29/12/17 Week 14

Greeting everyone!
Those of nimble mind might have noticed there was no post last week.

Reason being, I was running around like a headless chicken (or perhaps turkey would be more festive) getting stuff ready before my daughter broke up from school I was so busy that week! So So busy!

So I didn't attend my weight watchers meeting.

I hadn't really weighed myself so was dreading it.

I was dreading the meeting!

I was hoping I had done okay and not put on too much!

I haven't counted in two weeks. I've been in and out of fast food (not kidding KFC, MaccyD and Pizza hut!)

I've had chocolates. (LOTS AND LOTS OF CHOCOLATE!)

I feel (and probably look) bloated from the sheer junk in my trunk!

I've not been on my weight watchers app in two weeks!

But you know I didn't feel guilty about it, I made a decision to try and make some healthier choices over the holidays but, I was not stressing over points.

It wasn't Claire again today (she wasn't very well get well soon!) and so Mandi did weigh in. There was only me who showed up (No surprise you should have seen the snow, I was almost put off my it!)

"That's not too bad you'll get that off in no time!" she said to me, I looked at her "2 1/2 on."
"Really?!" I sigh in relief. "Cool!"

I'm not big on new years, I might have some sholer, so starting diet again today.

I want the stuff I gained over Christmas gone this week!

Wish me luck!

Weight loss this week:+2.5lbs

Weight loss total: -33lbs or 2 Stone 5lbs 

What is the matter with me?!

So you know that 2 1/2 pounds I lost last week?

Well you might as well say I've put it back on because since weigh in day I've eaten nothing but junk! I'm not even kidding.

I've had chocolate ice cream.... TWICE

You know those packets of mini chocolate segments you get? I swear I just ate half a packet... I don't even like chocolate oranges!

I think I'm self sabotaging. Seriously I feel sick with everything I've had....

So I'm putting my foot down.

Because I need to be accountable and I don't need to put weight back on I've lost.

And I'm not obsessing over the diet either, I don't want to be one of those girls who don't eat because of their diet thats not me,

but two chocolate icecreams in 3 days....

I'm not a Gilmore Girl I can't eat this amount of food and get away with it!!!

Focus Keene! You can do this!

End of Week 12

Inside my week its been a hard week!

There is Christmas stuff EVERYWHERE!

You can call me a scrooge all you like.

But there is a ridiculous amount of emphasis on food!

I like food

I love food!

You don't get overweight being indifferent to food!

BUT the food is EVERYWHERE!

Chocolate
Shortbread biscuits
Chocolate
Cake
Chocolate
cheese
chocolate
mince pies
chocolate
pork pies

and did I mention the chocolate!?

It has to be the hardest time ever to lose weight!

I don't know about everyone else. I stayed within my points don't get me wrong. But I felt as though I had done an awful job! I think even when you're not eating it you're thinking about it maybe and so inside your head its much worse?

And even when you don't give in, its still hard on the mind isn't it, like a mini meltdown inside your head?!

And you know something? You know come new year there will be a ton of stuff all diet orientated for your "new years resolution".... which pitter out by the end of February....

You know what my new years resolution was last year? Was to lose some weight. I put a short term goal up of the walking I did at the beginning of the year but then by the time I started this I knew I had to diet and it wasn't as if I did it because I realised time was running out for my resolution for the year wasn't being seen to (there are plenty of years I ignore this) It just came, with a determined resolution and I was at the beginning of the year but apart from the walk I did nothing towards it. Nothing. I wanted to lose weight for a very personal reason and I wanted to get some done this year. At the time I thought a pound a week would be enough and I maintain that, a pound a half pound off is enough for me. I didn't go all year but where I have gone its been awesome and I have been lucky enough to loose every time.

So I'm sticking to it firmly this week, but come Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and boxing day I'm not sticking strictly to it. (I won't over over do it) So that week I'll be surprised if I don't put on.

