My 'Woulda, shoulda, coulda' Diary

*edit 18/4/12. Changed diary title to Woulda, shoulda, coulda Diary as for the last couple of weeks now I've not been 100% but I have been very good at analysing what i could have done better afterwards..so maybe this will remind me to make the better choice in the first place and then I don't need to go down the Woulda, shoulda, coulda route.*

Hi everybody! :wavey:

I thought I would bite the bullet and start a new new new diary. Please feel free to stop by and say hi! My diary is probably going to be a random collection of my musings, food diaries, photos, recipes and anything else which pops to mind!

I've been here and done this so many times now it's not even funny but I am *was* one of those terrible yo-yo dieters. I lose weight, I gain more, I lose, I gain more and so on and so on. I think more than one or two of you will know how that goes

And because I always know what I'm doing wrong when I'm gaining weight I get so fed up and angry with myself which continues the binge/comfort eating weight gain cycle but now I really am determined to do it this time.

I tried doing it online, and then entirely by myself but I always lied to myself, told myself that 'never mind you gained this week. NEXT week will be better' but it never was.

The short story is... in 8 months (from my wedding 29th May last year to 15th Feb this year) I had gained 2 stone 3lb and I rejoined a class on the 15th of February. I have had 2 weigh-ins since then and lost 6lb so far, which I am very pleased with. I was aiming for (to start) 7lb before my birthday (which is 2nd April) so that is looking good, and likely to exceed that target!



My food diary template.

Food for today:
Breakfast
Lunch
Dinner
Snacks
Drinks (I only record drinks with syns)
Total syns syns
Syns for the week so far syns
Syns left for the week syns *I count syns over a week but when my weight losses stop/slow down I'll go to counting daily only*

Key to colours:
Superfree or free on all plans
Free on Original
Free on Green
Healthy Extras
Syns

Rejoined 15/2/12-
Week 0- weight= 185lb Bought 6 Week countdown
Week 1- -4lb
Week 2- -2lb
Week 3- -1.5lb 1/2 stone award
Week 4- ill- didn't WI :jelous:
Week 5 (last WI of countdown)- -2.5ib
Week 6 (week before birthday)- -1.5lb
Week 7- +1lb

deserved

Bought 6 Week countdown
Week 8 couldn't WI as working
Week 9 -2.5lb

Week 10- didn't WI as knew had been bad AND ended up working late so wouldn't have made it to WI anyway.
Week 11- +2lb
Week 12- -2lb
Week 13 - -1lb (last week of countdown)
Week 14 (week before anniversary) Didn't WI.

Home scales say STS
Week 15 Away on holiday
Week 16 -0.5lb

Week 17 -3lb

Week 18 -1.5lb

Week 19- +2lb

Week 20- -0.5lb

Food for week 1st March-7th March

Thusday. Original Day
Food for today:
Breakfast Melon
Lunch lettuce,carrot, red cabbage, ham. Babybel x2 HEA. ww dessert recipe yoghurt
Dinner Bacon, scrambled egg (made with 1/2 tbsp of ICINB leght=1.5) 2 Morrisons Eat Smart 60% less fat pork sausage 1 syn, mushrooms. Strawberry mousse. 1.5syns, 12.5g anchor light squirty cream 1 syn, strawberries
Snacks HiFi bar HEB
Drinks 100ml Taboo with diet lemonade 6 syns
Total syns: 11 syns
Syns for the week so far:11 syns
Syns left for the week: 94 syns

Friday. Extra Easy
Food for today:
Breakfast Alpen light cereal bar 1/2 HEB
Lunch M&S Lamb,Potato,Carrots 200g meal 1.5 syns melon, grapes. Strawberry Activia light
Dinner Salmon, Saucy Fish co Watercress+creme fraiche sauce 3 syns, carrots, broccoli, sweetcorn, baby new potatoes. Strawberry mousse. 1.5syns, 12.5g anchor light squirty cream 1 syn, strawberries
Snacks Alpen light HEB 1/2 HEB, baby fresh figs, raw carrots
Drinks 100ml taboo and diet lemonade- 6 syns . 250ml ss milk HEA
Total syns 13 syns
Syns for the week so far 24 syns
Syns left for the week 81 syns

Saturday. Original day
Food for today:
Breakfast fat free fromage frais, baby fresh figs. 1tbsp honey 2.5syns
Lunch Soup- carrots, turnip, onion, leek, veg stock. WM roll HEB, 2x babybel HEA.
Dinner Omlette- 2 eggs, bacon, cheese HEA
Snacks 2x Ryvita HEB, 1tbsp reduced fat peanut butter 4 syns, ww cheese puffs 4 syns. 16x cadbury mini eggs= 12 syns
Drinks 3x 100ml Taboo with diet lemonade = 18syns
Total syns 40.5 syns
Syns for the week so far 64.5 syns
Syns left for the week 40.5 syns

