Weigh-In Wednesday

I am so excited! Another 1.5 pounds off this week and I got my 2 stone award!

Last week I got my Club 10. I have this habit of having a gain after receiving an award as if I subconsciously sabotage myself. But this week I really worked hard at staying on track as I really wanted another loss. Every time I have a gain it feels like it puts me three weeks behind where I should have been since you have a week of gaining and then a week of taking it back off before you can get back to having a loss.

But, yes! I did it! HELL YES!

That is TWENTY-EIGHT POUNDS!

I was a size 26/28 when I started this. All of my clothes are too big now. This week I got some tops and trousers in 20 and 22 from a couple other ladies doing the sponsored slim. I held up the 22's and thought, "These are going to be too small." Guess what? Too big. I am now a size 20. That's an 18 in American sizes. I just can't believe it. Can't believe it.

Weigh-In Wednesday

I lost 2.5 pounds this week and I'm chuffed about it!

I was really good this week. I had good restraint and tried eating different things to help with the boredom. I have a tendency to find something I like and then eat it until I'm sick of it. I've always been that way. So, I'm trying to break out of that a bit.

I've also started trying to cut portions a bit more. When I started in January I would have two slices of wholemeal bread with an egg on each. Last month I cut it down to 2 eggs on one slice of toast. But this week I cut it down to one egg on one piece of toast.

If I can lose 1.5 pounds this week that will be 2 STONE!!

Weigh-In Wednesday

I DID IT!

I only had half a pound loss this week so I barely made it, but I got my Club 10 award! I've now lost 10% of my body weight since starting Slimming World in January.

This is taken from Slimming World's website:

10 great reasons for losing 10% of your body weight

1. Lower blood pressure, reduce your risk of heart disease and stroke and lower your need for medication.
2. Reduce the risk of developing type 2 diabetes. If you have diabetes weight loss could improve your diabetes control and reduce the need for medication.
3. Lower blood cholesterol levels which are associated with increased risk from heart disease.
4. Reduce strain on the joints and improve back and joint pain.
5. Your lungs function better and reduce breathlessness.
6. Improve mood and self-esteem.
7. Improve asthma and reduce the need for medication.
8. Become more mobile, making it easier to be more active.
9. Improve fertility and menstrual problems.
10. Reduce the risk of certain obesity-related cancers such as cancers of the breast, uterus, cervix, ovaries and gall bladder.

I can tell you that I am definitely feeling the benefits. I still have a long way to go so I can't "see" the loss as much as I wish I could but I can feel it. Mood and self-esteem have definitely gone up. I've also noticed stairs are soooo much easier now. I still dread them when I come to them but then once I start going up I remember that it isn't difficult anymore. I feel like I'm bouncing up the stairs!

I have a long road ahead of me still, but it feels good to hit such a major milestone.

Weigh-In Wednesday

I never got around to updating about last week's weigh-in and it's not even because it was bad news!

I lost another 1.5 pounds and just missed getting my 10% award by half a pound. Slimming World gives you an award for losing 10% of your body weight from the time you started. I am now down a total of 23.5 pounds since January.

Unfortunately, because of the amount of weight  I have to lose, I don't really see that much of a difference. I can feel it though. Not massively, but I can feel it.

Weigh-in again tonight. I'm afraid it's not going to be good news this week though. I have not logged my food all week and I've been quite bad too. On Sunday I cracked and overindulged on chocolate as my son received SO much of it. But I'll go to the meeting tonight, get weighed, and move on to a new week.

Weigh-In Wednesday

Miraculously lost a pound this week.

This week started with me feeling quite low. I think the weather helped pick me up a bit later in the week but at the start, it was a real struggle for me.

This week has included a McDonald's meal, a pub meal, a big ice cream cone at the beach, chocolate (more than I should have had) and birthday cake.

I even ate some dinner before my weigh-in tonight when I normally don't eat for at least 4 hours before I go.

So, I was really surprised by the scales tonight. It may all catch up with me this week though so I really need to work hard to stay on plan this week. And, I know I can do it.

Weigh-In Wednesday

Well, I lost 1.5 pounds this week I got my stone and a half award tonight! That means I've lost a total of 21 pounds.

I've been struggling a bit but I've been doing okay. I've started logging all of my food on My Fitness Pal and it's been good to see what my daily caloric intake looks like. It's actually been quite low and on a few days I fell just under 1200 calories which is apparently the minimum anyone should be eating, according to MFP. It's weird to be told I'm not eating enough when I'm eating plenty of food... it's just what I'm eating.

I really really need to get off my butt and start working out. I've felt so down lately that it's been hard to give myself that push but I should make a deal with myself to just do it this week. Anything is better than nothing.

This week's weigh-in

I've now lost a total of 18 pounds since the 4th of January. 

I lost two pounds this week. I was really happy with that loss considering the bad day I had this week. I was prepared for the scale to tell me something I didn't really want to hear and realized that I was okay with that. I've had a major shift in my attitude this week and I know that it doesn't matter how fast or slow the weight comes off because it's going to come off and that's all that matters. So every week that I have a loss is a really good week no matter how small.