Well, after three days of being totally off plan and feeling crappy about it I've been back on it today (ish). I've logged everything but am still over my daily propoints. A step in the right direction though i think! I have to confess, although it may make me a bit wierd, I do prefer to go to bed on a night a little bit hungry, I feel like I know I have stuck to the plan if I am a bit hungry at bedtime. Does that make me wierd??
I learned a valuable lesson today in terms of my food choices. I went to Nando's for lunch courtesy of my lovely brother. I thought I was choosing a good option by going for a plain wrap and peas. When I came home I checked the internet to find out how many Propoints were in the wrap and it came back with 17! 17!!! How is this possible when burger was on 11??? For any none Weight Watchers that's 17pp out of a daily allowance of 28 so almost two thirds of what I am allowed to eat in a day! Anyway, in future maybe I will do a bit of googling on my iphone before I sit down to eat, gee I'll be a joy to go to dinner with wont I!
Right I'm off to go nibble on some carrots, pah can't even do that, I'm allergic. Watch out grapes here I come ;-) x
Friday 20 July 2012
Tuesday 17 July 2012
Confession Time
Tuesday 17th July 2012
Ok, so I guess it's time for a confession, before I go any further with this blog. I'm a binge eater, there I said it. Not a binge eater like 'I sometimes eat to much' but a binge eater like officially diagnosed about 7 years ago by a psychologist. I must say that it is largely under control these days in terms of the effect it has on my life and although my weight is undoubtedly too high, it has been pretty stable for a good few years now. However, there are days when I still binge. It's not something I'm proud of or have ever really openly admitted before and those days are now few and far between but unfortunately today was a bit of a binge day. I'm sorry to admit that I haven't logged all day and nor (nor, is that a word?) have I kept track in any way of what I have eaten. I don't really know what set the binge off to be honest. I have a 6 month old, I think I mentioned this in my last post, as well as a 2 year old and neither are good sleepers. Jude woke up at 5:15 this morning, having been up through the night too and I think I was just exhausted. I got up and got weighed as I remembered I told my cousin I would weigh in on a Tuesday morning as she goes to SW on a Tuesday and we thought we could motivate each other. So, I got weighed and had lost 2lb since starting WW last Thursday. I'm really happy with this loss so I don't think it was anything to do with this that made me go off track. I was a little bit mad with my husband if I am honest because I REALLY wish he would get up occasionally through the night with the children and as well as being tired and feeling a bit down I think I just let things get to me and comfort ate. Well comfort eating is just pants isn't it, you eat and it makes you feel all warm and gooey inside and then half an hour later (or sometimes half a minute later) the guilt arrives, you don't like yourself, feel you've broken your diet, so what do you do? Eat again!!! Thus the cycle begins! Urgh when will I learn.
Anyway, I rambled a bit there sorry! Basically what I am saying is that there wont be a food diary today, however I do solemnly swear to be back on track tomorrow and I hope any readers stick with me as I've been really motivated by writing everything down. Also just because I didn't do a food diary doesn't mean I can excuse myself from doing my little after thoughts so here goes;
Things I have learned today; I feel so much better when I log, I also feel healthier and cleaner when I don't binge. I also learned Weight Watchers apparently works! I'm down 2lb in 5 days.
Things I am happy with today; I didn't run and hide!!
I've decided that to get the full picture I need to add a things I am unhappy with section so here we go -
Things I am unhappy with today; I let my feelings influence what I put in my mouth and I felt out of control.
Right well that's my warbling over for today. I will be back tomorrow with a complete food diary after a great day! Well here's hoping!!
Much love x
Ok, so I guess it's time for a confession, before I go any further with this blog. I'm a binge eater, there I said it. Not a binge eater like 'I sometimes eat to much' but a binge eater like officially diagnosed about 7 years ago by a psychologist. I must say that it is largely under control these days in terms of the effect it has on my life and although my weight is undoubtedly too high, it has been pretty stable for a good few years now. However, there are days when I still binge. It's not something I'm proud of or have ever really openly admitted before and those days are now few and far between but unfortunately today was a bit of a binge day. I'm sorry to admit that I haven't logged all day and nor (nor, is that a word?) have I kept track in any way of what I have eaten. I don't really know what set the binge off to be honest. I have a 6 month old, I think I mentioned this in my last post, as well as a 2 year old and neither are good sleepers. Jude woke up at 5:15 this morning, having been up through the night too and I think I was just exhausted. I got up and got weighed as I remembered I told my cousin I would weigh in on a Tuesday morning as she goes to SW on a Tuesday and we thought we could motivate each other. So, I got weighed and had lost 2lb since starting WW last Thursday. I'm really happy with this loss so I don't think it was anything to do with this that made me go off track. I was a little bit mad with my husband if I am honest because I REALLY wish he would get up occasionally through the night with the children and as well as being tired and feeling a bit down I think I just let things get to me and comfort ate. Well comfort eating is just pants isn't it, you eat and it makes you feel all warm and gooey inside and then half an hour later (or sometimes half a minute later) the guilt arrives, you don't like yourself, feel you've broken your diet, so what do you do? Eat again!!! Thus the cycle begins! Urgh when will I learn.
