Maintaining...

So today I went for my wedding dress fitting... I get into my dress and it swamps me! Having around 2 dress sizes taken off... not bad considering I ordered it 2 sizes too small! The seamstress has told me to now take target until after the wedding so I called my SW consultant and called target where I am right now. Bit gutting that I am only 3lbs away from losing 5.5 stone, but I'll get there... I'm in no rush, right now my main importance is feeling like a princess when I walk down the aisle towards my prince charming :-)

It does mean that for the next 6 weeks I can allow myself little treats or extra healthy extras.

Today breakfast was 4 ryvita with 70g of light Philidalphia and smoked salmon followed by a necturine.

Lunch was homemade tomato and chilli cous cous with a can of lamb tagine (1.5syns)

Dinner was date night with the bestie... we went to frankie and benny's. I had dough balls and a pulled pork pasta bake. Then for pud we had ice cream in the cinema. So I know I went over my syns but I'm not worried about that.

I also had a lovely chat with a woman at a local company about my weight loss... but I'll give you more news on that in the near future :-)

Happy slimmer!

So this evening is weigh in... and I am pleased to announce that after my food and booze filled weekend, I only gained 0.5lbs!!! The fact I worked my bum off before and after obviously helped!

Breakfast this morning was 4 ryvita with 70g of light Philidalphia and chicken (random but it needed eating!)

Lunch was a chicken, tomato and herb omelette... yummy!

I am leaving group this evening and treating myself to a low syn chinese and this week I am on a mission to lose 3.5lbs to get my pre-wedding target!

Late post...

Had a late night last night and completely forgot to post.

Breakfast was 4 ryvita with 70g of light Philidalphia followed by an apple.

Lunch was a chicken salad.

Dinner was a gammon roast dinner with frylight roast potatoes, swede/carrot, brocolli, cauliflour and peas plus a splash of gravy :-)

Overall another good day on plan. Hoping it helps my weigh in be slightly kinder to me this evening!

Feeling the effects of a bad weekend!

So as I predicted, the weekend was very busy! And after 31 hours of eating and drinking I know that I am going to gain weight this week. However, I am not going to let that get me down! It was my hen weekend and I am not planning on ever having another.

So today, even though I have craved everything, I have drawn a line in the sand.

Breakfast was lean bacon, mushrooms, tomatoes, beans, scrammbled eggs and 2 slices of wholemeal toast.

Lunch was pasta with 40g low fat cheese, tuna and sweetcorn followed by fruit.

Dinner was tandoori seasoned pork loins (fat removed) and lots of cauliflour and brocolli followed by fat free yogurt.

So all day, I have wanted takeaway... not low syn either... but I haven't given in anf I've got through my day completely syn free. Now to keep going and hope it limits the damage on Tuesday evening!

Busy times!

Sorry for not posting for the past couple of days! It's my hen do this evening and tomorrow, and the preparations have taken up all of my time! I have been completely on plan, just haven't had time to post.

Wednesday
Breakfast was 4 ryvita with 70g of light Philidalphia followed by baby cucumbers.
Lunch was roast pork with boiled potatoes and cabbage.

Dinner was a much loved Toby Carvery,  gammon, beef and lots of veg. No gravy.

Thursday
Breakfast was 35g fruit'n'fibre and 100ml semi skimmed milk, followed by 2 apricots.

Skipped lunch :-( was way too busy running around!

Dinner was a mushroom and tomato omelette.

I am unlikely to post over the weekend, I will be way too drunk and it probably wouldn't make any sense! Haha.

So have lovely weekend everyone, enjoy the heat and happy slimming!

The happiest day in my weight loss journey so far!!

So I am ending today with the biggest smile on my face!

Breakfast this morning was 2 slices of wholemeal toast topped with cheese and Worcester Sauce.

Lunch was a food day at work. I filled a lunch box with salad, cous cous and chickpea dhal for after weigh in. Had a little cous cous, a cheese straw and a oven baked vegetable samosa (thanks stu for not deep frying them!)

After work I go to the doctors, and after over 2 years of my body being completely irregular and just being told it was because my BMI was so high, the doctor actually offered to refer me for tests :-) This is a massive thing for me! Every time I have gone there in the past 2 years I have just been fobbed off because I was considered morbidly obese... not now! And I am so happy!

So from there I go off to weigh in... step on those scales to see 13st 3lbs... that's a whopping 6.5lbs loss this week, and only 3lbs away from my pre-wedding target!!

