off track a little with having all my syns at lunchtime. Wasn't intentional, but I was working on the theory that it would be better burning that off after work at studio strength (Weights ) and spinning. I did a good spinning session and then work really hard in studio, didn't put my weights up but i think i may next week.

Saturday food wise was very good managed to stay within my 15 syns but ate random food, but that is the beauty of slimming world. And i think that is why it suits me and I have managed to stick to it for over a year. Was ment to go spinning but my sister rang and said would i go riding with her. It was nice weather so i went but I had to cancel spinning.

Sunday Studio strength and spinning sunday night, was supposed to go to the gym as well with claire but at 3.30pm she cried off with a hangover, at which point that should have made me more determined than ever to go, but instead gave me and extra hour with my sister which gave me the oppurtnity to eat three fresh cream and jam scones !!! If I had gone to the gym that wouldn't have happened. It just goes to prove that i still have crap willpower, even though I have shifted 8 stone !!

But on the whole the weekend was ok, so would like a loss at weigh in tonight, but my body just doesn't feel like it. I think I need to up the free food intake a little more, allthough it is going to be a hard week this week as off to Bakewell show for three days with the Cattle tomorrow, then another cattle show on Saturday. (I do tend to stuggle a bit when we go to the shows, with the nice food in my way, the bad choices i make and of course the alcohol )

Anyway i will be syn free all day today till weigh in and if I have a loss i will have some syns tonight. If I dont have a loss i will be good tonight, as the rest of the week is going to be hard.
The going is getting tough now, and this last 33lb is going to be very hard .
But i did 8 classes last week so I hoping that, it has paid off. But the slow down has started.
Will post my weigh results tomorrow after class tonight.

Still on track, but a little waver !

2008-07-31T01:00:00.000-07:00

Yesterday.....
Exercise tick
2 litres of water tick
5 portions of fruit & veg tick
On Plan tick(ish)
Really good all day, had dinner at work as planned then went to the gym and did a really good spinning class and then went in the gym for over an hour. Beat my personal best on the rower for 2000m. (9.14) Dont really know hoe good it is, but it is the best time I have done, and I have seen and improvement down from 11.25mins.

Nipped in to tesco on the way home, brought all on plan food, including Mullerlights, which are 4 for £1 at the moment. Got home and had syn free sausages and salad. All going great guns, decided to have 2 pieces of chocolate, as used quite a few syns on my roast dinner at lunch time.

The phone rang, ended up chatting for over an hour, in which time I had ate the rest of the chocolate. Really annoyed with my self, as didn't even enjoy it as wasn't paying attention to eating it

But today is another day and I am not going to let that bog me down, so I am aiming to stay syn free all day today and have some nice lamb chops for my tea tonight.

PS
Thankyou sharon (http://goodbyetoallfat.blogspot.com/2008/07/introducing-my-super-slimmer-friend.html) for the lovely post. Everyone needs freinds like this, and I don't think that it matters tha you have never met them, its the fact that you can empathise with them, and know that there is some one out there like you
xx

Tuesday A better week this week

2008-07-30T01:03:00.000-07:00

Much better for the lifestyle change today. Stayed syn free all day, normal breakfast of eggy bread and fresh tomatoes, on warburtons healthy inside bread. Tuesday was a green day, as it was Jacket potatoes at work for lunch, so i had a large baked bean and cheese Jacket potato. 2 apples and a mullerlight yogurt.
Went to the gym and worked very hard by doing two spinning classes, the first one was not as hard as the second, as the normal instructor was not there for the first class.
Came home and had a noodle stir fry and I even weighed out 112g of chicken, i did have some prawn crackers with it but had them as my syns, and two small pieces of chocolate. Then had a bowl of syn free rice pudding with blackcurrents and blackberries. Managed to use all my milk so couldn't have a cuppa ! but it didn't matter as I was fast on by half 10.

All in all a good day on plan, and lots of exercise done.

Today I have booked in for Spinning then to a session in the gym with Claire.
Its Roast Dinner at work for lunch, so I will use my syns for that today then have a light tea when I get home tonight.
I hope this is not all too boring, but it does help to write these things down, and I really want to loose this last (hardest) 33lb ... well 33½ now with my small gain this week !

Weigh In Week 60

2008-07-29T01:03:00.000-07:00

It was Slimming World class last night, our normal leader is off with a bad back, so we had Tanja, she is just as nice as Jane, and the good thing about tanja is that she has lost 9 stone, so she has had a similar journey to me. A very small gain of ½lb. Not too worried with that after a 5½lb loss last week and three meals out and a takeaway. I did work very hard over the weekend though by keeping my syns right down and making sure that I kept the exercisie levels up even though I had been at a show, and felt knackered Sunday night. I was very strict all the days when I had a meal out and stayed syn free till the meal out, so I also think that helped.

