Tuesday 29 December 2009

HNY

Well i didn't manage to shift 2lb for the new year, but I did manage 1lb off over Crimbo, so not all bad!

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE

Good luck and let's make 2010 our year!

x x x

Tuesday 22 December 2009

Super Happy + NSV!

Well, well well! What a week or two!

Firstly reached the 100lb mark last week :O) then this week I somehow managed a massive 6.5lb loss taking me into the 14's for the first time in decades!!!!! I really am practically speachless at this loss, no idea how. I mean this week I have been out for a meal without pointing, had mincepies and a sneaky matchmaker or two! Anyway I guess all the hard work I put in at the gym is finally paying off. Going for 2lbs this week to get to an 8st loss before the new year, I know it's Crimbo week but......

At my meeting this week my leader made me stand up and talk about my success - OMG how hard is it to stand up in front of people and talk about losing weight!!!???

As for my NSV, well, I was at the gym (of course) and one of the staff came up to me and said 'you look fab, can I just say well done', WOW, I thought that is really nice. Then she said 'I almost didn't recognise you I think we should take a new membership photo, would you like to see the one we took when you joined?' I said erm... ok then. So we went to the desk and she pulled up my details, aaaarrrrggggghhhhhh it was awful, I was huge!!! She asked if I wanted a new photo and I said no, I'll keep the old one and whenever I feel like reaching for the chocs I will come and look at it! Fantastic motivation!!

Anyway, HAPPY CRIMBO everyone, make it a good one! I for one will have a guilt free Christmas day then back on the wagon, the gym is open on Boxing Day!! lol

Monday 7 December 2009

Aaarrggghhhh

Damn my TOTM! A poxy STS this week and all I wanted was 1/2 a pound!

Oh well roll on next Monday :O)

Wednesday 2 December 2009

Made it!

Wooo Hoooo

Passed the seven stone mark this week!!!

Hopefully I will shift another half a pound this week and reach 100lbs gone! gerrin :O)

Saturday 28 November 2009

It's Been Ages

Blimey it's been ages since I last posted something, but now I'm here!

Not been anywhere just been super busy. Anyway the good news is that I have now broken into the 15st bracket!!!!! YAY

All my mini goals are getting closer - 1/2lb til 7st and 2.5lb til 100lb gone!!!

I still think back to last Crimbo when being on a diet never even entered my head, especially when I was wondering down the party food aisle! As a grazer rather than a proper meal eater I still gaze longingly at the boxes of duck spring rolls and prawn skewers, but am delighted to say that I now walk away rather than filling my basket with whatever 3 for 2 offer is on!

Anyway I think that's it's for now, lets hope I've got even better news after next WI on Monday!

Monday 2 November 2009

Unbelievable!

Having spent the day with that LKD feeling I was not looking forward to WI tonight, not only have I spent the last wek living off the heaviest food I've eaten in months but it is also TOTM, imagine my surprise then when I got on the scales and it read as a 4lb loss!!

I couldn't believe it so I demanded a recount only to find it was true!! HOORAH :O)

Sunday 1 November 2009

holiday

So I'm just back from a week in Bulgaria, deepest, darkest Bulgaria and I mean dark! The weather was rubbish, cold and wet, I was visiting family who live in the middle of nowhere in a small village that time forgot!

As a result the whole WW diet thing had to go out of the window, not looking forward to WI tomorrow but hey ho, it's not the end of the world and I'm sure I will soon be back on track.

I spent the week living on good wholesome food, but ultimately seasonal winter fare - beans, meat and plenty of carbs, not much in the way of 'naughty' stuff but big, heavy filling stuff, lets hope the scales are kind :O)

Saturday 17 October 2009

woo hoo NSV

OMG!!!!
Went shopping today for a couple of things and decided to try on some new trousers as all the ones i own are getting a little baggy, imagine my joy when i tried on an 18 and they were a fantastic fit!!!!!
I actually did a little dance of joy in the ASDA changing rooms! lol

And.... for the first time in forever I didn't even think about shopping in Evans. Totally loving this new me :OD

Monday 12 October 2009

This Week update!

So after having a shocking week last week, horrid long days at work and 4 scones with butter, I stil managed a 2lb loss!!! YAY :O)

Hopefully it wont come back and back me on my still fairly substantial a*s! lol

Good luck to everyone x

Saturday 10 October 2009

This Week....

