Yoyo Yoyo Yoyo

Up and down and then up and up and then maybe down again and then up.....Donna can you remove my pound again please i put on last night!
But ive packed in Slimming World for good.
Its my birthday on Monday...25 again but only for the second time and im in France this weekend at the Beet Sugar Rally so im not holding out much hope for any weight loss but bollocks to it, im going to have a good time.
Tuesday i will be investing in some scales and find my starting weight again, then i will go back to my calories controlled diet online at www.weightlossresources.co.uk as i think i need to be controlled.

I tried to go swimming today ...

I really did. On my walk to work this morning I took a small detour to get some new goggles (the old ones are letting water in and are so scratched I can barely see out of them). The sports shop I detoured to was closed! So I walked up to JJB Sports - a shop that really is a last resort - I FUCKING HATE THAT STORE!!! JJB wasn't open yet. It was 9:15am. Fuckers. So I gave up and having lost time faffing about, got the bus to work.

At work I went on yell.com to see what other sports stuff shops still exist in Ipswich. Yell said that there was one in the Buttermarket centre.

So. Lunchtime. Where in the Buttermarket? I don't fucking know. I had a look round then gave up, resigned to the fact that I'd have to give JJB my business. On the way to JJB I saw a shoe shop with a sale. It had a magnetic effect on me. I bought the cutest pair of sandals for £27 reduced from £55.

Then to JJB. It hadn't improved. I queued behind 5 other people while one person served. There were many customer service assistants milling about the store, but as I've been informed previously ... they are not till trained. Then a man in a suit came over, who I thought may have been the manager. But no, he was the security guard. Then another white-shirted woman went behind the tills, asked CSA 1 which till she was using, put some change in both tills, picked up a clipboard, then walked away. Grrrrrrr ... I did my very very best to remain calm, at least on the outside. When I eventually paid for my goggles I realised the time, realised I didn't have enough time left to go swimming and thought (you can stay calm, you don't need to be pissed off about this) "I'll just have a nice walk back to work. I'll listen to some music and walk. This will make me feel better." So I started my walk back to work. Then it started to rain.

I was already sad. I think it was just a misunderstanding between Andy and I, but it resulted in me getting the cold shoulder and Andy not sleeping and then a text msg or two. I was (and still am) trying to not let it get to me. I continued on in the rain. Then I was stopped by the Allotments Officer (that's not her exact title, but you get the picture). "Oh Donna, I need to speak to you. I think your fella's fallen out with the Field Secretary. There's been an altercation about digging up pathways and I'm told that your fella was F'ing and blinding at the Field Sec." Ah, okay then. I'll ask him about it when he's speaking to me again then. At this point I considered turning back to go to the pub. But then I remembered that I'm 2 lbs off 3 stone now. I'd already wimped out of swimming, I'm out for a few beers with a friend tonight and I really really want to lose that 2lbs this week. So I bit my bottom lip and returned to work!

My evil yet cunning and tasty plan worked

Over the course of the weekend i had a kfc, takeaway pizza with garlic bread and chips and also a meal including yet more chips. I also had a couple of vodkas on saturday and low and behold, weigh in last night - i lost 1/2lb, it was nearly a 1lb but her scales are a bit wonky (i find when i laugh on them i weigh lighter) Now you tell me how that works - see previous blog for my conclusion and this proves it. My fat club leader then said i had lost weight cos i had eaten more - but this might just be me but does pizza, chips, kfc, vodka consist of a healthy diet on which to lose weight??????

I put on a pound

I consider myself quite lucky, cos I consumed a large quantity of alcohol. This week I will have a low alcohol week, and eat healthily. I would like to lose 3 pounds so that I will have lost 3 stone in 6 months. That is my short-term target. Longer term it would be fabulous to lose the next 3 stone in another 6 months, but I'm not sure that's realistic. Any thoughts?

Keep Going

I would blog more often if i had something more to report than staying the same or putting on Donna :o(

And i was bad, so so bad over the weekend but it was part of a cunning plan. Just to see if being bad would mean i would lose weight, i know it sounds silly but in previous weeks ive been bad and lost and then when im good, i stay the same and then when im gooder than a good thing i put on.......very strange indeed!