Anyway, I rambled a bit there sorry! Basically what I am saying is that there wont be a food diary today, however I do solemnly swear to be back on track tomorrow and I hope any readers stick with me as I've been really motivated by writing everything down. Also just because I didn't do a food diary doesn't mean I can excuse myself from doing my little after thoughts so here goes;
Things I have learned today; I feel so much better when I log, I also feel healthier and cleaner when I don't binge. I also learned Weight Watchers apparently works! I'm down 2lb in 5 days.
Things I am happy with today; I didn't run and hide!!
I've decided that to get the full picture I need to add a things I am unhappy with section so here we go -
Things I am unhappy with today; I let my feelings influence what I put in my mouth and I felt out of control.
Right well that's my warbling over for today. I will be back tomorrow with a complete food diary after a great day! Well here's hoping!!
Much love x
Monday 16 July 2012
Monday 16th of July
So, here we go, the first post - exciting! I'm writing this blog off the back of a food diary I started on another website since I started following Weight Watchers a whole five days ago - check me out, that's commitment for you. Anyway, I've really enjoyed writing the diary and have found that it started to sway a bit more in to blog territory so although I'll continue to put a food diary on there I've decided to start a proper blog here where I will put a food diary plus other ramblings!!
I'm starting here part way through my Weight Watchers week so just to get you up to speed, up to the end of yesterday I had used all my weeklies plus gone over by four - tut tut. Those of you that are not following Weight Watchers weeklies are a weekly allowance of 49 Propoints you get to spend on top of your daily allowance. I'm on 29 Propoints daily.
Today has not been a good dieting day, it's not been terrible because having logged everything for the past five days I am feeling more in control than I have in a long time however I seriously need to get my sweet tooth in check. Here's what I have eaten:
Breakfast- 2 x crumpets 5pp, 13g Lurpak Lighter - 2pp
Lunch - Bread Roll - 5pp, 10g Flora - 2pp, half chicken breast - 3pp
Dinner - Prawn Stir Fry - 6pp
Snacks (don't judge me, don't judge me!) - Ripple 5pp, Kinder Maxi x2 - 6pp, half a pack of skittles sours - 2pp.
Urgh total pp = 36 meaning I am now 11pp over for the week - tut tut!
On my food diary I like to do a little sentence or two about what I have learned today and also about what I am happy with so I'm going to carry this on on here;
Things I am happy with today; I'm still logging and confessing, despite being over and a bit embarrassed!
Things I have learned today; I need to put much more thought in to my food and find better ways to deal with how tired I am getting (oh I should probably elaborate here, I have a two year old and an almost 6 month old!!)
Wow, so, there's my first post. As someone who has kept a diary for over 10 years I find writing things down very therapeutic. I think I'm going to enjoy having a blog, hope you enjoy reading x x
I'm starting here part way through my Weight Watchers week so just to get you up to speed, up to the end of yesterday I had used all my weeklies plus gone over by four - tut tut. Those of you that are not following Weight Watchers weeklies are a weekly allowance of 49 Propoints you get to spend on top of your daily allowance. I'm on 29 Propoints daily.
Today has not been a good dieting day, it's not been terrible because having logged everything for the past five days I am feeling more in control than I have in a long time however I seriously need to get my sweet tooth in check. Here's what I have eaten:
Breakfast- 2 x crumpets 5pp, 13g Lurpak Lighter - 2pp
Lunch - Bread Roll - 5pp, 10g Flora - 2pp, half chicken breast - 3pp
Dinner - Prawn Stir Fry - 6pp
Snacks (don't judge me, don't judge me!) - Ripple 5pp, Kinder Maxi x2 - 6pp, half a pack of skittles sours - 2pp.
Urgh total pp = 36 meaning I am now 11pp over for the week - tut tut!
On my food diary I like to do a little sentence or two about what I have learned today and also about what I am happy with so I'm going to carry this on on here;
Things I am happy with today; I'm still logging and confessing, despite being over and a bit embarrassed!
Things I have learned today; I need to put much more thought in to my food and find better ways to deal with how tired I am getting (oh I should probably elaborate here, I have a two year old and an almost 6 month old!!)
Wow, so, there's my first post. As someone who has kept a diary for over 10 years I find writing things down very therapeutic. I think I'm going to enjoy having a blog, hope you enjoy reading x x
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