Hi Everyone,
Just catching up on all your diaries here, it's great reading.
I have just returned from more or less a month of holidaying and celebrations between London, Spain and the weeks that preceded them and followed them. This seems to be the trend for me, I got a bit awol and then I am sort of in denial for a week and then I weigh myself, get a fright and realise what I need to do. It's probably the reason why I've been in and around the same weight for the past three years. How depressing! At least I'm no bigger though, that's something!
So I weighed myself this morning and, well, got a fright. So here I am ready to immerse myself back in to the healthy ways of life. Truth be told I actually really really miss it. Holidays was... holidays - lots of wine, loads of bread, chips and generally stodgy fatty foods. I missed vegetables a lot. Since I got back I've acted as though I were still on holiday eating take-aways, cakes, really terribly fattening things. Up until yesterday I actually felt OK though (the denial phase) but then weighed myself and I am 15 stone 3 pounds which means a gain of about 10 pounds in the past 5 weeks. Completely deserved though! I weighed myself this morning and decided to face the music. All in all it's ONLY 10 pounds and I could easily lose that in a month.
I've sort of quit the 'challenge' because it was just too much. I know I put myself out there very publically but it made it even harder. I raised €1000 and I did something decent so all is not lost. But what I really want is to get in to the rhythm of losing weight. I need to. If for nothing else then for my health. I want to be a healthy person. I don't have unrealistic expectations but a couple of stone would be amazing and would make a huge difference. I'll never be an exercise person but I love Zumba so the combination of my two Zumba classes and sticking to Slimming World as best as I can should definitely lead to that. I am putting less pressure on myself in terms of dates, figures etc but I am DOING it and that will be the difference.
My plan is to loosely follow SW for the rest of this week and start fresh on Monday with being really good. I'm still a bit out of sorts since returning from Spain on Sunday. I cooked my first meal in THREE WEEKS yesterday and it was a jarred sauce, so that'll tell you. It felt good to chop vegetables though. So I am weaning myself back on to the healthy ways of life. I am by no means back on plan but I am getting there and it feels good to be back. Really want to get rid of that 10 pounds by the end of September for my birthday. That's a good goal to have. I'll be going back to SW classes on Monday week.
So far today I've had a bowl of 'maple and pecan crunch' which is a cereal that I'm sure is very high in syns and sugar but it is SO good. It's like a really crunchy Granola and I just love it. I first tried the Tesco one but now I've found an Aldi version and it's even nicer. I must work out the syns or see if it can be even somewhat incorporated because I really enjoy it. Anyone got any info?
For lunch I went to the local deli where most days I've been getting a roll with breaded chicken, cheese, crisps and a ridiculously fattening cake made of caramel, chocolate and biscuit. Today I wanted to go for something a bit healthier so I went for a brown roll with ham, cheese, sundried tomatoes, lettuce, onion and mayo. Man, I really really enjoyed it. It wasn't as stodgy. It was fresh and delicious. The roll was a normal sized roll and hardly healthy but in this weaning stage it is a LOT better than what I have been getting. The roll had Dubliners cheese on it which is my absolute favourite. Instead of full-fat crisps and cake with it I just had a 99 calorie bag of Treble Crunch crisps and loads of water. I feel a lot better about it because I know how I'd be feeling had I went for the usual bold choices.
I haven't been to Zumba in a MONTH. I can't wait for it tonight. I mean I'm dreading it from a 'i'm too lazy and just wanna go home and do nothing' point of view but I'm so excited to see my teacher, see my cousin who I go with, and have that great feeling where you sweat buckets and just have fun. I'm sure I'll find it tough but it has to be done.
Peter's making dinner tonight and my brother is coming over for some too. We're having roast chicken, veg, roast potatoes and gravy. Another good meal!
Hope everyone is well xxx
