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So my new approach of taking each day as it comes and making fresh aims  every day started today and it has been INCREDIBLE.  It has really kept me focused and made me realise each day counts towards the weight loss.  I got into a habit of thinking how many “good” days I had per week and how many “bad” days - that ain’t gonna be my mindframe anymore! 

My aims  for today were to: stick to my syn limit, get a 30min walk in when shopping and to try on a UK size 18 (US size 14) jeans to see how close I am to getting back outta my size 20s.

I managed them all I had like 1 extra syn than I thought (I planned 14 but had 15) but I am allowed 15 so I still see that as completing an aim lol, I stayed in town for about an hour so think I have got at least 40mins walking outta that really (I decided not to do a continuous 30min walk cuz the town centre isn’t that huge really and I thought I may start getting some funny looks, also the price of parking has gone up SCANDALOUS lol so I wanted to get home asap really). Anyways I made sure I left a few extra mins at the end to try on a pair of jeans and they fit, well I mean the button fastened and the zip came all the way up. I wouldn’t buy them at this stage cuz it seemed to push my belly up and out haha so that wouldn’t be the best look but I can’t wait to get back into them.

For a while I kinda refused to accept I was a size 20 cuz I just never thought I would let myself get into the 20s but I was FORCED to accept it when I was stepping outta the house one day in my snug size 18s and managed to split them up the thigh.  That was a baaaaad day lol, just 1 of the factors leading up to me joining slimming world.

Anyways I will back in the 18s in no time and never again will I put myself in that kinda situation.

I did good today I will also do good tomorrow lol

My aims for tomorrow then: do 30mins exercise either on the treadmill or a dvd if my dad goes out in the morning, stick to my new idea of having “breakfast, snack, lunch, snack, dinner, snack” and leaving it there instead of having multiples, annnnd trying the new kit kat senses bar as a well deserved treat (which don’t worry is within my syn allowance lol) I will buy it before I go and pick up my friend when we go to the cinema - that way I will also avoid all then synarrifc treats there.

See you guys tomorrow then x

The eating plan I follow - Slimming World - give a “Biggest Loser” award lol each year to the person most deserving of the title after all the hard work.  I was watching the news this morning and they announced that the latest person to get this award was a guy who has lost a massive 21 stone! (294lbs) that is how much he LOST! It reallly put things into perspective seeing that because from my top weight I have 5 stone 10lbs to lose (80lbs) and I am already 9lbs into it! So this dude has lost more than 3 and a half times the amount of weight that I need to.

If someone has so much strength and willpower inside of them that they can lose nearly 300lbs I think I can manage my remaining 71lbs lol.

I’m feeling good today things are looking up! x

Right the way I am looking at it all now is that I had 2 weeks of making bad decisions and being a little silly BUT there are no more excuses now. Luckily I have managed to do no damage to my weight loss so it still stands as 9lbs off

To keep me boosted this week I have decided to take some brilliant advice that has been given to me by a fair few of you! To take each day as it comes.  My buddy Blaithin said it again today and while I was replying it suddenly hit me, this IS the key after all - it will be SO much better to make each day count through this weight loss, so my fresh plan is to start making goals daily rather than weekly or focusing on distant goals, and make sure I have a new goal each day to keep me motivated.

So of course I have an aim for the week - to get below 16 stone (224lbs) for next week (I am 16stone 1lb at the mo - 225lbs).  I am hoping to lose 3lbs and be 15st 12lbs (222lbs) and then hopefully the next week get off another 2lbs to reach my first stone (14lbs) loss and my first mini goal

BUT thinking on a much smaller scale: My aims for tomorrow are to stick with my healthy plan I have set out and stick to the 14 “syns” I have allowed myself, try on a smaller size jeans tomorrow when I go shopping and see if I am closer to fitting into those size 18s again (US size 14) annnnd make sure that I give myself a good 30mins continuous walk round the town centre during my shopping trip.

Right I must be off now cuz I gotta pick my younger bro up from work.  So speak to you guys tomorrow, and I promise you it will be a goooood blog x

Hey guys, I haven’t been on here for a few days… to tell the truth I have just been so ANNOYED with myself from cheating I just couldn’t bear to blog yet again about how I have messed it up!

