Bloated

Christ almighty, i feel like a big bloated whale today....defo gotta start behaving myself again as i feel so digsutingly fat today..

Its not the right time to diet...FACT

I have also done my xmas shop online. Mine is coming Saturday. With it will come mince pies, pringles,sausage rolls, mini pizza's, bread sticks, cheese, crackers and a dip :0 hehe

I am rubbish. Once I have eaten my yogurt I will have had 10 points already today and that not including the chocolate balls I have just eaten!!! I did want to make a salad for todays lunch but when I opened the fridge I realised I had not lettuce so I made a ham, cucumber and radish sarnie on wholemeal bread. It was nice but it wasn't ww bread :o I had cereal for breakfast. A banana about 11:30 and just eaten my sarnie. I have a yogurt to eat in a bit to.

I have my gym stuff so I am defo going today. Thing is my mom has made a spag bol and is coming round for tea with it tonight. I can't resist my fave :) So I will go over my points today. On Friday I am going out with a few people from work so i'll have a vodka or 2. Then Saturday we are having a chinese at my dads and on Monday we are having a little get together with all support staff and we are having a buffet. I am bringing in a nut selection :p

So...........there is NO CHANCE on a loss on Monday. Oh well. I guess I'll just have to deal with what ever I put on over christmas...after christmas.

Jayne x

Xmas Shop

Well i've just bitten the bullet and done my asda online shop, managed to get a delivery for late sat night, so just gotta get veg on the 23rd. I have been so naughty, there isn't a hint of diet food on my order at all, i had to stop myself ordering a bottle of creme caramel baileys...but held off and removed it from the basket!! There's choc log, mince pies, gammon roasting joint with honey, sensations crisps....you getting my drift here....oh yes and a mountain of cheese!! mmmm can't wait.

I've also had a homemade mince pie this morning for breakfast at work!! Yummy....going home for soup and ryvita then coming back for a slice of the homemade xmas cake.

There is just no hope for me now is there...

x

Tea Bread Recipie ... No Fat.

OOoh I forgot to mention, on Sunday morning I made tea bread from a recipe on Nigella Lawson's website. It's lovely and cakey and best of all the recipe uses absolutely no fat. The whole loaf comes in at 35 points, so if you cut it into 12 portions they would be 3pts per slice. And a 3pt slice would be a pretty generous chunk actually! It's yummy. I had a slice with my fruit and yoghurt lunch yesterday ... it gets better after a day or so as the fruit goes all sticky :P

Click here for the Easiest Tea Bread Recipe Ever on Nigella.com

Gem x

PS. Make it on a day when you have people visiting or when you can take it to work otherwise you will scoff the lot.

PPS. Apparently you can also toast it and spread it with a little diet flora too, which I haven't tried but would be delish I'm sure.

Three Little Piggies

Well, It seems like all three of us have all been a bunch of scoffers this week! I also have put on 1lb taking me back to 11st 3lb. Aah boo. I haven't been especially naughty, and I haven't been especially good either. I've not wrote down anything I've been eating and I certainly didn't do any exercise. My attempts at behaving as much as possible before Christmas has been limited to putting off buying the Christmas booze till as late as possible so that I don't drink it all!!! :o)

So anyway, I could lie and pretend I am going to be good between now and Christmas but I won't. It's Xmas dinner day at work today, the Xmas meal for Hubby's Mandarin Chinese class on Thursday (chinese buffet) and my works doo on Friday. Then on Saturday Hubby and I are flying to Barcelona for our first wedding anniversary which is on Monday. Needless to say I won't be searching out a set of scales while we are there! We get back on Tuesday and Wednesday is Christmas Eve. Any attempts at best behaviour now would be futile!

I'm OK with that. I intend to enjoy Christmas and New Year and am resolved to deal with any inevitable weight gain afterwards.

Gem x

Little miss piggy

I have put on a lb :( boo booo boooooooo

I now weigh 10 stone 2lb. The past 2 weeks have not been great food wise. I have been eating more and excercising less. I have not been even thinking about points really. I mean...deep down i must have been as I have had to stop myself a few times from pigging out. But I certainly havent't been counting them.

I wanted to be 10 stone by christmas but I doubt that will happen...I'm only 2 away so it could be worse. I can't even begin to tell you what I have eaten as I also never wrote anything down.

I have also been lazy and not been preparing my lunch. So not only does that add up on points..it also not good for the bank balance. Once I have finished writing this I am going to make me a salad...yep...a salad. Not had one for ages (and it shows lol) I have also just booked the gym for tuesday and thursday. I am having a chinese at my dads on Saturday but I will just have a chow mein. Apart from that I have no excuses to be naughty.

Jayne x

Porkers back in town!

Christ almighty, i cannot stop eating, what on earth is the matter with me!! I have misbehaved all week, just can't help myself....Gem, i too feel like a fat hippo too.

I scived out of weigh in yesterday (very naughty). I'm gonna try nad get back on track this week, as i'm heading down that terrible slippery slidey slope of fatness again...just when i started to feel better about myself and my belly seemed to be shrinking a bit. I have done no exercise last week at all. I am plannning to get my ass in gear and get back on that bike this week and walk my poor dog some more.

ALthough looking at Zoe's photo of me, at the Pilot....i look like a squirrell who is hiding a years worth of nuts in it's cheeks!! What's going on with my chubby face!!! aaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrgggghhhh.

Am desperate to get down too my 13 stone this week (feel revolting writing that!!!)...

xxx

Weekend Temptations

In theory this weekend shouldn't be too difficult to stick to the old diet thingy as we don't have anything planned as such, but in pratice I'm not feeling too good and want some comfort food (sore throat and ear ache - booo). I don't really fancy cooking this evening so unless hubby want's to russle something up (which I doubt) we will be taking-away from somewhere. Chinese would probably be easiest on the points so i'll suggest that and keep my fingers crossed.

We haven't got any social events on this weekend which is good as most of our social circle involves food and alcohol somewhere along the line ... but it does mean i'm going to be sat at home watching tv and most likely picking on stuff I bought t hide away for christmas (but not too hidden away that I cant get at them in the case of snackage emergencies).

I just ate a mince pie :o

I feel like a big hippo and I doubt that will change this side of the new year. I'll carry on getting weighed regardless but don't be surprised if my graph makes a bit of an up turn!

Gem x

Not behaving

Christ almighty, think that meal out on Monday has caused me more harm than good....behaved myself in a fashion, tried not to eat all my chips and only ate half of my pud and no booze for me. But since then, i have just misbehaved.

Didn't have any brekkie yesterday or today (gone off it!!), then had soup and ryvita for lunch, then went to the shop and purcashed a bloody Yorkie bar and scoffed it so quick when i got back to work gave myself indigestion! Then had cottage pie and veg for tea, then me and Andy scoffed half a small box of chocolate orange chocs!! Pair of bloaters!!!

I must must must get back into this dieting lark, my 3lb aim to loose this week has definately hit the skids. Am gonna try and get on the bike tonight, then again thurs, fri and sunday am!! Pooh, really hate the thought of exercising in this vile weather...just wanna be curled up on sofa with heating on, book in me hand and a box of chocs.

Menu for today is, fruit later for my brekkie, leftover chick soup and ryvita, yog and then leftover cottage pie and veg for tea....going to Andy's tonight and he always has chips....so gotta resist them lovely golden hot chippy chips.....mmmmmm....I WILL NOT EAT THEM, I WILL NOT EAT THEM

Need a stern telling off girls xx

No saint week (+1 day)

I forgot to diet last week. I wasn't bad as such, but ate quite a few mince pies and just didn't bother thinking about points...especially Friday night as we had supper at my aunties and had cheese baps, pringles and a slice of pizza. I went to the gym once last week.

I have put on 1/2 a lb taking me up to 10 stone 1lb. For my meal out with the girls last night I had a pesto and veg lasagne with garlic bread. It was delish. I then had choc brownie for pud but only managed to eat half. I had 2 glasses of rose spritzer. Enjoyed the evening a lot. Always good to catch up with the girls.

I would say I will behave as of today. But I have just eaten a sausage and egg mcmuffin :0
I will only have my banana and yogurt for lunch though. So...I will behave myself as of tomorrow.

Booked the gym for Wednesday and Friday this week.

Happy dieting

Jayne x

Miniscule Weightloss

Amazingly, I have somehow managed to have a little loss this week. Only a tiny amount, probably 1/4 of a lb or something like that but the wii fit only weighs in whole lbs so it's difficult to say. It smugly announced "Your weight has decreased a little since last time" with my BMI reduced by about 0.1 but my graph still reads 11st 2lb the same as last week. Phew!

Last night I thoroughly enjoyed the Girlies Xmas Meal choosing a roast turkey dinner which came with LOTS of veg which was nice to see and probably not too many points overall but don't worry I made up for it with the banoffee pudding which was lush and also huge but I managed to force it all in there along with a couple of glasses of red wine :P

On the good advice off Vix I am going to postpone my strike action and at least try to be good between now and breaking up from work on the 19th. It would be good to have a little loss on Monday which is the final weigh in before our wedding anniversary. I'd quite like to lose that 2lb and get myself under 11st before xmas but that is perhaps a bit ambitious. I am going to write down religiously what I eat and try to be as saintly as ... well ... Jayne and Vixta LOL!

Gem x

3/4lb loss last week!