... I have had a hopeless week!

Been super busy at work, including a 15hr day, and as a result my tracking has gone to pot! Hopefully the work I've managed to put in at the gym will help to counter any blips in my eating this week, but really I've been rubbish :O(

Can't remember a time on WW when I've been so bad, even managed to put away 4 mini scones and butter the other day, just because I had made them in a demonstration and I was waiting to get back in my classroom - how weak is that!!

Hey ho, back on track big style today, super tracking and a double gym session just for starters! Fingers crossed for Monday :O)

Monday 5 October 2009

Yay

Very happy bunny this week, finally managed to break through the 6st barrier!!!!!

Been whittling away at this for months and months and have no finally done it! Here's to the next one :O)

Sunday 27 September 2009

Smaller Shirt

Hoorah!
Have been volunterring today at the Cancer Research UK 10k event at Castle Howard, fabulous event, great weather and over 1000 wonderful people raising loads of dosh.

Anyway, as a volunteer we get a free volunteer t-shirt and I always go for the XL (as you do) but today there were non left so I had to have a large, eeeek I thought, how snug will this be??

Joy of joys...... it was a spot on fit, even with another t-shirt underneath, I was sooooo happy!

Saturday 26 September 2009

Hmmmmm

Sat here wondering what to write, seems like ages since i last posted something but quite frankly not much has happened! Back at work, weight moving very slowly, still waiting to hit my next stone marker although i am now further into the 16's i sooooooo want to get to the 6st mark.

Workouts at the gym are getting better, if you can call doing high levels for a more sweaty workout getting better! Finally learning to love the horrid cardio-glide machine (L3, 15m), love seeing myself being able to do harder stuff for longer, not so keen on ex-pupils seeing me sweating like mad but i get by! lol

Think that's about it, my 40's are plodding along, not much has changed but hey ho i'm not getting any fatter :O)

Wednesday 9 September 2009

sweet 16's

3lbs off this week taking me down into the 16's!!!! probably the first time I've weighed so little since i was about 16 i reckon! lol

I'm pleased to say that i still astound myself every time i think about the progress of my journey so far, i still would never have believed that this year would bring about such changes in my life.

i also turned 40 today, little bit traumatic but a good day overall, loads of really nice comments and NSV's, and I'm getting soooo much better at taking a compliment! it's amazing how much difference wearing clothes that actually fit makes! lol

Sunday 6 September 2009

Jog On! update

having previously managed a 2 minute jog i was feeling really good at the gym today, i'd x-trained for 30mins, walked uphill for 30mins and done some resistance work, so as i was 'cooling down' on the treadmill i just felt that i hadn't quite finished and cranked the speed up, then up some more and a little more until i was jogging along at a fast walk.

finding this comfortable i just carried on and in a world record time (for me) i had soon completed a mile! i can't believe it altho if the twinging in my knees is anything to go by i will know all about it tomorrow lol

Friday 4 September 2009

Not the wrong trousers, but SMALL trousers!

After spending the summer break living in my jogging bottoms I finally had to bite the bullet and go shopping for new work clothes!
My one pair of 'smart' trousers were massive and only stayed by using a comp style belt tie and as a result I looked and felt like a sack of spuds tied in the middle!

Headed straight to Evans, more out of habit than anything else, picked up a few items in the next size down from the ones I was wearing only to find they were also too BIG :O)
Slowly I picked up a size 20 and gingerly stepped into them, praying the seams would hold - joy of joys they fit perfectly!!!!! OMG I can't remember the last time I wore trousers that small!
That was it then, I got all giddy and started trying on tops in smaller sizes and found that they fitted too, however I couldn't find any that I liked in Evans so I headed out of my comfort zone and towards the world of 'normal' shops, eeeek

Success was mine however, and M&S soon managed to take more than a few shekels off me and I almost, almost went crazy in Monsoon! What I find the most staggering is that clothes seem so expensive in what I call 'normal' shops, I've always found Evans OK price wise but now i can see that I really did get a lot of cloth for my money!