I was doing SO well at the beginning of the week and I have let myself down and I am FED UP of 1 day blogging of great things, then blogging about how I screwed up.  Me and my mum are starting the new group next week instead so weigh in will be tomorrow as usual.

I will blog tomorrow night with how the weigh in went and this week I have REALLY gotta make some changes if I am gonna achieve my aim of getting below 200lbs by the time I go on hol in august.

I can do it! I am just taking a LITTLE while getting into it lol, but I won’t give up. I am starting to appreciate that this IS a long term change and I am not gonna be perfect right away.

This week I will be back to blogging every night no matter how crappy I do, I am gonna make the low syn chocolate cake and start having more variation with my meals, and HOPEFULLY do 30mins each day on the treadmill.

Wish me luck for tomorrow, I SO hope I maintain! x

Yesterday the plan was to have 10 syns to make up for going a few over on wednesday.  I didn’t quite stick to that haha but I did have under 15 so I am still pretty chuffed with myself :).  Despite appearances I have actually come a long way! Usually my bad days consist of having about 10 times my maximum syn allowance haha but now it is just a case of a couple over.  And my mindframe is so much better now! When I am sitting there desperately wanting to go and eat another snack that I am not allowed anymore for the day I rationalise it so much better.  I have started thinking lately like if I wanna lose weight I gotta start making changes right now!  It is no use constantly picturing myself at my goal weight happy and healthy but not realising that going over my syns is just leading me to disappointment.

I have a lot of confidence in myself this week and am definitely expecting my 2lb loss on mon

So today: I am going over to a friend’s house later and she is gonna cook us a meal, I have no idea what it will be BUT I am hoping it will be relatively healthy cuz she is on a slimming programme too so fingers crossed lol.  I am gonna make sure I save all my “syns” and a couple of “healthy extras” (I know what I’m talking about even if you don’t lol) just incase.

I will blog tonight, speak to you later guys x

I didn’t blog last night, so here is my report of yesterday lol.  I actually think I did pretty well despite going a  couple of syns over because my syns were used on rather healthy things lol.  It was some ketchup, slimming world bar, chicken, and a low calorie hot chocolate drink that I used them on (had to count for chicken cuz had already had 2 portions of bread… you are allowed 2 portions of meat or bread on “green” days to count as no syns). 

ANYWAY I am pretty proud of myself because my mum bought some jaffa cakes like I asked her to cuz they are 2.5 syns each and I realllly like them lol and I was standing there desperately wanting to rip the box open and have 1 but I knew that 1 would not be enough!  So that’s why I opted for the lower syn hot chocolate drink - I knew it would last longer and prob satisfy the chocolate craving more lol.

I have decided to just have the 10 syns today to make up for a few that I went over with.  I had some cereal with milk for breakfast and a slimming world bar on the way to uni, am gonna have some noodles for lunch and low fat homemade potato wedges for dinner (see my recipes lol) with a blob of low fat mayo for 2.5 syns and 3 jaffa cakes later on.

Will blog again later x

So as a lot of you know I didn’t have the best week and weigh in was tonight.  I am pleased to say I didn’t do any damage and managed to pull off a maintain woohoo! Obviously it woulda been great to have lost but I don’t think I deserve it at all and if I had lost it would have only been at the back of my mind that I can get away with cheating sometimes.

So all in all I am pretty happy about that.  Me and my mum have decided to rejoin our old slimmers class (same plan, diff location lol) we just felt a bit more comfortable there somehow and my mum knows a few people who go there I think, so new weigh day will be monday.

My aim for the week is to break past the 16 stone (224lbs) mark, I am now 16 stone 1 (225lbs) and am hoping for 15stone 13lbs next week (223lbs) or maybe more if poss lol BUT I am not gonna get ahead of myself.  2lbs is a very good loss and I know last time I tried aiming for more I ended up giving up mid week cuz I think at the back of my mind I knew I had overstretched myself.

ANYWAY thanks to all of you for your ongoing support, I really appreciate it! Tonight I am gonna plan out my meals for tomorrow and I will be blogging tomorrow evening to let you know how my fabulously my day went! x

I didn’t plan out my food as usual but I didn’t go crazy lol.  I had fruit ‘n’ fibre cereal for breakfast, a banana before I went to uni, a cheese and pickle sandwich with oatmeal bread for lunch which had a little margerine on (shop bought, I tried to get the best choice l0l), chicken with potatoes peas and gravy for dinner and a slimming world “hi fi bar” for an extra snack.  I did also have a light “laughing cow” cheese triangle thing on 1 piece of weight watchers bread but nothing too drastic lol, I am pretty sure I stayed within the 15 syn range.

