A very good week so far

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

Its the weekend

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.

Gym

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

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.

week 93 WI

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

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 ??

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

The weekend

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

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.

Week 84 Weigh In

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.

Birthday and Works Xmas Doo

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.

How the week is going

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

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

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

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.

Did I Stay on Track ?

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

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

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

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

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.