Weigh Day!

Well today was the day. I was hoping that I would lose the weight that I had put on over the Easter two week holiday.

Last week at the doctors on Tuesday I weighed in at 15stone 11 which I was gutted about as it meant that I had put on 3lb over the Easter break.

I really wanted to get back to 15stone 8lb as that was what I was before the crazy chocolate filled Easter week. So, as you can imagine I was made up to be told tonight that I was 15st 5!!! That is a loss of 3lb since last at slimming world and 7lb since the doctors a week ago! 🙂 It just proves that the plan does work when you really stick to it (and if you’re a bit sick).

I am made up and have updated my slimming world book, my scrapbook and my chalk board that my friend from work bought me. It serves as a constant reminder to me of how far I’ve come and how far I need to go.

I did some maths today and worked out that so far I have lost:

82 lbs

37.1946 kg

5 stone 12.5lb

This means that I am only 1.5lb away from my 6 stones award!! Yay! I am aiming for that this week 🙂

Long term it means that I still have 57lb (4 stone 7lb I think) to lose to reach my ten stone lost target. It seems like a big challenge but at least it isn’t the 10 stone loss goal that I started with. We all just need to remember that the time will pass whether or not we are trying our best to diet we don’t want to look back and regret the wasted time in the future.

I also keep a tab on my BMI. It has gone from 54 to 38.1 which I know isn’t good but hey its a lot better!

As well of all of this to keep myself motivated I also check on percentage of weight lost from the start each week. This was an idea I got from the programme The Biggest Loser.

These suggestions might all seem a bit boring and irrelevant to readers but I just wanted to share how I keep track of my progress and maybe you could use one or some of the ideas. I find that seeing it in lots of different ways spurs me on (and working out all of the maths takes up my concentration and time away from wandering biscuit searching hands)

I hope you have all had a great day 🙂

A very happy Hollie x

Reasons to be proud… the last 7 months.

As we go through our weight loss transition it is easy to rely on the scales to tell us how well we are doing. I have got into that rut myself and I have been reading a lot about how else we can measure success.

This is more of a personal log for me to look back on than it is interesting to any readers I imagine but I have decided to keep positive by looking back at my time since starting Slimming World in late September 2014 and to make a note of all of the things that I have achieved that perhaps I wouldn’t have done or enjoyed as much if I was bigger:

In October it was my birthday and we spent the day having fun, laughing, talking and most importantly not JUST eating. Previously any occasion would have been a chance to eat: birthdays, job promotions, christmas, easter, weekends, weekdays…

In December I graduated for the second time and unlike the first time, I spent the day feeling proud and not just worrying about how I look.

For Christmas I felt so different. In the past, whilst I know that it’s not the case, I always felt like the outcast of the family- the fat one who would sit in the corner and pretend to enjoy it. I always felt self conscious and during dinner I would wonder if people were looking at what I was eating. This time I was able to enjoy myself and get down to play with the kids comfortably.  There were also members of my extended family that I hadn’t seen for a while and they commented on my weight loss which felt great 🙂

 

I was able to enjoy my New Years Eve feeling less like a frump than I ever have and managed to have a hangover without reaching for the KFC boneless bucket which was a mega success 🙂

February was a big milestone for me. For my dad’s christmas present we bought him an indoor skydiving experience that me and my brother and sister would do with him. Safe to say I was panicking that a- I wouldn’t fit in the suit and b- I wouldn’t actually fly. I worked really hard to make sure that I was at least a stone under the weight limit but my shape meant that I might not fit in the suit. I arrived at the venue over an hour early so that I could try on the suit and face any disappointment/embarrassment alone before my family arrived.

But look! It fit! I was flying before I even entered the wind tunnel 🙂 Finally I could enjoy activities with my family and begin to live the kind of life that I want to.

For valentines day me and Graham went to a friends cabin that we had been to before. This time I felt full of energy and like I could walk for miles with the pooches and the other half 🙂 A much more enjoyable time!

And now… now I am allowing myself to be happy, to feel more confident. To be able to take my younger cousins to the park without thinking people will judge me. Going to the cinema and the theatre knowing that I will comfortably fit in the seat and I won’t get laughed at by the people around me.

Life isn’t perfect, but it is better and it will keep improving as I keep on dedicating each decision I make to make myself healthier 🙂

What are your reasons to feel proud?

Home day :-) avoiding junk food when bored!

Woke up late today! Bonus 🙂 less time to be tempted to eat haha. I also have really bad toothache and I’m petrified of the dentist when needles become involved so the pain of that will stop me eating some things too.

These two things are obviously not something I recommend to anyone but I’m just putting a silver lining on my overcast Saturday.

I have to ring the tax office today and it literally bores me to procrastination thinking about it; last time I rang them I was on hold for 56 minutes before I spoke to someone! I will take the phone call upstairs to keep me away from the fridge/ cupboards whilst I wait…on hold…bored…thinking of malteasers!

For breakfast I was meant to have beans, egg and sausage (Linda McCartney ones) but the cook in me forgot to turn the oven on do sausages were a no go. Instead I improvised and had bacons and mushrooms #fail. It was a welcome change from the overnight oats / weetabix. I love the weekends for that.

I will take the pooches on a walk today to get me out and I’m honoured today as Graham is coming with me this time 🙂

Chicken dinner for tea? YES PLEASE! Graham will cook this though as I can’t cope with the huge chicken; I don’t like food with bones so he cuts the breast out for me 🙂

Feels like a good day! If only every day was a Saturday hey?!

I hope you’ve all have a good day 🙂

Final cute pic of the day from willow who has been watching me write this blog 🙂 – she needs a haircut…might take her today.  Over and out!