5:2 to a wedding body!

Another diary, another excuse, another reason to lose weight.

Well since moving house, going on an all inclusive holiday and starting a new job in November everything went pear shaped. Too much alcohol on holiday, too many celebrations (new house, new job, sister expecting a baby), Christmas, new year, my birthday, my sisters birthday, a death, Valentine's, curry night for aunts birthday, Phoenix nights, a funeral and the realisation my pill is playing havoc with my hormones. And all of this happened in a 12 week space. No wonder I'm a stone up!!

So, focus. I have a 3 course meal out tomorrow (Saturday!) and I'm starting 5:2 on Sunday. I've worked out my TDEE, I'm ditching all my diet notebooks, I've deleted the obsessive image sharing app and it's now just me, minis and MFP to aid me in my weight loss.

1st 13lb to lose, 22 weeks to get there.

Sister in laws wedding is 10 weeks tomorrow, hen party is 14 weeks today. I've got to smash this, no time to waste and no more cheating or binging!

Hi Nikki, I'm on 5:2 too and have a wedding in 10 weeks too!! Really need some good losses before then. 5:2 works for me so well..if I stay within my cals for the week...but recently had some bad weekends!! Trying to stay on the wago now. Here to subscribe xxx

Hi Nikki,

Good luck! The good thing is you know you've managed to lose weight before so you can do it again and there's a lot less of it this time!

Good luck Nikki x

Thanks so much ladies.

I ready to start tomorrow!! 3 course meal at our wedding venue tonight!

Right so today looked like this:

Brunch: 2 crumpets & 2 eggs
Snack: 2 samosas
Dinner: chicken stew, lots of veg and 2 dumplings
Pudding: pancakes

Drinks: 1 vodka and diet coke, 2 gin and slim line

Not a great start but I've just sat and done my meal plan for this week so im all set!

I didn't have the pancakes last nights and I didn't have the second gin. My total cals were 1745 which is 7 cals over my TDEE so it wasn't all bad!!!

Hello honey, coming to sub to your new diary. Hope you love 5:2 as much as I do. You'll smash it! xx

Day 2 was pretty good!

Problem is I didn't choose any fruit or veg so I think that's something that needs addressing.

Today is supposed to be a fast day but I've woke up starving! Think I'm going to have a lower cal day than I've been having but not down to 500, my body needs to adjust I think to get that low.

I'm going over to my nans this morning and she has my scales! I'm going to weigh on them today because I know they are as accurate as slimming world scales whereas my mums that I weighed on last week aren't. Just want to see where I'm at at the moment.

That's something I found when I started 5:2 before Christmas - I practically stopped eating fruit and vegetables and would snack on crisps, biscuits, etc. instead.

This time around I've been trying to make smarter, healthier choices and now incorporate much more fruit, veg and salad into my diet.

I think at first it's a bit of a novelty, the fact you don't have to necessarily have fruit and stuff and can have biscuits or whatever instead. But I have to admit, my body starts to crave it after a while and I'm really enjoying it being back in my diet again.

Have a great day xx

SilverMoon said:

I must admit, that novelty of 'I don't have to syn this biscuit' is sounding amazing for the feast days! x

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Oh, don't get me wrong. It's nice! But it's also nice to be eating lots of fresh food too. I think your body needs a balance x

I've weighed on my nan scales and I'm 10st 8lb, I got a few different readings so I have vowed to only weigh at boots! I'll go down tomorrow because I can't seem to get an accurate reading!!!

I've planned my food today and it's looking about 698 cals but that's based on 2 pieces of pollock and mushy peas for dinner, I might have a few chips with it!

Why is it my mind set just isn't right on the dieting front? I wanted to be in the best shape of my life for my wedding and the wedding is now only 6 months and 6 days away.

I want all the foods I shouldn't, I want wine, naughties.

Another problem is that I know the route of these last 4 bad months, it's my new job.

I don't start until 12.30 and I'm only here 4 hours a day but it's almost as if every day is a weekend to me because I get a lie in every day which in turn results in me thinking that I can stay up late, have a drink if we want.

The gym had slacked this last 2 weeks too.

I need to really get my head in the game because none of my clothes fit!!!

SilverMoon said:

It is pretty tough, I'm not working atm and waiting for a start date for my new job, so dieting is hard without that routine. Have you tried telling yourself you'll only drink at weekends? I'm tempted to lie in but I still set my alarm early to keep in the routine of getting up early and going bed early x

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We do say we are only going to drink at weekends but since moving house and moving closer to my parents and also closer to the pub my sister works in if they all go out for drinks or food we go with them now because it's walking distance.

