Hi all!
I have been away for far too long and probably for no good reason! But I need to get back into the SWing of things ASAP, so what better way to start than to ease myself into daily posts, catching up with my lovelies, and reading about everyone else's successes! Haven't been up to much, other than getting back up to 9st6lbs, which I'm kind of weirdly enough, proud to say, is only 4lbs above the weight I was at while eating normally. I can see exactly where my gain has come from - I relaxed with the basics, ie had semi skimmed milk instead of skimmed milk, had Kingsmill 50/50 bread instead of Warburton's small loaf wholemeal bread, I started having the odd (larger than normal) bowl of Coco Pops and stopped having fruit with my cereal. Only I am to blame for this! I did 6 mins of Shred L1D1, gave up. I did C25K W1D1, gave up. Then came Ramadan, or in other words, Uncontrollable Food Fest, which ironically provides the initials that make the sound I spend each night saying! Every night, minus one, I have sat on the sofa in a heap of bleh-ness, rubbed my tummy, adjusted my bra straps and waistbands, and said 'ufffffff... never again!' and lo and behold, what happens tomorrow? Well they say tomorrow never comes, but for me, tomorrow repeats itself every tomorrow and ignores every yesterday!!
I don't have the willpower to get back on the SW bandwagon for the next week as we have invitations popping up every other day, and I really do not want to have to hear 'why aren't you eating properly? You haven't eaten for 18 hours. Eat some more, here, take this whole cheesecake' and other such things that it hurts me to hear!
I think I will be going back to group, if only for a few weeks, just to help me get back into the frame of mind that I will be checked up on! If Eid is on the 31st, leftovers will roll onto the 1st definitely, maybe even the 2nd and 3rd... If I can't eat SWly, then I will atleast make the effort to run daily and increase my speed food intake.
If anyone has any tips, words of wisdom, advice, or simply wants to kick my wobbly bottom, I whole-heartedly encourage you!!
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