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Its weigh in day - Below is this weeks tracker

2012-02-02T01:15:00.000Z

Fri 27
Oat So Simple (04) Daily Skimmed Milk (05) Apple (00)
Tin of Cream Of Celery Soup (08) 2 x Hovis Seeded (06)

WW Yoghurt (01)
2 breaded cod fillets (15) 4 Potato Croquets (08) Peas (02)
Mixed Salad (00). Ketchup (02) Diet Coke (00)
Cuppa (00) Curly Wurley (03) Apple (00)
Daily #ProPoints used so far 54/54

Sat 28
2 slices of hovis (06) 2 slices of cheese (02) Daily Skimmed Milk (03)
Apple (00) WW Beef Hotpot (06) Curly Wurly (03) Diet Coke (00)
1.5 l bottle of water flavoured with Sugar Free Robinsons (00)
3 Rich Tea biscuits (03) Low Fat Spread (01)
Italian Margherita by Sainsburys (21) Baked Potato (08)

Mixed Salad (00) WW Yoghurt (01) Grapes (00)
Daily #ProPoints used so far 54/54

Sun 29
50g of Fruit n Fibre (05) Daily Skimmed Milk (05)
Apple (00) WW Yoghurt (01)
Chicken (12) Savoury Rice (12) Potato Waffles (08) Tinned Carrots (02)
1.5 l bottle of water flavoured with Sugar Free Robinsons (00)
Orange and Lemon Drops (01) 4 red fat Rich Tea (03) Low Spread (02)
Curly Wurly (03) Sugar Free Boost (00) Apple (00)
Daily #ProPoints used so far 54/54

Mon 30
Oat So Simple (04) Daily Skimmed Milk (05)
Apple (00) 250ml tin of Sugar Free Boost (00)
Beef Hotpot (06) WW Orange Sweets (01)
Sausage (08) Beefburgers (11) Chicken (05) Toast (06) Ravioli (08)
Apple (00)
Pint of Boiling Water with a dash of Robinsons Sugar Free Orange (00)
Daily #ProPoints used so far 54/54

Tue 31
Oat So Simple (04) Curly Wurly (03) Daily Skimmed Milk (05)
WW Yoghurt (01) 2 litre water bottle flavoured with sugar free Robinsons (00)
Cream Of Celery Soup (08) Apple (00)
Baked Potato (08) Crispy Chicken (12) Bread (06) Peas (02)
4 Low Fat Rich Tea Biscuits (03) Extra Light Philly (01)
Apple (00) Diet Coke (00)
Daily #ProPoints used so far 53/54

Wed 01
4 x Hovis seeded (12) 4 x Cheese Slices (04) Low Fat Spread (04)
Daily Milk (02) Curly Wurly (03)
Low Fat Rich Tea Biscuits (03) Apple (00)
Pasta Bake (08) WW Yoghurt (01)
Fish Fingers (10) Potato Waffles (06) Crunchy Mixed Salad (00) Peas (01)
Daily #ProPoints used so far 54/54

Thu 02 (Planned Menu)

Oat So Simple (04)

Skimmed Milk (05)

Apple (00)

WW Yoghurt (01)

Celery Soup (08)

Water with dash of Robinsons (00)

-------------------------------------- Weigh In

36 (two thirds) propoints left after weigh in.

Will prob have some chips (21) curry sauce (08) and a cheese topped bap (06) washed down with a pint of diet cherry coke (00)

Now 3 weeks since i sneaky peeked.

Also got through January with resolutions intact.

Just gotta do same for other bloody 11 months of 2012

Lost 4.5 lb tonight

2012-01-26T20:57:00.000Z

Total now half a pound over 2 stone (72 lbs till I eat crisps, holiday and date). Feeling better about it all now as was really bugged by only losing half a pound last week. Onwards and Downwards to next week now

Brung the class journal home so i dont get lethargic this coming week. Got mojo back and its good :) x
Have just finished a half bag of Chinese style Chips (14) and some curry sauce (08) and now off to Sainsburys whilst full to do weekly shop (buy less junk this way) All your support has been fab and really appreciate it

I just have to do it all again next week !!! You know what though. I think i will. xx

Weigh In Tomorrow. Still not SP and

2012-01-25T23:47:00.000Z

still tracked everything...

