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So the no unhealthy snacks thing is really paying off.  I lost 4.5lbs this week yay

I am now set for another week of no unhealthy snacking and am hoping to get the next 3.5lbs off this week to reach my first mini goal HOWEVER I am not gonna be too hard on myself if I don’t manage it cuz I know the weight loss will start slowing down as my body adjusts over the next week or 2.

I am feeling really positive about this cuz this is the 1st time I have EVER voluntarily gone without bad snacking on a slimming plan. The only time I lost weight through no snacks before was a few years back when I was so wrapped up in chatting with my online friend (who is now my boyfriend of 3 and a bit years {and we do see each other in person now haha} ) that I lost about 2.5 stone (35lbs), and of course as soon as we got comfortable and I made friends at college and felt happy and started indulging again the weight piled on.

Anyway point being that I feel more positive right now than I have through these many months/years really of trying to lose weight.

And HOW STRONG am I?! I work in a petrol station and the till I work at faces the crisps and chocolate aisle. I have to look at the stuff for 8 bloody hrs each shift! That is 16hrs a week staring at unhealthy, delicious food lol. That has been 1 of my problems lately! The lady I work with on sat mornings never has breakfast before she goes so was having a chocolate bar so I would get 1 too even though I had had a bit of cereal at home, and then when she was in the back and we were quiet I would generally have another 1 aswell! and wed nights I used to have a packet of crisps, 1 of their calorific sandwiches or pasta salads for dinner and a chocolate bar of some sort, sometimes 2.

So that new bad habit has been broken also lol.

I think I am a VERY good example of how no matter how terribly you feel you are doing, you WILL get there as long as you don’t give up!! Despite my good weight loss this week I am still only 10.5lbs down from what I was in FEBRUARY so it just goes to show you no matter where you hit your struggles - at the beginning, in the middle or at the end, you will eventually get in the right frame of mind so keep pushing on buddies! x

So I officially started back on my slimming world diet plan on friday, and began my 2 week trial of no unhealthy snacks and I am very proud to say I am doing REALLY well :)  I haven’t had chocolate etc. since friday, I have stuck with my eating plan and had a nice range of food to keep me interested and I would definitely say that this week has been the best since I started all those months ago!

I feel so much more confident that I will reach my goal now.  I would suggest to anyone else whose snacking is the main problem food-wise to do the same.  All you gotta say to yourself is it is only 2 weeks.   I feel so good nearly a week on that I am considering extending it to christmas! and just having my advent calender chocolate (yes I know I am 19 lol) until then.

Will decide on that though haha, but I am feeling really good right now.  I have decided on my treat for when I FINALLY reach my 1st mini goal of a stone down (14lbs) aswell.  I am gonna get myself a nice range of beauty products like body butter and face masks and hair masks just to give me that extra feel-good factor, and I am gonna buy a new purse so that every time I open it for some cash it will make me think twice about spending it on crap because of how hard it was getting there, and will make me smile to myself when I get myself new clothes etc.

Things are looking very positive!  Hope you guys are having success too! x

…and starting the slimming world plan again! lol. I think I am just MUCH more suited to having unlimited pasta, potatoes and rice dishes etc! lol.  I am part italian after all haha and italians are known for their love of food (that’s what I will blame it on lol)  - except it is just about eating the right kinds of food!

I am also having a trial run without crisps (potato chips to the american readers lol) and chocolate etc. I am gonna go 2 weeks without it just to break the habit of having so much of it every bloody day. I figure 2 weeks isn’t so long that I will put weight back on when I start having the odd snack again (happened a couple of years ago, I went about 2 or 3 months not eating any chocolate etc. and lost about 2.5 stone (35lbs) then put it all back on and more when I started eating snacks again) and won’t be desperate and cave, but it is long enough to show me I don’t NEED to eat so much crap all the time! I will enjoy chocolate so much more if it is an odd treat rather than an everyday binge fest!

So I have planned out my meals and healthy snacks for today and will let ya know how I get on with it!!

Hope you guys are doing good x

What a lie! I know all the advertisements on this site are a bit dodgy so when I saw this 1 I thought nothing of it, but on TV this morning there was a recommendation to use the site www.seeyourselfslimmer.co.uk where they use a computer programme and use a pic of you and adjust it to show you what you will look like at your goal weight, and what pic should I see on the homepage, the 1 in the ad, disgraceful!!

