Weight

Slimming World Update – Week 14

23/10/2013 by MrsSavageAngel Leave a Comment

Morning!

Hope you’ve had a great week? Mine’s been a bit meh to be honest. I thought the week I received the news of a surprise inheritance would be awesome – but things rarely turn out how you imagine. Life takes care of that. Oscar is growing and changing at a rapid speed at the moment and we’re both struggling to keep up somewhat. One day last week saw me reduced to tears (what mama isn’t sometimes?) and craving comfort. Lets be honest I was craving sugar. It also happened to be the day I was making a jar of granola for Ben’s birthday. My Granola contains sugar, golden syrup, cinnamon, dried fruit. It is sweeet! I had some. I couldn’t even begin to syn it! I felt better. Hmmmm.

So anyway after a couple of days that could have been better, I wasn’t hopeful for last nights weigh in. I should have had more faith. You remember I wanted to reach 2.5 Stone by the end of October? Well last night I lost 4lb and reached my 2.5 Stone Award a week before I planned. I am thrilled! It gives me an extra week to work on losing the next stone before Christmas! I also got Slimmer of the Week :). So now I have lost 2 Stone 8lb (36lb) in total. Big smiles all round!

However it has made me think. The craving for comfort food was so strong this past week. Stronger than I’ve experienced since I started this journey. I was upset and a switch flipped in my brain. Its better than it used to be, but I’ve had this reaction for as long as I can remember. Which begs the question, if you’ve always reached for food to comfort you, what do you do when you don’t want to do this any more?

It’s not a question I have the answer to yet. But its definitely something I’m working on. I think it’ll be one of the keys to my long term success. I also think its a question only I can answer. Great – more work 😉

Anywho! I’ve had some great toddler based advice from a Nanny friend of mine and have been putting it into practice. I’m seeing changes already, so hopefully this coming week will be less…. challenging shall we say? I have 3lb to lose to drop down into the next stone bracket and so I think I’d like to do that over the next two weeks. That would be just in time for our visit to our lovely friends in Norfolk.

Lovely.

Have a great week guys. Big hugs (from a tiny bit smaller arms 😉 )

Slimming World Update – Week 13

16/10/2013 by MrsSavageAngel Leave a Comment

Morning people!

Hope you’ve had a good week. Mines been pretty good with some great food eaten. Now Strictly is back and we’re properly into it, I don’t mind staying in at the weekends so much and I try and make our dinner on Saturday a bit special (yes we eat it on the sofa whilst watching celebs being whirled round the dancefloor). Before I started SW, we used to have something like a pizza or something else like that as a “treat” when watching Strictly. The number of Syns in a pizza not with standing (although frightening!), it’s not really a treat if you do it every week, its a habit and to be honest it had lost its sparkle before I even started Slimming World. I want to really enjoy the food I eat now (and I mean really really enjoy it). This Saturday we had an A-Ma-Zing steak for dinner, with roasted new potatoes, balsamic dressed rocket salad, home grown tomatoes, mushrooms with fresh garlic and light mayo. The only thing I had to count on the plate was the mayo. It was a meal fit for a Craig Revel-Horwood dust covered 10! And I correctly predicted who would be going home this week. Sorry Vanessa, but you really did suck!

feature-craigrevel — Sounds fabulous dahhhhling

So to this weeks result. I was a little nervous about my weigh in yesterday. Having gained 0.5lb last week, I was desperate to get back on track. If you remember last week I said I wanted to lose the 0.5lb I’d gained and 1 more lb to boot. And do you know? That’s exactly what I did! Exactly! I lost 1.5lb, taking my total lost to 2 Stone 4lb (32lb).

1.5lb might not sound like a great deal in the grand scheme of things, but do you know what? It’s 1.5lb I’m not carrying round anymore, and that to me is the most important thing. I was as happy this week as I was the week I lost 4.5lb. As long as its coming off, it’s all good to me. On a weight loss journey, the difference between the weeks is what keeps you on your toes. As someone said to me last week, “that’s why its called a journey”.

So as it stands I’m 3lb away from my 2.5 Stone award. Much as I would like to reach that asap (who wouldn’t!) I’m being realistic in my expectations, so I would like to reach that by the end of October.

Have a great week people!

PS – again I’m still not sure if she reads this, but last night my sister in law reached her 1 stone award at Weight Watchers. Considering she only gave birth to my niece in July I think she’s doing blooming marvelously. Nice one Nic!

Slimming World Update – Week 12

09/10/2013 by MrsSavageAngel Leave a Comment

Morning! Well I weighed in yesterday and for the first time in 12 weeks I had a gain. I gained 0.5lb.

Do I know why?

Yes

Am I OK with this?

Absolutely

Do I regret it?

Do I what? Of course not. I had a bloody brilliant time and who is this crazy lady asking me all these questions anyway???

So yeah I had a tiny gain this week and I was completely expecting it, in fact I’m surprised it wasn’t more. I am still on 2 Stone 2.5lb (30lb)

Last Saturday our next door neighbours invited us to a wine tasting evening round theirs. It was fantastic and not just because my amazing friend Emma babysat so we didn’t have to worry about the boy (thank you again petal)! The company running the event bought all the wines and sheets for us to make notes etc. We sat round Tania & Andy’s dining table and supped 15 different wines through the evening. I still don’t like red (sorry guys, I really wanted to but I’m a white girl, preferably anything from the Chardonnay grape), my favourite was a white burgundy, and I learnt so many interesting things about making, tasting and appreciating wine. We then had a gorgeous dinner we cooked ourselves on the hot stone grill. It was just so much fun.

