Syn Free Snacks

Over the last few days i've been very peckish but not really had anything in due to lack of money but as soon as i get paid i'll go shopping and i want to have a list ready of what to get. So i thought that i would put it here to share with you all as well and if you have any others to add to the list let me know. (This is all for EE days)

• Hard boiled eggs
• Carrot sticks
• Celery sticks
• Seafood sticks
• Fruit
• Chickpea dahl loaf
• Pickled onions
• Pickled Gherkins
• Slices of meat
• Soup

This is it at the moment but i will add to it

Take care and happy slimming

Extra Easy

As i've been on this journey for about six months now i know what i'm doing even if i do still have the odd bad week but those tend to be because i have no money to go shopping. I have been doing the extra easy plan since day one as i find its so much easier but i have seen that other people are having problems with the 1/3 superfree. I've noticed that they are having things like salad with their meals but i've never done this. I have found that when i'm cooking i try to add my third into the recipe using pasata, onions, peppers, mushrooms and other things like that. My plate will also have superfree veg on it so alot of the time i'm having at least half superfree.

So i have a Tip to get your third

Work your superfree into the main part of your meal so you don't have to have salad as well

Take care and happy slimming

New Motto

This is my motto for this year and for as long as it takes

Day 2

So it's day two and what have i done today as my positive step? I had a lie in and curled up with a good book. This has to be one of my most favourite things to do as you can't go wrong when reading.

While catching up on my blog hopping tonight something that i read got me thinking.

How quickly should you loose weight? It is said that if you loose 1 -2lbs a week it will be easier to keep the weight off but are we happy with that? If we have a large amount to loose then we want larger losses so we can see the results quicker. Then again lots of us out there want a quick fix and to go from point A to B in the quickest time possible, is this the way it has always been or does it have more to do with modern society? We can get our hands on things so quickly these days that i think we are beginning to expect it from everything.

One of my biggest pet hates is seeing celebrities that have quickly lost weight when they use personal trainers and more than likely have someone that prepares all their meals and does the shopping for them and we are meant to look up to them. I like seeing people that are normal and have to do it the same way as the rest of us. So this is one of the main reasons that i always get the slimming world magazine when it comes out as it has real people telling about their journeys. I can relate to them more than the latest celebrity weight loss story in a gossip mag.

Well that's it for tonight

Take care and happy slimming

Day 1 of a New Me

Today has been a good day and i couldn't be happier after the bad day i had yesterday.

My positive things for today were

1) Spending time with my bff

2) Going to the gym

3) Going to group and staying

So i feel positive but the main reason for my feeling so good is what happened when i stepped on the scales tonight. I lost 6lbs and i still can't believe it and i even did a happy dance on the scales (i couldn't help it lol). This is the best week that i've had since joining and i just hope that i can do it again next week.

How have i done it? Honestly i'm not sure but i have been good and kept my syns low each day and going to the gym 3 times and walking everywhere. I'm planning on doing the same this coming week so another loss should be on the cards.

I really can't think so what to write tonight as i'm still so happy but i'll post again tomorrow

Take care and happy slimming

This is Me

Here i am and i have no idea how much i weighed when this was taken. This photo was taken nearly 5 years ago at mums 60th birthday.

As soon as i have a photo of me now i'll post it. I've been avoiding the camera the last few years so i don't have any.

Take care and happy slimming

A Bad Day

Right now i feel like rubbish and i need lots of cheering up. Something came to light this evening that someone i'm close to has told lies about me. Right now i want to eat lots of chocolate, crisps and anything else that will make me feel better but i'm not going to as i don't have any of that stuff in the house and i'm not going to go and buy it.

I just don't know what to do right now. Everything is horrible and i want it to all go away. My christmas was crap just as i knew it was going to be but at least new year was better. I'm thankful that i have some truly amazingly supportive friends who i love to death and i would do anything for them. If it wasn't for them i don't know how i'd be today.

With all these things you'd think that it would make my go off track but in a way it has made me more determined to do well. I want to loose this weight and show what i can do but mainly i'm doing it for me to feel better about who i am and who i want to be.

Even if i don't get to target this year i will be well on the way and i'll feel and look better. I already feel so much better than i did a year ago so i can only imagine how i'll feel next year.