I'm very suprised, as hardley stuck to diet at all last week, particularly since Friday after drinking my whole lardy arse in Vino!! But the scales said a 3/4lb loss on Sunday, so sticking with that!!!

I've had a shite day today eating wise....skipped brekkie, had sausage roll and cup a soup for lunch and shall be scoffing tonight....am writing today off, no point stressing over it.

Have been to the shops at lunchtime and stocked up on my boring soup for lunch and salads so no more misbehaving for me.

Must try harder and exercise more this week, but really can't be assed at the moment. Was hoping to have lost a stone by xmas, but can't see me loosing 6 1/4lb in 2 weeks!!
x

Official Strike Action Called ;)

Before I get on the scales in about three hours time I would just like to apologise for the state of my food intake for the last week. I have not done well. I feel like a great big weeble and this seems set to continue over the next few weeks too. Can I call a strike for christmas? I will keep getting on the scales BUT there is little point trying to be god with all sorts of lovely food related goings on during the festive season.

I think my main mistake this week was drinking quite a substantial amount of wine and baking a banana loaf. It was a ruddy tasty bit of cake which luckily didn't last long after I shared it with my mom, dad, bro and his girlfriend in return for the use of my mothers loaf tin to bake it in. Not sure who got the best end of that deal!

Meals out happened. Fish and chips happened. Chocolate, ice cream, cheese scone, stilton steak and buttered crumpets also happened. Not looking forward to those scales later but I am looking forward to the girlie gossip, traditional turkey dinner and banoffee pie that will follow it (see what I mean?)!

Gem x

Weigh in Whoopsie!

Whoopsie! I was just nudged by Jayne as I completely forgot to blog my weigh in result this week. It was a "could do better" week as I put back on 1lb taking me back to 11st 2lbs (but still better than where I started so I will try not to be too distraught).

I also feel like it was a bit of a lucky escape quite frankly. Last week was a bit of a challenge where food was concerned. Dave and I had our meal out with friends on Wednesday which was an advance first anniversary treat for us. They took us to a multi cultural all-you-can-eat buffet (sharp intake of breath) called the spice palace or something like that in Solihull. Personally, I think it's rude not to take all-you-can-eat literally at a place like that. They had Indian, Mexican, Italian, Chinese, Thai, and puddings by the boatload. It was nice, especially as they had real Indian sweets which I love ... those little syrupy doughnut ones. Ooh making me drool just thinking about it. That said between Monday and Friday (aside from the little excursion to the buffet) I was rather well behaved and stayed well within points to try and make up for the damage.

Until the weekend anyway.

On Saturday we had a lovely surprise visit from sis-in-law who lives in Crawley but happened to be in the local area and decided to deliver our Xmas card. So naturally, we went out for lunch. We went to the Halfpenny Green Vineyards and had a little mooch around their mouth watering farm shop then had lunch in the conservatory tea rooms overlooking the grape vines. Hubby and I shared a ploughman's salad platter for two. It came served on a two foot breadboard containing FOUR different types of local cheese, about half a leg of freshly carved ham, two warm crusty bread rolls each, chutney, pickles, coleslaw and some token leaves and salad. That was followed by a clotted cream scone and washed down with lots of tea. It will come as no surprise that I didn't eat another mouthful all day.

On Sunday it was my dad's birthday and we went out for a meal. I had surf and turf but left most of my chips to limit the damage ... but I did share a bottle of wine with my mom and then I had birthday cake so it was all undone.

This week so far I haven't managed to be that good. It is now Wednesday so I really ought to get back on the wagon. I am writing everything down as of right now. I promise. And I'm going to do a weigh in when I get home to discover exactly how much damage I have done.

Gem x

It's all going wrong....

Oh dear, the title says it all...i can't stop misbheaving this week, don't know what's up with me...think it was scoffing that choc on Sunday that has made me do this?!?!? I could just kill anyone for a piece of chocolate....can't call it TOTM because i don't have that anymore with the implant in...what's the matter with me?

I have so far misbehaved each day, Monday i had a freddo bar and choc raisans!! yesterday i had 5 ferrero rochets (god knows how many pts they are!), and i've just scoffed a dark choc digestive!! What's the matter with me. I nipped on the scales this morning, wasn't good news!! Even worse is that i have a meal out with copious amounts of wine on Friday!! uurrrrgggghhh, don't know whether to skip weigh in this week? I'm still gonna follow diet, but i think if i weigh in this week i shall get depressed as it's defo going to be a gain?

Off to tell myself off (SHOUTING AT MYSELF NOW!!) and exercise dvd tonight.,.....blllluuurrreeggghhh

x

Du du du ... another one bites the dust.

So even though I had snaffled a few choc celebrations yesterday I managed to loose 1lb. Woowooo. So much better than I thought I would do. I now weigh 10 stone and 1/2 a lb. Sooooo close. I had spag bol for tea yesterday thanks to my mom. Yummy.

I am going to the gym tonight. Start my new routine on the treadmill. 1 minute walk then a 2 minute run, 1 minute walk then a 2 minute run and so on for 16 minutes. The cross trainer and my other exercises are the same as before.

I am still thinking about what to have to eat for our girls night out next Monday. We are having a 2 course meal. I will go for the turkey as my main as it's chritmas. Now...shall I have a starter of chilli chicken skewers or a chocolate brownie for pudding? Its a tough decision.

Jayne x

8th December scoff fest at Pilot

Gem

What's the menu at the Pilot for our girls xmas tea?? Do we know yet??? (you know me, like to plan what i'm eating...hehe!!)

xx

SILVER 7....FANFARE PLEASE

Well, i've done it....i've lost 7lb in two weeks!! I had messed up the first weigh in after i'd started, only lost 2 and half pounds (hate these 1/4lb and 3/4lbs, was never good at fractions and all that jazz!!) and this sunday i weighed in and had lost 4 and half lbs!! Was chuffed to bits. I still went on my bike in the morning for 20 mins, getting to like it now, but was a bit naughty in the afternoon snaffled quite a few chocolate brazils!!..oops, but good behaivour has started back again today.

I am planning on doing my exercise dvd this week, thought i'd have a change from bike.

I am feeling much more positive this week than what i was then end of last week, had a few slip ups and have got to stop getting on that bloody pair of scales all the blinkin time aswell.

I may have to have an early weigh in this week, as going to Patshull Friday night with the girls, so they'll be lots of scoffing and lots of drinking!! We;ll see how i get on in the week.

Good luck Jayne and Gem for tonight's weigh in xxxx

Same old Monday morning story

The title says it all. I was really good all week..until Friday lol. I ate loads. For breakfast I had a bacon and egg bap. There were a few reasons for this.
1. It was payday
2. It was Friday
3. I was under 10 stone (9 stone 13 and 3/4 lbs)
The team were then given a tin of celebrations as a thank you gift. So I ate one of those...then another..then a few more. Then when I got home I had a banana, a yogurt and a packet of crisps. I then had a bowl of Special K for tea. I then had an apple before I went to bed...Don't know where I put it all lol. I can defiantly say that I went over my 18 points lol. I did go to the gym that day...which won't really have helped much, but I'm glad I went.

Saturday I was good most of the day. Apart from a mince pie. But of the evening I did have a chinese as Tony really fancied one. I had a plain chow mein with 4 prawn crackers.

Sunday I was again good all day. Then had jacket spud, chicken, veg and gravy (becoming a regular) and a curly wurly.

So from Friday onwards I didn't count points. No idea what the scales will say, but hopefully they will not show a gain. I was 10 stone and 3/4lbs this morning.

Jayne x

Strictly Gone Dancing

I had a bit of a new experience this week ... ballroom dancing! Yes, really? Hubby and I were *invited / persuaded / blackmailed / conned in to going to a class with our friends who are getting married and want to learn for their first dance as man and wife. Being as we are best man and bridesmaid on their big day it would seem accompanying them comes under the umbrella of wedding party duties (and seeing as they did such a fabulous job as best man and bridesmaid at our wedding how could we refuse). Secretly, I was quite looking forward to it anyway! The boy's however took a little bit more convincing.

First we had a go at a jive. Hubby and I discovered we were not natural jivers. In fact he spent most of the jive huffing, puffing and cursing under his breath. Then afterwards we tried our hand (or feet?) at the waltz. We were much better at that. So much so that I found the boys were comparing footwork on the carpark afterwards ... and later in the pub ... then later still in the pub carpark. Did they secretly enjoy themselves? I think they just may have done you know. In fact they have agreed in principal to go again next week (but it's hubbys first day of a new job so we'll have to see what time he's home etc.)

From a diet point of view the jive definitely got the old heart rate going so it's probably pretty good exercise (until you get to the pub at least). I think it might help with the old slimming adventure and it's super fun!

Gem x
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Got the rhythm back

I counted my points yesterday and will try my very hardest to keep track all week. At last nights weigh in I had a loss of 1/2 a lb which takes me back down to 10 stone 1 and a 1/2 lb.

I have Special K (3) for breakfast. Half a grapefruit(0.5), a banana (1.5) and grapes (2?) for lunch (it's what I fancy today, as don't fancy salad or bread) with a yogurt (2) for my 3:30 snack. My mom has cooked a chilli so I will have that for tea with half a bag of rice to keep the points down. Will need to work out the points for that.

