I was away last week, so had to miss weigh in, which usually means that bad habits creep in unabated. Queuing for weigh in this week I was expecting to have put on weight and gone into the next stone up. I had convinced myself that would be the case and had decided that I would accept what the scales decided then move on with shifting the gain the next week. Imagine my surprise when the scales showed I'd actually lost 1.5lb! Looking back I can see that there were times I've been very good and stuck to plan, and others where I've forgotten what the plan looks like, so I'm not sure what to attribute the loss to.
Rather than deciding to continue as I have for the last 2 weeks and hoping that I continue to lose weight, I am getting back onto plan - I know that works, so we will see how it goes.
Another thing that might help a bit is that I am likely to be less sedentary on an evening - I've left Facebook since I was spending every second each evening pressing refresh to see what was going on in the world. This is another step in my taking control of my life, which I hope will help my weight loss as well as my general wellbeing (some stuff that I used to read on there got me fuming, so my stress levels should decline as a result of not reading it anymore!). There is one drawback, however - by not being on Facebook it's harder to get the support, ideas and recipes of my group if I'm going through a rough patch. I hope to ease that difficulty somewhat by staying for IMAGE Therapy more often and I guess if I have any trouble between meetings I'll post on here and hope someone can gee me up!
Wednesday, 4 July 2012
Wednesday, 20 June 2012
I get by with a little help from my friends...
OK, so last week I put on 1lb over two weeks of not being totally good. This week I have some great food, refuse loads of very synful food and end up putting on 1/2lb. I wasn't a happy bunny at all last night.
A few tantrums (about how I am never ever going to be able to eat anything that I haven't prepared myself so I know exactly what's gone into it), half a tub of Ben and Jerry's Phish food, a good night's sleep, and a lot of supportive comments later, and I'm back in the food optimising zone.
I've had a few bits of assorted fruit for breakfast/snacks, a couple of mugshots for lunch in preparation for a possibly syn laden tea - I'm off to a quiz tonight where food (BBQ) is provided. I shall be doing my utmost to minimise my syn intake - I'm thinking kebabs and salad rather than burger and bun. Wish me luck.
I won't be at weigh in for a couple of weeks now since I'm away for work next week (so there's another challenge to my food optimising ability!). I hope that I can continue eating in the way that I did last week - I'm still clinging to the possibility that the gain was a carry forward from the previous week. I can but dream!
In an effort to keep myself motivated, I'd like to put a bit more effort into this blog and my SW journey with a bit of help from my readers (both of you!):
A few tantrums (about how I am never ever going to be able to eat anything that I haven't prepared myself so I know exactly what's gone into it), half a tub of Ben and Jerry's Phish food, a good night's sleep, and a lot of supportive comments later, and I'm back in the food optimising zone.
I've had a few bits of assorted fruit for breakfast/snacks, a couple of mugshots for lunch in preparation for a possibly syn laden tea - I'm off to a quiz tonight where food (BBQ) is provided. I shall be doing my utmost to minimise my syn intake - I'm thinking kebabs and salad rather than burger and bun. Wish me luck.
I won't be at weigh in for a couple of weeks now since I'm away for work next week (so there's another challenge to my food optimising ability!). I hope that I can continue eating in the way that I did last week - I'm still clinging to the possibility that the gain was a carry forward from the previous week. I can but dream!
In an effort to keep myself motivated, I'd like to put a bit more effort into this blog and my SW journey with a bit of help from my readers (both of you!):
- Slim, slim a song... I have had some thoughts of rewriting song lyrics to fit with SW - here's my first effort. Let me know if you have any suggestions for the next attempt.
- That's the way to do it... I've decided to try and inspire myself by putting together some tips to make cooking on SW easier and more varied (i.e. the way I was doing it in the early days of my journey). This is a post I'd planned a while ago, but felt that given I wasn't actually losing any weight that I wasn't in the best place to give others any advice. Let me know if you have any suggestions for tips to include/tell me what really helps you.
- Ready, steady, cook!... I've not put any recipes up for a while because I've not come up with anything new. I want to get back into the creative swing of things, so I'm happy to have any suggestions on meals that you've always wanted to be SWised, but haven't known where to start.
Tumshrinking...
(We'll be singing, when we're slimming, we'll be singing)
I lose some weight, then I put on again;
I really want to lose more weight.
I lose some weight, then I put on again;
I really want to lose more weight.
I lose some weight, then I put on again;
I really want to lose more weight.
I lose some weight, then I put on again;
I really want to lose more weight.
(Slimming the weight away, slimming the weight away)
He eats an HEa, he eats an HEb
He eats some superspeed, he eats some superfree
He syns the food that he ate before he lost weight
He stays to group because he thinks it is great
(Oh Slimming World, Slimming World, Slimming World)
I lose some weight, then I put on again;
I really want to lose more weight.
I lose some weight, then I put on again;
I really want to lose more weight.
I lose some weight, then I put on again;
I really want to lose more weight.
I lose some weight, then I put on again;
I really want to lose more weight.