Thu 26 Jan ***** Weigh In Day ***** so plan tomorrow is

All day
(00) - 1.5 litres water with dash Robinsons
(05) - Daily Skimmed Milk

08:00
(07) - 2 x Toast
(02) - 2 Cheese Slices

10:00
(00) - Apple
(01) - WW Yoghurt

13:00
(04) - Oat So Simple (yes for lunch)
(00) - Apple

15:00 - Gym
18:00 - Weigh In

The rest of my dailies and any weeklies consumed depend on the scales.

I can honestly say that nothing has passed my lips Fri - Wed that isnt on this post.

Thank you for reading and sorry if i have went on a bit this week.

Just had to go back to basics to get back into the plan

Wed 25 Jan
(12) - 4 Toast (Hovis Seeded Bread)
(05) - Butter
(00) - Banana
(03) - Daily Skimmed Milk
(00) - 1 Pint Of Dilutey Sugar Free Robinsons
(01) - WW Yoghurt
(00) - Apple
(00) - 250ml can of Sugar Free Boost
(00) - Apple
(08) - Tin Of Celery Soup
(10) - Fish Fingers
(08) - Baked Potato
(01) - Kraft Extra Lite
(02) - Garden Peas
(01) - Tinned Carrots
(00) - Crunchy Mixed Salad
(03) - 30g of Fruit n Fibre
(01) - Dash of Skimmed Milk

(55) - TOTAL

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Tue 24 Jan
(10) - 100g Kellogg's Fruit N Fibre
(05) - Skimmed Milk
(00) - Banana

(00) - 1 Pint of Dilutey Sugar Free Robinsons
(01) - WW Yoghurt

(00) - Apple
(03) - Chopped Pork
(06) - WW Beef Hotpot

(00) - 250ml can of Sugar Free Boost

(00) - Apple
(10) - Gingsters Cornish Pasty
(06) - Baked Potato

(04) - Garden Peas

(00) - Crunchy Mixed Salad

(02) - WW Ham

(00) - Apple

(08) - Tin Of Campbells Cream Of Celery Soup

(55) - TOTAL

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Mon 23 Jan
(06) - 2 x Hovis Seeded Bread
(02) - Margarine
(02) - Chopped Pork
(03) - Skimmed Milk for tea
(00) - 1 Pint of Dilutey Sugar Free Robinsons
(01) - WW Yoghurt
(08) - Tin of Cream Of Celery Soup
(06) - Cheese Topped Bap
(02) - Turkey Rashers
(02) - Margarine
(03) - Fried Egg
(02) - Ketchup
(08) - Be good low fat Sausages
(08) - 4 x Aunt Bessie Potato Croquettes
(00) - Crunchy Mixed Salad
(00) - Apple

(53) - TOTAL (2 spare but full and off to bed)
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Sun 22 Jan
(00) - Banana
(00) - Apple
(04) - Oat So Simple
(01) - Wrigleys Juicy Fruit Gum
(05) - Skimmed Milk for tea and Oat So Simple
(00) - 2 Pints Of Water
(28) - Roast Chicken
(04) - Cous Cous and Feta Salad
(03) - Half a Baked Potato
(10) - Ambrosia Creamed Rice

(55) - TOTAL
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Sat 21 Jan
(02) - 2 slices of Chopped Pork
(06) - 2 Slices of Hovis Seeded Bread
(02) - Margerine for Toasted sandwiches
(00) - Banana
(08) - WW Spanish style Chicken & Patatas
(00) - Apple
(01) - WeightWatchers Yoghurt
(10) - 4 x Aunt Bessies Potato Croquettes
(10) - 6 x Fish Fingers
(11) - Batchelors Savoury Rice
(02) - Ketchup
(00) - Crunchy Salad
(03) - Skimmed Milk for tea
(00) - 2 Pints Of Water
(00) - Half pint diet lemonade