Two more weeks at fat club and if theres no weight loss im packing it in, someone suggested tesco online diet or i was on one called weight loss resources which i lost weight on aswell so just watch this space

Curry last night ... Ooops

It just jumped into my mouth ... honest!!

Who am I kidding? I met my old boss for a pint after work and he mentioned curry. Andy and a few others were coming to join us, so I suggested we get curry. I hadn't had a curry for over a month and damn, it was good.

Debs who is also doing WW, was good and had a vege chilli from the pub (our landlady makes everything low fat, healthy-eating styleee).

I needed that curry though. I will have put on weight this week though. BUT this morning I got into a pair of Next size 20 trousers that I have been trying to get into for weeks ... Hurrah!!!

Right. Now, Fi, Minxxy, I'm getting fed up of being the only person posting on here. I'm thinking about taking this site down and just blogging on my other blog about my diet. Please say if you want this to carry on.

Two words ...

Oh. Dear.

I was bad. I drank too much and ate unhealthy food. I got very drunk. I even got my tits out. The end result of this is that by my scales at home I've put 5 pounds on. Oh, and I think I may have got my photo in The Shed magazine.

I'm now dieting furiously before my weigh in on Tuesday. This is how not to do it.

Please don't let me fall off the wagon ...

I'm worried. At the weekend I bought some Walkers Sensations, a large packet - Caramelised Onion & Balsamic Vinegar flavour. Tuesday night I opened them. Last night I finished them. I don't know if Andy ate the middle section or whether I had them all. I don't want to start snacking on crisps every evening, or anytime of day for that matter. I knew they were there. I won't buy them again. But I'm worried that this is the start of my resolve weakening. I must find some more willpower.

Hurrah!!

I lost 4 pounds :D

I attribute my success this week to:

1. Sticking to the food part of the diet pretty much
2. Drinking less beer (only 4 pints over the whole week)
3. 3 hours digging weeding + a couple of hours walking.

I've got everything crossed for you for this week Fi!!

This week, so far, so good ...

Tuesday
BF: Rice Crispies
LCH: cold Chicken Risotto, banana
DNR: Gammon (Tesco Healthy Eating range), pineapple, potato wedges (home-made inc. spices and 2 teaspoons olive oil), Sugar Puffs (was there really any need?)

Wednesday
BF: Rice Crispies
LCH: Jacket potato (rather grey, from canteen), salad, small portion cheese, salad cream
DNR: Gammon ditto previous night
1 pint (of lovely lager)

Thursday
BF: Rice Crispies
LCH: Leftover Chicken Risotto (not much left & gone a bit manky, but I figured a dose of food poisoning could only help), Leftover Potato Wedges, Pear
DNR: Chicken Salad, 1 Cadbury's choc finger biscuit (minty, plain choc) (Andy and Dyl had Mint Viennetta spiked with dozens of them)

Friday
BF: Rice Crispies
LCH: Chicken Salad, a pear
DNR: carrot sticks, cucumber sticks, dip (made with low fat soft cheese), 2 slices pizza (not good, but it was a busy evening with no time for proper cooking)

Saturday
BF: Special K
LCH: Tuna Salad
DNR: Chilli (home made, Core Plan ingredients only) and brown rice
3 pints lager (oops - how did they get into my hands?)

Sunday
BF: Rice Crispies
LCH: Ham & cheese salad (only a little cheese - honest!!)
DNR: Lasagne (home made, mostly good, cept for the cheese and butter in the Cheese Sauce)

Monday
BF: Special K
LCH: cold Lasagne and salad, banana
DNR: chilli

Saturday I spent 3 hours down the lotty digging/weeding. I didn't quite manage a beer-free week, but I haven't done badly on that score. I'm anticipating a 2-3 lb loss this week. I just have to manage tonight without beer!!

This coming weekend we're off on a scooter rally, which will involve drinking lots of beer. Perhaps if I don't eat I'll be okay!!!

