A Jolly Good Weigh In

After all the worrying about the effect of the festival binge, I needn't have worried. I lost a very respectable 3.5lbs this week, bringing my total to 12lbs. That means I've lost 5% of my body weight.  I'm not noticing much difference yet but I do feel genuinely pleased with myself. The meeting was about taking time for yourself this week which as a single woman without children, isn't really a problem for me. I do need to make sure I get a good work/life balance though. I'm struggling with lunches already! I've frozen some ready made bolognese sauces and after my supermarket delivery tonight, I'll make some more easy to cook meals to stop me having a takeaway. I think I'm going to take some cracker biscuits and cheese triangles to work to leave in the fridge so I can avoid the dangerous trip to the supermarket in my breaks. This week brings back to work stresses but not much else so there's no excuses. I'd love to lose 2lbs this week to get to a 1 stone loss but anything would be wonderful! 

Weigh-In Day!

                                      

I've just returned from my weekly weigh-in and I lost 1.5lbs. I'm really pleased with that considering what a tricky week this has been. I knew this week would be hard and at the back of my mind, I keep thinking that maybe I should have waited to join WW but I guess I wouldn't be 8.5lbs lighter and would probably have put on another stone in that time! 

I've decided to move from Filling and Healthy to just doing Propoints. The reason being, I eat a lot of foods that aren't on the lists and because I'm not very good at portion control. I completely understand the Filling and Healthy plan and would definitely recommend it to others but as I eat mostly whole foods, cooked from scratch anyway, it doesn't really make that much difference to me. 

The next week is also a difficult one. I have a food festival on Saturday and I'll be staying at my sister's house (although she is on WW too). I'm going to try and save all 49 weekly Propoints for then so I can enjoy all the treats on offer! I'm back to work on Monday, which has pros and cons. The pros are that I'll be active and busy (so less time for thinking about food) but the cons are that I'll be around biscuits and cakes in the staffroom and I'm very tired when I get in. This has, previously, led to grabbing a takeaway when I get home. I'm going to make sure I have some ready made meals in the freezer for those times!

Tricky Times

Wednesday saw the start of a tricky couple of weeks for me. I had Ma to stay, have two weekend festivals to go to and I have to go back to work. The last couple of days have been filled with delicious food but I've tracked it all as best I can. I lost 2.5lbs when I weighed in on Weds which means a total of 7lbs. Am really pleased! Just got to get through the next week and a half without blowing it.

I'm really enjoying eating fresh, 'clean' food again and making new recipes which fit the plan. I'm especially enjoying all the fesh fruit and vegetables, in particular local raspberries and strawberries.

I've also made a Thai prawn curry using my original Thai curry paste recipe and Chinese pork balls. Not sure what I'll eat at the first festival this weekend. I will probably try and avoid bread to help and I won't be drinking. Just got to make sure I dance lots to earn some activity points!

Fat, frumpy, unhealthy and sad

So I've stepped back onto the scales at Weight Watchers today. In many ways it goes against everything I believe in but the truth is, I just can't seem to lose weight on my own. I'm horribly over weight and need to lose 7 stone 10lbs to be in my 'healthy' category. I have numerous health complaints that would be solved or at least minimised by losing weight and I just want to feel comfortable again. I'm setting my goal for 11 stone 10lbs which means I need to lose 6 stone. I can do this! I really, really want to spend next summer volunteering in Africa or India and a significant weight loss would make this soooo much easier. 

This blog will still be about food and recipes but will also document my weight loss. I'm doing the Simple Start programme at least for the first week. I don't think I'll be able to stick to it beyond a week as it's quite restrictive but it's very healthy and will do my body some good!