So I have had an amazing day, actually cannot describe how happy I am right now! Now just to stay syn free until Friday so that I don't do too much damage over my hen weekend!!

The night before D day...

So today has been another good day of my red week :-)

Breakfast was 2 slices of wholemeal toast with Marmite followed by a banana.

Lunch was a can of Asda Lamb Tagine (1.5 syns) and a grapefruit.

Dinner was a tomato, mushroom and cheese omelette.

So overall, another good day! Hoping all this effort pays off on the scales tomorrow!

Keeping busy

So today has been a busy day.

Breakfast was a cheese and tomato toastie followed by a banana.

Went into work for just under 4 hours, did a bit of driving around to collect some smaller clothes from a very kind and lovely woman.

Came home and had some seafood sticks, an Australian Cherry Ripe (like a mini cherry bounty! Guestimated 3 syns) and an apricot for lunch.

Then I spent hours doing lots of arts and crafts. 8 moustache t-shirts with added quirky bits... my hens are going to look amazing!!

Once I managed to scrub lots of glitter and spray paint off my hands I made roast gammon for dinner. I had mine with lots of carrots and brocolli, even made roast potatoes and peas but gave them all to my hubby to be :-) for pudding I had a grapefruit :-)

Still well on the way for a good loss this week!

Tiring day!

So this morning I was up at 4am, getting ready to drive the Heathrow to collect our best man from the airport. 2 strong cups of coffee when I get up to keep me going!

Came back and managed to eat at 9am. Too tired to cook, myself and hubby to be go off to Frankie and Benny's for poached eggs, beans (4 syns) and wholemeal bread.

Did some shopping then came home to sleep... ended up sleeping from 12.30pm to 7pm!!

Dinner was a mixed grill, no potatoes, 1/2 syn fried egg and lots of superfree salad :-)

Overall, another great day! Now I'm going to cuddle up on the sofa and watch some random films!

Extra easy!

So today has been another fantastic day of slimming!

Breakfast was 2 weetabix with 160ml semi skimmed milk, strawberries and sliced banana.

Snacked on an apple and apricot mid morning.

Lunch was a chicken breast salad (prepared at 6.30am!!!) And a fat free yogurt.

Office ice-creams late afternoon, I had a sainsbury's push up lolly at 3 syns :-)

Went to a get-together at my slimming world consultant's house, for all the lovely ladies who help out at group every week. She put on some really tasty sw food! Chickpea dhal loaf, ham salad, jacket spuds, 2 syn coronation chicken, 1/2 syn trifle and fruit salad. Needless to say, my 'red' day went out the window, but still completely on plan for extra easy :-) Considering how well I have done so far with my red days, I am not bothered at all about my one day of extra easy. Its the plan I have done for the past 10 months so I know it really won't make much difference, just meant I got to enjoy a bit of potato lol.

So back home now after a cracking night... AND I WON PARTY BOP-IT :-D and I am off to bed, early morning start to get my future brother-in-law from the airport at 6.25am!

HAPPY HAPPY!

So today is the first time I have ever posted from my laptop rather than my mobile. When logging in on a computer this site cleverly tells you your view numbers. I have never looked at these before and I am so happy with what I discovered! I have at least 10 people a day read my blog, and I have had 3,700 views since starting it in February! Thank you so much! I genuinely wasn't aware that many people viewed it, but it has definitely given me the determination to continue :-)

So breakfast this morning was a mushroom, tomato and cheese omelette.

Lunch was a ham salad sandwich (with wholemeal bread) a cherry fat free yogurt, apple and a hifi light (3 syns)

Dinner was steak with salad and garlic mushrooms.

So overall absolutely ecstatic with how my day has gone, and I am looking forward to continuing the week in the same mood :-)

I'm back :-)

So today has been a great day! I have planned all my meals for the week, been shopping to make sure I have all the ingredients, and I am looking forward to it! Planned a week of red days to see if it will give me a boost before my dress fitting on 31st.

Breakfast this morning was 35g fruit'n'fibre with 75ml semi-skimmed milk followed by an apple.

Lunch was a big salad, lots of superfree! Followed by a yogurt and a clementine.

Of to the shops I go, shopping list in hand, ready to continue with a good week.