Can you remove my pound please Donna

I need my pound removing as im back to square one. Im giving SW til the end of the month and then im off to WW. Ive been good and then got weighed on Tuesday and was told i was a pound heavier - How does that work?
Even my fat club leader looked a bit shocked as on her recommendation i'd started to fill my sheets in again and when she looked at them they were fine.
Me thinks the SW diet may not be working for me as also i found out via my mummy this morning that one of her friends had left because after going for 3 years, yes you read right 3 YEARS, she hadnt even lost a stone. Shes now a member of WW but as she has only just joined i dont think she comment on any weight loss just yet.

All i can say is bugger bugger bollocks bugger again!!!!!!

Blooming Marvellous ...

After just having been reminded (in the comments, by Tony) exactly how much I ate last Tuesday, I'd just like to suggest that it's a fucking miracle I lost weight last week!!!

Not so bad after all ...

I lost ½ pound. I felt like I'd been very lucky. Then I heard from Fi that she'd been good all bar one day and had put a pound on and I felt even luckier. Then I re-read my last post and thought, actually if you ignored the alcohol (for a moment), the only bad things were the 2 meals on Tuesday. And, I skipped a couple of meals (which I know you're not really supposed to do, but it's a way of making up for any naughties). I don't snack between meals (well except from the occasions I missed my meals ... Ah! That's why you shouldn't skip meals ... ping ... the penny dropped).

Now, especially for you - this week I won't make you ignore the alcohol - cos I'm not gonna have any (except for Friday night - cos you have to have a night off).

So tell me please. If you'd eaten what I ate this week, would you consider that good, a bit bad, bad, or really bad. Yes, really - I want your opinion (that's assuming any one at all is reading).

And Fi, it sucks you didn't lose. But sometimes it does take 2 weeks to show, so like you said, keep it up til the end of the month, you might lose double this coming week!! And if you don't, convert over to WW with me. My friend Debs has just lost 4 lbs in 2 weeks, so it's not just me.

Could do better ...

It's weigh in day tomorrow and I'm wondering how I've done and how Fi's done this week. I feel like I haven't really been good enough - I've not done any really bad food things*, and I resisted pudding when all of the kids and Andy all had delicious puddings when we were staying in Southport Thursday night. I'm thinking about writing down what I've eaten starting tomorrow AND cutting down on the alcohol again. I've drunk LOADS this week.

Oh hell, why wait til tomorrow, I think I can probably remember what I had this week:

Tuesday - weigh in - only ½ pound on - hurrah!! Went to London for the day with the lads from work and drank a tonne and had two meals out. 1st meal I had Lasagne. 2nd meal Nachos. Could I have made worse choices? (you don't have to answer that)
Wednesday - back to work for a day - Rice Crispies for breakfast. Went home for salad for lunch, had homemade (good) Shepherd's pie (or Cottage Pie to be correct about it) for tea
Thurs - went to Southport - Rice Crispies for breakfast, roll for lunch (actually 2, tuna/mayo), and a banana. For dinner I had grilled Chicken with a Red Wine sauce and Dauphine potatoes (but I didn't eat them all). Plus I had several pints, but NO DESSERT :)
Fri - eat all u can breakfast, but I didn't, I showed restraint. The kids had a sandwich for lunch, I had a banana. For tea I had jacket potato with cottage cheese. Then I went out to the Northern Soul do I'd put on at the club and drank a skinful!
Sat - Rice Crispies, skipped lunch, had cucumber and (very bad but my absolute fave) McLelland's Seriously Strong Cheddar for afternoon snack. For tea we had Chicken Fajitas (pretty good, made by my fair hand) with lots of salad. And a bottle of wine (between us).
Sun - Rice Crispies, hours of gardening, chicken salad (with left-over refried beans), skipped tea, a skinful of beer (went to Jokers comedy club) then Ryvitas with cheese and marmite before bed.
Mon - Rice Crispies, Ham Salad, Chicken Risotto (good), Sugar Puffs for afters. No alcohol!!

So, basically, I've not done well this week. I resolve to do better.

* Well I didn't think I had, til I continued on to write down what I'd had.