MinkyDinkys SW Success Diary!!

*Emsie* said:
What are some of the options?
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I have no idea :D ransacked my wardrobe and decided it was too cold for a dress so opted for black skinny jeans, white short sleeve tee and my new jacket. Smart enough to look presentable but not OTT. Oh and high shoes ;) xx
 
Sounds perfect! I'm going into town after work and might have a look at H&M whilst I'm there. I've wanted a jacket similar to yours for ages but usually I can't find one to suit my body shape. We shall see! xx
 
*Emsie* said:
I was going to say the new jacket :) sounds like an outfit that would inspire people to want to lose weight so they could wear it and look as good as you! Pics please! x
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Agree! It's a current look and you need to feel confident to wear it, think it will inspire others. You'll look fab xx
 
MinkyDinky said:
Over the weekend I have been looking over the forums and re reading all my SW “gumph” to get myself re-educated and informed. After the little months break my head is back in the game and I am ready to get back down to business. Sometimes I think that it is too easy to just think one piece of cake won’t hurt, I won’t check the syns because I am pretty sure that I havent gone over this week, if no one sees me it didn’t happen (tell me you aren’t guilty of at least one of these?!) and then all that hard work –undone! And for what? The taste? The convenience? The craving satisfaction?! I can hand on heart say that I don’t think it is worth it.

Since a child, I have loved food, everything about it. I used to grow vegetables in my granddads allotment and watch how they would grow and be so excited that I had made these and I could be the one to harvest and cook them. As a family we used to visit my Uncles farm to see the cows milked and get laid to pasture before they would get sold at the market to the butchers – this was amazing to watch! And at the grand old age of 13, it was down to me to be the family cook. My parents were both full time workers not returning home until at least 6pm which was too late to start cooking from scratch for a family of 5. So I kind of stepped up and said “ I can do it!” From then on it was down to me to cook family meals from Monday to Friday and the dishes ranged from Roast Chicken dinners, to Chilli con carne, chicken curries and the odd pie, mash and beans (gotta love it!).

In my late teens I became a bit of a party girl and this really was the start of my weight gain (that’s a whole other story :p) with the drinking, came the kebab and chips and tonne of sauce or the greasy fry up and burgers the following day. I became reliant on stodgy take aways and it took a long time for me to take my head outta my butt and realise that I was doing myself and bank balance no favours. But alas, it wasn’t until March of this year that I woke up to it all and realised how bad I was feeling from eating this so called “delicious” food. Not just bad because I was eating calorie riddled food, but physically I was a mess. I was getting sick all the time, always getting tired and feeling just generally crap in all honesty.

With SW, I feel that a new lease of life has been given to me and I am back to cooking meals from scratch like I did all those years ago. I love trying lots of different recipes and experimenting with flavours that I wouldn’t normally combine/attempt to cook and that is the beauty of this healthy eating plan. The food tastes so good and scrummy that a lot of the time I have to remind myself that it is healthy food! I love the fact that I can make home made spicy burger and chips and not have a guilty bone in my body about eating it. I have never been amazed at how easy and simple it would be to lose the weight but when you look at the plan – it really is just about going back to basics and eating sensibly. I still eat amazing food and 99% of the time it is cooked, from scratch, by me.

Don’t get me wrong, this does make me sound like I am all saintly – I am not! Occasionally I do still treat myself to a small portion of doner meat and chips with burger sauce after a night out or the odd chicken vindaloo (although most of the time I do tend to keep these “blow outs” for when I have saved my syns in the week!:eek:)
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I stumbled across your diary and had to pop in an say after reading this I thought wow!!!!! Thank you for a lovely read xxx
 
We're now jacket twins ;) I love it! Such a great fit- goes in and out at all the right places haha xx

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*Emsie* said:
Pic!!!
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S'cuse the state of me! Bought a size smaller so I can still wear it while I'm shrinking ;) doesn't look right buttoned atm but it shall xx

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