I'm proud of what I've achieved this year with my weight loss, and I will fight it! I will stick with it and I will continue into the new year!

Some how this week (I'm still not sure how) I lost 2 1/2 pounds....


Weight loss this week:-2.5lbs

Weight loss total: -35.5lbs or 2 Stone 7.5lbs 

Oh shout out to my sister Lisa and my Mam
Lisa got her 10% off today (Go Lise!)
And My mum got her 75lbs off and hit her goal weight. Go Mamma!

End of week 11

You totally can not see the curve of my waist in that t-shirt! Never mind!

This week, I was very unsure if I would loose at all! I was serious, I had chocolate cake I had a really bad week (ladies time you all understand!) I could feel the water retaining, it was horrible! 

I was sure the scale would read the same as last week if I was lucky.

And I was resigned inside my head to accept it and I was okay with it I've been loosing consistently and to be fair I had a sweet mince pie yesterday because it was that time of the year and I LOVE MINCE PIES! 

And its hard! Its hard to say no to pastries and crisps and chocolate because they are constantly around this time of year and to be fair its the right time for those things! I mean its winter, hibernate and everything.!

PLUS Joseph I think is teething and he has been up four nights in a row SCREAMING to high heaven! And I think we've got the worse part of it over now, settling him in his cot sitting on the end of Yasmine's bed, no eye contact just sitting there so he doesn't feel abandoned and he soon goes off to sleep.

BUT ITS HARD!

And I felt it this week.

So imagine my surprise when I stood on the scales and Mandi (who was standing in for my regular weightwatcher leader Claire) said it was two pounds off!

Relief!

I think I've been less happy about loosing 3 pounds some weeks! 

It has started to get harder to get motivated to go out even on the school runs. There is snow and ice and a really harsh Northern wind now. 

But....

Once more week and then Phil is off work for the whole week! That last week before they break up for the Christmas holidays he is off! He is going to be there for her Christmas play (Which is awesome!) He'll be there to help with the school runs and the swimming lesson during the day... 

On the downside I realise this means less exercise opportunities I'm thinking Just Dance when no one is looking, lets shake off some extra pounds...

And I'm going to look up how to start getting rid of my bingo wings...

My fat arms are starting to look out of place!

I don;t think its incredibly likely I'll loose nine pounds before Christmas (with two weigh ins to go) so I don;'t think I'll hit the three stone before Christmas (Which was silly) but honestly, I'm so happy with how far I've come anyway... 

If  I don't loose for the next four weeks I've still lost 33 pounds!! 33!

Weight loss this week:-2lbs

Weight loss total: -33lbs or 2 Stone 5lbs 

End of Week 10

So this week food wise, I thought I had done okay. I'd gone over a couple of times but that's what weekly points are for.... plus I've been under rather then over on most days and last night in particular I felt entitled to a hot chocolate a weight watchers chocolate bar and a (homemade) rice pudding....

Last night was not good. I walked down to the school to get Yasmine and decided it was too dangerous to be pushing the pram up home with Yasmine too so we went to wait for a bus. HALF AN HOUR later it STILL hadn't showed we were standing in the freezing cold poor Joseph was crying so we walked along to my mam's house and I asked Phil to come home early and come and get us from Mam's (as dad was not leaving the house in the snow (understandably so) Phil got back to our house and said he wasn't driving down to mam's as people were driving crazy (because of the snow) He walked down to get us! I was not a happy bunny last night I already assessed it was too dangerous to walk up the hill.... apparently it was safer to walk then to drive (which actually I could well believe because the gritters hadn't been out). Phil pushed the pram up home and I think he could see why I made the assessment not to walk up there with the two of them on my own....

                                                              So maybe it was the 2 mile round trek which helped?

Maybe it was the fact I'm no longer bunged up and felt like I was carry half a stone extra around with me when I went to weight in?

But end of week ten as you can see, I lost 10% of my start weight. thats averaging 1% lost in a week which is 3.1lbs a week which is 31lbs lost. This has also put me safely past my two stone mark!!

