A quest for the old happy Em

Finally, a day in the office with nothing edible on the 'cake' table in our meeting area :) I have resisted quite well though so that gives me a little lift and I feel all chuffed with myself. So far so good, day 6 of the new years diet thingy and no day more than 9.5 syns so far. Probably had too many smash pizzas and syn free chips mind you but I've written it all down so it's all on plan. I made up so syn free quiche last night with my hexA for the day in it so I've been nibbling on that to keep me going till lunch today.

I'm finding myself totting up calories in my head as well as doing SW and up till yesterday it was around 1100 to 1200 per day but yetsreday was more like 1600 :-O Not a lot to most people but for my sluggish metabolism that's too much. So now I'm filled with angry feelings of guilt that I've been bad and eaten too much and I've spoilt my good week etc But then I know i've not been 'bad' and it's all been on plan. My head is a mixed up place!

I'm feeling quite excited about fat club tomorrow night, first weigh in and all that. It feels good to be back on track and thinking (and hoping!!) 'this is the biggest I'll ever be again'. Not done so well on the getting back to the gym thing though. I was all set to go tonight but my knee heard me and objected and is randomly really aching today like a pulled muscle or something. I only walked from the car to Wetherspoons last night!! But that's when it started hurting. Must just be one of those things that goes when your foot lands not quite perfect on the floor or something. Fingers crossed it eases off as it'd be nice to just do a 20 minute stint at the gym to ease myself back in.
 
Looking good EmmyLou. Good luck with your WI tomorrow. I didn't realise that your class was on a Wednesday. x
 
Thanks Jane. Good luck with your class tomorrow too. Is it your first night tomorrow or first WI for you? Always nice to join with other people and being January there are sure to plenty of other newbies :)
 
I spoke too soon, there's now a huge pile of left over cakes, sandwiches and crisps from a meeting just saying 'eat me' and getting offered around. The temptation in this office has been relentless since new year! I'm staying focussed though. I've just eaten lunch so I don't need it.
 
And now there are sweets on the table that have appeared from no-where! Argh! I've just eaten so melon so I don't need a sweet of any sort. Plus I have a muller yoghurt still to go before 6pm so I should be fine....
 
Only 4.5 syns yesterday in the end so that turned out ok. Tonight is my first weigh in so fingers crossed it's a reasonable loss. Be nice if it was 2.5lb as then the scales would show me a 14 at the start like they do at home....I didn't like seeing the 15 back on there. But then an evening weigh in fully clothed with a days food inside you is bound to be a few pounds heavier isn't it. I was fretting this morning over having a couple days food still in me but that's sorted now ;-) TMI, sorry!

I'm hoping this weeks motivation stays with me as I really do want to start seeing some progress for my hard work. I haven't had a sustained period of dieting since I started taking the Metformin so I'm hoping it helps how it's supposed to. Some lose weight with them without trying but I didn't think that was going to be me!

3 hours of work to go and a muller light and melon bits left to eat. Not sure about tea yet. I don't want to start doing the 'treat yourself' thing after class like some do as I think that'd be bad for me as I struggle to start a fresh the next day.
 
Yay me, lost 3lb in my first week back at class. I'm pretty chuffed with that as I've been super strict and on plan to the letter every day. That's a fairly average first week for me so I said 1lb as my goal for next week in class. I wouldn't be surprised if it's less than that knowing how my body likes to cling on to its fat but I can only do my best to fight back against the PCOS and thyroid problems. Even a stay the same is better than more gains.

The new starter blokes in the class lost 7.5 and 8.5 unsurprisingly! But the women were about the same as me or less. Though they had been doing a lot of exercise which might have made them retain a bit of water. I did none! Oops. I have got a gym visit planned after work today though.

I've just found out I'm on a course for 2 days next week with catering :-O Oh no! Then the very next day it's off to Center Parcs for 4 days....hmm, not going to be a good week that week. I'm thinking I cook for myself at Center Parcs and let the rest of the family cook whatever they want, and when we eat out 2 or 3 times I avoid puds and pick the best option I can. With the catering I'm not sure. I'd look an idiot to take my own stuff but I guess I can just pick at anything that looks SW friendly like the salad and just go a bit hungry those days! There is a physical part of the training at the end of the second day where we crawl around in the dark and smoke filled cellar and then when the alarm sounds we have to don our escape head sets and oxygen tanks and escape (it's confined spaces training!). So I should eat a bit more that lunch to make sure I have the energy :)
 
Well done EmmyLou! I joined last night and am ashamed at my weight - 17st!!!!!. I was expecting it but seeing it written in my book gave me a big boot up the bottom. Hey ho line drawn. Good luck with your week Em x
 
Mine was the same, started at 15st 2lb and the first week I was seeing a 14 at the start again so that was a good feeling.