Sunday Extra Easy day
Food for today:
Breakfast fat free fromage frais, baby fresh figs. 1tbsp honey 2.5syns
Lunch chicken noodle mugshot, strawberries, activia fat free yoghurt
Dinner Roast chicken, rocket, spinach, watercress, lettuce, cucumber, beetroot, pickled onions. 2 tbsp BBQ sauce= 1 syn, McCains Rustic Oven chips 300g frozen weight- 3 syns.
Snacks HiFi bar HEB
Drinks 250ml ss milk HEA
Total syns 6.5 syns
Syns for the week so far 71 syns
Syns left for the week 34 syns

Monday. Bad Day
Food for today:
Breakfast 1x Alpen light bar 1/2HEB
Lunch Melon. cous cous, roasted onions and peppers. 50g feta cheese HEA
Dinner Wasn't well so had no dinner, but had a yoghurt before bed. And some chocolate that I can't find on SW website so don't know syns- Nestle Smarties Easter chicken. Not a good day.
Snacks Activia Fat Free, ww dessert recipe yoghurt, 1x Alpen light bar 1/2HEB Activia Fat Free
Drinks
Total syns ?syns
Syns for the week so far 71 + ? syns
Syns left for the week 34 syns

Tuesday. Extra Easy Day
Food for today:
Breakfast 1x Alpen light bar 1/2HEB. Activia Fat Free
Lunch . Co-op Reduced fat fish pie. 6 syns Melon, grapes. ww dessert recipe yoghurt
Dinner 1/2 packet Tesco finest Beef Bourgenion 1.5 syns, carrot, broccoli, cauliflower, McCain Micro Jacket potato 1 syns
Snacks 1x Alpen light bar 1/2HEB. 2x Cadbury Eclair chocs 3 syns. 4syns cheese/pepperoni stick+3+4
Drinks 250ml ss milk HEA
Total syns 15.5 syns
Syns for the week so far 86.5+syns

Before pictures:

So here is a few pictures of my weight gain from my wedding to now. My final target is actually a stone less than I weighed at my wedding (which was 9 months ago) but just shows the rate at which I have piled weight on recently:

Pic 1- Wedding 29/5/11. 11 stone



Pic 2- On honeymoon, weight approx 11st 9lb


Pic 3- Guest at another wedding 10/9/11. 12 stone


Pic 4- christmas 2011. Weight approx 13 stone. I can't actually find any pics of me standing up at christmas..



I can't wait to put up some 'after' pics that I am happy with...

Strawberry Mousse

Strawberry Mousse
Ingredients:
200g Fat Free Fromage Frais
200g Strawberries
Sugar free strawberry jelly powder.


Instructions:

1. Make up the jelly powder with 200ml boiling water, allow to cool.
2. Blend the fromage frais with strawberries
3. Add the 200ml jelly mix to the blended strawberry mix and give it a good blitz in the blender to mix it all together.
4. Pour into 4 dishes/bowls/sundae glasses, and refrigerate until set. (doesn't take too long)

1.5 syns per serving on all plans

Serve with strawberries and 12.5g Anchor light Aerosol cream 1 syn.

I have just resisted cake!

Some people just came around to work selling cakes for a local charity and I said 'no thanks!' Impressed with myself. Especially when I saw the malteser chocolate refrigerater cake a colleague bought. It looked awfully synful! :innocent0002:

Hi Laura,

Just having a little look at your diary!

Well done on your weight loss so far, 6lbs in two weeks is fab.

Love your wedding photo, you look so happy, beautiful dress

I look forward to following your progress

BlondeGem said:

Hi Laura,

Just having a little look at your diary!

Well done on your weight loss so far, 6lbs in two weeks is fab.

Love your wedding photo, you look so happy, beautiful dress

I look forward to following your progress

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Hi BlondeGem, thanks for stopping by I was reading your diary yesterday and was going to say hello but I was work and someone actually asked me to DO something! The cheek! So I never got around to it.. We seem to be similar heights and have a similar target weight.

I've been thinking I might take some measurements and then I can see where I'm loosing weight from besides just a scales reading. I know I've only lost 6 lb so far (and hopefully a bit more at WI tomorrow) but I know out will be quite a while before I feel like I've lost weight, so maybe if I check measurements- say once a month, it should be encouraging to see those figures go down..

I think I will get the husband to help me with measurements tonight. I'm rubbish at doing it by myself as the tape measure ends up all over the place!

Well, I'm sat here in my pyjamas, drinking peppermint tea, watching Jeremy Kyle.. but I have a doctors appt in half an hour. Need to get a wiggle on... (luckily docs is only 2 mins away)

Back from the doctors, got my medication so that's nice. I've been suffering really bad with acid reflux. To the point that I will wake up and be sick I've had these tablets since just before christmas and there is definite improvement when I'm on them but symptoms return when I'm off them. The doctor did say today that losing weight is not a bad idea... as if i need any more reasons to lose weight. That and seriously cutting down on alcohol which, luckily, the slimming world plan naturally does as you can only have so much within your syns.

laura2481 said:

Hi BlondeGem, thanks for stopping by I was reading your diary yesterday and was going to say hello but I was work and someone actually asked me to DO something! The cheek! So I never got around to it.. We seem to be similar heights and have a similar target weight.