Got home and had a SW grill up. 1 syn on my 2 weight watchers sausages, lean bacon, mushrooms, grilled tomatoes and beans :-) yummy! Only 1 syn all day, should really have some more, so I'm going to treat myself to a 3 syn bag of cheese curls :-) day one, done and dusted!

Guilty conscience

So after a poor excuse of a week I have been really rubbish at sticking to plan let alone blogging. I go to weigh in tonight and gain 2.5lbs.

It was completely deserved, and if I'm honest, I expected more.

So enough of my bad habits and feeling sorry for myself, back to plan!

I am going to get straight back on it tomorrow morning and I will updatr every day this week so you know how I'm getting on!

Stranded!

So Friday evening I headed off to Wales for the weekend. Managed to stay on plan right the way up till then. The cottage we we were staying in was literally in theiddle of nowhere. No phone signal, no internet and a 30 minute drive away from any shops.

Because of this it was really difficult to post or be on plan!

Breakfast yesterday and today was 50/50 toast (not the worst but also not on plan!)

Lunch yesterday was a 3 course meal at the wedding. Starter was smoked salmon, main was duck in gravy with veg and potatoes (not so bad!) Pud was a chocolate torte. It was delicious. So far, not so bad. Then the free wine, cider and more wine flowed... plan out of the window!

Lunch today was a Sunday Roast, again not too bad, and dinner was Asda Lamb Tagine and Ainsley Harriot Cous Cous (half portions so 2.5syns)

Overall not so bad today, but I am not expecting a gain this week. No-ones fault but my own! I will just have to work my bum off next week!

Challenging day!

So I completely forgot to post yesterday. My day consisted of:

Breakfast - 2 aldi benefit bars and a pink grapfruit.

Lunch - left over chicken and vegetable dhal followed by a fat free yogurt.

Dinner - garlic Maggi so juicy (2.5 syns) chicken, mexican savoury rice and salad.

Today was also a good day.

Breakfast was 2 weetabix with a chopped banana and semi skimmed milk.

Lunch was gammon, new potatoes and carrots.

Snacked on an apple and fruit ice lolly (3 syns) late morning.

After work I was collected by my big sis to get started on our journey to Wales for a wedding tomorrow. This journey meant stopping as services for dinner. Whilst my nephews and sister tucked into burgers and chips I had a grilled chicken salad. They then went to the shop to buy lots of sweets, I went to the cafe to get an apple and a banana :-)

So we're finally at the cottage after 5hrs and 23mins! May have to have a glass of wine after that epic trip!! But saying that, the bed is calling my name!

Buzzing!

So I'm buzzing about my award last night :-)

Breakfast this morning was a banana and a pink grapefruit (thanks to all the lovely slimmers for the fruit in my Slimmer of the Week basket!)

Lunch was Sweet Thai Curry low fat Supernoodles, a fat free peach yogurt and a pink lady apple... the first time I have ever enjoyed a red apple :-D

Dinner was syn free chicken and vegetable dhal followed by a fresh fruit salad.

So overall, a great day. Now just to continue it for the rest of the week :-)

Apologies!

No blog last night, I wasn't well and wanted an early night.

Yesterday's food... breakfast was 2 slices of wholemeal toast and a doughnut peach.

Lunch was chicken and herb low fat supernoodles, a fat free yogurt and a pear.

Dinner was a 5 syn chicken and green peppers in blackbean sauce... yummy!

Today's food... breakfast was 2 aldi benefit bars and a pear.

Lunch was Asda Roasted Vegetable Cous Cous Break (1.5syns) a lemon and lime fat free yogurt and a clementine.

Get myself to group and initially lost 2lbs... 1/2lb away from my 5st... but after a tactial wee and I get myself another 1lb!!! 3lb loss meaning I got myself my 5 stone award!! 7lbs now to go before the end of the month!! Come on!!!!!

Trying new things!

Another hot and lovely day today.

Breakfast was 2 wholemeal toast topped with ham and frylight eggs.

Lunch was a fat free yogurt, strawberries, a banana and something new... a donut...peach! It was sweet and lovely! (Pic attached)

Fancied something different for dinner so I made homemade garlic and chilli burgers with a melting cheese centre... they were delicious! (Another pic attached!) I had 2 of these with sweet potato chips and sugarsnap peas. Pud was 2 meringue nests at 5 syns.

So overall, another good day. Now trying to plan what to have tomorrow :-)

Tempting sun and treats...