I'm going to the gym today. Wish I was going now actually. At least I'd be warm. Brrrr it's freezing today.

I'm not going to the all you can eat chinese with people from work on Sunday now. Thought I'd save money and points. Works out to be expensive though doesn't it as it would be myself and Tony for the meal, plus drinks, plus driving to Telford AND Tony is at work so would be a rush. Would rather spend that money on Christmas presents or something.

Well done to Vic and Gem. You have both done VERY well indeed. Woowoo.

Jayne x

Hoorah!!!

Well, I am shocked, stunned and amazed to announce my weigh in result this week. Drum roll please ... I lost 4lbs! That takes me to 11st 1lb and the lightest weigh in since i started this blasted diet. I am so chuffed I can't even tell you!!! Must keep going for this week too.

I have a couple of weightloss hurdles this week. First we are meeting up with some friends on Wednesday evening for a meal out and we haven't seen them in ages so there is no getting out of the pub food for me. I'll just be uber good all day and make sensible choices and drive so I can't drink too much wine! Then on sunday is my dad's birthday so we are going either for a curry or for a carvery. Another tug on the old waistline. Eeeek. Will just have to be super good and hope not to have a gain and anything better than that is a bonus. MUST RESIST PUDDINGS!!! Keep you posted.

Gem x x x

Trumpet Trousers!

I have a bit of an embarrasing prob, i have the most awful trumpet trousers!! What is making it so bad, they are sooooo loud and not particualrly rosey smell either (god, can't beleive i'm writing this down!!)

Do you think it's all the veg i'm eating? That's the only thing i can think it is.....answers on a postcard please to:

Ms Trumpet Trousers

x

Good Result

I've now treated myself to some WW electronic scales.....(how exciting!) My new weigh in now is a Sunday, unfortuantely had to do it after scoffing a mamouth sunday lunch, but will be doing it Sunday mornings from now on. But cue fanfare...i've lost 3 and 3/4lb!! (that 3/4lb is very important...heehee!!) Whoop Whoop...Not bad considering i had a choc raisens attack Friday!! I buy them for liv, she has half a packet, and i stuff the rest of the them in the cupboard to keep away from them and as you can imagine i just end up scoffing em!! Had also been out for a meal on Sat night for Drew's bday, managed to resist the scrummy chips and had steak and salad....did snaffle about 5 chips off Liv's plate and ate the coleslaw that was with my salad, but not as bad as what i would of normally had if i wasn't dieting.

Have been going on my exercise bike most nights, so that has made a difference...won't be on it until Weds now though, as am out tonight and tomorrow, so shall be walking reggie more (if it ever stops raining!!!)

Gotta behave myself this week as would like to have hit the magic 7lb loss by the weekend weigh in.

x

I can't do it anymore

I just can't seem to get in to the rhythm. I am not writing down what I am eating and not counting my points. We treated Louise and Lee to a Chinese Saturday night as Lee was very kind to lay our kitchen floor tiles. I had a chicken chow mein. Not bad I hear you say...but also had curry sauce, chips and prawn crackers :D

My fat day has lasted for 4 days so far. I'm hoping it is because it is * week.

I was just going to write how good I was going to be this week. But have just been reminded that we are going for an all you can eat chinese on Sunday with peeps from work. Oh ek. I tell you what. I'll be good up until then..I'll write down everything I eat and point it.

I went to the gym twice last week so I'll keep that up this week to. I have booked Tuesday and Thursday.

Will I be able to loose these 2lb (or it could be more by tonight) by Christmas?? Fingers crossed

Jayne xx

Weekend of Saintlyness

Well, I have to say (and don't faint!) but I have been really good this weekend. Really reeeally good in fact. I haven't gone over my points at all this week. I have planned my meals like an absolute saint ... grilled steak and salad on friday, tesco light choices lamb moussaka yesterday (4.5 point and very tasty), and tonight I shall be having lamb chops. Yummm. I managed to not drink too much by buying those small bottles of wine rather than a big one and not paying attention to how much I'm having, that seemed to work. We haven't had any takeaway either ... we were supposed to be going out for a meal on saturday night but we managed to convince our friends to have a night in watching a movie instead WITHOUT nibbles lol.

I've got my fingers crossed but I think I might have lost a bit come tomorrow evening. Here's hoping! If I haven't there is no justice.

Gem x

Two Out Of Two

Well, in the two weeks since I decalred I was going back to square one I have managed to put on 2lbs ... 1lb last weeks weigh in and another one at this weeks weigh in. Crap. Now I have had my fair share of naughties so I am not surprised at the gain. I had pizza friday night, mini fish and a cone of chips on saturday night, my fair share of vino over those two nights too and my dad's home made profiteroles with dark chocolate sauce after sunday lunch ... I was good for the rest of the week though and have come up with a verdict : portion control. For most of the week I only ate core foods (with the occaisional slice of toast with my baked beans for breakfast) so I think I am just eating too damn much so when I do have a naughty moment it pushes me way over the edge. The way I see it I have two choices.

1. Stop having any naughties on core because I end up not having enough weekly allowance left for the weekend but still eating/drinking them anyway.
2. Go back to weighing and pointing and having the naughties and measuring them obsessively.

I have decided on option 2. Eat less of the foods I want. Controlled naughtiness. I am going to stick with what I have learned on core, because the free foods on core are generally quite low points so I can eat more and feel fuller than if I stuff myself with low-calorie no-nutrition rubbish. At the same time I can overcome my tendancy to absolutely stuff myself on pasta and potatoes because they are "free". I can also grab a limp sandwich from the asda or somewhere without blowing my treats allowance on days when I haven't been organised enough to prepare couscous or whatever.

So, I'm doing points. Points it is. It has worked before, it can work again.

Also, I have managed to get up to date with my uni work after the flu and a weeks annual leave and a level of laziness and apathy on my part which put me two weeks behind schedule. I have no excuse not to exercise now and I have double ensured that I go do some by arranging two seperate aerobics buddies for wednesday evenings class. That way, if for some reason one of them drops out (which happens quite often) I still have to go because the other one is expecting me. Then there will be yoga on thursday too. Full steam ahead.

Gem x

I;m back!!

Well the title says it all, i'm back with my tail between my legs!! Waddled onto the scales last night and they weren't kind to me at all, but it's all my own fault and i blame it on the morrisons scones!! They're delish..had my last two last night and that's it now...

I;m determined to get myself sorted this time, as was ashamed when i got on the scales last night, really heavy!!! So it's a new start for me....AGAIN! Gotta try and be slimmer for xmas, as busting outa my 14 trousers and that's never a good sign.

Have behaved myself so far, although had to have semi skim milk on my porridge this morning, as skimmed gone horrid, so a pt there and having some extra light salad cream with me prawn salad so another pt and then some butter on my mashed spuds (can't have it without!!) so another pt again!! So that's 3 so far, which is not good...but have planned my meals for the rest of the week...how sad am i and it'll be no points and veg all the way.

Gotta get back into the exercise routine aswell, walked Reggie this morning to mums and will do the same again at lunchtime, just a bugger that it's so dark when i get home as can't go walking then. Exercise Vid tomorrow and thursday and then exercise bike Fri at somepoint.

It's Drew's 16th Birthday Sat, so we shall be going out for a meal, but have planned what i'm having already so there is no chance for me to misbehave!!! And i will not have chips!!!!

I must be thinner by xmas.......please pray that it happens!!!

Sorry for wittering on, but find if i write it all down it helps.....so you can now wake up after i've bored you all silly!!

xx

Thought as much

I was right. I didn't get away with it this week. I have put on 1/2 a lb. Boooo. I now weigh 10st 2lb. But I guess thats not too bad. I still want to get to 10 stone before Cristmas though.

I have made sure Tony is hiding the biscuits as he didn't at the weekend!!!! tut tut.

My gym session is not going ahead today as planned. Finley is not a well fella so I am finishing work at lunch time. I think he'll be back at nursery tomorrow so i'll go then instead. Still want to go twice this week so will make sure I do.

Nice to see Vix back at weigh in last night. Come on gal. I know you can do it :)

Jayne x

Surely Not!!!

Why is it of a weekend all I want to do is eat...lol

It all started Friday as we had some chololates in the office. Then of the evening I had more chololate.

Saturday I only had a banana for breakfast and then went christmas shopping. After about 4 hours we stopped and had a jacket spud. I had mine with cheese and coleslaw (my fave), then when I got home I had a wagon wheel (jam) and some walkers baked crisps. I had a satay and cashew nut stir-fri (pre packed) which wasn't 2 bad on calories and then I had a curly wurly..think I had a yogurt at some point to.

Sunday I had sustain for breakfast. Throughout the day I had a banana, some biscuits, a yogurt, a ham sarnie (just one slice of bread) and a pear. For tea I had jacket spud, chicken, veg and gravy. For afters I had a ...yes a curly wurly.

So as you can see. I ate lots lol. Surely I won't get away with it like last week as I'd stayed the same. Will let you know

Jayne x

Overeaters Annonoymous (sp!)

Well the title says it all, i just cannot stop scoffing. As you all know i've had a manic few weeks, what with childcare issues etc, so you would think the stress would send me into starvation mode...NOPE!! Overeating by rediculous amounts, it's disgustings, feel so vile at the moment i just wanna get back on track.

