Spring into Summer 2012 with Slimming World

TakeItEazy

Sorry off topic but is anyone else watching Lionel Ritchie? Am so loving his music, could listen all night . Also saw his 'Who do you think you are' very interesting. Ok back to singing along :rotfl:

cooking-mama

Ok..after lunch out,packet of crisps,2 extra slices of bread, a yorkie bar and a full bottle of rose wine,looks like im aiming for a "stay the same" this week.:o

SwipernoSwiping

Morning every one. Hope your all having a lovely easter.
The grilled cheese sandwich was yummy. Next time I'll be using pitta, and not 8 syns worth of bread!
Breakie was a fry up,
lunch will be a mug shot and a side salad - need to see if I like these!
Today's dinner we have a steak and veg pie. 30 syns of pastry crust :eek:-divided by the 4 of us.
snack wise muller lights and fruit.

cooking mama I wish I could "stay the same" after that. One yorkie bar would turn into three...
I have the wii set up to (when I get chance to use it) deduct the calories in a packet of crisps. So I'll excercise a packet of crisps off!
TIE, I'm not a Richie fan, I think the over airplay that "Hello" got put me off for life.
Yay:T for the new job fluff1987. Theres always ways to stay busy - walk in your lunch, stairs, park the car a bit further away...

Right off to clean out the eldests room... send out a search party if I am not back by lunch

WelshWoofer

Morning ladies!
Had my weekly weigh in this morning and I have now lost a total of 5lbs (in 2 weeks).:j My aim is a stone so a good chunk of that is now gone - 9lbs to go.

I couldn't sleep at all last night and ended up getting up at 5am in frustration. I'm going horseriding this morning - haven't been since I was a child (and then only once every blue moon) so it should be interesting! Am anticipating a sore bum and walking like John Wayne tomorrow!

Not sure about food yet but have already had cereal (HEB) and skimmed milk (HEA) for breakfast. I'll be doing a food shop later so will have plenty of choice.

czerniacha

morning

WI today so I had a light, superspeedy breakfast of milky coffee and alpen light bar

might have some fruit in a bit as well...

hope you all have a nice day

fluff1987

CZ - in my job at the minute i can easily walk 5+ miles in a day from one end of the building to the other (depending on what im doing,) but this new job is a receptionist in a small dental firm (how the heck i got it is beyond me, since my trade is in hotel hospitality) but it means i will be sitting at a desk for nearly all day... looks like ill just have to start going swimming lol!

so far today ive had a fresh fruit salad left over from yesterday.

working from 1-10 today so im thinking a mugshot with a sandwich for dinner, and lunch i havent a clue on yet - need to visit mr t for a top up i think since the good ole microwave broke yesterday:(

lfcgurly

Warning: This will be a long, deep and philosophical post. Read at your own risk.

Well, I've had my WI and I'm down 2.2 lbs. However, most of that was the water my body decided to retain last week. I'm actually .8 lbs. down from what I was before the fluid so at least I'm still ahead.

I've been noticing that with the change in eating and even comparatively small 5.4 lbs. I've lost in the last 6 weeks I am also finding a new desire to take better care of myself in general.

I'm only 27 but I've never taken very good care of myself because of low self esteem. I still look young because of my genes but along with that is acne and blackheads from not treating my skin right, gingivitis from not worrying about dental hygiene as much as I should and of course, the extra weight from not bothering to eat right as "you can't polish a turd".

But I don't want to enter my 30's like this. I don't want to be like this when we start having kids in the next few years. I want to be the best me I can be, I've already wasted most of my life feeling inferior and ugly. Everyone has always told me I was pretty but I've never believed it because I was tormented at school because my step-dad was the P.E. teacher everyone hated. But as I was only about 7 when it started, I assumed it was because something was wrong with me.

When I got to be about 16, I panicked when I hit 125 lbs. and because of that and abuse at home I ended up anorexic. I made it to 98 lbs. before I was diagnosed. I never got professional treatment but I was able to claw my way out of it once the stressors were gone. A tad ironic that my target weight now is the same weight I freaked out over at 16 (yes, I am the same height now I was then.).

Anyway, my point in all this is that I've finally made the decision that I don't want to be ruled by my past anymore and I want my future to be as bright as I can make it. Not just for myself, but for my husband, my mother and everyone else who has always been there for me.

Thanks for listening, and to lighten things up a bit, does anyone else have a dog that insists on barking while pooing? :rotfl:

Minnie-the-Minx_2

What a great post - thank you. It really struck a chord with me too.

lfcgurly wrote: »

I am also finding a new desire to take better care of myself in general.

I know I have let myself go and am determined to make more effort in future - losing weight is the first step

lfcgurly wrote: »

the extra weight from not bothering to eat right as "you can't polish a turd".

In my head I always say "you can put lipstick on a pig but it's still a pig." Any effort I made to look better seemed pointless if I was fat

lfcgurly wrote: »

I want to be the best me I can be

So do I! I wish I hadn't left it so late - I'm 48 now - but it's never too late.

I wish you every success.

cyclingyorkie

Minnie-the-Minx wrote: »

What a great post - thank you. It really struck a chord with me too.



I know I have let myself go and am determined to make more effort in future - losing weight is the first step



In my head I always say "you can put lipstick on a pig but it's still a pig." Any effort I made to look better seemed pointless if I was fat



So do I! I wish I hadn't left it so late - I'm 48 now - but it's never too late.

I wish you every success.

Me too - I started this journey aged 48, now at 50 I feel better than I have for years!

gunsandbanjos

Very good post lfcgurly, one of my motivations is my 30th birthday in 2 weeks. I refuse to be fat and 30! Though I clearly don't look my age as I got ID'd for a lottery ticket yesterday.