Week 1 of Mission Impossible

It was Sunday, my first day of training was Monday and I barely slept the night before, went to bed at 11pm, woke at 1am in a panic thinking I slept it out, and again at 3am, 4am and 5am where I just decided to wake up and get ready! I was so nervous going to the gym, arrived super early, so early the gates were still locked! 

The first day of training wasn't too bad, a lot of weight training and light cardio, I came home, prepared my breakfast and lunch and off to work I went feeling motivated and positive. I told my work colleagues I was doing this challenge and if I was tempted by bad foods, to please stop me. The second day I woke up early again, so decided to head into work early at 8am and went for a light jog/walk around the park for 45 minutes (go me!). I also started to get really bad headaches, this was probably from the sugar and caffeine withdrawals! 

The week went on, things started to get easier, the key is to prep my dinners in advance. The only thing that I was nervous about was we went out to dinner with work colleagues to Milanos. I wanted the dough balls so bad but instead ordered me a salmon salad and had a raspberry sorbet for dessert, perfect! I also went to the gym on days I wasn't training except for Saturday because my legs were like jelly after Cardio Fridays with Mission Impossible. 

So on the Monday morning, it was weigh in time! I mentioned that I got my weight taken by the trainer on Thursday 17th July before the challenge started and I weighed in at 13stone 4.5lbs, however, cos I knew I was starting the challenge, I binged on loads of takeaways and fast food and ended up putting on another 2lbs in 3 days! 

19th July - 13 stone 4.5lbs or 84.5kg

21st July - 13 stone 6.5lbs or 85.6kg

28th July - 12 stone 11.5lbs or 81.4kg

I had lost a total of  9lbs or 4.2kg! 

I was delighted with myself! Over half a stone gone in the first week and for the first time in my life, I am actually 12stone something! This really motivated me and I had to get into my head that the first week is going to be the biggest loss and that I shouldn't expect a weight loss like that every week! 

Onto Week 2! 

Back blogging.....

So here I am again, back to my blog. 

I started this blog back in January 2011 when I first joined Slimming World, I think I updated it pretty much twice a month with my progress then I stopped. My last post was in September 2011 which was 1 month before my mother died and I returned to college that month also. With all the thins going on I didnt have time and I suppose I just forgot about.

My last post said I weighed 13 stone 9.5lbs and I was trying to break through my 13.5 stone barrier which I did. I kept going to classes and following the plan but not as strict was I doing.  I'm not gonna post every single weigh in seeing as its nearly 3 years ago so I'm gonna do a 6 month update since I began my weight journey in Jan 2011.

Jan 2011 - 16 stone 11.5lbs
July 2011 - 13 stone 12.5lbs
JJan 2012 - 13 stone 8.5lbs
July 2012 - 13 stone 4lbs
Jan 2013 - 13 stone 13.5lbs
July 2013 - 14 stone 1lb
Jan 2014 - 14 stone 9.5lbs
July 2014 - 13 stone 4.5lbs

So as you can see, my weight loss initially was fairly rapid, my lowest weight recorded was 13 stone 1lb and that was in February 2012, I gained 2, lost 1, gained 2, lost 2 etc... never have gone below that.

Also, I stopped going to slimming world in May 2013 as I was yoyoing for a year between same weight and it was bugging me, so I stopped and returned in Jan 2014, I put on nearly a stone in just 8 months, its scary how weight can creep back up.

Since this year, I've lost nearly 1.5 stone and that's by following SW again but I've also started to do gym classes, and I suppose the reason why I'm doing this now again is that I'm starting a 4 week Mission Impossible challenge this Monday 21st July. I've been trying to do gym classes but they're restricted at certain times and I'm not too familiar with how to use gym equipment, so I think taking on this challenge will help me and teach me how to use the equipment properly if I want to go to the gym in my own time.

It's training 3 times a week at 6.30am in the morning (god help me!!!) And comes with a food plan. I'm hoping I'll see results in 4 weeks and hopefully hit 12 stone something and tone up!!

I'll try to update this blog weekly or on days I feel crap and need a boost. So enjoy reading!!!

Dropped 2 Dress Sizes!

So I had a skirt I bought when I was a size 18, the skirt itself was a size 20, but I bought it cos it was loose and sat nicely, however as the year went on, I found the skirt beginning to fit me tightly, and at one point the material started to fold over onto itsself cos of my belly bulge! It was at that point I said I had enough!

So at the Deaf Slimming World Party last Saturday, I showed everyone the skirt and how much progress I made. Here it is!!!

Skirt was a size 20, I now can fit into a size 16 but it's still tight on me!