I SHALL BE ATTENDING WEIGH IN MONDAY!!! Perhaps by writing it in capitals i will take notice of my promises and haul my fat ass to Jaynes on Monday night.

x

Roll On Square Two.

What was that I said last week? Oh yes, back to square one and back on the wagon. Well I must admit that I did make attempts to be positively saintly last week. I was going well too until I realised that I had two social events at the weekend. On Friday we had a friend round for tea, we had fajitas which are not too fattening really but he bought round Forerro Rocher (he was spoiling us) and I ate a few of those and drank three glasses of wine. Saturday was another story as it was a friends birthday and we were out for a surprise birthday meal. Guess what kind of meal? Yes, Indian food. I had an absolutely delish meal of vegetable pakora to start, achari chicken karahi with a stuffed vegetable paratha, more wine than I care to remember and a slice of chocolate birthday cake. On Sunday we had a healthy, on core tea of spaghetti with lean lamb meatballs and tomato based sauce ... followed by Gu brownies, the most fattening and delicious of all the brownies in the world (with the possible exception of the ones I make myself).

Arse. Square one was a miserable failure and I put on 1lb this week, which makes me 11st 4lbs but I suppose it could have been worse. I'm hoping for square two to be a little better.

Gem x

Tummy Troubles

I was pleased to see that I had stayed the same at 10 st 1 and a half lbs at weigh in last night. I was very shocked after my week of (what I thought) lots to eat. I'd also had a hungry day. I then had a large tea. Jacket spud, lots of chicken, veg and gravy and then also had a fave of mine..a curly wurly.

Today I have sustain cereal for breakfast, a salad for lunch (not had one for a while) and a yogurt and banana for snacks. Not sure what I have for tea tonight but I know I am having Taco's tomorrow as my mom is coming over and that's something we all fancied. No idea what points will be for these but I am looking forward to them (Yum)

I am going to the gym tonight and hopefully Thursday or Friday. I think I am going to "UP" my programme again. Just the treadmill part as the cross trainer is hard enough!!! At the moment I just walk up a hill on the treadmill. I MAY have a run and then walk up a hill...Will try it out today and see how it goes. I am now happy with my weight, but not my tummy. I still have a complex about it. I hate wearing jeans because i feel the top of the jeans stops just where I hate and feel like it makes it look bigger ( you know the button part that pokes out). I don't have the problem so much when I'm wearing a skirt or dress. I know I am strange lol, but that's how I feel about it. We all have strange complexes about ourselves...don't we??

Anyway...did I tell you?? I'M GOING TO SEE TAKE THAT NEXT YEAR. lol

Jayne x

So...

Last Monday night I had a 3 course meal and lots to drink. Wednesday Night I had chiili and rice made by my mom. Friday night I went to a fireworks display and had a hot dog, a burger in a bun and a mince pie. Saturday I had a chicken chow mein, curry sauce, chips and prawn crackers. Yesterday I had biscuits (Tony forgot to hide them this week)

Well..Reading that back to myself I feel very naughty now haha. Got no hope of a loss and prob no hope of maintaining. Surely I will have had a gain. So will just need to be good again this week.

Last week there was a point that I weighed 10 stone and half a pound which was nice :) (but that was before the weekend) Will let you know how I get on later anyway.

Jayne x

Monday Night Weigh In

It was my works party last night and the night I wore my new figure hugging dress (photographs can be found on facebook). When I got home I weighed myself and the scales showed a loss of 2lb. I now weigh 10 stone 1 and a half lb. Wicked.

Yesterday I had a bacon bap for breakfast but just had a yogurt for lunch followed by a banana for snack. Then of the evening I had a 3 course meal, wine, vodka and a sambuca. So I'm not even going to guess my points for yesterday. But I will have danced some of that off as I didn't stop ALL night haha.

I'm feeling really tired today as I was out till 2:30. I slept on a friends sofa and had an early start as had to get home and get ready for work. So I'm hoping I won't be too lazy for tea time and just eat rubbish.

I'm really pleased with my weight loss this week and I felt great in my dress last night.

I am having a take away on saturday so I doubt I'll have a loss but will try to maintain. Was going to the gym today but errrrr...well, I just don't feel like it so will leave that till tomorrow now.

Jayne x

Square One

Today is square one day. The first weigh in of my nth attempt at losing a little podge. I had a farewell breakfast of white buttered toast, beans and bacon; a farewell lunch of quiche with salad, and a dinner of spaghetti with meatballs. Not exactly a binge but things that I won't be having much of a taste of for the next couple of months.

So as it's day one I get to declare a start weight. Hubby and I are working on it together this time so we both hopped onto the wii fit to weigh in when we got home from work.

Start Weight: 11st 3lbs
Initial Target: 10st 7lbs (- 10lbs)
Deadline Date: Monday 22nd December (thats the monday before xmas)

Ta-Dah! So there you go. I'm going to achieve my goals by following weight watchers core, trying to do a bit of exercise and trying not to drink too much! I hope now that I have engaged Hubby in the weight loss mission it will be easier to stick to as we will encourage one another to stick to it rather than being bad influences on each other by bringing home wine and/or chocolate or being to lazy to cook!

Gem x

Shopping Trip - not good on the lbs or the £s

OOoooh blimey ... I certainly haven't been concentrating much on the old diet for the last couple of weeks and the blog has been sorely neglected. First I spent and entire week in bed with a very evil flu bug and this week I am on annual leave from work. On Monday Evening we ate out for my Mom's birthday and on Tuesday we went to Manchester for two days of serious shopping. I must say, we walked a fair few miles covering the entire Trafford Centre (that took us eight and a half hours!) most of the Arndale Centre and a quick mooch around the Lowry Designer Outlet village near where we were staying in a very nice little apartment at Salford Quays. Needless to say healthy eating wasn't very high on the agenda although I was made a couple of good choices but they were almost immediately cancelled out. I had a jacket potato with cottage cheese for lunch at the Trafford Centre only to be tempted by a cheese scone when we stopped for a cuppa half way round! We went to Frankie and Benny's for tea and I had a burger, which was just delish. Then yesterday I had toast for brekkie, a chicken teriyaki subway for lunch (less than 5% fat) and a HUGE iced pretzel from the arndale centre because it just looked so tasty, then pasta with four cheese sauce and garlic bread for tea when I got home as it was the quickest easiest thing I could possibly cook ... and I was POOPED after all that shopping!

I have hopped on the scales. I think I have had a 2lb gain since the last time I weighed in at Jayne's house. That's not so good. I think the plan of action for me is that I shall have to make a fresh start and pretend like it is day one of the diet and all the other gains and maintains never happened. This mondy I shall have a first weigh in and go from there. It will be easier when I am back at work and also easier if Hubby has been convinced to work on it with me (which I think he has). So, fresh start here we come!


Gem x

10 food fibs that will make you fat

I have defiantly used a few of these excuses before.

http://www.ivillage.co.uk/dietandfitness/nutrition/healthyeat/articles/0,,252_708624-1,00.html

Jayne x

Stayed the same

Ok so I didn't blog every day to keep me on track as planned. Nor did I write down my points. I am so snotty and achy that I can't even start to think about what I ate. I remember having a ham cob and a yogurt for tea on Saturday night before going up town. Then I drank 1 rose wine spritzer and 3 JD's and diet coke...or what is pepsi??? (one for you Gem). On Sunday I had a lovely roast dinner.

So I was very unsure what the scales would say last night. But I knew I'd eaten too much to have had a loss. Anyway, I was right. I have stayed the same at 10 stone 3 and a half lb. I was on my own for weigh in *sniff sniff*. It does feel lonely so I hope they are back with me next Monday :)

I purchased a gorgeous dress at the weekend for the works party next week. It is very figure hugging so I must be on my best behaviour this week as every biscuit or chocolate bar will show. I am going to seriously count my points this week and hope for a loss.

Jayne x

Blog Attack

I am going to try and blog every day this week. So I apologise now if I just waffle on. I just think it will keep me on track. I went to the gym last night and worked hard. But seem to have hurt my back so I am in pain today. Must have done it on the rowing machine. Boooo.

I stuck to yesterdays menu however I did have 2 salt and vinegar snack-a-jacks and a curly wurly after my tea. Still kept within points though.

Today is my usual menu. Sustain for breakfast. Ham salad for lunch (with extra light mayo as have run out of cheese triangles) and a banana for snack. I am sure I will prob go to sainbury's at lunch time to get my beloved yogurt as well. Not sure what to have for tea as yet.

I wonder where Tony hid the biscuits?? hehe. Well it worked. No biscuit munching went on and it won't happen for some time yet either. I am going to pretend biscuits don't exist.

Jayne x

IT'S TUESDAY!!

Duur brain, it's Tuesday not Thursday as i've just put in my post!
x

Choc Raisans Haunting me again!!

AAAAAAAAarrrrrrrrrrrrrggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhh, i've eaten a whole bag of choc raisans after my lunch....buy them for Liv, but seem to scoff the lot before she gets her little hands on them....what is the matter with me, pinching sweets off my 2 and 1/2 year old, how wrong is that.

Really don't feel like the exercising lark either....arrrrggghhhh, may have to throttle myself shortly if i don't get back onto the wagon and start behaving myself.

