The ups and downs of Weight Loss

I am no saint or angel when it comes to Slimming World and following the plan, but I can share that we have a SW family online and in group that can help you.

We have all had our good day and our bad. I certainly have had many bad days too. When I started this journey I was doing so great that I was getting awards weekly. I got slimmer of the month slimmer of the week even got awards like Miss Skinny and Greatest Loser. Ever other week I was getting Stone and Half Stone awards and I was averaging a weight loss of 2½lbs a week. It made me feel on top of the world.  On the bad weeks I followed with a really good week and over Xmas and New Year I still had weight losses. That's when I started having many down days. The first 5 stone seemed to go really fast and this last Stone I have to target seems to be taking forever. I have maintains, followed by gains, followed by very small losses and it seems so unfair since I am so annul about it the plan. I have many times thought of giving it up or taking long absences from group. So far I have not taken many days off, as I feel that guilty to my self. 

To me I have come so far to go and ruin it would just hurt my self. When the new year started and I was 5 stone lighter, I think I got a little greedy or something. I started to walk loads and then have a bad week and give it up for a week then try again. I cut syn's drastically and then was still not happy with that weeks loss and then have every last single syn the next week. I would be that depressed about the days WI and go binge and have not 1 but 2 danishes after group, then feel guilty and count the syn's for the next 3 days.
I have been finding hard the last few weeks as I am so close to target yet so far.

I am persevering and in doing so took up Zumba. I went from twice a week to 5 days a week, I enjoy it that much. I have to add in the last 2 weeks I have had gains and not been happy but done some of my own research and feel better about it. I have kept going and this week been doing my consultants challenge as well.  I can feel my waist is toning up and feels very good. I even can say that my current clothes are now a little baggy on me.

There is other ways to boost your loss as well, I have not tried this as it seems a little harsh to me. It is called Success Express. It is in a nut shell: 3 meals per day. Each meal fill 2/3 of your plate with Super free foods (food that is free on BOTH green and red days)
Fill the remaining 1/3 of your plate with foods free on either day, for example a jacket potato with Tuna fish.
Also have your 3 or 4 healthy extras each day and any syn's you have must be counted at the higher value.
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I must share that this week I got my 5½ Stone award, and must say that it was a really good day for me. I am proud of myself and hope that I have gotten past my bad patch. And happy days, result, the Zumba I have persevered with paid off. Please go read the post on group discussions it will explain some things as well and it might just help you get your "be hind" into gear, lol. I know it did me.

All I can say to you all is keep going, you will make it in the end with this plan.