The Diet Friendly Birthday

I'm finding it increasingly shocking that i am still so focused and determined to do well on Weight Watchers at the moment.

As well as the every day temptations, i also have a Toffee Crisp, some Munchies, a little Mars egg and a Smarties egg at home all waiting to be eaten and i just don't want them. Don't get me wrong, i don't think i need to throw them away because i am sure there will come a time when i need to binge it because that's what i do, but right now, i am feeling good.

So, after my minor blip last week with all the alcohol, i still managed to lose 0.5lb at Weight Watchers last Monday. I know i should have been pleased, but i wasn't. I cant help but think that losing 0.5lb is just a tiny bit pointless. Anyway, instead of falling off the wagon, especially as it was my birthday on Saturday, i remained very good and ate well last week and didn't have any alcohol. I really varied all of my lunches and made sure that i stopped eating when i was full up when i was having my dinner. I also didn't deprive myself of anything and if i wanted a bit of chocolate, i had it, but in moderation.

Seeing as it was my birthday on Saturday, i knew that i was going to be eating quite a lot so i upped my exercise intake with the walking and even managed to get in a 10 minute run. Now this doesn't sound like a lot, but trust me, it was hard. I don't think i will be running a marathon any time soon!

So, on Friday i went out with my sister and my best friend for a pre-birthday dinner. I chose to go to a Toby Carvery because i knew it would be good on points and i would be able to fill myself up on the vegetables. I also had a lovely ice-cream with butterscotch sauce for pudding which was pretty amazing! On Saturday, (my actual birthday), i went shopping with my family so i did lots of walking and had soup for lunch. My mum had organised to take me to Frankie and Benny's as a surprise in the evening so i decided to have a tomato based pasta and managed to turn the garlic bread down. I had to have a pudding because they always sing on your birthday so i was very pleased to see mango sorbet on the menu! On the Sunday, we went out again for my birthday with all of my family. I had a roast dinner and then for pudding they had berries with frozen low fat yogurt on the menu... happy days for me. I had a great, food filled weekend, without ever going over my points. The best birthday ever!

I went to Weight Watchers last night and i was really hoping to lose 1lb so that i could get back down to my 6stone loss so guess how pleased i was when i found out i had lost 3.5lbs! I couldn't believe it. So that means that i have currently lost 6 stone and 2.5lbs. I still have 3.5lbs to lose to get to my lightest which was back in June last year but the way i am going right now, i am fairly confident i can do it.

28 days until my holiday. Bring. It. On.

A Minor Birthday Blip

I hit a tiny stumbling block this weekend on the diet... well, when i say tiny, it was pretty catastrophic.

Last Thursday my brother and sister had their 26th birthday so there was lots of celebrating. I spent all week being good, eating the right things and exercising as normal, but the end of the week kind of went slightly belly up.

We went out for a meal on Thursday night with the family and the table wasn't booked until 8.30pm. For lunch that day, i only had a bowl of Weight Watchers soup because i knew that i would go over my points in the evening, but in hindsight, i should have had a bigger lunch because by 9.00pm when the food still hadn't shown up, i was literally starving. I ended up having a massive bowl of minestrone soup, followed by a large portion of chicken pasta with garlic bread and then felt obliged to have a small slice of birthday cake. I didn't go massively over my points but because we ate so late, i could feel it getting comfortable on my stomach and even today, i can still feel it there. Grr.

Anyway, i got straight back on the wagon only to fall off it again on Saturday! I was going out on Saturday night for my birthday and also for my brother's and sister's so it was a joint affair and i knew it was going to get messy. I went swimming in the morning to try and limit the damage that i was going to do later in the day, i hope it helped. So, i went out in the evening and i hit the alcohol in style. Approximately 4 jagerbombs, 2 apple sourz and about 10 malibu and diet cokes later, i was sat at home, horrendously drunk, eating toast. My only saving grace was that i danced loads and didn't have the burger afterwards. Surely that must count for something?!

Yesterday, even though i was horrendously hungover and badly wanted to stodge to soak everything up, i was super good, only had tomatoes on toast for breakfast and roast lamb for lunch with no snacking. I also somehow managed to do 100 sit-ups because i had forgotten to do my 50 in the morning.

I have weigh in tonight at Weight Watchers and i am dreading it. I have really been focused and good on the diet in recent weeks and while i know that i will have put a bit of weight on, i just pray that it isn't too much.

Exercise

As well as the healthy eating, my new obsession is exercise.

Every day I do 50 sit-ups in the morning and 50 sit-ups in the evening.

Every night after work, I walk 3.5 miles to the station.

I go swimming twice a week for 1 hour.

And my new favourite is skipping, but it is an absolute killer. I can only manage 10 minutes of this and i am in agony the next day, but as they say, no pain no gain!

I'm not sure how long this is going to last but at the moment I am enjoying it so it's looking good for my bikini body this year. Ahem.

Still Going Strong!

So it's been nearly 2 weeks since i decided to hunt down my focus and get it back and it's still here with me!

Last week when i went to Weight Watchers, i had lost 1lb so i was chuffed with that and it helped me on my way.

This past week, i have definitely got my Weight Watchers mojo back. I am feeling enthusiastic about it, i am eating really healthily and doing lots of exercise. The fact that i have booked to go back to Turkey in April has nothing to do with it. Honest.

Anyway, i went to the dreaded weigh in last night and i have lost 3.5lbs and i am over the moon with that. All the hard work last week has paid off!

This week is going to be a test... i have my brother and sister's birthday where we will go out for a meal and then we are going out for joint celebrations for my birthday as well which is next week on Saturday night. I honestly want to try and not drink too much and not have the deliciously revolting burger on the way home, but i am not hopeful.

Still, the focus is there and i am well and truly back on the wagon so stranger things have happened.

2010 - Lets Get Thin Again!

Well, well, well, it's been a while hasn't it? Naughty girl!

So, how have i been doing? Not that great to be fair. Shame! I went back to Weight Watchers after Christmas and after all my holidays and had managed to put a whopping great 16lbs on. Not impressed but at least i went back.

Things have been a little tough for me recently - my grandad died which was a massive blow to me and things at work aren't great so to say that my diet was at the top of my priorities was just a big fat lie!

Ive struggled to get focused on Weight Watchers since about September last year so it's no surprise that weight has gone back on but it's not going to last. I did some hardcore dieting in January because i went back to Turkey in February but unfortunately, i literally starved myself on some days so as soon as i started eating again, the weight went back on. I don't know why i bothered either because i don't like myself in any of the pictures!

So, times are changing i am happy to say! I feel more focused on Weight Watchers than i have in months and it feels great. I don't feel any real desire to cheat and when i get a craving, i give in. The biggest change has been the amount of exercise i am doing. My daily workout is 50 sit-ups in the morning, a 3 1/2 mile walk to the station, 10 minutes of skipping and then another 50 sit-ups before bed plus an hours swim twice a week. It hurts, it really hurts but it will be worth it! Ive decided that even though i am back on Weight Watchers properly, i am happy with my general weight and its all about toning up now so ill watch what i eat but exercise is the most important thing.

Oh and by the way, i have another holiday in 49 days so if that's not an incentive, i don't know what is! ;)