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So we did it me and my mum joined weight watchers tonight, and actually it looks pretty good.  The bad news is I have put on 3 and a half lbs since my last weigh in 2 and a half weeks ago at slimming world BUT the important thing is that I am not giving up and I am using this gain as a positive.  When I got out of the 16 stone (224lbs) region a few weeks back, I was SO happy and I vowed never to go back into the zone EVER again.  and I have.  So if I ever got a kick in the ass, seeing “16st 2lbs” (226lbs) on the scale was definitely it!

I think it will work better for me cuz I HAVE to take the time out to plan it properly and I have to spend time really looking at what I am eating.  You still get a lot of choice though too.

So they have 2 plans you can choose from “the points plan” where you are allocated a points value based on a number of things such as weight, gender, age, activity level etc and mine is 26, but seeing as I WILL be back in the 15stone area next week I am gonna start on 25 (you minus 1 point each time you drop into a different stone).  The core plan is basically you have 3 meals using foods on a “free” foods list and you eat until you are comfortably full then have 21 points a week to work with - or 3 points a day.  I think the points one will prob work best for me, but the great thing is you can switch week to week to vary it a bit.

Anyway so goals:

In 2 weeks time, it is my 19th birthday so on that weigh in day I want to be 15stone 10lbs (220lbs) - my 1st mini goal, and 1 stone (14lbs) off my top weight.  So I have 6lbs to lose, but I don’t think that will be a prob at all, especially if I start building up my exercise now.

So whole new plan, whole new start BUT I am 8lbs down from my top weight so that is a nice boost to begin this with.

I’m back, and ready to stay.  This new start is just what I have been needing x

OK so I set out some goals in my last post but things have changed since a number of hours ago lol.

Me and my mum have decided to start weight watchers instead.  The local group meeting is on thursdays so we are joining this week and staying for the class.  We figure with weight watchers you really do have to make sure you are planning things out properly, and it will help a lot with getting used to smaller portions etc.  Also they have a “kick start” plan at the mo which basically helps you to lose 5lbs in the 1st 2 weeks so that will be a great boost, and having a fresh plan will help this whole fresh start.

So new plan is:

Join weight watchers on thursday and follow the kick start plan.

Join the gym when I get sorted with some part time work so I know which package is gonna be the best for me, and go 2 or 3 times a week to really boost my weight loss.

As for tomorrow, I should be going to the cinema with a friend so I am gonna have healthy meals and treat myself to a ONE scoop of icecream at the cinema lol instead of my usual 2 scoops.  There is a ben and jerry’s flavour called baked alaska which I haven’t tried yet so mayaswell give it a try just before my new plan starts lol.

I am feeling a little more on track and heading for success! but wish me luck anyways lol, love ya guys x

Right my plan:

Go to my usual tuesday night weigh-in tonight, see what the situation is and tonight create a realistic yet slightly challenging target weight for the time I go on holiday August 8th so I don’t allow anymore “bad weeks”.

Next monday start the different group so that me and my mum can start staying for the meetings/”image therapy” (always easy to make excuses for not staying on tuesday cuz my mum usually goes to one of her friend’s houses on a tues evening with another one of her friends, and tues night tv is just great for me lol).

Join that gym I spoke about a little while ago.  One of my mum’s friends has joined it and said when she went in the morning last week and it was so empty, there was only 1 other person in there so that would be great for me! especially cuz my university hours aren’t exactly demanding! and now it is the summer break already I have a lot of time, and I can fit it around a job when I finally get one!

Really, I could be going to the gym 2 or 3 times a week for 30mins to an hr, go on my treadmill once a week for 30mins to an hr and maybe do an exercise dvd once a week and I think I will just literally SEE the weight drop off if I can get into a good routine with it.  I think I have been relying far too much on changing my eating habits but that is only half of the battle and half the reason for my unhealthyness.

So, wish me luck for tonight! I will let you know how I get on, and starting tomorrow it’s a new me! I got my hair done today too which kinda adds to my whole “fresh start” thing.  It’s slightly lighter than last time (I am hoping to get it a lighter brown again cuz it has been such a dark colour they can’t switch to light brown straight away lol) and a slightly different style to last time so IT’S ALL HAPPENING haha.

Speak to you later my lovelies x

Hey guys, I haven’t been online for a little while.  The past couple of weeks have just been terrible diet wise.  I haven’t stuck to it properly, and not really through too much temptation I just haven’t been sticking to it for some strange reason! I missed my weigh in last week cuz I wanted to put it right this week and wasn’t willing to face up to a possible gain, but I wish I had gone now.  Even if I had gained it would have at least set me back on track cuz now I face going back with a greater gain.  So I am def going to my weigh in on tues and am just gonna start it again I think.

