Thread: Less skinny jeans, more lumpy sausages!

Okay my skinny jeans are getting a bit (okay a lot) too tight, and they are less skinny and more lumpy if I am honest! Time to get back on track.

Just a bit of background about me. I started dieting about 14 months ago. I had a great goal - my wedding in May 2012. I managed to get just a few lbs away from my target, lost 2 stone and could comfortably wear a size 10. Happy days! I have weightwatchers to thank for that, The first diet I have ever been able to follow for more than 1 week.

I was so happy to be slim again. I reached 9st 9lb and was happy with this, although I had set my target at 9st 6lb. I stopped doing weightwatchers but managed to maintain this weight until Christmas when it all suddenly caught up with me. A combination of slipping back into bad habits and the effect of the miserable weather have had me yo-yo-ing around 10st 7lb. I am currently 10st 2lb.

I need to get this under control before it gets oout of hand. I know now that I can't let things slide. I never want to be fat again. I want to be able to look at pictures of me without cringing with embarassment.

Most of all I need to be able to wear a bikini on my holiday at the end of June without feeling like a bloater compared to my friend. She also does ww but has much better willpower than me, and hovers around a size 8.

So I think a diary will help me to stay on track. I hate to confess defeat...so posting regularly should help. If I vanish you know I am too ashamed to post!

What can I offer you? Well I like to cook from scratch, and have taken time to tweak some standard recipes in order to create WW friendly versions. I swear some are even better than the originals! I hope I can share some recipes and pick up some new ones along the way.

So today's food so far and planned for dinner:

Breakfast: Nestle Breakfast biscuits 5PP
Lunch: WW Wrap with Ham and LF Philly 5PP
2 Satsumas

Would have had a banana but it was all squishy.

Now I am starving. Not having dinner til 7.30 but that will be:

LF Chicken Kiev 8PP
Potatoes 150g 3PP
Roast Courgettes, garlic and peppers 0PP

That leaves me with 4 spares...need to fill myself up with something before dinner, but not so much it puts me off my tea. Not sure yet.

Ps I have given up chocolate and crisps for 1 month also.

Day 1 done..

No chocolate or crisps and within my points so I am pleased.

Made brocolli and stilton soup for work lunches. 3pp per serving. Plus extra thin pizza bases which work out at 8pp per base.

Day 2 going well so far.

Breakfast
Nestle Breakfast Biscuits 5PP

Lunch
Brocolli & Stilton Soup 3PP
2 crispbreads 2PP
1 Laughing Cow 1PP

Snack
Graze Lemon & Poppy Seed Cake 3PP
2 Satsumas

Dinner
1 Pizza base 8PP
Light Mozzarella 2PP
Parmesan 1PP
Prosciutto 1PP
Red Onion 0PP
HM Pizza Sauce 0PP

That is 26 PP exactly, but I am planning on going to Zumba tonight which will earn me 4 spares. I may or may not need them, but it's nice to have a buffer!

I got my weight wrong by the way. I weighed myself yesterday eve and was 10st 6lb. I had guessed at 10st 2lb. I know my weight is always higher in the evening so jumped on again this morning, and was 10st 4lb so will go with that... A bit more work to do than I thought, but will be happy to get to 10st 1lb this week if I can.

Hello....

I am new to the forum but not new to WW. Been doing it a while but so want to finish it this summer so have about a stone to lose.

Noticed your food diary, have you thought of using a tortilla as a pizza base? A lot of people use the warburton square wraps. I don't eat cheese but i make them topped with lots of veg and some chicken. Pop them under the grill until warm and crispy at the edges. Then top with salad.... Mmmmmm... I know others bake them in the oven so the base gets crispier.