Another Loss!

Well, well, well! I went to Portsmouth at the weekend to see one of my very best friends from uni so i knew we were going to be hitting the alcohol and the junk food with a vengeance and i was nervous.

Ive been sticking to weight watchers religiously for the past couple of weeks and was determined to not fall off the wagon. I thought i would be ok seeing as my friend has been on the same diet for a number of years but panic set in when she told me that she was off the diet and wasn't feeling focused. Now, normally this would be like a green light to me to eat and drink what i want but with 3 holidays coming up, i knew i had to take charge and i informed her that i would be getting her back on track and we would try and be as good as possible.

After a 5 hour road trip to get to hers, i was starving but i knew at 9pm it was too late to have a big dinner so i had a couple of slices of toast and then got ready to go out. I slipped up when it came to the alcohol consumption and had far too many but still, i refused to have a burger at the end of the night.

On the Saturday, i insisted that we walked lots so we went to the beach, had a long walk, then went shopping which meant more walking, then had lunch (which was a Boots Shapers wrap and and apple) and then finally settled back at hers for a night of vegging out watching TV, DVDs and having a good gossip, just like old times! She was getting back on track so made us a lovely tomato and bacon pasta bake and i had a big salad with it to fill me up. Afterwards i had a toffee dessert by weight watchers from Morrisons which was definitely better than the chocolate fondue that she had previously thought about!

After dinner, we settled down to watch the TV but i could feel my dinner bloating me so she suggested going for another walk which i was more than happy with, so she got her pedometer down and off we went for a short, 20 minute walk around the block. We managed to burn 50 calories which i was happy with!

When we got back, we stayed up for ages talking and laughing and by about midnight, we were hungry again but instead of eating, we both had an Options Hot Chocolate with a shot of Baileys in... naughty but nice and well deserved!

On the Sunday, i drove back home. Even though i had been the best i could have been, i still felt like i had been naughty so i went for a swim with my dad which felt great. When we came back, i went for a long walk with my mum in the sun because i wanted to claw back a few bonus points. After having a little sleep after all that exercise, mum made a lovely roast beef dinner with loads of 0 point veg so i feasted out on that and then had some pineapple with passion fruit and pineapple sorbet for afters which was very refreshing and low on the weight watchers points! I was happy that even though i had been bad, i could've been a whole lot worse. I was still dreading weigh in on the Monday but knew that i wanted to go and face the music.

So, i had weigh in last night (Monday 25th May) and i was VERY happy to find out that i had lost 1.5lbs. Totally unexpected but very very welcomed! This has made me realise that i can still go out and thoroughly enjoy myself without undoing all the hard work i have done so far.

Me in Portsmouth

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Weightwatchers - How it Began

I've always been the biggest in my family and when i say biggest, if i'm honest, i mean fattest. I'm the oldest out of three children with my brother and sister being twins and two years younger than me.

Ever since i can remember, i've always been overweight. I never went shopping with my friends because i knew i would never be able to fit into the clothes in shops like Miss Selfridge and Topshop. Shopping was my enemy.

I've always been a tomboy through and through and was able to hide my weight and my figure under huge football shirts, jeans and hoodies. I was never a 'girly' girl and this was due to my weight. Always friends with the boys, never anything more.

I have always argued that i was happy with the way i was and at the time, i honestly believed i was. Trendy shops such as New Look started doing clothes for the larger size so i had nothing to complain about. I occasionally tried little diets but nothing ever worked, i wasn't committed to them and deep down, i didnt want to have to work hard at losing weight, i just wanted it to happen.

Two years ago i went on holiday to Aruba, i had a great time and came back in the holiday spirit, until i saw the photos of myself. I didnt like what i saw but i still wasnt convinced it was enough to make me diet. I spoke to my mum and said to her that i was thinking of either giving up smoking or going on a diet. Being my mum, i was convinced she would say about the smoking. She didnt. So, the following Monday, i joined weight watchers and i havent looked back.

I have been doing weight watchers since October 2007 and so far, in total, i have lost 6 stone and 1 1/2lbs. 85.5lbs which is 40% of my original weight. I have gone from a size 26 to a size 14 and i am still going strong.

Even though i am writing this blog as i near the end of my weightloss journey, i still wanted to share what i have been through and i want to write about the next part of my journey which is getting to my target weight and sticking to it.

Thanks for listening! :)