Cottonmouth's weight loss diary

[FONT=&amp] [FONT=&amp]Hello![/FONT]


[FONT=&amp]For those that haven't seen my post in introductions - I've been on (and more often, off) Slimming World for a couple of years now, and after losing a couple of stone and my weight going up and down with my motivation I am now only a few pounds lighter than where I started years ago![/FONT]


[FONT=&amp]After being a reader of this forum for a long time I've decided to join in. I started following the plan properly a fortnight ago and I have started going to the gym regularly to do the Couch to 5k challenge and a few other bits besides.[/FONT]

[FONT=&amp]I've lost 7.5lb in the last 2 weeks but I know that my motivation tends to be short-lived so I'm going to keep a diary on here and hopefully join in on the other threads too, as I find many of the posts on here so inspiring.[/FONT]

[FONT=&amp]My confidence has gone to pot and I feel like a shadow of who I was a few years ago, even my friends are commenting now on how my opinion of myself is holding me back in life.[/FONT]

[FONT=&amp]I'm getting married in May next year and currently, the idea of trying dresses on in a shop, in front of my best friend TERRIFIES me - so I don’t know how I will ever get down the aisle if I don't do something about me weight and my confidence.[/FONT]

So, I started a fortnight ago, I'm having my weighs in on a Monday. The first week I lost 7lb and the second (this morning's weigh in - I lost 1/2lb - which I'm a bit gutted about ifI'm honest - which is why I thought I'd join in on here to try to make me plan and keep on track.

Here goes nothing!

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Breakfast[/FONT]


[FONT=&amp]Handful of grapes[/FONT]
[FONT=&amp]Apple[/FONT]
[FONT=&amp]Peppermint Tea[/FONT]

[FONT=&amp]Lunch[/FONT]

[FONT=&amp]Shreddies (HEXB) with Semi Skimmed milk (HEXB) [/FONT]
[FONT=&amp]Banana[/FONT]
[FONT=&amp]Peppermint tea[/FONT]

[FONT=&amp]Dinner[/FONT]

[FONT=&amp]Homemade syn free Chilli with Basmati Rice[/FONT]

[FONT=&amp]Snacks[/FONT]

[FONT=&amp]30g Sainsbury's Sweet and salty popcorn - 8 syns[/FONT]
[FONT=&amp]1 x Chocolate digestive - 4 syns[/FONT]
[FONT=&amp]4 x Peppermint teas[/FONT]
[FONT=&amp]2 x Tea (HEXB)[/FONT]

[FONT=&amp]Exercise[/FONT]

[FONT=&amp]30 mins C225K training on treadmill[/FONT]
[FONT=&amp]20mins Exercise Bike[/FONT]
[FONT=&amp]10 mins weights[/FONT]

[FONT=&amp]HEX A - SS Milk[/FONT]
[FONT=&amp]HEX B - Shreddies[/FONT]
[FONT=&amp]Syns - 12[/FONT]

I'm enjoying being good and planning my food at the min, hoping this continues. There's a potential spanner in the works on Saturday as I'm going to a restaurant for a birthday meal and I've looked at the menu already and it's pretty much universally awful on SW :-/

Breakfast

Cup of Tea (HEXA)
Lemon and Lime Activia 0%
Red seedless Grapes
Peppermint Tea


Lunch

Shreddies (HEXB) with SS milk (HEXA)
Peppermint Tea
Banana


Dinner

Steak
Salad (Lettuce, Tomatoes, Cucumber, Peppers)
Small Jacket potato


Snacks

Banana
Custard (12 syns)
Tea (HEXA)
Peppermint Teas
Water

Exercise

Weights, planks and crunches- 30 mins
HEX A - SS Milk
HEX B - Shreddies
Syns - 12

welldone on your fantastic losses so far I tend to lose motivation too but this site has def helped keep me on track,nothing like a wedding to spur you on too,goodluck on your journey x

Thank you Tamkat! You've done really well with those losses, really consistent too! Are you getting married as well?

