Operation Wedding Dress #5 ♥

I haven't done a proper Operation Wedding Dress update since the 29th of August! Can you believe that? Slapped wrists pour moi! So I briefly mentioned in the last but one post that I had lost about 2 stone now, and in my last Operation Wedding Dress post I weighed 13st 6lbs, I am now 12st 6.5lbs so almost another stone since the last time we had a chinwag about it. I have lost 30.5lbs in total, or 2st 2.5lbs, and have gone from a size 18 - 20 to a comfortable 14. Obviously, we are on the brink of Christmas and it's going to be quite difficult to be as strict, and I am finding that already - bit of choccy here and there - but I feel like I can see a size 12 on the horizon, and that was something I could of never dreamed of before I started this.

My ultimate goal weight is 11st 1lb according to weight watchers. I think this next stone will be the hardest to shift, but I know in the new year I'm really going to try for it. My current goal in the meetings is 12st. We now have a dog, so we try and go for walks that are about 40 minutes long and I hope to build that up, and increase the pace to a jog, then a run, but we will see how that goes!

My BMI has lowered from my heaviest weight being 34.57, to now 28.09. Don't really know what it all does but I'm glad I'm now in the 20's at least. 2lb a week loss from now until Christmas would be really nice to achieve my 12st goal by then but who knows. It's nice to think hopefully this time next year I will have my wedding dress and it's all hunky dory.

Just thought I'd show you this brooch. It's from Primark and was £4.00, and I bought it to go in my hair for a ball I went to last weekend. I just think it's so pretty, and if your are looking for brooch's for a sparkly bouquet, this might be a good one without breaking the bank. I just attached it to my side bun with a load of grips.

Just another quickie, I have found a great website called Final Stitch through a lady that tweeted me it. It's a great forum for brides to be, where you can pop on photos, details about how you and your other half met, and a great site to get plenty of inspiration! My username is 'wicktilleth' if you fancy a scout round, I have a few pics on, and will keep updating as the next 17 months whizz by. I'm doing two posts today, I have more things to write about!!

Ooo Oooo and....the sweet cart and DJ are now Booked! I didn't think we were going to have a sweet cart, but it's a really tall one and fits great with the vintage theme. I can dress it up however I want, and we have chosen 12 different sweets that are unlimited all night. I also cheekily asked the company to throw in the candyfloss machine for an hour to which they have agreed! You don't ask, you don't get. So the deposit is down on that too, just got to think of all the songs we want the DJ to play over the next year as well! 

Tilly xXx

Operation Wedding Dress Update #2 ♥

I had my second weigh in at Weight Watchers yesterday, well third if you count the beginning weight, but second for actually being on the plan! I've had another great week with no slip ups or cravings, I haven't really found myself wanting a great deal of grub anyway, I think the determination has well and truely planted itself in my head. I just know that there are Weight Watchers products that can surpress any cravings should there be any, and if I want an Ice cream I've got Soleros in the fridge that come to 3 points. It's a phsycological state of being, and I'm thoroughly enjoying being on this plan, which I can't believe I am saying.

So last week I weighed in at 14st 3lb, with a total loss of 6lb in the first week. This week I weighed in at 13st 12.5lbs, with a second week loss of 4 and a half lbs! I couldn't believe it, my aim was for 3lbs this week. The ladies at the meeting were all asking me what my secret was!

This was the scales this morning, sorry about the pic, but there's a solid 13st 12lb there. I got to about this weight just before my skydive back in April, then I went on holiday and put it all back on. So anything lower than this, I won't have been that weight for a good few years!

Here's a snapshot of the Weight Watchers app, I couldn't do it without this thing, it's great. I track all the grub, it prompts me for my weekly weigh in and I can track any exercise. This little chart is great, it makes you see properly how it's going down. As long as it doesn't go up I'll be happy. I reached my 5% loss this week, so that's 10 and a half lbs in two weeks. This plan is obviously the best thing for me I think. If anyone is thinking about doing it just bite that bullet!

Weekly record chart. I'm now 2 and a half lbs off my current goal weight, and 3 and a half lbs off a stone. 

 

I got given this in this weeks meeting for reaching 5%. It's a good little read, full of motivation. If you do go, I would definitely say stay for the meetings. A lot of people just weigh in and go, whereas I think the meetings provide opportunity to discuss any good tips, or any struggles together, and see you're not on your own.

 

Bring on next week!

Tilly xXx

Operation Wedding Dress Update ♥

If you have read the last few posts, you will know I joined Weight Watchers last week. I was really apprehensive about it, and nervous for my first meeting. As mentioned in the last post about #OperationWeddingDress, I found it to be a good place to be at the meeting, and all the ladies were really friendly.

Over the week, I have eaten really healthily, completely cut the crap, but allowed myself one treat on Sunday. A typical day for me would be:

Breakfast = Banana (0pts) or a Weight Watchers Yoghurt (1pt)

Lunch = 2 Slices wholemeal bread sandwich, with ham, lettuce and utterly butterly (5pts)

A Banana, handfull of Strawberries or a Plum. (0pts)

Dinner = Quorn bolognese, making own tomato sauce using passata (around 11pts)

Pudding = I'm not usually having pudding but if I do, a Solero Ice cream is only 3 points! It's all good.

So Ed and I have been shopping at Lidl on a Sunday just to get bits for the week, and fresh fruit and vegetables. Their prices are so low, we had a trolley full for £31.00! Also, their fresh produce actually lasts me the entire week, a bag of crunchy salad from Sainsburys lasts 2 to 3 days max, whereas Lidl's can last up to 6 days! That really helps because it isn't costing as much as it usually would to eat healthy. 

The only treat I had was that we went out for a meal at Barton Marina which is a lovely canal-side place nearby, and I had three courses. I was still careful with what I chose beside the pudding, a dark chocolate cheesecake with white chocolate ice cream, ooo it was yummy. I'd got plenty of points left to enjoy this treat, so Weight Watchers doesn't ban the bad stuff completely.

So, less or the boring stuff, I had my first weigh in on Tuesday, and my Sister in law came with me for moral support! I was really nervous for stepping on the scales and really hoped it would be a 3lb loss, which would make my weight 14st 6. I don't mind telling you guys, your part of the journey! So we had everything crossed, I stepped on, and it said 14st 3! I'd lost a whopping 6lbs in a week! I can't literally believe it, it didn't even feel that hard to do! I also won the raffle too and got some recipe cards, so it was my lucky week. I did myself a weight watchers curry and treated myself to a Solero to celebrate. Now for the next week!

I stepped on my scales this morning, and this is what is said.

 

Obviously my scales aren't the same as those at the meetings, there's a slight differ in weight, but 14st 0.6! I'm so excited for it to say 13st something, I won't have been that weight for at least 2 years. It really is giving me the boost to carry on going to these meetings, and I'm actually enjoying it, I never thought I'd say that! Next weigh in is Tuesday 14th August at 7pm!

Tilly xXx