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Hey Jayney, you monkey!!!

I am here, I do occasionally check out the blog girls, honest...just crap at posting.

Well we all know my dieting mishaps, on off on off....at a risk of repeating myself...it's still on off on off.

New year, new me I hear myself cry.....I have joined the new Pure Gym at Wednesfield and have been aiming at 3 days per week....this week has been crap, only managed to go once, as had a vile week and also got another stinking cold. Am back there Monday and gonna sweat it out...grrrrrrr. I was enjoying it, but what with my bad chest first, then this chuffin cold....feel a bit sorry for myself.

Gem will know of my mishap yesterday, which consisted of a cake, M&M's and a bloody red thai curry (which i am pleased to say, was vile, so chucked most of it away!)...have also managed to consume my whole bodyweight in bread this week too.....it has been wholemeal but have still ended up with a bloated belly...not attractive

I have put the scales away, as was finding myself on and off them all the while and since ive been going to the gym i seem to be putting the weight on!!! I have been told this is normal...so they're away for a bit...not really bothered what i weigh, as long as i can get rid of these thunder thighs!!

Will promise to keep updating on here again

Vix x

Where's Vix?

Like the book, Where's Wally. We seem to have lost Vix, Can you find her?

She has not been on the blog for months now, But I safely let you know that she is fine and well. She has lost weight since Christmas and she has also joined the gym. Lets hope she finds her way back to us soon.

Jayne x

Someone stole my mojo.

Ok. I am rubbish. You can say it...Go on...shout it...RUBBISH.

I wanted a 2lb loss and instead scoffed and got too scarred to weigh in. I then continued to be naughty Monday night and Tuesday. I ate so much on Tuesday that I gave myself belly ache. How bad it that. Anyway. In a strange way it helped me and I woke up Wednesday morning with my diet mojo back. I was good all day and went to the gym. I was good all day yesterday and again went to the gym. It was Finley's 3rd Birthday so I did have some birthday cake. But only had a very small amount and only had cereal for tea so defiantly stayed within my allowance.

I have my food with me today which consists of mainly fruit and...guess what...I'm going to the gym after work. Sounds good doesn't it. However it is now the weekend, which is the hardest time to diet for me. I do promise I will weigh myself on Monday though.

I really do hope my willpower and determination will stay with me from now on as I am bored of having a good week where I behave and then a very naughty week when I put weigh back on. I just need to stick with being saintly, get back to goal, continue with the gym, and then maintain. maintain. maintain.

Jayne x

Weakly Weigh In

As predicted my weigh in for this week was not a happy experience ... I put on 1.5lbs and it was thoroughly deserved. I earned that gain for sure lol. Tonight I am going out with the family to celebrate BG's graduation. I fully intend to order something that comes with chips and the spectacular banoffee pie with the free glass of wine that I have a voucher for. However, on wednesday I WILL make it to aerobics to burn off some of the excess and I WILL NOT continue the excessive eating over the weekend so help me god!!!

That's a fact.

Honest.

Gem x

Urgh ... Where is my Willpower?

I seem to have lost every once of willpower this week. I have eaten untold amounts of rubbish including pie and chips, cheeseburger, bourbon pecan pie, monster munch and a cadbury's creme egg PLUS finishing off the best part of a packet of hob nobs and two bottles of wine over the course of the last seven days. It's not looking good for tonight's weigh in and to be honest I don't think I care LOL. That sounds bad doesn't it? I don't mean to sound all deflated I just feel quite comfortable at the moment and all this bloody dieting is SUCH a bore. I look around me and it's not like I'm a great big bloater with seven chins and I know my weight is within the healthy range so really it is only vanity driving me to lose more weight. And to be honest I'm not uncomfortable with how I look so that drive to say no and eat less is kind of missing. What I do feel that I need to do is exercise and I am starting to wonder whether that £17.95 a month I am spending on monthly pass could be better spent on exercise classes and new work out gear. Monday is one of the days when I used to do aerobics ... If I wasn't at weight watchers meetings talking about all the sorts of things I shouldn't be eating and all 'good choices' I could be making it would free me up to do that again some times and allow me to be a bit more flexible with my week. I am paid up until the 1st of March and my direct debit comes out around the middle of the month so I have a week or two to decide whether to cancel but at the moment I'm thinking about going it alone and getting active instead.

Gem x

It makes you sick!

Since my last blog I managed to either catch a bug or get food poisoning ... not at all fun. I became ill on Friday morning after having (close your ears Jayne) a takeaway pizza on Thursday evening. I suppose you could call it karma for eating something I had no business to be eating in the first place. In any case I was horrendously sick and ate barely anything for about three days. On Sunday I managed a few hob nobs and a bagel but that's about it.

You might guess that not eating for a few days meant I had a brilliant weight loss on Monday? Think again ... after all that suffering I only managed to lose a measly 1.5lbs! How very unfair LOL.

Anyway, This week has been OK so far ... I haven't had much of an appetite which has been helpful despite being massively out of character. I haven't managed to fit in any exercise AGAIN so far. I would say it has been an average week overall so far and hopefully it will continue. I have a hurdle at the weekend for a meal out for a friends birthday ... getting active is the only thing I can do to counteract that so I will need to make an effort towards the weekend to do something.

Jayne set me a challenge yesterday ... she thinks I can be at goal by the end of march. She's thrown down the gauntlet and I'll do my best to oblige but I am dubious at the moment about whether or not I can do it. I'll need to set myself out a plan.

Gem x

My 1st loss of 2010.

Last nights weigh in went ok. I lost 2 and 1/4lb taking me to 10st 5 and a 1/4lb. I was hoping for a 3lb loss, but thats all my body and mind allowed this week so can't grumble.