Anyway lol I weighed myself today cuz I couldn’t bear to go to my class and be told I was heavier than when I started at weight watchers, I think I have put on about 1.5lbs so that is obv shown as 2lbs on here so I am about 7.5lbs down from my top weight, not ideal but not horrific SO tomorrow is a new start.

I have planned out all my meals and snacks and am starting my 3 day per week exercise plan so let’s see how things work out this time!

I must say I am feeling quite motivated at the moment. Watched the “Super Size Me” documentary in my sociology class the other day and the guy was saying  getting past these things has to be given a “3 day rule” if you are giving up something (or in his case taking up a major diet change) if you get past the 3 day period then you’re good to go. Obv I am not thinking if I make it past sunday without cheating then I am never gonna hit another prob again BUT I do think it is a good measure as usually I do well 1 day then terrible after that. So let’s see how I do for monday if I manage to stick to it for the next  3 days, I’m sure I can!

The real test will be the 1st 3 weeks lol. Past that point there will be no stopping me.

Thanks for all your support buddies x

Hi guys,

I don’t know what I am doing wrong.  In my head and heart I want to lose weight SO much but something seems to be stopping me and I am so confused about what the hell it is!  I joined this site in Feb and I am only 9lbs down, haven’t reached even 1 mini goal, and I am expecting a gain this week.  Has anyone else been through this? I know we all have bad days and struggle a bit otherwise there wouldn’t be a need for this site but has anyone else had a really long start to it all. In my head I can imgine how I would look slimmer, and can think of all the hundreds of reasons why I want to lose weight and why now is the best time for me, I mean I’m 19, what better start could I give to my life than to get healthy?! but somehow it doesn’t seem to stop my automatic strolls to the crisps and chocolate.

Over the past few days I have been feeling a bit more motivated but still don’t seem to be doing much.  Let me know if you have any suggestions to help me push forward.  My next weigh-in is thursday, I am gonna be careful over the next couple of days then re-start the weight watchers plan on thurs. I think if I work hard I can lose at least 14lbs before christmas, and I have asked my parents for an exercise bike for christmas aswell so I can do regular exercise at home that way, so no more excuses.

I have a few exercise DVDs so I might try and do those a bit too from thurs to re-introduce myself to exercise.  Has anyone got anymore suggestions for exercise I could do at home?  I would go walking etx but I have this bad phobia of dogs lol and seeing as there are 3 dogs right next door which regularly are roaming round the street it puts me off a little!

Though I was speaking with my boyfriend and we were saying we should go on a 30min each week so we are both getting some exercise and he can protect me from loose dogs lol, so that is 1 positive thing!

Any help and advice would be MUCH appreciated.  I just need a bit of a kick up the bum I think.  And I need to stay positive! I have never stuck with losing weight for this long before.  I may be less than 10lbs down but at least I haven’t given up and put it all back on and more like I have done many times in the past!

Thanks for everything lovelies, help me help myself!! lol x

I missed my weigh-in cuz it was my mum and dad’s silver wedding anniversary on the wed and we were having a take away (I know naughty but hey it was a special occassion!) and I had to work late on the wed so yeah we had it on thurs instead. I do think I lost weight though from my weigh-in before that because although our new scales are still a couple of lbs different to the 1 at the meeting they are consistent and did show a loss. I thought missing the weigh-in might be a mistake but it hasn’t really affected me this week to be honest. Although I haven’t stuck rigidly to the plan and sorted my points out properly, I think I have made sensible choices and am preferring eating better now! so all is going pretty well.

I do apologise yet again for my absence lol but I FINALLY GOT A JOB (as you prob guessed from my last paragraph). I have been looking for some part time work  for bloody ages now, and a place came up at my local petrol station after a friend of mine handed her resignation in as she is off to uni. So my dad put my name down for me and my mate put a good word in for me and I got the job woohoo!

I faced a bit of a dilemma when it came to the uniform situation though. When I turned up for my 1st shift the only size tops the manager had in was 12s (US so I was like ok there is no way I can fit into that lol. She asked what size I am and I said “usually” a size 18 (US 14). To be honest I am more like a 20 (16) which is what the dilemma was. So she asked me to fill in the official application form and make a note on the back of my uniform size and she would put the order in for me the next day. So I wrote on it “Size 18 if loose fitting, otherwise a size 20 might be best” hoping that she would send off for a size 20 just to be safe and that it would actually fit me when I arrived!