Day 240

Well after a maintain last week this week I lost 0.5lbs which means I'm still yet to reach the 13.5 stone barrier! I was meant to lose an average of 2lbs a week, since I lost 2lbs, then 3lbs, then nothing, then 0.5lbs, it means I'm 2.5lbs under target, so I have re-changed my thinking and aim to lose 7lbs in September. This means I have 6.5lbs left to lose in 3 weigh ins. So if I get 2.5lbs next week, then 2lbs for each week after that I can do it. It will also mean I will get my 3.5stone sticker :)

So mini targets are;

Wk 2: 2.5lbs
Wk 3: 2lbs
Wk 3: 2lb

This weekend I have to go to a gig, I was hoping to be drinking but I think with money and wanting to lose weight, I will be driving in and only having a couple of drinks which means less syns for me. On Saturday I will be going camping, so I will bring my own salad plus a wholegrain bap instead of using the whitebread bap. I will bring some fruit too and opt for some popcorn as they would lighter in syns than normal.

Syn Diary

Day 1: 16
Day 2: 9
Day 3: 15
Day 4: 35
Day 5: 10
Day 6: 10
Day 7: 5

Day 225

So last Tuesday I went to WI, wasn't really sure if I'd be up or down, I wanted to be down by at least 1.5lbs, if 2lbs then great but I was down 3lbs! WHOO HOO!!! I am now 13 stone 8.5lbs so my next week target is to get 1.5lbs so I can say I am 13 and a half stone.

Foodwise, I had a binge last night on chocolate, well I had 2 chocolate bars with tea. It was lush! Today I have been doing good. This morning I had egg and soldiers, then lunch an omelette and a can of tuna with an orange. Went to visit Mum in the hospice, had 2 shortbread biccies plus a marshmallow and a Roses sweet. Think that was all under 15 syns. Went to Tescos then to buy some supllies and came back home and had St.David's Chicken (chicken, leeks, onion, mushroom, chicken stock, garlic and potatoes).

I wish I could keep this up everyday! Currently I'm dying for a bar of chocolate but I've got to fast for a blood test tomorrow morning at 10.30am. So won't be having my breakfast until AFTER that! :-/ Might just have a massive sandwich instead. Got meetings ALL day tomorrow from 3pm to 9pm. Hoping to get home and make cheesy brocolli bake that I got in the SW magazine. It looks gorgeous!!!

Oh and forgot to mention, I got Slimmer Of The Week! :)

Day 220

Well I weighed in last Tuesday and lost 2lbs which meant I had an exact 3 stone loss and it meant I got my first sticker since May! Glad to be back on the SW wagon!

Haven't been too good with eating this week though! :( Trying to do Success Express for the next few days to get 2lbs off. I want to get my next stone off in 2 months which means I need to lose at least 1.5lbs a week. Preferably 2lbs a week.

When I started SW and lost a lot of weight in the first few weeks I was doing good, my predicted progress was that I would reach my interim target of 12stone (just under 5 stone loss) in July. Then my weight loss slowed down so it said the 9th September. I'm still 25lbs off that interim target so now I want to achieve the loss by the 12th November.

Reasons being is that I've got a dinner dance on the 12th November and I will be on stage giving a speech so I want to look good for it. It will also mean I will weigh the same as a lot "thin" people. After that I want get down to 10stone 11.5lbs which mean I will have achieved a 6 stone loss. I am hoping to do this on time for the first year anniversary of me joining Slimming World but I know with Christmas and all that, it will be very difficult.

I think I need to focus on just small goals first and stop thinking long term. I'm still a size 16 on top, size 16-18 on bottom but size 16 doesn't quite fit me comfortably yet.

Day 215

Well I haven't posted here in a while. I've been away in South Africa for most of July and then went to the UK for 2 weeks at the start of August. After I got back from South Africa for 3 weeks, I only put on 0.5lbs! Was delighted with that cos I thought it would have been way more! When I went to the UK for a festival, I put on another 0.5lbs and then the week after I maintained. So this means I'm now at the same weight I was back in May and I've still not achieved my 3stone award!

It's getting very frustrating but I know it's cos I haven't been able to make my own dinners and control the food I eat. This week hasn't gone too bad, I've stuck to SW mostly this week. Didn't have many syns on Thursday, only 6, on Friday I had about 18, then yesterday I had too many due to alcohol. I didn't eat all day yesterday apart from my breakfast of eggs and toast.

Today I've had toast and some chocolate to cheer me up. I really want a Dominos pizza but I'm trying to resist cos I've got loads of food in the fridge and a stir fry is calling out my name but I want greasy disgusting food. Have to try and resist temptation.

Hopefully I will get a loss this Tues. I don't care if it's 0.5lb, I just want a loss. I haven't had one since June :(