There is a huge part of me that is tempted to delete the 'Getting to target by May' page and start 'yet' again.. but in the interest of honesty I am not going to.  I have been messing about at this diet for months, pretty much ever since I came back off holiday - I don't want to make excuses for being useless after all nobody except me puts the food in my mouth.

However (and how did you know that was coming! warning excuse coming...) I do think that I am missing out on attending a fully functional class. My group is on the verge of closure - it hit an all time low when just 6 people got weighed last week.  I need the competition, the banter, the social interaction of a group - sharing ideas, spending that one evening a week concentrating completely on losing weight. With a class that has such small numbers, no permanent leader and a cloud over its head, all the benefits of going at all are missing.  I appreciate the leaders who have stepped in over the recent months, but I think the time has come for me to move on - so tomorrow will be my last Thursday weigh in regardless of whether the class closes or not, from next week I will be getting weighed on a Monday - and fingers crossed actually losing weight again.

I feel like I have let the kind readers of my ramblings down of late, hardly an inspiring weight loss story on display - hope to do better next year!  (sounds like my school report that)

Weigh Day Results 1 Dec 2011

I am quite surprised that I lost weight this week, I am certainly surprised that I lost 3lb.  Still I am not going to complain, makes up for those weeks I gained when I shouldn't have I suppose.

This week is going to be tough, it is Huddersfield Festival of Light this weekend,a fantastic 3 day festival of street theatre, and outdoor shows with lots of light inspired installations around the town.  I can't wait it should be fantastic. I am working on the main information stand tomorrow, and we are taking the kids on Saturday so it is going to be really hard to stick to the diet. Then it is Sunday dinner at my mum's and on Monday it is my birthday, I'll be 31 years old.  I think we are going to Liverpool for the day - which will mean eating out again.

Hopefully I can get back on the plan on Tuesday and then I should be OK for the last 3 days of the week.  Considering what I have planned I think I would be happy if I could just lose 0.5lb.

Getting on track after missing class!

I know a lot of people do SW without going to class, some very successfully but I am useless I know someone else is watching me - recording my weight and making sure I know where I am going wrong. I missed class last week to go to an awards ceremony - we won by the way- yipee!

But that means I have been off plan since Thursday morning when I stupidly decided to eat what I felt like, a slight hangover on Friday meant more junk food and a takeaway for tea and now I can't seem to get back under control, I keep starting each day with good intentions but have developed a taste for things I shouldn't and that is overriding my efforts.  I do really want to get motivated again, I have been messing about for far too long - I want to be at target by May that's 23 weeks and I need to loose 33lbs.  I need to start losing 2lb a week on a regular basis to have any chance of achieving this goal - it is time to get serious.

I need to set a new food diary challenge so come Thursday when I get weighed again I am going to start a new page (turn over a new leaf?) and set about that 2lb a week loss.

Wish me luck!!!