Oh my!!

Oh my goodness I havent been here for absolutley ages but dont despair I have still been going to Slimming World and have now lost a total of 40.5lbs almost 3st (uk) its been a hard slog some weeks and I got stuck in my 18st bracket for weeks on end but now happily am in the 17st bracket :0)  I have updated my graph to show from the beginning of the journey, which was 30/10/08 and now feel happy that my weight is in decline.

 

We all know its not an easy chore trying to keep on the straight and narrow and learn to say NO but we can do it and we will succeed as long as we stay strong.  I have now been doing light exercise which is mainly the Wii fit at the mo along with occasional walking but really will have to do more to help the weight loss in the right direction.

 

I do hope everybody is keeping well and pleased with their progess.  Take care all and best wishes.  Bye bye for now xxx  Mary

Weight chart

Have now updated my chart so the little blip appears LOL

Have a good day folks xx

Sorry I've not been here for ages

Hello folks, my apologies for not having posted for such a long time, I tend to get involved on other sites and forget to do this one, I'm so sorry!

I haven't really moved a great deal since my last blog, its been going very slowly a 1lb last week and half a lb this week, but before that I'd put several lbs back on so its been a bit up and down.  My graph looks quite impressive but I haven't updated it properly so it should have really have had a blip in it LOL  When I have more time I will fill in the dates accordingly.

I get very tired and do very little exercise and I know it would help me lose the weight quicker but its like a vicious cirle, I get tired and cant be bothered to do the exercise, I must really get motivated as I will be doing the 'Race for life' this year (again) I do only walk it and its only 5k but when you are severly overweight and NOT fit it feels like a much longer walk to me, but I usually perservere and get to the finish line, with a lovely red face and worn out.  Its in May so I must get some walking practice in, I should really get my other half to drop me off further from work and walk the rest.

Anyway hope you are all doing ok and keep up the good work.

Mary :0)

Right now I know what I put on last week

Hiya folks last week I couldn't put my weight gain down mainly because I wasn't sure what I had put on, I guessed at either 1.5lb or 2.5lbs, you see the lady hadn't written it in my book and I was so busy nattering I hadn't noticed till I got home.  Anyway today cleared it up and it WAS a 1.5lb gain which I was expecting, as you know I've been whingeing about the cold and cough I had which totally changed my eating habits for a couple of weeks as I had not appetite, well last week I was on the mend and I could tell as I had several days with lots of grazing LOL the main culprit was bread, the good old carbs, I imagine my body was now craving them! And don't us fatties beat ourselves up over gaining again, for some reason our head is telling us NO don't eat it, it wont do you good but before you know where you are you have enjoyed the forbidden extra food and then feel so guilty for doing it, WHY, do normal people with normal appetites and eating habits feel guilty because they've eaten an extra slice of bread, or had a bigger bowl of cereal or god forbid had a chocolate bar hmm I don't think so do you?

Anyway not to worry this week I was mainly on track and lost that 1.5lbs so back to where I started, I'm still 1.5lbs away from the 2sts mark, so keep everything crossed people that I do it next week and get my 2st certificate whey hey!

Hope you are all keeping well, take care and be happy xxx
Mary

The highs and lows

I'm so sorry folks I don't think I posted last week with my brilliant weight loss which was 5.5lbs but we wont linger there as this week I put on.  I had a horrid cold with a bad cough which had totally taken away my appetite and wasn't eating as much as I should have been.  My appetite returned the night of my weigh in which is a Thursday and lasted till Saturday night so I was on the old carb munchies, bread and more bread, followed with a couple of hot cross buns and a pie and a chinese, so yesterday when I weighed in I saw the scales go up BUT I was so busy telling the lady all about my bread fix that I'm not really sure what it read, so I think I either put on 1.5lbs or 2.5lbs she forgot to write in it my book too!

Have been a little bit picky today too!  So smack my hands and tell me off.  I need to get back to being a good girl and on the losing side again.  I so much want to say I've lost 2 stones BUT wont do it by nibbling.  I have also booked a hair appointment for a new look when the 2 stones have gone LOL its on the 4th March so I'm sure once I get my good vibes I'll manage, and of course the new pics will be published hee hee

Anyway folks, hope you all have a good weekend and no big food hurdles to over come.  Bye for now and God bless

Mary

Was good yesterday and weigh in this morning

Ok folks I'm almost happy, I'm sure I'll have a beaming smile on my face next week when I'm down into the next stone.  As for this week I lost 3.5lbs SO I have now lost the Christmas 2 week festivities and comfort eating, it was really bugging me and felt as if the diet had gone pear shaped again BUT you brush yourself off and get back on track which I've done.  I didn't stay again but must next week I want a round of applause for losing 1 and a half stone and my certificate whey hey!