Am dreading Monday's weigh in and it's only blinkin Thurs!
x

Feed a Cold, Starve a Fever

Feed a cold, starve a fever ... I think that's how the saying goes. Not sure what it means when you have a cold AND a fever. I am at the moment a sweaty snotty mess in bed. Very attractive. I don't really have the energy to prepare anything and i can't say i fancy anything much anyway. I had some marmite on toast for breakfast. Then cheese on toast for lunch (is there a pattern forming?) and i just had a cranberry cupcake washed down with squash, two ibuprofen and a decongestant. It's fair to say I feel crap, there is no chance of me doing much exercise for the next few days or spending more than ten seconds preparing anything to eat.

I didn't weigh in this week, due to not wanting to move much further than bed, but i did get on my bathroom scales and there certainly wasn't a loss. I was pretty rubbish last week really. Maybe my lack of appetite will do me a favour in a weird, ill, horrid kind of way.

Gem x

All alone at weigh in

I have now got Tony to hide the biscuits and have told him that any biscuits that ever come in to the house must be hidden straight away. This is the only way I will cure my biscuit binge.

Vix and Gem didn't make it to weigh in so I was all alone this week. The scales showed a 1/2lb gain. Not too bad at all. So I now weigh 10 stone 3 and 1/2lb. I don't feel bad about that even though I did want a loss, but as you can see from my previous post that wasn't going to happen after my butty AND indian take away.

Today I have a banana (1.5) and a special k bliss bar (1) for breakfast and I will have my sustain (3) for lunch . I have a yogurt (2) and dried fruit (1.5) for snack. I will have a chicken (2) salad with mayo (1) for tea. Thats only 12 points so I have room for something after tea. (no chocolate or biscuits allowed)

I am going to the gym Tuesday (today) and Thursday this week.

Jayne x

Monday Night Scive

WEll the title says it all, i shall not be attending the weigh in tonight, on the count that i have seriously misbehaved all weekend!!

Although, had a weigh in on Friday and that was a good one, had lost 4lb in the week!! So total loss is now 5lb...very good, but have ruined it all over the weekend. Getting back on track this week now, and defo think the exercising to the dvd is working, as had a good loss.

xx

I blame the butty

It was all going good. Then Friday happened lol.

I was working at another School on Friday and we got there too late for breakfast. Myself and the two lads I went with were all feeling hungry so while I had a tour of the school Jase went to get us some food. So that morning I had a HUGE bacon egg and mushroom sarnie on THICK bread. I did struggle to eat it all but it was very tasty. I then skipped lunch as I was still so full. For tea I had a yogurt and some sustain.

Saturday I had sustain for breakfast and a yogurt for lunch...but then had biscuits. I went to Vix of the evening for a girls night in and we had an Indian. I had Saag Aloo and boiled rice (half) and had 2 glasses of rose wine spritzers.

Sunday I had sustain cereal for breakfast and 2 crumpets for lunch. I was busy painting the kitchen ceiling and emptying cupboards so when I got hungry I dipped in to the biscuit barrel.

I blame the butty... Because I ate more that day it gets you in the mood for eating more the next day and the day after that etc. It's Monday so I am back at work so I will be able to behave myself now.

I have sustain for breakfast, a ham salad for lunch and a banana and yogurt for snacks. I need to make sure I go to the gym twice this week as well.

Don't think weigh in will be good news tonight.

Jayne x

A Little Bit Closer

Hurrah! I managed to have a loss this week! I lost 1 and 1/2 lbs which takes me down to 11st 2 and 1/2 lbs and leaves 4 and 1/2 lbs left to reach my mini goal.

Admittedly, I was hoping for a little bit more of a loss than that after hearing about some of those amazing first week losses some women have BUT I must remember that I was not a complete saint. I had a few more treats than I should have had and also I have been stuck not losing anything for so long now a change of something was such a relief!

The verdict? Core is going to work for me. I am sure of it. I just need to watch out for eating things and guestimating points like I did with that Feast. Exercise is likely to be thin on the ground this week as I have an assignment due on Friday but I will hopefully be able to squeeze in a couple of wii fit sessions and I have yoga on Thursday which I never like to miss.

Gem x

Rubbish Result

Well, the title says it all, i only lost 1lb this week. But i know why, and it's my own silly fault, Jayne very kindly reminded me of a few naughties i'd failed to include in the blog yesterday that i'd scoffed in the week (whoops) So all my own fault and i'm very disappointed in myself, as a 1lb loss in the first week is rubbish.

But a new week has started, last night i had my pizza and choc bar for my treat then as soon as madam went to bed i got the natalie cassidy exercise dvd out and did 45 mins of aerobics.....sweating like a pig afterwards, but felt very good....then this morning i have walked reg on our 1 mile trot..so behaving myself. I'm gonna get onto the exercise dvd again tonight as soon as i get in...madam will no doubt be helping me do my sit ups and laughing at me, but hey ho.

Any ideas how many extra pts i get for the exercise vid and then again for the 1 mile walk? Not intending to eat em, but just wanna record em.

x

Scales were kind

The scales were kind and showed that I have stayed the same at 10 stone 3lb. Phew. It must have been all the sorting and cleaning I did around the house all weekend. I am hoping to loose those 3lb soon. I will be good all week. No snacking on rubbish. Saturday night I am going to be having a takeaway and drinks at Vix so I need to save some points up for that.

I have had my sustain cereal this morning and I must say it did fill me up. The points for the cereal plus the milk comes to 3 points so thats pretty good. I have a salad for my lunch and not sure what to have for tea yet. I am thinking maybe pasta.

I am also going to write everything down so that I know what I'm eating and having point wise. I am going to the gym today and Thursday this week.

Jayne x

One Weeks Naughties

After the Feast disaster on Thursday night I was on a mission to stay on track as best as I could over the weekend. On core you are allowed 21 pts for the week, I also earned 6 bonus points by a combination of yoga class and wii fit which gave me 27 pts for off plan goodies. My total points for the week go something like this :

2 small beers - 2pts
A shortbread biscuit - 2.5pts
Olive spread - 1pt
Feast Ice Cream Lolly - 8.5pts (don't go there!)
White Wine and Soda - 5pts
Chow Mein - 2pts
3 King Prawn Balls - 3 pts
Red Wine - 4pts
Homemade Lemon Cheesecake - ?!?! (unknown)

Total - 28 pts + Cheesecake

So, as you can see I had one too many points than I should have and I ate a piece of lemon cheesecake with raspberry coulis which would be impossible (and painful) to point, so I haven't tried. Instead I skipped my evening meal on Sunday and hoped for the best, and yes I know that's naughty but I had a late breakfast and a late lunch so I really wasn't hungry. Also, in my defense I spent all day Saturday up and down ladders painting the kitchen (it looks very nice, tar) and I reckon that will have burned off a few too ... which is good as I have just remembered another 2pts that i ate ... pepper sauce made with skimmed milk and a skinny cow ice cream lolly.

This mornings sneaky weigh in said 10st 13lbs (which on Jayne's official scales is about 11st 1lb) so I am hoping to have lost at least a little something at the end of today ... and after the weigh in I'm going to have another slice of my sis-in-law's ruddy lovely cheesecake assuming Hubby hasn't beaten me to it!!!

Gem x

Jayne is going to snack less and poo more.

I have just been out to buy some Kellogg's Special K Sustain. A tasty new wholegrain flake cereal with protein and fibre that can help you feel satisfied for longer.

I am unsure of the points at the moment, however I am hoping this will stop me snacking and give me more fibre so that I will go to the loo more. Rather than my weekly visit lol.

http://www.kelloggs.co.uk/specialk/products_sustain.aspx

Jayne x

How have I done??

Well my first week back on track adn doing Core, i just have no idea how i've done at all!! I'm so worried about getting on them blasted scales, i hate it!

I haven't been too naughty, just the odd little bit here and there, and have been counting my points and have been ok....apart from Andy forcing (well, forcing a bit strong, hadn't got my hand behind my back or anything like that!!) me to eat a bloody Wispa yesterday afternoon!! Could of throttled him when he brought it back from the shop, and of course i couldn't resist it could i. Then Liv and Andy both wanted a McDonalds when we were out, but i behaved myself and ate 1 measley chip and that was it...although could've scoffed both of their meals given half a chance.

Whoops, conveniently forgot about the 2 peices of wedding cake i scoffed at the wedding aswell..and the bits of party food too....oh well, that's it now, doubt i'll of lost much if anything at all.

Off to walk Reggie and salad for lunch, then a march round jaynes tonight if it's not raining i think.

Vix
x

Addicted to yogurt

I am looking back at the week just gone and thinking I have eaten too much. I have not been writing down my points so I have no idea. I have not really been eating naughty things but just feel I have eaten waaaay too many snacks.

I haven't eaten healthy nutritional meals either. For example Friday evening I had a muller corner for my tea before going out with the girls. I had a yogurt for my lunch on Saturday and I had melon and a yogurt for my lunch yesterday. NOW I know what you’re thinking. I must not have been over eating if that’s all I have been eating for meals...but it’s my snacking in between. I did only have 4 biscuits over the whole weekend but found myself eating a lot of dried fruit which I bet has lots of points along with other things, mostly healthy… but a lot of them. I had a sausage sandwich for tea last night and a curly wurly.

I am going to make sure I write everything down and not eat so many snacks this week. I am going to plan ahead my meals to make sure I am getting enough carbs, fibre etc.

It's weigh in today so I shall see how this has effected what the scales say.

