10:30am
MORNING...hope all of you are ok this morning and have had a wonderful weekend.
I don't have too much to report my weekends are pretty boring. I wake up, I go to work, I come home, I usually catch up on TV, I cook, I clean, I go to bed...pretty boring lol.
I have been on plan all weekend...I'm a very good girl...I managed to use all my bananas up..lol...crisis diverted lol I hate to see food go to waste lol but after all this had happened my Auntie turned up with a food processor and a smoothie maker for me so if I'd held on a little bit longer I could have made a smoothie with them...but I would have had to syn that so maybe I dodged a bullet?
For some strange reason I am on track with body magic I usually end up behind because I never do it at the weekend but I have and I am on track with it so YAY. There won't be a day of madness where I do a whole weeks worth in one day...shhh don't tell SW...but it does happen.
I have been very motivated since Friday and getting into my teens I reorganised some mini goals as my next one is 20lbs away so I made some more up to keep me busy in between now and then. So...
* 4lbs will take me to 40lbs
* 6lbs will take me to 3st
* 13lbs will take me to 3.5st
* 13.5lbs will take me to a new stone bracket (18s)
* 14lbs will take me to 50lbs (half century)
* 20lbs will take me to my pre-Darcy weight and my 4st award
Should keep me going for a while. I also decided that I would be happy to achieve my 4st by Christmas...my weight loss Christmas tree I'm aiming for 45lbs but I worked out I have lost 27lbs in 11 weeks so I doubt very much I will be able to lose 42lbs in 14 weeks...so if I reach 4st I will be satisfied anymore than that is a bonus but I'm not pressuring myself with the 45lbs by Christmas because I think it may be too much...I may even rethink it and aim for 2lbs a week which will be 28lbs by Christmas that seems more realistic to me.
I went searching over the weekend for sweet ideas I'm thinking ahead for Christmas I want to be able to indulge with my family but doing it the SW way so I think I'm going to practice from now until Christmas to find some recipes.
This weekend I tried a 30 second cake in a cup...
http://www.minimins.com/slimming-world-recipes/344665-5-syn-chocolate-mug-cake.html
It was ok...I think I will play around with the recipe...to me cake should be sweet and this was very bitter...I think it needs more sweetener and also a tad more baking powder but it was enjoyable and I think with some choc shot it wouldn't be a bad little pudding. Also I think 30 secs was a bit too long in my microwave so I would drop the cooking time...I will report back when I make it again.
I'm also using some of these recipes and giving them a go -
http://www.minimins.com/slimming-wo...wise-biscuit-cake-dessert-sweets-recipes.html
As a baker I find it really hard to make sw friendly cakes and cookies etc because they taste rank...usually...and I feel those who say they taste nice probably aren't the best bakers in the world to begin with...because some of them I wouldn't feed to my dog lol. However I have heard some good reviews and I am going to attempt to make some rolo cupcakes...I just need to wait for hubby to come home as I need an options hot chocolate sachet and all major supermarkets are too far for me to walk...especially for just one sachet of chocolate lol.
I also tried 'Magic Pancakes' now I had prepared myself for the fact they weren't going to be like a short stack of fluffy American pancakes...but I hadn't prepared myself for eating the most disgusting, vile thing I have ever tasted in my whole life...they were horrible!! I will syn my pancakes when I want them because no amount of weight loss is worth eating those disgusting 'Magic' pancakes...the magic part is being able to swallow them without bringing them back up.
Also going to give the SW 'haribo' sweets a whirl...hoping I like them so I can make a huge batch at Christmas and eat those whole my family jump into boxes of chocolates, and tins of roses and mince pies etc. Again will let you know what I think.
I finally got the courage up to go try on jeans...it depresses me greatly this task. I always said jeans are the most unforgiving of all the clothes so when you can fit in your desired size in jeans you have succeeded...now I knew it wasn't going to be pretty because not only am I fat but I have hips...big big hips...as you can see in my photo/avatar but I knew it needed to be done so I grabbed a few sizes and I made that long walk into the changing rooms...side note...I think in 'big girl' shops they should put curtains over the mirrors so you can get changed then pull it back for the reveal cos I was surrounded by mirrors and it was not a pretty sight lol...anyway long story short...I got into a size 24. Now at 20st...sorry 19st 13lbs lol...I expected to be around this size...remembering that in my WW days at 15st 3lbs I was an 18. I got them on and zipped them up comfortably and was happy with it I did have a 22 in there with me but I didn't attempt them I decided that a 22 would be a bouncing up and down, breathing in to zip them up situation so I settled for the 24s. Now the none scale victory here is...when I started on July 4th 2014...I was struggling to get into an elasticated size 24 jegging...so to get into a pair on non elasticated size 24 jeans comfortably without having to do the 'jean dance'...I am very happy with that. Also I not so long ago purchased size 18 elasticated workout clothes...so all in all very very happy with my progress...now I don't see it looking at myself but this is proof that something is happening....
I have also started a fluid intake chart...sounds technical its a piece of paper on my fridge where I write down my drinks...nothing technical at all lol. I felt I haven't been drinking as much as I should over the last 2 weeks so as an experiment I am forcing myself to drink 2 litres of water a day and 2 green teas minimum a day...(not sure what amount of green tea is advised per day)...and we'll see what or if it makes a difference on Friday at my weigh in.
As always the pics will follow this post...food ones and some personal ones...
Love to you all xx
Good luck to any weigh in today.