Saturday 29 August 2009

Jog On!

blimey I've been a little slack in the posting department just recently, mainly because i have been really hacked off with my lack of progress.

have decided to write off the last few weeks, altho i have been sicking to plan and exercising my weight loss has slowed to a pathetic drip, i mean 4lbs in 6 weeks - grrrrrrrr. now i know i should be happy with that and i guess overall it's OK, but god it's so frustrating! the school holidays have messed my master plan up, i really wanted 6 stone off for my birthday but as that is less than two weeks away and i still have 10lbs to go i don't somehow think that's gonna happen unless i cut a limb off! i never ever thought i would look forward to going back to work just to get my routine back in order and hopefully kick start my weight loss again!

anyway, moving on, i have just measured and I'm pleased to report that there are a few less centimetres of me than the last time i dared face the tape measure :O)

so onto my main news of the week, (cue fanfare.....) i have JOGGED on the treadmill this week!!! aaarrrrgggggghhhhhh thank god it backs onto a wall and no one had to stare at my wobbly buttocks bouncing around! lol but i am sooooo proud of myself altho my knees were less than pleased. now i only managed 3 mins but i truly couldn't get over the fact that i felt happy to do it and in a public place too, i just thought if 17 st rugby players can do it then I'm sure i can have a go and so i did!

well that's enough of my ramblings for now, good luck one and all and HAGW x

Monday 17 August 2009

What is going on????

I am soooooo pee'd off this week :O(

I have been good this week (not that I'm ever bad!), eaten all my points most days, been to the gym everyday and yet I have still managed to GAIN 1/2 a pound!!!!!

I have reached a real sticking point and have been yoyo-ing around the 17.7 for the past 4 weeks and now it is hacking me off big time!!!

I was so close to going out and buying loads of crap, but managed to restrain myself.

Well, I'll keep working at it now I've had my moan! Good luck everyone still to WI x

Saturday 8 August 2009

New Cossie

since joining WW i have had to buy 3 swimming costumes, 1 was binned after i 'popped' out due to it being a bit big, the next one has been binned because i stupidly stuck it in the tumble dryer and all the elastic stuff gave up the ghost and it became a baggy mess.

so i am now on my 3rd one and to be honest this one is a little small but it is a speedo which i would never have dreamed i could get into at the start of the year and it has a racing back, so hopefully my still ample busters will stay under the material where they should be!

i am so proud of myself, this new cossie is 3 sizes smaller than my original and its bright red, i never ever would have bought anything but black but now i think 'sod it, i can wear bright colours'!

just wanted to share :O)

Friday 7 August 2009

Cardio Wave Machine

or how the gym nearly killed me!

as it's the school holidays i really have no excuse for not visiting the gym and as a result I have been going everyday (pushing for the 6 stones by my 40th in Sept!)

so last week i thought i would try the cardio wave machine, it's like a step machine, you have two foot pads and basically you lift your knees and you kind of float, sounds weird and is!

OH MY GOD after 1 minute i thought i might die, it is the hardest thing i have ever done in my entire life, i swear! but, i did manage to stay on for 5 minutes and had to stop when i could no longer feel my knees! when i got off (fell off) i couldn't walk and had to lean ungraciously against a metal divider lol

however, i have persevered with it and today i am pleased to say that i have increased my time to 5.5 mins and could still feel my knees at the end, although breathing was a bit of a luxury!
obviously as i am writing this i survived and i am determined to get to the 10 minute mark

Monday 3 August 2009

Hoorah!

Phew, very glad to find that I am back being a loser this week and have managed a 4lb loss :O)

Thank god for that, I have worked really hard this week to get back on track, been to the gym every day, even twice a day a couple of times and it has paid off YAY YAY YAY

Good luck this week one and all x

Monday 27 July 2009

Oh no!

Sad to report my first 'proper' gain this week! After having a fab weekend with loads of NSV's I've managed to gain 1.5lbs!

Oh well, back on the wagon good and proper now. Surprisingly I feel OK about it, thought i would break down in tears when this happened but I think because I was just having a ball for the first time forever I'm OK with it and will just move on with a positive frame of mind.

Luckily I didn't have to give my silver seven back!

Good luck week everyone x

Monday 20 July 2009

5 down!

fantastic news, well for me anyway!

4lbs gone this week bringing my total loss to date to a fabulous 5 stone! still can't believe it!

gonna treat myself with a tattoo for every stone i think, any ideas welcome :O)

good luck this week x

Sunday 19 July 2009

River Festival, York

This fortnight is the River Festival in York and Cancer Research UK are using the even to promote their 10km Runs at Harewood House and Castle Howard. I am volunteering when I can. Went along yesterday only to find that we couldn't reach all our promo stuff that was on the barge CRUK are using due to the river Ouse rising overnight following terrible rain on Friday.

