Got my Mojo Back

I have to admit I have been losing a little of my motivation in the last few weeks, more to do with my mood than the plan.  I am feeling a little frustration and too many negative feelings for no apparent reason and was finding it hard to focus... (Time to read The Secret and top up my PMA)
BUT, its back, the Mojo has returned and I am ready to get back to rocking and rolling the Weight Watchers way.

I beat a bank holiday, granted I stayed the same but after eating out 6 times in one week, Chinese, Italian, Sunday lunch, Fish n Chips, McDonalds & Pub meal - I am very pleased with a STS.  I did get slightly annoyed with myself when eating out, I had great intentions to ask for smaller portions when i could but when it came down to it didnt, mainly because I felt a little awkward, as though I was making a fuss, but not next time.  I will make it my personal mission to ask for half portions where possible, after all it is my ww journey that is effected by my choices, time to change the bad habits and make new ones.

To make sure my week doesnt come back to haunt me I decided to go back to basics, Plan It & Track It - Simple really.  I think when you're a few months into the plan you can a little lazy and start getting a little cocky about it, thinking you know it all and you can point without writing it down.  So I have planned my week, I am sticking to my plan which I know can be a little boring but I like boring if it means I lose weight. 

Our meeting this week was about activity level and again i had stopped thinking about it and the pedometer had been put aside.  Well its back on today, activity points earned 2, maybe 3 if a do a few laps of my living room before bed lol, 6695 steps taken.  I never seem to do many steps when at work, sitting at a desk would have that effect so going to make the most of a day off tomorrow and get out there and do a few more.

More meal plans, more exerise

I feel fantastic today, one good day and the spirits are feeling lifted and the motivation is high.

 

 I will not give up, I will lose my 50lb this year and I will get to goal next year
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Happy Days

Just wanted to share my joy of hitting my 2 stone mark, seems to have taken so long to get here but after looking at my progress tab on here I seem to be averaging a silver seven approx every 6 weeks so I cant complain at that.




But .... i would like to up the pace a little, I am trying to move a bit more while training for the Race for life, even managed a little jogging today (just a little) which was tough but felt great afterwards.  1.5 miles in 23 minutes, mix of fast walking and jogging.  now to improve on it over the next few weeks.



Doing a small mini mission for summer, to go inline with the WW Summer Confidence book, in 8 weeks I would love to lose my next stone, realistically I am looking at half a stone at my current pace so if i up the level of activity and be extra careful on portion sizes and nibbling on things that i conveniently forget i have eaten I can hope for a stone.

Another motivation I have been given this week is I have been invited back to WW Magazine for another photo shoot in 6-8 weeks, perfect incentive to lose some more, tone some more and gain some more confidence.



Here's to the next silver 7, to a good bank holiday weekend and a slimmer summer xxx

Who'd think i was on a diet

 

I may have not felt very chatty last week but i shared alot of my meals on my Facebook Page.

I am not the best cook in the world but i do enjoying cooking and have found myself wanting to make new dishes and experiment a bit more in the kitchen since re-joining weight watchers.

 

Alot of what I have is simple food that I try to make look nice on the plate so I feel I am eating something a little different. After lloking back through my week I realised I had eaten some lovely meals and hadnt felt like I was on a diet at all.

 

 

Mayflower Chicken Curry, Rice, Butternut Squash Chips & WW Naan Bread 17pp

Cheese & Bacon Pie, Salad & WW Garlic Bread 15pp

Sweet Chilli Chicken Steak Sandwich & French Fries 15pp

Homemade Crustless Quiche, New Potatoes & Salad 10pp

Quorn Burger On a Ciabatta Roll with Homemade Wedges 12pp

Homemade Veg Soup 9pp

Fish, Chips & Mushy Peas 17pp

 

If doing Weight Watchers means I eat meals like this, then I'm on to a winner !



A Week At The Fair

I haven't been on here for a little while, a little bit of not knowing how to put how i feel in words.

Last week was an "iffy" week and i don't mean weight loss wise, I was feeling a little low.  I have no idea why, just one of those weeks where everything feels worse than it is and hibernation seems like a good answer.

Because I try my best to be a positive person i didn't feel writing about negative thoughts would be very productive for me, so kept away.  It was like being on a Helter Skelter, once you sit on those mats there is only one way to go and that's down, no matter how much you want to climb up you cant stop yourself on the slippery slide down.

Well I am pleased to say I am very lucky to have a very supportive hubby, who knows when I am falling apart and makes a point of helping to hold me together. 