 I am gonna take my buddy Sue’s advice and kinda combine the slimming world plan and the no s one.  I am gonna allow myself 10syns on weekdays to use only on meals so I can do the no snack thing for no s, and at weekends I am gonna allow myself 15syns to use on a treat and not bother counting syns with meals (as long as they are 3 fairly healthy ones! in the way that I would with No S in the week).  

I have kinda got to a stage now where being overweight is having a huge impact on my entire life.  My confidence is really low at the moment, and I just feel generally unhappy about everything.  I finished my 1st year uni exams last week (yay) so now I am on the lookout for a summer job, and seeing as at my age most of the typical jobs I go for involve a uniform, you can imagine I am pretty anxious about that too.  I guess it is cuz in the past I have asked for 18s but now I am in a 20 really but I don’t think I feel comfortable saying that! Plus at my age I should go for any job I can but like, recently I was gonna go for a job as a part time “playground” assistant at this place that is for children with special needs, but one of the requirements was “good level of physical fitness” so I couldn’t even bear to send in the application.  Now I am going to apply to a part time counter assistant in a local pharmacy but I feel like being overweight could go against me cuz it hardly promotes the idea of being physically fit.

I have had enough of feeling sorry for myself all the time cuz there is no point, it just drags you down further.  Just wanna say sorry to you guys for neglecting the site lately and not being there through whatever your struggles may have been, but as I am feeling more on track now and have a lot more free time I am sure I can swing back at least once a day!

Love you guys, let’s just friggin’ DO THIS lol x

Hey guys, I know I gave a big speech about how I think the “No S” diet would be better for me that slimming world but I am actually starting to feel like I preferred doing the same diet plan as my mum somehow.  I just feel like it is nice for us to do this together and have that weigh in night to support each other so I THINK I am gonna go for slimming world again haha.

To be honest I REALLY feel in the right mindframe now (I know I have said it a million times) but something is different! I really am fed up with my weight and am fully focusing on health at the moment rather than just vanity reasons (of course looking good will just be a bonus lol) so I think it will be easier to stick to now that my whole attitude has changed.

So I had the weigh in last night and I am down another pound woohoo, so that is 11 and a half pounds gone and 2 and a half pounds to my first mini goal.  I will do that by tuesday’s weigh in.  It isn’t my aim, it isn’t my hope, it is a done deal lol!

Good luck this week guys, keep positive and let’s kick ass together! x

So when I started this whole weight loss plan I went with slimming world because I figured hey you can still have big meals and snacks but seeing as these are my 2 biggest problems I don’t think it is right for me right now.  I think the most important thing for me to do is to conquer these chocolate cravings etc.

So as I said in my last post I am starting the “No S” diet: no seconds (helps control portion size), no sweets (curb the treat habit) and no snacks (get you used to eating less basically) except for days that start with s - saturdays, sundays and special days

Now tbh I don’t completely agree with the no snacks thing, I think it is important to make sure I am not hungry BUT I am limiting myself to a maximum of 3 healthy snacks each day as in fruit and low fat yoghurts and the past 2 days I have only had 1 snack on each day lol.

I really have surprised myself because I thought doing something like slimming world would be more effective for me, but I find that once I have a treat the craving SOARS and I need MOOOOORRRREEE! lol so I think getting out of the habit of eating unhealthy snacks everyday is gonna be the best move for me! (also am surprised that surprised has an r in it lol I thought it was suprised until I double checked on google…)

So yesterday I did well (didn’t have a treat day though, seeing as it was my 1st day on the new plan and I messed up the rest of the week!) and I did well today too :)  I had the most DELICIOUS lunch (can of tuna, 2 tbsps light mayo with chopped cucumber, lettuce, red pepper, spring onion on the tastiest jacket potato I have ever had!) and I am finding it isn’t as bad as I thought cutting portion sizes.  Usually I will have 2 jacket potatoes but today I had just 1, and usually I cook enough pasta to have 2 bowls but today I had 1 bowl.

I am doing goooood I have been a little hungry but nothing unbearable which is awesome.  Also I am finding I appreciate my food more when I have it and take my time more with it which is definitely a great sign for long success! annnnd I can take each meal as it comes instead of messing up when I don’t plan ahead, I definitely like just having what I fancy at the time instead of sticking to a pre arranged plan so I can fit chocolate in etc.

Anyway I had better be off, I have an exam tomorrow afternoon and I still have a bit of revision to do! eeek! got my weigh in in the evening too so will report back on how that went and then I will have another weigh in on saturday morning at my boyfriend’s house (cuz he has a digital scale that works unlike my unrealiable analog 1 lol)  Will have to buy a digital scale over summer, until then it may be fortnightly weigh ins when I go to the bfs (we alternate weeks that we go to each others houses lol).