Turned out that that wasn't so bad as my fellow volunteer had luckily taken some fliers home with him the day before. So we spent the day trying to enrol people with little success, however we also buddied up with some historical re-enactment types and had a fab time - thanks guys!

Biggest highlight was when they had to wade into the river the deliver some shopping to some folks that were trapped on their barge, the Sealed Knot types used their pikes to reach out, but one even took off his breeches only to reveal not exactly authentic boxers underneath! I have photographic evidence!!!

Went back today but it was a complete washout, literally, I've put some pics up to show where we were standing yesterday!

Lets hope it dries up for next weekend x

Friday 17 July 2009

NSV City!

Blimey, I've had a cr*p week exercise wise and am feeling a bit rubbish, however dragged myself out to a retirement do last night and made an effort with the clothes. So how fab was it when i put my 'best' trousers on and found they were massive and I had to dig out a belt and then that wouldn't go tight enough so had to make an extra hole :O)

Once at the do saw loads of people I hadn't seen for a while and got loads of lovely comments and even got some from colleagues I see everyday,mainly because I was wearing clothes that fit (almost!) rather than my practical work clothes. However, the best NSV came when a guy who used to work with me and used flirt with me (and vice versa) came up to me and said "I definately would now!" *wink*

aarrggggghhhhh excellent news!

Saturday 11 July 2009

TOTM rant

don't be put off, this is not gonna be gory! lol

we are all agreed that loosing weight is great, i am actually enjoying a diet/lifestyle for the first time in i don't know how long, however for me there is definately a down side.

before i started this journey my TOTM was at worst random, at best non-existent, but blow me, now that i have shifted a few pounds the bloomin thing is back regular as clock work!

rubbish

i don't like it, it's not that i get pains, or even feel overly bloated, it doesn't make me crave 'naughty' foods, the opposite in fact, i actually don't feel like eating, but grrrrrrrrrr i hate it!

anyway rant over!

good luck everyone with WI this week x

Monday 6 July 2009

Unbelievable!

So, WI day dawned and as always I was having an LKD. But hey ho, I pootled through the day and went, heavy legged to my meeting.

For a change I was being weighed by my meeting leader and was asked the usual 'how's your week been?' question, so I geared up for a limited loss or even a STS as I have made some changes this week - larger lunches so I'm not sat grazing all night and changed my exercise routine from swimming to using the gym.
Imagine then my absolute SHOCK when I got on the scales and had achieved a mind blowing 7lb loss!! Yes SEVEN pounds!!!!!!
I have to admit to shedding a tear of joy :O)

Even nicer, my leader then presented my with a 'diamond' to commemorate my reaching (and passing) the 60lb mark!

What a fab day. Good luck to everyone still to WI this week x

Sunday 28 June 2009

Well Done York!

Just had a fab day as a volunteer at the Race for Life event at York racecourse.

Wonderful day, great weather and most of all around 5000 women and children raising money for a good cause :O)

I was at the 2km point and hope i helped people round with support and encouragement. It got very warm for the 2nd race and I think those taking part did a brilliant job.

Well done girls! x

Thursday 25 June 2009

R4L & Fabby NSV

Did my Race for Life last night in Harrogate.

Excellent event, this was my third time of doing it and I am very pleased to say i beat my previous best time :O)

Last year I did it in 56m 43s, this year, wait for it....... 51m 17s!!!!!!!!!!!

Woooooo Hoooooooo I couldn't believe it! So very very chuffed, a steady walk, no puffin and panting and no red face at the end, might actually try to join the joggers next year!

Also walking with me was my mum, she is stick thin and walks across Wales for fun, however she said she had trouble keeping up, excellent! In addition that was the first time I had seen my mum since joining and I hadn't told her about my 4st loss, (mum has always been thin and doesn't understand how people get to be as fat as i reached, plus she obsesses about how much weight I lose every week whenever I tell her I'm on a diet), anyway the look on her face when she saw me was priceless! She is dead proud of me - which is fab :O)

BTW good luck to everyone walking/jogging/running their R4L, especially anyone who is taking part in the York event on Sunday, I shall be there cheering you on as I am a volunteer marshall for the day!

Monday 22 June 2009

Maddening!

