Mmmmm Teasers

I am struggling today, i am fighting the need for chocolate.  its not like i have deprived myself I have had a ww chocolate bar and also a Green & Blacks mini dark chocolate bar tonight, but for some reason they are not hitting the spot.

That feeling where only the giant bars will do, currently only the giant bar of Teasers will do, to the point that i may have to point one and fit it into my week, after weigh in on wednesday night, with the remainder of my weekly allowance.  I may not even have enough but I will close my eyes when eating it, if you dont see it, it might not count. 

I have been avoiding chocolate since my hubby was told he had diabetes two weeks ago, telling myself if he cant have it neither will I.  Well pleased to say he was told today they got it wrong, now doesnt have diabetes, but needs to change his lifestyle to try and avoid it developing.   Well who better to help him with a lifestyle change than his loving weight watching wife - yes me ;-)

Maybe I am craving a little of what I fancy, but mostly I am tired and as always feel the need to comfort myself when I am tired.  I think sleep is a better cure than chocolate, well for today anyway.

Sorry if this makes anyone hungry, or drives them towards chocolate, if you do make sure its just the small bar, 5pp, i think, and not the giant one.

Night x

Amazing ............

If this is what amazing feels like than i'm loving it.

Today has been all about feel good factors.

The message saying the magazine had arrived, my first column and its seems to have been accepted well among my friends and family. 

I have some amazing support, my mam, sister, cousin, friend, step - daughter and my hubby are all now doing weight watchers, it doesnt get much better than that for ww buddies does it. 

I lost 3lb tonight, which felt amazing as it got me my 10% and i am now over 1/4 of the way to my goal.

I walked a mile and half with my 9 year old son, even jogged some of it.  And bless him as we got near the end he said " mum, i can see you losing your weight" He is my star and I couldn't be prouder of him.

My lovely friend, Andrea, bought me a card and pressie to congratulate me on my column, if you read this Andrea, Thank you, it meant alot xxx

What a fantastic day, it has given me nothing but 100% more motivation to get to goal, roll on next week xxxxx

What a Week !

Well its seems like ages since I wrote on here, would like to say i have been busy doing important things but I cant think what they are lol

What has been happening ??

The Weigh In
Well I lost 1lb last week, which after 5lb the week before I should have been  more than happy with but me being me, I'm hard to please and I was a little disappointed.  I have been getting a little frustrated with myself, firstly because I feel my weight isn't moving fast enough, then secondly for thinking such silly things in the first place, I'm complicated to say the least.  Feel for my hubby trying to work me out must be a nightmare.

Well I gave myself a talking to, as i do, and set myself straight.  Losing is losing, and each half pound is a good sign for the future and i shouldn't be ungrateful for each one I lose.  And yes others may lose it faster, and yes I may feel frustration sometimes but that's ok, because like the Hare & the Tortoise, slow and steady wins in the end.  I have set myself a goal of receiving my 50lb certificate by the end of 2013 and that goal I am confident I WILL achieve.

My Partner in Crime
My hubby has decided to do WW with me, something I have been trying to get him to do for a while but like a lot of men he didn't see weight watching as important.  I would love to say my powers of persuasion finally worked but it was his health that did it.  He has been diagnosed with Diabetes so finally had to do something about his diet. 

I am pleased to say his first week has been great, a 9lb loss which we are both delighted about.  I have also found now he is doing it I am keeping on track easier, its as if he can so can I, and if he cant have the chocolate or snacks then I wont either.  Its funny how I can give them up for his health but not for my own goals.  I have even bought us his n hers ww journals, recording all our meals and again because I am writing all his down I have wrote all my down.
Here's to a slimmer and healthier us !!

Race For Life
My number has arrived for the Race For Life.  Doing a little something for a great cause so my friend Sarah and I will be training for this in the coming weeks.  My Just Giving Page will be added to here and my Facebook page so hopefully will raise a little sponsors too.  We are going to try and jog around, well a little of both walking and jogging - so trainers dusted off and sports bra at the ready (i dont have the boobs for running haha )  If we raise enough we may even do it in our onsies !

The Magazine
I am so excited to see me first column in the WW magazine which I believe hits meetings this next week.  I hope people like it and that the pictures aren't too bad.  I had a dream about it last week, or a nightmare where the pictures were worse than I could dream and all the words were mixed up and not what I wanted to say lol, i shouldn't worry so much its not like I'm writing a novel, but I just want to come across as me.   Next issue has been written and sent to the editor, so fingers crossed its ok.

I think that's it, not much else to say other than I'm having a good week and hope the scales reflect it on Wednesday, I would love my 10% and need 2lb for that so wish me luck xxxx

Me & My Pedometer

When at my meeting on the 3rd of April, after a talk with our leader about moving more, and a little healthy competition with my sister I purchased the weight watchers pedometer.  (25% off too, i love a bargain)

I set myself on a mini mission to move more and came home full of determination to make a point of losing my terrible gain. 