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Happy Wednesday Laura

It's funny cos I was thinking the same - we are similar heights/BMI's and have a similar target, both got married in May (although I was 2009), both were 11st on our Wedding Days and it looks like you're a cat lover (from your last photo) - me too!

Have you got hubby to take your measurements yet? I think it's a good idea, especially if we have those weeks where we don't lose anything, or very little.

Hope the meds start working soon for the acid reflux, it's not pleasant is it?

BlondeGem said:

Happy Wednesday Laura

It's funny cos I was thinking the same - we are similar heights/BMI's and have a similar target, both got married in May (although I was 2009), both were 11st on our Wedding Days and it looks like you're a cat lover (from your last photo) - me too!

Have you got hubby to take your measurements yet? I think it's a good idea, especially if we have those weeks where we don't lose anything, or very little.

Hope the meds start working soon for the acid reflux, it's not pleasant is it?

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Thanks. Yeah it its not pleasent at all. I'm in a fair amount of pain at times

We have a cat called harold. He was checking out my christmas present in that picture and luckily decided it wasn't for him, as it was a new phone so I'm not sure what he would have done with it!

Just had WI and have lost 1.5 lb. got my first award

Aw Harold, how cute! I would have a house full of cats if I could, just love them

Excellent, well done on 1.5lbs and your award, you're doing great

Food diary 8/3/12-14/3/12

Thursday. Extra Easy Day
Food for today:
Breakfast Melon. 1 x Alpen light 1/2 HEB
Lunch Lettuce,carrot,red cabbage. Tesco Roasted salmon and cracked black pepper. Melon. WW dessert recipe yoghurt. ww cheese puffs 4 syns
Dinner Pesto Chicken. 1 tbsp green pesto 4 syns, chicken.45g mozarella HEA. Pasta. Onions, peppers, garlic
Snacks 1 x Alpen light 1/2 HEB. 1 tbsp reduced fat peanut butter 4 syns
Drinks
Total syns 12 syns
Syns for the week so far 12 syns
Syns left for the week 78 syns

Friday Feeling unwell
Food for today:
Breakfast Activia fat free
Lunch 4 slices WM bread from 400g loaf= 2x HEB, 2x Dairylea Orig Triangles HEA
Dinner
Snacks 2x Cadbury Eclair chocs 3 syns. melon. mango. ww dessert recipe yoghurt
Drinks Total syns syns
Syns for the week so far syns
Syns left for the week syns

Hi there,
Just popping in!
Love your pics, fair play to you for posting, wish I had guts!!!
Well done on your award! How you finding SW? I only joined 3 weeks ago and have 2nd WI tonight, hopefully be ok one as I haven't exactly been sticking to plan...
Have a fab day xx

sadolphingirl said:

Hi there,
Just popping in!
Love your pics, fair play to you for posting, wish I had guts!!!
Well done on your award! How you finding SW? I only joined 3 weeks ago and have 2nd WI tonight, hopefully be ok one as I haven't exactly been sticking to plan...
Have a fab day xx

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hi sadolphingirl! Thanks for popping by
I'm doing fine with SW, but then I have done it several times before (I must learn to not get complacent and put back on all the weight I lose )

I do remember back in the very beginning it did take a little while to get your head around everything. I remember the very first week I did it I ended up doing something which was very like Extra Easy plan, even though the Extra Easy plan didn't exist back then, just because I was muddled with all the free foods. Once you get your head around and know all your free foods inside out it's a lot easier

Your doing really well And there is nothing like a doctor telling you its a good idea to lose weight, kept me motivated haha

Ally89 said:

Your doing really well And there is nothing like a doctor telling you its a good idea to lose weight, kept me motivated haha

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Add in the fact I have a ligament problem with my foot and knee which is certainly not being helped by being overweight, if not caused by the weight gain, I really can't have many more reasons.

It's sad that at not even 31 I fell like I'm falling apart :cry:

sadolphingirl said:

fair play to you for posting, wish I had guts!!!

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Honestly, those pics (and others) just make me want to cry. I wasn't even happy with my weight on my wedding day and just felt fat and blobby- although everyone assures me I looked fine. I haven't even sorted out the professional photos with the photographer yet (which we paid a LOT for) because I'm so unhappy with how I look in pretty much all the pics
That will always be a big regret.. not losing more for the wedding

Feeling quite unwell today. Really nauseous and bleurgh :jelous:

Have managed to have an Activia Fat Free for breakfast, but don't know what I'm going to feel like eating for lunch..:jelous:

*edit* went with wholemeal bread and cheese spread in the end. Something fairly bland and light. Used all my HEBs and one HEA an no free/superfree but least it wasn't bingeing on something inappropriate. Still feel bleurgh