Comfort me !

Lesson for today - food is not the only comfort.  Today I couldn't stop eating - bread and butter, icecream and anything else I could find to comfort me. It was the first real cold day of the year and I was avoiding putting the heating on - eventually I gave in and guess what I stopped eating ! 

I think this demonstrates that there are other ways of finding comfort - putting the heating on, having a bath, going for a pamper session (manicure, pedicure, massage) using the sauna or spa at the gym, treating yourself to a new nail polish (double benefit that you can't pick at food whilst you wait for it to dry).  

I am going to try and find another pleasure before I resort to food in future! 

Oops I did it again

Channeling Britney isn't going to make me look like her - I'm too old to look like a school girl and after 2 weeks off plan probably capable of crushing her in a mid wrestling contest. That almost sounds Pervy ! 

Anyhow I'm back on it this week 20 syns so far and it's day 2 so I am in credit if only by 10 syns. The plan is not to go mad at the weekend - what's the old adage 'if you want something you haven't got you need to something you haven't done'. 

My weakness is weekends in the erm let's just say way too many years I have been a dedicated supporter of the miles-bramwell retirement plan - i have had more bad weekends than i card yo remember. This time I am going to approach them with less gusto and try not to use Saturday as an excuse to eat everything I 'fancy but shouldn't have' even when I'm just sat in watching the telly. 

Another thing I am paying extra attention to is the whole super free element. My consultant tells me that if I do it 100% I should be able to loose more than 1.5lb. I have always believed that I have been doing just that - there have been weeks I have complained that 'I only had 80 syns and I've lost a measley half lb' but when I think about doing it 100% I think about sticking to my syns. 

I don't think about the basics of the extra easy plan. I do have veg, I include it in my sauces , chillies and bolognaise and I try to throw some steam fresh on the plate with my evening meal when it's not got a sauce component. But it not like I actually have a visible third of veg on my plate.

Now I thought what I was doing was enough but when I lost a few weeks back despite bring over my syns, the one thing I knew I had done was eat lots of super free - I'd had salads and lots of extra veg in my sauces.  I can only conclude that increasing the veg is a good thing and will when combined with sticking to my syns lead to decent weight loss! 

I will let you know how I get on - bed time now - lets hope I don't have nightmares about rolling around in the mud with tarty school girl pop stars! 

Weigh day results

Another 1.5 off - seems to be a pattern at the moment. Still it's down - I have a house guest for the foreseeable future luckily he is used to SW but cooking for 3 instead of the normal 2 is going to be a challenge - still if I am going to keep losing and keep it off for good this time then I will have plenty of challenges on the way. 

SW was awash with royal baby talk tonight - ok I admit the twinge of jealousy - I still want a baby ! But the abuse that she's likely to get about her figure I could do without - still she will probably look fab anyhow - congrats Will and Kate ! 

Weight loss results

1.5lb off this week - a bit disappointed I was on plan and under my syns and did exercise. I know I should be happy with a loss but I can't help wanting a bit more.

Anxiety

Is it just me, or do other people have days where they have a constant nervous feeling for no real reason. Days when you question your every action, every word you say. I'm looking forward to tomorrow like a hole in the head but there's nothing in particular to make me feel like that.

Despite that feeling I am still within my sins just under 70 so far and aiming to have as a few as possible the rest of the week - I haven't made anything for lunch so ill have to shove a jacket in the microwave and have it with cottage cheese.

Maybe I'm just tired !

Day 3 #back on it

Ok so it Friday - I have been syn free since Tuesday night. I have eaten a stupid amount of fruit and yoghurt to keep me full - it's so hot at the moment that I am finding it easy not to eat too much.

I have a weekend with the kids ahead so I need to get organised I'm thinking bbq meats and salad. They'll eat anything as long as they can put it in a wrap so ill defrost some for them. I've got strawberries to snack on and I might get some low alcohol beer and low syn snacks - that's me thinking out loud !

Wish me luck

Back on it !

I haven't actually ever stopped - but I've just been ticking along up a pound down half, up two down one etc and following 2 weeks on the Black Sea coast up 6. Those of you with a grasp of basic maths will realise that rather than losing with slimming world, I have in fact been slowly gaining. Now 12.5 up on my lowest weight it's time to get my head into gear, my arse into action and my mouth chewing the healthy stuff !

So I've been hitting the super free and super speed the last 2 days and so far I'm syn free - note: syn not sin ;)

I am going to resurrect diet coke chicken tonight - it's been about a year since I last had it.

Since I got back from my hols on Saturday I have done 3 5k jogs - I'm doing race for life a week on Sunday and trust me I am not a natural runner.

I am hoping that all this leads to some pounds coming off. I swear they are all on my top tummy - does anyone else have this freaky too tummy thing one big bulge between the bra and belly button then another underneath? Sort of like a sack of spuds tied I'm the middle - I follow loads of body confidence blogs and all the curvy girls have perfectly round tummies where are all the freaks like me ?