Three Week Streak

I didn't get to stop for meeting yesterday but I did manage to get weighed before heading off to London for the day, after a week of being able to get into clothes that haven't fit for months I was hoping for a loss this week and I wasn't disappointed when the scale said I'd lost another 3lb. In the 3 weeks I've been going to slimming world I've lost 11.5lb. They had better get that 1 stone certificate ready for next week!

Yesterday we had a trip down to London for the day, In theory it should have been just like all the other times we have been down there, only as I don't follow football I didn't realise it was FA Cup final day! The tubes were packed with football fans, Covent Garden was almost impossible to get through and the places we would usually go were just too packed so instead we hardly used the tubed and decided to do a full circuit from one side of London Bridge to the other then walked all the way along to Tower bridge, crossed that and walked back to roughly where we started, as well some exploring of other parts of the city ending with a stroll around Regents Park. I was fine until I tried to stand up and get off the train when we were home and realised my legs had gone on strike Haha!

This is a screenshot of my fitbit for the day. 

We I made a lunch to take with me but after all that walking it wasn't quite enough so we popped into a Tesco's and picked up a couple of bottles of water and a big tub of melon pieces to munch on. 

I have been and done my food shopping for the week and my fridge currently looks like a successful week, there is so much speed food in there. I'm going to do some baked white fish with a lime, chilli and soy sauce dressing and serve it with a nice big salad and a couple of new potatoes. Really looking forward to eating that later. 

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The wrong trousers

You know when you grab trousers out of your wardrobe and put them on, then think these feel different before realising they are the ones that are the smaller sized ones you've not been able to fit in for over a year.  Yup that is what happened to me this morning and it felt great!

This mornings breakfast was eaten at my desk in favour of those extra 5 minutes in bed, It's fast becoming my favourite breakfast. I had a raspberry and cranberry Muller light with my HEB of mini fruit and nut Weetabix and some frozen strawberries.

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Overnight oats

I've been making overnight oats for a while now, there is something about those mouthfuls of heavy stodge mushed up with some fruit that just does it for me. I've normally played it safe when making with, using a plain yoghurt and some berries of some kind, I'm feeling a bit exotic today so I'm trying a new recipe. I picked up some of the ALDI coconut fat free Greek yoghurt, I've added to that some lime juice and mixed in the oats then topped it off with a handful of frozen mango pieces. I'm looking forward to munching that down in the morning, I will grab a photo tomorrow and share how it tasted :D

So this is what it looked like in the morning, it was gorgeous!

recipe

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Who's owning it today?

I'm sure you all know the feeling, that real smug feeling you get when you totally rock. That's the feeling I've had today, I've planned, I've waited for meal times and I've not got in from work and stuffed everything I can find into my mouth within minutes of getting through the door (thank you lemon meringue hi-fi bars for rescuing me).

Today has been tough at times, being 2 classrooms away from the canteen is hard, especially when the smell of bacon wafts through the door as if this isn't bad enough the short cut to the staffroom is through the canteen with it's delish smells and chocolate cracknels. So the fact that I've stuck to the plan....and by plan I mean the rushed throwing of fruit into my work bag before rushing out of the door...is pretty darn amazing!

I didn't get time for breakfast before I left, so my breakfast was a banana in my office with a big mug of peppermint and liquorice tea, at break I had a little apple, it wasn't very exciting and I wished I had remembered to pack something else but I didn't go and buy anything so mini result for me. Lunch time was a big box of melon, mainly watermelon, a Muller light raspberry and cranberry yogurt and some Weetabix mini's with fruit and nut as my healthy b. There was that yummy lifeline when I got in...I LOVE anything lemon so the lemon meringue hi-fi bar is the best thing ever!  That kept me going until I got dinner on the go. For dinner I did a salad, courgette noodles and mushrooms in a home-made tomato sauce, one of the slimming world chilli and coriander burgers(which it turns out are a bit too hot for me) I chilled that and sliced it, I made a cucumber dip with quark, cucumber, fresh mint and a little minced garlic for me it was just cool enough to take the heat out of the burger. 

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I'm fighting back fat!

For years I've thought to myself I will go on that diet soon maybe next week, maybe tomorrow maybe I will just stuff this piece of cake in my mouth while I decide. I am not about to start lying and say I have no idea where the weight came from, I know exactly where I came from. It has come from many years of eating, eating too much, the wrong things, the constant eat to cure everything from boredom, sadness, joy...basically any kind of emotion or occasion was a good excuse to eat.

I've not always been obese, not even always been over weight. There was a time before my house became filled with little people that soon grew up to be teenagers  that I used to wear size 8 jeans with room to move! 

Now I'm not sat here thinking I will get back into size 8 my body has been through too much to ever be there again, and that's okay. I don't even really have a weight in mind, of course the charts tell me what I should be but anyone that knows me will know I'm not so good with being told what to do. I think I will know when I get there what I am happy being. 

I joined slimming world 2 weeks ago after many failed years on other diets, I just seriously can't be bothered with all the counting and working out complicated systems before I could even eat all that did was lead to vast amount of junk being eaten in some self destructive "well if you can't make it easy I'm not doing it" kind of attitude, and yes I know that's like cutting off your nose to spite your face but I'm stubborn. 

Anyway back to these 2 weeks, so my first week I didn't really do it on the first day, we had a party to go to and I wasn't entirely in control of what I ate but I was at least conscious of what I was eating and tried to make good decisions. My first weigh in I had lost 4lb, I had hoped for more but I was just happy I hadn't broke the scales and put a shit load on. I did something I've never been able to keep up for long the following week which was plan everything! I filled in my food log before I had even eaten anything and then only ate what was on it.

So this week after my super organised week I was feeling like a complete pro, I get on the scales and I'm 4.5lb down Get in! Then to my amazement went and got slimmer of the week... BOOM!

I can't say as I've been totally on it yesterday and today so I need to get the butt in gear and get it together to make sure I lose again this week...I have surprised myself a bit though as I never really saw myself as one of those people that puts their loss awards on the freezer, but there it is reminding me every time I think about getting the ice cream out. 

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