I feel I should post this on Facebook I'm so chuffed with it! I got my ten percent keyring! Part of me thinks to keep it in the box but another part of me wants to take it out and carry it around with me! And the good news is... I've still got 24 days until Christmas Eve....

What do you think another stone?

Weight loss this week:-5lbs

Weight loss total: -31lbs or 2 Stone 3lbs 

End of week 9

So this week I've had a really tough week!

You know that ominous feeling you get just before you get sick, sort of being a little bit on edge.

From Monday night onwards I went to bed early you know, early! Me! 

Paracetamol has very little effect on me so last night I was feeling so bad I took some Solpadeine . My neck is aching and my shoulders I feel like I could literally fall over. Earlier on in the week I was constipated. So much so on Wednesday I had to force myself to eat (and I did healthily mind you!) Its just been tough.

On top of that stuff has been happening with close family relations, I won't go into it but it adds doesn't it?

And when you have a week like that does anyone else just want to give up? 

I didn't. I stuck in my diet. But it was rough you know and it wasn't encouraging.

But this week I've decided to try and add back in some soups and broths into my diet again because they are good for me. I've also bought some figs and prunes and I'm going to make sure I drink plenty of water this week maybe cut down on the diet coke and see if it helps with the constant ache in my tummy.

Honestly my head and neck thing (along with a runny nose) is a cold, but I worry the constipation is my IBS and I don't want a serious attack of that ever again! and you know what its no good? Going to the doctors.. the last time I had constipation with it they gave me a medicine which harden your stools even more and just after I was diagnosed with it they told me to eat more fibre and then they asked me what cereal I had that morning and I said shredded wheat (one of the best things on the market for high fiber) they told me to eat some all bran and I sat there and thought, 'hold on but that will just irritate won't it? All those bits getting stuck everywhere?' I checked with a friend whose little girl has IBS and she agreed with me, its because there's a lot of fibre all at once which irritates it and I didn't go back to the doctor again. I tend to take peppermint tablets for it and drink lots of peppermint tea, which I think I'll do again. See how this week goes.

It hasn't been all doom and gloom though, people are saying they can see a difference when they see me and I think its really going to show.....

Its not where I wanted to be but its not a small achievement either, I'm still rather proud of myself....

Weight loss this week:-1lbs

Weight loss total: -26lbs or 1 Stone 12lbs (So close.... come on 2 stone off!)

PIZZA!!

You know we all love Pizza! So I know its not a traditional base but seriously this is a fraction of a normal pizza in Smart points (and calories) and its really very tasty!

For 4 Smartpoints:
Weight Watchers Wrap 4
Protein Cheese 20g 0
sweetcorn 0
Wafer thin chicken 0
spinach 0
tomato puree 0
garlic granuals 0

Protein Cheese is something which has been discussed in meeting after meeting at weightwatchers. So for a portion of cheese (40g) is 6 Smart Points. For 30% less fat cheese its 3 Smartpoints and this protein cheese is 1 Smartpoint. Now I put 20g of the protein cheese on here (it has a strong cheese flavour so you don't need much to to taste it) with it being 20g its 0. (I was so chuffed putting that in the calculator!)

Something I don't like, is that the default for portions isn't shown in grams on the website it says "Portions" and you have to manually change it to grams. Its a little niggle thing but it really bugs me, a portion of cheese, a portion of mince a portion of parsnips is not the same for everyone folks!!

So yes this was my tea tonight and I am full from it! (I love feeling full on 4 Smartpoints!)

Love

Lorna x

End of Week 8

 So this week Ladies and Gentlemen has been an interesting week...

I've been on Flex Smartpoints this week and if you like its a step between Smatpoints and no count.
Weightwatchers have added more stuff which you previously had to point to their no count list BUT they take 7 Smart points off your daily allowance....

