Sunday 3 April 2011

a little on...and then a whole lot more off!

Last week I put on 1lb.  I was NOT happy for 2 reasons:

Firstly - because it wasn't even on chocolate!  I had tonsilitis, and drank gallons of milky tea with honey.

Secondly - because I'm a competitive cow...yes really ;0) and I HATED the fact that I might be proving that I needed the WW groups!

Anyway - once I was better, I decided to make an extra special effort to stick to my points this week and I lost 4lbs!!!  Nothing like telling me I can't do something to make me do it!

So that means I now weigh 11 stone exactly and I'm now considered to be in the "ideal" weight range (albeit at the top end of it!).  Not bad considering just over 12 weeks ago I weighed 12st 9lbs! :0)

Overall - that's 23lbs down and only 14lbs more to go before I reach my overall goal of 10st...my wedding weight!  10.5 weeks until holiday...average of 1.3lbs per week - DEFINITELY do-able!

Onwards and erm....downwards! :0)

xxx

Thursday 17 March 2011

First week going solo and another milestone reached

First week of going it alone in the weight loss game...and 1lb off.  Only a small number but massively significant.  That 1lb has taken me to a total of 20lbs so far!!

Apparently, that's the same as a car tyre or the tuna in the photo below :0D

Next mini goal is 1 and a half stone which is only another 1lb away...fingers crossed for next week!

Who needs groups?!  Lou xxx


Friday 11 March 2011

Hmm.....how very befuddling!

So...missed weigh in last week - well - technically I skipped it.  In my defence I was supposed to be on a late shift.  I swapped the shift but then got spooked that I hadn't lost so...yup...I chickened out!  How ridiculous is that?!

Anyway...off I went last night for my weigh in at a new group.  Apparently the one I was going to was "too small" so the powers that be at WW had joined 2 groups up.  I hate it.  After queueing for about 10 minutes to get in, I was greeted by a seriously rushed 'leader' and a DIFFERENT SET OF SCALES!!!  Not happy.  These people constantly drum it into you how important it is to use the same scales blah blah blah...and then weigh you on different ones!!  **Ggrrr** So - on I hopped...silently seething...

"You've lost 1lb!"....1 flaming pound...in 2 weeks?!  Now I know I've been good, and done nothing differently so I wasn't impressed.  I took it on the chin, smiled sweetly and left the scales.  As I was choosing this weeks WW yummies I kept an eye on the other ladies being weighed.  It was then that I noticed that the vast majority of them seemed to be doing alot of head shaking and getting off and back on again - apparent;y there were a number of us questioning the accuracy this week!  (I love how people think that getting off and back on will change the figure though!) :0D 

Then my friend weighed in..."You've stayed the same"  WHAT?!  She hasn't been for 3 weeks and, according to her Wii fit, she's lost 3lbs.  Unimpressed to say the least.

So - cut to the car park and our discussion about the new group.  We don't like it.  We're not going again.  We're not throwing the towel in - we're going to continue with the eating plan, and with having our weigh ins every Thursday...but now we're going to do it on our own. 

So...I officially quit Weightwatchers (the groups - not the eating plan).

PS - I got home and weighed in on my Wii Fit which is what I'll be using from now on...3lbs off.  So - as of yesterday I'm 11st 4lbs.  I've passed my 10% goal and I've lost19lbs in total.

Weightwatchers is pretty fab (the eating plan - not the groups) ;0)

xxx

Friday 25 February 2011

1lb...meh.

Well...that's it...not much to say really.  I lost 1lb this week. I feel a bit disappointed...everyone else is telling me not to be.  Looks like I'm gonna have to start putting some effort/exercise in to keep that weight coming off.

At least I'm still heading in the right direction.  16lbs total so far. :o)

Thursday 17 February 2011

120 large eggs...5 adult human brains...

2.5 average weight newborn babies;
2.5 human skins;
3 average sized chihuahuas, or...
67.5 newborn guinea pigs!!!

All of the above are examples of 15lbs in weight...that's the amount I've lost!!!  Yup - I lost another 5lbs this week (over 2 wks cos I missed weigh in last wk). 

So that's 1stone and 1lb (let's not forget the extra lb!) in 6 weeks.  Chuffed does not even come close!

*smug* That's all I have to say. :0) x

Thursday 10 February 2011

who knows.....

Bit of a pointless blog this week really but I wanted to put down in writing that I'm disappointed that I can't weigh in this week.  Yes...I am disappointed that I can't step on those scales!  Haha...who'd have thunk it!

Ross is in bed with food poisoning bless him so I've obviously needed to stay home to look after Fin (and Ross!)

Selfish I know but I want to know what I've lost!!!!!Grin  I really look forward to weigh in (believe it or not!)and now I have to wait till next week!!
*grrr*  For what it's worth, my scales at home say I've lost about 2lbs but they're a bit temperamental so I'll have to wait another week for a definite answer. 

On the plus side, last week I had 4lbs to go for my first stone...who knows...I might have reached it by next week?!

Thursday 3 February 2011

Phew...I got away with it!

So, after a fantabulous anniversary celebration, (and much over indulgence) I spent the rest of the week trying to make up for my naughtiness - counting points stringently and praying to the god of skinny that I would "at least stay the same".  Weigh in finally rolled around and ...I lost another pound!  PHEW...lucky escape haha!

I'm now 11st 13lbs...INTO THE 11's!!! :0) :0) :0)  The last time I was at this weight was well over 3 years ago.  But there's more...and this really IS good...

I measured myself 4 weeks ago, at the beginning of this journey.  Now...I'm brave/stupid enough to have disclosed my starting weight but I'm afraid I'm not willing to disclose my starting measurements.  All I will say is that in the last 4 weeks I've lost:

Left thigh: 1 inch
Right thigh: 1.25inches
Bum: 1 inch
Hips: 3.25 inches
Waist: 6 inches
Bust: 1 inch.  

That's a total loss of 13.5 inches in 4 weeks!!!!!!!!!!!!

Roll on next weigh in...I'm on a roll! :0)

Lou xxx