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