(55) - TOTAL
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Fri 20 Jan
(04) - 4 slices of Chopped Pork
(01) - WW Yoghurt
(00) - 2 Apples
(00) - Banana
(08) - Cream of Celery Soup
(08) - Ravioli
(08) - Meatballs
(06) - Toast
(00) - White Seedless Grapes
(02) - WeightWatchers Cooked Ham
(02) - 2 low fat Cheese slices
(03) - Half a pint of Skimmed Milk for tea
(00) - 2 Pints Of Water
(01) - 250 ml of Sugar Free Boost (Cheapy Red Bull)

(55) - TOTAL

Still not SP oh and i cooked an egg for 1st time

2012-01-24T20:38:00.005Z

Last night. I didnt even have to check twitter, google or you tube either, Just cracked it open and fried it in the pan.

To be fair im not entirely useless (well not much) I never really digged eggs but on WW journey i have decided all foods must be tried and their isnt much i dislike. Plus of course in the years that i have lived alone it was either meals out or take aways or grab something at work if i was doing shifts.

One food that i will not be trying again though is Tomatoes. I absolutely hate them. Which is strange as i used to have Ketchup on just about everything. Anyways i have added eggs to the doable list, I may even go wild and boil one at the weekend.

As well as tracking i also tweeting -twitter username @Fat4Now everything that I eat. With total honesty too !!!

Lost Half A Pound but absolutely gutted !!!

2012-01-19T22:30:00.000Z

Tracked online and tweeted what I ate on twitter (user name is @Fat4Now or follow the Hashtag #TweetWhatYouEat then you can see others who are doing the same.

Been in gym 3 times this week. Have even drank tea or water only since Sunday
Went a full week of no SP for that :(

Sorry to moan on just was so gutted when i seen the scales.
I even used my weeklies up on a pint a day of skimmed milk for tea, cereal, porridge etc.

Hopefully it clicks into place for next week but just sooooo frustrating

Lost 5.5 lbs

2012-01-12T20:17:00.003Z

This planning and tracking works. Still a way to go before i lose Decembers gain of 16 lbs but hopefully lose a good chunk of it before February is here. I tried to plan meals and used esource on the WW plan and also posted what i was eating over on twitter (user name @Fat4Now) under the guise of #TweetWhatYouEat.

Its good because if you click the #TweetWhatYouEat on Twitter you get to see all the posts by everyone who is doing similar and its very insightful to see how other people use their points. Also its a handy way to update via twitter as not always by a PC or dont always have a pen and paper.

Because of the gain and in general height, sex and weight i was allowed 56 Daily ProPoints. I also got 49 Weekly ones to use anytime on anything. Because i was angry and upset with last weeks gain i decided weekly points had to be treat meaner and that i wouldnt eat them.

Kind of defeats the object to drink them all but then i thought maybe i could. I drink roughly a pint of milk a day (with tea, with porridge or cereal or even alone) so why not use them on that.
1 pint per day for 7 days worked out as 5 pps per day but when i put it together on Esource it worked out as 37 pps. No worries as i was allowing 12 pps for 2 pints of lager per week to go with them. .

So my weeklies are taken care of. I can have a couple of beers at the weekend but more importantly because im using the rest on Milk i am not going to be having a 100 + ProPoint blowout and feel bloated.
I know WeightWatchers is about using the plan and the points and i will ease up on the weeklies next month but only once i have shifted the Christmas Gain.

By doing this i did find i was struggling to eat all my points though as if i was having OatSoSimple for breakfast and because the milk was covered i was getting to lunch time and having 50 pps left.
I tried to increase breakfast intake rather than just stuff full of snacks late on.
Long term this isnt a worry because as weight comes down so will the daily ProPoints allowance.

