Fixated On Shaping Up

This weeks post isn't really about me, and my 'journey'.  So this week I hit 95lbs total loss, which I'm pretty proud of, not at the goal yet, but pretty solidly on the way.  This week I want to talk about my wife, and the battle/journey she has undertaken.  Around the same time as I joined Slimming World, my lovely wife Caroline was diagnosed with PCOS, or Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome.  She will hate me talking about her here, but it is a big part of our lives, and I wanted to acknowledge it.  For the layman, PCOS affects the way your body processes insulin, how it burns fat and how it produces eggs.  I'm obviously not an expert but that is a very simplified version of it. It means that it is harder for her to lose weight, but much easier for her to put it on. So, this week I was ruddy delighted to be crowned as Couple Of The Year at my Slimming World group.  I may have lost 95lbs but Caroline has fought her way to 36lbs lost in the same tim...

Hey folks, so, yeah, I've been terrible at updating this recently. Sadly, work exploded in December and I'm just now getting life a bit more back to normal. So, in the time I was gone, I've pretty much stayed on plan and I'm currently sitting at 6st 3.5lbs down. I can't really complain, but my weight loss has slowed right down over the last month or so. My own fault, I've been not drinking enough water, and not having enough speed food. Don't get me wrong, I'm still doing a hell of a lot better that when I was this size... I've got a bit complacent I think, so this is my kick up the bum. All the water, more speed food.  I've found myself snacking more, in part because I get bored working from home so a snack is a nice distraction. That being said, my snacks are usually fruits and cereal/hifi bars so it could be worse. In the old days, not that long ago, I'd have scarfed most of a 2 litre bottle of Coke and a packet of biscuits witho...

So, it has been a pretty successful week for my Slimming World 'journey'.  I'll start with the highlights shall I?   I lost 4lb, taking me to my 2stone award in only 7 weeks, so I'm pretty happy with that.  I was also Slimmer Of The Week, and in fact I was also Slimmer Of The Month on top of that.  So, yeah, that was nice! Running out of room on the back of my Slimming World book for stickers, I'll have to look into another sticker delivery method. My week was a bit random this week. Although I had aimed to be 100% good, the first few days since my weigh in were continuing the theme of the last couple of weeks.  My work schedule was all over the place and actually a bit stressful. Lots going on, and I was in and out of all three of my schools, I couldn't get into any rhythm or routine.  I kind of thought I had blown the whole week on Saturday morning. This was my breakfast. I had to be at work super early and thought I would catch my local Sainsbu...

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 c...

So, I'm on week three of my Slimming World 'journey' and it's going pretty well, I've lost 14.5lbs so far. Pretty happy with that, especially with all the stuff we have going on at the moment. My lovely wife was last week diagnosed with PCOS (Poly-Cystic Ovary Syndrome) by the consultant we saw.  We have been trying to have a baby for a few years now unsuccessfully, so in many ways this diagnosis is a slight relief; at least now we know what is going on, and a great friend of mine who suffers from PCOS has just delivered her healthy baby, so that is reassuring.  What it does mean however is that in order to increase the chances of conception, Caroline has to make some dietary changes cutting out wheat, dairy, soy and a few other things.  As we have literally been following the Slimming World plan for only two weeks, this has meant big changes again, not to mention some emotional turmoil! Given the upheaval I'm quite pleased that I mostly managed to stay on ...