Day 5

What a sloppy blogger I have been lately - thankfully I have been sticking to the plan! I was away for the weekend and returned with a cold, so I have not really been feeling like keeping my little blog - but I am back on it today!

Day 5 was an early start, as we were heading for an early train to Manchester, but I still made sure I had time to eat breakfast - so that I was not snacking on the journey. I made myself a sachet of Oat so Simple porridge (apple and blueberry flavour). For the journey I packed some of the Berry muffins that I had made, cereal bars and a few cans of diet Coke. The journey down was fine and all I had to eat was a muffin and a can of diet Coke.

When we arrived we headed to Bella Italia for lunch (we had a buy 1 get 1 free voucher). I ordered a roasted vegetable panini and a diet Coke. The panini came with chips, so I straight away moved half of the portion onto my bf's plate, I also took off the top layer of bread on the panini and ate it like it was an open sandwich.
The remainder of the afternoon was spent doing a LOT of walking around the shops and the various Christmas markets that were taking place. We stopped in at Starbucks where I had a cup of tea to heat up.

Before heading out to dinner my bf and I shared a bottle of Champagne in our hotel room. We then walked to the restaurant - a steakhouse. I ordered the Teriyaki steak (it came with rocket and spring onion salad) and I had a few of the chips that my bf ordered. We shared a bottle of wine with the meal and then headed to a nearby bar to have a few drinks before walking back to the hotel.

Day 4

Last night I made some Berry Muffins, I got the recipe off of the weight watchers website. They were very easy to make and are 1.5 points per muffin. I would say that mine turned out to be more like a scone than a muffin, but they are very tasty - I think I may try a slightly different method the next time that I make them.
So, as a treat I had one of the the muffins (still a little warm) and 2 of the chocolates from my advent calendar with a cup of tea (well I manage to stretch the treats out over 2 cups of tea!).

I think that tonight may be a bit harder! We usually have dinner and then share a bottle of wine if we are not going out. But, we are going to be having dinner and drinks out tomorrow night when we are away, so I do not want to treat myself 2 nights in a row. This means that I will be watching the X Factor with a cup of tea and maybe a muffin! It will be back to walking tonight and I will try and make it an hour long before lounging in front of the TV for the evening!

Today I have eaten the following:

2 slices of wholemeal toast
1 poached egg
1 slice of wholemeal bread
home made weight watchers soup (same as yesterday)
Tonight's dinner is pasta and meatballs in a tomato and basil sauce.

Already looking back at what I have been eating this week I can see that it will get boring very quickly. As I mentioned I am going to take some time on Tuesday night to prepare for the weeks meals. I think it will be another week of soups for lunch, but it will be a different variety. I think I will also change what I have for breakfast next week - I have lots of Oats So Simple porridge in, so a week of that will be a nice change.

Day 3

All is still going well and I am still positive, motivated and giving this my all - yes I do know that it has been 3 days but I usually am kidding myself in one way or another and this time I am doing things the right way eg no cheating or pretending I did not eat something that I did!! I know that planning is the key to making this work for me. I also know that there are going to be days that I no longer want to eat what I have planned, but I am going to have to stick with it and not give into the temptation of local food outlets! To help make this happen I am setting aside Tuesday night next week to prepare and freeze meals for the coming week.

Last night after dinner I headed out for a walk, I only walked for 30 minutes as it was so cold. I did not feel too bad about not walking for the full hour as I was putting the Christmas tree up when I got in so I was up and down, bending and stretching for about an hour. Again I had another evening of eating not a single thing after my dinner - I have also found that when I have my evening cup of tea if I make the water as hot as possible (I usually let it cool a little) I take my time drinking it and I am not bothered about the lack of biscuit or chocolate.
I bought my bf and myself an advent calender yesterday as they were reduced to 49p as it is so late on in the month. When I got it home I wondered why I have given myself the temptation??
Anyway, I worked out the weight watchers points value per chocolate to be 0.5 points, so if I do decide to have one I can mark it down correctly.

Tonight after work my bf and I are going swimming again. I plan to swim for the same length of time as Monday (30 minutes) but I am going to try and squeeze in an extra 2 lengths. Fingers crossed I managed. We will be eating dinner afterwards and tonight we are having chicken and vegetable stir fry (with noodles for my bf) in soy, ginger and garlic sauce.
So far today I have eaten the following:

2 slices wholemeal toast
1 egg poached
homemade weight watchers soup (the same as day 1)
2 slices of wholemeal bread
1 apple (I have not eaten this yet, but will be having it at some point over the afternoon)
I may have 2 of the chocolates from the advent calendar when we are watching TV later tonight - I have the points left over to have them, but I may change my mind.

Day 2

Well I did go out my walk last night (walked and talked for an hour) and between getting home and going to bed (about 2.5 hours) I managed to not snack. I know that it is a small thing but I feel great - after dinner and before bed is a real weak time for me when I am usually looking for things the nibble at.

So far today I have eaten the following:

2 slices of wholemeal toast
I poached egg
1 small portion of leftover chilli and rice
1 satsuma (not had yet but I am going to eat it as soon as I have typed this)

Picture of my lunch - I have since changed my mind about the cereal bar and it is now back in the bottom of my bag.

This evening for dinner I will be having spicy sausage tortellini with a tomato and mascapone sauce. I have bought some fresh bread to have with oil and balsamic vinegar, but I will only be having one or two thin slices at the most.
I also hope to get a 30 minute to an hour walk in this evening too - it has been dry and cold all day so if it stays that way it will be a great night for a walk.

Day 1

I am calling this day 1 even though I have been on this mission since Monday. Today was my first day at Weight Watchers. I went along joined, got weighed and got all of my starter information. I have opted to pay for the next 3 meetings up front - I am hoping that knowing that I have already spent the money will help keep me going.
So, I now know where I stand, what I weigh and where I want to get to.

I have been told by the meeting leader to write down everything that I eat each day, so I am going to duplicate that here. So far today I have/will be having:

2 slices wholemeal toast
1 poached egg
1 bowl of tomato, red pepper and rice soup
1 slice of wholemeal bread
1 satsuma
1 cereal bar
Tonight's dinner is chilli and rice

This evening I am meeting my friend and we are going to head out on an hour long walk as we have our catch up chat. I walk to and from work everyday (it is about 1/2 a mile all in) I am also trying to walk twice more in the week for an hour each time and my bf and I have decided to swim for 30 minutes twice a week! We went for the first time on Monday night and it went well!
I am hoping that all of this is going to have a good effect on my weight and my life in general.