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This week was going ok...I mostly stuck to plan for the majority of the week, I made some good choices and had plenty of variety.....and then I stuffed it all up.
I'm blaming one of my best friends (mainly cos she's on her hols so is unlikely to see this).....lets call her Sara, for that is her name. I needed to get her a birthday pressie, and while I had the main affair, just wanted something little to go in the gift bag.....so yesterday I wandered into the local gift shop. Epic fail there and then as it has a Thorntons concession just inside the door. Now I'm not sure if I've mentioned this before, I love Thorntons Viennesse truffles. I mean, I really love them, in a fairly unhealthy way. Having been positively angelic that day, I figured, having a Vienesse truffle bar at 9 syns would be a lovely treat after my Subway salad at lunch time. I picked up some other chocs for my friend, and that is where I should have skipped to the till, full of joy that I'd got this lovely treat to savour after lunch.
Yeah, so that absolutely never happened!
Now, I'm going to say something controversial here, so if you're easily shocked (or from the SW police)....skip a few lines. Since I started SW, I have always had a small treat after weigh in....usually a chocolate bar, or a bag of crisps...only ever going over my daily syns by a few. Recently however, I've been going nuts after weigh in..cheese and biscuits, pizza followed by chocolate. You get the picture. So I picked up a whole bag of Viennesse truffles for Ron. Lateron 🤣. I told myself I'd have them after weigh in tonight and drove back to the office.
I ate my bar fairly swiftly....ok, let's be honest, there was no savouring involved and then I was in the office on my own.
I thought I ought to put the chocs in my car so I wouldn't be tempted.....and then I thought er no, actually I'm going to stuff the lot down my neck right now.
That was it. Gone in a jiffy and me left with teeth that had grown their own fur coats from all the sugar and feeling really cross with myself.
I get so frustrated, why do I do it? Answers on a post card please...
Then last night, three things happened, I saw an inspirational quote on Instagram......it was something along the lines of as long as you are thinking about something, you'll never stop striving for it. The second thing was my 1 year journal arrived ready for the new year and thirdly our lovely SW lady messaged me with some words of encouragement.
So, I can't promise I'm going to lose weight this week, but the past is behind me (as per my Fleetwood Mac inspired post title) and i will keep thinking about my weight, and keep trying and most importantly I'm armed with coloured pens and a fancy new journal to keep me on the straight and narrow!
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Tuesday, 24 October 2017
Sunday, 20 August 2017
I need a bit of inspiration
Hello you lovely lot, or should I say, hello lovely reader, singular, cos really, apart from my mom, who is obliged to read this by law, I've no idea if anyone else actually clicks through on the link!
So I haven't written down any ramblings for aaages, but tonight, while bored and in the bath (sorry about that image)....I thought I'd have a read through some of my posts, see if i could gee myself up a bit on the weight loss/healthy living front and bore you guys to death. Two birds and all that.
I've been racking my brain as to what I've stopped doing/do differently now, to when I was in the swing of things, losing good amounts like 4lbs on a regular basis. Initially, I lost 4 stone in about 7 months, and then faffed about for the rest of the year to get my 5 stone.....the most I've ever lost.....beat my own personal record by two mighty stone.....and then it all stopped. I've no idea why.
The great new grooves that I had made disappeared....under lots of excuses, and some genuine reasons.....my feet were really playing up (I have actually now been diagnosed with Achilles tendinitis), the pool was freezing and I kept getting cramp in the deep end, the winters nights were drawing in, there was an r in the month etc etc
I've tried a few things to get my mojo back....
Booked me and the hubby to walk up and down Snowdon in the dark.....and then buggered my feet up, so that's on indefinite hold until they're ok again......kept having a word with myself.....because, I really wanted to be slimmer by our holiday in the sun this year, but alas I'll be fatter :-( Not much, but enough to make me annoyed with myself. Bang goes the vintage high waisted bikini I had envisaged myself in!
Anyhow, this is beginning to sound like a whine....so I'll stop there.
As I mentioned in an earlier post, a healthy life style works for me if I plan it like a project....stickers, coloured pens, post it notes, the lot.
So I've set myself up a new foodie/slimming Insta account full_fat_female and I'm hoping that will keep me inspired. Plus about a month ago my SW friend and I changed groups. Our new SW lady is lovely. Super friendly, down to earth, on the ride with us...and I swear she's got GPS on me....cos her words of wisdom always come at the right time. Her raffles are ace, and her interest table is actually interesting.
My SW friend and I message each other pics of food all fay every day, which really helps and there is a really inspirational lady at SW who has lost 5 stone really quite quickly. She looks amazing and clearly feels it too, so I'm hoping some of her sparkle is rubbing off on me too.
The best thing is, that even though I've been on the sw plan for almost 2 years, and I'm not where I want to be....i am still a million miles away from the person I was when I started, and I will not EVER go back there.
In the meantime, I'll keep on keeping on!
Xx
So I haven't written down any ramblings for aaages, but tonight, while bored and in the bath (sorry about that image)....I thought I'd have a read through some of my posts, see if i could gee myself up a bit on the weight loss/healthy living front and bore you guys to death. Two birds and all that.
I've been racking my brain as to what I've stopped doing/do differently now, to when I was in the swing of things, losing good amounts like 4lbs on a regular basis. Initially, I lost 4 stone in about 7 months, and then faffed about for the rest of the year to get my 5 stone.....the most I've ever lost.....beat my own personal record by two mighty stone.....and then it all stopped. I've no idea why.
The great new grooves that I had made disappeared....under lots of excuses, and some genuine reasons.....my feet were really playing up (I have actually now been diagnosed with Achilles tendinitis), the pool was freezing and I kept getting cramp in the deep end, the winters nights were drawing in, there was an r in the month etc etc
I've tried a few things to get my mojo back....
Booked me and the hubby to walk up and down Snowdon in the dark.....and then buggered my feet up, so that's on indefinite hold until they're ok again......kept having a word with myself.....because, I really wanted to be slimmer by our holiday in the sun this year, but alas I'll be fatter :-( Not much, but enough to make me annoyed with myself. Bang goes the vintage high waisted bikini I had envisaged myself in!
Anyhow, this is beginning to sound like a whine....so I'll stop there.
As I mentioned in an earlier post, a healthy life style works for me if I plan it like a project....stickers, coloured pens, post it notes, the lot.
So I've set myself up a new foodie/slimming Insta account full_fat_female and I'm hoping that will keep me inspired. Plus about a month ago my SW friend and I changed groups. Our new SW lady is lovely. Super friendly, down to earth, on the ride with us...and I swear she's got GPS on me....cos her words of wisdom always come at the right time. Her raffles are ace, and her interest table is actually interesting.
My SW friend and I message each other pics of food all fay every day, which really helps and there is a really inspirational lady at SW who has lost 5 stone really quite quickly. She looks amazing and clearly feels it too, so I'm hoping some of her sparkle is rubbing off on me too.
The best thing is, that even though I've been on the sw plan for almost 2 years, and I'm not where I want to be....i am still a million miles away from the person I was when I started, and I will not EVER go back there.
In the meantime, I'll keep on keeping on!
Xx
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