Katie Untranslated

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...

Had a mental health "blip" this weekend, too many tasks and not enough time to do them.  It left me so overwhelmed and all I could do was get into bed.  I ended up in bed on Saturday afternoon, and slept right through until Sunday.   This also meant that I missed out on quality time with my girl friends. My brain is an arse at times, as well as being overwhelmed and being low because of that, it then made me feel like I couldn't be good enough company to spend time with them.  As I was feeling low, I felt that I couldn't be fun, and with that it would be pointless me going as I would be boring and annoying. The worst thing is, once I am out of the dark I know that that is farther from the truth, I would have had a great time and conversation would have flowed and I wouldn't have felt inadequate in the slightest.  Now I'm through the other side, I decided to take some time to rest and finally dipped into my Women's Health magazine. Given how I've ...

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...

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...