Tomorrow is weigh in day, I’m not really looking forward to it BUT I gotta face up to it and move on from this week.  I have decided to try at least 1 new slimming world recipe every week to keep me motivated that I can still have tasty dishes and lose weight!  This week I think it has just gotta be the chocolate cheesecake! Looks gorgeous, I will let you know how it turns out and if it is as tasty as it looks I will def post it in the recipe section!

Wish me luck for my weigh-in tomorrow guys! Thanks so much for all your support this week.  I feel much better about this now and am starting to feel much more confident that I will achieve my goals.

I will blog tomorrow to let you know how I go on and I will be planning out healthy meals all week x

Woohoo, back on track today ladies and  gents!  I stuck to my meal plan but tbh did have a slight choccie craving so had a coco pops cereal bar lol but it only has 80 calories and I think my total syn intake for the day was about 5-10.  Tomorrow I am aiming for no syns at all so I will have to let you know how I get on with that! I am just trying not to punish myself too much so that is why I had the cereal bar cuz I thought there is no point completely depriving myself and then giving in and having a binge tomorrow or something.

Exercise wise: I finally had a workout on the treadmill for 30mins :D.  I did walking at a steady pace to the same tunes I use for my dancing workout and did the same when I was cooling down but on the faster paced songs I did a faster walk on it.  I didn’t wanna push myself too hard with it being the 1st time back on it in a while but I could def feel my muscles working and worked up more of a sweat than I usually do with my exercise dvds so I musta been doing something right!

I feel so much better today now it has been much healthier! I am back on track and can see myself keeping it up for a long time now it is all outta my system x

Well this week hasn’t been the best for me.  I have been completely off track and just snacked and snacked and SNACKED some more!  This has def been my worst week since I started losing and I gotta say for a couple of days I have been feeling completely de-motivated and kinda feeling like I am just gonna be like this forever, always wanting to lose weight and be healthy but never actually doing it.

BUT for some reason I just gave myself a kick in the ass this evening and after taking a good look at myself realised I have to stop feeling sorry for myself and accept that I am NOT willing to undo all the great work I have done.  I have lost 9lbs and even though it is only a fraction of what I need to lose I am heading in the right direction. It has been SO difficult trying to get out of the habit of snacking like a mad woman but it IS possible and I have been doing it!

I think 1 of my downfalls has not been planning my food out and writing down every little thing I am eating.  If I had written down my ridiculous binge from thurs there is no way I would have repeated it the next 2 days! I prob wouldn’t have eaten that much then either as it would be too shameful to actually see the damage in writing.

So the plan: minimal “syns” for the next couple of days before tues weigh-in, get back to planning meals etc and I have decided to def step up the exercise.  I am gonna aim for 30-60 mins exercise every week day cuz that will def speed things along and keep me motivated.

I have decided to take my own advice too.  I mean I have lost 9lbs and that is FANTASTIC, yes the past 3 days have been terrible BUT I have decided to put my selective memory to good use lol.  I am gonna let it go!  Tonight I have had a nice long shower, washed my hair and given my face a good exfoliating.  I brushed my teeth too to deter me from any more snacking (which I read as a good tip recently lol) and also to add to the fresh feeling for a fresh start tomorrow that I was trying to achieve.  I am now making my way through a bottle of water and am gonna have an early night.

My meal plan tomorrow:

breakfast: fruit salad - apple, banana, grapes and strawberries

snack: raspberry mullerlight yoghurt

lunch: sainsbury’s tomato and basil chicken with new potatoes from their healthy “be good to yourself” range and  peas

snack: big fat juicy orange lol

dinner: pasta with a tomato based sauce and a sprinkling of cheese

snack: “slimming world” snack bar

I will post tomorrow to show you how fab I did lol, I am especially confident cuz I have an assignment to get started on tomorrow which will keep me outta the kitchen! and I am also gonna do 30mins on the treadmill in the morning to give myself an extra boost.

See you guys tomorrow xxx