So today I was up at 5.45am to go off to Castle Coombe for rally racing and the viewing of classic cars. Before I went I had a cheese toastie.

Walking round the site I snacked on grapes.

Come lunchtime everyone wanted burgers. I was pleased to see a van which told steak in a pitta with salad. Asked for this and was told they didn't bring pitta's or salad with them but I could have a white roll! Uh no! So after declining that, I was pleased to find a different van offering Jacket Potatoes and beans. Not ideal for such a hot day, but I would prefer that to a greasy burger!

Later everyone wanted ice cream... I had calippo shots at 1.5syns.

Dinner was pub meal with the bestie, I had a flour tortilla (9 syns) with rice, chicken, lettuce and jalapeños :-)

So overall good day again! Really hoping for a good loss this week!

Close call!

So today I decided to have an extra easy day, mainly because I got up late and didn't have time to make lunch so I grabbed something out of the cupboard on my way out!

Breakfast was 2 slices of wholemeal toast with ham and frylight eggs followed by an apricot.

Lunch was supposed to be an Uncle Ben's RiceTime. I had just heated it up, had a chat with one of the girls in the office about how tasty and low syn they are, when another colleague informs me someone had told her the syns had gone up. Not to be proven wrong I grab my phone and get searching on my app... sure enough they have gone from 1.5 syns to at least 9 (depending on flavour)!!! I couldn't bring myself to touch it after finding this out so it went straight in the bin! Instead I went to the canteen and got some roast pork, new potatoes and cabbage... so managed to have a syn free lunch.

Met a friend for dinner and we decided on pub food. I had a prawn salad topped with 2 tbsp of sweet chilli sauce (3 syns) perfect for the hot weather :-) went back to hers for a coffee and cuddles with her gorgeous 6 week old little boy then home to catch up on some tv whilst nibbling on a meringue nest (2.5 syns)

So overall a good day, could have been a disaster but that was averted! Phew!

Another day of red...

So I've decided to try and have 5 red days this week to see if it gives my weight loss a boost.

Breakfast this morning was a banana toasted sandwich followed by an apricot.

Lunch was a chicken salad with fat free dressing, a fat free yogurt and an apple.

Lunch was a meal out at the Harvester. I opted for a mixed grill, with no onion rings, black pudding or potato/rice. I filled my plate with lots of salad so the only thing I had to syn was my 0.5 syn fried egg. And instead of stuffing myself with ice cream or cake I came home and made myself a 5 syn eton mess, and it was absolutely delicious! :-)

Last minute planning

So today is day one of 'Mission lose 5lb!'

Breakfast was 2 scrammbled eggs followed by a banana and a necturine.

Late morning I had a small slice of cake as there was a 60th birthday girl in the office.

Lunch was a wholemeal ham salad sandwich followed by an apple, clementine and an apricot, washed down with a skinny latte :-)

Mid afternoon my boss decided to treat me to another costa coffee. I didn't have the heart to turn it down as he showed up in the office. So thinking on my feet I realised that I hadn't had any rice, pasta or potatoes so far, meaning I could convert my day to a red day without having to syn my 2nd skinny latte!

Got home from work and made roast chicken, I had mine with a mountain of veg, and I even have some left over for salad tomorrow :-)

Kick up the arse time!

So this week was a struggle, the weekend was really difficult for me to manage, but I managed to stay the same at weigh in this evening.

Breakfast today was 2 slices of wholemeal toast with sliced ham topped with 2 frylight eggs.

Lunch was a banana and an apple (nit enough I know, but I REALLY didn't want a gain!)

I'm going to go home from here and have the other rump steak from my packet yesterday (hopefully it will be melt in the mouth again!) this time with mushrooms, tomatoes and SW chips. I will treat myself to some american sweets afterwards as I haven't had any syns today.

I am going hell for leather this week, I want my 5 stone award!

Damage limitation

So today I have been right back on plan. Not a singlr syn throughout the day.

Breakfast was a cheese and tomato toastie (using my healthy extra A & B) followed by a banana.

Lunch was a smoked salmon salad (iceberg lettuce, sliced tomato, cucumber, spring onion topped with smoked salmon) followed by an apple, clementine and an apricot... lots of superfree!

Dinner was a melt in the mouth medium-rare rump steak with a mountain of salad (mixed leaves, beetroot, cherry tomatoes and cucumber) with a fruit salad for pud.

Hoping to limit some of the damage I must have caused this week, only time will tell!