So its official my diet as switched back to slimming world. Not up for attending classes yet, but when I looked back at my food diaries for weight watchers I had pretty much had slimming world days anyways. So weight watchers runs out at the end of the month so I can use the food diary on there until then no more. Bit sad but I'll still have Neenie to help me. Although she jets off soon for a holiday so I am not sure how I'll cope at work with the crisp craving haha.
x
Wednesday, 6 July 2011
Wednesday, 29 June 2011
11 weeks and counting...
until Bristol Half. I am thinking 'holy moly how did that happen' and slighly starting to panic myself. But I have a plan. A good plan adapted from by one a lovely lady from a forum sent me. Had this last week off with all the social events. Back to this week.
I have been enjoying the training. A couple of my friends have started and although I was slightly annoyed that they were getting as good as I was in a few weeks, I got over it. Now I see it as an extra chance to see them socially, we don't have to worry about what to wear (well, we're not supposed to anyways) and it doesn't cost anything. We laugh about how red and sweaty we get while running, compare our horrible feet (slightly gross!) and enjoy slightly out of breath chats.
I have good friends, they only started coming because I told them I needed some motivation to train for this. So no matter how fed up and cannot be bothered I feel at work on running days I make myself go. If I don't go then they probably won't go and they make the effort when I want to go. So it's only right I make the effort back when I can't be.
So my running plan this week looks like this:
Monday - 2.5m
Tuesday - 3m
Wednesday - rest
Thursday 3m
Friday - rest
Saturday - 3m
Sunday - 6m
I have been enjoying the training. A couple of my friends have started and although I was slightly annoyed that they were getting as good as I was in a few weeks, I got over it. Now I see it as an extra chance to see them socially, we don't have to worry about what to wear (well, we're not supposed to anyways) and it doesn't cost anything. We laugh about how red and sweaty we get while running, compare our horrible feet (slightly gross!) and enjoy slightly out of breath chats.
I have good friends, they only started coming because I told them I needed some motivation to train for this. So no matter how fed up and cannot be bothered I feel at work on running days I make myself go. If I don't go then they probably won't go and they make the effort when I want to go. So it's only right I make the effort back when I can't be.
So my running plan this week looks like this:
Monday - 2.5m
Tuesday - 3m
Wednesday - rest
Thursday 3m
Friday - rest
Saturday - 3m
Sunday - 6m
Sunday, 26 June 2011
Emm what next?
It's been a while since I blogged. Alot has been happening, we've been to the Whitlock wedding which was amazing, we took our nieces to Eureka! which was also amazing - the loved it and we've been to London which was the most fun we've had in ages!
I'll start with the Whitlock wedding. Friday 17th June - Rivington Hall Barn. Was lovely. Expected something different bcos the bride and groom are a bit quirky. And they most certainly didn't disappoint. Walked into the Barn and it was decorated with white chair covers and instead of 1 colour they had the sashes in pink, blue, green, purple, orange and teal. It looked great. I said to hubs 'I wonder where he is , he's not at the front already' when the registrar came out and asked us all to stand. Then explained normally you stand for the bride but they had requested we stay seated. Then lady gaga started playing and the groom came out first dancing down the aisle. Followed by the bridesmaid in black jumpsuits. They all looked amazing. Then the bride came in an amzing dress with a brid cage veil. After the ceremony was cocktail hour, followed by afternoon tea. They had vintage (I think that's what you would call them?) teacups and saucers and the name places were luggage labels.
After the speechs they changed the room over and they had a barn dance. Was great fun - I had expected not to enjoy it as I am not really a dancer (well other than drunk dancing to some cheesey pop) but it gave everyone a chance to meet and just have a laugh really. Then they had their official first dance to Alica Keys New York as that's where they got engaged. The buffet was a hog roast and they served wedding cake which was 3 tiers of prok pie!
A great day! And I even had a pretty dress courtesy of my mum who wanted to buy me one. No reason why really, I had said I wanted on and she said she would treat me :)
And it meant I got to wear my wedding shoes again...however, they were much less comfortable than I remember!
Saturday was hangover free - not sure how I managed that as it was free wine. Was glad as we had agreed to look after Tom's nieces - we decided to take them to Eureka! which is a kids meseum. As I didn't grow up here I have never been. We all loved it. Was great fun :)
Sunday was a quiet one before we set off to London baby! I have never been to London, other than change trains. So I was really excited. That lasted for a few minutes after we had arrived at Earls Court tube station. When I accidently knocked a lady with my bag to get told off by her, then when trying to get out of the way got told off by another man, then the lady again and then again. Oooopsy, not like I meant it. I was so embarrassed and a bit annoyed that I could have actually burst into tears. I spent the rest of the week sticking to the right everywhere we went so I wasn't in anyones way.