What is it with the human body eh?? eh?? I swear mine is out to get me!

Most weekends i suffer from LKD's, however this w/end I felt fab, you know the sort of thing - I'd been to the gym, one of the pupils parents said I was looking slimmer, walking on clouds all the way home, felt about 12ft tall!

so...... headed off to WI thinking that's gotta be 3 or 4lbs gone, gotta be. Yea right! stepped on the scales (was going to say jumped but that would just be a lie!) and I'd lost 1lb. OK OK i know that's good and steady but I mean, when I feel like a lump I seem to lose more, ggrrrrrrr

So I'm now hoping for LKD's every weekend and then a good loss!

But, stay positive, it's 1lb closer to goal :O)

Good luck everyone x

Monday 15 June 2009

Woooooo Hoooooo

2lb loss this week = 4 stone total!!!!

YAY

nuff said :OD

Sunday 14 June 2009

practice makes perfect!

so my R4L is now looming over the horizon and I thought i should probably get some sustained walking practice in as i want to beat my plodding time of last year - 56m. i mean i usually manage to clock up 6miles a day at work but that is just puddling about over 8 hrs, it's a long time (last years R4L) since i did any sustained walking!

90 mins in the gym and i managed the 3.3 miles in 53 mins! yay lets hope i can repeat that on the day :O)

Saturday 13 June 2009

not sure i can take the pressure!

it's within the reach, not goal you understand but the 4 stone mark, only 1.5lbs to go and i am obsessing about reaching it on Monday! I've done extra exercise, stayed a point or two below every day and yet all week i have the feeling of impending doom and am CONVINCED i am going to have a gain this week

aarrrgggghhhhhhh omg I'm becoming totally unreasonable

normally i have an LKD (lead knicker day) but blimey it has been a LKW, everyday since last weigh in i have felt like I'm dragging myself around the place. i know i really shouldn't moan, i have done really well and had a fab NSV this week when an ex-pupil came into school and was shocked by how thin i looked! what an excellent job teaching can be :O)

OK, OK i am going to be rational and sane, but not until after weight in! lol

good luck everyone, just had to share :O)

Monday 8 June 2009

another monday, another WI

so another 1.5lb off this week and another 1.5lb closer to my four stone!

went to the gym yesterday and obviously over worked cos my arms are killing me today! anyway it was worth it for the loss. fingers crossed for next week and hitting the next stone mark!

good luck everyone x

Monday 1 June 2009

i'm a 50lb-der :O)

oh yes oh yes (doing little dance) passed the 50lb mark tonight and slipped into the 18st bracket aaaarrrggggghhhhhhh I'm so happy i can't even begin to tell you!

hope i get my certificate next week cos i am photographing it and sticking it on here, i really really would never have believed it at Chrimbo if someone had told me I could and can do this. You know what it's like, you've been fat forever and it kinda becomes your default state of being, certainly for me anyway. But here i am 50lb lighter and still loving it!!

have a good week everyone :O) x

Wednesday 27 May 2009

wardrobe refunction!

Following on from my slightly embarrassing streaking at the gym I have now got my new swimming costume. Used it for the first time this morning and although it feels a little snug (it is a smaller size) it did at least keep my boobs fully covered! It also helped to pull my tummy in, so not all bad!

I'm on half term this week and am finding it very difficult to be active, every time I think about going for a walk it starts to rain and I'm sorry but i don't need to walk in the rain! It is on days like these that i wish that i had a) a dog or b) a partner to walk with, it might be just me but i feel a bit uncomfortable just walking around on my own.

Ah well, hopefully my less than active week wont have too much bearing on my WI this week x

Monday 25 May 2009

woo hoo

\0/ yay just been to WI and have managed to lose a 1lb :O)

that brings my total to 49lbs so far, i really struggle to believe it sometimes!

good luck everyone this week x

Sunday 24 May 2009

wardrobe malfunction :O$

oh dear oh dear, went swimming this morning, nice day i thought, why not. So, swimming away, did an hour in the pool and all was well, until i was getting out of the water. That was when i noticed a cool feeling in the boob area and upon checking discovered that my costume had sagged quite dramatically and i was showing my more than ample bosom to the people in the Jacuzzis!