Hmm, weekend a bit of a disaster really. Both days I was building a flat pack sideboard and hanging curtains etc so started the day with a hi-fi bar and then didn't eat a single thing till tea time. Saturday was a pasta bake (as it was quick) and then Sunday was a Chinese (also quick!). Would have been less calorific chips last night if any of them had been open but nevermind. I figure with the complete lack of food during the day both days my calorie count can't be eccessive so shouldn't affect my weight loss. Plus I was burning a fair bit off huffing and puffing with bits of wood and screws wasn't I!?

Back to it 100% today and glad about it too. I didn't like being off plan yesterday (Saturday was a 12.5 syn day with the pasta bake so I did write it all down). The course at the end of the week I've found out isn't catered now, we all go to the local pub instead! So fingers crossed for a jacket and beans and it'll all be SW friendly afterall. Be a godsend if it is as then I only have Center Parcs to worry about. I'll still add a few syns incase they rub the potatoes in oil but it's better than cake and sarnies :)
 
Lost 2.5lb this week which was a shock! I guess I was 100% on all but one day. Might catch up with me this week, it does tend to take a week with me.

Got loads of body magic in at Center Parcs though. We started off by all jumping out the car to push it along an ice covered hill top while dad stayed in to try and steer it straight, which was a nice start to the holiday ;-) we got some vouchers to make up for the chaos on site as cleaners hasn't made it to work to clean the cabins and we had to wait for the roads to get cleared. Luckily ours didn't have anyone in it last week so ours was clean, we just had to make the beds.

Great fun weekend, loads of walking, swimming and archery and table tennis. I resisted all the cake, nibbles and chocolates and the only naughty stuff was a pizza with brownies for pudding. Aside from that I was on plan so I'm quite proud of myself. I could have said sod it but I didn't.

Hopefully I'll be rewarded on the scales come Wednesday.
 
Another shocker, 1.5lb off this week :-O I need to be super strict on myself this coming week now to make sure any Center Parcs related weight from the pizza and brownies don't catch up with me. No plans for anything naughty this week other than having friends round on Saturday for tea. That's going to be fajitas and something for pud so certainly not SW friendly. My plan of action is to keep myself busy all day cleaning the house top to bottom so I don't eat anything, then whatever I eat for tea shouldn't exceed a whole days calories!

And can you believe it, first day back in the office today (worked from home due to the snow yesterday) and food on the damn table again!! This time they're Japanese treats from our new Japanese guy who started in a neighbouring department today. Going to try hard to resist.....if I go over there and find there's Mochi there though I may have to have it!!
 
Well done Emmylou, good luck with the office goodies. I know how you feel, we always have goodies on hand as well. x
 
Well I caved in and had a Japanese sponge thingy - bit like an American twinky really. Don't know what it was but I allowed 3 syns for it as it wasn't much more than a mouthful. Not really sure why I had it, but so long as I write it all down it's fine.
 
Well I'm not looking forward to weigh in tonight as I'm sure I've gained. Now I don't for one minute think I deserve to, but my body often has other ideas! Saturday we had friends round for tea so I ate nothing all day to save all my calories/syns for it. I chose low fat sour cream and chive dip, low fat guacamole, low fat cheddar, a fajita kit with small wraps instead of big ones (around 120cals each instaed of 200) and all the left over brownies I made went to work to be eaten. Now I don't think I could have been more careful than that (well I could have given them SW stuff but they wouldn't have liked that and she eats no veg so that'd be impossible!), but there's no way I ate more than a woman's daily allowance of 2000 cals. Now I don't expect to lose weight that day but I would hope not to gain it either but as I need a lot less calories than normal it may well mean a gain on the scales. Nothing I can do about it, I've been on plan all week since so fingers crossed it's ok. I can't stay to class tonight as I'm going to a friends house for tea. She's doing SW friendly stuff though as she does the diet too so that's a huge bonus.

I'll update tomorrow on my WI!
 
I got stuck in horrendous road works last night so never made it to class, made it home about 1 hour after the class had started! I weighed on my own scales this morning though and it looked like a STS. Have to really try hard this week to get a loss next week at class. I think I stil deserved a loss this week personally but what can you do!?

Had a SW chicken kiev at a friends last night with salad and then fruit salad for pudding. Super good :)

Getting my bike from my folks house this weekend so I'll be off for my first cycle ride in about 10 years, maybe that will help shift the pounds.
 
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