To succeed i will go weekly (as long as i have the money) to group and stay to image therapy as that support is so useful. I will also carry on with the gym and soon start to go swimming as well and will carry on walking as much as i can as i hope to do a charity walk in the summer.

Even thou there is so much crapness in my life i can still see a faint light at the end of the tunnel and i'm slowly making my way towards it and i don't want to be dragged backwards anymore. I can't be the only one that feels like this can i?

I can and will be in charge of my life. Tomorrow is a new day and i see it as a day to do to something positive towards the new me. It may just be something small or something big but it will be something good like some of the following

Going to the gym

Going swimming

Dying my hair

Painting my nails

Getting rid of old clothes

Giving things to charity

I know there are lots of other things but i can't think of them right now. I will post on what positive thing i have done each day starting tomorrow. If you have any ideas of what i can do please post them here.

For now goodnight and happy slimming

Target Dreams

So i've been thinking about what i want when i get down to target and these are what i what. I'm a goth at heart and too get gothic clothing in larger sizes is so expensive but when i get to target i will have all the goth clothes that i want. I do already own a couple of corsets and i love wearing them so these styles are so what i want. Do you love them too? They come from a shop called Angel Clothing which has so many things that i want.

I do have an image of how i want to be when i get there and i just hope it will live up to the dream. Well it's up to me isn't it? No one else can do it for me so i just have to keep at it and look at these outfits for motivation. I know i can do it. There are lots of people out there to support me when i feel low. One of those people is my bff who is always there when i need her (and i'm there for her).

So my week has been good food wise but i was a little silly when i got myself a bounty bar as it was 13 1/2syns (i know way too many but so yummy) but i didn't know until after i ate it, whoops, i won't be doing that again. Apart from that my syns have been low today with a total of 4 so i'm pleased ant i think i may have a yogurt in a bit.

Yesterday i did make it to the gym and i really felt it so hopefully it will make a difference on the scales. I'm looking forward to monday to see what that will be like. I may even go for a long walk on tuesday if i can as its been a while since i've done that.

I'd really like to get myself a bike but i'll have wait a while for that but i will find a way to get one before the summer holidays.

Right my brain is starting to go blugh so i'll end this post now but i will do a really long post soon (before this time next week)

Take care and happy slimming

1st Weigh In of the New Year

So today was the first weigh in of 2012 and i gained 4lbs over Christmas and New year, it could have been alot worse as i have been to the gym 3 times since new years eve. Now i have to be honest as i have no idea how i feel about this gain. My diet wasn't that great over the holidays due to lack of money and i had to eat what was in the bottom of the freezer and i drank on christmas day and new years eve. But now that it's the start of the new year and i'm back on track. It's strange that as i have been doing this for about 6 months now i do enjoy eating a more healthy diet. Now don't get me wrong i do miss certain foods and still want to buy them and i have to remember what i want to achieve through this. Wanting to reach target is far more important to me now than giving in to the cakes, chocolate, crisps, burgers and pizza. I do still have the odd packet of crisps and chocolate bar but they come out of my syns for the day so i don't feel bad about it.

So what am i going to do to loose this gain?

Well i will be going to the gym friday, monday and wednesday before weigh in and having a maximum of 10 syns each day but what else can i do? I'm really determined that gain will turn into a loss really quickly.

One thing that i have done is join a get fit Revolution on the channel4 website. Its a mission a day for 31 days and each one is within reason and totally free to do so why not have a look and join the Revolution.

Take care and Happy slimming

New Year's Resolutions

So it's the start of another year and that means most people state a resolution for the year ahead. Well i never have much like with these so this year i'm not really going to bother but i am stating that the following things

1) I will continue to loose weight with slimming world

2) I'll carry on going to the gym

As i have been doing both of these things for a while now it won't be difficult to carry on.

I know that 2012 has to be better than 2011 (i don't see how it can get any worse)

Tomorrow is a gym day and i can't wait to go (yes i'm still enjoying it) and then i'll go again on wednesday and as that's my new weigh day i'll go and get weighed in the evening and i hope to god that i will have a loss as i need it this week.

So for now

Take care and happy slimming