Empowered

Definition:

verb

past tense: empowered; past participle: empowered

1.

give (someone) the authority or power to do something.

 

I am the only person who has the power and the authority to win my battle with weight. I will win and I will loose what I want, no mater how long it takes!  It took me a long time to put the weight on, so my perfect reasoning it is going to take me a long time to get the weight of!

Today I am still not feeling very well, but I managed to get to work and do a full day at work, with a walk at lunch!

I got home and went walking again and managed in total to walk for a hour and 45 minutes, whoop whoop!  While I was out walking this evening I left  Mark cooking tonight's dinner, pictures to follow!

Breakfast was above followed by a bacon roll (HEB).  Lunch, no pictures I am afraid was Jacket potato with slimming world coronation chicken and lots of salad and a orange juice (5.5 syns).  I snack on Jaffa cakes  x3 (6 syns) and 3 Go-Ahead bars (9 syns).

Dinner was butternut squash lasagne made from latest slimming world magazine.  We had soup to start, made out of extra butternut squash and tomato sauce....so lots of super-free:

The recipe had lots of free cheese in it and was yummy and filling!

Any way that's all for today, I need bath and bed!  My assignment for my diploma will have to wait til tomorrow!

Motivation!

I am finding it so difficult to stick to the the plan a the moment as I am not feeling well and I am using chocolate as comforter, however, I am still trying elsewhere to stick to plan!  I can't let this afternoons chocolate madness ruin it!

I had for breakfast to a banana and a satsuma slimming world magic muffins (not as nice as the pancakes).  Lunch was 2 bacon sandwiches and the extra bread is synned and I had over half a punnet of grapes before I had my sandwich.

I am also finding going to the gym and pool difficult at the moment due this head and chest cold, but I did get out for a 45 minute walk earlier, it was a struggle but I did need the fresh air!

My evening meal is going to be salmon, potatoes and lots of super free food!

On a more positive note I came across these affirmations earlier, which I aiming to read at least twice a day and more if needed:

• Today I love my body fully, deeply and joyfully
• My body has its own wisdom and I trust that wisdom completely
• My body is simply a projection of my beliefs about myself
• I am growing more beautiful and luminous day by day
• I chooses to see the devine perfection in every cell of my body
• As I love myself, I allow others to love me too
• Flaws are transformed by love and acceptance
• Today I choose to honour my beauty, my strength and my uniqueness
• I love the way I feel when I take good care of myself
• Today my own well-being is my top priority

(taken from a free ebook which can be found on facebook under 101 powerful affirmations)

I hope these can be of help to someone else and think about what each one means to you when you read it!

Mixed Day......................

.......its been one of those days I have been syning around the plan!  I am in the process of trying to cut down on caffeine (diet coke and coffee, both of which I am addicitted to) and drinking loads of water and fruit tea! But I have had the need for chocolate instead.

So tomorrow, another attempt and I will trying to avoiding the canteen where there is huge displays of chocolate!  I am also going to have to do loads of walking tomorrow to, to get rid of my chocolate binge......I need that stone of for Xmas!

Breakfast today was Mixed fruit and Slimming world pancakes with drizzle of honey.  Snacks today where fruit and chocolate.  Lunch was a super free soup with bacon and chicken in it and a HEA portion of cheddar cheese and a Ham salad.  Dinner was rice and Sri lanken Beef curry with loads of super free added!  Followed by more chocolate!

Time to draw a line and have another attempt tomorrow, as they say Rome wasn't built in a day!

Wow, Amazing and Fab

That's how I feel at the moment! 

Why should I feel like that when I have put a pound on this week?

Because Slimming World is an amazing plan!  I have struggled to keep to plan with my weekend away, but as soon as I got back yesterday lunch time, I refused to eat before going to the butchers to do a shop for Super free and some meat and then getting home and stuffing my face with super free!

I also feel amazing as the other half keeps saying how glad he did the climb on the big birthday on Saturday! It was one amazing climb and made me realise I can achieve what I want, no mater how difficult it is....and Saturday was difficult!  I really wanted to give up at times and did at some points look at the map and think we can go an easier way, but not to the top!  We got to the top!

I have set a goal of loosing another stone for Xmas!  I am going to do it!  Its 5 weeks and equates to 3lb a week!

I can't believe how amazing and positive I feel and group reinforced this.  It just goes to show how important it is to stay!

Thanks all!

What a long time its been, since I last posted!

Last Tuesdays weigh-in I had put on and I think this is why I stopped writing this.  But I need to recommit to doing this blog!

I have had a lovely weekend in Wales, but food was a no go area as it all seemed to be served in a greasy way! The full English we had, was very nice but was oily.  I am just wishing now we had gone self catering so I could had have had more control over the food!

I am afraid there is no pictures to hold me accountable!

We did however make it all the way up to the top of Sugar Load Mountain from the village of Llangenny.  Here is the wiki link:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar_Loaf,_Monmouthshire

Here's me at the top:

On a good note I got back home and started straight on plan! I don't think its going to help with my weight loss for my weight in tomorrow though!

It's Friday, but I have to work tomorrow.....

..........these means I have Friday afternoons of and I never seem to really achieve anything. As the gym and pool don't open til 6pm so I can't go there.  The other half works so we can't do anything together and as he works from home, I can't even do the housework!

Today though I have played on my new toy and early Xmas present of the Nexus, followed by a walk which had some running built in.  Great body magic and I can really feel my fitness improving.  I did however stop on the way home and but some wine! (24 syns a bottle and I did share!)

I am stopping at the one bottle and not opening the 2nd though!

Food wise was a bit of a funny day:

Breakfast banana and bacon roll:

I had a 30 minute break at work and as it was chucking it down with rain didn't go for a walk!  I did munch on below at (13 syns):

Dinner was beef stew with carrots, parsnips and butter beans included and served with potato's, sweet potato's, carrots, swede and leeks.  Lovely meal to round the evening of!

Lessons for the day:
1) Have trust in myself as I know I can do it!
2) Don't get to upset if I need wine and crisps!
3) I struggle mentally with running, I know I can do it, but I just feel people are judging and laughing at me when I do it.  I have to ignore the negative thoughts and just learn to enjoy it.  I don't have these thoughts in the gym or when I go for a swim.

Food porn!

What a fan evening eyeing up fan food cooked! I wish Michael Roux Jnr could cook for me! He so good with the contestants but offers good criticism! I just wish I could cook like him!

All the food cooked tonight look lovely, but it could have been cooked healthier!

Been a bit on taking pictures of food today! Shifts were changed, so I had a 8am start instead of 11.30 start, which threw me a bit! The day started with a banana and a bacon roll! Lunch ended up being lettuce and a mug shot! Took gravy to work instead of left over fish pie! Had a good walk at lunch!

 Got home from work at 5pm and charged my phone and went for another walk!

Dinner was Sri Lanken Beef curry, in slimming world Asain cook book! It was lush and tonnes of super free veg in!

Not much of a day but looking forward to weight loss this week!