The idea behind it is that these new no count items can be added to your daily intake and not be counted.

Now wait and see what was on the list. Eggs, fish (unsmoked, non processed) chicken breast (no skin not processed) turkey Breast (no skin not processed) peas (not mushy) sweetcorn (including corn on the cob) all lentils and legumes. All of these include canned veg and canned fish. (unless its processed)
These are a HUGE deal. I love love love peas and sweetcorn but avoided them because they were pointed 2, for a veg... (I think not!) Now this week they've been there and I've been eating them guilt free!
Eggs used to be 2 per egg. Now free you only have to count the bread and you can have dippy eggs for 2 (for one egg and one buttered crustless bit of bread) or 4 (for 2 eggs and two buttered crustless bread) instead of 6 and eight respectively.

You can do a veg broth for free, add lentils to your soup... completely free!

Chicken dinner.... nearly all free (just count those potatoes!)

I was on it all last week, I was not hungry once and I only once went over my daily allowance but it was because I was being greedy and had a flake soooo.... that was worth it!

Along with this of course was the fact I didn't use all my dailies everyday.... So you can roll onto your weekily four a day. So you can roll over a reserve and have treat you want if you like.

The science?
Proteins found in these food keep us fuller for longer. So by encouraging us to eat them we eat less naturally anyway...

I've seen people go on and say if I'm allowed to eat two chicken breasts I will just eat them....

WHO can eat TWO chicken breasts with their dinner and not be full? I mean HOW?! Unless you are Adam Richman, ya can't! And if you really can...  I want to meet you and shake your hand!

This little girl passed her level 4 class in swimming this week.... as a result she took me swimming Thursday night.... and she worked me hard! My legs and bottom were killing!

So the result?

I lost my regular 3 pounds.....

Is this true Mammy?   No no it isn;t!

Now hold up and listen...

This to me is a huge success.

Its the week after my monthily ladies and this is my heavy week. This time last month I only lost a pound in that week so to loose as normal is a big deal.

As well.... I didn't feel like I lost, I told my husband so, I told Joseph's swimming teacher so, I even told my leader so. So it step on and see that.... Its just awesome!!.... Also it marks my 25 pounds lost in 8 weeks! I'm not even at the end of month 2 yet.... I so want to loose three next week, that will mark my 10% and my two stone!

Five SmartPoints on Flex

Weight loss this week:-3lbs

Weight loss total: -25lbs or 1 Stone 11lbs

My Potato Epiphany

I forgot to get a couple of things at the shop on Saturday, call it what you will, old age, sleep deprivation I clear out forgot. So Phil dropped me off up at the local supermarket and I went into get my select few items.

One of them was a bag of potatoes, because I'm eating more of them, just as well really I like potatoes but anyway I get the 2.5kg bag, purchase it and out it in a bag for life.

I was thinking it was the perfect opportunity to just be lazy and get the bus down home, the bag is heavy because of the potatoes. we get to the bus station, its freezing cold and we've just missed on by a matter of minutes, and I think there is no point just standing here waiting for a bus when we could be home in that half an hour, and you know what, the potatoes aren't that heavy right?

So bag for life in one hand with my little bag and pushing Joseph's trike with the other, I start for home. I find myself naturally swapping hands because actually those potatoes are a little heavy, but I'm carrying them carrying them and I start to wonder if someone didn't put more potatoes in the bag then necessary, because its getting heavier, or seems to be...

I get  about 3/4 of the way home and I start to think, kilograms ummm that must be about 6 pounds right? So I check when I get home and sure enough 5.5 lbs=2.5kg.

And its hit me, two weeks ago I was carting around this bag of potatoes. except I didn't have the option of shifting where my weight was, it was there, on me, I know I have very little control of where it comes off too but I was carting this around all the time not just from Stanley down to my house all day every day and I think wow seven weeks ago I was carrying around four of these! And although for a short time it makes no difference at all you can lift it and carry it for a little while but carry it all day every day... let me tell you I don't think I'd want to carry round that bag of potatoes all day!

