Losing Weight with Slimming World Week 32

I really feel that I am back in the zone with my Slimming World plan and I am starting to understand even more which foods affect my weight and which I am fine with.

After last week’s loss, I thought I would be in a for a smaller one this week. Read on to find out how I did!

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The food I ate

Last Monday, after finding out about my 2lb weight loss, I decided to have a small celebration and ate some Galaxy caramel eggs when watching Game of Thrones. There was a pack of 6 but I found that I could only manage 3! I have started to realise when I need to stop and that it is OK to save some until the following day (and not eat the whole packet!).

As Becs has arranged a small competition for May in our Facebook group, we are all posting photos of our food and she is issuing ‘Speeding Tickets’ to those plates with a decent amount of speed foods (i.e. foods which help speed up your weight loss).

This is what we had last week:

Asian Barbecue Chicken

Sticky Pork Stir Fry

Chicken Risotto

Chicken, Bacon and Spinach Cannelloni – this was thanks to last week’s Slimmer of the Week basket and the contents I brought home.

Beef Curry

Courgetti Bolognese

Tandoori Chicken

As you can half of my plates of food do not contain any pasta, rice or potatoes – which I find adds on the weight. It also means I can have plenty of salad which I love together with some Lighter than Light Mayo. On top of this I made a big batch of carrot and red lentil soup to have and mixed up my breakfasts a bit. One morning I had Greek yoghurt with frozen cherries and banana.

I even had a glass of red wine with my bolognese on Saturday night.

Favourite Discoveries of the Week

There weren’t any major discoveries last week. I think I am realising that it is definitely all things in moderation though!

How I felt

After the bigger weight loss last week and the fact that I got Slimmer of the Week, I felt even more motivated to try and get to target. I know I may not make it there by my birthday but that is fine with me! I have come so far and I look more at that than anything else to keep me going.

Exercise

I am still exercising but the Couch to 5k has gone out of the window a bit I’m afraid. Running has never really been for me – and I don’t think that is ever going to change. It really is more about the dancing! I shall be looking to getting back to a zumba class at some point as I used to love going to that last year.

The Slimming World meeting

I was hoping for another 2lb loss this week so had everything crossed. You can probably imagine my surprise when I saw the scales read 11 stone 2lbs. That was a 2.5lb loss for the week!

Despite the fact that it was a Bank Holiday, it was great to see the amount of people there. I always love having a chat with the regulars and I always look at it as my ‘me’ time.

Becs and I discussed the possibility of me getting to target in the next 2 weeks. I won’t be at the meeting the week after next but it certainly gives me something to aim for the week after!

Weigh-in

Weight at the beginning of my diet: 195.5lbs

Weight last time: 158lbs

Target weight: 152lbs

Weight this week: 156lbs

Loss for the week: 2.5lbs

Total Loss so far: 39.5lbs

Current BMI: 23.0

My thoughts

I know my hormones and cycle are all over the place at the moment and, the fact that I finished my period towards the end of the week certainly helped!

A couple of people have said to me that the last few pounds are tricky to shift and I am mindful of that – although it isn’t what I have experienced for the last 2 weeks!

But just 4lbs to go until I reach my target now.