Thursday morning I made sure I had my pedometer attached as I went to work. I have always assumed being at work that I wouldnt generate many AP (Activity Points).  I have always viewed myself as having a desk job and not moving much, so was really surprised when i got home to realise I had earned 3 AP by the end of the day.

The most surprising day was Monday, we were off work and decided to have a bit of a spring clear out, mixed in with a little DIY, you know all the jobs you never get round to doing or finishing.  I never stopped all day, added in with a 30 minute extra activity gave me an extra 6 AP for the day.

Here is a copy of my week in easy view.

 

 

I am not sure of the activity points i earned had anything to do with my 5lb loss but it has encouraged me to walk more.  I plan to get out more this week too, once I am back to work I hope to include a little more walking into my week.  All will keep me in good training for the Race for Life in July.

 

Today is the first day I havnt worn it and I have missed the motivation it adds, sad as some may think that is, while wearing it I have been wanting to do more knowing it will add up on the pedometer.  I have no intention of using the extra AP earned but its nice to see it build up.

 

 

Lisa xxxx

Dreams Can Come True

I am living proof that if you want something enough it can be yours.  If you have read my Blog you will know that earlier in the year a wrote about my goals for 2013, well one of them has come true and I am so excited to see it unfold.

I am going to be a Weight Watchers Columnist - Woo Hoo, Eeeeeee exciting stuff, Big Smiles, Happy Dolittle. (its hard to express on here how pleased I am)

I was lucky enough to spend yesterday in the company of some lovely people in a photo studio, in London.  My first official pictures for the weight watchers magazine.  I will be writing a monthy column, sharing my WW journey and hopefully showing people that they are not alone, that "normal" people can lose weight too and that we all deal with the same emotions, hurdles and milestones when it comes to losing weight. 

As much as I felt awkward and slightly uncomfortable having my pictures taken it was an experience i wouldnt have missed.  I know I wont like the pictures when I see them and said that yesterday, not because they wont be greati I am sure they will, but because I currently dont like the way I look.  My view is if i liked the way I look now I wouldnt be doing this, so I am viewing them as the before pictures.  What i did enjoy was having hair and make-up done by the professionals and getting a chance to talk to stylists, editors and directors of the ww magazine. 

I want to show that with the right amount of drive and determination I can get to goal, love the way I look, be healthy and happy and hopefully inspire and motivate others along the way.

I had an Amazing day, and even managed to stay on plan for the day.  (I have added my daily menu to the menu tab on here to show how I managed, with the help of the eating out guide.)

Fingers crossed I get to go back when I lose some more weight and gain some more confidence, so I can enjoy being photographed. 

I look forward to my first column being in print, a little anxious at people knowing my weight, something I havnt shared with many as i have been too ashamed before.  The column will be in June's issue and the pictures from this shoot in July's issue.  Lets just hope people read it and like it.

The the next goal will be to go from Column to Cover - you have to dream !!

This is how not to do it !

I should have wrote this post a few days back when the feelings were raw but here goes anyway.

I was a perfect example of how not to follow weight watchers last week, and rightly so gained at weigh in on Wednesday.  Not just a little gain, its was a whopping 4 1/2 lb gain.  Why you may ask, well it was too easy to be honest.  Too easy which is a huge reminder of how easily I could slip back into old habits and that I am still at the start of my journey and have a lot to learn about how to deal with the relationship between my emotions and food.

I stupidly let the disappointment of not getting my 3rd silver 7 the week before send me off track, stupid because I still lost but because it wasn't what i wanted it to be i went on a downward spiral of diet self destruction.

I took the Thursday off, a lets have a day of not caring. It was my hubby's birthday so I enjoyed birthday cake and a fantastic meal out where I ate exactly what i wanted off the menu instead of choosing wisely.  Then 4 days of Easter weekend with nothing going to plan and too much chocolate temptation in reaching distance.  And it didnt stop after that I spent the next couple of days doing what i know i should never do, telling myself "well you have blown it anyway so what's the point".  All so wrong in so many ways but not a week I want to repeat as it wasn't worth a 4 1/2lb gain. 

I shared my bad week on my facebook page and was so touched by the encouragement and support on there, one comment that stuck with me was Tracey telling me to have a little faith in myself, I dont know if she reads my blog but Thank you Tracey, A little reminder that I am worth the time and effort I put into this has helped alot in the last few days.



I am not going to spend anymore time dwelling on my terrible week because I have moved on from it and hopefully learnt from it.  What I will say is it has revigorated my drive and determination to keep going and to not go backwards so always nice when something good comes out of a bad situation.

Now my next post is much more exciting ...............