Weight watchers

Hello all....

It may seem like I haven't written for a long time, but in fact I have, it's all just waiting to be changed from 'draft' to 'published'! This one unfortunately is not one of 'those' posts but is one I have been wanting to write for a long time....

I didn't want to write this until I had a few compliments. Don't ask me why, but I think it's what I just needed for my own confidence and that it was right for me before I started publicising it everywhere. Which this last week I have received a few so I thought that now was the best time.....

As some of you may know I have been trying to find a 'diet' that works for me. I firstly want to loose weight so I can look AMAA-ZIIING at my sister's wedding but also want to loose so I can just look fab in general and be a healthier better me as I know that if I don't loose weight my health problems wont get better. So over the summer I tried the 5:2 and that just wasn't for me - I need to eat!!! I tried the Harcombe diet, which was ok, but I have a sweet tooth and I'm not a massive meat fan. So in the end, I finally decided to go back to my friend Weight Watchers.

So yes, these past 5 weeks I have been on Weight Watchers and I feel amazing! Up until last week I had lost 11lbs and reached my first target of a 5% weight loss. Unfortunately I had put on 1lb this week - I don't know why but maybe it's just something that happens to us women....

Anyway, my weight loss has looked like this:

 

Week 1 - 3lbs

Week 2 - 4lbs

Week 3 - 1lbs

Week 4 - 2lbs

Week 5 - 1lbs

Week 6 + 1lbs :(

I have decided to do it all online as due to work etc I'm not able to go along to weekly meetings. So I ensured that my weighing scales worked and were correct and then I set off from there....

If it hasn't been from the support of two of my friends - you know who you two are - I don't think I would have carried it all on. We decided to all start together and have a secret little message checking how we are getting on and seeing how much we had lost / gained as well as  sending hints, tips and recipes etc.

My other main support has been from a UK Weight watchers facebook group which has posted amazing information and support. If someone spots a good find / buy in the shops you / they will post it with how many pp it is. If someone gets stuck or needs help, just post on it and at least one person will help you. Plus getting encouragement if you have done from either really well down to really bad. Just a lovely group of people and lovely place to be part of.

I set myself mini goals to help keep me going along the way but my biggest aim is to have a 'healthy' BMI.

So here is my new commitment:

Along with my other posts that I do every Tuesday I will aim to post up my weigh in results. If I find an amazing food or recipe then I will post it up also, but at a random point in the week.

Who else does weight watchers and how do you find it etc?

 

Love, Mrs O x

New age, New start

This weekend been I celebrated my 24th Birthday. You can watch my vlog for Saturday HERE and my vlog for Sunday HERE.

As I said in Sunday's blog I have decided that me turning 24 is a new start to life and in order to help me do that Mr O & I are changing our way of life and our ways of eating for good. I know, I know, I'm always on diets etc but this time it's not a diet it's change of a way of life.

As you may have seen on facebook last week I asked for some advice on what to do. I decided that the best way to help me loose weight was to just eat healthier and move more. That is why we have chosen the Harcombe diet as it gets you eating all fresh unprocessed foods.

I did the 5:2 diet for a while and yes, I did get results but I need to eat! My body was not built to starve!!

The first week / phase is a bit like a detox. It is a way to detox your body of all cravings and help you eat healthier.

I have devised up this little chart of 'yes' and 'no' eats to make it easier for us to eat from.
 

Yes	No
· Unprocessed meat, Fish, Eggs, Salds, Vegetables, Olives, Tomatoes, Olive Oil · One of these once a day 50g Brown Rice / Pasta or 75g Porridge oats · Drinks – Water, herbal tea, decaf tea / coffee with no milk · Natural Live Yoghurt (NLY)	Potatoes, Mushrooms, Fruit, Caffine, milk, cheese, butter, Sweeteners, sugar-free drinks

I then took this information and built up a food plan for the next week so that we could do a food shop and also to help us keep on track.

	Breakfast	Lunch	Dinner
Monday	75gPorridge (made with water)	Boiled Egg Salad	Steak
Tuesday	Egg & Bacon	Tuna Salad	Chicken & bacon Salad
Wednesday	75g Porridge (made with water)	Chicken Salad	Runner bean salad (make enough for 2 meals)
Thursday	Omelette	Runner bean salad (left over from last night’s dinner)	Cottage Pie (make enough for 2 meals) Minced lamb & swede & carrot
Friday	75g Porridge (made with water)	Tuna Salad	Cottage Pie (left over from last night’s dinner)

 

 

So today has been day 1. I have done a video of it all for you all to see and to see what the meals looked like. The porridge with just water was vile so I added some cinamon which was even more vile! So during my lunch break today I put a message up on the facebook group which I joined and asked for some help. And they suggested to have oats with yoghurt and cinamon so I may try that on Wednesday as tomorrow I am going to have a fry-up!!

 

Lunch was pretty easy as I just bunged in a tupperwear box some salad leaves, chopped peppers and cucumber and then in another box I popped in 2 boiled eggs that I boiled the night before.

 

I think the key to this diet is going to be preperation.

 

For tea tonight I have got a lovely steak and salad waiting for me! I can't wait! If I get peckish then I can have some olives.

 

I think I am defo going to miss my fruit this week and my squash.

 

Oooohhh yer, that's the biggest thing or craving I'm probably going to have is squash. Someone suggested to me to have fruit tea hot or cold. To be honest, it is vile but apparently it gets better with time. I just keep thinking to myself that next week I will be able to have a slice of lemon or lime in with my water to add some flavour.

 

I already know that my challenge will be this weekend when I am away with the ISS as I wont have much control over my food but I will try my best and take packed lunch and a packed return home tea with me.

 

Fingers crossed and wish myself & Mr O good luck.

 

Love, Mrs O x