(Slimming the weight away, slimming the weight away)
He eats an HEa, he eats an HEb
He eats some superfree, he eats some superspeed
He syns the food that he ate before he lost weight
He stays to group because he thinks it is great
(Don't fry with oil, use some Frylite)
I lose some weight, then I put on again;
I really want to lose more weight.
I lose some weight, then I put on again;
I really want to lose more weight.
I lose some weight, then I put on again;
I really want to lose more weight.
I lose some weight, then I put on again;
I really want to lose more weight.
I lose some weight, then I put on again;
I really want to lose more weight.
I lose some weight, then I put on again;
I really want to lose more weight.
I lose some weight, then I put on again;
I really want to lose more weight.
I lose some weight, then I put on again;
I really want to lose more weight.
(Slimming the weight away, slimming the weight away)
He eats an HEa, he eats an HEb
He eats some superspeed, he eats some superfree
He syns the food that he ate before he lost weight
He stays to group because he thinks it is great
(Oh Slimming World, Slimming World, Slimming World)
I lose some weight, then I put on again;
I really want to lose more weight.
I lose some weight, then I put on again;
I really want to lose more weight.
I lose some weight, then I put on again;
I really want to lose more weight.
I lose some weight, then I put on again;
I really want to lose more weight.
(Slimming the weight away, slimming the weight away)
He eats an HEa, he eats an HEb
He eats some superfree, he eats some superspeed
He syns the food that he ate before he lost weight
He stays to group because he thinks it is great
(Don't fry with oil, use some Frylite)
I lose some weight, then I put on again;
I really want to lose more weight.
I lose some weight, then I put on again;
I really want to lose more weight.
I lose some weight, then I put on again;
I really want to lose more weight.
I lose some weight, then I put on again;
I really want to lose more weight.
Wednesday, 13 June 2012
The boy needs (image) therapy...
Last night I put on 1lb over 2 weeks. I'd expected a bigger gain than that since a lot of that time I'd been off plan. I had got the fortnight off to a decent start SW wise and that's helped to manage the gain.
Last night was the first time I've stayed to group (other than taster nights) for quite some time (the last time was probably towards the end of last year) and will definitely not be the last time. I'm hoping/planning to stay to group more often since I picked up some great tips and realised that although there are a number of members of the group storming ahead with their weight loss and approaching target, there are also others like me - people who are yo-yoing and haven't lost much (if any) weight compared to the start of this year. The support and advice that people were giving was fantastic - we've got a really good group and I now have renewed determination to get my head in gear and shift this weight.
I got back from group and made a keema curry, a chicken and courgette curry and (kind of) sweetcorn pakora - all dead simple, but really tasty. Hopefully my inspiration will continue and I can start coming up with some new creations to share with you all on here.
Here's to a week of positivity followed by a loss on Tuesday. When my consultant asked how much I was aiming to lose I said 2lb. Most others in the group are aiming for 3lb so it's very tempting to decide to aim for that too. I think I'll play it safe though - with a goal of 2lb if I manage 3lb I'll be delighted since it's more than expected and if I only manage a small loss then it's still not far off what I was aiming for. At the moment any loss is good!
Last night was the first time I've stayed to group (other than taster nights) for quite some time (the last time was probably towards the end of last year) and will definitely not be the last time. I'm hoping/planning to stay to group more often since I picked up some great tips and realised that although there are a number of members of the group storming ahead with their weight loss and approaching target, there are also others like me - people who are yo-yoing and haven't lost much (if any) weight compared to the start of this year. The support and advice that people were giving was fantastic - we've got a really good group and I now have renewed determination to get my head in gear and shift this weight.
I got back from group and made a keema curry, a chicken and courgette curry and (kind of) sweetcorn pakora - all dead simple, but really tasty. Hopefully my inspiration will continue and I can start coming up with some new creations to share with you all on here.
Here's to a week of positivity followed by a loss on Tuesday. When my consultant asked how much I was aiming to lose I said 2lb. Most others in the group are aiming for 3lb so it's very tempting to decide to aim for that too. I think I'll play it safe though - with a goal of 2lb if I manage 3lb I'll be delighted since it's more than expected and if I only manage a small loss then it's still not far off what I was aiming for. At the moment any loss is good!
Saturday, 2 June 2012
We'll see...
I lost 3.5lbs on Tuesday - made up for the 3lb gain the previous week and went a little way towards the 4.5lb gain before that.
Having been a bit inspired by taster night, I came home and made some fishcakes (fish, smash and thai cous cous mixed together and fried in fry light), then followed that up with traffic light curry (fish and tomato, sweet potato and chick peas, and spinach and potato) on Wednesday then chilli on Thursday. All low syn/syn free, and there were leftovers of the curry and chilli for work - yum!!
Friday night was less good (got a chinese takeaway) and today is going to be off plan too (BBQ for the jubilee). Hoping that I'll have done enough the rest of the week to get a second loss in a row, but we'll see.
Having been a bit inspired by taster night, I came home and made some fishcakes (fish, smash and thai cous cous mixed together and fried in fry light), then followed that up with traffic light curry (fish and tomato, sweet potato and chick peas, and spinach and potato) on Wednesday then chilli on Thursday. All low syn/syn free, and there were leftovers of the curry and chilli for work - yum!!