Time for a new swim suit i think lol

Came home and have now ordered a new one in a smaller size - hoorah! Is this an NSV? I'm gonna say yes and put a positive spin on my accidental exposure :O)

Saturday 23 May 2009

Fantastic NSV

Went out last night, first time since NYE, and saw some friends I hadn't seen since that night. Nothing new there, I am incredibly bad at keeping in touch with people, however the first thing one of my friends said was "Oh my god, you've shrunk by half! I almost didn't recognise you!!"
Needless to say I felt fantastic for the rest of the evening :O)

Thanks guys!

Monday 18 May 2009

Got the LK off in time for WI!

Well I approached the scales still feeling 'heavy', could still feel the LK tugging at my waistline but hoorah, they must have fallen off as I stepped on the scales because I managed a reasonable 2lb loss :O)

Good luck this week everyone x

Sunday 17 May 2009

Lead Knickers Day!

Why oh why oh why???????

Every Sunday since I joined WW do I feel like I'm wearing lead knickers?????

I know that it's because it's WI tomorrow but I just can't seem to help it. To report on my week, it has been fine. Even managed to eat all my points most days, which is not like me at all. Exercised everyday, including today with an hour in the pool. Don't usually swim on a Sunday but due to wearing the lead knickers thought I had better make an effort. Luckily as the LK are only in my mind I didn't sink without trace!

Joined the NYNY challenge this week and finally took some measurements, scary. Have decided to measure monthly just to keep myself motivated, wish I had taken them at the start of my journey, but hey ho you live and learn!

Anyway have a good week all and I will be back tomorrow with the result of LKD (Lead Knicker Day)!

Wednesday 13 May 2009

Mmmmm Graze

Had my weekly Graze box today and it was delish!

Came in at 7.5pts but was well worth it! Got fresh pink grapefruit and oranges, dates, walnuts and pumpkin seeds and a nice little helping of bbq almonds. Really nice as a change from carrot sticks!

I know they are a bit pricey but i think i will keep it up as weekly treat :O)

Tuesday 12 May 2009

New Year New You

Just signed up for this challenge, keep me and the other members motivated til the new year! Unbelievably it's only 33 wks til the new year, how scary is that!

Good luck fellow challengers and good luck everyone else too x

Monday 11 May 2009

a loss is a loss is a loss

After last weeks fantastic loss I have only lost 1/2 a pound this week, but unlike the last time I had a small loss I am not being down about it, but staying positive, any loss is a step in the right direction.
So, onwards and upwards or should that be downwards?? lol

Good luck one and all, hope you have a good week :O)

p.s. roll on Wednesday, next Graze box being delivered, a little mid week treat to break the monotony!

Saturday 9 May 2009

NSV's :O)

Went shopping for a skirt for our leavers prom at school (my form were leaving and they bullied me into a skirt as I didn't actually own one!) Anyway, tried on a 24 and it was a bit roomy, so I thought what the hell and tried a 22 and.... lovely fit! Can't believe it, not worn 22 anything for years!
Then to top it off loads of nice comments at the prom, especially from the kids which was really nice - verged on tears for most of the evening tbh, mainly as my 'babies' were all grown up and leaving school but also as their comments about my weight loss were really nice and kind. Restored my faith in teenagers I can tell you!

Wednesday 6 May 2009

1st Graze Box

Having fallen for the hype and ordered a Graze box, it arrived today. Well..... it was OK actually, little bit more points wise than I normally have for lunch at 7 points but it was very nice. I had fresh pineapple, US nut mix - almonds, pecans and brazils and a Sm portion of pepper cashews. Not what I would normally choose for lunch but tasty and different all the same!
Only getting one a week as a change from houmous and carrot sticks, so I think I will stick with it for now.

Just thought I would let you know :O)

Tuesday 5 May 2009

Swimming and Hair Dye

I dyed my hair on Saturday, nothing drastic, just a dark brown to cover my grey. Now I'm not a vain person and i have resisted the lure of the dye until now, mainly because my mum says if I look old then that means that she is old! Even at 39 I like to wind my mother up!

Anyway, I decided to bite the bullet as my form at school were badgering me, and as they leave later this week I thought i might give it a go - well it is an unqualified success, lots of nice comments etc., however I forgot about the effect that swimming would have so it was with some trepidation that I hit the pool this morning and HOORAH i did not leave a dark brown trail of dye in the water behind me, i did not come out of the pool with green hair and I did not leave great clumps of hair blocking the plug hole in the shower!