Jayne x

All Hail Chocolate!!!

As if we needed any excuse ... this week is Chocolate Week. Finally chocolate receives the official recognition it so justly deserves, and who are we to argue.

Visit the Chocolate Week website

Gem x

All Scream for Ice Cream

Things are going pretty well on Core. I've had some yummy meals, I've not been hungry, I've avoided cream cakes at work twice, and resisted chip shop chips. I did make a little boo boo last night when Hubby brought me back a Feast Ice Cream Lolly. I ate it without checking in the book thinking it was probably 4 or 5 points. Unfortunately it was 8.5 points! So, there goes my wine and chow mein allowance for the weekend. Aaaaarrrrrgh! Bah Humbug!

Today I had a Banana and Shredded Wheat with Skimmed Milk for breakfast and I prepared a pasta salad for lunch with green garlic olives, black olives, onion, lettuce and slow roasted tomatoes with chilli and mixed herbs followed by a strawberry yoghurt (not my favourite flavour but they are always part of a yoghurt multi pack so I have to eat them). The slow roasted tomatoes made such a difference to my salad ... they go all wrinkly and dried out and sweet and lovely which is great for the winter when salad is the last thing I want to eat. I've included the recipe below ... although it's so easy it's not even a real recipe.

Slow Roasted Tomatoes
(Free on every diet I can think of!)

1. Preheat the oven to 140 degrees
2. Take as many cherry tomatoes as you like and cut them in half. Place them cut-side up on a baking tray.
3. Sprinkle the tomatoes with salt (which helps the toms dry out), pepper, mixed herbs and some paprika or a little chilli powder ... I suppose you could put crushed garlic on too.
4. Put in the oven for one hour after which time the tomatoes should be golden and wrinkly just like the sun dried type but without a drop of oil in sight.

Gem x

PS. I also found out on the ww forums that for chicken chow mein from the Chinese takeaway, because all of the ingredients are Core you only have to allow points for the oil it was cooked in not the whole thing (that's 2-3 points instead of 7.5!) Loving the Core!

I'm having a hungry week!

I am feeling lazy. I am having one of those weeks where I am always feeling hungry. I am fine during the day as I am at work, but when i get home...I get the munchies.

I had a spag bol on Monday and have been good tea wise...but when it comes to about 9pm i find myself in the cupboard after munchies. Tut.

Yesterday I had forgotten my salad for lunch so I had a subway. Only 4 points plus some light mayo so not to bad...and I did walk to town and back. I also went to the gym and just had a salad for tea. But then I had 2 biscuits, a yogurt and a curly wurly hahaha oh dear.

I am off out tonight with Vix and a few old school friends tonight but we are not eating out so I can have tea before I go. I don't have any lunch with me today either as I have run out of a few things. Asda is delivering later so I will again have a salad for tea. I am fancying a fruit bowl for lunch and of course a new fave of mine...the healthy choice muller corner.

I am going to the gym again today. This will hopefully help get rif of a few of the calories I have been munching.

I don't have any plans for the weekend apart from again tidying the house (this time upstairs) and also attack the kitchen by emptying wall units and taking them down and maybe even trying to get the tiles off the walls. Ready for the plaster to come next week and the kitchen fitters to come the week after. Yay.

I am hoping all of this will keep me busy and away from food lol.

Jayne x

Well done Gem

Hey Girl, sounds as though you're really getting Core now and hoping for a big loss for me and you this week (and you Ms S Jayney!!) (very tempted to jump on Jayne's scales on fri, but think i may resist!!)

I've been really good so far (very shocked at my behaviour, as normally going tits up by now). I've had my porridge again for brekkie, then lunch was a salad with prawns and egg, only counting my extra light salad cream. Tonight for tea i've got a creamy chicken casserole i've nicked from ww website and adapted. Basically, chicken breasts cut up, onion, peas, yellow peper, carrot and all bunged in my slow cooker and mixed with LF campbells chicken soup (free on core!!)....looked scrummy when i put it on at lunchtime, gonna serve with some veg and my wholegrain rice....can't wait now.

I'm hoping to behave myself Thurs/Fri when i'm at home, as this is normally my downfall as end up scoffing when me nad Liv are in the house, but have binned all the naughty choc, so won't be having any of that and saddo that i am have already planned my lunches and tea so there will be no faffing about and i know what i've got.

Looking forward to the girls night on Friday, going to behave though and only have a couple of spirits...may be JD, or malibu and diet coke (oohhhh choices choices!) but defo not getting leathered. Have a 6 year olds party on saturday lunchtime, which i'm dreading as i know they'll be loads of naughty things there to eat, lets just hope i manage to behave myself as will be very cross if i slip up.

Exercise has been rubbish this week, been so busy once i get home just haven't had five minutes to myself!! poor excuse i know

Bring on the dieting.... i shall be think (chanting to myself at my desk now!)

xx

Core Blimey!

Well, so far core has being going well for me. It's Wednesday ... day two of the new plan and I haven't had any disasters yet. I think Vix was right about my not eating a good enough lunch yesterday. I was ravenous by the time I left the office but managed not to indulge in any snacking before tea was cooked.

Today I had weetabix for breakfast, a jacket potato with baked beans and salad for lunch and for tea ... well I don't really know. There is a leftover portion of home made, low fat, accidentally 'core', chicken saag aloo in the freezer which I might have with some rice. Or I might cobble together a tomato and olive pasta sauce. That's about all I can think of really as the cupboards are bare. No fear though, the shopping will be delivered this evening and all will be well (Hubby is in to take the delivery while I'm out mooching around Dunelm).

The weight watchers community forums are being helpful in getting this diet to make more sense to me. Today I have been told that I don't have to count any points for bisto, I can eat avocado for free (hurrah!) and core does definitely work if you stick to it.

Yesterday I used two syn... I mean points on two small bottles of lager (1pt each). Today I have used 2.5 points on a shortbread biscuit. Tomorrow I probably shan't have any which leaves plenty for the weekend. I shall need them. On Saturday we are supposed to be going out for a meal to Naughty Nell's in Shifnal. I don't think that will be too difficult to stick to plan as it's a Mongolian all you can eat menu where you fill a bowl with your choice of raw meat, vegetables, noodles and stuff and they are then cooked in front of you on a big hot plate while being flipped around with two sticks. As long as I steer clear of any sauces (and dessert) that should be fine. Sunday afternoon is lunch at Sister-In-Law's. Not so easy to stay on plan, but a roast shouldn't be too bad (again, must beware of dessert).

Gem x

GEM

Hi Hun

Well done on scoffing all the naughties, i have been doing that for the past 2 days, now all finally gone, although found a pack of caramel shortbread biscuity things in cereal cupboard this morning.....hidden them at the back where i can't see em.

Just one teeny bit of advice with core, you're not eating enough at lunch!! You need to be having something more substantial hun, like jkt spud, pasta, rice, salad or soup....don't think just having fruit will be enough?!??! Shoot me down if i'm wrong, but had a quick read of one of my ww books at lunch, it had a kickstart menu in there and it was suggesting the above for lunch...

I've scoffed, ham and prawn salad and just had a yummy mandarin mueller light, really enjoyed....haven't had a craving for any chocolate just yet, but gonna ignore it when it comes.

Vix
xx

Getting Ready for Core

Despite being absolutely convinced of a gain, I managed to stay the same at this week's weigh in. That's 11st 4lbs. 6lbs left to lose for the 7lbs in 7 weeks challenge by the 3rd November. All of the naughty food has gone from our house (Hubby and I scoffed the last bit of apple tart and shared my Cadbury's Wispa - that's true love that is, letting him have some of your last remaining chocolate bar) and I'm ready for going CORE!

... well almost. I still need to do a supermarket shop. I think i'm actually going to have to go to the supermarket myself rather than do it online. I'm busy busy busy all week so the only night I can take delivery is today and I was too late to book a slot by about 20mins (last check out is 10am) how annoying. So I'll be kicking it old school and visiting the supermarket later on. Pah.

Core plan for today ... Weetabix with skimmed milk and a banana for brekkie, Fruit salad for lunch(apple, pinapple, kiwi, grapes, banana), and roast chicken with baked potato and veg for tea. I wont eat any of my weekly points today if I can help it.

Determined Girl Here

Well the weigh in wasn't too bad, had only put 2 and 3/4lbs back on, which wasn't too bad considering the scoffing that has been going on.

Am very focused now, am really looking forward to getting stuck in core. I've had my porridge for brekkie this morning and didn't scoff the lot, as the focus on core is stopping when you feel full not just scoffing the lot as you know you should!! So reggie snaffled the last of my porridge. Got salad with ham and prawns at lunch, then cooking cottage pie with lots of veg for tea....only pts i;ll have consumed for today will by my extra light salad cream, so not too bad.

Still putting my craving essence drops in my drink too, lets hope that starts to take effect soon.

We can do it girls
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Happy Weigh-in

I was worried about weigh in (as always). However I was pleased to see a 1lb loss. I now weigh 10s 3lb. Ace :) I am going to try and get to 10 stone I think. But I am not going to rush about it. As long as I'm there by Christmas.

Glad to have Vix back on board :)

I have just booked myself in to the gym on Wednesday and Friday. They have started a new 30 minute spinning class on a wednesday so I may give that a go. If not I will just stick to my usual routine.

