Line Drawn, Start Again.

Christmas and New Years is over, and I have not been back since. Today is officially my first weigh in back since Christmas. I was going back last week, but I ended up in bed most of the time due to feeling extremely run down. I still have a cold and achy joints. I'm dreading going back to group, as i don't want to step on those daunting scales. I know I will have put on, I just don't know how much. 

When I am feeling run down my body craves sweets, cakes, and bread. So I have been eating them since they were in the house. I am going back on plan from tomorrow, and also taking a step towards my body magic, (Just Dance and Kinect Adventures) I think I will post most days now before I go to bed to keep myself on track. I will also help me with recipes i like and would do again.

Its also going to be a bit different from now on as my shifts have changed, so I'm not able to go every week. I have done slimming world before, when I was on a late shift I would go to a group in the morning and loose weight. Then when i was on an early shift I would go to an evening class. In the evening class I would put it back on again. So I'm not going to do that this time, I'm going to be there as often as I can but I just don't know how I will cope between each class I go to.

So 1930 tonight will be truth time. Lets see how it goes.

Happy happy happy

So last night at my weigh in i lost 2.5lbs, and got my stone award. I was also slimmer of the week (3rd time in 9 weeks) don't get me wrong i like getting slimmer of the week, but I dont like taking the fruit home each week. I dont like alot of fruits so i end up with loads of oranges, pears and green apples. Would people be offended if I offered them to others? I feel its a waste of fruit because I don't eat them.

So tonight i am going to treat myself with a nice bit of fillet steak, jacket potato and some stir fried veggies. I cant wait.

Next week is a taster session however we have been told we can make what ever we want, which for me will end up neing cakes or gingerbread men i think. I love baking! I better come up with a definate idea, im working in the morning so it has to be something i can make after work or on the sunday.

Productive Day

So I didn't end up going to the German Market today, sadly no marshmallows, crepes or pretzels. Which worked out well considering I lost 1.5lbs. OK its not quite the 3.5lbs I wanted to loose but it's better than nothing. I can still get my one stone award before Christmas. Instead of the German Market I decoded to have a PJ day, until I realised I had no milk for coffee. Then I thought well if I'm going out anyway and I have the day off, why not get the Christmas shopping done, and some stuff for my tree.

I have just moved into my first house, so this will be my first Christmas in my own house, I had to have a tree, lovingly donated by my Mum and Dad, so I brought all the things I needed for it. When I got home after a couple of hours shopping ( I hate shopping so I had to do it all in one go otherwise it wouldn't get done) I decided to fix together the bookcase I brought 2 weeks ago, procrastination is one of my best friends. An hour and a half later and a lot of cussing Billy was put together and standing proudly against the wall, with only one minor injury, I felt proud of myself.

My day got even better, I went to SW tonight and had lost 1.5lbs. and one of the women came up to me and said that I was looking skinny, I felt skinnier as my work trousers were feeling loose, however this was the first person to notice, and it cheered me up. I was also one of the 3 people in my group to get Slimmer of the Week. Another certificate for my SW recipe folder.

Now I'm back home with a small mocha and ready for my stint of Earlie's. I feel like making lots of soup this week to take to work, I have my book in hard to browse through. hey all sound nice, but which one to make first!!

D-Day AKA disaster day

So last night was a bit of a disater. I went to the pub to meet a few old school friends, and as i have just moved to the area we tried a pub which was highly recommended. Ft long sausages, my mouth was watering at the thought. They also had amazing looking burgers. I went in thinking right i'm going to have steak with jacket potato and salad. That plan went out the window as soon as i saw the sizzling fajitas being delivered to the table. They were amazing! So instead of the healthy option I went wrong. I know i should say to myself, I must be good, I will be good. I thought sod it, its one night I dont go out very often for a meal so I treated myself.  We also had dessert, the cheesecake was calling me. Very bad of me when I pledged a 3.5lb loss for monday. So i have to be good for the rest of the week now before I get weighed on Monday evening, with a trip to the German Market on Monday during the day. Will I be able to resist the yummy scrummy marshmallows, the crepes, and the pretzels. Probably not! I will see on the day.

My awards

These are the 2 awards i have got so far in my journey.

So Far So Good

I started Slimming World on the 7th October this year. I have now lost a total of 9.5lbs (Yay me!) I know it doesn't seem alot. but to me it does. I have been loosing about 2lbs a week, apart from my holiday when i put 3lbs on. I never have the dedication to get my first stone award. I am determined to do it this time. It is on my christmas to do list. I have decided to do this blog to help me keep on track. I hope to get my first stone award before christmas, this is do able, I have 4.5lbs left to go. I will keep on track. I will do it. I can do it! (My new mantra, which is printed off and stuck on my fridge). 

I started this new way of life (Slimming World is not a diet, its a way of life) because I have had problems with my knees since I was 8 years old. My weight has increased my my knees have got worse. I know if I loose weight the pain willl reduce as there is will be less pressure on them. I am also planning on working towards my body magic awards. I am planning on doing a number of different activities to obtain these awards. 

Good Luck to anyone on Slimming World.

:-)