Weekend Debacle

As predicted the weekend did not go too well !

On Thursday I had my Almond Croissant and then for lunch has cheese on toast and then we went out for dinner - which wasn't too bad, but there was definately chocolate involved !

On Friday - I don't really want to think about Friday - I ate very little of nutritional value - I think perhaps when I say two Malteser ice creams and Shwarma for dinner you might get the idea !

Jacob was really sick on Friday and spent most of the day at the Hospital with James. He had to have blood tests etc anyway turns out he has got a bacterial infection from something that he ate, so he is off school - hope he gets better soon, I hate to see him sick.

Anyway - today is the start of the new week and it has gone pretty well. I have actually started charting what I am eating and it really does help to keep a track of what you are putting in your mouth - it is so easy to just put food in your mouth and then forget about it.

So today

Exercise - half an hour on the running machine - I overdid it a bit and now I'm pooped, but I really enjoyed it at the time - I also did some sit ups to try and shift this blooming stomach fat.

Eating

Breakfast - banana and grapes with yogurt

Lunch - baked potato with coronation chicken.

Snack - small bar of chocolate and a banana

Dinner - planning a salad nicoise. I am very tired though, so I may need a little help on the motivation front to stick to the plan.

Feeling Down

Don't know why - don't know what for. Oscar was awake at 2am this morning - he had just lost his dummy so I put it back in for him, gave him a kiss and he went back to sleep - I went and checked on Jacob and then went back to bed. Not too long up but for me a disturbed night is a disturbed night, it almost doesn't matter how long I am up for - if I'm up I'm up. So today has not been a great day.

I went to get my hair done at the hairdressers which was really nice and I'm so pleased with it, but my ears had been playing up all morning - I'm tired and the weather is boiling so I wasn't feeling too great all morning really. I did Ok for breakfast and then discovered that on Slimming world, if I want Special K for breakfast I have to count a lunch time roll as a Syn and it's quite a bit one - 6.5. And if I have orange juice I also have to count that - so my healthy breakfast is not so good on Slimming world - so that might need some adjustment. Whilst at the hairdressers I was given a cup of tea with two custard creams, which I didn't eat - I was really pleased with myself because in the past I would just have wolfed them down without even thinking about it.

I got home and was starving so had a tuna roll, which was yummy. Then a friend came over for a quick visit and brought with her Crunchies. She put them straight in the fridge and then a little later she got them out of the fridge for us to eat. She is also on a diet and I really didn't feel like I could say no, so I ate it and after she left discovered that it was 10 syns - add that to the roll that I had already had and a squirt of mayonnaise that I had had and I fear I am way over my syns for the day. I am so disappointed because tomorrow is the weekend and James and I always go out for breakfast which is usually a Starbucks Almond Croissant and I love doing it I really don't want to stop, but that is 24.5 syns so I was hoping to save up some syns from today to put towards that - also we are going out to dinner tomorrow night at a friends house so that is not going to be very low fat I am sure. I think I will just have to let myself off for tomorrow. Just have my usual breakfast and be sensible for lunch and then eat the dinner I am given - I am not really charting yet I had planned to start next week, but I have lost 4 pounds already not really doing it properly and I really don't want to put those 4 pounds back on - those are the 4 pounds that I put on and take off with alarming regularity and I was determined to keep them off this time. I feel so much better when I am slimmer and I so want to get down to my target weight or at least get a stone off by the time I go away on holiday.

Next week is the real start of this diet if I can just keep those 4 pounds off over the weekend I will be happy - that will be a good place to start on Saturday. I am fighting the urge to eat whatever I like because I have already blown it for today - I just don't want to do it - that will make me feel even worse over the weekend. How can a Crunchie cause so much trouble ?!

Exercise

None today

Eating

Breakfast - special K and half glass of Orange juice

Lunch - tuna, small spoon of Mayo and low fat yogurt mixed together in a wholemeal roll

Snack - CRUNCHIE and a 0% fat yougurt.

Dinner - planning cooked chicken with rice, cucumber and yoghurt with veggies. I have made a weight watcher chocolate mousse for pudding because after that Crunchie I feel I am going to crave sweets tonight and I wanted to have something not to dreadful at hand ! We'll see how it goes - Wednesday night is usually curry night - so not sure how the husband is going to take to tonight's proposal !

Going Down !

So things seem to be going pretty well I think. I feel good and focussed and hope it can last. I feel in the right head space, which is just great. I did have a little chocolate this morning, but I thought better that than have a big chocolate this afternoon when it has filled my head all day and I have been able to think of little else. Starbucks do a really lovely small chocolate bar with Crispy bits in so I just had one of those with a cup of tea and craving sorted.

Unfortunately I'm having a real time of it at the moment with the boys. Oscar is just starting to feel better now, which is fab, however I got a phone call from School today to ask me to pick Jacob up as he had a temperature of 39.1 degrees - grrr. So it was back to the Dr, third time in a week ! Jacob has got a sinus infection so two days of lying down and relaxing and no playing out in the sun. Ho hum ! He should get over it pretty quickly he is quite resiliant.

So today

Exercise -

Tennis - far too hot !

Eating -

Breakfast - special K and a half glass of orange juice

Snack - very small chocolate bar with crispy bits

Lunch - Cous cous with cucumber, tomato, onion and halloumi cheese.

Snack - fat free blueberry yogurt

Dinner - ham and mushroom omelette with baked beans.

I am going to join Slimming world in a minute and then start doing it properly - I have sort of been following the ideas of it, but I need to join to do it properly and if I'm going to loose real weight I need to do it properly.

So off I go to join - Exercise is going to be zero tomorrow as both boys are off school and I have a haircut booked - I shall just have to be careful about the eating I guess.