We did all the usual sights, London Eye, Harrods, Leicester Square, Piccadilly Circus, Covent Garden, Hyde Park, Ice Bar, Meseums. Shattered.com after it all. But had a great fun. Didn't think about work for 1 second.
In my holiday mode I also didn't think about my diet. Had:
And cocktails, wine, cider and beer! That pizza looks huge, I won't lie it was big but the angle of the photo doesn't help. It was yummy though. But it hasn't done me any favours.
Which leads me on to the reason I was blogging before I started blabbing. I have been doing weight watchers and have lost around 8lb in 10 (I think its 10) weeks. Which is ok. But I don't enjoy it. It normally means although me and hubs can have the same dinner, we need to cook them seperate to make sure mine is right for points. I miss not having to worry about seperating them. That's why slimming world worked so well for me. We could cook everything together. It's got me thinking. I only have a couple of weeks of my subsciption for ww online left. Do I stop and switch back to slimming world. I don't think I'll go to group, but I have everything I need. Its such a hard thing to decide. I have no idea why, I have done both now and I am sure slimming world suits my lifestyle better. But weight watchers gives me freedom to eat honey nut for breakfast (sad but true, I missed these alot when I was on slimming world)
Will give myself 2 weeks to decide. Hmmmm really what is next in the diet of Mrs Murphy :S
I'll start with the Whitlock wedding. Friday 17th June - Rivington Hall Barn. Was lovely. Expected something different bcos the bride and groom are a bit quirky. And they most certainly didn't disappoint. Walked into the Barn and it was decorated with white chair covers and instead of 1 colour they had the sashes in pink, blue, green, purple, orange and teal. It looked great. I said to hubs 'I wonder where he is , he's not at the front already' when the registrar came out and asked us all to stand. Then explained normally you stand for the bride but they had requested we stay seated. Then lady gaga started playing and the groom came out first dancing down the aisle. Followed by the bridesmaid in black jumpsuits. They all looked amazing. Then the bride came in an amzing dress with a brid cage veil. After the ceremony was cocktail hour, followed by afternoon tea. They had vintage (I think that's what you would call them?) teacups and saucers and the name places were luggage labels.
After the speechs they changed the room over and they had a barn dance. Was great fun - I had expected not to enjoy it as I am not really a dancer (well other than drunk dancing to some cheesey pop) but it gave everyone a chance to meet and just have a laugh really. Then they had their official first dance to Alica Keys New York as that's where they got engaged. The buffet was a hog roast and they served wedding cake which was 3 tiers of prok pie!
A great day! And I even had a pretty dress courtesy of my mum who wanted to buy me one. No reason why really, I had said I wanted on and she said she would treat me :)
And it meant I got to wear my wedding shoes again...however, they were much less comfortable than I remember!Saturday was hangover free - not sure how I managed that as it was free wine. Was glad as we had agreed to look after Tom's nieces - we decided to take them to Eureka! which is a kids meseum. As I didn't grow up here I have never been. We all loved it. Was great fun :)
Sunday was a quiet one before we set off to London baby! I have never been to London, other than change trains. So I was really excited. That lasted for a few minutes after we had arrived at Earls Court tube station. When I accidently knocked a lady with my bag to get told off by her, then when trying to get out of the way got told off by another man, then the lady again and then again. Oooopsy, not like I meant it. I was so embarrassed and a bit annoyed that I could have actually burst into tears. I spent the rest of the week sticking to the right everywhere we went so I wasn't in anyones way.
We did all the usual sights, London Eye, Harrods, Leicester Square, Piccadilly Circus, Covent Garden, Hyde Park, Ice Bar, Meseums. Shattered.com after it all. But had a great fun. Didn't think about work for 1 second.
In my holiday mode I also didn't think about my diet. Had:
And cocktails, wine, cider and beer! That pizza looks huge, I won't lie it was big but the angle of the photo doesn't help. It was yummy though. But it hasn't done me any favours.
