Ok, here we go again!

Well after a really rubbish couple of months or so, where chocolate and coke became a staple in my diet, I went back to WW.  I am determined not to end up back where I was just because of things at work and home that are making me feel bad.  I need to find another way of coping rather than turning to food.  Perhaps I should start smoking again, start drinking or get hold of some non-prescription drugs...lol.

Anyway, the scales told me I had put on about a stone and a half.  This week, so far, I have pointed EVERYTHING that has gone in my mouth.  I am going to restart C25k too once I get back to where I was.  There is no way I would run at the moment.  Far to many bits would be bouncing! 

Couch to 5k

Now for anyone who has been reading this blog, you know that I weigh round about 18st (or around 250lb for US readers).

AGES ago, I said I was starting the Couch to 5K but I never did anything other than download the podcast for it.  Anyway today with Luke's nagging support, I decided to do the first day. For the first week you repeat the same podcast 3 times with a day's rest in between each session.  I haven't run, for anything, in around 18/19 years.  In fact me and exercise are arch enemies!

So what did 'Laura' the C25K instructor think I was able to do as a couch potato who never does any exercise.  Well she had this bright idea that I could do a brisk 5 minute warm up where I walked for 5 minutes (fast enough to make me out of breath).  Then she thought I could 'run' for 60 seconds and then walk for 90 seconds, 7 times followed by a final 60 second run and a 5 minute walk to cool down.  And do you know what? I only flaming did it!!!!  Now I know as marathon running or whatever goes, many people would laugh their socks off but I am so damn proud of the fact I actually managed to 'run' for every single one of the intervals.

Luke provided motivation just by being there although he did make me laugh when he started in a different corner to me and said that I had to stay ahead of him.  I pointed out he would have to run a lot slower for that happen.  We went over the caged sports area which is relatively secluded but I was still worrying that someone in one of the houses was watching, or worse still recording it to stick on YouTube!!

So it may have taken me a lot longer than anticipated to get round to it but I have finally started!

Weigh In - 28.7.14

I feeeel happyyyyy...

Another 2.5lb gone (for good, fingers crossed!)

Colin has taken the children to his mum and dad's and I have had 3 days of 'deep cleaning' in the house.  I suspect that has helped get such a fab weight loss this week.  I have had a few off days this week and wasn't expecting to lose more than half a pound and of course 'that time' is almost upon me too, never good for losing weight!

So that 2.5lb has taken me back under 18st by a pound and sees me only 4.5lb off getting back to where I was before my 7 or 8 month blip!  Yay!!!!

Weigh In 21st July 2014

Woooohoooo!!!  Another 3lbs off this week.  Really pleased as it was a hard week with it being the last week of school.  There was enough cakes, biscuits and other crap in the staff room to feed a small country for a week thanks to people leaving, retiring and thanking us for whatever they were thanking us for.  I managed to avoid a colleague's retirement buffet by taking charge of the washing up instead.  How sneaky is that?

Anyway I am feeling well chuffed with myself this week because of that.

Luke has written me a new sign this week and put it on the bread and biscuit cupboard reminding me that if I lose 1.5lbs this week I will be on 18st.  Once I get under that, I seem to struggle, so I will be very grateful for any cheer-leading from you all this week.

Thank you for your support, it means a lot to me. xx

WI 14th July 2014

After a good week, I lost 3.5lbs which I am pleased with.  I have managed to eat around 7-10 portions of fruit and vegetables each day for 5 days this week.

I have also signed up for Swimfit which is a free swimming programme with workouts for you to follow.  I am starting with the 'Health' programme and my session 1 will see me:

• swim for 3 minutes using any stroke to warm up
• hold a float in front and kick using any stroke for 4 lengths
• swim 8 lengths using any stroke
• swim for 2 minutes using any stroke as a cool down.

Apparently the equipment I need to take with me is - a costume, towel and goggles.  A costume?  Seriously? I'm so glad they told me that one!

The session is apparently going to take 15 minutes - yeah right!

The question is though, with my current fitness levels do I repeat session 1 until I can do it in 15 minutes or do I do that and then move on to the next session?  Some sessions are really hard and if I move too quickly, I may not be able to cope with them.

Right....

I have fallen by the wayside, but NO MORE!

I weighed myself earlier today and found I was back up to 18st 8lb.  I am NOT going up any more.

So tomorrow I will

1. Track everything that goes in my mouth.
2. Go to WI EVERY week, whether or not I have had a good week.
3. Only have a bar of chocolate if I have first had 2 pieces of fruit (note to self - 2 grapes don't count!)
4. Not beat myself up if I have a bad day and a bad day doesn't need to carry on all week!!!!!
5. Track everything that goes in my mouth!!!!!

The school holidays start in about 10 days so I will not have the stress of work which is an excuse at the moment.  Healthy eating will be so much easier.

So wish me luck as you wave my weight goodbye!

Oh so good!

As readers of my cross stitch blog will know, in fact probably be bored to the back teeth with, I am almost at the end of my degree.  11 days and counting, if we are being exact!  This means I am furiously writing my final assignment.  However, when I write assignments I like to have a selection of chocolate to hand to aid the thought process.  Clearly that was not going to be an option for this one though so I got the next best thing.  A huge plate of fruit.  It was de-lish...apple, grapes, raspberries, strawberries and I added a banana after I took this photo.  (Would rather have had the chocolate though in all honesty).