I haven't been to the gym since before Christmas. Mainly due to snow, early closing and being lazy. I did make myslef do some of my exercise dvd last night once Fin had gone to bed. I did'nt manage the 50 mins like I used to do, but I did push myself for 30 mins so better than doing nothing at all. I did then pack my gym stuff to go to the gym after work tonight, but then rememberd that I am taking Fin to the dentist so I am leaving work early. So I will go Wednesday.

I would like a 2lb loss next Monday but will be happy with any loss. Oh, just thought. Having a little party for Finley's 3rd birthday on Sunday and we will have some party food. Will have to be really well behaved at that as buffets are my fave haha.

Good luck to us diet girls for next weigh in.

Jayne x

Oh... What's Occurring?

Oh my god. I haven't blogged since October so I can only apologise and promise to pay more attention to my diet and the blog from now on.

Since my last blog I can't really tell you what has happened as...well, I can really remember. I do know that my weight went back up to 10st 7 and a half lb after Christmas. TUT. However I was having lost of fun so that can't go against me...can it?

It has taken me a while to get back in to the diet rhythm after not being on the wagon for what feels a VERY long time. Last Monday (11th) I had a stern word with myself (after scoffing my face) and decided enough was enough and that I need to start being saintly once more as I was very unhappy.

Anyway, that telling off worked and I have been very saintly this week so there better be a loss. I am weighing in after work tonight and will let you know the outcome.

Feels good to be back :)

Jayne x

Bad News Good news

First the bad news.

• Weight watchers was not called off due to the snow.
• I've gone back under 11st so I lose that extra point and am back to an allowance of 19 per day. That one point doesn't half make a difference you know!
• Our weight watchers leader Angie has given up taking our Monday meeting to spend more time at home.

And the good news?

• I lost 2.5lbs this week taking me back into the 10st bracket which does make me feel a lot happier (despite losing that extra point).
• I also feel so much healthier having spent a week NOT stuffing my face.
• The new weight watchers leader Carol seems quite nice, even if she is little nervous at the moment. She confessed to gaining 11lbs in 3 weeks over Christmas. That especially made me like her.

So, plans for this week are to get in some exercise ... hopefully some aerobics, weather permitting. I also need to eat more fruit and veg. I've not been getting anywhere near my 5 a day. Even though I have been eating low fat low calorie foods they have not necessarily been of the high nutrition good-for-you variety. I have made a start by making my own roast butternut squash, carrot and onion soup. Its the first time I have tried cooking soup from scratch and also the first time I have ever cooked squash. It's no points and I have got it in my flask for lunch today. I had a sneaky spoonful last night and I must say it's pretty darn good even if I do say so myself and very easy to do. It sort of made itself while I was cooking the tea. The vegetables roasted in the oven for 30 minutes along with my jacket spuds and then simmered in some stock with a couple of bay leaves for 20 minutes while I was eating the aforementioned jacket spud with a tuna steak, salad and grilled tomato. I gave it a quick blitz and ta-daa! I have got it in my flask for lunch today and I'm pretty sure I'll make it again.

Other new things I have tried this week are Aldi weetabix (which are v. tasty and just like the 'real' thing) and Aldi low fat breakfast selection fruit yogurts (2pts and not as good as a muller but perfectly acceptable as long as you like strawberry ... you cant get a multi pack without strawberry and they don't do any raspberry as far as i can tell). I also bought a new set of kitchen scales after mine packed up (also from Aldi as I seem to have taken to doing my grocery shopping there after a shiny new store opened near Sainsbury's ... the fruit and veg is really fresh ... I got my squash from there).

Gem x

New Start 2010

Weigh in was more than a little disappointing. I almost didn't go. I knew I had gained, and I knew it was a lot as I could feel it in my clothes and my stomach felt like it had been stretched so much it was almost painful. However, I was a bit upset to discover I was back over the 11st bracket. 11st and 1lb to be precise. Drat.

So, things I need to note at this point are:

1. I must remember how horrible I feel now after three weeks of junk food and alcohol consumption so that I can avoid making the same mistake again.
2. It is up to me to take control of what I put in my body. If I find that willpower to make the right choices I will succeed.
3. I am actually 8lbs lighter than I was this time last year. That's an improvement for sure.

It is snowing quite a bit here at the moment, which means that aerobics will probably be cancelled and I would prefer not to risk getting snowed in on the carpark so I shall be going straight home tonight after work. Exercise is likely to be in short supply this week but at least I have got the food side relatively under control for the time being.

Gem x

Disaster December

After spending the last two weeks fully in the festive spirit celebrating and socializing today it is back down to earth with a bump. A big one. A big wibbly wobbly bellied bump.

It is the first weigh in of the year this evening ... not a prospect I am looking forward to in the slightest. I know there has been a huge gain but I am keeping my fingers and toes crossed that I have stayed under the 11 stone bracket. To be honest it's going to be a close call. It is quite disgusting to think that I could have consumed so much in such a short space of time to have gained almost as much as I have lost in the entire year but that is the long and short of it. And now we have to deal with the consequences.

I am glad to be back to normality today. Not glad to be back at work, that would be insane, but glad to have my routine back with a clear focus of what needs to be achieved and no excuses for gluttony. My brand new cool pink Stanley food flask is having it's trial run today and contains a nice tin of Asda GFY Tomato and Basil Soup. It has a wide opening which provides opportunities to use up leftovers that are more chunky than soup too ... i'm thinking ravioli could be good ... or curries mmmMMMmmm. Either way its going to help give me a bit of variety AND a nice hot meal should help me feel nourished at lunch time without costing me several million points OR having to resort to salad *shudder*

So I'll report back on the first weigh in of the year soon ... if I'm not too revolted with myself to confess.

Gem x