Katie Untranslated

I have started the Fast 800 diet again and day one (03/08/2019) and two went great!  I have weighed myself, got basic body fat percentage info from my scales, and also taken my waist measurement.  Out of curiosity I am also tracking my resting heart rate of a morning using the Health App with my Apple watch. Day one I didn't fast, I just stuck to the 800 calories, and I also managed a gym session. I felt great, managed an hour in the gym doing a mixture of cardio and resistance.  When I was walking out of the gym I had that amazing rush of endorphins, I definitely need to remember that in the coming weeks to keep my motivation going. Day two was spent in a field watching my OH play baseball (which I actually love watching). My first meal was at 10am and my last meal was at 9pm. Tomorrow (Monday 05/08/2019) I will break my fast at around 9am and I plan to have my last meal at 6pm. I will be increasing my fasting window over the next week so that I am up to the opt...

My posts have been missing for the past two weeks! The commute with the new job has taken it out of me more than I thought it would (it's an extra 40 minutes each way). Thankfully it has not stopped my motivation to stay on plan, and I have been on plan all of September! Super proud of myself as I do not know the last time I had such a good "on plan" streak. I completely credit it to doing the 777 Challenge.  It gave me a chance to "reset" my focus, it has also made me grateful to be able to have 15 syns again (if I want to).  Where I was restricted to only 7 syns a day I got creative with my treat plates so that I was getting a good amount for the fewest syns.  I definitely recommend giving this challenge a go to anyone out there struggling with staying on plan. Also I haven't had wine in four weeks!!  God I miss it, I'm glad we're now going into colder weather which for me is a better time to have spirits and mixers as I don't need a lon...

Ups and downs food optimising wise, more details in my Bank Holiday Fail post on Tuesday. This week was slightly better than last week, so I am mentally moving in the right direction. Breakfasts this week have been a mix of fruit (nectarines, clementines, grapes, bananas) and seafood sticks. Lunches have mainly been salads with either seafood sticks or pre-cooked chicken. Dinners have been SW ready meals and quick stir-fries. Syn count for the week: Thursday - unknown Friday - 12.5 Saturday - 50 - 60 (all gin based) Sunday - 25 Monday - 12.5 Tuesday - 5 Wednesday - 17.5 Yesterdays syn count was high as I went to Harvester with my SW girlies after weigh in. I fully utilised the unlimited salad cart to start, had syn free salmon & jacket potato with veg. For dessert I had their "Sundae Best" with toffee sauce for 17.5 syns. That was much better than the Rocky Horror Sundae for 36.5 syns or the Millionaires Sundae for 48!!! Continuing with the 777 chall...

Well I don’t quite know where to start! This past year has involve a lot of ups and downs…and not just on the scales! Mine and my partner’s mental health took a strong downturn over the past year and we are just finally getting through the darkness.  He is managing on his meds and I am now also managing on mine.  I had to take 5 months out from work (the main catalyst in my mental health deterioration). Finally went back to work the beginning of July and now I’m in my 6th week of being back.  Thankfully the issue that caused me to go off has been resolved. Now to discuss how I’ve been on the scales, my highest weight loss total was 2st 11lbs on 21/03/2018.  Since then my weigh has been yo-yoing with my current weight loss total at weigh in last night being 1st 9.5lbs. Where I’ve lost weight and have felt more comfortable socialising with friends I have been going out a lot more, which has involved yummy syn-full food and very syn-full alcohol. So I am currently strug...

Fell off the posting bandwagon didn't I?! I have had quite a few ups and downs since I last posted.   Work has been hard, the change in job role has left me feeling so out of my depth I question regularly whether or not I want to do it any more. It has included training days in central London where I struggle to stay on plan with Slimming World as I keep ending up in Starbucks for the essential caffeine to keep myself awake. I am a terrible stress eater and I keep walking down the old path of binging, I feel like this will always be something I struggle with so I think I need to accept it so it has less power over me. There have been some high points, I have gotten back into Powerwave classes, and I am now up to a 5kg bag again.   I have fallen in love with Skinny Caffe Skinny Coffee, it is so delicious!  And mega bonus, managed to get hold of Marilyn Manson tickets for December 💜.   For June my aim was to do five lots of exercise a week and tr...

After the damaging 2 lb gain last week, I managed to pull it back and work hard with SP days and had a rather successful week with a 3 lbs loss!! I also managed a 2 mile walk one lunchtime and a 2 mile incline treadmill walk this week.  I'm coming to the end of a cold, so I am hopeful to increase activity from this week. I am really really happy with my loss, still behind target, as it was week ten I should have lost 20 lbs by now and the total loss is at 13 lbs.   I am taking inspiration from my SW group and consultant this week, along with a new SW article about "grazing trays".  I am partial to saving up my syns for a treat plate of an evening, but now I am a walking syn directory for all sorts of things, and I feel like I am not using the plan how I should. I think that to speed my weight loss up even more I need to cut down on the syn'd items and increase my speed food snacks instead.   So as well as more SP days this week I am also going to...

Well, it was to be expected but I got a gain of 2 lbs! Considering everything that I consumed I am just glad it wasn't more. Action plan for next week is to go back to SP days, I want to try and fit in 5 out of 7 this week, which is what I think I did the week I lost 3 lbs, so hoping that it has the same result. I want a loss of 4 lbs next week, quite ambitious but it would get me my 1 stone award, I want that damn shiny sticker and certificate. Nothing should stand in my way this week, I am going round a friends tonight (fri) but they are a fellow Slimming World'er so I will be able to eat ok.   I have a bit of a cough/cold so I won't be able to go gym just yet, hoping that will change next week.  I am taking plenty of vitamin B, C, D, and stinky garlic tablets to hopefully send it packing. I only managed to get to the gym once last month and I really need to get there more often as I'm really missing it now! K x

I have finally sat down and written out my NY Resolutions. It took me a little longer as I wanted to make them more achievable and also quantifiable. 1. Wear makeup more often as it brings me joy. This I will measure through the monthly habit tracker pages in my bullet journal.  I very rarely wear makeup during the week but it makes such a difference with how I feel...it's called War Paint for a reason I suppose. 2. I want work towards losing 2 lbs per week so that I can reach my goal weight by Christmas 2017. As I type I am actually 1 lb behind schedule, but I feel actually setting myself a long term goal with weekly "checking in" goals could be a way to make this work.  I will also be able to estimate through the year if I am target. 3. Read more. I have written out a reading list for the year, starting with finishing the Kay Scarpetta series that I am halfway through by Patricia Cornwell.  I have collected quite a few of the rest of the series from charity s...