Hello everyone! I hope you all had a fantastic christmas and new year, I certainly did!
So here we are at the start of another year, in depressing January and I thought to myself, I should really give blogging another go after not posting since last May!
It's nice as a busy mum to wind down in the evening when the little ones in bed, and to have my "me time" and blog about what I've been getting up to and my favourite things etc!
So what's everyone's new years resolutions? Mine is ALWAYS to lose weight haha, hopefully I actually do this time as I still have the dreaded baby weight to lose (my daughters nearly 2!) I want to be slimmer for summer and also healthy and active for my little girl, as she has me chasing about everywhere after her!
I'm also fast approaching 30 and I've heard the weight is harder to shift as you get older, so it will be great if I can achieve my goal this year.
I'm not following a particular diet (I never seem to stick to slimming clubs etc) so just doing my own thing... 3 healthy meals, less wine and chocolate, more walking! Seems pretty simple to me, we all know what puts the weight on us so fingers crossed this works for me.
Is losing weight one of your new years resolutions? If so how are you planning on doing it?
Louise x
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Tuesday, 7 January 2014
Thursday, 2 May 2013
So I've joined Weight Watchers...
Hey everyone!
So I decided to join Weight Watchers today, after failed attempts with Slimming World and trying to follow my own healthy eating/diet plan i've decided that enough is enough and went along with my mum to the meeting today.
Basically I put on lots of weight during pregnancy and after having my daughter was left with 2 stone to lose - not what I expected after having a baby at all! I was abit naive in thinking once you had the baby you'd get straight back to your pre pregnancy weight! (although this does happen to alot of lucky buggers!!)
Before pregnancy I was a size 10-12 and felt comfortable and confident in my clothes.. 2 years later I am the complete opposite, I dread nights out because I feel fat and simple things like jeans just look horrible on me.
I have to admit i've been stuck wearing leggings for a long time and feel this year is really the year to shift it all and be at my target for christmas.. which I think is doable.
There's also another little problem, I absolutely LOVE my food and defintiely the reason why i've struggled with diets.
Another problem is Tom, my boyfriend, who when i'm being extremely good will bring junk food into the house and phone takeaways - it's so hard to have the willpower to say no and at weekends have been known to binge thinking "oh it's fine i'll start again Monday"
However, it's not only about looking nice in my clothes and being slimmer.. it's also about health. I'm 27 this year which is not all that old but I think nows the time to start watching what I eat and be good to my body!
The good thing I like about Weight Watchers is that you get your extra 49 "weekly" points which you can spread across the week or have in one go - basically for that treat you want.
This works for me because I can be good every day and go out for lunch or dinner with Tom on a weekend (we love eating out) or have a takeaway and use my 49 points aswell as my usual 31 daily points - some weeks they'll be used on a glass of wine or a night out but I just think it's great that you've got that and can still lose weight. Part of my problem was being really good and craving something really nice so I would cave in and ruin everything - with this I get the best of both worlds.
I did join briefly last year when I had literally just had Ava, she was only 3 or 4 weeks old and I think it was too soon as my body was still adjusting after the labour etc - I only lost a couple of pounds so didnt stick with it.
A year later i'm raring to go and can't wait to see the change in me over the coming weeks and months! The leader Emma recognised me and was lovely, agreeing that it was too soon last time.. she's a really supportive leader which is what you want.
I look forward to updating you on my progress.. also feel free to follow my instagram for pics of my meals, my name is "lfreed86"
So I decided to join Weight Watchers today, after failed attempts with Slimming World and trying to follow my own healthy eating/diet plan i've decided that enough is enough and went along with my mum to the meeting today.
Basically I put on lots of weight during pregnancy and after having my daughter was left with 2 stone to lose - not what I expected after having a baby at all! I was abit naive in thinking once you had the baby you'd get straight back to your pre pregnancy weight! (although this does happen to alot of lucky buggers!!)
Before pregnancy I was a size 10-12 and felt comfortable and confident in my clothes.. 2 years later I am the complete opposite, I dread nights out because I feel fat and simple things like jeans just look horrible on me.
I have to admit i've been stuck wearing leggings for a long time and feel this year is really the year to shift it all and be at my target for christmas.. which I think is doable.
There's also another little problem, I absolutely LOVE my food and defintiely the reason why i've struggled with diets.
Another problem is Tom, my boyfriend, who when i'm being extremely good will bring junk food into the house and phone takeaways - it's so hard to have the willpower to say no and at weekends have been known to binge thinking "oh it's fine i'll start again Monday"
However, it's not only about looking nice in my clothes and being slimmer.. it's also about health. I'm 27 this year which is not all that old but I think nows the time to start watching what I eat and be good to my body!
The good thing I like about Weight Watchers is that you get your extra 49 "weekly" points which you can spread across the week or have in one go - basically for that treat you want.
This works for me because I can be good every day and go out for lunch or dinner with Tom on a weekend (we love eating out) or have a takeaway and use my 49 points aswell as my usual 31 daily points - some weeks they'll be used on a glass of wine or a night out but I just think it's great that you've got that and can still lose weight. Part of my problem was being really good and craving something really nice so I would cave in and ruin everything - with this I get the best of both worlds.
I did join briefly last year when I had literally just had Ava, she was only 3 or 4 weeks old and I think it was too soon as my body was still adjusting after the labour etc - I only lost a couple of pounds so didnt stick with it.
A year later i'm raring to go and can't wait to see the change in me over the coming weeks and months! The leader Emma recognised me and was lovely, agreeing that it was too soon last time.. she's a really supportive leader which is what you want.
I look forward to updating you on my progress.. also feel free to follow my instagram for pics of my meals, my name is "lfreed86"
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