*deep breath* my journey to a thinner / healthier me

[Purple Patsy]

Hope you have a good w/end Emily.

 

[Princess_Stevie]

Have a great weekend hun!

 

[broadsbean]

well done honey 3 lb is awesome

hope i can follow your example really need to up my water intake for the next few days

hope this week is just as good for you xxxx

 

[shenzi]

Happy Monday!

 

[EmmyR1984]

Morning everyone :wavey:

Back to basics for me today, back to extra easy, avoiding bread, and my mum's chocolate tin. I really don't do very well here at weekends so I need a plan because I can't avoid coming here because it's my mum :giggle: - so far I'm going to make all my meals in advance for the weekend, salads for lunches and then bring 2 meals from the freezer (pre made by me), bag of fruit and of course my water.

First dress appointment this weekend I cancelled the one in yorkshire as I've found a shop nearer to Chris' parents, so I'm booked in there for 15.30 on saturday afternoon. We're going to Cheshire Oaks for the morning and to have some lunch, and then going from there to my appointment.

We've also decided that we're going to go Manchester for holiday clothes shopping. Obviously I won't be fitting in primark stuff, but they do have a Yours Clothing store in the Arndale Centre, so I'll be making a beeline for them. Plus we're taking my cousin and her two little girls so that should be a nice day out

I'm hitting between 3 and 4 litres of water each day, which I'm pretty chuffed with, so am going to keep on with that as I'm sure it's helped me to not go completely over the top at mum's this weekend

Got my shopping list at the ready then off home Will catch up with everyone once we're home and the shopping is packed away xx

 

[broadsbean]

have a good day out, its lovely and sunny here in cheshire

didn't realise that yours had a shop in the arndale center hubby might regret me now knowing that xxxx

 

[Sweethearts]

Afternoon Emily
Have you been shopping in Manchester before? I love it there, it's got everything you could possibly want and need
Do you feel any different drinking all that water? I know when I was drinking that much my skin really cleared up and I felt really energetic! Hope you have a lovely day xx

 

[Purple Patsy]

Hope you've had a good day hun. I too find it tough when I'm out at friends or family if they aren't also trying to watch what they are eating. With my mum I cheated and encouraged her to join me on SW but she doesn't go to the class cos she can't manage the stairs to the hall.

Also as I do all her shopping I can make sure there are no baddies around which helps me I think.

 

[Aymz]

Wedding dress shopping!! (*runs around in excitement*) followed by holiday clothes shopping..lol. Fun times! Hope you have a great time!

 

[Lily42uk]

Hey sweetie, I hate going to family, my brother and sister both need to lose weight badly, but they are both so stubborn and of course when I go to theirs I get all the temptations thrown at me and 99% of the time I fail (just spent 4 days at my sisters. a monumental disaster food wise ), but like everything else I put it behind me and continue on my journey as best I can.
Loving the dress fitting and shopping in the Arndale Centre, have made Mal promise to take me there nearer Christmas as well as the markets, here in London we have some good shopping centres but as for the Markets ....Nadda....not a decent one anywhere....so have fun you lucky lady and hope you have fun, I am sure you will :hug99: xxxxxxxxxx

 

[broadsbean]

hey, hope you had a good day yesterday xxxx

think i might be going to manchester on friday now

 

[EmmyR1984]

:wavey:

What on earth has happened??? I come back and everything has changed :8855:

I'm due totm this week so will power is zilch, and I feel really bunged up, so am definitely expecting a gain on friday.

I am so fed up of this yo yoing, it's driving me absolutely nutty. I really want to knuckle down and focus, but I always end up getting sidetracked

I'm not feeling too brilliant in myself, was really hoping to go to Chris' parent's this weekend and be able to say I've lost over 2 stone, but I can't. I can't even say I'm close to a stone and a half if I have the gain I'm expecting :sigh:

 

[mariavon]

Hi Em thanks for popping into my diary I do feel more positive today , I don't know where it went wrong but boy did it big style,

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[broadsbean]

em try rereading your diary from the beginning and reminding your self how determined you are and why you want to do this, i am the queen of getting side tracked and i find this does help

carry on drinking plenty and eating lots of super free between now and fri and you will get that loss i am sure

big hugs honey you can do this :bighug::bighug::bighug:

 

[LyndesayMc]

Good luck on your journey Emmy!!! :bighug: xx

 

[Purple Patsy]

Hope you find your mojo soon. I know what you're up against. Been there done that bought the T-shirt.

