Week 2 (and a half)

It's taken a while for me to post this as I've been back at work. What a shock to the system! I've also had to move my SW group from Friday morning to Tuesday night so it's been a week and a half since my last weigh-in. It's been a week of treats this week, what with having a family breakfast at Home Sweet Home and a champagne afternoon tea at Cloud23 for my Mum's birthday. I'm happy with my 1lb loss taking me to 16st 9lbs (that's 4.5lbs so far). I know this next week will be difficult as I have two belated Christmas parties to go to. I'm not going to beat myself up if I gain though. I'll just get back on it and carry on!

Not the most flattering of pictures!

After the First Week

Well. It's been a week since I started at Slimming World. It's been, on the whole, a very good week. I've cooked loads of scrummy meals (not much of a change there then) but I've really watched my snacking and the amount of wine I've drank (ahem). I have to say that I'm really impressed by the variety and amount of foods to eat. I really don't feel like I'm on a "diet" and I know that really sounds like a cliché but it's true!  I'm happy to say that I lost 3 1/2 lbs this week, taking me to 16st 10lbs.  I don't really want to set myself a target weight but I'm aiming to lose 2 1/2 lbs by next Friday. Here's the latest pic:

Positive Steps

I've started writing this post a dozen times.  I couldn't decide what to write or how to go about explaining my reasons for my decision so in the end I decided not to explain anything at all.  Today I went to a Slimming World meeting and I've decided to document my efforts on here as another motivational tool.  So here I am just before weigh-in:

It's the start of my lifestyle change and I weigh 16st 13.5lbs (but not for much longer).