Not sure I am going to maintain this hair dying routine, i am uber lazy when it comes to hair care but at least for this week i wont have any grey! :O)

Monday 4 May 2009

Hoorah!

Blimey, after two torturous weeks of only losing 1/2lb total my body has decided to give in to the fact that i am on a diet and I've lost 6lbs this week!
I am over the ruddy moon and although i was hoping for a loss i never expected it to be soooo much

Anyway, back to more mundane things, I have finally decided to check out the Graze Craze and have ordered my first box, mainly because it was free! Not coming til Wednesday so we will see, I'm sure i will get something i don't like even after carefully rating every product!

Monday 27 April 2009

Aaaarrrgggghhhhhh

Absolutely gutted! Gained 1/2 a pound this week, no idea why or how, maybe my pizza express treat did for me although i doubt it.
Spoke to my leader after meeting and she said a lot of things that made sense, such as my body is just catching up and I've probably lost inches - now the rational side of me can see all those things but the totally irrational side of me thinks why, why WHY!!!
Any way I'm going to stay positive and stay on track have to see some improvement eventually right?

Sunday 26 April 2009

Sunday Nerves

Well here we are again, it's Sunday night and the nerves about tomorrows WI are starting to kick in!
I know I shouldn't but I have just gone back over every day on my tracker just to check that I stayed in limits and also to make sure all my AP have been added! Every week I stay OK and yet I still start to worry on the Sunday - maybe that's what keeps me going back for more!

Although I have spent most of today sat on my btm watching all various sporting activities on TV, I did get up extra early and take an almost power walk around town, earning myself some AP's :O). I have decided not to go swimming at the weekends anymore cos it was just to busy and it stressed me out trying to avoid people and having to stop and start - roll on 6.30 tomorrow morning when I can get back in the pool! Now that's a phrase I never thought I would hear myself say!

Well I'll be back tomorrow with news of the dreaded WI and work permitting I may even walk to meeting!

take care all x

Wednesday 22 April 2009

Pick N Mix

Had my second meal out last night, second since I started on this journey, went to Pizza Express, and had dough balls and a Soho pizza, god they were good! i had been really good all day and pointed the pizza before i went so i was sorted. Dinner went well, so far so good.

But then the next part of the evening, the cinema..... i tried hard, i really really did but the pick n mix was shouting my name and to my shame i listened and answered their call!!

the candy shrimps, fizzy cola bottles and toffee bon bons had ganged up on my and I have given in without so much as a whimper, luckily my friend, who is not dieting, ate loads and I made him take the rest away with him, so i pointed them as half a bag of haribo and I'm pleased to say that even with that indulgence my time in pool paid off and i still managed to save a point for day :O)

i must not give in to the pick n mix again tho - i must be strong! lol

Monday 20 April 2009

Gutted

I know i shouldn't moan but I'm just back from WI and I only lost a 1lb :O(

i felt I had worked really hard this week but hey ho, maybe its TOTM, i never know when mine will be ever since i stopped taking my tablets, lets hope it is and i get a good loss next week. Still aiming for my 3st by the end of the month so fingers crossed

We talked about motivation at meeting and I really should have measured myself cos hopefully I've lost inches with all the swimming I've been doing.

Gotta keep on track, good luck everyone this week :O)

Sunday 19 April 2009

Why is it.....

that I always feel really heavy in the run up WI?

Today I feel like I can hardly lift my feet off the floor and I know this is crazy, I've had a good week, done loads of exercise - I'm pushing to get 3lbs this week, and yet I feel like I've got lead knickers on!

Hey ho, at least I'm back to work tomorrow and my normal routine can swing back into action, as much as I like time off (who doesn't) it really messes me up with the whole eating thing! Maybe I'm institutionalised cos I like my routines!

Saturday 18 April 2009

Swimming (a moan)

I go swimming every morning, sad I know but true. I generally do a brisk 1/2 an hr, swimming about 1.5km.
Anyway, I went this morning as usual and OH MY GOD the pool was pretty much full when I got there at 8.10 (it doesn't open til 8am on a w/end), it was awful :O( i had to keep changing course to avoid slower swimmers, at one point I had to stop as there was just no way through ggrrrrrr. Yesterday was a completely different story, busy from 6.30am til 7, but then everyone got out and I had the pool to myself for another half an hour - bliss. If only every morning was like that!