No nights out this week so I am going to the gym as much as I can and being very good foodwise. I want to get back in the routine of losses. I have 33½lb to go to my target in 20 weeks which is an average or 1.65lb per week. I am hoping for a few good weeks to bring the average down to a lb a week.

Spinning tonight, then not sure what to do after that, may do double spin, or aerobics or the gym. May even go home and go for a run walk (my run walks at this stage have a lot of walk in them, as i have a week knee that should improve the more weight I loose, allthough I would have thought with loosing 8 stone i would have noticed more of a difference by now)

I am really motivated this week and there is nothing to stop in my way of getting a 2lb weight loss, and maybe start to get back on the loss train !!!!

Another Night Out

2008-07-25T08:32:00.000-07:00

Another meal out tonight, I know it is really nice to go out and I do appreciate that I have a good bunch of friends that like to go out, and like nice places to eat, but why does everything all seem to fall in the same week.
It thwarts the diet plans, but hey ho thats how it is, next week the diary is blank apart from gym classes booked, and another reflexology session, so next week looks good for the diet.
But that aside I am really looking forward to my night out with the girls tonight, haven't seen them all together for ages, I hope they will notice that I have lost some more weight. I have been on plan all day at work, no syns at all but plenty of food. I have no bad meals planned at the weekend, just got to stay away from the ice cream on Sunday, which if the weathe is nice will be very tempting .
I have booked two exercise classes over the weekend aswell , one I will definately be doing, but Sundays I may not be able to fit in.

I think if i keep on plan over the weekend the best I can hope for at weigh in on Monday is a maintain, which I will be happy with as I had a 5½lb loss last week.

Reflexology

2008-07-24T02:08:00.000-07:00

A few weeks ago I won a voucher for a reflexology session in a raffle. Well I went last night, it was lovely. I had read up about reflexology on the internet a little before going, and it can improve muscle tone and circulation, so I am hoping that it will help my fat legs !!! This is the one thing i really aim to change wih the last 33lb i need to loose.
I have been doing lots of exercise and loads on the legs, hence the backside has dissapeared... well nearly, but i still have fat knees and fat calves. I know I am making progress but they look worse now as they are a bit lumpy and wobbly !!! Does any one have any advice at all ???

I have booked a couple of sessions for the reflexology, so will have to see if that helps, if not it is some valuable me time .....

Diet wise yesterday was a good day right up till 10pm, when I had 10 pringles .... which would have been fine if I didn't have another 10 then another then another !!!! I wasn't able to exercise after the reflexology, which was a bit dissapointing, but that was some way responsible for the intake of pringles, that and my momentary lack of self control.

Back on plan with a vengence this morning, meal out tonight so I am staying syn free all day to save them for tonight. Also spinning before my night out, which will help.

Progress so far.........

2008-07-23T08:10:00.001-07:00

Finally getting there and dont look too bad now ... Just 33lb to go

June 2008 7½ Stone Gone

March 08 6Stone down .....

5 Stone Lost Xmas 07

3 Stone Lost Oct 07

These were before I started at Slimming World.

The Journey So Far

2008-07-23T03:42:00.000-07:00

I Started my Slimming World journey on the 4th June 2007, with my friend Michelle. It was yet another diet started with good intentions, as they all have been over the years, never dreamt that 14months down the line I would still be on it. On Monday Night I achieved a total loss so far of 8 stone, and I have set my first real major target, i have little targets all the way through as i never really thought I would get to a realistic one. But that is the beauty of slimming world there is no need to set targets, its one week at a time, which for a previously failed dieter like me is great.

It hasn't been easy, and I have started this blog as another way to help keep me on track and get me to target. What is my target, you may be thinking well it is another 2 stone and 5lbs, which is 33lbs, which i would like to loose before Christmas. I don't think it is too unrealistic, but it will be tough with how far I have come. But I really do want this.

I havent been the perfect dieter, and when I go off track i do seem to go with a bang. I am a food lover, and I think thats why slimming world suits me. I am a food optimising convert. I now also actually go to the gym as well, I wont say that i love it, cause I am going for a purpose, but I am going to carry on even if i get to target, cause i know this has to be a lifestyle change not a fad, and on some occasions i even enjoy it.

So that was a bit more about me and my journey so far, I welcome any comments and advice, and I will post some pictures soon.

Hopefull the first of many !!

2008-07-23T01:12:00.000-07:00

I have finally decided to join the world of Blogging. I joined to start with so that I could post comments on other peoples blogs, which I have found very interesting over the past few months. So I thought it was time to give it a try. I may be dull at times but then that is life.

So watch this space and Happy reading !!!!