Self love and finding your identity again

Grab a cuppa, it’s a long one! Having tiny humans literally is amazing but it can’t half mess with your mental health. Weight watchers have incorporated mindfulness into their diet with a book specifically about it which is really refreshing. Mindfulness goes hand in hand with a diet and as we all know, if your […]

Planning

I really enjoy sitting down with a cuppa, spreading cook books and weight watchers magazines out and making a weekly food plan. If I plan meals well enough with quick recipes on busy evenings, I can avoid the dreaded take away conversation and replace it with a fake-away. It also gives me an idea of […]

Target on the scales and beyond

At the start of a long journey, the end goal can seem so far away, it’s easy to see it as an impossibility. As my wise mother always says though “the weeks will go by anyway so why not keep plugging away.” This time I have decided to keep focused on smaller goals. I have […]

Treats

Last night was somewhat off the diet plan as I went out for my wedding anniversary. We picked the Mad Turk at Stamford and I fully used my weekly allowance with weight watchers to relax a little. There is a high possibility I went over my points but the food was sensational and somewhat diet […]

Daily weigh and lo-dough

Most weight loss groups advise against weighing yourself at home, after all what are you paying them for? I have always weighed myself everyday though and can’t break the habit. It can be disheartening as I often find I drop, for example, 2lb by about Thursday and this can reduce to .5lb by the time […]

Overnight oats

Group was great last night, feeling extremely motivated! Breakfast today was overnight oats. I make mine with Quaker oats (the one in the pouch but original flavour), total 0% yoghurt, a dash of water and a teaspoon of sweet freedom fruit syrup. It is 7 smart points and keeps me full until lunch. In a […]

M&S

M&S is really great for low smart point products. Last night’s tea really felt like a treat tea. Two skinny burgers (2 sp) with a pitta (4sp) and butternut chips! Came in at 8 smart points, which is a really low tea! (I get 30 points a day.) They also do amazing personal sized wood […]

Butternut squash

My new obsession is butternut squash. It’s so versatile, really good for you and a great alternative to potato. Last night I had Italian stew with chunks of butternut done in the actifry alone, delicious! On weight watchers it is a free vegetable so you don’t have to point it unlike potato/sweet potato. Today’s fitness […]

Fresh start and goal setting

There is something about September for cracking on with a diet. Routines are back in place, the air has a nip in it and the dreaded Christmas dress looms in the back of one’s mind. I am under no illusion that I will be at goal for Christmas. Instead I have decided to set myself […]

Mum getting fit and slim

I am a mum of two and starting a fitness and weight loss regime at six weeks postpartum. Platform for thoughts, great products, running journey and more.