Working from home today, dangerously close to the chocolate digestives lol *must resist*

On the upside it's meant that I have already been to the gym and I've also got a fab syn free dinner simmering away in the slow cooker

The plan for today is:


Breakfast

Banana
Cup of Tea (HEXA)


Lunch

Pasta n Sauce (made with water - no milk or butter)
Grapes


Dinner

Lamb casserole (lean lamb fillet, leeks, carrots, celery, potatoes, lamb stock, henderson's relish)


Snacks

Peppermint tea
Banana and custard - 12 syns


Exercise

35 mins C225K Training on the treadmill
45 mins walk to sorting office and gym


HEXA - SS milk
HEX B - none
Syns - 12

I wish I was (again) lol I lost 5 stone before my wedding 7 yrs ago put it back on & lost it a few times since then too oh well its an ongoing battle! Your lamb casserole sounds delish x

5 stone is amazing! I'll be over the moon if I can do that and thanks, it was quite yummy - love my slow cooker, I just chuck things in and it turns out great! xxx

Not updated for a few days thanks to a very busy weekend! I've been good though, within syns every day with exercise on Friday. Went out for a meal on Saturday for the mother-in-law-to-be's birthday meal/mother's day meal and managed to get through that without blowing the diet - I had sparkling water and Piri Piri spiced chicken with salad (instead of chips_ and no dessert - I was very proud of myself as everyone elses burgers, ribs and chips smelt amazing! As such, I am mega disappointed with my weigh in this morning; a measly 1lb off! Hoping that the weightloss I deserve for last week is just waiting in the wings to come off - maybe I'll get a good loss next week - here's hoping! I'm working in a different city tomorrow in a building with airport level security so I can't take in cutlery, or food and drink with the seal broken - not entirely sure how I am ggoing to navigate that one sucessfully! Here's today's plan of action:

Breakfast:

Banana
Cup of tea (HEXA)


Lunch

Fresh Tomato and Basil soup
Pineapple chunks


Dinner

Cod
New Potatoes
Beans
Pineapple Chunks (2 for £3 lol)


Snacks

Ben n jerries individual pot 14.5 syns


Exercise

30 mins Couch to 25k training on treadmill
15 mins exercise bike 15 mins weights

HEX A - SS MIlk
HEX B - none
Syns = 14.5

Well done on your loss, 1lb off is better than 1lb on!

I too was very proud of myself on Saturday night when I went out for dinner. I had Gammon & Eggs with Salad and no dessert - I had major food envy when looking around the table, but also a great sense of satisfaction of knowing how I'd stuck to plan!

Well done, it's fab isn't it, maybe not at the time but great to feel proud afterwards rather than guilty! Yeah, yr right, at least it's in the right direction! Xxx

Late with my update as I was working away yesterday and didn’t get back 'til late. I was working in a building with airport level security and a ban on food and drink with the seal broken and no cultlery!

Nightmare - this is what I had:

Breakfast

Pear
Banana
Apple


Lunch

Low Fat hummous and carrot sticks - 1.5 syns
Grapes
Bottle of Water

Dinner

Slimming World Kebab with Salad and WW pitta (HEXB)

Snacks

Mango and Pineapple

Exercise

120 mins walking at pace

HEX A - none
HEXB - WW pitta
Syns - 1.5

and today….

Breakfast

Apple
Pear
Cup of Tea (HEXA)

Lunch

Baxters Country Veg Soup (HEXB)
Wholemeal bread (HEXB)
Pineapple and Mango

Dinner

Syn Free Spag Bol and salad

Snacks

TBC

HEXA - SS milk
HEXB - Soup and Wholemeal bread
Syns - TBC

Snaekily weighed myself this morning and am almost 1lb heavier than monday - gutted

Worked from home yesterday and had a really bust day - got an essay due for my degree too so had no soare time in the evening either - food wise it was ok though and a sneaky look at the scales looks promising!

Breakfast

None

Lunch

Ham and cheese ommlette (HEXA)
Grapes

Dinner

Beef stew (lean stewing beef, potatoes, leeks, carrots, pearl barley, beef stock and hendersons relish

Snacks

Pot of Joy 7 syns
2 x biscuits - 8 syns
Home made Haribo - not even counting it as it's 3 syns for the whole batch and I only had a tester!

Exercise

Didn't shift off the sofa aaaaall day

HEX A - Cheese
HEX B - none
Syns - 15

Got the pub tonight and food out as it's a friend's birthday - challenging weekend too - got a Uni field trip in York tomorrow and eating out for lunch and dinner and on Sunday I'm going to a friend;s for an unknown lunch!

Today's plan (up until Dinner and to be updated later) is:

Breakfast

Weetabix and banana with SS Milk (HEX A and B)
Cup of tea (HEXA)
Apple

Lunch

Leftover beef stew
Pear

I'm planning to aim for noo booze tonight but if I feel like it I will allow myself up to 8 syns of alcohol, leaving an 7 syn safely net for the food!