Next i had a few days of riding a roller coaster, brilliant days which could have a huge dip in mood depending on what happens around you.  The slightest thing, even a thought can make your mood drop.  Those ups and downs don't half shake you up and i cant say i enjoyed it much.

Finally i have decided to ride the Carousel, a nice gentle ride with slight ups and downs but nothing to traumatic.  I am a perfect example of what you see on the outside isn't always how it is on the inside, I have never shared these things before except with my hubby but why not, these weeks effect my ww journey too.

Trying to stick to plan on the bad days is a challenge, all you want is to eat take away and snack on rubbish, to tired to cook and not caring like you should. Again, Alan kept me on track. Now he is following the plan with me I am finding that i don't give in to temptation as easily.  I did have a Cadbury's caramel, but that one bar would have been three a few weeks ago, bless him, I wish i had his will power.

Very happy to say I feel back to being me, happy, positive and fully focused. 

Lucky or not ?

All i can say is "phew " !

I am feeling a huge sigh of relief after staying the same at last nights weigh in.  I had another bank holiday blow out, so feel very lucky not to have gained.

In one weekend I ate out 5 times, Chinese, Italian, Fish n Chips & McDonald's and a picnic, that doesn't include the bag of Tiger Nuts and 2 x Ice cream cones.

Why have I stayed the same, well other than luck, I would say that as much as this list looks really bad it wasn't when i look through my journal.

Friday I went out for a Chinese meal, which because I had planned it was in my daily points.

Saturday was Fish n Chips at the beach, but I chose a children's portion of cod bites, then went on to give 2 away so i ate only one with small chips. Again in my daily points but set a few weekly aside as I wasn't too sure if i had allocated enough.

Sunday we had a picnic, all pointed and then walked over two miles around a local lake.  Tiger nuts on the evening which would have been weekly points.

Monday was the day that was over my points and totally unplanned. We went to McDonald's for lunch as it was convenient while out and about.  We did follow this with a long walk at Northumberlandia, The Lady of the North, to earn some extra activity points.  Then to Morpeth park in the afternoon followed by an Italians which would have been way over as the pasta portion size was definitely not average, but fabulous all the same.

What i am saying is 4 out of my 7 days were out of the norm, but all together they weren't as bad as i thought on first glance.  Maybe if we don't push it every week, weight watchers really is as flexible as i believe and will allow for bank holiday weekends after all.

Saying that, i am still on my best behaviour this week in case the meals out catch up with me. 

WW Halo is now been worn and hopefully wont slip.

Wish me luck x

The Tortoise & The Hare

We are now into May and I am currently at 25 1/2 lb gone, and as much as I know this is a great achievement, alot more than I have reached in any recent years, and 1/4 of the way to losing all my marbles lol.....

.... but i have to be honest and say I have been getting a little frustrated lately that it isnt moving as fast as I would like.  Other people seem to lose faster than I do, and success stories that I see on the Facebook groups and in the magazines reflect stories of people losing alot more in a shorter time than I have. 

Before anyone tells me off, I know this is not important, hence the title of this post, The Tortoise & The Hare. I know as long as it comes off that it's not a race, slow and steady is the way, and yes like the Hare I will get there.  It doesnt stop how you feel though does it, it doesnt stop that want, need, desire for the weight just to drop off.

Then added to the frustration, becomes the desperation.  I am now feeling desperation to get to my 2 stone mark, and then keep telling myself that once I pass this and i am in the 30lb + area its a whole different feeling to where I am now.

I think part of the problem is I don't see it yet, i don't see a difference. yes the clothes are looser, even a size smaller, and the rings on my fingers now spin around unlike before, and the jacket I was given to wear for work, which just fit around the hips and bum (slightly embarrassing when your bigger than the men you work with) now doesn't need to be stretched quite so far as before. All good signs but not in my head, i still see me, the one I don't like and so desperatly want to change. 

The other problem is I haven't been hitting the small goals I have set myself on here. which then ends up making me feel like I have failed.  I think maybe I should stop being so hard on myself and as much as I think small goals are a good idea, maybe I need a more realistic time for me to reach each silver seven.

Just to add to my post, its been another bank holiday weekend, and yet again no plans have made it slightly tricky to keep on track.  Then today I took the wrong path altogether, but I have found the sat nav, programmed in WW Goal and I am set to get back on track tomorrow morning. 

Slow & steady does it Dolittle x x