Week 14

Hi everyone, 

Just a quick update from me today (sorry for the lack of post last week...I've just started a new job so had to cancel my weigh in as I couldn't fit it in!) however, I am working Mon, Wed, Fri so I will be back on my usual Tuesday mornings for the foreseeable future.

Maggie has her trusty scales back up and running woo hoo! On I hopped and well I couldn't believe what I saw....

5lb off!!

Granted that this was two weeks but it was fabulous!! I am now half a pound away from my 3 stone award!! Bloody half a pound though...so annoying, I did say to Maggie that I don't usually have socks on when its weigh in day so maybe if I took them off it would be that half a pound gone....safe to say I think she thought I was mad!

Now that I have started a new job (after 10 months of maternity leave) I have to get my act together in regards to fitting the diet into my work...there is no blender or anything like that so I decided to try some Tetras so it's a grab and go situation. I have tried a chocolate tetra before and didn't like it BUT I took it out on a picnic so it was very warm by the time I came to drink it. I am going to keep these in the fridge so they are super cold and hopefully, I will find them more palatable.

Anyway, that is all from me this week... :) see you next week where hopefully there will be a picture of me with my 3 stone award xxx

Week Twelve

Well I can't quite believe I have made it to week 12! Granted I have not been 100% the whole way but as I'm sure I have previously said, I have to be able to live as well so there will be odd days off here and there...that is how my journey will be and I am happy with that. I understand that I might not lose the weight as quickly as those who do stick to plan 100% but so far I have been happy with my losses and I know that for the most part I am sticking to the diet well.

I've had a semi good week with my eating but have mainly been doing Step 2 which I thoroughly enjoyed! My meals this week have mainly been a chinesy style dish (5 spice, splash of soy sauce, chili and garlic) with different proteins...prawns have been great as you can have quite a lot for the allowance! I did go on the hunt this week for some Ostrich meat as a lady in a CWP support group I follow on Facebook posted her meal and it looks delish! Again...quite a lot allowance for this meat so I am looking forward to finally tracking some down. We have a farm shop about half an hour away from us in Bordon that we've definitely seen exotic meats in so fingers crossed I can get my hands on some this weekend!

So anyway, back to the weigh in...I woke up on Tuesday morning after a bad night with my baby boy and completely forgot it was weigh in day! I am usually a stickler for not consuming anything until I've weighed in (I am one of those people who makes sure I am wearing the same outfit every week too!) but that morning I had what felt like a gallon of coffee before it dawned on me that it was THE DAY. I only managed to get a couple of wees out before I had to go...oops!

Maggie had had a bit of a scale dilemma as her CWP ones ran out of battery just before I arrived! Luckily she had some bathroom scales we could use but we did mention that they might not be the same as her proper ones (a free pass maybe haha) I hopped on and...

1lb off!

Not the best but considering the last few weeks I am happy, I did think that my weeks of not being 100% would catch up to me but thank goodness they didn't. I've also lost some inches which is fabulous although I have to admit that I do get a bit sad when they come off my boobs!

So now that I have reached the 3 month mark, I'll do a start and current comparison!

Start
Weight: 17st 9lb
Bust: 45in
Waist: 45.5in
Hips: 55in
BMI: 38.4

Current
Weight: 15st 1.5lb
Bust: 41in
Waist: 38in
Hips: 50.5in
BMI: 34.1


Start Photos

Current Photos

I am so happy with my progress so far, I can see the difference and can certainly feel it. I've managed to get into my size 16 jeans which I've not been able to do since before I got pregnant, it was a great victory! I am going to change my outfit for the next photo update as my current one is getting a bit baggy so is not showing off my progress as well as I'd like!

Have a great week everyone, see you next week! xx

A Mid-Journey Restart

Hi everyone, again sorry for the lack of update last week. I've been a bit stressed out and fell off the wagon ever so slightly, I am such an emotional eater...I need to learn to deal with my emotions a bit better than turning to eating the wrong foods. I did try to eat sensibly (prawns etc) but I have to admit there were a few days where I did have what would be considered as too many carbs....

Anyway, luckily it wasn't a disaster this morning on the scales as I lost...

3lbs!

Very happy with this as you can imagine, I've given myself a bit of a talking to and am back in the right headspace now. I'm doing so well on this diet that I would hate to lose sight of my goal and undo everything that I've already accomplished. I'm going to be throwing in a few days of step 2 this week and see what that does to my loss next week.

I'm so close to being in the 14 stone bracket...I cannot wait! One of my first 'mini' goals is to get lower than what I did last year when I was on Cambridge which I think was 14st 2lbs so that's another stone for me to get! 

I've gone for mainly bars this week as I find them so convenient and I really enjoy them so I need to up my water this week. I bought myself a massive bottle so will really crack on.

Sorry for the scatty update, will have more of a structured one next week which will include my measurements :)