As well as tracking i went back to the gym on Tuesday (and then again yesterday and today).
Nothing too olympic. Just a 35 min basic cardio workout split between treadmill, stepper and rower.
Didnt feel too ill and hopefully i should be able to manage that 4 times a week. Because the gym is at work i dont have any excuse for not going.

Right so where we at now. I have lost 5.5 lbs of the 16 lbs Christmas and New Year gain (period of 5 weeks from 1st Dec - 5th Jan) . That takes total loss down to 23.5 lbs so still 76.5 lbs to go until i have lost 100 lbs and then that , dear reader is when.....

a) I eat Crisps or Peanuts - Cant moderate them so have to do without
b) Date - Need to feel good about myself before i can about someone else
c) Holiday - i got to near the 50 lb loss mark in June but Summer in Spain destroyed that.

On top of that there is a longer way to go until goal but i had to have respite and i figure if i can lose 100 lbs i deserve to live a little. Had the comments about the dating but as well as needing to be where i want to be and feeling good about myself Diet also is hard when dating. Pizzas in , Meals out. Popcorn at the pics etc.
I just feel like i have now been yoyo-ing for too long and if i dont put WeightWatchers first in 2012 then i could still be here in 3 or 5 years time doing the same. I need to this for the last time .... Now !!!!

I am tracking and following the plan and ultimately being the one that isnt putting junk in my mouth
but the support has been outstanding, despite the length of time where i must really sound like a broken record. Friends , Family, My WW meeting leader Gemma. Cayla and all the girls from her group The 5+ guys on WW. Everyone has been amazing. Not once has someone said. What again. Try and last longer, etc.

I have to do this. The people who have put their faith in me and supported me but most importantly i have to do this for myself. Im back flying at the moment but i know its going to get tough and their will be times in 2012 where i hit the wall or gain or fall out of love with it all but dont give up on me because im not going to and i promise no matter what else i do i will follow this plan in 2012.

There will be days where i have 5 pints or a bag of lemon bonbons or a couple of drifters but i will track them. If i have 90 points instead of 56 i will point them. I will be honest as not being would only be cheating myself..

5th January 2011 - 303 lbs (21 stone 09)
5th January 2012 - 285 lbs (20 stone 05)
5th January 2013 - ???????????????????

Who knows what i will be this time next year but tonights 5.5 lbs off took me to 19 stone 13.5 lbs.
That is under 20 stone and i promise i will never go above it again. Now bring on those 18s.

Finally, Speaking of Gemma, She gave me some ribbon tonight in class. Clever idea to tie it around yourself and see change as you lose weight. I had got the tape measure out and recorded stats on left hand side of blog but handy to keep ribbon to see if i shrink. Dunno what the lads will say though if someone sees pink ribbon sticking out of my pockets haha

Thank you for reading. All tips, encouragement, kicks up the bum welcome
Paul
x

16 lb Christmas Gain !!!!!

2012-01-05T22:52:00.002Z

now i bet no one else had one that bad !!!

Started Christmas Rush Hour 12 hour days on Mon 5th Dec so had missed 8th and 15th weigh ins. There wasnt one on the 22nd or the 29th. So really it is since Thursday 1st December.

But still thats nearly half of my total loss gone with 5 weeks of Christmas and New Year.
No one to blame but myself. Went back tonight and resolved to do this.

Track Everything.
No Crisps or Nuts or Holidays or Naughties
Plenty of Water
Cut right down on fizzy drinks.

2012 is now about putting WeightWatchers f

Also im not going to eat my Weeklies.
Im going to drink them !!!

5 pps per day for Skimmed Milk
Im going to take the deservedly harsh step of allocating 35 of my weeklies on milk.

The other 14 i will leave for alcohol
2 pints each week and thats it for weeklies.

