Loulabelle

Ok so its nearing the end of day one and its gone well on the food front, the exercise a different matter,  Basically I’M LAZY! Not going to beat myself up as my mum always said baby steps turn into miles.  So if im in control of my eating then exercise will come in good time.

Food diary:

Free food - 2 bananas, savoury rice with chicken, spinach and tomatoes, 2 fat free yogurts, spagetti, turkey thigh, mugshot

Healthy extras - a) 330ml skmmed milk  b) 28g branflakes

Syns - homemade carbonara sauce (sw recipe) - 2   (13 left over)

Really happy with that…roll on tomorrow x

Hi all it’s been awhile but i’m back now…my plan is to blog every weigh day which is a saturday.  Here’s how i’m going to tackle my weightloss…

1) Stick to the rules of Slimming World.

2) Start up running again, slowly but surely (15mins to begin with increasing weekly)

3) Incorporate daily, weekly and monthly non-food treats.

My goal is to wear a dress that I have and love for my birthday in november…wish me luck guys!

Lou xx

We know what to do…less food more exercise.  Yet still i struggle.  I found myself looking at different diets clubs yesterday in a bid to kickstart my diet but then i realised that all the diet clubs in the world aren’t going to help me.  I need to realise that i’m worth this.  Losing weight is the number one most important thing to me right now yet i keep on sabotaging myself.  I AM WORTH THIS. Overeating is a form of self harm.  I don’t want to hurt myself anymore. 

It’s my birthday in nearly 3 months, i want to be at my goal for then.  17lbs to lose but i know this is emotional weight as well as physical, which is why its so hard.  I’m going to view my exercise time as therapy and healthy food as medication.  I can do this and i’m worth this.

x

I started sessions with a personal trainer on weds, im going to see him once a fortnight and train solo inbetween.  This is more affordable and means I can get into some sort of routine without relying on him alone each week.  I have to say that now having a programme aimed at my needs has transformed my confidence in the gym.  I know what i need to be doing and the time it will take me rather than wandering round doing this and that and leaving after 20mins!  I also did a really healthy food shop on tuesday night which has made me feel tons better..my mood has improved as has my toilet routine (sorry to add that but used to ge terrible constipation) so im feeling good.  The scales are out and measuring inch loss is in..it feels good for the scales not to be dictating my day.

So buddies im now going to the gym i’ll be back later to read your blogs.

Love Lou xx

Hi all, ok so i’ve broken away from ww. I’m going solo mainly because I can’t afford classes each week! I’ve got scales at home i can use and all the knowledge i need.  I’ve been doing it myself for a week and lost a pound which im pleased with.  I’m down 5lbs so far.  This week my aim is to do my exercise dvd for half an hour 3 times this week.  Exercise wise im going to give myself little challenges each week to complete.  Nothing OTT just extra that i can fit in and keep up even once i’ve got to goal.

Lou x

I’ve just made the easiest, tastiest and low fat/calorie/points curry ever! All i did was fry an onion, red chilli and garlic then added a can of cooked green lentils and a can of cooked spinach then added some tomato puree and water and boiled.  I added lots of spices cumin, coriander, turmeric, cardomom pods and garam masala an some chilli  powder for more of a kick.  You can pretty much personalise it to your taste.  I ate mine with rice and altogether the curry was 1.5pts and the rice 4.5pts, thats in english weightwatchers points so may differ from american points but either way it’s low! Give it a try!

I start a job tomorrow and i’ve decided to walk to it. It’ll take roughly 45 mins to an hour each way but thats ok.  The exercise’ll do me good, save on bus fare and help to wake up/wind down.  I’ll let you all know how it goes

Hi everyone, it’s been literally months since i’ve been on the site.  I moved cities and didn’t have the internet in my new house, however i’ve moved again and now have the internet and im back! I’ve joined weightwatchers so my weigh day is on a thursday so i’ll keep everyone posted! I’ve also signed up for a half marathon in September so my training for that starts soon…aaaarrrgghhh! Any tips anyone??

Anyway it’s really good to be back..i’m going to check out the forums to see if there’s any challenges i can get involved in.

Hope you’re all well buddies :)

Lou x

Hey everyone sorry for the absence, I started uni a couple of weeks ago and im just about settled now as is my cat I’m starting today as my weigh day, iv not lost any more weight but not gained either so im happy!

lou xx

I needed to blog as the urge to binge is fierce today this is the first tme in 5 weeks i’ve felt the need to binge. I think it’s because I move out of my home on Sunday to uni. As mush as this is fantastic it’s also scary, it feels like such an upheaval and im worrying so much. On Wednesday night I woke up at 3am and didn’t get back to sleep until 6am because i was fretting about money, how my cat will cope with the move etc. Also I’m going to miss my Dad, even though he’s got another partner now it still feels like me and him against the world and now it just feels like me against the world. Since mum died we’re closer than we’ve ever been and i’ll miss the security i suppose. God i’m actually crying! I’m 26 but feel like im 12 sometimes (get a grip Lou!). So anyway onto the binge urge…

I used to be a support worker for a 21yr old boy with autism, I met him for coffee and a chat today which was nice. But then food entered my head. What shall I have for lunch? An innocent enough question….until i realised i wanted nachos, chips, chees and gravy (together!) and other bad foods. The thing is i didn’t even want them but the urge was there - does that make sense? So i went to the shop and picked up a box of nachos and headed for some cheese when i walked past the reduction basket, in there was a reduced price smoothie and next to that was an offer for 2 Healthy Living microwave meals for four pounds! So i looked deep within myself and put the nachos back. I picked up 2 of the meals and some mini naan breads and a carton of smoothie. Crisis averted, though the chocolate at the till was very tempting but i just walked past.

The moral of the story for me is that if I recognise why i need to binge i can damage control it. The deal I made to myself was even though i’ll be over my points today it doesn’t matter. Sometimes it’s not all about the weight it’s about mental/emotional attitude as well. I still feel vulnerable and unsettled but thats ok i need to face my feelings in the cold light of day and not with the help of a block of cheese!

To give me more encouragement I weighed myself today, my weigh date is normally mondays but because I’ve lost a pound today im going to log it and remind myself how far i’ve come .

Thanks for letting me talk buddies i feel better for acknowledging to myself that there was an issue today and i can resolve it without binging.

Lou xx

Ps has anyone ever moved with a cat?? Any tips on how i can get mine settled at the new house?

My last blog was a quickie as I needed to nip to the shops. So I leave for Hull on Sunday and I’m having my leaving do on saturday night. This could potentially play havoc with my diet because we’re going for  a thai then out to bars and probably a club which means copious amounts of alcohol! So i’ve come up with some damage limitation strategies…

1) Save at least 2 points a day

2) Exercise at least 4 times this week.

3) Point my food and drinks (stick to vodka and diet coke - low in points)

4) Enjoy myself without feeling deprived.

I think Im going to weigh myself on Saturday morning this week as I’m going to be busy wth moving, settling my cat in (God help me!) and shopping etc..so hoping i’ll see a loss!

Mmmmm I’ve just bought some figs off the market (so cheap) and i’m tucking into them now…i looovvvveeeee them!

Ok everyone i’m off to read some blogs now

Lou