aaarrrgggghhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have put on a pound and a half this week. I was hoping I was a STS but alas not to be. It could have been a lot worse I suppose. Spent the weekend at my parents and they are not the most healthiest at cooking, very old school, everything cooked in butter or fat or oil. Friday night we arrived to have burgers and chips served up, every mouthful made me urge, gave up half way through, said I was probably just tired. Saturday after running around after everyone else we were already out when I realised I had no breakfast, had a tuna salad for lunch, then my mum orders in pizza and chips for evening meal, my heart sank into my boots. She knows I am on a healthy eating plan with WW.
Sunday we go and see some friends she calls to say lunch is about to be dished up, we get home to find a beautiful Sunday roast with all the trimmings. After sorting our baby girl out I noticed the fat on top of the gravy, she made gravy the old fashioned way, juices of the beef, which was wrapped in thick fat during the cooking process and was in with the juices of the beef. My son was saying her roasties were nice, her reply ' that's nanas' proper roast dinner cooked the proper way, in goose fat'. A dig at me as when she comes her everything is cooked healthily, dry roasted with spray oil, and meat has literally no fat on as get from butchers and it is then cooked in the slow cooker, served with lots of veg. What looked nice to start of with suddenly looked like a plate of fat. I feel such an ungrateful cow as she had obviously gone to a lot of trouble, and darling husband and son loved it.
As with the exercise program, was doing really well until this weekend, only exercise I did was a little bit of walking. Took the children out for the day on Saturday and walked around the village on the Sunday. That was it, so I guess it is no real wonder I put on a pound and a half this week. Could have been a lot worse.
It is very cold today, even though the sun is shining. Finding it really hard to get motivated and keep on track. Just want to eat the wrong things today..crisps, probably because I know there is a box of them in the cupboard that are for hubby and sons packed lunches in the week. Must try and fight this urge to eat, eat eat!!!!!!!!
Yesterday, day 8,I didn't do a lot of exercise. Darling daughter was really suffering with her teeth and was in a lot of pain and very clingy. All I managed was 15 mins on the stepper when she was asleep, by the time she went to bed I was shattered and was in bed shortly afterwards.
Hoping today will be a better day, going to do something just to get warma nd fight this urge to eat.
Day 6 - Monday, mananged to go to the gym for an hour and go swimming too. It was really nice to have some me time, no husband and no children.
Day 7 - Tuesday, only managed a little exercise today, 10 mins of ab work and 10 mins on the stepper, baby girl is suffering with her teeth today so she only slept for 25 mins. On a plus note, managed to lose 3lbs last week, so feeling really positive about the weight coming off and I am sure the exercise is helping things along the way.
Sunday, it is cold, wet and windy here in Derbyshire and more like winter than autumn. Exercises for today consisted of 10 mins of Ab work, 5 mins of running up and down the stairs without stopping (DH was home wanted me to do it to see how fit I was) I was knackered!
Took M-I-L out for Sunday Lunch, I was very good I had melon and sorbet for a starter, Poached Salmon, veggies and new potatoes for main and no desert, coffee. In the evening I just had a light salad. We all went for a long walk along the canals and the nature reserve. We walked in all 5.8 miles.
I get weighed tomorrow so it will be interesting to see if this is making a difference this week. So far so good, I haven't missed a day in the exercise challenge that I have set myself.
Today I measured myself just to check inch loss. My NSV has given me a real boost today. Since January I have lost 23.5 inches off my body, I have gone from a size 22 to a size 16 and this morning I managed to get into and do up a pair of black trousers, size 16, and there are no bulges on the hips, the are comfortable and not tight or stretching at the seams. I have not been able to get these done up for a good three years, most I could manage was to get the up over my hips. The down side is I have lost only a stone (14lbs) since January but the inch loss and dress size reduction is astounding and worth it. It just goes to show even if the weight is slow or not falling the chances are the inches are falling, so girls get measuring. I feel fantastic this morning.
Friday, day three I walked 8 miles with the baby. It was a really nice day and wanted to amke the most of it. So we walked to the locks and then along the canal to the nature reserve, fed the ducks, had a light lunch and walked all the way back again. In the evening I did 30 mins on the stepper and 10 mins doing ab work. Feel so good so far for doing this, hope I can do this til the end.
