false starts

right well, I have missed a few weeks of WW, my weight hasn't moved, and I am not going to make weds meeting either. I guess next week itwill be re register and get stuck back in. Next week my exam will be over and I will hopefully be able to record a loss. Must stick to points. Not writing things down folks. It's fatal.

stone me!

i did it!! woohoo, at last. I have lost a whole stone!!!

help!! I have a problem

I went to border today and ASDA and between the two came home with three more cookbooks:
La Dolce Vita - Isabel Cole
Jamie Oliver - Jamie's Italy
Nigella Lawson - how to be a domestic goddess.
I am sick. Help me.
I also bought a pretty storage box for all my loose recipes ripped out of magazines. :)

not before time

I haven't posted any pics here before so I thought i'd change that.

When you look at this you'd be forgiven for thinking i love to cook, but really ilove to imagine that i love to cook, i rarely give it the time and attention it deserves being basically bone idle. :)

So here are my cookbooks.

The little shelves are in my kitchen and the green books with "RECIPES" on the spine contain some written out by my Nanna along with my own additions. These books contain some of the secrets of my childhood and I love them. The black notebook with the little monster on the front is full of bits and pieces about cooking and booze but no actual recipes. Some of these books are hand me downs from Nanna and Mum, some are bought and about a further 15 were given to friends and charity as part of a recent clear out.
These are the only books in the front room, our many hundreds of books are upstairs on the bookshelves. Whe we finish doing up the downstairs more of them may move back down.

I didn't change weight at all in the last week but with camping and being full of cold thats ok. By next weds I am going to have completed my 1 stone weight loss.

close but no cigar

2 pounds lost, so I have now lost 12 pounds, 2 more for a stone. My first stone. Glastonbudget this week, i'm glad Jo is going because we are both weight watchers people so can support each other through a weekend of camping and drinking and tribute bands. I will certainly need the help.
Wish me luck folks. On the plus side, if I shift the two pounds by the time i see mum on weds next week there is almost certainly a shopping trip in it for me.

Time for a hard push

Right well I lost 1.5pounds this week, which is ace. That's a total of 10pounds and only 4 left to my first stone. This week then, I am going to walk to work every day that it's not chucking down with rain and be really strict about sticking to my points, I really really want to get those last 4 pounds off this week. For a start losing a stone is going awesome, second, it means i'll be the same weight i was when I met my man. There's a long way to go before i hit healthy, but I am really please with my progress.

restraint

Spain was easy in a way, we walked lots and were having so much fun we hardly thought of food. The few days at home, in bad weather bored, just hanging out, that was hard. Boredom is a killer, it's when i nibble, and that's fatal. I coped, but it was a trial, so there we go, not a major breakthrough but i managed some self restraint and to stick to my points.

my butt hurts. :(

Mark bought a push bike yesterday and today we cycled into town, had lunch and cycled back. Keep in mind that i only learnt to ride a bike last year and have done the trip to town twice, alone, slowly. I am very nervous on a bike and have never done both ways in one day. 6 mile round trip!!! yikes. I am feeling very virtuous and very saddle sore.

woohoo

3.5 pounds off so a total 8.5 in 5 weeks. I also got my first little silver half stone seven. Been a bit nibbly today which is bad but gonna make up for it tommorrow. Obviously i need to spend more time in spain.

the proof of the pudding

Well we are back from spain and today we see what the damage is. It's been two weeks, with a week of holiday abroad where i payed no attention to anything, a 40th birthday where i drank lots, visiting marks family with food and booze involved. I'll report back later. Wish me luck.

Fat fiend.

ok, so the last couple of weeks there have been three birthday parties, two pub meals and a bbq. Sheesh. I seem to be holding even. We shall see what spain brings.

the cookie jar

or biscuit box in reality. Mmmm, chocolate biscuits, really delicious malty flavoured ones. They were handed round the office today. I had one. I am calling it 4 points till i can get home and check. So, one biscuit might be nearly as many points as my whole lunch, a bbq chicken wrap and some fruit and yogurt. I am feeling pretty virtuous tho since there were stands selling fresh baguettes and belgium waffles and stuff in town today. Oh the smells!

A picker up of unconsidered trifles

Had the builders in today so was at home and couldn't do much really. Boredom is the enemy. This is how it goes "I'm bored. hmmm. what shall i do?" by the time the thought is complete I am already reaching into the fridge. Anyway I have struggled today but remained within my points, just. *Sigh*. Tommorrow i am at work which will be easier. on the plus side, gym tonight which is always a good thing.

late start

I had my third weight watchers meeting and my second weigh in today. To bring you up to speed I want to get down to 12stone. I started at 18st 9pds, so it's a fair way to go. 1st week I lost 3pds, this week i lost two. This blog will follow me on a hopefully successful weightloss programme because i don't want to clog up my main blog with it. If you have stumbled across this, you can access my main blog from www.hageltoast.co.uk if you are from my blog and came here to see how i'm doing thanks for the support.
The plan is to lose the whole 6st 9pds by June 08, I am getting married next september and want to stabilise before then, in part so Marie can make my dress. Obviously, once i am down to weight i will continue to post and keep you all up to date on wedding plans etc. For those of you who share my morbid obsession, starting this i was a size 20-22 UK (16-18 US i think) and my measurements in centremetres were...
upper arm - 37.5
waist - 116
hips - 130
thigh - 69.5
Wish me luck folks.