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So the weigh-in was last night and I weighed it at 235lbs - 7lbs off my original weight so I got my first “half stone” sticker from slimming world lol. I have re-set my mini goal at my first stone, another 7lbs down, so 228lbs. I prefer making the mini goals smaller as they feel more easily achievable and keep me more motivated :).

I am really happy with my attitude this time, I feel really positive and am aiming for another good week Today is going well so far, and I’ve got a nice veg curry to look forward to for dinner. 

I have exams coming up so a lot of my time is focused on revision at the moment but I am gonna aim to do some exercise this week anyway.  I am thinking 1 exercise dvd session this week, a walk, and a bike ride with the boyfriend on saturday

How is everyone else doing? Hope you’re all feeling positive too :) x

So the first week at Slimming World was a great success!! I am now under 17stone woop!! Weighed in at 16st 13lbs (237lbs) so going for my half stone (7lbs) milestone next week.  My secret? PLAN PLAN PLAN!! It is so much easier when you take 5mins each evening to plan out the next day’s meals.

Avoiding chocolate is also an important part of it.  I managed 3 days without any at all so will make sure I beat that this week

I will also start exercising this week but will step it up slowly so it is more achievable. Will do an exercise DVD on thurs and going for a bike ride with my boyfriend on Sat

Will keep you posted on how I am doing, aiming to be online most days.

Hope things are going well for you guys x

So me and my mum rejoined Slimming World last night and I feel more positive than ever.  We went last year and I lost about 12lbs but me with the “great” ideas decided I would like to give something else a try and things went downhill from there!!

I am now heavier than EVER - 17st 4lbs!! 242lbs - which was pretty shocking.  At each stone I say to myself “oh I will be ok as long as I don’t go into the next boundary” when I was 15 stone I never thought I would go above 16st and at 16st NEVER imagined being over 17st so things HAVE to change or I am just gonna get bigger and bigger and will be over 18st before I know it!!

Started properly today and I am doing really well I used some low fat cooking spray to fry a couple of eggs on wholemeal toast, followed by a nice bowl of grapes, and for lunch a big plateful of pasta with a sauce of passata and red pepper with a sprinkling of herbs.  Lunch really was delicious, and completely free of “syns” on my “green” days.  I also used one of my “healthy extras” to put 28g of cheddar cheese in there making it even more yummy.

My main problem with weight watchers was hunger and it just isn’t an issue with this diet.  For dinner I am having a jacket potato with some beans and another “healthy extra” of cheese and if I get hungry later I will have some fruit

I feel good. I KNOW that I have to make changes if I am gonna get anywhere and I am finally able to accept it.

I know in the back of my mind where I wanna be at my goal but I am just gonna focus on getting healthier rather than specific numbers.

My main problem at the moment is exercise.  I’m coping with my chocolate obsession quite well, haven’t really thought about it at all today but getting active is quite a big step for me.  Me and my mum are doing a bit of walking but not really regularly at the moment so we will have to step it up!  My boyfriend is really interested in going bike riding as well so I am hoping to do that with him once a week, and when the school term ends and my friend Beth is back from college we can start swimming again but does anyone have any suggestions for what to do in these early stages to introduce exercise into my lifestyle again?? That would be great

Let me know how you guys are doing and if you wanna “buddy up” and support each other.

Looking forward to meeting some new people and getting back in touch with some current buddies so we can all help each other along!

Lots of love to you all and good luck everyone!! x

Hi everyone, the fabulous gwen is as always trying to get us all motivated and working together so pop along to her new group “Let Me Out”.

Message from Gwen:

this is for anyone wanting to let their inner self out and need support. i have a little girl in me dying to get out so each day i try to help her reach her goals. together we are working hard at it. we both have decided to take it one day at a time, and not beat ourself up if we mess up .as long as she is still inside me she is safe and has lots of cushion to keep her warm. lol
if you need support and want a friend to share your journey with then please come on in.

everyone is welcome together we will meet our goals..

There are 3 of us so far and everyone is welcome.  Sites like this are good for bringing people together but more personal support groups are even better so please come along and we can all help each other out!

Hope to meet some more fabulous slimmers x

My eventual goal of 150lbs seems so far away from this point.  To lose the weight healthily it will take at least a year to get to that point and sometimes I must admit I think that is the part of the reason I have struggled so much.

SO time to set some smaller goals!

I am gonna look at this as a 6 month health drive! and take it in small blocks.

By the end of the 6 months (weigh ins are Tues so will make it 25th August) I want to have lost about 50lbs to get to 13st 5lbs (187lbs). 

I want to lose about a stone (14lbs) in this first month (by 21st April),

another stone by 2nd June,

another by 4th August

and then reach my 50lb total by 25th August.

Now all I need is an action plan!

Eating-wise: 3 healthy meals with smaller portions than I have been eating, and 2 healthy snacks per day, 1 treat per week to have something to look forward to and keep me on track.

Exercise: four 30-minute sessions per week.

Then after the 6 months are over I will be fitter, happier and healthier and I can get started on a new plan to lose the rest.

