strawberryshortcake
Silver Member
Hi everyone
After years on minimins and months of extensive reading, snooping, pinching recipes and posting comments I thought it’s finally time to start a diary myself! I have shied away from it until now as I am not the most reliable person in regards to diaries. I never had one during my teenage years; started several but gave up after a week or so!
My name is Lucia, I’m 34 and very much unlike my username suggests, I never, ever tried a strawberry shortcake, probably a good thing as I might like it
I am originally from Germany but have lived in England for over 10 years now. I am happily married (9 years yesterday!!!) and we have a gorgeous son James who is 7!
I have been on a “diet” probably since I hit puberty at 13. I wasn’t overweight but due to a knee problem I was advised to lose weight and that’s where the vicious circle started!
Back then, a shocking 21 years ago, I had to write a food diary and take it to my GP once a week. He would weigh me and then check my diary. I lost weight, enough for me to have an operation and then find out the knee problem had nothing to do with weight! It was a muscle deficiency that could easily be treated with physio. But now the diet bug had implanted itself into my brain!
At the age of 16 I started serious calorie counting staying within 800 – 1000 calories a day. I did that for as long as it took to get me down from 11st to 10st. I stayed round about that weight until the age of 20.
I then went to the USA for 13 months working as an Au Pair. It was lovely, a time I will never forget, but also I time I never thought of dieting once and where I developed a love for huge portions!
I returned to Germany in 2002 weighing 13st. I did try the odd faddy diet, but as we all know that didn’t work!
I moved to England in September 2004 and started Weight Watchers in October 2004. My starting weight was 13st 1lb. I lost an amazing 2st in 3 months and managed to keep it off (even though I didn’t attend group anymore) until I got pregnant in December 2006
I got back to about 12st after I had James (breastfeeding is a god send) but after weaning James and returning to work I massively piled on the pounds.
I tried Weight Watchers again in 2009 but only lasted 5 months or so and after losing 2st I just couldn’t stand being hungry no more.
Fast forward 4 years of weight gain I joined slimming world in February 2013 with a shocking starting weight of 17st 1lb
I managed to lose 2st 7lb within a year but then fell of the band waggon really badly. We bought our first house in March and the stress and obviously money shortage meant I didn’t carry on attending group. In June 2014 I went to a wedding, feeling quite pretty in my outfit, but then I was sent a picture in December 2014 that was taken at that wedding and GOOD LORD I looked hideous!!! Especially as I was sitting next to my friend who is a fair bit slimmer than me and looked gorgeous that day!
That was it….I decided to start back on Slimming World on the 01.01.2015
As money is still tight, and I am quite a stingy woman, oops, I decided to do it on my own from home, knowing that minimins is very helpful. I am not a group person at all and being weighed in front of other people and then having to stand up to my weight loss / weight gain never bothered me. So Group never gave me the incentive to lose weight. It was just a money paying exercise.
I bought the new 2015 slimming world food optimising book off ebay and had a lovely friend of mine, who does attend group, get me the new 2015 food directory and free food booklet.
Now I am all set and I haven’t looked back!
I am now 14st 5lb having lost 2st since the start of the year. I have had a bit of a glitch over Easter gaining 2lb but I managed to get that under control and I’m back on track now.
That’s it….my story so far…sorry it’s so extensive but I needed to wright all this down! Admitting to myself where things have gone wrong and realising how much my life has been controlled by diets. I am NOT on a diet anymore…I AM EATING HEALTHILY with the help of Slimming World. A lifestyle change for good!!!!!
Now here is today’s food:
Breakfast: Aldi fat free greek style yoghurt cherry flavour (0.5 syns)
1 apple
1 Aldi summer fruits benefit cereal bar (1/2 hex B)
Snack: Carrot battons
Lunch: Chinese sweet and sour ready meal (4.0 syns) with carrot battons, cucumber and peppers
Dinner: Homemade Lemon Chicken with rice and broccoli
Twister Ice Cream (2.5 syns)
Evening Snack: 350ml hot skimmed milk (hex A)
1 Alpen light Banoffee flavour (1/2 hex B)
Please feel free to comment!
