Week 6 - Underwear and a crown!


You'll have to bear with me, I'm very tired and at work late again. I should probably explain the title of this weeks blog? I woke up in a bit of a funk today, so this meme summed up my day...


Juvenile I know, but it did make me smile, and my lovely friend Julia suggested it should be the title of this week's blog entry. So there it is.
In terms of diet, well this week I lost 2.5lbs, not as much as I would have liked, but I can't complain too much, a loss is a loss. It means I have lost 24lbs in total, in 6 weeks.  Not to sniffed at. To put that into perspective, that is more than this...
So yeah, that's a shit load of weight in only 6 weeks. Every time I lose my focus or think about a KFC, I have to think about how much I have already lost. I don't see it, but my wife thinks my face looks slimmer, I don't buy it!
Speaking of KFC and buying things, I have to get off the bus for work to this sight every day...
In case you can't see that clearly, it is a KFC, Chip Shop, Kebab/Pizza place and then a Chinese takeaway. And that is my view every time I get off the bus. Talk about temptation?
I'm determined to do better this week, 4lbs would see me at 2 stone, but I think also my Club 10. So I have that to look forward to...if I can do the 4lbs.  Had a couple of nights at work where I haven't been brilliant with speed, but all foods included in my free, but otherwise I'm pretty much on it!

I have found Instagram (of all things) very useful and a bit motivational. I don't really know how it works, but I'm learning. You can follow me here if you want! It's nice to have a bit of feedback from others, and see what they struggle with. I've even done a few ranty videos myself! My social media of choice is twitter, so you can follow me there too.

The header photo is my consultant, the lovely Tracy's representation of the size and weight of one pound of fat. Pretty disgusting innit?

We have been adjusting to my wife and her PCOS diagnosis, meaning she shouldn't eat gluten, dairy, soy and other things. She was away camping with friends this week so we tried to preempt the bad food and drink by making up a few salads and some of my corned beef pasties to take with her, and some low syn treats. She did have a few slips but overall did pretty well. We are back at the hospital tomorrow so we'll see how it goes. I didn't do too badly while she was away either. No fish and chips, no Coke, I'm on fire!

Anyway, I better go, see you soon, keep it up!

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Starting out...

Image
So, I've been fat for years.  Yup, I said it. I have always thought of myself as being fat, way back to being maybe 13 or 14, when the reality is I was a slightly chubby teenager but certainly nothing to be concerned about.  I spent my teenage years into my mid twenties working at McDonald's which I'm pretty sure didn't help my weight, although mostly I am lazy and drink too much fizzy pop, Coke in particular. My wife and I are trying to have kids and although tests have shown no problems, losing weight won't hurt the process. I'm tired all the time, and I'm a bit of sick of having sore legs after particuarly busy days at work. As you may know, I don't drink, at all, and I'm always a bit glib when I talk about why, giving silly answers but the truth is, I have always had what you could call an addictive personality.  Whether it be collecting records, or not missing a single episode of wrestling since I was 19, I have my issues. What I also ha
Read more

Week 4 - Slimmer Of The Week

Image
So I hit my 4th week as a slimmer! After what felt like a not very successful week, I was delighted to discover I had dropped 5 more pounds this week, making it 19.5 gone. I was also named Slimmer of the Week for the second time. I felt like this week I was a bit all over the place. I was never in any real danger of going over my syns but I don't feel like I was particularly disciplined.  I realise I'm describing a contradiction but that's just how it felt this week, so I was pleasantly surprised to lose the 5lbs.  I have spoken to my consultant (and friend) Tracy about the whole certificate and slimmer of the week award. I'm not someone who needs the validation of acknowledgement of my weight loss to inspire me, but I understand some people need the push.  It helps some to have a smaller, short term target. Speaking of targets, this week I will be creating my own inspiration wall, based on my favourite thing, professional wrestling! My starting weight was close
Read more

Reboot - Slimming World Fail!

Image
I'm back, sorry. Life got a bit hectic during the exams, and holidays and stuff.   I posted this on my instagram earlier this week. ' Time for a  #reboot . I've got complacent it is time to  #refocus . I should be miles further down the road on my  #slimmingworldjourney  than I am. I should have smashed my  #holidaygain  but I haven't. Not starting again because that would negate all the effort I've put in so far. But I'm going to sit down, reread my book,  #focus  on  #foodoptimising  and get my arse in gear.' I've hit a plateau.  I lost over 8 stone before my holiday.  I'll talk about that later on, but since we got back I have massively not been able to focus.  I found myself doing what a lot of people seem to do, start 'guesstimating'portion sizes and syn values. I've always worked on the basis that because I get more syns, I'm male and fat, I will always be under, but when I think about it properly, I'm probably not,
Read more