I must confess though because I've had the grotty cold and a cough, I haven't had too much of an appetite so that has helped LOL 

Yesterday I had such a craving for something sweet so helped myself to a couple of handfuls of dried fruit, at least it wasn't chocolate, or a pack of biscuits.  The other half still loves his biscuits and crisps but they are in a cupboard I don't go to that often, so if I don't see them I'm ok.  Its the same with the cheese, we are fortunate enough to have two fridges on the go SO the cheese and pies etc are in his fridge in the utility room and the other fridge is in the kitchen which has all the good stuff in, so that also helps too as I am very much a cheese person and love nothing better than a selection of cheese biscuits and pickles oooh better not go on too much or I'll be talking myself into it LOL

I had 2 poached eggs on toast for breakfast, taking a turkey breast small roll to work along with a banana, a pear and some grapes that should keep me going till I get home tonight.  Sorry to say the drinking extra water wasnt that successful yesterday but I do keep trying.

Right better get off now to get ready for work, bye for now and have a good day.

Mary

Sorry my blogs aren't that interesting LOL

One of the nice ladies on this site said it might help to blog daily so I am BUT there isn't much difference day to day in my working week apart from Thursday when I go and get weighed.  Every body else seems to cram lots into their day, I don't know if its because of the shift I do or I'm just being lazy

Anyway today has been good too, I'm quite pleased with myself.  I had 2 weetabix with prunes on top for breakfast, a banana and a pear at work along with a huge tuna salad, too much and I left a small amount (again whats with the leaving food LOL) its feels quite good leaving some food for a change, then when I got home I had 2 slices of toast with two laughing cow cheese spreads on top, I do confess to pinching two slices of turkey breast while I was doing the other halfs toast for him, to stop me dipping into the honey jar!  And copious amounts of tea and coffee, I should really try and drink more water, while I was at home I was doing fine and managed to drink 2 pints of water which for me is a lot, but now I'm back at work its gone pear shaped, so note to oneself 'More water tomorrow'

Well thats all folks, see not a lot to report, I watched Masterchef because I love all cooking programmes, even though I hate cooking myself.  The other night I was a prog about a 60st teenager, his poor Mum lost a child and to compensate for her grief just kept taking care of her remaining boy by over feeding him, he went to have a gastric bypass, but they had to seperate as she would have ended up over feeding him again, when the prog finished he had actually lost 30st.  I worry about my heart and joints etc when I was 20st but goodness knows how he managed to survive to 60st, hope he went on to do well.

night night folks
Mary

Another good day

Hello folks, well I can only blame my cold thus far for not eating much, I actually left some of my dinner yesterday, do you hear me I left some, heck that's unheard of in my eating habits LOL

All I have had today was soup, a banana and then when I got home from work I had mackerel on toast, several cups of tea, a couple of coffees and that's it, so this weeks weight loss should be decent.

I don't really have anything else to report, my line of work is so monotonous it doesn't change from one day to the next, I key for a living for the Post Office and type addresses all day long BUT for the area I live in the money is decent so I stay, like the rest of us!  As long as the bills get paid and I have a roof over my head that's the main thing.

I used to go to the gym and pool walking with my friend but she recently passed away so I'm at a loss she was a good friend, we had a good giggle doing girlie things and now she's gone, I don't think my other half would appreciate getting up for 7.30am to take me down to the pool LOL  Ah well I will just have to find something else, walking is something I enjoy and its FREE but the weather is really horrid at the mo and I dont have decent walking shoes, got very fat feet and hate shopping for shoes.  I can very rarely go into a shoe shop and get shoes to fit.  So once I get a pair I normally wear them till they are ready to drop off and then the seach goes on again, oh goodness me I'm rambling LOL

Right then off to wash the dishes and then off to bed, night night folks and take care

Mary

Here I am again today.

Right then what's been going on today, I got up really early (for me) 6.30am because I have a cold and a rotten cough with it, so instead of disturbing the other half to much I went downstairs for a cuppa played on the laptop and went up about 9.30 for a soak in the bath, I though the steam might help clear the old bronchial tubes a bit!  I went back to bed but only managed an hour as the cough didn't want to go away so back downstairs, fed the cats, had another cup of tea and didnt really think about food till 2ish, didnt really know what I fancied so I made do with some prunes with a WW yoghurt on top, it was nice and I did actually enjoy it!

So that was then and this is now, for tea, hold onto your hats folks LOL  No Sunday roast today, we are having faggots, potatoes, and sprouts, sometimes the more simple the meal is the more enjoyable it is.  Hopefully that will do me for the evening, if not I'll have a cuppa soup for supper.

I did a wee bit of ironing, watched a bit of telly and thats the extent of my Sunday, pretty boring and relaxing but hey a girl has got to have some down time after working all week eh
regards
Mary

Only a little bit.