Week 7 and 8 (things have been a bit busy!)

So, I have reached week 8 and all is good!

Week 7 - not such a good one!

We spent week  7 visiting family so that my son could say his goodbyes as he left home to join the Army.

First off, we went to Grampa (my Dad) - pub meal out, chose salmon but it wasn't a great meal and I didn't eat it all.

The next day, we went to visit Nan and Grandad and the Great Aunts and Uncles - more meals out, clotted cream on top of ice creams with flakes in and generally poor food! Was informed by my Mum that eating grapes would make me fat!

Managed to fit in a 30 minute swim and we also did lots of walking  on one of the days up and down cliffs!

Then the end of the week we took him off to the Army - his best friend was going in too and we rented a farmhouse about 20 miles from the base and the two families stayed there all together. Lovely village pub with great food but lots of alcohol too!

Result of week 7? 1lb on  - oh dear!

Week 8 was much better - think I needed something to focus on to take my mind off the fact that he was gone and was not texting or ringing home!

Managed exercise - aquafit and then a 2 hour walk with hubby at the weekend and with other small bits of activity I was almost at 200 minutes for the week.

Had some great meals, but managed to stay more or less within my points and used up all of my weeklies as well!

Weigh in this week was 1.7kg off bringing me to a total of 8.5 kg in total in 8 weeks - that my friends is a great weight loss as far as I am concerned!

My work uniforms are starting to feel looser, I can do up my raincoat more easily and my new work trousers are starting to feel loose.

I am due to measure myself this weekend to see if I have lost any more inches - it does feel like it.

So, onwards and downwards as they say - here's hoping that week 9 is a good one!

7.3kg down!

So this week I weighed in a day early as I was going to be away from home for a few days - managed to loose 1.2kg bring me to a total of 7.3kg weight loss or 16 lbs. This makes a happy bunny- I had had a large meal out on the Saturday and knew that I would be having meals out while we are away this week.

Exercise levels have not been good, I am working stupid hours at work in anticipation of being off this week and so I have only made 60 minutes of aquafit exercise this week - once again, must try harder needs to be my motto this week.

I am very tired this week as well and could do with just sleeping, but with only child going into the Army on Sunday, I really don't have time to sleep either!

I took hubby off my car insurance last year after he wrote his car off - nothing dramatic, just drove through a ford about 6 inches deep and flooded the engine - total write off! So when we go away, we always take my car and now I am the only one who can drive - need to drive over 200 miles to our destination so will be tired.

This coming week, if I stay the same I will be happy - meeting the baby brother on the Monday - for lunch, out with the parents on Tuesday evening for goodbye meal, travelling north Saturday and stopping in a farmhouse we have rented - meal out and lots of alcohol for the parents but not for the boys!

Will try and walk and maybe swim while at the parents - not aquafit but it will give me something!

Sorry for the poor blog this week - so tired! But I think I mentioned that!

So How Am I Doing So Far?

So this week sees me at the start of week 6 of this monumental weight loss journey - so how am I doing so far?

Starting weight: 133.1kg

Current weight: 127.0kg

Weight lost so far: 6.1kg

Starting body fat: 44%

Current body fat: 43.6%

Body fat lost so far: 0.4%

Bust was 45 inches and is now 43.5 inches

Waist was 39.5 inches and is now 37 inches

Hips were 54 inches and are now 53 inches

Total inches lost: 5

Am disappointed that I have put on 1 lb but I know why and so this week I need to be spot on with everything!

This past week has been hard. Its been my time of the month (TOTM as the say on the Weight Watchers connect board) and I have really hit my daily and weekly points hard - too hard I fear. I have managed to gain 84 fit points this week against my target of 80 so that's a good point, although I have earnt more in previous weeks.

This week I have been very tired - not sure why but I have felt completely wiped out and with a headache that started on Friday and lasted until Sunday morning, that didn't help very much either.

I need to get into the habit of eating earlier - hubby likes to eat late as he gets hungry later in the evening if we have eaten early - my answer to that is you snack on some fruit. I want to eat early and then be able to go to bed by about 10pm - I really need my beauty sleep, I am getting old and it's all taking its toll on me!

This week's goals will be:

Loose 1 lb
Aquafit
Walk around the block at least once
Swim at least once

It's my boss's 40th birthday on Thursday and we both have the day off and have a day of treats planned - lunch out at a posh restaurant, maybe a couple of beauty treatments in the afternoon, no doubt tea out too and then off to the local open air theatre in the evening. Pointing everything will be difficult, but I will do my best and if I can get in some extra fit points during the week that will help me no end.

Boot camp lady is back at aquafit and I really knew it last week but that helps me with loosing the inches so I am going to carry on plus I have a laugh with my friends who go.

I feel much better than I did, although I think hubby prefers me large as he does seem to sabotage me with food, but I will resist - well I have too otherwise I will fail and I am too old to be carrying this amount of weight around with me and I will end up being a patient who everybody moans about as I will be the large lady who needs 6 people to lift her - I will not be that patient, I cannot be that patient. I am a ticking time bomb the way I am now and I really need to take action as soon as possible. If I carry on the way I have been the past 6 weeks, then here's hoping that it will all work out for the best.