 

[Sweethearts]

Hey Emily, I know how you're feeling this week..... you've just got to try and find that motivation once again, like someone has suggested, why not read through some of your diary from the start? Maybe it'll help? worth a try
I know you can't say you've lost 2 stone, but you can say you've lost a stone and are doing amazingly!!!! Cheer up xx

 

[Saltdog]

Hi Em. So sorry to see you feeling down about your weight loss. Try to keep looking at the positives though. Even if you walk 100 miles taking 2 steps forward and 1 step back you will still reach your destination. It may take a wee bit longer but the main thing is you'll get there. Keep smiling!

Kev X

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[EmmyR1984]

em try rereading your diary from the beginning and reminding your self how determined you are and why you want to do this, i am the queen of getting side tracked and i find this does help

carry on drinking plenty and eating lots of super free between now and fri and you will get that loss i am sure

big hugs honey you can do this :bighug::bighug::bighug:

:bighug:

Thank you hun, I wouldn't have thought to do that.

I've gone back, reread my first weeks worth of posts and copied my food plans for those first 7 days.

Day 1

Breakfast - muller light toffee, fibre plus bar (hexb), 2 satsumas.
Lunch - bacon, mushrooms, beans, tomatos and 2 poached eggs
Snack - Fun size mars bar (8 syns)
Snack - toffee muller light, lychees
Dinner - chilli, rice and 42g of low fat cheddar (hexa)

Day 2

Breakfast - I skipped as I got up late, I did drink half a litre of sugar free squash though.
Lunch - Cheese (hexa), tomato and cucumber sandwich (hexb), followed by cherries and lychees
Snack - Satsuma, milk choc fibre plus bar (5.5 syns)
Dinner - Pork steaks, brown rice, mushrooms, tomato, cucumber, 1 teaspoon of runny honey (1 syn)
Snack - Frozen toffee mullerlight

Day 3

Breakfast this morning was a fibre plus bar (hexb) and a muller light, and drank half a litre of sugar free squash. I'd ran out of fruit so got Chris to take me to co op before we came to mum's and I got strawberries, cherries and melon. Am scoffing the strawberries now as it was only a small punnet

Lunch - tomato, cucumber, ham and laughing cow cheese triangles (hexa, just need to double check how many I can have)

Dinner - bacon, mushrooms, tomato and maybe some slimming world chips

Snacks - melon, cherries, 250ml smoothie (155 calories so just under 8 syns, so I'll count it as 8) and another frozen toffee muller light (I'm hooked lol)

Day 4

Breakfast - muller light, fibre plus bar (hexb)
Snack - strawberries
Lunch - tomato, cucumber, ham and 5 laughing cow extra light triangles (hexa)
Snack - melon, small bowl of pasta
Dinner - chips, egg, ham and mushrooms
Snack - 2 nice biscuits (4 syns), 250 ml smoothie (8 syns), frozen muller light

Day 5


Breakfast - porridge pot (hexb + 3 syns), muller light, melon
Lunch - chicken breast, tomato and cucumber
Snack - melon and grapes
Dinner - bacon and mushroom (lots of them) on 2 slices of hovis nimble (5 syns)
Snack - frozen muller light, pasta (if I fancy something more filling), aero hot choc (4.5 syns)

Day 6

Brekkie - fibre plus bar (hexb), muller light and 1 litre of sugar free squash
Snack - Mango snack pack
Lunch - chicken and herb low fat supernoodles, handful of cherries
Dinner - Tuna pasta bake (may have to add syns once I've double checked the recipe)
Snack - snack pack of mccities chocolate covered shorties (6.5 syns), hot chocolate (4.5 syns)

Day 7

Brekkie - apple and fibre plus bar (I love how I can get a choccy fix in the morning and use it as my hexb)
Lunch - leftover tuna pasta bake (hexa + 3 syns)
Snack - satsumas
Dinner - weight watchers sausages (1 syn for 2 of them), mushrooms, egg, grilled tomato, slimming world chips
Snack - mini jammy dodgers pack (4.5 syns) and aero hot choc (4.5 syns)

Look at all the superfree I was eating, I think I need to bump that up more than I have been doing. I might get some bits in on monday on the way back from cheshire and do that week's meals again next week and just try and go back to the beginning as it definitely worked for me

 

[Sweethearts]

Good idea hun, hope it works for you and you get a good loss! I did it once and lost 3lbs that week so there's hope! X