In the background is a little water bottle which has our first sweet peas in.  Sweet peas?  In May?  In the UK?  Unheard of!

Well tomorrow is WI and I am not expecting a good week.  My periods are normally every 17 days but this time I went 24 days.  I have felt bloated and horrible all week so have stayed away from a sneaky peek.  I know that if I look and I have put any on that I will just say sod it for the week and eat for England instead! So it's fingers crossed for tomorrow!

Weigh In - 5/514

Really, really happy today - I lost 4.5lbs!!!!  This means that I am now only 4lbs away from getting back to my pre-blip weight which was my first goal set last week.

Some nice NSV (non scale victory/victories) this week too.

• I tried on a pair of size 20 trousers that I bought a while ago and they do up!!  Breathing would be a no no but who needs to breathe if it means a size smaller...lol.
• I've discovered I like figs, proper fresh figs.  I made a fig and raspberry clafoutis as it looked lovely in the recipe.  It was gorgeous!
• I've had a happy feeling in my chest all week as I am back on track and in the zone with WW again.

As always, thank you for your messages of support and if you are trying to lose weight too, good luck!

Weigh In 28/4/14

Tonight I lost 4lb's.  I was really shocked at that because when I had a peek this morning I had only lost a pound all week.

We had to set some goals for the next 8 weeks at our meeting.  The 3 I set are:

• to get back to where I was before 'the blip' 
• to lose an extra 7lbs
• to work on Couch 2 5k.

Apparently our leader will be asking us in a few weeks to let her know how we are getting on!

Thank you to everyone who has offered support in my journey.  Some of you are no-reply commenters so I can't respond but every message has been great and helps to keep me motivated.  

You are all my own personal cheerleaders - thank you!

Thursday

Today's sneaky peak at the scales shows that I have lost 1.8lbs so far this week.  As anything is better than not losing, I am happy.

So far I haven't managed to get out and do the Couch to 5K at all.  I have walked to the different places I have needed to go though so that is good.  I wonder whether sitting, trying what to think of to write for my assignment uses many calories...lol.

One thing I am doing in the house just as a 'move more' exercise is to run up our stairs rather than walk. Anything is better than nothing!!

Just wondering what to do for tea tonight.  I think I might nip to the shop and get some eggs and mushrooms for a mushroom fritata.  It's quick and easy to make, delicious with a salad or some new potatoes which are probably the main reasons I like it.

Thank you to everyone for the inspiring comments and the support and encouragement you are giving me.  It is really appreciated and will help keep me going  :)

Weigh In 21/4/14

Yesterday, I lost 7lbs!!!!!

My leader Amanda was really pleased that I had got back on track.  With it being a Bank Holiday there were only 12 members who came to the scales and between us we lost 12.5lbs.  As 7 of that was mine, I felt pretty chuffed!

I now have less than a stone to lose to get back to where I was and reaching my first mini goal. 

I feel motivated and determined today :)

Couch to 5K

The NHS do a podcast thing for couch potatoes to turn into elite athletes.  Well maybe not quite but able to run 5K without requiring oxygen at the end of it.  I do not exercise, in fact it is almost a swear word in my life.  However, that is about to change!  I have downloaded all the podcasts to my phone and will be starting this tomorrow night.  I don't think that I will be able to jog for one minute without stopping so will be trying 30 seconds at first.  If I can do that then I will up it to the minute and see.  Should be interesting!

Welcome to Shebafudge - The Lighter Side

In June last year I started trying to lose weight with Weightwatchers.  Now I have been overweight for 20 years so I am not expecting it to all drop off overnight, would be nice but unrealistic.  Between June and Christmas I managed to lose 55lbs (3st 13lbs in English) but 55lbs sounds like more!  I put on 8lb over Christmas and New Year, quickly losing that plus an extra pound and a half to get to 56 1/2 lbs, or just over 4 stone.  Since then, I have lost all motivation and just stuffed my face with anything that wasn't nailed down.

Then last Monday, I had a reality check.  I hadn't been to Weightwatchers for several weeks and knew I had put on weight as I could no longer put on my grey trousers and breathe at the same time.  I weighed myself and weighed in bang on 19st.  There is no way on this earth that I am going back to where I was when I first started  but that is where I was heading before I weighed myself.  I went back to WW that evening and tried to get back to it.  The first 3 days were really hard.  My PP allowance is 39 and the first 2 days I ate 63 and 54 PP respectively.  However, I was totally honest with myself and tracked every mouthful that went in.

I have managed to track EVERY single thing I have eaten this week and it has got easier as the week has gone on.  I am having a sneaky peak every morning to keep me on track and motivated.  So far on my scales I have lost 6.6lbs this week.  I am really hoping that is the case when I get back on the scales on Monday (fancy having WI on a Bank Holiday!)

So my first mini goal is to get back to where I was for New Year - well just after.  I want to get back to 17st 8 1/2lb.  Hopefully I will be well on the way to that this week!

If you can recommend any sites to visit or good blogs to keep my motivation high, please comment!

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