Which leads me on to the reason I was blogging before I started blabbing. I have been doing weight watchers and have lost around 8lb in 10 (I think its 10) weeks. Which is ok. But I don't enjoy it. It normally means although me and hubs can have the same dinner, we need to cook them seperate to make sure mine is right for points. I miss not having to worry about seperating them. That's why slimming world worked so well for me. We could cook everything together. It's got me thinking. I only have a couple of weeks of my subsciption for ww online left. Do I stop and switch back to slimming world. I don't think I'll go to group, but I have everything I need. Its such a hard thing to decide. I have no idea why, I have done both now and I am sure slimming world suits my lifestyle better. But weight watchers gives me freedom to eat honey nut for breakfast (sad but true, I missed these alot when I was on slimming world)
Will give myself 2 weeks to decide. Hmmmm really what is next in the diet of Mrs Murphy :S
Thursday, 9 June 2011
Moan, moan, moan
Rubbish day!! And all I want to do is moan. About important stuff like work and then not so important stuff like my friend can now run the same distance as me in the same time and its taken her a month, compared to my year.
But sometimes I moan too much. I moan if I sleep in, get up too early, its raining, its too warm, I have nothing to wear, I have too much clothes to wash, I can't do it, I'm the only that can do it etc etc. Basically I could happily sit here and moan away.
From now on, I am going to quit moaning. Well try to replace this with me being positive about 5 things each day.
Starting from now:
1. I ran 3 miles today
2. I found my 'missing' 9222 shares
3. my hubs made me dinner
4. I helped my friend choose a hostel for her travels
5. I told my hubs me makes me very happy
But sometimes I moan too much. I moan if I sleep in, get up too early, its raining, its too warm, I have nothing to wear, I have too much clothes to wash, I can't do it, I'm the only that can do it etc etc. Basically I could happily sit here and moan away.
From now on, I am going to quit moaning. Well try to replace this with me being positive about 5 things each day.
Starting from now:
1. I ran 3 miles today
2. I found my 'missing' 9222 shares
3. my hubs made me dinner
4. I helped my friend choose a hostel for her travels
5. I told my hubs me makes me very happy
Wednesday, 8 June 2011
The start of summer...
And its raining in Halifax - how typical.
I am not back to my wedding weight as hoped - always typical but not surprising.
I am not worried too much about the rain, I am working so it doesn't bother me too much. Hopefully weekends can be dry?! Please!!!!
The weight though bothers me. Last summer I was slimmer, 1st 2lbs slimmer to be exact, but I didn't enjoy myself like I thought I would. I was too busy stressing over the 3lbs I still had to go...3lbs that took 3 months to get off! I ran tonight (the Bristol half training going well!) but I really felt heavy. I could feel my bum wobbling and my belly - felt awful. I know how to fix it, I really do but its finding the motivation to do it that is hard.
I love food, I love socialising with food. I also love cider. I love socialising with that too. Put the 2 together and it not only makes a drunk Cheryl it makes a happy one. Why do these things have to be 2 things that can cause trouble for my body! I can make good food choices, however, I can't seem to make good drink choices . More effort required on this!
My aims for June are as follows:
*lose 2lbs - we have a wedding next week and London the week after so it will be tough!
*get new hair - bit of a cheat, its booked for next Saturday. Bye bye red hair, hello brown
*keep running - not matter what the weather is like, if I don't feel like it at all
*spend more quality time with my husband. We might live together but sometimes we don't speak much. Must change this.
I am not back to my wedding weight as hoped - always typical but not surprising.
I am not worried too much about the rain, I am working so it doesn't bother me too much. Hopefully weekends can be dry?! Please!!!!
The weight though bothers me. Last summer I was slimmer, 1st 2lbs slimmer to be exact, but I didn't enjoy myself like I thought I would. I was too busy stressing over the 3lbs I still had to go...3lbs that took 3 months to get off! I ran tonight (the Bristol half training going well!) but I really felt heavy. I could feel my bum wobbling and my belly - felt awful. I know how to fix it, I really do but its finding the motivation to do it that is hard.
I love food, I love socialising with food. I also love cider. I love socialising with that too. Put the 2 together and it not only makes a drunk Cheryl it makes a happy one. Why do these things have to be 2 things that can cause trouble for my body! I can make good food choices, however, I can't seem to make good drink choices . More effort required on this!
My aims for June are as follows:
*lose 2lbs - we have a wedding next week and London the week after so it will be tough!
*get new hair - bit of a cheat, its booked for next Saturday. Bye bye red hair, hello brown
*keep running - not matter what the weather is like, if I don't feel like it at all
*spend more quality time with my husband. We might live together but sometimes we don't speak much. Must change this.
Wednesday, 11 May 2011
Trip down memory lane....
