Had a great time at the friends 40th birthday party on Saturday night. My normal tipple of Morgans & Diet Coke were going down a storm, and seeing as I was sitting at a table with people that I don't know all that well, I decided what better to break the ice than a round of shots............................
Anyway, I know everyone at my table a darn sight better now he he. Largely ignored the buffet table, but had a small piece of quiche, some salad and some coleslaw so not too bad.
Drifted lethargically through Sunday and caved this morning to have a sneaky peek at the damage. I am 1lb up from weigh in on Saturday. On the upside, hubby did not buy me any chocs for Valentine's day opting instead to get me a couple of books - no points in those at least.
Once again, I will be working hard this week to undo the weekend gain and and lose another little bit in time for Saturday.
Monday, 15 February 2010
Saturday, 13 February 2010
Safari - so goody
Well I lost 1.5lbs today and it feels great to be back in the swing of things.
Damien (hubby) and I went out for an Indian last Saturday night which was lovely but a ridiculous amount of points spent. Suffice to say, I have been clawing back some points all week to compensate.
I worked fairly hard and consistently on the exercise front all week. 5 x 3mile walks in the evenings after dinner, and 50 minutes last night on the Wii fit. I invested in wii fit plus, and had great fun with the new features as well as the old hula hoop and step plus favourits.
I think in reality, that my losses would be greater if I didn't spend Mondays to Fridays compensating for the weekend damage.
I would say I will try harder on that front, but realistically it won't be starting this weekend. I am out tonight in my home town, going to a 40th birthday party. With my planned meals today, I will have eaten 15 points, and that only leaves 3 extra for alcohol. That just won't cover it I'm afraid.
My good friend and fellow WW'er started back at classes with me in January. She got her (new) starting weigh in, bunked off the next week, attended the week after that, and has bunked off the last 2 weeks. She is so hacked off with herself at the moment, and I am genuinely sorry for her. I am willing her to get her head back in it, but its that old adage about "no-one can do this for you". Hate not being able to help her with this - we've talked at length about the whole subject - but she has at least come out on the walks I've been doing this week. Her starting WW is what motivated me to start way back in the beginning, and I kind of wanted us to finish together what we started together.
Damien (hubby) and I went out for an Indian last Saturday night which was lovely but a ridiculous amount of points spent. Suffice to say, I have been clawing back some points all week to compensate.
I worked fairly hard and consistently on the exercise front all week. 5 x 3mile walks in the evenings after dinner, and 50 minutes last night on the Wii fit. I invested in wii fit plus, and had great fun with the new features as well as the old hula hoop and step plus favourits.
I think in reality, that my losses would be greater if I didn't spend Mondays to Fridays compensating for the weekend damage.
I would say I will try harder on that front, but realistically it won't be starting this weekend. I am out tonight in my home town, going to a 40th birthday party. With my planned meals today, I will have eaten 15 points, and that only leaves 3 extra for alcohol. That just won't cover it I'm afraid.
My good friend and fellow WW'er started back at classes with me in January. She got her (new) starting weigh in, bunked off the next week, attended the week after that, and has bunked off the last 2 weeks. She is so hacked off with herself at the moment, and I am genuinely sorry for her. I am willing her to get her head back in it, but its that old adage about "no-one can do this for you". Hate not being able to help her with this - we've talked at length about the whole subject - but she has at least come out on the walks I've been doing this week. Her starting WW is what motivated me to start way back in the beginning, and I kind of wanted us to finish together what we started together.
Wednesday, 3 February 2010
Reasons to be cheerful
So I'm back in the weightloss zone, but struggling slightly with my paltry 18 points. Some days slightly over some days slightly under, so over the course of the week it evens itself out. That said I have been back attending classes since 16th January and have had 2 losses totalling 3.5lbs. Not startling, but steady and consistent and better than gaining!!
So, keeping with the positive vibe, I have decided to list the anticipated highlights of the next couple of months.
1. I am going to be an Auntie for the very first time. My niece should be making her arrival anytime between end of Feb and 10th of March.
2. My sister - responsible for making me said Auntie - lives in Belgium. That means I will be taking a week off work to go visit her, my brother-in-law and most importantly, my niece - yay!
3. I will be earning lots of activity points by kidnapping the niece and going for nice long walks pushing a pram in the Belgian countryside.
4. I have a semi-posh dinner/dance event happening in March. It's all of my oldest and best friends and their other halves, so excellent company and a chance to put on the gladrags.
So lots of lovely things are happening, and on top of my reasons to be cheerful, I have decided I need a small "To-Do" list. I am a bit of a procrastinator by nature, so I intend to get my finger out on the following:
1. Make a donation to the DEC, for Haiti
2. Bag up the too big for me clothes that have been heaped in the spare room since October last year (yeah really, talk about out of sight out of mind) and get them to the PDSA charity shop.
3. Get the house decorated. I mean we're only talking emulsion and a bit of glossing here, it's not like I have to renovate, but the thought of spending precious weekends that way is off-putting to say the least.
Yup.....................
So, keeping with the positive vibe, I have decided to list the anticipated highlights of the next couple of months.
