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