Its been a week since I made the mad decision to lose 19.5lbs in 5 weeks before my next birthday and to bring me to that weight target I set myself at the start of the year. The week has gone quicker than expected and largely I have had a super, very motivated, and on plan week. Last week I shared with you my meal plan for the week [which you can find here] and below I am going to share with you what I actually ate this week.
The wins this week…
I definitely smashed my drinking targets of about 2Ls of water a day, reducing my coffee to 3 cups a day [ A BIG CHALLENGE FOR ME], and 1 glass of diet coke a day! Keeping to my 6 syns a day was more of a challenge… this was mostly down to the lack of planning I did in advance of this challenge. Those of you following from the start, know I only decided to do this challenge the day before I started. I had already had a takeaway and done my grocery shopping and meal plan for the week. That said, I’ve had a total of 86 syns for the week [which includes that takeaway] and works out at an average of 12.3 syns per day, so still well within my weekly allowance but not as low as I’d hoped. This week [week 2] I have planned better and hope to keep more within the 6 syns per day [and 1 day of 10 syns] I had set myself. I have gone for a walk every day, bar one, when the weather was awful and I was not inclined to leave the house, and according to my fitness watch I am easily doing 10,000 steps and more a day.
What I actually ate this week…
| Breakfast | Lunch | Dinner | Snack | Total Syns | |
| Tuesday | Eggs, Bacon,& Mango | Tuna Melt & Chopped Pears | Take Away [20 Syns] | TimeOut x2 [12 Syns] | 32 Syns |
| Wednesday | Mango, Pears, 1/2 Slice of Toast [1.5 syns] | Tuna Melt & Chopped Pears | Toulouse Leak Sausages with Egg Hash [10 syns] | Fibre One Triple Chocolate Cake Bar [4 syns – I shared with my hubby] | 15.5 syns |
| Thursday | Mango, Strawberries, 1/2 Slice of Toast [1.5 syns] | Grilled Cheese & Chopped Pears | Lamb Tabbouleh [1 syn] | TimeOut [6 syns] | 8.5 Syns |
| Friday | Scrambled Eggs, Mushrooms, Strawberries | Crustless Quiche & Salad | Reduced Fat Burgers [with fake whopper sauce], Wedges and Salad [2 syns] | Time Out [6 syns] | 8 syns |
| Saturday | Eggs, Bacon, Mushrooms, Strawberries, 1/2 Slice of Toast | Pasta, chopped tomatoes, mushrooms and onions | Pork Noddle Stir Fry [2 Syns] | Cake Bar [4 syns] TimeOut [6 syns] | 12 syns |
| Sunday | Toast, Bacon, Egg, Beans, Mushrooms, Spring Onions, Mango | Pasta, chopped tomatoes, mushrooms and onions, Chopped Pears and Cucumber | Steak, Mushrooms, Onion, Prawns, Asparagus, Salad | Halo Ice Cream [4 syns] | 4 syns |
| Monday | French Toast & Strawberries | Pastata with Tomato & Cucumber Salad | Beef Strogonoff with Green Beans and Cauliflower Rice | TimeOut [6 Syns] | 6 syns |
Week 1 – the weight loss
This morning I weighed in at 13 st 3.6 lbs and for those keeping watch that’s a 2lb total for this week. Half of what I hoped to achieve. I am a little disappointed if I’m honest. A loss is still a loss and its marginally above what my recent weekly average has been so that’s also a positive.
Where do I think I went ‘wrong’?
Well given that I’d eaten a take away the night before I decided to do this I was already 1.5lbs up for the week starting out. I don’t regret the take away. I ate it knowing there would be consequences. But I also ate it before I’d really committed to this weight loss challenge and probably wouldn’t have if, I’d made the decision to do this 12 hours earlier. That and I think I’m retaining some of all the extra water I’ve been drinking. On Monday, after being thrilled with me weekend efforts I weighed myself, and was a whole 4lbs heavier than I’d been the day before!!! I was shocked, stunned, and really upset.
Between Monday morning and Tuesday morning [weigh day] I went from 13st 8lbs to 13st 3.5lbs; so I supposed technically I did lose 4.5lbs in the week, just not how I hoped!
Even though I am a little deflated I’m hoping that the good foundation I laid this week will stand to me in week 2 and while during my remaining 4 weeks I need to loose almost 4.5lbs a week I’m not deterred! On wards!
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