Ritu’s Healthy Eating – Week 19 – #icandothis

16 Dec 2016 33 Comments

by Ritu in Health, Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Christmas, Health, Healthy Eating, Slimming World, Weight Loss

Another week… will it be another lb?

The countdown to Christmas is on… there have been lots of naughty things being baked/consumed, but hey, it IS Christmas, Syns forgiven, and all that!

So that’s Nutella Tree, Chocolate Croissants, and homemade chocolate dipped cookies… Oops!

And not including the School Christmas Lunch we had, Turkey with all the trimmings… the first of several which I’ll be consuming over the next couple of weeks!

But I was good too!

And how did I do when I stepped on those scales? My only wish was that I had at least maintained last week’s weight… it was inevitable, though, a gain was due…

And I actually lost 0.5lb!

Surprised was not the word!

So that is 19.5lb of on Slimming World, and 24.5lb in total since I began this journey!

I have nibbled on several treats all day… they are everywhere and it is far too tempting!

This week, my in-laws will be back from the Motherland too, so hopefully it won’t end up being me eating a lot of lovely home cooked meals, that aren’t exactly SW friendly!

And it is our staff Christmas party on Wednesday… I can’t guarantee a result like this week, but I can at least try to be good!

Have a wonderful treat filled week Peeps!!!

Ritu’s Healthy Eating – Week 18 – #icandothis

09 Dec 2016 32 Comments

by Ritu in Health, Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Health, Healthy Eating, Slimming World, Weight Loss

Another week of naughty but nice things!

My parents were here last week, so we had pizza on Friday night, and a luscious Indian meal out on the Saturday night… and did I mention the Krispy Kreme donuts?

I was definitely not on for a loss this week! The best I could expect was to maintain my weight!

I decided to attempt to do a couple of SP Extra Easy days. For those of you who aren’t on the Slimming World plan, this is basically when you strip back your eating to a lot of ‘free’ foods that are filling, but low calorie. This meant no stodgy carbs, and certain fruit and veg, and yoghurts, were out of the picture.

And it obviously did the job…

I stood on the scales today and this happened!

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1lb down!

So that is 19lbs off with Slimming World and 24lbs in total!

Well, I wasn’t expecting that!!!!!

Today I have celebrated with a KFC Ricebox which was 10.5 syns. (I am allowed up to 15 so that isn’t bad!)

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend Peeps! Enjoy!

Ritu’s Healthy Eating – Week 17 #icandothis

03 Dec 2016 61 Comments

by Ritu in Challenges, Health, Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Health, Healthy Eating, Slimming World, Weight Loss

Another week, another bunch of lovely munchies!

You know me, playing with my food!

And a really yummy dish I made…

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Syn free pizza and Slimming World chips! This was particularly yummy!

The base was a gluten free wrap called BFREE. This counted as my Healthy Extra Fibre quote for the day. The cheese was my Healthy Extra Calcium content. The toppings were all free choice veg and protein!

I must confess though, that i haven’t been staying within my Syn limit. I was expecting to gain a lb or 2, or best case scenario, maintain. Those Curly Wurlys and Malteasers were calling far too loudly!

But…

I lost 2lbs!

Week 13 really!

And I hit my second mini target or 135lb!

So, in total, since I started this journey, I have lost a total of 18lbs on Slimming World and 23lb all in all!

To celebrate, I ate 3 slices of Pizza Hut pizza yesterday! Whoops!

Been good this morning, but we’re eating out tonight too, as my parents are here!

Have a great week Peeps!!

Ritu’s Healthy Eating -Week 16 #icandothis

25 Nov 2016 38 Comments

by Ritu in Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: #icandothis, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Health, Healthy Eating, Slimming World, Weight Loss

Another week, another lot of naughty eating mixed in with plenty of good stuff!

This week I made two lots of soup, roasted pepper and tomato, and roasted veg soup. I ate a few portions over the week at lunch and froze plenty too!

Being as it was our anniversary weekend too, I had a takeaway… and over the week I have been a little sneaky… a few extra Maltesers here and there too!

But something must be going ok because…

I lost another 1lb!

16lb off with Slimming World, and a total of 21lb! That’s a stone and a half!

Phew!

I’m so pleased with myself, I am off to eat Maltesers!!!

Ritu’s Healthy Eating – Week 15 #icandothis

19 Nov 2016 49 Comments

by Ritu in Health, Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Healthy Eating, Slimming World, TGI Friday's, Weight Loss

Well hello, Peeps!

Another week done, another achievement!

I have been good all week, knowing that today was our anniversary, and I plan to be naughty all weekend… foodwise, silly!

And it paid off!

So tonight we went out to TGI Friday’s for dinner with the kids, and I ordered whatever I wanted, with an ice cream cocktail too! And I had a glass of bubbly before we left!

And the loss…

Another 1lb! 138lbs now!

So that is 15lb with SW, and cumulative 20lbs since I started this whole healthy eating kick!

And I hit my Club 10 target with SW today too! Club 10 is when you lose 10% of your starting body weight, and today I did that too!

And I know at least one of you wanted to see some photographic evidence that something is happening.

I am not in the habit of taking photos of my flab, but if you see the picture below, the May photo is the one that spurred me on to actually lose weight! My bloated face horrified me, and the Dr’s scale measurement even more so! The next two photos show me more recently, and today, where hopefully you can see the change in my face!

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