Hello ladies! (and gents ;-))

I'm so excited for November and December!  I hope you've had a wonderful weekend by the way, I had a really relaxing weekend.  So why am I excited?  Well, things are in the process and so many great things have happened this past month and is in the pipeline.

Our current stage of bedroom rennovations is complete and we've put our bed back in there and had it carpetted.  I'll be doing a post on that this week. 

I've finally become a British Citizen, more on that this week too!  :-) I've waited for this moment for sooo long and am LOVING it! 

And then I've got a bonfire party this weekend coming!  SO exciting!

Other than that I've been really getting into the healthy eating lark and Slimming World is certainly at the top of my agenda most days.  So that brings me to what I'd like to talk about today!

The last time I updated you on my start with Slimming World, I let you know how much I weighed at the start.  To check that post, just click here.  Well, since then I've had my first couple of weigh-ins with varying degrees of success. 

At my first weigh-in I lost 3lbs or approximately 1.5kg.  This is not bad going and I was very pleased.  I'm not in need of loosing fast amounts of weight, but am certainly chuffed for every pound that melts off.  In my second weigh-in, I didn't manage to loose or gain anything and literally remained the same.  I was GUTTED!

However, my husband and myself have decided to really focus this week and worked out a food diary for two weeks.  So each day we've planned exactly what we'll eat and stick to this two week schedule for a month or two.  At first I was sceptical to see if this would work, but it has so far been excellent.

It means as soon as any one of us gets in the house, we start cooking the meal of the day, and it is easy peasy.  No messing around and getting flustered.  Weightloss is about being prepared.  And from sneaky little weigh-in's at home, I've noticed that my weight is coming down.

I'm so happy because I always worry about being left in the dust by hubby, because he's already stormed ahead and lost 7.5 lbs in two weeks and is probably about to reach his stone deadline in just 3 weeks!  He is so dedicated and has some really great motivators to get that weight-loss he so desperately wants. 

It really helps doing it as a couple, but even if you are going it alone, the Slimming World meals can easily be eaten by anyone from your children, to your spouse to your granny.  It won't cause any weightloss for them because they'll not be counting SYNS - which are things like butter, mayo, tomato sauce etc.

This week I'll share one of our delicious Slimming World recipes with you, and showing you how easy it is to cook from scratch at home :)

Have a fantastic week!

xoxo,
Angelique

Slimming World

Morning beauties,

I hope you've had a wonderful weekend filled with rest and relaxation.  Mine was spent working hard to finish all the painting and patching in our bedroom, because we're having our carpet fitted in this week, in which case I'll show you the look in due course.

I'm very excited because I've got great ideas for a DIY headboard, and a DIY vanity stool :) 

Sooo, you're probably wondering about the title of todays post?  My husband and I, decided that it is high time that we return to healthy eating and exercise.  We are both, shall we say "Big Boned" and on the pudgy side.  It is always a struggle to keep any excess weight off and try to keep as healthy as possible. 

We both love eating out and we are both as bad as each other at eating sweeties and chocolates.  Biscuits is his favourite, Skittles are mine.  And with that being said, in 2008 being at my heaviest, I decided to join Slimming World after hearing rave reviews from my friend and seeing the weight drop off her literally.

My husband also joined reluctantly but soon realised that it is the safest and easiest way of losing weight and keeping it off.  The principles were simple and as soon as you followed it, you'd see a loss at the scales week by week.

Then we had our wedding, and suddenly we were starting to eat slightly unhealthily again.  Even though some of the principles from Slimming World had stuck, we were eating out far too often and needed to cut back again.  Nearly a year passed by where we never once went to Slimming World.  I'd picked up a stone and boy did I want to loose it again.

So this past Wednesday, 10 October 2012, we both joined again.  I weighed in at 12 stone 6 and a half pounds.  This is fairly heavy but I do have a bigger build then other girls.  My interim goal is to reach 11 stone and after that perhaps 10 stone.  I'm not exactly sure how far I'll be taking my weight loss as my frame is larger and I'd need to compensate for that.  But be assured that I'd do it healthily and in good timing.

My Slimming World group have lots of helpful members that always support each other.  There is no pressure and no-one can see each others weights or anything like that.  It is so easy to feel inspired by other members stories and the group-feeling always inspires me to work harder at my weight loss week by week.  Not only do you weigh-in once a week, but you can also stay at group for Body Image, where you talk about where you went right or wrong in a week and you friendly consultant can make sure that you get the best weightloss each week.



Look at these results!



And again!



You're probably wondering why I'm sharing this information with you?  Well it always fills me with dread to let anyone else know what I weigh, BUT if I can inspire or help anyone via my blog during my weightloss journey, then any shame would be worth it.  I'm also hoping that sharing this information with you week-by-week it will inspire me to commit harder to the weightloss, knowing that you are watching me!

I'm also willing to share recipes, the Slimming World plan itself and ideas on exercise if you are interested in listening. 

So with ALL that being said, please let me know if you'd like more info or ideas.  I'm very happy to share.

With slimming in mind,
Angelique :-)