Having had time to reflect on Fast Forward I have come up with a few lessons that I learnt from it and things that I intend to change…
- Portion sizes – it as made me realise that maybe my portion sizes have been too big. Although full of free foods I did used to have a fair bit. This as made me realize that maybe I don’t need so much. The FF portions are tiny and defiantly not enough to fill me up. I think I need to aim for somewhere in the middle.
- Water – This is something I started doing a few weeks ages ago as part of 777 but continued throughout FF as its also recommended for the FF plan. The aim is to have 1.5litres of water each day. I have been aiming for 2 litres and I can definitely see the positive effects.
- Variety – I think too often we forget just what foods are out there. This week I have been really restricted in just what food choices I can make. After a few days I really got bored of the same foods. Equally I realized I tend to snack on the same fruits all the time, just because it’s easy or cheap. It as made me look forward to all the lush syn free Slimming World meals that are available. I will now make more effort to try and vary what I am eating. Whether this be the meals, fruit or snacks.
- Don’t skip meals – only been able to eat little and often as made me realize I need to stick to this in future and try not to skip meals or I am likely to feel hungrier and eat more than I need to.
- Make time for breakfast – Due to not been a morning persona and working a lot I tend to grab and go on breakfast but I am going to make more effort to have a proper breakfast. If I don’t have time before work I will make sure that I take something with me
- Determination& focus – definitely the key to success! To get what you want, you need to be clear about your aims and go for it without letting anything get in your way.
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So, yesterday I was gutted! I had done Fast Forward and only lost 2lb! ALthough I did get my 5 1/2stone award it was overshadowed by how gutted I felt. However I have had time to think about it and I have looked back over my weigh in record. Last week after 3 days on FF I lost 3 1/2 lb, this week 2lb. SO really from 10days I have lost 5 1/2lb. Now for the last few month I have struggled to loose, as I have had tiny losses, maintains or gains so haven’t made much progress. This 5 1/2lb over the last fortnight is more progress in a fortnight that in the 3 months since beginning of February. Looking at it like that it seems much more positive. I am still not feeling great (especially after reading something this aft that seemed like someone gloating/a bit of a dig) but I can;t let it get me down. I have 6lb to go until target and I really wanna get it asap. I just need to up my game, try anything and everything to find something that works and keep going.
This week I am going to try and keep my syns around the 7 mark where possible and have much more speed/superfree. I am also going to act on my lessons above. So today (an Extra Easy day)I had breakfast of hifi light and a banana (usually it would have just been the hifi and a fizzy drink). Lunch was a pasta pot at work, I did want salad with it but none was available 😦 . And in the interest of trying something new I had pizza chicken…it was lush! I increased the amount of superfree that I would have usually had with this type of meal and halved the amount of actifry chips that I would have normally had. It was so nice! FF as really made me appreciate proper food again! So far today I have had 6.5 syns (1.5 for a options hot choc, 3 for pasta sauce at work, 1 for tiny amount of extra virgin olive oil, and 1 for low fat salad cream). I am absolutley stuffed! If i get the munchies later I have strawberries on standby!
Shrinking Fairy 