My 2 good friends are both doing core this week. I am sticking to the points diet as I don't feel prepared for core but I may give it a go next week.

Jayne x

Fat Ass is back in the building!!

Hey Girlies

Well after my spectacular falling off the wagon a few weeks ago, i have done nothing but scoff this weekend in readiness for being back on the wagon...which i suppose is very wrong, but hey ho i binged like a good un.

I'm back at saint Jaynes tonight and do you know what, i'm quite looking forward to getting myself back on track and being slimmer (yes, i hear you shouting "we've heard it all before") but i've gotta get on with it. Have decided to do the Core WW plan this time, as worked very well last few times i've done it and find it easier than the points for some reason.

I have also promised myself that i must go on my x trainer at least 3 times a week (£50 down the drain otherwise).

I have also brought some homepathic Craving Essence which i read about in a magazine the other week, 5 drops in your water 3 times a day and it's supposed to stop you craving stuff!! Can't see it working to be honest, shall probably swigging from the bottle soon to feel the effects.

xx

Going Hard Core

Well, My weekend had it's ups and downs. I wasn't horrendously naughty but I did have wine on Friday (three glasses) and pizza on Saturday (margarita with olives, anchovies and fresh basil). That's the extent of my naughtiness ... though I didn't really exercise either. I feel a little bit like a weeble today so I'm not looking forward to weigh in, but i'll be there or be square.

There are four weeks left of my seven lbs in seven weeks challenge now. Hmmmm assuming I haven't gained tonight (and I might have) I have six lbs to lose in four weeks. Still doable just about. BUT if I have gained tonight, even just a couple of lbs it will be tricky. So i'm looking at 1 and 1/2 to 2lb per week loss till the end of the challenge depending on tonight's weigh in. It's OK. I can still do it.

I'm changing approach. My attempt at slimming world last week was quite a disaster really. I kept eating things by mistake that I thought wouldn't take me over my points but did ... like I had a light muller rice and it was 6 SYNS! And another day I forgot I had had both my HEb choices and had a wholemeal bread roll, also 6 syns if it's not a HE. And I had ham on a green day and on Friday I ate out and had chicken pasta so I don't know what day I was on. I just got all confused!

For the remaining four weeks of the challenge I am changing my tactics. I know, I do this a lot don't I? This time I mean it. I am going to try the Weight Watchers CORE plan. It's the diet that Vix is following and it seems like a cross between slimming world and the weight watchers points diet. You have a list of free foods (all non processed) which includes your lean meats, fish, potatoes, rice and pasta, fruit and veg, skimmed milk, cereals, low fat yoghurt. Basically everything on the free foods list of slimming world except you can have green foods and red foods on the same day and there are no HEs. You then have 21 points per week for treats and stuff that isn't on the free list like sauces or booze and chocolate. I assume I can also earn bonus points by doing exercise like on the points diet, which will encourage me to get off my arse and actually go to spinning or wherever if it means an extra glass of wine or two. I'm also going to try and rope Hubby into doing this with me. I'll let you know how that goes!

Gem x

Hey Vix

Where have you gone? We miss you :)

See you later for weigh in. I AM GOING TO BE STRICT AND MAKE YOU COME EVERY WEEK :P

Jayne x

Let's call it an "Oh dear" weekend.

So last week I had a burger in a bun with chips, a wispa and a spag bol. Apart from that I had been good. Then Friday happened. I was well behaved during the day and went to the gym after work. However as soon as I got home my mind turned to food and I started eating a few biscuits, then had a yogurt and had jam on toast for tea. I then went shopping and as I was putting the biscuits away I found myself opening them and eating more. Why do I do this???

Saturday I had my usual banana and cereal bar for breakfast. I had pineapple and a shapers choc bar for lunch and Tony took me out for a lovely meal Saturday night. I had chicken breast cooked in mushroom, pepper, onion and red wine sauce and a bruschetta topped with cheese, peppers and oregano. Tony then ordered a pudding and asked for 2 spoons (aaah how romantic hehe) so I also had some profiteroles.

Sunday I starting feeling a little unwell, sore throat, head ache etc but was on a mission to clean and sort the house so I found myself comfort eating. Yes...the biscuits came out yet again along with other naughty things. Not good.

It's not looking good for today's weigh in is it!!!

Jayne x

Working Out

Mid Week Progress Update

Well, I have done what I said I would ... I am keeping track of everything that passes my lips religiously. Slimming world now have a Food Diary on their members website in which you can store all of your eatings. It has a built in syn search and lists of healthy extras so it's SUPER easy to keep track and also you can't cheat and pretend that just because the X that you ate was only a small one it would be one or two less syns than it says in the book (one of my favourite tricks).

I can see why I haven't lost any weight since I stopped writing things down ... It is very easy to go over syns when you are guestimating because syns are so much higher than the weight watchers points which are ingrained on my brain (they are usually about double which sounds a lot but don't forget how much food is free). It's taking me a couple of days to adjust back on to doing the diet actually. I didn't realise how far off track I had gone. I'm back on track though now and feeling good about it. As long as I keep writing it down!!!

So it's spinach and potato curry with rice for tea tonight ... it's a Green Day. I had beans on wholemeal toast for breakfast and I'm having fruit for lunch and a treatsize crunchie (4 syns) for a treat with a cuppa this afternoon. I haven't had a HEa choice yet as I didn't have my usual weetabix and therefore no milk. I might have an options hot chocolate (2 syns) made with milk tonight to make sure I have my calcium intake or I could use the milk to make up a no added sugar Angel Delight (3 syns for 1/4 packet or 5.5 for 1/2). Decisions, decisions.

So far...

I had my Cadbury's Wispa last night. It was very yum. Really enjoyed it. It was 5 points which means I had 22 1/2 points. I had soup for tea which was delish as it had huge chunks of veg and pasta. I had this with 2 slices of wholemeal bread.

I DIDN'T have salad at all yesterday. I did make one for lunch, but for some reason I didn't fancy it so I just had a few grapes and strawberries and a muller corner yogurt for lunch.

I am going to the gym tonight so will work off that wispa :D

Jayne x

Good weigh in

I was good ALL weekend. I didn't do much exercise apart from about 10 minutes on the stepper to be honest but I was really busy around the house and didn't really stop all weekend.

I had salad for my lunch on Saturday and a ww curry for tea. On Sunday I had a pear for lunch and a salad for tea. I even cooked Tony and Finley bangers and mash for their tea, but still went for the salad to be good. I was on a mission and nothing was going to stop me lol.

On monday (weigh in) I was again good during the day and had the usual banana and cereal bar for breakfast and salad for lunch along with a new favourite of mine..the healthy choice muller corner. Weigh in went well...Very well. I lost 3 and 3/4lbs and now weigh 10 stone 4lb. Wooowooo. For tea I did treat myself and had a burger in a bap with salad and a handful of chips. I also had a curly wurly as I had forgotten to by myself a cadbury wispa...gutted!!!

I need to find out how many points I can have a day to maintain my weight. I have also booked in to the gym on Wednesday and Friday.

Jayne x

Gemma Hates Weigh In

I do hate it y'know. Really. Even when I KNOW not to expect a weight loss I still hate stepping on the scales. This week I stayed the same and i knew i would as i had a sneaky weigh in at home before i went ... but I also started a new regime today so I'm trying to stay positive. Writing everything down. I know I should be doing that anyway but I hardly ever do and end up overeating. I'm going to write it all down. Even the bad stuff. Even though there wont be any bad stuff of course! And measure things. I just weighed my HE of baked potato for my tea which I'm having with salmon and hollandaise sauce (a packet mix, 1 syn made with a HEa of milk) and mange tout. Yum. I'm going to finish my wine off too lol. It will push me slightly over my syns for the day but it's weigh in day and everyone has a treat on weigh in day. I heard a rumour that Saint Jayne is having a Cadbury's Wispa!!!

Gem x

Half Good, Half Naughty

I have done LOADS of exercise this weekend but I also had quite a lot of naughty treats too. Half good, half naughty.

• After work on Friday I did a half hour on the wii fit - rhythm boxing, jogging, step aerobics a bit of yoga and some muscle workout ... and although we didn't have our usual Friday night take out (had a lean steak sandwich with horseradish instead) I did have a couple of cookies, a cadbury highlight trifle and three glasses of wine.
• On Saturday we got up reasonably early and met up with some friends for a walk up the wrekin ... but I did have an ice cream on the way down and then a cajun chicken sammo in the pub. We went to see some friends on the evening and had a Chinese with them (the set menu for four from the Double Luck was really lovely!) and I drove so I only had diet coke and no wine.
• Despite the fact that I reeeeally didn't want to get out of bed I did make it to the 10.30 spinning class on Sunday morning. I had weetabix for breakfast and a couple of scotch pancakes for lunch and a roast chicken dinner (all cooked low fat) ... but then I had a piece of mother-in-law's chocolate fudge birthday cake and later a couple of glasses of wine and some nuts.

So I was really good in terms of exercise ... food, not so much. It certainly wasn't the worse weekend I ever had and I really enjoyed it too. I have a slimming world food diary sheet printed off for this week. I am going to try following it to the absolute letter and write down everything this week especially if I am going to meet my 7lb in 7 weeks target!

Gem x

Need to be good this weekend

I am writing this so that it will make me think about it at the weekend when I reach for those biscuits.

