Hi everyone,
I have decided to start from scratch again. I am so demotivated about losing so little since January that I thought it would be best to just start again, especially as I put on yet another 1lb last week, meaning my total loss was only 5lbs in 19 weeks - pathetic!
So today is day 1.
I haven't had a great weekend food-wise, but I need to do better in the weeks to make up for this. My strategy for the week is to go back to old style red and green. So I'm doing 2 green and 3 red days, I'm going to stick to plan 100%, which means - no sneaky choccies (unless counted), eating my HEXs, no wine until Friday, and no 'I can't be bothered to cook' takeaways.
I can do it, I just need to focus and truly put my mind to it. When I did slimming world before getting pregnant, I used to really enjoy it and really get stuck into trying new recipes. I know it's different now as I've got a toddler to look after on top of my full time job, which is why I'm shattered all the time, but I've got to do this for me!
I was toying with the idea of trying other diets - fasting diet, calorie counting, but then I remembered what a versatile diet slimming world is, you can eat loads of good healthy food and not go hungry. I just need to stick to it.
I'm going to force myself to exercise too - I'm looking to alternate daily with my Josie Gibson DVD and a dance type workout which I've recorded off the fitness channel. As well as walking up the last 2 flights of stairs (I'll up this to 3/4/all 5) as it becomes easier) and making a conscious effort to walk faster to make it work harder for me.
My target at the moment is to become fitter, lose a bit of weight and reduce my blood pressure, by the time I need to go to the nurse for my next pill prescription, which should be some point towards the end of June.
My only hurdles before then are my MILs hen weekend in London the end of this month (shouldn't be too bad), and our weeks holiday in St Ives with my Grandparents at the start of June (a bit harder).
Today is a new day!!!