The milk will free up dailies as i will be having cereal, porridge and tea and not be having to count the milk but i will plan better and use points wiser.

The end result is that the point intake might be the same over the week but i wont have a scenario where im having weeklies in 1 day and thus having over 100 and then not getting back on track the next time.

Time to get tough and stop mucking about.
Only i can do this. I need to stop letting myself down. Follow my progress here and on and twitter @Fat4Now.

Paul

Happy New Year

2012-01-01T14:47:00.006Z

Hello 2012 and welcome to my world. I hope you are a bit more favourable than that pesky 2011 was.

Had a quiet night in last night after going OTT the night before with the lads.
Made more sense to hit the town 5:30pm Friday 30th as.....
Newcastle were playing Liverpool live on Sky
Everyone had a pass from their partners / family
Could get home a lot easier (even if at stupid o'clock)
Could have a lie in on NYE morning
Could chill and stay in Sat night and leave the manic scenes to others

So plans agreed we met in Newcastle City Centre and went to the new Sharks bar near Newcastles ground. Televisions on all tables and waitress service is a fab concept. Not sure about the £3.50 for a plastic pint of lager. We lost 3 -1 but decent night. We then headed further down town where we made a night of it.
I dont know how many propoints went on Carling, Strongbow and Kopparberg. But then to top it all we got bottles of Champagne. It wasnt a total blow out as i had about 20 daily points and full weeklies.

NYE was sleepy and hungover and had to work 1 - 6 which wasnt ideal but was glad of the lie in.
Got done and home and ready to chill for the night. The ex came over with McDonalds (Quarter pounder with Cheese meal) and we done that and sherry and seen the New Year in.

Was careful to make sure i got all my pre resolution treats in before Midnight so 2012 arrived and now as i write this i have stuck to plan and 2012 resolutions. I have tracked so far today and stuck within my dailies.

Brunch
(12) Lashings of Proper Bread Toast
(05) Marge

Dinner
(11) Meatballs
(07) Spaghetti
(05) Baked Potato

Anytime
(03) Skimmed Milk
(01) WW Yoghurt
(00) Banana and Apple
(08) 1 bottle of Bulmers Cider

Total 52 / 53

Lets just see if i can do it for the other 365 days. So thats my new year and resolutions. How did yours go and whats your aims and goals for 2012. We can do this. A little bit of PMA and a lot of determination and hard work and who knows.
Happy New Year x

ps I also have just realised that as of today i have been off the cigarettes for 3 years !!!!!

Merry Christmas Everybody

2011-12-26T16:06:00.000Z

Feel like i have overdosed on Turkey, Roast Potatoes, Chocolate and Cider.
Been a fab couple of days. First at my parents and then at my sisters.
Massively overdone it so time to do something about it.

I have no doubt that i am in line for a big gain on Thursday 5th January, But why wait till then to do something.
In fact why wait until the New Year as that makes it a resolution which we all know are tricky to stick to.
So as i lay here finishing the last of the Pringles although the drink has moved back to tea i have decided that i need to get back on track tomorrow.

So 23:59 Boxing Day is my cut off point. Plan and track for tomorrow and then every other day. The most important thing is that i do it everyday. Dont expect it to be plain sailing. Im not perfect. Hell. im not even really good but if i can plan, track, monitor then i can see what is good, what is bad and try and get back into a mode that allows me to let WW make 2012 the last year ever.

WW isnt about excluding items as everything has a PP value and can be incorporated however i know my weakness and i know what i can endure and resist and what i just pig out on.

Therefore, If you see me eating Crisps or Peanuts again after 23:59 GMT Boxing Day you have my permission to shoot me.

I can incorporate most other foods and drinks into my plan i just felt Crisps and Nuts were much more of a timebomb than chocolate or alcohol or anything else. So lets do this.

Pic is new starting pic. Doing the dishes on Christmas Day. We do have a dishwasher but she was asleep haha. Plus she had cooked. Only teasing Sis, thank you for fab dinner x