So week 6 and 2lbs loss. Whilst this is a smaller amount than I have been losing, it is significant as it takes me to 1st 7lbs and means I get my one and a half stone award!! I have all my awards on my kitchen door. I also got slimmer of the month!
Whilst I have done slimming world before (about a year ago) I got to 1 stone loss and then gave up, but I truly feel that I am going to do it this time. I’m not sure what has happened to me, its like a switch has been flipped and it isn’t a struggle to make healthy choices any longer. Okay so I’m not a saint and last night we went to Nando’s and the cinema and whilst I did have butterfly chicken and peri peri chips (15 syns) I was still within my syns as I planned to go there and knew I would want chips and so didn’t have any other syns all day. But I did not have any popcorn or ice cream or chocolate, or the slushy pink and blue thing (*drool*) that they do at the Showcase. So I felt good in my choices.
I also went out to lunch the same day with Mum and a friend and had a lovely meal at my local pub, the Airedale Heifer, who do slimming world friendly meals!! I had Mediterranean vegetables saute’d in Fry-Lite served with linguine. That was the description on the menu! Loved it – very tasty and very filling and all free food!
So two meals out and both on plan. *high five*
Saturday morning (when I am writing this) and I have been having a few cakey cravings, so I looked at the recipes on the Slimming World website and came across Baked Oats.
I am trying it this morning – its in the oven now – so I will update with what I thought of it next time.
One other thing I have noticed is that I am eating loads of eggs, which have always been good for me in terms of weight loss, but I’ve had the side effect of my ‘regularity’ being interrupted. So during a conversation with my mum the day before weigh in, I asked if she had any dried apricots (always worked for me before) and so I had 4 dried apricots which solved my problem, I don’t know how many syns they were – I put them down as ‘medicinal’.
This week I am concentrating on eating more speed foods. I have got a little complacent and feel that I have been relying on my fruit (melon and strawberries) for my speed. So last night on the way home from the cinema we stopped at Asda (gotta love 24hr supermarket) and I bought lots of lovely speed foods for a homemade soup. Courgettes, kale, spinach, onions, carrots. So I will have a big bowl of speed soup before every meal this week and see if this boosts my weight loss. I am also upping the walking round the block, I might even venture to the canal for a longer walk.
The other recipe I am going to try this week is the slimming world Lasagne.
I am feeling positive and looking forward to trying new things this week.
Thanks for reading.
Emms x
EATING for HEALTH 