Letting things slide

I've not been watching my weight recently, or what I've been eating, and when I weighed myself on Tuesday I was not happy to see myself back at 157.8lb (or 11 stone 3.8lb). My lowest weight has been 149lb. So on Tuesday, I started watching what I ate, basically curbing the huge amount of junk I had started eating again. Oh and filling a big jug (probably about 3 pints worth) at the beginning of the day with squash, my aim being for me and the kids to drink it up before their bath time. I have not been putting it in the fridge, as it sitting out reminds me it's there and needs to be drunk, therefore I am more likely to pour myself a glass and avoid pulling anything out of the fridge.

On Thursday morning I weighed again and I was 156.2lb, so a loss of 1.6lb. This morning I weighed myself again, one day later, and I was 155.0lb, so a loss from yesterday of 1.2lb, and a total since Tuesday of 2.8lb. :)

We're having a meal out tomorrow so I must try not to over-do it then. But hoping for a big loss by Monday to kickstart things!

Also what helped was looking through the freezer and realising there was lots of food in there needing using up. So used to the shrugging and putting on a jacket potato was I, or a sandwich, it's prompted me into using up the chicken, fish, frozen veg and so on that's in there, and making me think about a decent meal once a day.

With the nice weather come along I've also decided to start making more salad again, which is nice and healthy of course! (even with a big blob of mayonnaise ;) )

So, keeping my fingers crossed that I can lose as much weight as possible this week and in the weeks to come. There is a possibility of a pregnancy during the year, so I do really want to have slimmed down as much as possible before that happens and I get even bigger again!

On the wagon again.

Well, I weighed in on Wednesday, at 169.8lbs, which is 12 stone 1.8lbs. I would class that as 170lb normally, but seeing as I have been in the 170s since JANUARY I decided that I would class it as 169.8. :) Finally in the next bracket down. I am now on the wagon again, and hoping to see a decent loss on the scales next Wednesday. Hopefully enough to take me to 12 stone! I have come up with a bunch of mini-goals.

Goal 1 is 12 stone. (168lb) Should be do-able either this week or next!

Goal 2 is to have lost just over 20% of my original weight and be into the "healthy" BMI bracket. (163lb)

Goal 3 is to lose the combined weight of my two children. Robert is about 35lb, Christopher is about 15lb - so that's 50lb - so a weigh in of 157lb.

Goal 4 is to be 11 stone. (154lb)

Goal 5 is to have lost 30% of my original weight. (145lb)

And Goal 6 is to be 10 stone. (140lb)

One of the gaps are a little large, eg a 9lb gap between goals 4 and 5. But I'll see how I feel once I get there, see if I need to add an intermediary goal.


I had a take-away last night, but I had less than I would eat normally, and I am going to make a conscious effort to eat better for the rest of the week. I will make sure to have healthy foods, and I think it would be a good idea to give up "baking" for lent ;) No flapjacks, biscuits, cakes. They are becoming my downfall!

Let's see the 12 stone on the scales again now eh!