I weighed myself last night and it showed a little loss so hopefully if I keep this up over the weekend I will like what I see on the scales on Monday. I don't have any plans for a takeaway at all. NO NO NO. In fact I am going to be sooooo healthy. YES YES YES.

I went to the gym on Wednesday and I am going at 2:30 today. All booked in a raring to go. I did a few sit-ups last night, I keep saying it but I do really need to get back in to doing those. I am (around) the weight I am happy with (when i loose the 3lb i have put on) and now need to tone and firm up, especially around the tummy area.

Here's to a well behaved healthy weekend.

Jayne x

What's 1lb among friends?!

This week my blatant inactivity and overeating had a negative affect on my weight loss, in that I didn't have one. In fact I had a 1lb gain. Back to 11st 4lbs for me. Again. At this rate I would actually be pleased to get back to 11st 2 and 1/4 lbs (but perhaps that's just crazy talk?)!!!

Plan for this week ... Exercise. No excuses now, my assignment is done, I'm all up to date with my course work, the house isn't (too) messy, it's not my birthday or any other food related celebration. I *must* behave. Tonight is wii fit night. Also we have no food in the fridge and the shopping isn't being delivered till Friday so it should be easy not to stuff my face. Might get the hula hoop out actually as I haven't done that in a while. There's a possibility of another Sunday morning spin class too. Target weight loss for next week? 1 and 1/2 lbs.

Gem x

Saint Jayne is back

Bugger!!!! I have gained 3lb. I was hoping that I would have lost a bit within that one day of weighing myself lol. I now weigh 10st 7 3/4lbs.

So my mission is to loose that 3lb as quickly as possible. Back to being Saint Jayne for a few weeks then *crap*. I had fruit for lunch and salad for tea yesterday. I am going to the gym today and will go on Friday. I may go spinning on Sunday but that's not definite yet.

Jayne x

Awful Awful AWFUL Weekend.

Vix is not the only one to have had a naughty weekend well and truly off the wagon. I have spent at least 20 hours of this weekend sat on the sofa at my laptop writing my absolute nightmare of an examinable assignment for my penultimate post-graduate module. It was not a fun assignment to write. In fact I hated every second and as comfort to myself I ate more crap than you can imagine.

I feel as though I should write a list of what I ate, but even if I could remember everything I think you would all be disgusted with me so I won't. I am quite disgusted at myself frankly. Anyway. Weigh in is tomorrow due to Jayne's holiday so I have one day's reprieve. I may spend the whole night on wii fit rhythm boxing in some attempt to salvage myself.

One thing is for sure though ... I MUST GET ON THE SCALES TOMORROW. If I don't my binge will only carry on for another week and my bulge will grow further. I have no excuse now as my next assignment is three weeks away and it's only a tiny one in comparison (not like the 10,000 word beast I have submitted this afternoon). I really hope Vix will join us too! We're all in the same boat this week and we shall go down with the ship if necessary!

Gem x

DIET STARTS TOMORROW

Since Tuesday I can officially say I have NOT been dieting. I have already listed what I ate on my birthday but I didn't really behaved myself since.

Friday was Tony's birthday and we went on holiday. I had toast for breakfast and a ham sarnie for lunch along with a few mini scotch eggs and cocktail sausages. When we arrived at the campsite we unpacked and then had a walk around. We found a lovely restaurant on the site which had a balcony over looking the sea...Perfect. Se we decided to have our tea there. I had lasagne which came with chips and garlic bread. I finished off the lot. When we got back to the caravan and even though we were all VERY full, we still managed to eat some birthday cake lol.

Saturday I had cereal and toast for breakfast, a jacket spud with coleslaw and cheese for lunch followed by an ice cream and for tea we had a BBQ so I had 2 burgers (in buns) and 2 sausages with tomato sauce and salad.

Sunday I had a banana and some toast for breakfast and for lunch ham sarnies. Later I had a jam croissant and some prepacked fruit. For tea I had bacon and sausage on toast followed by 4 fig rolls.

Today I had cereal and a croissant for breakfast. Ham sarnie for lunch followed by 4 caramel biscuits and some chocolate limes on the journey home...Guess what I'm having for tea...a bloomin Indian. I have been promising Tony for months that we would have one so I guess...in a way it is a good idea to have it now so that I can get back to dieting and maintaining.

When i got home and got on the scales I am horrified but not surprised to see I have gained 3lb. And that in only 1 week. Proves how fast it creeps back on eh.

DIET STARTS TOMORROW. Need to get back to 10stone 5lb as quickly as possible. Weigh in this week for myself and the girls is going to be tomorrow.

Jayne x

I'm in Trouble....fell off the wagon

Well the title says it all, i've fell off big time and have no intetion of getting back on it...I HATE DIETING!!!

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Aaaarrrrrgh awful weekend.

I haven't set foot on the wii fit since the 5lb gain debacle of thursday evening. In fact I haven't really set foot anywhere. I have spent the whole weekend sitting on my bum on the sofa writing untold amounts of drivel for my MA assignment and eating more junk food than I think I have ever before. Not looking good for monday's weigh in. I am going to try and do some kind of exercise tomorrow night (aerobics? or spin?) before Jayne gets back from her hols and forces me onto the scales on tuesday.

Craaaaaaaaaaaaap!!!

Gem x

Minor Crisis

Yoga started again last night ... I was very glad of getting some chillax time to look after the Inner Gemma, connect with my chakra's and generally give myself a bit of a stretch. The class is now half an hour earlier than it used to be. That doesn't sound like a lot, and it isn't but it does mean getting home from work, eating something and getting changed is a bit of a rush. Instead of trying to squeeze a proper meal into the 40 minutes I had at home I had a proper meal at work (quiche and salad) and grabbed a banana, grapes and strawberries for tea as you don't want to be contortioning yourself into weird and wonderful poses on a full stomach. I came home, I felt very zen and calm and tall and light so I decided to do my daily body test on the wii fit ... oh ... my ... god. Perhaps I was very grounded, perhaps my muscles we full of some heavy kind of chi energy, or perhaps the quiche was a terrible terrible idea. The wii fit seems to think I have put on 5lbs in one day. I'm not kidding. That cannot be possible surely? It was later than usual (9pm-ish) but still ... five freakin pounds?!

My fingers, legs, arms, eyes, whatever, are very firmly crossed that it was just some horrible mistake and when I body test after work today those 5lbs will have melted away.

Absolutely horrified.
Gem x

It's my birthday and I'll eat if i want to!!

Yes Folks. I am celebrating my 29th birthday today. Had nice presents but mainly money as I need new clothes and we are going away on Friday. I am sooo looking forward to a break.

Today the lads from work took me for a pub lunch and I had chicken pasta alfredo which came with garlic bread. It was very nice indeed. Jase then bought me a snickers for pudding as it is something I have been wanting since I started the diet all thoses 22 weeks ago. I really enjoyed it.

I don't think I will be having an indian tonight now. Don't think i'll manage it to be honest. May save it till next Monday when we get back from Devon as we won't want to cook, so will prob end up having a take away anyway.

I am so full that I won't be going to the gym today as planned. I have cancelled it and booked tomorrow and thursday instead. I will try and do some sit-ups tonight though.

Nice one Vix for getting a cross trainer. You go girl :)

Jayne x

Skinny Thighs here i come!

Just brought myself a cross trainer, so i shall be pounding my way on that every night now!! Know that i can do it, as done it before....so cheaper than me joining a gym and can do when madams gone to bed.

Whhhoooohhhoooo
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Happy Birthday to our resident wonderful slimmer......Jayne xxxx

Good Results all round

Well as the post suggests, we all had a good week...perhaps we're all good luck charms for each other?!?!

I lost 3lbs, which is great, but if i'd behaved myself from Friday when my sneaky weigh in was showing a loss of 3 and half lbs, i may of lost a bit more.

My goal next week is to loose 4lb!! Which would take me to the 7lb mark, not too sure if this is a little too adventureous or not, but i'm gonna try my damned hardest. And we have an extra day to behave as Saint Jayne is on her jollies.

Going to try and do my exercise dvd most nights and deffo behave myself this weekend, no alcohol shall pass my lips.

I had my treat last night, pizza and a bag of chocolate raisens (yummy yummy in my tummy), although i did feel awfully sick and very guilty after i'd scoffed that lot!

Scale Obsession

As Gemma said. We have all done well. Only hours before weigh in we were all hating the fact we had to get on the scales, and scared at the fact of hating what we saw. But as it happens we are all pleased. I lost 1lb which takes me to 10 stone 4 and 3/4lbs so still very much on track of maintaining.

Spinning was so hardcore on Sunday. So I think that must have helped. I had not been overly naughty but had not eaten very healthy for the last few days. Now I would like to say that I will be good this week. However it is my birthday (16th) and the lads are taking me out for a pub lunch. Tony want's an indian takeaway and we are going on holiday Friday - Monday. None of these are a great for dieting, but I am going to enjoy myself. I will be good Wednesday and Thursday and have booked myself in the gym tomorrow (even though its my birthday) and thursday in hope i can burn away some of the calories I have, or are yet to munch.

I do feel I have a scale obsession. I get on them far to often. It's becoming the norm to stand on them at least twice a day. I can't see myself going through a day with out standing on them...Do I need to go to rehab lol.

Jayne x