The uniform was waiting for me on this Sunday’s shift and it was a size 18 and I was thinking ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! I just would NOT have been able to handle the embarrassment if it didn’t fit and I had to ask her to return it, especially cuz she seemed pretty keen to get me sorted soon as they send out these “mystery customers” sometimes who rate you on your hospitality etc and 1 of the requirements is the uniform. Anyway there was a button-up blouse/shirt and a polo shirt so I was thinking OK polo shirt is gonna be the best bet, I went to the bathroom and…… IT FIT yay! It is a little more snug that I usually like I will admit and I prob would be a little more comfortable in the next size up but it looks fine for now and seeing as I am back into my weight-loss it should fit better and better as the shifts go by! I think it is actually a good thing that it fits the way it does cuz I know now I canNOT go back to my original weight otherwise there is no way I will get out of having to ask for a new 1!

I’m back to uni in a couple of weeks too and only have 7hrs of classes too woo! I’m really just gonna use this year to sort everything out I now have cash coming in so I can get new clothes and shoes etc to feel better about myself and save some up which will be good, and my mum said when I get back into a comfortable size 18 she will take me shopping for some new clothes so yay things are looking up!

Let me know how you guys are doing and I will have a good look through your blogs later See you soon guys x

So yesterday in my blog I was babbling on about how I think it is important for me to take more pride in my appearance even at this stage and work on that confidence now to kick start my diet again and that is EXACTLY what my weight watchers leader was talking about today! She found an article that listed 11 ways to get back into your diet when the weight loss starts slowing down and the main thing she spoke to us about was the clothes thing that I was going on about. My leader was telling us how she would have endless numbers of shapeless, baggy clothes to try and cover herself up when she was big. The article was saying you should have clothes that fit properly and make you feel good cuz then you will want to feel even better and it motivates you to go for it more so yeah, biggg coincidence that that was what I was going on about yesterday?!

Anyway so I lost 1.5lbs at my weigh-in :). Me and my mum are both 2.5lbs off what we were before going on holiday so we have set the challenge for each other to lose 2.5lbs this week which I think is very do-able! I’m really glad I stayed for the class tonight actually cuz there was a woman in there who has reached her goal weight, and another lady who has already lost 5stone (70lbs) and is nearly at her goal weight, so that is a great inspiration with it being similar to the weight I want to lose!

The weight watchers success story I read today was actually the 1 in the little booklets they give out each week. This weeks theme was weddings and the story is about a laydee who has lost over 5stone (70lbs) to look her best for her wedding. The contrast between a pic of her at her cousins wedding at 15st 3.5lbs (213.5lbs) and the pic of her in her wedding dress at 9st 13lbs (139lbs) is amazing. Her top tips for success are:

“Set yourself a personal goal as well as your Goal Weight target. Mine was to be slim for my wedding day.”

(Mine is to be slim by next summer in time for my next holiday so I can feel happy in a swimsuit.)

“Exercise regularly…use a fitness DVD…bought a cross trainer and use it whilst listening to music.”

(My plan is definitely to boost my activity levels, start doing an exercise dvd once a week, treadmill once a week while listening to tunes, and swimming once a week cuz I really enjoy it.)

“Celebrate success along the way - when you lose 10%, when you drop a clothes size or when you feel a health benefit like being less out of breath when you exercise.”

(Definitely agree that is a key element to keep you motivated. Gotta be super happy with myself whenever I succeed with anything to keep me going!)

So now I can officially restart my diet, new week, new start. Here’s to a happy, healthy future my lovelies! x

I am quite looking forward to it actually because then I can officially restart things and start planning out my points properly instead of just trying to stick to minimal points lol. I feel really happy to be back here and look forward to logging in, blogging about my day then seeing what is going on with you guys. Glad we are doing this together :).

Today’s weight watchers success story was about a woman who has struggled with her weight for years, tried multiple times to do it even on weight watchers but failed, until she tried the Core Plan… which just so happens to be the plan me and my mum have switched to. She talks about how easy it can be to stick to the Core Plan and how easily it fits into your lifestyle. Her main focus was about how she felt when she couldn’t fit into most of her wardrobe anymore, I know that feeling! and how upsetting it is, compared to how she feels now having a gorgeous wardrobe and looking forward to picking out new outfits which of course I cannot wait for!

When I get a part time job (hopefully VERY soon as I have an interview with my local petrol station to take my mate’s job cuz she’s leaving for uni so think I have a good chance ) I am gonna start spending more money on clothes etc so I start feeling better about myself even at this stage. I think it is important for me to stop laying too much emphasis on only feeling happy when I am slimmer and making sure I take more pride in my appearance now to boost my confidence. Take these past 12 months, I pretty much lived in 1 pair of jeans and then when they ripped to shreds bought another pair and did the same thing. So recently I got 2 new pairs of jeans and as I am at an awkward in-between stage in sizes will wait til I fit more comfortably into the lower size then buy some new jeans then, and maybe try wearing OTHER forms of trousers lol for a little fashion experimentalness.