It made me think, even if that six pounds takes you twelve weeks its a bag of potato!

A bag of potatoes!!

end of week seven

Its me again! To tell you annoying me has lost three pounds again! I am getting closer and closer to the two stone mark now and my leader has given me a little something which I'm hoping will help.

So next week everyone is being given this info but we help out at the meetings (My sister Lisa and me) and we have it a little early. Basically some stuff is being moved from pointed to free (so less point counting) but we loose 7 of our daily points. Seven is a lot to loose all at once but we gain all legumes all the stuff you'd put in a broth (meat excluded) my precious peas and sweetcorn are going to be free (I llloooove peas and sweetcorn) so in those ways and a few others it should be easier, I'm starting it today (but tonight I'm having a dessert night at my sisters.... I will not be counting that!) So yeah, I'd love to have two stone off before Christmas, I'd love more off too I'm not just giving up once I get there, and you know with these changes... Christmas could have got a whole lot easier!


Weight loss this week:-3lbs

Weight loss total: -22lbs or 1 Stone 8lbs

Weekly treats and breakfast

This week was bonfire night and me and my Min went to our town firework display and for the first time, I counted in my treat! I thought I was insane at the time because... well can you see the size of that burger! They were huge! But we went and she had such an awesome awesome time! I may live to regret it if I don't loose any weight but all the same! Look at her! No amount of weight loss would satisfy me more then having a good time with my girl!

So this was my breakfast yesterday... and yes, I'm on a diet! Beans could have been added for another 3 smartpoints which I wouldn't have minded because everything added up on here is 8 smartpoints but I didn't because I didn't want beans.

I personally don't miss the fat on the bacon. The medallions for the three are one smartpoint, the sausages are three (they are direct from the butcher who said they are the same as the slimming world sausages just it has more herbs in (meaning they would be no more smartpoints) tomato and mushrooms are free, the egg is 2 and the bread is one and I added one for the fry light cooking spray I use. (I used 20 sprays for the whole thing that egg included) so I use ten to coat the pan and I look everything but the bread and the egg together, the sausages I put in first because they take a while to cook through (I don't know if its meant to be pink inside at all but I really get freaked out when I see pink so I have these in the longer so they are cooked to my specifications) get everything cooked pop my bread in the toaster and another ten sprays of the cooking spray and egg in... 

I love the fact I can have a cooked breakfast and still stick to this diet. 

As for weigh in tomorrow, I don't know how I feel, my wii fit tells me I've lost a pound from last weigh in but it has told I'm heavier then the weightwatchers scales before.... I hope its more then one pound but if not, actually one pound is one pound. Still an achievement, still a pound off... but we'll see how it goes....

End of Week 6.... I think I may have lost track!

I don't know if you can see it in these pictures. The second t-shirt is tighter! Another 3 off! And I know I haven't posted anything food related this week. I can't see to wrap my head around everything and tomorrow I'm going to go to the fireworks with Yasmine and we are going to eat stuff from the stands and have some fun together! I may even blog about that even though its not directly food related, because Yasmine is a blast!

Oh and I crocheted myself a hat ready for the event!

Weight loss this week:-3lbs

Weight loss total: -19lbs or 1 Stone 5lbs

Hallelujah! (end of week 5)

so we all know what kind of week I had, pizza popcorn and KFC! I was not hopeful in loosing any this week and I had honestly braced myself to hear I'd put on.

But I'm as pleased as punch 1 lb lost! And yes it would have been nice to get rid of another two but I am not snubbing that 1lb, I really thought I had put on so hearing I lost was amazing!!!!

So remember its not always as bad as it seems,

And sometimes you just have to have a snackadent! 

Weight loss this week:-1lbs


Weight loss total: -16lbs or 1 Stone 2lb

xx

Get your bake on!