See you guys soon x

Hey guys, I started the week brilliantly but yet again it went completely off track and I am considering changing my diet plan.  I have been doing slimming world and it allows you to have chocolate each day but tbh I don’t think that is gonna work for me.  Once I have a bit I have to have more and then I end up feeling terrible.

SO I think I may take up the plan my buddy kate told me about  - the “No S” diet: no snacks, no sweets, no seconds except on days that start with S lol (sat, sun and “special” days i.e. birthdays, christmas etc.).  The only thing I don’t like is the no snacks as in not even healthy so I have decided to allow myself fruit and low fat yoghurts as snacks along the lines of having breakfast, mid morning snack, lunch, mid afternoon snack, dinner, and evening snack at least while I am getting into it so I don’t risk being hungry and giving up.  I just figure this way I can still have a treat at weekends but practise self control in the week! and the way I am gonna do it also is pick for each weekend day if I am gonna have a treat meal like a pizza or takeout, or a treat snack and I am gonna get like my favourite ones aswell so I REALLY appreciate it, cuz I find with slimming world I don’t completely ADORE the snacks I end up eating.

So the plan is that starting wed (after the next couple of days of watching what I am eating and the weigh-in on tues) I will do a practise week of the “No S” diet and see how it goes.

I just think the only way to conquer my chocolate cravings is not eating it everyday but knowing I have the weekend to look forward to.  I have also decided to plan exercise around the plan’s concept, as in do exercise on every day except “s days”.

I will let you know how I go on x

P.S. if you are interested in the “No S” diet here is the link: http://www.nosdiet.com/ or google search no s diet and there is a lot of things to look at lol

Ok it is only half a pound out of it but I AM OFFICIALLY BACK INTO THE 15 STONE AREA lol.  For the majority of you who work with pounds, basically there is 14lbs to every “stone” and at my 1st weigh in I was gutted to find that I was 16 stone 10lbs (234lbs), but today I weighed in at 15stone 13 and a half lbs! lol so I lost 1 and a half pounds this week now weighing in at 223.5lbs (10.5lbs lost altogether woohoo).

I am now 3 and a half pounds away from my 1st mini goal.  I think I can do it this week really BUT I have decided not to commit myself to it because when I don’t reach the goal for the week I hate how crappy it makes me feel and I know that the best thing to aim for is a 1 to 2lb loss each week.

So instead of a weight loss aim, my aim for the week is to stick with 15 “syns” each day and begin increasing my exercise sessions.  To be honest I would say I am only doing about 1 session a week at the moment so this week I will step it up to 2.  I think if I take control of each issue 1 step at a time I am much more likely to succeed

I’m feeling pretty damn motivated now cuz I wanna move further down the 15stone scale!  I am also adopting a much healthier attitude to this weight loss plan and am no longer viewing it as a chore or a diet because this is how I should be eating and as long as I take care of myself I will become healthy naturally and reach the goals I want to, and after this, well, I can do ANYTHING x

BUT not the worst either!  Yesterday I had just a few too many syns, and today I went a little overboard… I am noticing a pattern - it seems to be friday and saturday that I do the worst so I gotta put a plan into action to get that sorted out!  Friday’s should be pretty easy to calm down if I make sure I save all my syns til the evening then I can have the delicious treats lol, and Saturday is the day I see my boyfriend (he lives just over an hour away) and I never plan my meals out properly when he comes over or I go over to his so I think that is the best way to sort that one out!

Brighter news: my mum asked if I wanted to join a gym with her.  There is a gym pretty close to us and my mum’s jogging buddy asked her if she was interested in joining so I think I will take up the offer and tag along too so I can build up the exercise

Hope you guys had a good couple of days!

Aims for tomorrow: syn free day to make up for the naughtyness lol, and 30mins on the treadmill to give me a fitness boost.

Will blog again tomorrow night x

I am OFFICIALLY getting back into the swing of things!  This goal for the day thing is really working out for me!  Today was to make sure I did at least 30mins exercise (I did 30/35 mins of my exercise dvd), stick within my syn limit (which I did), and try the new kit kat senses bar (yummy! lol) at the cinema for my main syn treat and I must say I haven’t been that tempted to stray :)  My dad bought some doughnuts so of course they looked VERY gorgeous but I figure there is no point giving in at this stage, I will wait till I have lost the weight then I can decide to have the odd snack like that it’s allll about moderation and at the moment the key is satisfying my sweet tooth with lower syn snacks

Tomorrow I am having a couple of friends over to watch a movie so my aim for tomorrow is to go easy on the syns through the day so I can get a couple of snacks from the store for the evening, I have planned out my meals and fitted in a couple of yummy treats for the movie so I’m good to go!

I feel so much better this week, I def feel something is different.  I’m really gonna go for it! x