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So this week really is turning out to be great!  I finally seem to just be getting on with it and feeling more positive about everything.  I think a huge factor in it was starting to like myself more again and just being myself because how can you expect to lose the weight to improve your health if you feel like crap about yourself and frankly deep down don’t even believe you have the strength inside to do it, and almost just accept you will always feel that way about yourself so stick with comfortable habits?!

Well I say NO MORE lol and it seems to be working :).  I pulled the points back a bit today again because of my big meals at my boyfriend’s on Sat but will have my normal 25 tomorrow.  Then I am visiting my boyfriend again on Wed so I will just stick with the 3 meals idea like I said in yesterday’s post.  I have a good feeling about this week! It’s been the 1st time in a while where I have been feeling confident about going for my weekly weigh-in :).

Nothing will beat that feeling when I reach my goal weight so that is all I keep thinking of when I consider over eating.  I am finding it so much easier to control when I compare how I have been feeling to how proud I will be of myself when I step on those scales and see for the 1st time in about 10yrs that I am officially a healthy weight!

Keep remembering that guys, we will ALL do this!  Never give up, we have PLENTY of opportunities too but as long as we stay strong and we keep coming back to this site and we keep fighting, we WILL become happier and healthier, just keep reminding yourself why you are doing it x

So I haven’t blogged about yesterday so I will cover that with today’s report lol.  My boyfriend lives in a different city (just over an hours drive away) so when we spend the day together it is the whole day or if he stays over at mine the whole weekend lol.  So usually we go to each others houses on 1 day on alternate weekends (I go to his 1 week, he comes to mine the next) and I have to accept that obviously when I go there it is difficult to plan my meals properly cuz his mum usually cooks us lunch and dinner SO what I have decided to do about this is no longer have my snack-a-thon on thurs nights after my weigh in and just allow the days I go to his to have just 3 meals and no snacking.  That way I am not going completely crazy with the points.  His mum cooks fairly healthy things anyway so it isn’t terrible but obviously I don’t know everything that is going into it and the calories add up.

Another thing I am doing is pulling the points back over the next day or so to compensate.

SO saturday I went to my boyfriend’s house, so today I had a few less points and tomorrow I will have a few less aswell and will make sure I get in my 3 exercise sessions this week.

I am feeling so positive about it all right now that I just feel much more happy and content with who I am and am starting to see my old, more confident self shining through again which will def help with my interview next week for a part time job at Sainsbury’s! AND an open job evening they have got at the local cinema on tues night for a part time job there.

SO wish me luck with the jobs, and I hope you guys are doing well.  I will check out blogs tomorrow so I can offer you the support you deserve too x

Hi guys, as you may have read yesterday one of my pledges to sort this rough patch out is to blog every day to report back on how my day went.

TODAY WAS BRILLIANT!

I am doing really well, have stuck within my points allowance and managed to avoid feeling hungry and tempted throughout the day.

So my food plan today:

breakfast: 2 weetabix with sweetener and skimmed milk

lunch: pasta with tuna, sweetcorn and low fat salad cream! lol I love it

snack: banana

dinner: chicken breast, boiled potatoes, cucumber, sweetcorn, beetroot and low fat salad cream

snacks: weight watchers chocolate eclair, and weight watchers chocolate and toffee bar

and I am gonna have a bowl of strawberries when I go to watch big brother in 15 mins lol

So I am feeling much more positive, and being back on buddyslim is definitely helping.  It is so amazing to feel like I am part of a huge team all supporting each other throughout this.

Thank you for everything, I am truly grateful, and even though I have been having a rocky patch lately, I never could have got the 11lbs off without you guys x

I managed to go in the right direction tonight then half a pound off, not much but it’s something! So that is 11lbs off altogether now and it feels good.  If I hadn’t started losing weight I would be even heavier by now so I am happy with the progress I am making and looking forward to a more motivated journey.

I am now 3lbs off my first mini goal and have 4 more weigh ins until my trip to madeira I am hoping to get another 7lbs off by then which I think is a very realistic and appropriate goal.

I will write a proper post tomorrow guys cuz it is coming up to 1am and I think my loud typing may be disturbing my older bro haha, the comp is right up against the wall and he is on the other side of it, and the wall is prettty thin! and he has work tomorrow eeek!

Speak to you guys tomorrow, lots of love x

Dear buddies,

These past few weeks have been difficult.  I feel so ready to lose this weight but it seems anytime I come across some cake, chocolate or crips I just eat it for the sake of it. Things have GOT to change.  I missed my weigh in a couple of weeks ago and last thursday at the next weigh in I had put on 2lbs.  Thankfully I managed to just steer clear of moving back into the 16stone region by half a pound (though I didn’t eat dinner before like usual lol).  Now another week has passed and my weigh-in is tonight and once again I am concerned as to what the result may be.

I don’t know if some of you have heard of him but there is this fabalicious stylist called Gok Wan, he has a couple of tv shows and I love him lol! I have read a couple of interviews of his recently and found out that when he reached 20 he was 21 stone (294lbs) but now he is really slim.  The last interview I read he was saying that it was literally an overnight decision for him to lose the weight, and that there was no big click that made him do it.  That is exactly what I think my problem is.  I think I have been waiting for this huge force of motivation to come to me almost because I think that is the only way this experience will be rewarding, but as I am writing this I am thinking actually it takes more effort and courage to battle through these tough times and remind yourself constantly why you are doing this than just waiting around for something to click.

So I was thinking yesterday of the new things I need to do to make sure I get on with this. 

• Blogs EVERY day to report on how my day went
• Blogs in the day if I am finding it hard to keep away from food and to remind myself why I am doing this
• Stick to my points allowance everyday unless it is a special occassion and work hard to pull back the points on other days to compensate
• Do 3 exercise sessions per week
• Allow 1 treat food per day instead of my usual 2-3 (or 1000 lately lol)
• Try a different weight watchers recipe each week
• Keep buying the weekly fashion mag I love “Look” so I can be more inspired by the lovely clothes I can go out and buy as I get slimmer AND read Gok’s column lol to see his advice on dressing for your clothes size including us bigger ladies so I can feel better about myself even at this stage

I am writing to you to thank you for all your ongoing support cuz really this site was always a huge factor in my success and it has been recently where I haven’t had that contact with you guys that I have been letting myself down.

So I will blog tonight as planned to let you know how my weigh in went and my aims for next week. 

I love you guys, thanks for taking the time to read this.

Best wishes to you all,

Lou x