Week 8

Day 2 – I feel a bit low today and could well do without having to cook a meal tonight – oh how I would love a takeaway but, as it happens, we are not near enough to the town to buy a takeaway and get it back to the boat hot! I’m going to do Creamy Mushrooms instead which is a new recipe and I don’t think it’s too hard.

Day 3 – We went out for a Thai meal tonight. I wasn’t worried about the points in the food but the points in what the food was cooked in! Oh dear – I had a crispy banana for pudding, that can’t have been good for me.

Day 4 – It’s been a struggle today. I’ve been hungry and de-motivated. I could so easily give up – thank goodness I have gone public on my canal blog! We had lunch out in York – deep fried shared platter between us.

Days 5 & 6 – We are in York and have eaten lunch out both days – and had an ice cream each day. I am dreading weigh day tomorrow.

Day 7 –No weight loss this week but at least I didn’t put anything on. Of course I am disappointed that I haven’t lost anything but I guess I can’t do what I did and still lose weight!

Week 7

Day 2 – Richard went home today until Monday and I’m rather concerned that I might err! I have decided to have salads while he is away so walked up to Tesco to stock up. I also bought a small bar of chocolate and ate half of it during the evening as I didn’t have any potatoes – same amount of points! I’ll eat the other half tomorrow.

Day 4 – My friend Carol said that she would come round and keep me company tonight and bring a bottle of wine. She drinks red so I didn’t join her in that but managed to get a bottle of Banrock Station light wine and I had 2 glasses of that. It’s rather sweet but it was nice to be sociable.

Day 5 – Carol invited me round for a Sunday roast and I was rather worried but no problems! I didn’t have any lunch as the roast was scheduled for 3pm. She dished up a traditional Yorkshire roast with the veg and Yorkshire pudding covered in gravy and the meat on a separate dish. I ate most of my veg and the Yorkshire and a couple of pieces of beef. Carol had done new potatoes and not roast so I wasn’t too bothered about not eating them. During the evening I had jelly and strawberries with 18% cream and didn’t go over my points all day.

Day 7 – 3lbs this week! I’m not sure how I did it but I guess the salads probably helped and I managed to clock up 26 activity points too.

Week 6

Day 1 – After my 3lb weight loss I felt really good and when Richard suggested that we went out for dinner I decided to really enjoy it and had three courses with wine! I just hope that it doesn’t tell on weigh day! However I really enjoyed the food and savoured every morsel.

Day 2 – I was determined to walk off those calories from last night and jumped off the boat twice at bridges onto the towpath to do some walking. I was a bit disappointed to see that the sum total of miles was only 1.5 – I had hoped for at least 2 miles.

Day 5 – I am convinced that I won’t lose any weight this week – no idea why but I’m going to stick at it.

Day 7 – I have lost 2lbs this week :-) I reckon the walking has helped - must keep it up.

Week 5

Day 1 - This morning when I weighed myself I had only lost 1lb and am really disappointed. To add insult to injury Richard has lost 2lbs without even trying!!

So here I am writing this blog and trying to make myself feel better. I emailed Lucy and told her that I had only lost 1lb, she replied “and you still lost 1lb. How is that not good??? Would you have lost that pound if you hadn't decided to start WW” She is right and I must look forward and not give in to the little person in my brain who is saying one chocolate bar won’t hurt! I don’t need a chocolate bar or anything like that – I’ve got lots of WW biscuits on board and can always have one of those if it gets too bad.

Day 4 – Since I had my little rant I have been better and found it easier. Also we are now back on the canals and it much more interesting than the rivers. I am finding that I am using nearly all my points in the day but haven’t strayed over. I have a WW pedometer and since we have been on the canals I have tried to walk at least a mile each day.

I’ve decided to publish this after I have weighed in in future so I am happy to announce that this week I have lost 3lbs which I am thrilled about.