No More Fatty Bum Bum (hopefully)

So, I am in week 2 of Slimming World and need to find a way to keep myself on track! I need a way of recording this journey I am on; to try and stay on the right path - and also to look back on when things get tough!

Where to start? Well, I am a 34 year old mummy to 2 (my little princess is 4 and my little soldier is 1 - no stereotypes there then ) I have always been big. I had lots of "puppy fat" growing up and even when I was 17 and had lost 3 stone on Slimming World and was my class's Slimmer of the Year, I was still "big". I was a size 14 and my form tutor thought I was anorexic, so I'm never going to be a size 0, or even a 12 for that matter. Some of us are just made this way, but the extra 8 stone worth of padding isn't helping!

Two babies made, a full time business to run and a husband to sort mean I am bottom of the list and as such my weight has been too - even though for me it is top of the list of things that make me miserable! This diary IS going to be a record of my journey to weight happiness - it's going to be a long one no doubt and I am sure I will struggle along the way, but hopefully with my consultant and the lady I have become pals with who joined the same night as me and has had the exact same weight loss as me (-5lbs week one, maintain week 2), this place and supportive family I can get there.

My little girl starts school in September 2012 and I don't want to be the fat mum picking her up, I don't want her being teased because mummy waddles and I certainly don't want her having the same food issues I do.

I'm no eejit though, I know it's not likely that I'm going to lose 8 stone in a year, so I have to set myself mini goals. There's obviously the SW 10% goal, but I need other milestones to work towards. So here they are:

1) 1 stone lost before Christmas, just to feel like I have achieved a marker!
2) 3 stone lost before my birthday in March (this will take me to quite a bit less than my pre-pregnancy weight and will be the first time I have been here in about 4 years!)
3) 5 stone lost before June (this will be the amount that would put my BMI in a range that if we have a 3rd baby I would not need consultant care, we want a 3rd baby, June will be when we know if we can have one or not financially)
4) Will have to see what happens on this goal, baby dependent

Best let the journey begin!

Good luck on your weightloss journey! Well done on your 5lb loss after week 1! I too,lost 5lb after week 1. I agree,that we have to take our weight loss plan down to 'baby' steps as,after all our weight gain didn't appear overnight did it? Which days do you prefer? I find I enjoy the green days better. Have had 2 red days this week,but not enjoyed them as much.
Once again,good luck and will keep checking your progress!!

I am definitely a Green girl I like EE too, but find it too Extra Easy to cheat on! I can never find enough to eat on an original day!

How's your week been?

So week 3 and 2lb shifted! Woo hoo!

I also, by default, got Slimmer of the Week. It was by default because the girl who lost 6 1/2lb!!!!! left half way through class, but a wins a win

Not been such a great week though in all honesty. I am most definitely an emotional eater - as proven when I had the day from hell at work on Friday, came home to my MIL who had been shopping for us, while watching our LOs and had bought a Cadbury's Fresh Cream and Chocolate cake. Needless to say there was none left by the time my hubby got home from work

I really do need to crack the emotional eating thing, it's never going to stop unless I do something about it. I guess one way would be to reach for healthy options, but lets be honest when you've had a crap day or received bad news the last thing you want is an apple. It's something that's going to give you a virtual hug and a warm feeling inside that is needed and usually in the form of cake or chocolate or in my case both!

This emotional eating side of things is definitely where I go wrong though. It's no coincidence that I gained 6 stone from the time I heard the news that my mum was terminal to the time I started this journey. It's also no coincidence that my losses (weight wise) have also coincided with good news periods and the subsequent gains have coincided with bad news / stressful periods. Life's never going to be Rosie (no matter how many times my children make me watch the show ) so if I am to crack this weigh malarky forever, I am going to have to crack this emotions thing!

So, as well as hoping to lose a further 2lb this week (possibly a bit ambitious given that we have an alcohol and buffet food fueled weekend away) I am also going to try and give some thought to planning for the crap days. I know I can't tell when they are going to be, but perhaps I can have some kind of emergency box for when they do appear unexpectedly. I am loving zumba and find that helps after a stressful day, but if the stressing is occuring on a non-zumba day, that's no use

Emergency Box it is! What would you put in your emergency box for the emotional eating hit / to replace to eating aspect of the emotional eater?

There has to be some chocolate in there, but having a low syn option is probably the best bet, but what else stops you from turning to food for emotional comfort?