Yesterday, day 4, weather is cold but dry. Walked into town, about a mile did some shopping and walked back again, in all it was 3.4 miles. apart from the housework, cleaned from top to bottom, this was all the exercise I did yesterday. Not sure if it was because the weather was so gloomy but I was hard pushed to get motivated yesterday. Ended up going to bed at 9 with a bad headache, second one that day. Hopefully will have a better day today.
Today started with a quick walk to the school at 8 am with baby girl in tow as DS had left his lunch on the side, wouldn't mind but it takes an hour there and back and on no breakfast too. Mother in Law is arriving at 1130 so had to get my exercise in before she arrives. Today I did 30 mins on the stepper, 20 mins on the rebounder and 10 mins of Ab work. I was going to leave the Ab work out as they are a bit sore from yesterday but second thought decided to do them anyway as if I left until they were no longer sore the chances are they would hurt next time to. NO PAIN NO GAIN!!!
Well today is the 1st October and day one of the challenge I set myself. This morning, while baby was sleeping peacefully upstairs I decided to exercise instead of doing the housework. I started with 10 mins of aerobic exercise, followed by five mins of ab work and finished with ten mins on the stepper that has been sat under the stairs for 9 months collecting dust. To be honest it wasn't as bad as I thought and feel quite good. Feel ready to tackle housework and picking up after teenage son and darling hubby.
Good luck to everyone else. Lets see if we can keep this up for the next 30 days.
Good morning all, although new to this site, I have been trying to lose weight for a while and since July I have been in a weight-losing funk!!! I haven't felt at all like trying to lose weight or exercise at all. Luckily I have managed to maintain over the past few months and not gained at all, in fact in the last five days I have lost 2lbs. This has motivated me to do something about it.
As of Wednesday morning, I am moving on. I hope to do some form of exercise every day even if it is for only ten minutes. It takes 21 days for something to become a habit, so I am setting myself a challenge for October, exercise for every day and by the time I reach the end of October (31 days) it should become a habit and I will not have to think about exercise I will just do it that is the plan anyway.
If anybody else would like to join me in the challenge, it is fine with me. Just let me know, so I can "look in" on you from time to time -- to see how you're doing -- and to cheer you on! In fact, if there are a few of us doing this then we can all add each other to our Friends list and encourage each other. What do you think?
I really don't want to "stagnate" any more. I really want to lose more weight --- and the only way I can do it --- is to get my butt off the sofa and ‘into gear’!!!!!"
Well, I think it's official, I feel like I am not destined to shift the excess lbs.Seems and feels I am not destined to get below 13 stone (183lb). Feel very fed up! The scales seem to hover around the same number and have done for months, the only consellation is I am losing inches but not the weight. But will persevere and continue to go to WW. Although am thinking of changing the day and time, currently go in the evening, early 6.00pm but OH is working late a lot at the moment I cannot always get there. Looked online and found one at 930am on A wednesday so may give that one a go.
Want to start running, but not sure how to start, so if anyone has any suggestions, have not done any running since school and the thought of using a treadmill in the gym terrifies me.
I have set myself a mini goal...to lose a stone for Christmas, that is 12 weeks away, so need to lose a little over a pound a week to achieve this.
If there are any fellow WW's out there, I would love to here from you.
Hope it is a good day for all dieters out there. Off for a long walk with my baby girl (9 months).
aaarrrgggghhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have put on a pound and a half this week. I was hoping I was a STS but alas not to be. It could have been a lot worse I suppose. Spent the weekend at my parents and they are not the most healthiest at cooking, very old school, everything cooked in butter or fat or oil. Friday night we arrived to have burgers and chips served up, every mouthful made me urge, gave up half way through, said I was probably just tired. Saturday after running around after everyone else we were already out when I realised I had no breakfast, had a tuna salad for lunch, then my mum orders in pizza and chips for evening meal, my heart sank into my boots. She knows I am on a healthy eating plan with WW. 
Sue x