I'm not entirely sure why I'm posting this, I was just proper annoyed this morning at the gym, do you know what really annoys me, and this is going to sound terrible, what really annoys me about the gym is that I pay for full peak membership but on bank holidays and w/ends the gym doesn't open til 8am (it's usually 6.30am) so i lose 1.5hrs of my peak time, however the off-peak members don't lose 1.5hrs of their membership and I am more and mroe beginning to think this is rubbish! There I said it, I know it sounds really petty but there it is!

Friday 17 April 2009

totally addicted to....

blogging! it's madness I have never even kept a diary before but I keep finding myself being compelled to post more mindless nonsense about my day! Hopefully when I get back to work next week this will wear off and hopefully I will be less inclined to nibble during the day.

Went shopping today and managed to hit the healthy mark on the WW pedometer by just wandering around the shops so I treated myself to some CD's to stick on the ipod for future wanderings! In fact I've been quite busy for me, not only have I been swimming for an hour, 2.5km swam, but I popped into the 'fat girls shop' (Evans) and was trying on trousers for work when I climbed into a pair that were snug, took them off and checked the size to find that they were a 22, I would never have picked them up as I have been in a 26 but OMG i was sooo pleased I could get them on and do them up, couldn't have worn them all day but how chuffed was I!!!! :OD
Anyway I bought some new work trousers in a 24, pleased with that too, a little large around the waist but I have rugby player thighs so I have to compensate and hence the snug 22!
Managed to resist the bratwurst stall (the smell of grilling sausage nearly killed me) and am now stuffing LF houmous and carrot sticks into my face - yum!

Thursday 16 April 2009

walking #2

just a quick up date on the whole walking thing.....

went for a bit of a wander but feel a bit daft tbh as I don't have a dog, but I have managed to walk off 1 AP so it's not all bad :O)

Walking


This week at WI I bought a WW pedometer, oh how I have been fooling myself with the activity points I have been adding from walking! It would appear that you have to walk your legs to stumps to get any AP!


I have therefore discovered that I need to walk a lot more to get any benefit - I guess that's not all bad (unfortunately).


Anyway, back later, I'm off for a walk! lol

Tuesday 14 April 2009

Weeks 1 - 12

I thought I would lump all this time together as I am a latecomer to the blogging scene and have already started on my journey.

So wk 1 was a real revelation, having been a member of WW previously a few years ago this was my first time on the current plan, I say current because WW has to re-invent itself every now and then to keep the punters coming in! Anyway, as I was saying, wk 1 came as a real shock, as a fatty I had 32 points a day to scoff and quite honestly I found it really difficult. When I got back from meeting I made a conscious effort to clean mu cupboards out of all the 'bad' foods that were lurking there, I fihured that the only way I was going to be successful at this was to be super strict, clearly the scales were telling me I have NO willpower so I had to get rid of all the foods I loved so much.
As the week progressed I used the boards and esource daily, for tips, support and tracking. So weigh in came and BINGO I had lost 6lbs!! Hoorah :O) I couldn't believe it and it had seemed so easy, was this crazy eat what you like plan just lulling me into a false sense of security??

So the weeks have gone by and week by week I have been whittling away at my weight - -5, -1, -4, -2, STS, -3, -3, -4, -2, -4, -5! My grand total to date (last night was WI) is a massive 39lbs!! I truly can't believe it.

As the weeks have progressed I have reduced my points and upped my exercise, I even walked to WI last night (20 mins each way). Eery week I keep waiting for a gain, not sure why I am still super strict with myself and always save a few points each week but I really can't believe that I am losing weight!

Anyway, I'm sure you must have lost the will to live by now, I promise that my next entries will shorter, I just had to fill in the gaps up to date :O)

Blog Day 1

Well here I am, writing a blog. Been considering it for a while and having read others I decided that I might as well set my own up.

It wont be exciting and I expect it wont be up dated all that often (I'm not the kinda girl that uses Twitter) but I will use this to record my weight loss journey for me and anyone else that wants to know.

So, where to begin? I joined WW at the end of Jan, 19th to be exact and if I had been planning to join I guarantee that I would not have picked a Monday as my WI day!

Well I nervously entered the room and was made to feel welcome immediately. Got myself signed up and then the weighing - OH MY GOD a staggering 22st 10lb, how the hell did that happen???? But it had happened and now I had finally made my mind up to do something about it.