Last September just before I set target about 4 weeks before the wedding, the group I went to had a 'women of the year' competition. You had to have lost over 2st to be able to nomintaed and the class had to vote. People could nominate you to be entered if you didn't want to do it your self.
My friend Natalia wrote me a poem as my nomination:
My Friend Cheryl
My friend Cheryl was really pleased,
Her boyfriend Tom had got down on one knee.
She was very excited with a wedding to plan,
Now to find her dream dress to wed her dream man.
The hunt began for the perfect dress
But with each one she tried she felt more distress.
She'd tried 26 diets in the last 7 years
With no luck on any she was close to tears.
But then she heard about Slimming World, lots of pasta and chips
Eat as much as you like and still get smaller hips.
Green days are her favourite, she even likes quorn,
By adopting a new lifestyle, her weight would be gone.
She swapped fat coke for diet and pizza for pasta
Adding some Body Magic to lose the weight faster.
More fruit and fresh veg, Tom helped with the cooking,
She started to like how her body was looking.
Again to the shops to find the dream dress,
And at last she had found it, she was going to impress.
But it didn't stop there, she continued to run
She was still determined to get a smaller.................tum!!
Now only 4 weeks to go before the Big Day
You've worked hard this last year to get looking this way.
Now you've lost 4 stone and you're not so big,
The first dance with Tom could be a wee Highland jig.
I asked you "after the wedding what will then be your trigger,
To keep up the good work and maintain your new figure?"
You said you love buying clothes and you'd still want to run
And you couldn't do that if you had a big ...........bum!!
So my friend Cheryl, what can I say
You will look amazing on your big day.
You have been my inspiration and you got me here
Thats why I nominate you as my 'Woman of the Year'.
I won! I went to the regional finals and met some truly inspirational women, was a great day!!
I still get emotional when I read/think about it. I have printed it out and pinned it to my desk, to help me focus at work. It really busy and normally when I am stressful situations I want to eat crisps. No crisps allowed so I just need to remind myself of how well I have done. This extra 10lbs (was 16lbs) is going to go soon. With a little help from my running shoes and of course Neenie!
Tempted to sign up for Bristol Half after the disaster that was my training for Edinburgh. Have made a promise to myself that I'll train for 4 weeks and then I'll decide properly whether or not I'm going to sign up. So it started tonight, I went with my friend and another one came along tonight too. Ogden water looked lovely again, such a nice night. We all run at different stages so we kind of run apart.
Was good and I really enjoyed it. Managed 2.30 miles in 23 mintes. So pleased with that.
Plan to get me out running/active for the next 4 weeks:
Monday - body pump, 60 minutes
Tuesday - swimming, 40 minutes
Wednesday - running, at least 20 minutes
Thursday - rest day
Friday - rest day
Satuday - Park run 5k
Sunday - swim/easy run
Sorted.
My friend Natalia wrote me a poem as my nomination:
My Friend Cheryl
My friend Cheryl was really pleased,
Her boyfriend Tom had got down on one knee.
She was very excited with a wedding to plan,
Now to find her dream dress to wed her dream man.
The hunt began for the perfect dress
But with each one she tried she felt more distress.
She'd tried 26 diets in the last 7 years
With no luck on any she was close to tears.
But then she heard about Slimming World, lots of pasta and chips
Eat as much as you like and still get smaller hips.
Green days are her favourite, she even likes quorn,
By adopting a new lifestyle, her weight would be gone.
She swapped fat coke for diet and pizza for pasta
Adding some Body Magic to lose the weight faster.
More fruit and fresh veg, Tom helped with the cooking,
She started to like how her body was looking.
Again to the shops to find the dream dress,
And at last she had found it, she was going to impress.
But it didn't stop there, she continued to run
She was still determined to get a smaller.................tum!!
Now only 4 weeks to go before the Big Day
You've worked hard this last year to get looking this way.
Now you've lost 4 stone and you're not so big,
The first dance with Tom could be a wee Highland jig.
I asked you "after the wedding what will then be your trigger,
To keep up the good work and maintain your new figure?"
You said you love buying clothes and you'd still want to run
And you couldn't do that if you had a big ...........bum!!
So my friend Cheryl, what can I say
You will look amazing on your big day.
You have been my inspiration and you got me here
Thats why I nominate you as my 'Woman of the Year'.
I won! I went to the regional finals and met some truly inspirational women, was a great day!!
I still get emotional when I read/think about it. I have printed it out and pinned it to my desk, to help me focus at work. It really busy and normally when I am stressful situations I want to eat crisps. No crisps allowed so I just need to remind myself of how well I have done. This extra 10lbs (was 16lbs) is going to go soon. With a little help from my running shoes and of course Neenie!
