Hi all,
I have been going to SW for just over 4 years now. The first year and a bit went really well - then I kind of lost it! I still carried on going to class, but didn't carry on losing weight!!!! I stayed the same (give or take 7 lbs) for 2 and a bit years - and then it started to go back on. All my fault - no one / nothing else to blame!!!!!
In January this year I signed up to do a 5 day trek at the Grand Canyon in September 2014 for (and through!) Marie Curie Cancer Care, as 2 of my friends had been diagnosed with cancer. Sadly, on 16th November one of these friends, who I met at SW on our first day, lost her fight against the horrible disease after bravely fighting it for 3 years. She was so behind me doing the trek (even holding a coffee morning to raise money for me at her house the week before she died), that I am going to rejoin my group tonight and start again. No more old awards to look at. No more old weight gain / loss to look at.
It'll be strange without her physically being there (on the naughty back row!) - but I've got 42 weigh ins to go before my trek, and would love to get as close as possible to target before I go! I'll change my stats after weigh in tonight - as they're wrong!!!!!
The fundraising side of it is going much better that I thought it was going to - so I need to concentrate now on the losing weight / fitness side of it. Today is the first day of that.
I'm going to do some cooking this afternoon so I have food for when I get home late from work (shift worker!) - or when I don't want to cook for the next week.
So, if anyone is still reading this, I'll try and keep this updated. I follow the green plan, as very rarely eat meat! Fingers crossed I can do this!
Andi x
I have been going to SW for just over 4 years now. The first year and a bit went really well - then I kind of lost it! I still carried on going to class, but didn't carry on losing weight!!!! I stayed the same (give or take 7 lbs) for 2 and a bit years - and then it started to go back on. All my fault - no one / nothing else to blame!!!!!
In January this year I signed up to do a 5 day trek at the Grand Canyon in September 2014 for (and through!) Marie Curie Cancer Care, as 2 of my friends had been diagnosed with cancer. Sadly, on 16th November one of these friends, who I met at SW on our first day, lost her fight against the horrible disease after bravely fighting it for 3 years. She was so behind me doing the trek (even holding a coffee morning to raise money for me at her house the week before she died), that I am going to rejoin my group tonight and start again. No more old awards to look at. No more old weight gain / loss to look at.
It'll be strange without her physically being there (on the naughty back row!) - but I've got 42 weigh ins to go before my trek, and would love to get as close as possible to target before I go! I'll change my stats after weigh in tonight - as they're wrong!!!!!
The fundraising side of it is going much better that I thought it was going to - so I need to concentrate now on the losing weight / fitness side of it. Today is the first day of that.
I'm going to do some cooking this afternoon so I have food for when I get home late from work (shift worker!) - or when I don't want to cook for the next week.
So, if anyone is still reading this, I'll try and keep this updated. I follow the green plan, as very rarely eat meat! Fingers crossed I can do this!
Andi x
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