Thank you!!!
After years on minimins and months of extensive reading, snooping, pinching recipes and posting comments I thought it’s finally time to start a diary myself! I have shied away from it until now as I am not the most reliable person in regards to diaries. I never had one during my teenage years; started several but gave up after a week or so!
My name is Lucia, I’m 34 and very much unlike my username suggests, I never, ever tried a strawberry shortcake, probably a good thing as I might like it
I am originally from Germany but have lived in England for over 10 years now. I am happily married (9 years yesterday!!!) and we have a gorgeous son James who is 7!
I have been on a “diet” probably since I hit puberty at 13. I wasn’t overweight but due to a knee problem I was advised to lose weight and that’s where the vicious circle started!
Back then, a shocking 21 years ago, I had to write a food diary and take it to my GP once a week. He would weigh me and then check my diary. I lost weight, enough for me to have an operation and then find out the knee problem had nothing to do with weight! It was a muscle deficiency that could easily be treated with physio. But now the diet bug had implanted itself into my brain!
At the age of 16 I started serious calorie counting staying within 800 – 1000 calories a day. I did that for as long as it took to get me down from 11st to 10st. I stayed round about that weight until the age of 20.
I then went to the USA for 13 months working as an Au Pair. It was lovely, a time I will never forget, but also I time I never thought of dieting once and where I developed a love for huge portions!
I returned to Germany in 2002 weighing 13st. I did try the odd faddy diet, but as we all know that didn’t work!
I moved to England in September 2004 and started Weight Watchers in October 2004. My starting weight was 13st 1lb. I lost an amazing 2st in 3 months and managed to keep it off (even though I didn’t attend group anymore) until I got pregnant in December 2006
I got back to about 12st after I had James (breastfeeding is a god send) but after weaning James and returning to work I massively piled on the pounds.
I tried Weight Watchers again in 2009 but only lasted 5 months or so and after losing 2st I just couldn’t stand being hungry no more.
Fast forward 4 years of weight gain I joined slimming world in February 2013 with a shocking starting weight of 17st 1lb
I managed to lose 2st 7lb within a year but then fell of the band waggon really badly. We bought our first house in March and the stress and obviously money shortage meant I didn’t carry on attending group. In June 2014 I went to a wedding, feeling quite pretty in my outfit, but then I was sent a picture in December 2014 that was taken at that wedding and GOOD LORD I looked hideous!!! Especially as I was sitting next to my friend who is a fair bit slimmer than me and looked gorgeous that day!
That was it….I decided to start back on Slimming World on the 01.01.2015
As money is still tight, and I am quite a stingy woman, oops, I decided to do it on my own from home, knowing that minimins is very helpful. I am not a group person at all and being weighed in front of other people and then having to stand up to my weight loss / weight gain never bothered me. So Group never gave me the incentive to lose weight. It was just a money paying exercise.
I bought the new 2015 slimming world food optimising book off ebay and had a lovely friend of mine, who does attend group, get me the new 2015 food directory and free food booklet.
Now I am all set and I haven’t looked back!
I am now 14st 5lb having lost 2st since the start of the year. I have had a bit of a glitch over Easter gaining 2lb but I managed to get that under control and I’m back on track now.
That’s it….my story so far…sorry it’s so extensive but I needed to wright all this down! Admitting to myself where things have gone wrong and realising how much my life has been controlled by diets. I am NOT on a diet anymore…I AM EATING HEALTHILY with the help of Slimming World. A lifestyle change for good!!!!!
Now here is today’s food:
Breakfast: Aldi fat free greek style yoghurt cherry flavour (0.5 syns)
1 apple
1 Aldi summer fruits benefit cereal bar (1/2 hex B)
Snack: Carrot battons
Lunch: Chinese sweet and sour ready meal (4.0 syns) with carrot battons, cucumber and peppers
Dinner: Homemade Lemon Chicken with rice and broccoli
Twister Ice Cream (2.5 syns)
Evening Snack: 350ml hot skimmed milk (hex A)
1 Alpen light Banoffee flavour (1/2 hex B)
Please feel free to comment!
Thank you!!!
