Thread: Laurenypop's Journey To 5 Stone Loss!

So I'll start from the top, and good for me the top is New Year, I don't know what it was, but something snapped in me and its the first time I've ever been so committed to losing weight!

I saw pictures of myself from just before Christmas Day on Facebook and immediately untagged myself, ashamed at how awful I looked, down to my fat face and the awful clothes I was wearing that didn't flatter me at all! How embarrassing

I got married nearly 2 years ago, and it wasnt until I weighed myself on the 4th January 2013 that I realised I weighed 14 stone 7lbs. I couldn't and wouldn't believe it, so I immediately knew something crazy was happening to me. How could I weigh this much and not see it happening?? I remember when I saw 11 1/2 stone on the scales...it crushed me to see that number.

So I followed the Slimming World 7day free plan online at first, then my friend who does SW too invited me to the meeting that next Tuesday. I weighed in at 14 stone 4 lbs... So I had technically lost 3lbs that week! Not that I realised that for a few more weeks, I felt sick at seeing 14st4lb...horrific...and I thought immediately on the way home that I was never going to lose anything, I never had before and so I would give it a week, and if I'm the same or gain next Tuesday, ill just not bother.

Oh boy I was wrong!

I next weighed in at 14 stone 1 1/2lbs...incredible!! And ever since then it's been great! Losing weight is a bonus to living a healthy lifestyle. I don't miss greasy junk at all and cannot believe I literally ate it every day of the week.

I want to keep journaling my journey...I don't know how far ill get but with a 1 stone 3lb loss in group already...maybe... Just maybe ill get to my target weight of 10 1/2 stone.

My last target would be 9 1/2....but I want to see how happy I am at 10 1/2 first and then decide if lower is good for me.

I'm the happiest I have been in a long time. I still have a lot of lumps and bumps to banish, I've had compliments at work but seriously don't see where the weight has dropped off from...I haven't gone down a dress size yet but hope that 2 1/2 stone loss will see my many abandoned jeans fit again!

Here goes a healthier new way of life! And hopefully the end to my PCOS I only recently developed...it coincides with when I started piling on that extra 3 stone so fingers crossed the borderline PCOS will be a distant memory!

Enjoy the journey everyone! We will all get there with determination, don't let anything stop u believing in yourself

So I've been swimming and doing the Couch to 5k challenge this week, tomororw I'm still committed to another run and then swimming on tuesday again. I weigh in at 5.30 on Tuesday....I'm really praying I get my Club 10 and 1 1/2 loss award!!! How awesome would that be ^.^

So I'm on my final Week 4 Couch to 5k podcast tomorrow. Today I felt too blah all day, PMS has been dragging me down but thankfully by Tuesday I am back to the normal me so hopefully will be feeling more positive! I know how good I'll feel if I do this run tomorrow so I'm gonna drag myself out before work, have a nice refreshing shower with lots of fruity scents and try get some positivity! I've felt so hungry all weekend, hubby sitting in front of me eating Pringles, dip and sausage rolls. And it's not even like I can think for a second about having one as they're 'blacklisted' in my mind for me anyway...it's just the battle I've been having trying to get fruit to fill me up! it's not happening. I need to go buy more bananas as they always do a good job of being a bit more filling. I ate 5 apples in one sitting last Tuesday after weigh in LOL. PMS is a biatchhhh.

so I'm sick of these 1lb losses, I've put it down to PCOS the last three weeks and if I lose a good amount on Tuesday then I definitely know I can factor this in as a reason for slowed weight loss. I've just not been myself, I've been running 3 times a week and swimming and walking...I'm on week 3 of the Gold Body Magic award and when I put on 1/2lb I was so upset as it made no sense! Seeing about loss Tuesday would really fix this bad spell...so fingers crossed.

ive also had 5 portions of super speed this week, with one more planned for Monday dinner and I guess I may buy some strawberries too just for my last boost! I think super speed is the way to go, I need to just try find more recipes for haddock as its a bit bland.

2 stone 4lb to go. Feels like a long way, I'd be so overjoyed to go back to -2lb a week, it would feel like a much more realistic end goal...at the moment it feels impossible that I could ever get down to 147lb!! Me...? Weigh that little?!!! It's maddening.

anyway rant over, gonna dream of buying lots of melon and strawberries tomorrow and being positive for Tuesday. As being positive is better than being Miss Negative!

I also worked out my muscle mass! I thought to myself that I don't look 2 1/2 stone overweight...where is it all? Maybe there still some in muscle? My body fat is still 44% when normal is about 25%...I guess I have a heck of a lot of fat on my stomach...my hips definitely...yet losing just 3 inches more from my hips will apparently bring me into the healthy zone?!!! There's so many factors! I know I don't need to be this 'healthy BMI' but I really want to be other women my age are 9-10stone, I wanna be there too! I dunno how my body will look but fat is being burned off from somewhere, even though none of my jeans feel any different >.< I want the next stone I lose to be the stone that drops me a dress size PLEASE!

so yes my muscle mass is 102lb....that means 77lb of me is fat!

Okay so I think i need to stop thinking i'm so smart, and go back to writing my food diary! I got used to doing it in my head, but I'm getting scared now that my confidence will lead to another week that isn't where I want to be!