Tempted to sign up for Bristol Half after the disaster that was my training for Edinburgh. Have made a promise to myself that I'll train for 4 weeks and then I'll decide properly whether or not I'm going to sign up. So it started tonight, I went with my friend and another one came along tonight too. Ogden water looked lovely again, such a nice night. We all run at different stages so we kind of run apart.
Was good and I really enjoyed it. Managed 2.30 miles in 23 mintes. So pleased with that.
Plan to get me out running/active for the next 4 weeks:
Monday - body pump, 60 minutes
Tuesday - swimming, 40 minutes
Wednesday - running, at least 20 minutes
Thursday - rest day
Friday - rest day
Satuday - Park run 5k
Sunday - swim/easy run
Sorted.
Monday, 9 May 2011
All work and no play...well not quite
Crazy work! Spent most of my weekend at the office...boo. But I did manage to fit in some fun times.
Friday night = curry night
I had an awful day on Friday. I was trying to survive on just a few hours sleep so I was moody. Come 7pm when the girls came over all for forgotten. We had such a laugh. We don't do it enough so when we all get together we just laugh, chat and we have been known to break into song. Over the years we have changed so much as a group that are never short of something to talk about. Currently in our group of 6 there is: 1 married lady, 3 engaged ladies, 1 in a serious relationship and 1 single lady. 2 own homes, 3 rent and 1 lives at home, 3 on diets, 2 natrually skinny ladies, 1 pregnant lady (who looks fab, only weight that has gone on is her bump, sooo jealous!) and out of us one is planning to go travelling in October - all of the above make the over conversations very random. One minute we'll be discussing houses then suddenly we'll be talking about shoes. I love it. We need to make it a more regualr thing :)
Saturday afternoon from 2pm
I was at a beer/cider festival. I thought I quite liked proper cider and ale but Saturday proved to me I am more a strongbow girl. I tried 4 types of cider and 1 ale (all half pints) and I didn't like any of them. Hubs found some beers he likes one called 'tangerine duck' bought purely as it shares it name with the colour of the other love in life Blackpool FC. We headed to a pub at 5 to watch Spurs v Blackpool. Disappointing they didn't win :(
Out with hubs friends, one couple appear to be applying for 'don't tell the bride' would love to see the guy plan a wedding, would make great viewing.
Sunday morning
Quick Sainsbury shop, quick clean and work. zzzzzzzzz Boring, no more to be said really.
2 of our friends ran Leeds Half - one did it on 2.06 and the other 2.32. Awesome!
Today has been pretty poo. Although even after a bad diet day on Saturday I maintained. So pleased I didn't gain.
So onwards and downwards this week!
x
Friday night = curry night
I had an awful day on Friday. I was trying to survive on just a few hours sleep so I was moody. Come 7pm when the girls came over all for forgotten. We had such a laugh. We don't do it enough so when we all get together we just laugh, chat and we have been known to break into song. Over the years we have changed so much as a group that are never short of something to talk about. Currently in our group of 6 there is: 1 married lady, 3 engaged ladies, 1 in a serious relationship and 1 single lady. 2 own homes, 3 rent and 1 lives at home, 3 on diets, 2 natrually skinny ladies, 1 pregnant lady (who looks fab, only weight that has gone on is her bump, sooo jealous!) and out of us one is planning to go travelling in October - all of the above make the over conversations very random. One minute we'll be discussing houses then suddenly we'll be talking about shoes. I love it. We need to make it a more regualr thing :)
Saturday afternoon from 2pm
I was at a beer/cider festival. I thought I quite liked proper cider and ale but Saturday proved to me I am more a strongbow girl. I tried 4 types of cider and 1 ale (all half pints) and I didn't like any of them. Hubs found some beers he likes one called 'tangerine duck' bought purely as it shares it name with the colour of the other love in life Blackpool FC. We headed to a pub at 5 to watch Spurs v Blackpool. Disappointing they didn't win :(
Out with hubs friends, one couple appear to be applying for 'don't tell the bride' would love to see the guy plan a wedding, would make great viewing.
Sunday morning
Quick Sainsbury shop, quick clean and work. zzzzzzzzz Boring, no more to be said really.
2 of our friends ran Leeds Half - one did it on 2.06 and the other 2.32. Awesome!
Today has been pretty poo. Although even after a bad diet day on Saturday I maintained. So pleased I didn't gain.
So onwards and downwards this week!
x
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