Thread: Back again and this time it's for good!

Well here I am again, my weight loss was going so well and then it fell apart.


My last brave new start was in August 2011 and with the help of minimins and the support of some great people here I lost 3 stone, but then I did what I have done too many times before stopped paying attention to my diet, ate what I wanted and piled it all back on.


My wake up call now is that aim struggling again, I feel huge and ugly, Getting up out of a chair is a struggle and I'm frightened I won't get a seat belt on a plane done up when we next go on holiday.


I'm so ashamed that I have just let the weight I lost come back, I felt so good earlier in the year and so very low now.


so, this time I am going to keep a diary and use minimins for support. I know that this time has to be for good because I'm 52 now and I want to enjoy my life and be able to do the things I've been putting off, because I have one life and if I waste another year I will only have myself to blame!

I've just been reading the roller coaster slimming on the SW website- really motivational, me down to a "t". How not to become obsessed this time will be my challenge, I know these changes need to be part of my life but that's what I find so hard.

Well done on restarting. Finding the determination to change and actually going ahead with it can be the hardest bit. I've been big since I was a teen and never thought I could be anything else - to reach 12 stone 7 lb seemed like an impossible goal not to long ago. Slimming World and the fabulous people on this site have shown me, helped me and kept me going and I now know I can be a normal weight if I just believe in myself and keep on with the plan. It wont happen overnight but it will happen.
Keep your focus. Put yourself first. Enjoy.

Monday morning, my first day back on SW. It feels good to be taking control.

I have made a cous cous and tuna salad for lunch, pear, two tangerines and an apple. i have 2 alpen lights for syns.

breakfast 2 weetabix and milk.

i have avoided the scales this morning, I don't want to start hopping on them every morning as they have in the past set my mood for the day, good if they show a loss and low and disheartened if there is no loss.

i have put some coins in an old purse to limit spending when the sandwich lady comes around!

Originally Posted by Bron

Monday morning, my first day back on SW. It feels good to be taking control.

I have made a cous cous and tuna salad for lunch, pear, two tangerines and an apple. i have 2 alpen lights for syns.

breakfast 2 weetabix and milk.

i have avoided the scales this morning, I don't want to start hopping on them every morning as they have in the past set my mood for the day, good if they show a loss and low and disheartened if there is no loss.

i have put some coins in an old purse to limit spending when the sandwich lady comes around!

Being organised is half the battle. Or being prepared to do things a bit differently - even if it means not carrying money. I was on a course recently in a hotel and everything was quite big or impossible to guess on syns - whereas I would have normally just had what I fancied, I walked to the nearby tesco bought some ham, tomatoes and fruit and had that instead. Came home and a lovely steak dinner instead of beating myself up for going off plan.
Try and keep something in the car if you drive to work - some fruit, a cup of soup and even a can of chicken meat or fish (it might not be a favourite but it will get you out of a hole).
And well done on not scale hopping - I wont buy a set as I know I'd be terrible.

Originally Posted by largerthanmost

Being organised is half the battle. Or being prepared to do things a bit differently - even if it means not carrying money. I was on a course recently in a hotel and everything was quite big or impossible to guess on syns - whereas I would have normally just had what I fancied, I walked to the nearby tesco bought some ham, tomatoes and fruit and had that instead. Came home and a lovely steak dinner instead of beating myself up for going off plan.
Try and keep something in the car if you drive to work - some fruit, a cup of soup and even a can of chicken meat or fish (it might not be a favourite but it will get you out of a hole).
And well done on not scale hopping - I wont buy a set as I know I'd be terrible.

Thank you, great idea about keeping something in the car, I will definitely do that. Just popped a jacket in the oven with a piece of fish, having it with a salad . Fruit and meringue mess for pud.
have a good evening