Sunday

2 x apples

Wholemeal bread (H.B) spring onion, mackerel and 1/2tsp of extra light mayonnaise (1/2 syn)
Baked walkers crisps (5 syns)
2 lindt chocolate balls (8syns)
2 praline miniature chocs (2 syns)

chicken stir fry - noodles, chicken stock, mangetout, runnerbeans, carrots, peppers, chicken. cheese (H.A)

seafood sticks

total superfree: 6
total syns: 15 1/2
total superspeed: 0

You've definitely had a healthier day than me Hun. All I've been eating is Pom bear crisps and half a Chinese takeaway!!!!!! God I feel awful now lol xx

Ohhh I miss a proper Chinese takeaway! I'm gonna have to have it as a treat for our wedding anniversary in three months I think ^.^ *day dreams*

Thought for the day:

I'm trying to lose 4 stone of my weight...that's not small that's nearly a third of who I was/am! I can't really see any physical difference, definitely no clothing difference apart from my work trousers. Oh I can't wait for the weight point when that will surely change?!!!

I've booked a holiday day from SW Group...because its mine and my husband's 5 year since we been together anniversary, I am booking a night in a hotel on a Sunday...I thought for a while about it and decided we should treat ourselves to a lovely dinner Sunday night and a lovely day together Monday, and I can't deal with the torture of thinking about that Tuesday weigh in! SO I've booked it off so I can't ruin our night together by worrying, I will try and not weigh at home (bet I do) but even if I maintain or gain a little I at least don't have as much pressure on myself to spend the next week going back to schedule. Well i will still have pressure but im giving myself permission to not be the Weight Loss Monster lol. I'm looking forward to having my first day of 'eat without syn counting'....scary though!!! My husband deserves me to have a night off though so I'm doing it for him.

Its our wedding anniversary 2 months later...might be another excuse to do it again LOL ^.^

so lost 2 1/2lbs this week! Just started my week off badly with a thai takeaway....but SO worth it!! Happy inside lol. I'm going to be good, count the 40 syns (may be slightly less but 40 compensates for how naughty the sugar and various added starchy thickeners felt) and so I'm going to cut out 10 syns tomorrow and thursday then 5 on Friday. Basically going to be careful the rest of the week, TOTALLY worth it if I can still ose weight after a gorgeous thai meal!

I had cheesecake last thursday and i've still lost that 2 1/2lbs....it can be done! I'm proof of how control can lead to success. One big treat can be successfully battle through the res tof the week. Especially knowing I am wokring at the weekend and so I will be too busy to be hungry!

I want another 2 1/2 next week. So stepping up the running, also going swimming this week, and going to be very busy running around work at the weekend. I'm also going to buy a ton of strawberries and melon this week, being Super Speed, I think I'll snack on these as much as I can this week!

Already looking forward to next weigh in...I am SO excited to lose weight it's ridiculous! I cant describe how happy i imagine myself being if I can fit into a size 10. This is my dream

Two ultimate happy-inducing goals =

Fit into a size 10 which has never happened since puberty. - first adult size clothes I ever bought up from the child clothing was a 12 because of my 'chestiness'!!! Don't know IF i'm physically able of being a size 10 but I'd like to think I could!

be 10 stone on the dot. Cant remember ever seeing that weight on the scales.
Therefore this would result in

BAD day today. 40 syns yesterday and 26 today. That means I have a total of 36 syns owed to my week! Erghhh what an idiot! Gonna try my best and claw it back, maybe restrict myself to 5 syns a day for as long as I can, I deserve a gain or maintain this week for giving in to temptation. I really didn't need the extra 16 syns I used today, I didn't jot down what I'd had properly and so didn't remember I didn't really have syns to use until it was too late.

Nevermind! Learned my lesson. The weight is still gonna come off eventually just maybe not in time for weigh in

I'm still gonna bash it out in the pool tomorrow and also running scheduled for 4 times before weigh in. I struggled today to get myself out, and feel terrible that I didn't manage the measly half hour run this morning. Terrible! I feel so proud when I done it and its over, all I felt all day was rubbish that laziness won.

I am feeling very tough on myself this week! I think it'll be okay with my stash of SuperFree and Super Speed and my meals all planned out until the weekend. Making the Cowboy Hotpot tomorrow from the new SW Magazine, but with chicken instead. Looking forward to a massive helping of vegetables!!! Mmmmm

Made it a whole day syn free! So only 16 syns to catch up on. I have my day all planned tomorrow, I reckon I can get through it and enjoy a few syns Saturday Sunday and Monday. Looking forward to my Easter chocolate ration!! =D feel really chuffed that I didn't have a meltdown today, actually felt perfectly fine just snacking on SuperFree and superspeed

Didn't make it a day syn free almost did! Oh well, over with now, I WILL manage it tomorrow no problem though, and that's a promise!! I'm working all day pretty much. Gonna cook hubby a pizza and chips, and do myself a fish cheese and broccoli pasta.

I just need to get through this weekend! Tuesday feels so long away, I need to see a good loss this week.

So I went running today, it was really hard, the last 5 min run I nearly gave in, SO close and I clawed it back! I kept telling myself how disappointed I'd be at having to do the run again next time and not being able to progress to the next one, and it worked!! It really all is a mental thing. Everything! Exercise and food. We are all in control of our own decisions, we decide when how and why, and it's a blank canvas for decisions. Tomorrow is another day, I may even go for a run again even though I don't need to this week but something is telling me I want to because of the rush I get at the end when I know I've achieved something brilliant.

happy days!

Hello! Just bobbing in to subscribe, love your diary so far You're doing brilliantly, and I'm sure you'll get to the goals you really want to, keep it up! Nicola x

Originally Posted by MissNix

Hello! Just bobbing in to subscribe, love your diary so far You're doing brilliantly, and I'm sure you'll get to the goals you really want to, keep it up! Nicola x

Thank you so much!! I keep trying to remind myself the journey won't end unless I want it to, it may just be slower sometimes. Patience was never my strong point!

Best of luck to you as well