I like to bake. It is honestly one of the  have only ways I'm a good little housewife. I love to bake cakes and biscuits and I like to cook meals at the end of the day! Mostly because I think when you like good food you want it at home so you learn.

Its always one of the things I miss when I go on a diet, so when the weightwatchers magazine for November came through, and there were bakes in there... well you weren't going to stop me.

 Yasmine helped me bake this one. she was happy to fluff up the mix while my arm was resting and I think she found it interesting. She likes to bake too, so since she's just finished her turn at cookery club... guess who gets to bake with her now!

 

 You can see it looks a ... little different! So here is what we did. Our cake tin was 24cm not 20cm... and they say size doesn't matter! Well I managed to get it cut in half but I bet I would have been more comfortable with a 20cm or smaller case! 

Having said that, its still a good bake and I was surprised how the case turned out considering just how little flour and sugar is in it! (Side note, I only seemed to have plain flour so I did use baking powder in my cake because I used plain flour, I may need to experiment with the amount I put in see if it makes any more of a rise!)

I also think the mousse, although made to the specs needs another gelatin leaf if its going to look like anything like the one in the magazine! Not that mine is terrible or anything, as you can see it hold its shape just fine!

Yasmine told me to leave the bits out next time, but despite the fact it was quite a tart gateau she seemed to enjoy it. 

We did used frozen mixed berries rather then just blackberries AND I used strawberries to decorate rather then blackberries because those things are expensive in shops!!

It did however taste very nice. Both me and Phil enjoyed it and its a nice little treat for three Smart Points, considering only three would get you a plain special K bar too!

                                Thumbs up Weightwatchers magazine, thumbs up!
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Eat Fresh?

Eating out is a huge deal right?

I mean not only are you not cooking but you're away from hassle.

However, the added stress when on a diet (especially on something like weightwatchers) is just how many calories (or smart points) are in the food.

We went into Durham today and I looked up a popular pub chains food and I nearly cried... I could have the salad that was about it. Everything else was a days worth of Smartpoints, which is insane! I wasn't willing to go out and pay nearly £8 for a salad! Plus the kids food and drinks would have cost £30! I don't think so!

Here comes Subways to the rescue! The two kids had a kids meal and I had a chicken tikka with lettuce tomatoes cucumber pickle and mayo ten points! Score! And it was still a treat, I wasn't hungry!

Lesson for the day....

always make sure there's a subways near by (just don't have one of the cookies... those bad boys are 10 points in themselves!)

The seven stages of going on a diet!

Does anyone go through this on a daily bases!?


I just wanted to share this because its so funny! 

Fried Chicken solves MOST problems. Words of Wisdom from the Colonel

Hi Guys,

So this weekend has been a major crazy weekend, I did NOT stick by my diet today or yesterday... 

We had ALL of Yasmine's little girl cousins over for a sleep over last night, they had pizza and chips and popcorn then for breakfast they had doughnuts and muffins and waffles... then to roll it up all badly... We had KFC for dinner!

but you know what? I've lost a stone in four weeks! I don't even feel guilty, I think diet rules need forgotten to build memories with my daughter and my nieces.

And as the colonel says....

Just not the obesity crisis... Oh well, lets stick with the diet for the rest of the week,lets be good and see how it goes!

Stone the Crows!!....

Look what happened! So this week has been an interesting week and I've been a bit worried because I stood on the scales part way through the week and it looked like I hadn't lost anything!

But then come today another loss!

I'll  write more later because Joseph is not sleeping!

Weight loss this week:-3lbs

Weight loss total: -15lbs or 1 Stone 1lb

Drop a dress size?

I shared this in one of my first week and I wanted to show you the progress.

For me, visually I remember things, I'm a visual learner I suppose, I remember written word, I learned to read visually by seeing the words over and over and everyone knows I love to read! I learned to crochet not by reading patterns but by watching someone (Thanks Jan) then finding people on you tube and following them.

