Well, it's been a while since I’ve updated this and to be fair, it's been a while since I’ve been tracking my points and taking weight watchers seriously but it has been well worth it!
In the past 9 weeks or so of not doing the diet properly, I have been to Gran Canaria, on a student exchange to Glasgow and London (which I was in charge of) and 4 weeks in Turkey which was pretty bloody fantastic! :)
The week in Gran Canaria was a wipe out in terms of the diet. Toasted sarnies and chips for lunch, pasta with garlic bread for dinner and ridiculously large amounts of alcohol every single night until about 6am. The only form of exercise I got was some crazy dancing and the occasional swim when I wasn’t too hungover! I got back from that amazing week having put 5lbs on - not good. What made it worse was that I knew I wasn’t going straight back to Weight Watchers.
The next two weeks was the 'London to Glasgow Exchange' which I was organising and in charge of. I had 12 students from London and Glasgow and it turned out to be 2 whole weeks of eating, drinking, laughing and sleeping with the odd lesson for the students to learn whilst I took the opportunity to do a bit of shopping or eat! Way too much greasy food and far too much alcohol meant that I put on another 7lbs so I was going to Turkey having put on 12lbs - not impressed!!
Even though I had put on so much weight, I was still at my lightest I have been for about 20 years going on holiday so I was still feeling great! I tried to use these four weeks to eat a bit more healthy and do more exercise but it didn’t last! The food in Turkey is lovely and it's very easy to be healthy - lots of rice, salad and fresh meat - rather than the greasy, fried food we could only get in Gran Canaria. The good intentions were there at the beginning of the holiday and I didn’t even touch very much alcohol but then disaster happened and I fell in love! From then on it was a downward spiral of drinking with him, having kebabs with him and generally NOT dieting with him! Ah well, it was an amazing holiday and I wouldn’t change a thing!
So, I went to Weight Watchers last Monday (August 17th 2009) for the first time after those heavy 9 or so weeks and I was very pleased to find out that in total, I had only put on 8lbs which meant that I had lost weight in Turkey - I knew it was a good holiday! :)
I’ve spent the last week trying to get back on track. It's been hard, I’m constantly hungry, but I’m using all my will power and I will get there! I surprisingly lost 3lbs at weigh in last night so I’m back on the right path. Anyway, I have another incentive now – I’m going back to Turkey in 53 days so once again the holiday countdown has begun which means back on the diet properly!
Wish me luck......!!
In the past 9 weeks or so of not doing the diet properly, I have been to Gran Canaria, on a student exchange to Glasgow and London (which I was in charge of) and 4 weeks in Turkey which was pretty bloody fantastic! :)
The week in Gran Canaria was a wipe out in terms of the diet. Toasted sarnies and chips for lunch, pasta with garlic bread for dinner and ridiculously large amounts of alcohol every single night until about 6am. The only form of exercise I got was some crazy dancing and the occasional swim when I wasn’t too hungover! I got back from that amazing week having put 5lbs on - not good. What made it worse was that I knew I wasn’t going straight back to Weight Watchers.
The next two weeks was the 'London to Glasgow Exchange' which I was organising and in charge of. I had 12 students from London and Glasgow and it turned out to be 2 whole weeks of eating, drinking, laughing and sleeping with the odd lesson for the students to learn whilst I took the opportunity to do a bit of shopping or eat! Way too much greasy food and far too much alcohol meant that I put on another 7lbs so I was going to Turkey having put on 12lbs - not impressed!!
Even though I had put on so much weight, I was still at my lightest I have been for about 20 years going on holiday so I was still feeling great! I tried to use these four weeks to eat a bit more healthy and do more exercise but it didn’t last! The food in Turkey is lovely and it's very easy to be healthy - lots of rice, salad and fresh meat - rather than the greasy, fried food we could only get in Gran Canaria. The good intentions were there at the beginning of the holiday and I didn’t even touch very much alcohol but then disaster happened and I fell in love! From then on it was a downward spiral of drinking with him, having kebabs with him and generally NOT dieting with him! Ah well, it was an amazing holiday and I wouldn’t change a thing!
So, I went to Weight Watchers last Monday (August 17th 2009) for the first time after those heavy 9 or so weeks and I was very pleased to find out that in total, I had only put on 8lbs which meant that I had lost weight in Turkey - I knew it was a good holiday! :)
I’ve spent the last week trying to get back on track. It's been hard, I’m constantly hungry, but I’m using all my will power and I will get there! I surprisingly lost 3lbs at weigh in last night so I’m back on the right path. Anyway, I have another incentive now – I’m going back to Turkey in 53 days so once again the holiday countdown has begun which means back on the diet properly!
Wish me luck......!!
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