Update - I've joined Slimming world and printed out all their bits and pieces - I'm just about ready to start properly I just need to read through it all and understand everything, have a look at some of their recipes and do some planning and food shopping. Only problem with dieting, it does seem to be quite expensive - especially here where you just can't get hold of diet foods unless you spend a fortune - still it will be worth it in the end.

And on

Not a bad day really. Oscar went back to nursery so I had a morning to do my own thing, which was fab. I went to have a cup of tea with a good friend of mine and discussed Slimming World - I think I'm going to join. It seems like it would work really well and it looks pretty easy to follow. Anyway I spent the whole morning feeling starving hungry, but managed not to eat anything that I shouldn't have. Dinner however was totally scuppered because James was late home from work, I had to put the boys to bed and dinner burnt in the mean time, so not the best but we managed to pull something together that wasn't too bad.

So here we go

Exercise- None today

Eating -

Breakfast - special K and half a glass of orange juice

Lunch - small wholemeal roll with ham, extra light mayo, mustard and a tomato and cucumber salad

Snack - Banana, apple, 0% fat yogurt with grapes and 10 almonds

Dinner - baked beans and eggs on toast

I am disappointed that I didn't manage exercise or a decent dinner today and I now feel bloated after having bread to eat - but it was better than ordering in a take away which could have happened so easily tonight. Tomorrow is another day and I've got tennis on so hopefully I'll feel better after a bit of exercise then. I have been feeling a bit poorly over the last couple of days, but I'm hoping that the lingering sore throat that I've got is going to pass after a good nights' sleep.

And the Beat Goes On

So today has gone pretty well so far. Oscar is feeling much better and should be able to go off to nursery tomorrow - which will be great for us all. He is ready to start playing again and I'm ready to have my mornings back. It was so dreadful seeing him so ill, his temperature was so high and he just looked awful I am so happy to see my happy smiling cheeky boy back again. He was in fact poorly this afternoon again and refused to go to sleep until 9pm - so we'll see how he is tomorrow - I think I'll have to send him to nursery just to tire him out.

So today

Exercise - Body Pump Class

Eating

Breakfast - Special K and half a glass of orange juice.

Snack - apple and low fat yogurt

Lunch - Couscous with cherry toms, red pepper, onion and haloumi cheese - delicious

Snack - Rice Krispy bar - 83 calories

Dinner - Stir fry of veg, prawns and noodles.

Yum yum - two pounds off yesterday so that is good. Lets hope the trend keeps up. I am thinking that I am going to go for Slimming World. I want to give it a go - I just want to have another chat with my friend who is au fait with it before I make my final investment to join on line.

Feeling good so far - focused and happy to keep on keeping on. I hope I can stay with it this time - I so need to loose this weight. I know that Rosemary Conley says that most dieters crack on day three - so tomorrow might be my difficult day. We'll see !

Da da da - Day One

So today was day one and I was destined to be scuppered. Firstly my tennis coach didn't turn up for the lesson so that was off - not a good start to the day when I had sat around for an hour waiting for the lesson to start and then he didn't come at all. Oh well. Then I got home only to find that Oscar - who has been under the weather for a few days was really poorly. I took his temperature and it was 39.2 C so it was off to the Dr for him. A dose of Nurofen and Anitbiotic really seems to have helped him - he has a nasty throat infection. Anyway there was no food in the house so I was worried about falling at the first hurdle - luckily I managed to put together a little sarnie for myself so all was well.

So I have been having an internal debate - do I go for Rosemary Conley or Slimming World - I lost a stone on Rosemary Conley but I know a lot of people love Slimming World and it can really help - I have never tried it and I don't really understand the principles as such. So what to do - I was just going to order the Rosemary Conley Flat Stomach plan, but now I'm not so sure - maybe Slimming World would suit me better. What to do. I need to make a decision soon 'cause I need a plan to follow.

So today goes as follows so far :

Exercise - totally scuppered

Eating -

Breakfast - Special K and half glass of Orange Juice
Lunch - Small wholemeal roll filled with tuna and sweetcorn with very light Hellmans Mayo
Snacks - Special K bar - 84 Calories, low fat yogurt.
Dinner - Low fat beef burgers with some new potatoes and salad. Tossed the new potatoes in a little very light salad cream and had a slice of processed cheese on the burger - all very nice and yummy.

Not too bad I suppose - but I need to decide what to do in the next couple of days or all will be lost ! I am planning on going to a Pump Class tomorrow morning, but it will all depend on what kind of night I have with Oscar.

Ta ta

Lets Get Started

Once upon a time, a long time ago, there lived a girl who was 8 and a half stone. She lived in Hong Kong and she had a fab time enjoying herself. Then she came back to the UK, met a lovely man with whom she lived abroad for 3 years. They came back to the UK to get married and then decided to start a family. Let the tough times roll. Trouble after trouble followed and eventually two gorgeous boys arrived along with a lot of extra weight. So the girl is now getting on (40 this year) and is carrying around far too much weight - mostly around the stomach area. So 12 stone 7 is the current weight and this cannot go on.

The time has come to do something about this dreadful weight gain, I have tried and tried to shift some weight and I did have some success with Rosemary Conley - I lost a stone and was well pleased and then it all stopped - I haven't lost a pound for months. I have tried and tried with no success I just don't seem to be able to stick with anything.

So I have decided it is back to Rosemary Conley, as from tomorrow.

I am going on holiday on 15 July and I aim to have lost at least a stone by then.

So let the journey begin. I intend to try to catalogue what I eat to try and keep myself focused and share my thoughts and pain as this journey begins.

Oh I am already doing lots of exercise now all I have to do is keep that going whilst eating next to nothing - Lord I feel my tummy rumbling already !