I am learning good lessons I think! As important as it is for me to keep that mental picture of how I will look when I  reach my goal weight, I also need to work on the confidence issue NOW because losing weight isn’t just gonna solve all my problems as I am finally starting to realise. Don’t get me wrong I am a pretty happy person but I do let too many things get me down so I have to work on that throughout this process as that will only help the weight loss and make my eventual success SO much richer than just being slimmer! It is about so much more than that.

Thanks for reading my lovelies, hope you guys had a good day! x

So as some of you may know, I tend to find it quite difficult to stay completely on plan when I visit my boyfriend cuz I don’t have much control over what we eat etc but I think I did pretty well today. The meals we had were fairly healthy, though I did forget my weight watchers sweets. I admit I did have a small cookie but honestly I think I need a bit of a sweet thing each day just to ride me through the early stages while I start overcoming my sweet tooth lol.

I am feeling pretty good about my weigh-in on Thursday cuz even though there has been some days when I haven’t been on plan (Fri and Sat with being in London, and obv today) I have been doing better than I have for quite a while so I am expecting a loss :). I actually can’t wait til Thursday cuz then I can officially restart my diet by planning out my 21 points per week on the weight watchers core plan. At the moment I am just trying to have minimal points after my few days off track.

Right, so as I said yesterday I am going to start reading 1 weight watchers success story each day. Today’s was about a girl who is about the same age as me who recently lost 3 stone 3lbs (45lbs). Her story gave good tips on how she stuck to it around her uni timetable (very applicable to me) basically saying how she made time for breakfast each day and snacked on loads of low point snacks throughout the day rather than snacking on anything and everything all day long. She also says how amazing it is when you walk into a shop and try on the size you have always wanted to be in for the 1st time and it actually fits. I can’t wait for that feeling, I can’t even wait for the feeling of getting back into my size 18s (US size 14).

You know I am feeling really great at the moment. Everything in my life seems to be fitting back into place now. I am finally getting my head around this whole weight loss thing, the holiday away with my boyfriend and family made me appreciate my relationship with him so much more and I am feeling really good about that, I had a pretty crappy year last year at uni not really knowing anyone and struggling to make friends but I recently heard from an old college friend who is starting at my uni in sept so woohooo it is the perfect time to get straight back into this all.

Right, sorry to be abrupt about finishing this blog but I am cream CRACKERED (knackered/tired lol) so I am gonna have to go to sleep, sorry if my sentences were a bit babbly before, I will blog EARLIER tomorrow.

Love you guys, sweet dreams x

Hey guys so as I said I am posting about my day now and it was great! Stuck to the plan, got in my 5 a day, had yummy, healthy, filling meals so yeah I am feeling pretty positive about it all!

Only issue at the moment is tomorrow. I am going to see my boyfriend cuz he has the day of work and as some of you know I always have a bit of a problem when I go cuz I obviously can’t really control what I am eating. To be honest him and his mum eat fairly healthily anyway, it is mainly the snacking that is the problem SO I promise to stick to my 3 meals tomorrow and not get carried away with the snacking. I will take some weight watchers sweets with me that I am allowed to snack on freely on the core plan so I at least have something to keep me busy, and maybe some sugar free gum if I run out!

I remember reading a girl’s blog on here a while back who was doing weight watchers and she said she was going to start reading a success story every day to keep her motivated so I am stealing that idea! The story I read today was about a guy who has lost 5st 4lbs (74lbs) after joining weight watchers and defeating his dislike of exercise and sports so that now he actually enjoys it! That is exactly my plan! My initial plan is to start doing 3 30min sessions of exercise per week, I am thinking 30mins on the treadmill, 30mins swimming and 30mins exercise DVD so I will keep you posted on how that is going on.

Right so I’ll post again tomorrow my lovelies, keep up the good work, I am now a firm believer that no matter how many downfalls you have you CAN get to your goals when you want to. In the past I would have given up wayyyy before this point, but I KNOW I HAVE to do this now and I have to stick with it. A lot of people hit the bad parts later on in the weight loss journey but I think this is my down part, pushing past that 1st mini goal. When I get there NOONE is gonna stand in the way of my success.

Glad to have you guys x