1. I am going to be an Auntie for the very first time. My niece should be making her arrival anytime between end of Feb and 10th of March.
2. My sister - responsible for making me said Auntie - lives in Belgium. That means I will be taking a week off work to go visit her, my brother-in-law and most importantly, my niece - yay!
3. I will be earning lots of activity points by kidnapping the niece and going for nice long walks pushing a pram in the Belgian countryside.
4. I have a semi-posh dinner/dance event happening in March. It's all of my oldest and best friends and their other halves, so excellent company and a chance to put on the gladrags.
So lots of lovely things are happening, and on top of my reasons to be cheerful, I have decided I need a small "To-Do" list. I am a bit of a procrastinator by nature, so I intend to get my finger out on the following:
1. Make a donation to the DEC, for Haiti
2. Bag up the too big for me clothes that have been heaped in the spare room since October last year (yeah really, talk about out of sight out of mind) and get them to the PDSA charity shop.
3. Get the house decorated. I mean we're only talking emulsion and a bit of glossing here, it's not like I have to renovate, but the thought of spending precious weekends that way is off-putting to say the least.
Yup.....................
Wednesday, 27 January 2010
Ahem.........A Brief History of Time
So I haven't blogged for an eternity, probably connected with the fact that I went WW AWOL for November & December. Here's why:
30th October - Off to Thailand for 2 weeks "summer" holiday. Stayed at an Ibis Hotel for the first time. Not so much a room as a room-ette and not so much a balcony as a balcon-ette. Getting the picture? This place was tiny but new, spotless and well located. Had a ball. Swam a minimum of 40 laps each day, walked for miles, ate sensibly during the day, drank Singha beer insensibly at night. Got beer munchies and ate things like pizza for first time in eternity. And Swenson ice cream - chocolate and peanut butter ice cream should be a class A drug. Went to The River Kwai, Temple of the Tigers, Climbed Erawan Waterfall, visited Cambodia and visited some amazing temples including Angkor Wat and Siem Reap to name but a few. Visited the Killing Fields at the same time as the King of Cambodia who waved at us, the only tourists at that point, from his procession! Came home 7lbs heavier!
Rest of November - Bit of a blur, but hard going at work getting caught up after holidays.
December - Didn't shift any of the holiday gain, but managed to maintain it for first few weeks of December. Then comes the many many many Christmas events - nights out, days out shopping and lunching, Christmas itself. Wahhh - hello another 4lbs!
New Year - More parties but officially bored with the excess now. Manchester on the 2nd for the last big wahoo - a Golden Wedding Anniversary party. Getting back to WW is now no longer a "need to" situation, it is also a desire.
January 9th - Should be 1st class of the New Year but the awful weather means its cancelled. Start getting into the habit of pointing again, and find I am struggling to keep to the 18 points I should be on. Averaging around 22, but certain that is many many less than what has gone on for the last 8 weeks.
January 16th - Hooray. Back to class and to normality. Gain was 11lbs as expected. Thank God it was less than a stone - a very small mercy at least.
January 23rd - Motivation, willpower, focus and drive all present and correct. TOTM arrives most unwelcomed. Lost 2lbs though, so at least going in the right direction.
And thats it folks. I'm all caught up and ready to go go go.
30th October - Off to Thailand for 2 weeks "summer" holiday. Stayed at an Ibis Hotel for the first time. Not so much a room as a room-ette and not so much a balcony as a balcon-ette. Getting the picture? This place was tiny but new, spotless and well located. Had a ball. Swam a minimum of 40 laps each day, walked for miles, ate sensibly during the day, drank Singha beer insensibly at night. Got beer munchies and ate things like pizza for first time in eternity. And Swenson ice cream - chocolate and peanut butter ice cream should be a class A drug. Went to The River Kwai, Temple of the Tigers, Climbed Erawan Waterfall, visited Cambodia and visited some amazing temples including Angkor Wat and Siem Reap to name but a few. Visited the Killing Fields at the same time as the King of Cambodia who waved at us, the only tourists at that point, from his procession! Came home 7lbs heavier!
Rest of November - Bit of a blur, but hard going at work getting caught up after holidays.
December - Didn't shift any of the holiday gain, but managed to maintain it for first few weeks of December. Then comes the many many many Christmas events - nights out, days out shopping and lunching, Christmas itself. Wahhh - hello another 4lbs!
New Year - More parties but officially bored with the excess now. Manchester on the 2nd for the last big wahoo - a Golden Wedding Anniversary party. Getting back to WW is now no longer a "need to" situation, it is also a desire.
January 9th - Should be 1st class of the New Year but the awful weather means its cancelled. Start getting into the habit of pointing again, and find I am struggling to keep to the 18 points I should be on. Averaging around 22, but certain that is many many less than what has gone on for the last 8 weeks.
January 16th - Hooray. Back to class and to normality. Gain was 11lbs as expected. Thank God it was less than a stone - a very small mercy at least.
January 23rd - Motivation, willpower, focus and drive all present and correct. TOTM arrives most unwelcomed. Lost 2lbs though, so at least going in the right direction.
And thats it folks. I'm all caught up and ready to go go go.
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