Friday night was less good (got a chinese takeaway) and today is going to be off plan too (BBQ for the jubilee). Hoping that I'll have done enough the rest of the week to get a second loss in a row, but we'll see.
Tuesday, 22 May 2012
Spiralling out of control...
Last week at weigh in I put on 4.5lb (over 2 weeks). This week I put on another 3lb.
That takes me just half a pound below my heaviest this year - which was way back in January.
I fear that I'll have another gain next week - I've got little control over what I eat on Thursday and Friday since I'm at a conference and for some of the meals I expect there'll be little choice, then I'm away over the weekend so the control's in someone else's hands then too.
My overriding emotion at the moment is fear - I'm scared that if the gains go on for much longer I will be back to where I started over a year ago. I've just thrown out a load of big clothes so really don't want to get there, but it feels like it's inevitable.
I knew I'd put weight on over these few weeks - a combination of my sister's birthday, and my birthday (which I celebrated with my wife then my family one weekend and my in laws the next). I think that I used that as an excuse though - in reality I've lost the inclination (or is it the ability?) to say no.
With credit to Joey Trebbiani, if the plan was a line, I'd be so far away from it that it would appear to be a dot. Simple things, like not eating bread/dough or cakes, and ensuring I eat my HEs (usually 2 Babybels and 2 Alpen Lights) have eluded me with sandwiches, pizza and 3 birthday cakes (one from my wife, one from my family and one from my inlaws!) being the key components of my diet for the last couple of weeks.
I feel a bit better getting all of this down in writing - if nothing else it's stopped me from thinking about sticking my fingers down my throat as a quick fix.
It hurts to be moving in the wrong direction - it's like the light at the end of the tunnel getting fainter and further away. Hopefully I will be in better spirits after my next weigh in, but I don't expect so at the moment.
That takes me just half a pound below my heaviest this year - which was way back in January.
I fear that I'll have another gain next week - I've got little control over what I eat on Thursday and Friday since I'm at a conference and for some of the meals I expect there'll be little choice, then I'm away over the weekend so the control's in someone else's hands then too.
My overriding emotion at the moment is fear - I'm scared that if the gains go on for much longer I will be back to where I started over a year ago. I've just thrown out a load of big clothes so really don't want to get there, but it feels like it's inevitable.
I knew I'd put weight on over these few weeks - a combination of my sister's birthday, and my birthday (which I celebrated with my wife then my family one weekend and my in laws the next). I think that I used that as an excuse though - in reality I've lost the inclination (or is it the ability?) to say no.
With credit to Joey Trebbiani, if the plan was a line, I'd be so far away from it that it would appear to be a dot. Simple things, like not eating bread/dough or cakes, and ensuring I eat my HEs (usually 2 Babybels and 2 Alpen Lights) have eluded me with sandwiches, pizza and 3 birthday cakes (one from my wife, one from my family and one from my inlaws!) being the key components of my diet for the last couple of weeks.
I feel a bit better getting all of this down in writing - if nothing else it's stopped me from thinking about sticking my fingers down my throat as a quick fix.
It hurts to be moving in the wrong direction - it's like the light at the end of the tunnel getting fainter and further away. Hopefully I will be in better spirits after my next weigh in, but I don't expect so at the moment.
Wednesday, 2 May 2012
No, really?
I got a bit of a surprise this week - where I'd expected to put lb on I've actually lost 2lb!
I was pretty good most of the time, and my HEs included a couple of days of scan bran, but at the weekend I had pizza, sushi and cupcakes so had expected that to outweigh the positives.
It's nice to get a surprise like that - maybe it shows that although I'm not following the plan 100% I have enough aspects of it ingrained in my psyche that I'm allowed a slip every now and then. On second thoughts, it's that sort of mentality that let me put a stone back on, so I need to make sure I snap out of that pretty quickly!!
The next couple of weeks could be difficult ones in which to stick to the plan - I have time off for bank hols and for my birthday so am expecting to end up over indulging in synful food. I guess I just need to do my best to keep the syns under control.
Hopefully I'll have more good news next week - only 3.5lb to go to my 2 stone award (4th or 5th time round...) so it'd be nice to make a dent.
I was pretty good most of the time, and my HEs included a couple of days of scan bran, but at the weekend I had pizza, sushi and cupcakes so had expected that to outweigh the positives.
It's nice to get a surprise like that - maybe it shows that although I'm not following the plan 100% I have enough aspects of it ingrained in my psyche that I'm allowed a slip every now and then. On second thoughts, it's that sort of mentality that let me put a stone back on, so I need to make sure I snap out of that pretty quickly!!
The next couple of weeks could be difficult ones in which to stick to the plan - I have time off for bank hols and for my birthday so am expecting to end up over indulging in synful food. I guess I just need to do my best to keep the syns under control.
Hopefully I'll have more good news next week - only 3.5lb to go to my 2 stone award (4th or 5th time round...) so it'd be nice to make a dent.
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