The idea at the moment is when it’s over give myself another 5-6 weeks to lose about 12lbs by the time I get back to uni at the end of September/beginning of October. I will then be the weight I was when I started college when I was happy and confident and more comfortable at a size 16 (US size 12).

At least by then I will be feeling much better about myself and even if the rest of the weight loss is slow, I will be happier. That is what is important, so I need to focus on getting myself to a point where I am feeling more positive rather than focusing everything on my eventual goal of a healthy weight.

I will get there, and 6 months doesn’t sound quite as long as over a year lol I’m actually looking forward to it! x

So when I re-started my Weight Watchers plan, I decided that each day I would read a success story to keep me motivated.

The great thing about the site is that you can search for stories that match your situation e.g. the amount of weight you need to lose.

The area I searched today was for those who “exercised it off” seeing as I have taken on gwen’s small challenge (See last blog if interested in joining) and I read a story about a student of a similar age to me who did moderate exercise while she lost the weight, but when she put half a stone back on she stepped up the exercise to make sure she got back to her goal weight and stayed there.

From this, I have learned that it is important to exercise throughout my weight loss, and it is also important to make sure I am always boosting my fitness levels by working out harder as I get used to it.

After the challenge, I will start setting out 4 week exercise plans to stick to and reassess them at the end of each one to decide what I can do to push myself further and keep the weight coming off.

Food-wise, she suggested stocking up on fruit and veg as they are great for snacking and low in Weight Watchers points value so obviously that is another good tip which I will stick with!

Today is going well, going to do my 30mins on the exercise bike in a couple of hours time, will blog again tomorrow.

Hope you guys are doing well! x

Follow this link if you’re interested: http://www.weight-loss-forums.buddyslim.com/weight-loss-groups/4024-starting-over-26.html#post157586

(Scroll about half way down the page for the 1st mention)

The lovely Gwen has set a challenge to get us moving.  It is to do either:

30mins on the exercise bike per day, 30mins on the treadmill per day, or 40miles on the exercise bike per week starting today (Thurs 5th March) til next week (Thurs 12th March).

If you don’t have easy access to an exercise bike and treadmill then she has posted a few other ideas to get us moving for the week so check them out.

I am taking on the 30mins exercise bike per day challenge and will keep you posted on how I am doing. This is just the start I need to get me into exercise!! Thanks a lot Gwen!

Come on guys, join us in the forum and let’s do this together!! x

Hey guys,

It feels a little embarrassing to be posting yet ANOTHER “fresh start” style blog as there have been sooooo many over the past year but I know that we have all struggled with our weight and had false starts otherwise we wouldn’t all be here!!

I have re-thought my diet plan (again) and decided to start with weight watchers again because although the “NO S” diet (no snacks, no sweets, no seconds except for days that start with s [sat, sun and “special” days]) was good in theory, I ended up bingeing at weekends rather than having 1 or 2 treats!

Weight Watchers provides me with some structure of portion sizes and snacking allowances so I think it will be best for me right now!

I am also going to take on gwen’s “small challenge” in the start over forum (which I cannot actually find but have just messaged gwen so will blog with details for anyone interested asap) which is basically a week long challenge beginning tomorrow - Thurs 5th March - in which you commit to doing 30mins exercise bike per day, 30mins on treadmill per day or 40miles on exercise bike in a week or even a couple or all of those!

I had an exercise bike for christmas, and getting into exercise has been one of my greatest challenges so I am going for the 30mins exercise biking per day for a week and that should get me going on my long term exercise plan!!

I am going back to reading at least 1 motivating weight watchers story per day to keep me on track, and will blog every day as that really worked for me last year!

Hope to get back into contact with my old buddies, and make some new ones

Love you guys, thanks for all your support, I really feel a change in me these days, I want to lose weight more than anything right now, and I really want to do that with you guys x

Hey buddies. So I decided recently to give up on the diets and just eat healthily but I don’t know if I am eating too much or eating the right foods and what I should be doing!

I have 90-100lbs to lose and REALLY need some help. Any advice would be fantastic right now x

So I have had a little break from buddyslim and my diet plan so as you would probably expect I have piled the weight back on and more but I am starting over.  This is the longest I have ever stuck at wanting to lose weight so I know something good will come of my struggles!!

I have updated my profile to show that I am no longer doing a diet plan, I am just eating healthily.  Three healthy meals a day and two healthy snacks, 3 thirty minute exercise sessions a week and weigh-in each Monday to help me end my weekend crazy eating. 

So I officially started today.

For breakfast I had a bowl of special k cereal with skimmed milk, noodles for lunch then some cherries, weight watchers chicken curry with a few weight watchers chips and some salad for dinner and in a little while I will have some more fruit.

In all honesty I am rather hungry but I need to get used to eating smaller portions and I still have some yummy fruit to look forward to but I am gonna do some exercise in a few minutes - 30mins on my new exercise bike - so will wait until I have done that before I start eating again.

Feeling very positive :)  Glad to be back! x