So it makes sense that I should like to learn things visually when I'm "watching my weight".

We were given these my second meeting so my first weigh in. The different colours on the dresses represent the week so the yellow is my first week the red/pink is my second week the green my third. Now I don't know if it does only take ten pounds to loose a dress size, but my current clothes are a lot looser my bras are fitting nicer. I want to keep these,I actually want more so I can watch and say actually here, this is how much I've lost, this is the "dress sizes".
For me, visually seeing confirms, because sometimes with me its coming off slowly so I don't see it. This confirms an awful lot to me.
I remember one day at work they brought in what a pound of fat looked like. This was one pound and I looked and it was a lot! Every once in a while it does me good to weigh out a pound of sugar or rice and put it into a plastic bag and I hold it against me (Usually my tummy) and I look and I think "wow, that's chunky that a lot." But then you go to a meeting and you're told you've lost a pound, I've seen people go away disappointed. Be real and try this and see what you've lost.
Loose a pound a week that's  52 in a year that three stone nine! That is a huge amount!
I know things may slow down and thats okay. I just want to put this down to help me remember...

Creating a Structure....

I'm trying my very best to wear very similar clothes to see if you can see the weight loss! I'll apologise for my picture this week, I'd just came in from walking down and I'm a bit wind swept, though an old friend once said they liked my hair when it was windswept so maybe I should have it that way more often....

So, despite my pig out on my birthday last week (and the uncounted Mary Berry Chocolate cake I had 12 Smart points per a slice if anyone is interested...) I still lost!

Hurray! Pip pip well done old man!

So my weightwatchers leader said the diet is designed to be stuck to 70% at a time and still be able to loose weight, I don't know how its worked but it does.

Interestingly I found an article this week from the new CEO at weightwatchers found here.

She stated “We can inspire people to have healthy habits ... that’s not just about losing 10lbs, but creating a structure you can live within.” 

I think this is a huge deal. I  said it to a friend when I tried slimming world with her, she was loosing weight (and a lot) on a weekly bases. I'm proud of her for doing so! But I couldn't loose weight in the environment slimming world created. it was too complex and too restricting, I couldn't cope like that and if you constantly feel like you have to do something, it doesn't make you want to do it. When you have a bad day and you fall off the dieting boat, you can't get back on it with that mindset. I'm hoping I can continue like this. 

The amount I'm loosing on a weekly bases is encouraging, heck loosing at all! But if we create a structure we can live in, if we don't mind not having this or that or having this instead of that then we can live it, and you know we can have a chocolate bar, we can sneak in a snickers and still loose the weight we want to, because I think if you aren't dealing with the emotional side of falling off the bandwagon then that structure will seem impossible, no matter what brand you put on it. 

You know what I'm a bit scared of now? Well the last couple of weeks I've always had something to splash out on, you know that secret 'treat' which keeps you going... this week I have nothing... how embarrassing would it be if I didn't loose this week?! 😧

wish me luck!

                                             
                                                Weight loss this week:-3lbs

Weight loss total: -12lbs

here's hoping for at least the stone mark next week! 

End of Week 2 (Shhh don't tell the weight watchers police I'm going to eat!)

Me before....

....And after!

So today I went for weigh in as normal. and even though its that wonderful time of the month where being a women is particularly entertaining, you have water retaining and lets face it the need for chocolate and a craving for anything unhealthy! Yesterday was hard! So feeling all bloated and really very heavy in the stomach, to be told you lost three pounds this week... well its awesome! 

But of course, it's my birthday today so after weigh in I went to my favourite Chinese restaurant, the Pavillion. I decided for today I'm not on my diet, So I can go to the Chinese and I can have my cake and eat it, AND the good thing is, I have a whole week to work off any extra weight I put back on today! 

I don't think its unhealthy to go out and have a treat every once in a while, I think it can lift you a little. 

And you know its yummy!

Weight loss this week:-3lbs
Weight loss total: -9lbs