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Cambridge Mummy on … 2 steps forward and 1 step back

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So, week one of Weight Watchers was good in some ways – I was much more aware of my food. But I cheated. And guess what? I gained 1lb. Cheating doesn’t work, so this week I am now on it – like a woman on a mission on it. I have made soup, dinners and am really going for it – weighing and measuring and getting myself in hand. We’ll see how I’ve done when we get to next Thursday. I do not reccomend anyone’s ready dinners – seriously, I don’t. Because you don’t get much food, it is usually over spiced and it’s pants. But I do recommend the Weight Watchers chocolate mousse things. They are lush. And feel like a treat. Which is, I suppose, what they are.

And the activity level is going to be better this week – I did 22 lengths in my new swimming costume this morning, in 25 minutes, whilst the boys had their swimming lesson. And I’m so setting my alarm to go again tomorrow morning. Because I want to sustain it. Only problem with it is that I am so shattered, and sweating from the activity that I can’t even manage to get my bra on, so I shuffle out afterwards with my arms folded, trying to not look too much like Meatloaf, with the boys and Lovely Bloke bouncing around full of life. All I want to do it sleep – for hours on end. But I’ve got to get over that bit.

If it takes 21 days to make news habits, then I’m going to do this. I’ve taken myself in hand. And I’m doing it. Because life is too short to not do it. I don’t want to have this tummy forever. I want to be more confident. And I want to be able to shop in normal clothes shops, for size 14 clothes. That’s my goal. To get from size 18 clothes, to size 14. Anyway, I don’t want to sound too preachy or like I’m on an Oprah esque mission, so I’ll go and do some housework before an early night to pysch myself up for exercise tomorrow!

What have you done that’s helped you with changing your mindset and approach to food? I could do with hearing of what’s worked for others…

 

 

Cambridge Mummy on … first go at Fat Fighters meeting

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So tonight, I slunk into my first weight watchers meeting. Well that’s not quite true. I did it 5 years ago, before I got pregnant with E. And lost a stone, but it was a lot of effort.

Right now, I don’t have the time or inclination to weigh all sorts of stuff out. So getting there and finding that the “materials” (ie: this is how you do it, this is what you can eat and what the points are) were minimal was a relief. It was unfortunate that it was literally, in the church itself, rather than the room that’s usually hired out. It felt very “fat fighters”.

But the leader was welcoming, and apparently, for the first five weeks, I have to weigh in with her, so she can keep a track on me and also, because her queue is longer. Because us newbies have more questions in the first few weeks!

I stayed for the chat, but didn’t think too much to it. I’ll give it another go next week, and see if it’s better. Other than that, today is the first day I’ve been within my points and I’m feeling quite proud of myself for that. In fact, I even had a point left over and that’s including a chocolate mousse tonight! Whoop Whoop!

The one thing that has come out of tonight, is the leader saying that if there’s something that I really want to eat, then I should eat it, and work the rest of my food around it. So the thing I want to still have, is chippy chips and gravy. So I should. But at the same time, I think it’s a bit nuts that I’m so hung up on eating my food. There must be something psychological in this. So I’m thinking about it. There’s got to be some middle ground surely?

If you’re interested in how I’ve done that, I’ve put a screen shot below of my day. Not sure if it’s interesting to anyone else really, but it is to me.
See you at the next weigh in…

If you’ve got to the bottom of this, well done! What food is there that you don’t want to ever stop eating? That you are hung up on?

Cambridge Mummy on … getting going with Fat Fighters

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I have little or no awareness of portion control. There, it’s out there. One measure of coco pops isn’t enough to fill one of the bowls for the boys. So tomorrow, it’s weetabix, so see if they are any better. I don’t think that it’s going to be toast with chocolate spread.

I want to write, “thanks Weight Watchers” but right now I don’t feel very grateful. I feel grumpy. One of the pots of the chocolate mousse that I usually have with the boys is 500 calories per pot. I image that it’s around 9 pro points. I can tell that because a 91 calorie muller light yoghurt with chocolate flakes is 2 pro points.

I hope you don’t think this is all too lame, to cliched, but I’m on my wagon. I’m working out what’s appropriate and what’s not from a portion control perspective. And it’s not glamorous. I don’t feel like I’m “playing the game” like those lush women in the adverts were at the start of the year. But it’s practical. It’s form filling in and it’s counting. And I have to stick at it. Hopefully, when I do a weigh in, and it’s worked, I’ll feel better.

But right now all I want is a chocolate mousse :(

 

 

Cambridge Mummy on… fat fighters (1)

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Get it? Fat Fighters? Hope so…  Moving on… The last week has been like a sign, I tell you, a “sign”.
I’ve been watching supersize me, skinny me, whatever it is, and getting upset.
I’ve been swimming on Sunday morning with the boys and not stopped sweating for a couple of hours afterwards – I did lengths whilst they did their classes. And I’ve been offered a speedo swimming costume to try out. (And keep, I hope – for the latter one, as I don’t like the idea of getting a previously trialled swimming cossi.) But more on that later. I need to get onto my fat fighters wagon…

A couple of months ago, I saw an opportunity for bloggers to get involved with Weight Watchers. And having done it before, I said oh yes, I’m in. But that I didn’t want to do the online or class stuff. Because I knew best, and didn’t want to do that weighing in stuff. Well. Another 6lb of weight later, I’m now waiting for the info to go to the weigh in. I need to do weigh in, because I need to know that I’ve got the weigh in to go to each week, to work towards. To count myself in and out of. And to give me a focal point to blog about it each week. Doing it online alone won’t have the same effect.

Tonight, I’m looking at two books Weight Watchers have sent me. One is “Hearty Home Cooking” and the other is “Seriously Satisfying”. I’ll be going through them with a fine tooth comb, finding things that look like food I know and like. Lovely Bloke will be dispatched to get the ingredients and get this going for us and we’ll be back on the wagon before you know it.

I have to be. Because I can’t keep shovelling food in for no good reason. It’s rubbish. I’m eating rubbish. I’m feeling rubbish, I hate being rubbish at looking after myself. So in two hours, I’ll be in bed. Giving myself a fighting naffing chance at this. Did you know that every hour of sleep you get before midnight, is “worth” two of the ones you get after midnight. And that you loose weight and all sorts of stuff, if you get more sleep.

So, what are your top tips for shifting weight that’s not wanted? And not needed? And getting in the way – emotionally and/or physically?
I’m all ears :)

PS. Does anyone know if there’s an app where I can record all my healthier eating and exercise?