Was very light on syns yesterday - had half an Animal Bar (2 1/2 syns) and a couple of sips of wine (decided I didn't fancy it - very unlike me!!) - 1 syn. Need to try and get up to my 8 today.
B - Cherry chocolate Muller Light (1/2 syn?) with strawberries. Hot water with lemon (adding lemon to lots of drinks this week! Actually really enjoying it)
L - leftover sweet potato samosa mixture topped with cheese (HEXA)
D - pork stir fry (peppers, onions, chillis, mange tout) with egg noodles and oyster sauce (3 syns)
Snacks - banana, 2 x Alpen Lights, Freddo bar (5 syns)
2lb loss this week which I'm really pleased with. Tested the scales in a few places on the floor and although the did think at one point 1 was 11st4lbs, they seem settled on 11st7lbs, which is still a good result. If I can continue like this, I should get my 1stone next week, which would be a great result. After that I've got a couple of testing weeks with a work trip to South Africa (two full days there and night flights both ways, hopefully upgraded on the flights which means free booze) and then a conference in London (again, 2 full days with welcome drinks and awards dinners and all sorts). I've told most of my colleagues about SW and asked them to help keep me on the straight and narrow, which they've promised to do. In SA the food will be quite easy as their steaks are amazing so I can have steak and salad and a cheeky glass of red. More worried about the food on the flights which I won't be able to control at all. Plus the conference, which my company is part sponsoring so I'll be expected to be drinking and entertaining clients and stuff. I'll have to drink sparkling water with lemon in and pretend it's gin and tonic!!
How would everyone deal with those two weeks? Well, two sets of three days, really. So if I save my syns from the other 4 days, hopefully that will give me enough to play with? Where I get a choice (e.g. first night dinner at the conference, I know I'll make SW friendly choices, but at the awards dinner I won't get the option. Hopefully it'll be smoked salmon starter and a simple meat-based main with veggies and I can just leave any creamy potatoes etc and dessert. Flights to SA will be trickier as flying makes me really hungry and I'll just have to eat what I'm given. But I'll make sure I go to M&S in the airport for some SW friendly fruit and veg based snacks so I don't get tempted by peanuts or pretzels or other inflight naughtiness!
I'm feeling absolutely amazing at the moment. I can really see and feel a difference in my clothes - much smoother lines as well as being able to wear things which have never fitted! My waist is definitely shrinking (still too much jiggle factor going on, but it's getting less), and I can just about see my collar bone (in the right light, lol!), which definitely makes me look slimmer. That's definite motivation to keep on track through the first two weeks of July.
After next week it'll hopefully be 1 stone down, 1 stone to go before holiday, which feels totally achievable. If I work super hard, I might even be able to get to the 10st mark by then, although I don't want to put undue pressure on myself, it's just nice knowing it might be an option because I'm on a diet I actually enjoy! This SW malarkey has actually changed my life!
(sorry for the long post - got a bit of a rant on, then!)
