First days are always supposed to be the hardest. At least thats what they say isn't it. Well I can honestly say that today has been fine. In fact I've not eaten that much but am still surprisingly full. I haven't not eaten on purpose, it's more a case of I'm not hungry.
I woke up this morning ready to start my countdown until Kathryns' birthday. First things first though ... the dreaded weigh in. As I stood on the scales very slowly, not that that makes much difference, I waited anxiously for the digits to come to a standstill. One, two, three...times up and I look down, scared of what I might see. Staring right back at me are the numbers 12st 4oz. Yes! thankfully I haven't put on any weight in the past two weeks and better still I am exactly one stone lighter then I was when I first decided to make a real go of losing weight in September.
As always when I get up it's straight to the kitchen to make a cup of tea. Up until this morning I had been drinking coffee, quite a lot actually. I would always use coffee mate and when I knew I was restarting my diet I even went out and brought coffee mate light. However, I looked up the syn value on it and well for the amount of coffee I'd been drinking it just wasn't worth it so it's in the cupboard for a special treat. Taking my tea I set up the computer to do my usual of checking emails (just in case I get a notification email to say I've won the lotto...nope), facebook, The Sun newspaper online, Twitter and my bank accounts (the amount in my accounts might have suddenly tripled in the last 24hrs since I last looked...nope).
In addition to the usual websites I go onto the Slimming World site in order to update my profile and plan my daily menu. Mondays are always hardest as Martin doesn't come home and for some reason I always forget about planning ahead for me and Matthew. After spending an hour or so on the site I flick over to the Tesco.com website to get the rest of my weekly shop. I'm not actually going to have it delivered but I like to check the prices etc of everything I buy so that there's no surprises at the till later.
Breakfast time and I decided to have an omelette and a banana. My plan was to have a 'heavier' breakfast as I was going to have soup for lunch with a yoghurt. Well that was the plan except there were no bananas or yoghurts in fact. I really needed to go get the shopping or face the unneccesary tempation of Matts' Fruit Winders in the fridge.
On the bus to Tesco, whilst looking out the window, I think to myself 'I really could have walked'. I can't walk home as the shopping would be too much for me or the buggy to handle. Mental note for next time...walk! Shopping at Tesco is my usual of racing up and down the aisles grabbing purely what is on my list and nothing more. This is another reason that I write a detailed list, to avoid the other items carefully placed by Tesco in order to get me to buy them. Shopping done and dusted.
Back at home and I just don't feel like the soup and bread that I had planned for earlier so instead I have a chicken mugshot followed by an apple. It's odd that after having the 'munchies' all last week to now not really being hungry. I'm trying to avoid eating things just for the sake of it, and this includes healthy foods like fruit. That is one of my two problems concerning my weight, the other being portion control. I've spent such a long time eating double of what I now know to be a healthy portion that it's a hard habit to break.
Hours later and dinner time is approaching. I'm looking forward to dinner, Philadephia stuffed chicken wrapped in bacon with potatoes and beans, and I'm actually quite hungry now!
Monday, 16 January 2012
Sunday, 15 January 2012
The Beginning of the Start.
Ok right so I've decided to start again. Same title but different subject...
This week I've made the conscious decision to restart why weight loss and my target date is 5th May 2012. This is the date of Kathryns' 1st birthday. We've decided to celebrate her big day by hiring a hall and inviting all friends and family. I can't wait...and when the day arrives I want to celebrate wearing a brand new outfit in a different dress size, a smaller one obviously ha!
I have a vision in mind of how I want the weight loss programme to progress. I'm going to continue using the Slimming World method as I've found that it works best for me...I mean how could eating everything I want be a bad thing. The biggest problem I think I'm going to find is that this time round I won't be attending meetings. I thought about it but to be honest there's no way I can make every meeting and therefore a bit of a waste of money...money better off in my pocket.
To get my mind back into motivation yesterday I attended a military exercise boot camp. To say it was hard work is most definately an understatement. It was hard, and I mean really hard. I never realised just hoow unfit I was especially when at one point I nearly collasped through exhaustion. Yes, it was that bad! On a good note though I do feel better for having done it, even though every muscle hurts today. The big question is do I go back? I would like to say yes and I really think I will but no promises.
I have been trying to eat well these last couple of days but the diet will start properly on Monday morning. I will wake up, weigh myself and start from there. I have planned out every evening meal for the week, from the Slimming World book, and have had it delivered. Weigh in will be the biggest motivator. Last time I weighed myself (two weeks ago) I had put on 4Ibs since I had last weighed by myself in November. A pleasant surprise especially since although I'd put on weight I was still 2Ib lighter then when I had last been weighed at Slimming World in early October.
Ok fingers crossed people...this is 'The Beginning of the Start'.
This week I've made the conscious decision to restart why weight loss and my target date is 5th May 2012. This is the date of Kathryns' 1st birthday. We've decided to celebrate her big day by hiring a hall and inviting all friends and family. I can't wait...and when the day arrives I want to celebrate wearing a brand new outfit in a different dress size, a smaller one obviously ha!
I have a vision in mind of how I want the weight loss programme to progress. I'm going to continue using the Slimming World method as I've found that it works best for me...I mean how could eating everything I want be a bad thing. The biggest problem I think I'm going to find is that this time round I won't be attending meetings. I thought about it but to be honest there's no way I can make every meeting and therefore a bit of a waste of money...money better off in my pocket.
To get my mind back into motivation yesterday I attended a military exercise boot camp. To say it was hard work is most definately an understatement. It was hard, and I mean really hard. I never realised just hoow unfit I was especially when at one point I nearly collasped through exhaustion. Yes, it was that bad! On a good note though I do feel better for having done it, even though every muscle hurts today. The big question is do I go back? I would like to say yes and I really think I will but no promises.
I have been trying to eat well these last couple of days but the diet will start properly on Monday morning. I will wake up, weigh myself and start from there. I have planned out every evening meal for the week, from the Slimming World book, and have had it delivered. Weigh in will be the biggest motivator. Last time I weighed myself (two weeks ago) I had put on 4Ibs since I had last weighed by myself in November. A pleasant surprise especially since although I'd put on weight I was still 2Ib lighter then when I had last been weighed at Slimming World in early October.
Ok fingers crossed people...this is 'The Beginning of the Start'.
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