Katie Untranslated

Weight loss results are in! I lost 3.5 lbs this week! I am beyond happy with that result, I only started the Fast800 plan on Sunday, and the weight loss would have been only from that (Sunday - Wednesday). I am definitely going to carry on with the plan, I had a wobble yesterday as I was at a loss what to do for dinner and ended up eating an oven pizza, and today I have had a combination of biscuits and Prosecco.  Whoops...only human though, AMR?! Dinner tonight will be on plan and healthy - Mediterranean Chicken Orzo by Pinch of Nom. I will get back on the Fast800 bandwagon tomorrow, including getting my butt into the gym, which I haven't done in ages.  I actually cannot wait, I started watching Danielle Mansutti's YouTube channel and I got stuck into her "Get Healthy with Me" videos and they really inspired me to get back at it. If you're feeling in a rut I definitely recommend giving them a watch.  I'll post an update rounding off tomorrow with...

I restarted slimming world on 01/05/2019 and as it stands on 12/06/2019 i am heavier than my starting weight.  I enjoyed myself waaaaaay too much at a one day festival that carried through all week and I majorly ruined my weight loss efforts. Feeling a bit down in the dumps about it and still struggling to stay on plan I decided to carry on with slimming world, as in still weigh in at group, but try a different diet for two weeks to give me a weight loss and confidence boost. I started on 09/06/2019 loosely following the Fast800 diet created my Dr Michael Moseley. The main concept that I have gleamed from the website is that the max calories that you eat are 800, and you also have to fast for up to 16 hours a day.  That means the "eating window" is 8 hours a day. To track my calories I have been using MyFitnessPal. Day one - 09/06/2019 - calorie total: 824 Surprisingly did not feel hungry this day, which I expected to, considering it was day one. I ate a chicke...

Ahem...starting to feel like a broken record...all good plans, suddenly up in smoke. I had such a good plan this week and I've gone straight back into binge mode!!  Plus cheeky wine and beer made a reappearance.  So much so I had horrendous heartburn on Tuesday, I think that is going to be the turning point to change.  I used to get heartburn regularly before I started Slimming World, and eating healthfully got rid of it.  I cannot go back to living like that again. Yesterday (weigh in day) I decided to start afresh, after going to bed the night before feeling sorry for myself as I had no rennies! I woke up this morning and prepared my breakfast to take to work, it was a beetroot wrap with fried eggs, fried mushrooms (both fried in frylight), and baked beans.   It was a massive breakfast, which I prefer on weigh day as sometimes I skip lunch...bad I know...one of those stupid things I accidentally did once (too busy to eat) and carried on.  Toda...

First weigh in for November has come and gone, this week I managed to lose a pound! Happy with that to be honest as the week before I had definitely gone over board so I should have gained more than the 1.5 I did.   Proper bonus to the day, I found these green balls of deliciousness again!!!   Cotton Candy grapes were the highlight of my summer this year and last year.  I am s uper happy they're back for winter.  They make syn free snacking a joy! I feel fresh and ready to rock this month to try and get Slimmer of the Month. This week will feature more soups and warm comforting dinners.   I bought more of the Genius Beetroot wraps (3 syns each or your HeX B)  so I will be having my own version of a McDonalds breakfast wrap in the morning.   I love these as they keep me fuller for longer due to the protein.   Plus who doesn't love a warm breakfast when they've just got to  work on a chilly m...

The past few weeks have been rocky, I have been suffering with a cold (finally going) and the darker nights have taken their toll on me. Through the ups and mini downs of weigh in my total weight change for October is plus 1 lb, which has really put me back in terms of where I want to be at weigh in just before Christmas (19/12). I have 7 weigh ins left, and I wanted to achieve my 4 stone certificate, to get that I need to lose 25 lbs, which when averaged out over the weeks is 3.57 lbs to lose per week. Currently that feels unattainable, so I have reduced my aim to 3.5 stone certificate which leaves me with needing to lost 2.57 lbs per week (slightly more attainable). I plan to have a good few solid weeks (I want Slimmer of the Month for November) so with that in mind I will be on my way to getting those awards. With that aim laid out I now need to sort out how I am going to get there. As of Tuesday I got my SAD lamp out for the winter, it really helps wake me up in the m...

I don't want to hide the truth, the last few weeks have been a struggle.  I'm still suffering with a cold and it's not budging yet (mine usually last a month).    I started writing this Sunday night, I had worked a 6 day week, I had binged on McDonald's the day before, and I had drank a bottle of red wine.  It took until Monday night to get all the words out. This weekend I set a new sleep record, I slept from 3:30pm Saturday afternoon until 10:30am Sunday morning, that tired that my body decided I needed 19 hours!   I even passed out in my make up, I now have a grizzly spot to thank for that (sorry Mrs Hirons...if you know, you know). I feel that my struggle with food is similar to an alcoholic.  I eat in secret, I hide food, I lie about the food I eat/have eaten.   It's like a compulsion, I know I shouldn't be doing it, and it's more than just greed.   It feels like a form of socially acceptable self harming.  I sho...

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...