I went knowing I was going to go over my Syns for one night. I didn’t go berserk but my choices were not always the most healthy and it goes to show how much difference one night can make. I worked hard to limit the damage the rest of the week and am glad I did. I hate to think what the gain would have been had I not :s

Anyway, that was last week and now I get to concentrate on this week. I would at least like to lose the 0.5lb I’ve gained this week and maybe 1lb more. There’s 11 weeks until Christmas and I would really like to reach 3.5 stone loss by then. It would be fantastic.

Strike that, it will be fantastic. My favourite mantra at the moment?

Do or don’t do – there is no try!

Slimming World Update – Week 11

02/10/2013 by MrsSavageAngel Leave a Comment

I normally write this post on a Wednesday morning, usually while the boy has a nap. However, I have decided to write this weeks update on Tuesday night; partly due to the boy currently dropping his morning nap and partly due the the fact that I am so excited about this weeks weigh in that I can’t wait to write it down.

This week I needed to lose 1lb to reach my 2 stone award. I am in fact proud to say that I lost 4lb! So I got my 2 Stone award and I have also reached my Club 10, that is to say I’ve lost 10% of my weight. All in all I’ve lost 2 Stone 3lb (31lb) so far.

So OK, I have to admit, I have no idea how I did so well this week. I went to a friends for a girly night in on Saturday with all the best intentions (bottle of Diet Coke, box of grapes etc) but she had done the most lovely spread of nibbles and picky bits and well whats a girl to do? Before I knew it I had a glass of wine in one hand, a mini duck spring roll in the other and am passing judgement on what colours suit/don’t suit Cat Deeley! It was a great night!

I think the weekends can be the worst time for slip ups like this, when even the very very best intentions can and do get thrown out the window. I think I was able to counteract Saturday night buy having an angelic Sunday (filled I might have with a fry up – well a grill up, all on plan – yum yum!) We’ve got another outing this Saturday. Our neighbours have invited us round for an “at home Wine Tasting Evening” (that is, a wine tasting run by a proper company – not just a bunch of us supping wine and going “mm yes, like this one, pass another bottle”). I don’t know about an angelic Sunday, I think I’m going to have to be Gabriel himself all week to counteract that one. Hmmm.

Anyway, to targets. As I explained last week we only ever set our own targets at Slimming World. I don’t actually know what my ideal weight would be. I don’t know and at the moment I don’t really care to think about it. Working out just how much I have to lose would do nothing, except possibly make me cry! So my targets are my own and bit by bit I’ll get there. I promised last week that I’d set myself a new target if I reached my original interim target of 2 Stone tonight. I have so I will. My next target is to lose another 1.5 stone, and it’d be nice, although not essential, to do this by Christmas. For those who knew me back then, that will make me roughly the same as when I was Bridesmaid for Rachel in 2005.

I was so happy with my result tonight. 2 Stone, Club 10, oh and I got Slimmer of the Week.

My Slimming World book - covered in achievement! — My Slimming World book – covered in achievement!

I’ve got so many stickers I’ve had to start putting them on the other side of my book. What a shame 😉

Slimming World Update – Week 10

25/09/2013 by MrsSavageAngel Leave a Comment

Well hello there!

How’s your week been? Mine’s been OK. Actually no its been good – there I just upgraded it! I’ve had a good week, despite preparing and interviewing for a job I didn’t get. I got so many lovely compliments from people who saw me dressed smartly and in make up (hahaha yes it is that rare) that you know what? It was totally worth the interview, regardless of the outcome. Take that world!

So onto the reason for the post. I weighed in yesterday and lost a respectable 2lb, taking my total weight loss to 1st 13lb (27lbs). I said last week that expecting to lose the 3lb needed to take me to 2 stone in one week was setting myself up for a fall and I was right. I’m so glad I managed my expectations and came away happy with the loss I achieved, rather than going in with unrealistically high expectations and coming way disappointed. There are few emotions worse than disappointment.

This week I didn’t attend my usual group. For various reasons, we went to the earlier group, with Oscar in tow, weighed in and came straight home. I have to say it sucked! I was desperate to weigh in (its so much easier to stay motivated when you know how you’re doing – managers the world over take note!!) and i’m really glad I did. But I have realised just how much I get out of my group meetings, the time I spend there and the people I’ve met. Obviously, its partly due to the time I get to spend out of the house without Oscar (sorry the boy!), but more than that I realised I wanted to share my week with others and in return hear how others are doing. I felt like I’d missed out and am actually pleased I didn’t get my 2 stone award outside of my normal group! However, I could easily have turned the situation into an excuse not to go. But I didn’t. I’m committed, it means something to me, so I found a way, and for that I am jolly proud of myself.

That’s something else I’ve been doing of late, giving myself credit for positive stuff I’ve done. Its not been easy (is that a British thing or just me?), but the more I practice it the better it feels. Yay me (hahaha there I go again).

So the plan for the next week? At Slimming World we only ever set our own targets, regardless of what they might be. My first target was to loose 2 stone. My next week will be focusing on achieving that. Then I’ll be setting myself another target. I think I know what that’s going to be, but I’ll let you know (once I’m done with this one;))