Blogging Hiatus

Hello my lovely followers,

I’ve been putting off making the decision to take a break from blogging but I can’t put it off any longer.

Hubby lost his job again last month for the second time in twelve months and although I’m now on HRT, as you know, my symptoms are playing havoc. I’m trying to stay me but I can’t cope and rather than helping see me through this tricky period, blogging and going to Slimming World group have become demands that stresses me out.

I need to take a break.

My SW consultant, Carol, has been brilliant and has agreed to set my PAT to whatever I weigh on Wednesday. This means that as a target member I no longer pay the weekly fee and am not obligated to attend group.

I REALLY appreciate your support and I hope to be back in a few months. X

Weight Loss Wednesday – Final Week of Countdown! Eek!

Hello Everyone and hello May,

This is the first Weight Loss Wednesday post of a new month. This year seems to be flying, why do I always seem to be playing catch up?! Lol! So, how has your week been? I’m loving the light mornings and evenings – not that I’m cramming the extra daylight hours with stuff but it’s still nice. 🙂

After last week’s 0.5lbs gain I decided to reduce those food triggers by keeping busier which would hopefully cut down (or out) those moments when I grab a high-syn snack or munch on more than my HE b breakfast cereal allowance of 40g. I am blaming the menopause for many of my physical ailments and my fluctuating emotional state. Before my latest slump, I was regularly attending my local Parkrun every Saturday morning AND using the NHS Couch to 5k running podcasts but I stopped. Slimming World says that exercise isn’t necessary to lose weight – I’ve copied and pasted their article below so that you can read it yourself – but I know that I felt better in myself when I was running; I felt proud that I’d moved off the sofa, I was enjoying trying to improve my PBs and I think I was happier. Don’t people talk about the happy endorphins when you exercise?

What do they say about best laid plans? Well, this week I’ve been no more or less active than last week but I must have snacked more than I thought because when I stepped on the scales tonight I had a 1lbs gain.

I would love to hear from you if you’re struggling on your weight loss journey or if you’ve found some successful strategies that work for you. What do you do to motivate yourself to get up of that sofa?

I hope you have a good week and make the most of the extra daylight hours.

x

How often have you thought ‘I only lose weight when I do Body Magic too’, or ‘I’ll lose weight next week because I’ll exercise more’? Not exercising often gets the blame when we don’t lose weight – it can be all too easy to assume that’s it’s our exercise (or lack of) that’s made the difference. Well it might surprise you to hear that if you Food Optimise without exercise – you WILL lose weight.

Misconceptions about activity and its effect on weight loss can often start to weaken our belief in Food Optimising – and we’re here to put the record straight, bust those myths and ensure you’re on the path to weight loss success.

Food Optimising and Body Magic, the facts:

• If you Food Optimise without exercise – you WILL lose weight.
• If you exercise without Food Optimising – you WON’T lose weight (at least, not much and not without a lot of hard work!).
• If you’ve gained or maintained one week it won’t be because you haven’t done any or enough exercise.
• By Food Optimising 100%, we naturally reduce our calorie intake to give us at least a 1-2lb weight loss each week – even if we are close to our personal target. If you still have some way to go, those weekly weight losses will be even greater.

To achieve that 1-2lb weekly loss by exercise alone, we’d have to jog for more than one hour every single day!

Food Optimising is absolutely what’s going to get you to your personal target weight. So why is activity important at all? Body Magic brings long-term benefits – and it’s important that, over time, we build it into our daily routines.

Activity can help maintain successful weight loss. Our research shows that 90% of successful weight loss maintainers have made activity as much a part of their routine as healthy eating.

Food Optimising benefits	Body Magic benefits
Lose weight without ever feeling hungry or deprived Get the results you want quickly and healthily Discover more energy and vitality Help protect yourself from serious illness Build long-lasting, healthy eating habits to maintain your target weight forever!	Tone up arms, legs, tummy and bottom Maintain lean muscle which helps burn more energy – even when you’re resting! Feel more relaxed and enjoy more restful sleep Strengthen bones and joints Build long-lasting, active habits to maintain your target weight forever!

Food Optimising + Body Magic = amazing life-long success

So how does Body Magic affect weight loss?

“I lost a lot of weight this week – it’ll be because I’ve done a lot of Body Magic”.

The great news is… your fabulous weight loss this week will be because you’ve been Food Optimising brilliantly. And by doing 30 minutes of exercise 5 times a week in addition to Food Optimising, it will help you lose an additional 12-24lbs across a year. That’s an average of around ¼lb a week extra!

“I know what I’m going to do to lose weight: I’m going to go to Zumba three times this week!”

That’s real determination, and those three sessions will set you on your way to your silver Body Magic award, and all of those health benefits.

Without Food Optimising though you might not see the result you want on the scales. Is there anything that might get in the way of you Food Optimising 100%?

“I know why I’ve maintained this week, it will be because I haven’t been out walking so much”

The good news is… if you’re still near the beginning of your journey, by Food Optimising 100% you could lose 2-3lbs or more in a single week. And if you’re close to target, you could still lose at least 1-2lbs each week – even if you miss out on your walking again.