Browsie
Silver Member
So I would like a consesus of opinion please.
I have been doing SW for 2 yrs since my 2nd son was 2 wks old. I have lost just short of 2 stone in this time. As many will have seen in numerous unhappy posts I have really struggled since Christmas 2011. I finally got back into the swing of things around August 2012 and was ok, even after a Sept holiday until Christmas hit again.
I know some of you will say that Christmas shouldn't make a difference and why treat it differently but I love food, cheese, crackers, pate, houmous, olives, anything with pastry and I avoid or work them all into SW most of the time. (Totally avoid the pastry stuff) but at christmas its there and I need it but then acn't get back to it. I wish I could just stick to plan but I can't, I suppose if I could I wouldn't need SW!! (please don't feel sorry / angry with me I know where I'm going wrong I'm not stupid or in denial.
I have been messing about with the same few pounds since Jan this yr. On, off, on,off you get the picture and basically weigh the same as I did last Oct. Sooooo.....I have decided to stop going to classess.......NNNOOOOOO!!!!! I hear you shout. But please hear me out.
1)I feel that I am paying money to just get weighed and feel like crap about myself every week.
2)I have always wanted to do one of the chartity challenges that are in the SW mags, I have been saying to my OH for ages, when I turn 40 I'll do one of these.
Well someone said why wait? So I have investigated and am going to do the great wall of china trek. I can't sign up for it at the moment because I'm doing a degree with the OU and have 2 small children (4 and 2) who I wouldn't like to leave for that long (10 days) So I've started running again and am going to enter and 5k and 10k and train for them. I'm going to buy 2 money boxes, the type you can't get into without a hammer and still weigh every week at home. If I loose or maintain £5 will go in my china fund (it cost £250 to £350 just to register) if I gain or maintain for 2 or more wks it goes in a family fund for the kids.
I'm hoping that shifting my focus from the diet side of things to the challange of getting fit for a particular reason will help me get this last stone off!!
Thank you for sticking with me and reading through the rambling essay. Any comments would be greatly appreciated.
I have been doing SW for 2 yrs since my 2nd son was 2 wks old. I have lost just short of 2 stone in this time. As many will have seen in numerous unhappy posts I have really struggled since Christmas 2011. I finally got back into the swing of things around August 2012 and was ok, even after a Sept holiday until Christmas hit again.
I know some of you will say that Christmas shouldn't make a difference and why treat it differently but I love food, cheese, crackers, pate, houmous, olives, anything with pastry and I avoid or work them all into SW most of the time. (Totally avoid the pastry stuff) but at christmas its there and I need it but then acn't get back to it. I wish I could just stick to plan but I can't, I suppose if I could I wouldn't need SW!! (please don't feel sorry / angry with me I know where I'm going wrong I'm not stupid or in denial.
I have been messing about with the same few pounds since Jan this yr. On, off, on,off you get the picture and basically weigh the same as I did last Oct. Sooooo.....I have decided to stop going to classess.......NNNOOOOOO!!!!! I hear you shout. But please hear me out.
1)I feel that I am paying money to just get weighed and feel like crap about myself every week.
2)I have always wanted to do one of the chartity challenges that are in the SW mags, I have been saying to my OH for ages, when I turn 40 I'll do one of these.
Well someone said why wait? So I have investigated and am going to do the great wall of china trek. I can't sign up for it at the moment because I'm doing a degree with the OU and have 2 small children (4 and 2) who I wouldn't like to leave for that long (10 days) So I've started running again and am going to enter and 5k and 10k and train for them. I'm going to buy 2 money boxes, the type you can't get into without a hammer and still weigh every week at home. If I loose or maintain £5 will go in my china fund (it cost £250 to £350 just to register) if I gain or maintain for 2 or more wks it goes in a family fund for the kids.
I'm hoping that shifting my focus from the diet side of things to the challange of getting fit for a particular reason will help me get this last stone off!!
Thank you for sticking with me and reading through the rambling essay. Any comments would be greatly appreciated.