Tomorrow for example, it's ladies night at the pub and I'm running my cake stall there and my dad rang to say that they would be coming down for some drinks whilst I'm there and then back to there's for food.

I did so well last summer and stuck to my guns but it was much easier because I lived 5miles from my parents and was working 5.5days a week and full time hours. I just think I've shot myself in the foot taking this new job to be honest, in more ways than one.

Have you tried making yourself a routine that makes you get out of bed every morning at a set time?

Maybe Get up at say 8, do an hour of housework, an hour of exercise, ironing etc.

Make a list of jobs to do and make yourself get up and tick things off it before work.

I'm terrible in the evenings when I don't have my daughter as I go home and crash in front of the TV. ...I joined a gym and go on my way home then have a list of jobs to do with times next to them to keep myself busy until around 7ish. ...today I will finish work at 3.15, go to the gym, go home and clear out my junk cupboard, tidy and clean my bedroom and then have a shower before I think about dinner and TV. ...that stops me from raiding the fridge and keeps me motivated x

blubex said:

Have you tried making yourself a routine that makes you get out of bed every morning at a set time? Maybe Get up at say 8, do an hour of housework, an hour of exercise, ironing etc. Make a list of jobs to do and make yourself get up and tick things off it before work. I'm terrible in the evenings when I don't have my daughter as I go home and crash in front of the TV. ...I joined a gym and go on my way home then have a list of jobs to do with times next to them to keep myself busy until around 7ish. ...today I will finish work at 3.15, go to the gym, go home and clear out my junk cupboard, tidy and clean my bedroom and then have a shower before I think about dinner and TV. ...that stops me from raiding the fridge and keeps me motivated x

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The problem is I wake at 8 everyday but so does my daughter and she is always pulling on my trousers saying "upsy upsy" and so I never get anything done. I begrudge having her go to grandparents earlier because I went part time so I had time to be with her. I think I'm going to book onto spin classes like I used to do and if I'm booked on them I know I have to go.

Tonight I'll leave work at 4.30, go to sainsburys on my way home and get home for 5. My daughter will be dropped off at that time and I'll make some more cake pops for tomorrow's cake sale.

I've been relatively good food wise today so far,

2 crumpets with ham
2 cups of tea
Small pack of tesco sushi
2 biscuits (meeting biscuits!!!)
Bottle of fizzy water

Dinner was supposed to be fish fillets with mushy peas but I'm not fancying that.

Then after dinner I'm going to have a shower and put a movie on upstairs with my daughter.

I personally think I'm feeling very down in my mood (went to docs yesterday and she changed my pill to try and lift my mood) and it's just snowballing.

New scales are coming on Thursday so I'm hoping my daily weighing like I used to will spur me on, I also found that weighing in KGs helped me because I see the tiniest movements then.

Last night was spent making cake pops, tidying the kitchen and but the time my other half had cooked the pizza is was 8.30 and I'd kind of lost my appetite but I still ate some and this is what I ended yesterday on (see picture) I then showered and put a dvd on.

I woke up at 8am and I'm just having a browse online, I'm going to renew my NUS card, pay some bills and book onto spin classes for next week. Then I'm going to make my munchkin breakfast and finish decorating my cake pops.

Going straight from work to set up at the pub and then I'm going to drive to my mums and drop off the car and pick up a chow mein on the way home. Need to work out my calories!

The world has been against me since 6pm last night.....

Not one person turned up for the cake sale.
My nan got steaming and I had to practically carry her home.
I woke up this morning and decided I'd go to weigh at a slimming world group to get my head back in the game (after many discussions with my nan last night about how my weight loss journey was amazing when I did Thursday weigh in) I couldn't find my book or card so I thought I'd go to boots, scales out of order.

Went to group anyway, and the lovely consultant added me to her role without any card, I weighed in and got to keep my history.

10st 9lb. Gutted. Oh well this is the heaviest I will be (unless I get pregnant!)

Target set at slimming world for 9st. 22 weeks to get there. I'm still calorie counting and going to have lower calorie days but going to up the veg and fruit!

Mew usually go out every Saturday night. Tonight we are staying in, starting new traditions and all that. Movies, food and blankets.

So, I'm after doing a 3 course meal of sorts, not entirely sure what yet though!

You can do it Nikki. This week is a fresh good week for me.

Have a a lovely weekend. X