Sheanin
Full Member
I've rejoined SW (and Minimins!) over a year after my last weightloss journey.
I was around last year as Eshka; I joined SW in July '11 and lost 11.5lbs in one month, only to then discover I was pregnant with my little boy
He was born in April this year and, although I was lucky not to gain *too* much as a result of the pregnancy, I'm back again to get this weight off for good.
I'm starting pretty much from the same place as before - 11st8lbs with around 2.5 stone to lose in total. My first group was on Thursday and I got stuck into the plan properly on Friday. Naturally enough, as usually happens with the first few days, it's plain sailing so far. There are some differences, though.
I decided to examine what mistakes I made last time that would be detrimental to my long-term weightloss, e.g. my tendency to do too much too soon then fizzle out, and make a bold effort to avoid those mistakes this time. I'd have quite a few syn-free days, which is no bad thing as I was filling up on free foods, but I did find that after a few weeks I felt deprived and as a result my weightloss slowed down. So, this time, I'll be having at least two days a week where I use my full 15 syns (as healthily as possible, but with the odd indulgence because there's no harm in it - something I need to learn!).
I'm also setting myself little mini-challenges that have nothing to do with my weightloss, things like trying new foods that I refused to touch before, as well as building in small periods of extra exercise that I find easy (I normally do ZERO exercise). So, since group, I have parked my car OUTSIDE town and walked in to get my groceries (and carried the rather heavy bags back to my car, lol) and in terms of trying new things, I tackled my phobia of eggs and gave fried eggs with Fry-lite a try. Turns out I LOVED them, and now I have a new healthy breakfast option that doesn't use up one of my healthy extras for the day
Today, even though it is absolutely pouring outside, I'm challenging myself to go out for a short walk of about 20 mins. It's too easy to let weather put me off and I can't stop losing weight just because the weather sucks, lol.
I'm also dying to weigh myself today just to see if there's the teensiest difference in the scales, but I won't. Silly, stupid idea.
I'm really into the cooking side of SW - I've actually taken over the household cooking from my boyfriend (who's a bloody chef, lol) to try and make everyone's meals a bit healthier and also so I'm not having to eat seperately from everyone else. I used to cook lots and it's nice to get back into it again; it's really gratifying to know you've prepared and cooked a tasty meal from scratch and know exactly what's in it.
That'll do for now I guess, just need to remember to come back and update this thing once in a while!
I was around last year as Eshka; I joined SW in July '11 and lost 11.5lbs in one month, only to then discover I was pregnant with my little boy
He was born in April this year and, although I was lucky not to gain *too* much as a result of the pregnancy, I'm back again to get this weight off for good. I'm starting pretty much from the same place as before - 11st8lbs with around 2.5 stone to lose in total. My first group was on Thursday and I got stuck into the plan properly on Friday. Naturally enough, as usually happens with the first few days, it's plain sailing so far. There are some differences, though.
I decided to examine what mistakes I made last time that would be detrimental to my long-term weightloss, e.g. my tendency to do too much too soon then fizzle out, and make a bold effort to avoid those mistakes this time. I'd have quite a few syn-free days, which is no bad thing as I was filling up on free foods, but I did find that after a few weeks I felt deprived and as a result my weightloss slowed down. So, this time, I'll be having at least two days a week where I use my full 15 syns (as healthily as possible, but with the odd indulgence because there's no harm in it - something I need to learn!).
I'm also setting myself little mini-challenges that have nothing to do with my weightloss, things like trying new foods that I refused to touch before, as well as building in small periods of extra exercise that I find easy (I normally do ZERO exercise). So, since group, I have parked my car OUTSIDE town and walked in to get my groceries (and carried the rather heavy bags back to my car, lol) and in terms of trying new things, I tackled my phobia of eggs and gave fried eggs with Fry-lite a try. Turns out I LOVED them, and now I have a new healthy breakfast option that doesn't use up one of my healthy extras for the day
Today, even though it is absolutely pouring outside, I'm challenging myself to go out for a short walk of about 20 mins. It's too easy to let weather put me off and I can't stop losing weight just because the weather sucks, lol.
I'm also dying to weigh myself today just to see if there's the teensiest difference in the scales, but I won't. Silly, stupid idea.
I'm really into the cooking side of SW - I've actually taken over the household cooking from my boyfriend (who's a bloody chef, lol) to try and make everyone's meals a bit healthier and also so I'm not having to eat seperately from everyone else. I used to cook lots and it's nice to get back into it again; it's really gratifying to know you've prepared and cooked a tasty meal from scratch and know exactly what's in it.
That'll do for now I guess, just need to remember to come back and update this thing once in a while!
