It was always going to be a difficult week, diet-wise. The baby has been having tastes of solids for a couple of weeks, but hadn't really been ingesting much. This week she started having actual meals and dropping milk feeds. Because she hadn't up to that point, I hadn't dropped the extra points allocated for exclusively breastfeeding.
The other challenge was that Friday was our wedding anniversary. We went out for a Mexican meal. I had saved my weekly points, so I had a potential 70 propoints available for the meal (plus 10 activity points), but even being within my points, having a large, propoints heavy meal at the end of the weighing week was not likely to produce a loss!
So I wasn't surprised that I didn't have a loss this week. I was a little bit surprised that I had quite a big gain.
The result: 1.5kg gain. Not great, is it?
Dealing with a gain:
This week I've dropped the 7 extra points for exclusively breastfeeding, so I'm hoping that will help to shift the extra weight from last week. Yoga is off for the next two weeks, so that loses me a few activity propoints, but I took the girls to the park today and had a play on the swings and a walk around, and I'll try to do something each day to make up for it.
This week's big challenge is that we're going away for the weekend, so my weigh in will be a couple of days late, but it should mean a bit more activity. I just have to watch the hotel food.
Onwards and downwards, eh?
Monday 22 August 2011
Tuesday 16 August 2011
Non-scale victories
I know in meetings and online this week the focus has been on non-scale victories, that is things other than the numbers on the scale that show your progress.
In my last post I blogged my measurement losses. I hadn't measured for a few weeks so it was nice to see such a difference in the numbers.
I had another non-scale victory today. My jeans were getting a bit baggy soo I set out to buy some new ones. As women everywhere know, buying jeans can be a completely demoralising experience. Finding the right combination of size, length, style and colour is a near impossible task. So I wasn't terribly hopeful as I manoeuvred the pushchair and four pairs of jeans into the fitting room.
First pair - too short.
Second pair - a little tight on the waistband.
Third pair - too big.
Fourth pair - Perfect! Low rise straight leg dark denim. Not my normal, safe bootleg style at all.
Not only were they perfect, but they're a size smaller than my old jeans as well. That's a major non-scale victory.
In my last post I blogged my measurement losses. I hadn't measured for a few weeks so it was nice to see such a difference in the numbers.
I had another non-scale victory today. My jeans were getting a bit baggy soo I set out to buy some new ones. As women everywhere know, buying jeans can be a completely demoralising experience. Finding the right combination of size, length, style and colour is a near impossible task. So I wasn't terribly hopeful as I manoeuvred the pushchair and four pairs of jeans into the fitting room.
First pair - too short.
Second pair - a little tight on the waistband.
Third pair - too big.
Fourth pair - Perfect! Low rise straight leg dark denim. Not my normal, safe bootleg style at all.
Not only were they perfect, but they're a size smaller than my old jeans as well. That's a major non-scale victory.
Monday 15 August 2011
Measurement updates
I promised I'd do my measurements this week if I managed to find the tape measure. I did, it was in the toy box tied in knots. Once I managed to untangle it, I took my measurements. I haven't done them for a few weeks, so it was nice to see some smaller numbers.
So here is my total loss in cm:
Arms: 1.5
Thighs: 2.5
Waist: 5.5
Hips: 5.5
Bust: 5
Not bad!
So here is my total loss in cm:
Arms: 1.5
Thighs: 2.5
Waist: 5.5
Hips: 5.5
Bust: 5
Not bad!
Sunday 14 August 2011
Weigh in - 14th August
Another loss, but a smaller one this time - 0.5kg (1.1 lbs).
The baby has started solids now, although she's just having small tastes and not actual meals yet, so I will have to drop my points soon as she drops milk feeds. I'll definitely be using my weekly points then!
My average weekly loss is 1.2kg and my total loss to date is 8.5kg. I'm really happy with how it's going and how easy it's been so far, and I'm noticing a real difference in the way my clothes fit. When I find where Big Girl has hidden the tape measure I'll do another lot of measurements and post them.
This week included quite a bit of cake, as I did some baking and had a cream and jam scone on Monday (I had walked quite a long way around Woburn Abbey though!)
I'm still doing yoga weekly, although there'll be a two week break coming up soon so I'll have to find some other exercise to do.
Meals this week included wholemeal wraps, turkey and spinach lasagne, a trip to McDonalds, pizza, steak and salad, smoked haddock fish cakes. Today we're having a roast chicken. I'm roasting potatoes this time but the rest of the veg will be steamed. So I'm obviously not missing out on anything or feeling deprived.
Here's a picture I took at Woburn Abbey on Monday while doing hours of walking!
The baby has started solids now, although she's just having small tastes and not actual meals yet, so I will have to drop my points soon as she drops milk feeds. I'll definitely be using my weekly points then!
My average weekly loss is 1.2kg and my total loss to date is 8.5kg. I'm really happy with how it's going and how easy it's been so far, and I'm noticing a real difference in the way my clothes fit. When I find where Big Girl has hidden the tape measure I'll do another lot of measurements and post them.
This week included quite a bit of cake, as I did some baking and had a cream and jam scone on Monday (I had walked quite a long way around Woburn Abbey though!)
I'm still doing yoga weekly, although there'll be a two week break coming up soon so I'll have to find some other exercise to do.
Meals this week included wholemeal wraps, turkey and spinach lasagne, a trip to McDonalds, pizza, steak and salad, smoked haddock fish cakes. Today we're having a roast chicken. I'm roasting potatoes this time but the rest of the veg will be steamed. So I'm obviously not missing out on anything or feeling deprived.
Here's a picture I took at Woburn Abbey on Monday while doing hours of walking!
Thursday 11 August 2011
Weigh in 7th August
Another loss! Down another kg, bringing the total lost to 8kg. I must say I was a little surprised as I'd used a lot of my weekly points. I was also a bit naughty and didn't track at all on Saturday. That was a conscious decision to have a day off, but I don't think it's something I should do regularly as I don't want to get out of the habit.
Meals during the week included:
Dominos pizza (I mostly stuck to vegetarian to keep the points down) and a profiterole pudding
Ham salad
Oven fish and chips
Turkey steaks seasoned with chicken salt with boiled potatoes and salad
Pasta and meatballs in a tomato and basil sauce (basil home grown from seed, I'm so proud!)
Fried eggs on toast
Lots of fruit and salad veg seems to be the key for me. Keeping that up as the weather gets cooker and I return to work will be the real challenge, I think.
Meals during the week included:
Dominos pizza (I mostly stuck to vegetarian to keep the points down) and a profiterole pudding
Ham salad
Oven fish and chips
Turkey steaks seasoned with chicken salt with boiled potatoes and salad
Pasta and meatballs in a tomato and basil sauce (basil home grown from seed, I'm so proud!)
Fried eggs on toast
Lots of fruit and salad veg seems to be the key for me. Keeping that up as the weather gets cooker and I return to work will be the real challenge, I think.
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