Rebuilding a Better Me

Getting more active is not easy right now for me.  I cannot walk or stand for very long without pain. I love swimming but it is not always very easy to get out and go. I got the Honor 5 Band because I needed something to track how active I am including when I swim, but most trackers - like the Apple Watch or Fitbit - made for swimming are very expensive.  After quite a bit of research I discovered 2 that looked promising - the Moov and the Honor 5 Band. According to my research: The Moov is a tracker and training band that does not have a display.  It is a round disc that can be put in a wrist band, ankle band, head band, etc.  People complained that the disc is so light weight that they never realised they actually lost it.  It was available on Amazon for £45. The Honor 5 Band has a display, and can receive notifications from phone (and social media), record workouts and track steps.  It is made by Huawei and cost £30 on Amazon. This is f...

So celebrated success yesterday at MyWW... I started this journey before weighing in at a MyWW meeting and so they only know about the weight I have lost since I joined, yesterday they recorded another pound lost which brought me to 7.5 lbs It has been challenging this week as I have worked from home all week due to COVID-19 and really did not leave the flat. I got this new activity tracker band, the Honor 5 Band made by Huawei, and was shocked to see the difference in my movements between weekends and weekdays (can be as much as 4x difference). I need to find ways during the week to get my activity levels up more.  However, I still lost this week and so will be adding another £1 to my £’s for lbs bottle! Am about to go and test my new tracking band at the pool, but have lost my swim buddy as fears of COVID-19 become more and more pronounced in the communities.  I am going today, but not sure whether I will continue, although it is one of the few w...

End of Week 3... Thought I would try something a little different... Have had a good week... Made lots of good choices... And so decided to find another way to motivate and reward myself... so transformed an ordinary (well, charity supporting) water bottle into a money bank.  So each time I lose lbs, I add £s! (Whole pounds only!) And so onto Week 4...

It is Sunday, the end of week 2.  I finished my first week of My WW and weighed in yesterday.  Last Saturday I was 21 stone 8lbs and this Saturday I was 21 stone 5lbs... so lost 3lbs. This week, I have: been trying to eat smarter,  cut out a lot of my carbs and replaced them with fruit or veg,  stopped drinking calorie-filled drinks,  tried to be a bit more active.   So did something right, I guess.  Now let me see if it can be sustained. I will say that some days this week, I had a lot of Smart Points left over each day... so not sure if I am eating enough to fully fuel my body and most efficiently burn calories?  Today, I ate almost all my points... so will see how that goes. Lenny seems to be fascinated with things like oranges when he finds them, so got him some “healthy food” cat toys so he and Willow can be involved and supportive. Bring on Week 3!  (Soup for lunch made today - a beef and barley-type soup ...

It has been a busy and exhausting week.  It is Thursday, so still have 3 more days left to the week. I went swimming once this week, as Monday morning was still oncall (and tired from the weekend work) so swam on Wednesday instead, will see how I feel tomorrow (alarms are set but am not sure if I am up for it, as would be going alone). Decided to take a picture after week 1, the start of my journey: Weighed in at work on Wednesday and had good news... have lost again... (so according to the work scale, I lost 1.6kg this week, for a total so far of 2.5kg or 5.5lbs). I weigh in again on Saturday with My WW - so will see what their scale reports for my weight and loss. I am debating on ordering a swimming tracker and was looking at something like this: I had a very nice compliment yesterday... and it may not be one that most people will ever hear, but as I was leaving work one of the guys I work with told me I looked like I was “moving better”... it is a rather ...

This weekend was a bit varied.  I ended up being quite stressed. I worked quite a bit.  I visited with friends, I spent time with family. I got little sleep... and I went to my first meeting.  I may have mentioned in an early post (or maybe not) that I was referred back to weight management by my doctors surgery and so have 12 weeks of meetings free.  However, what I learned on Saturday morning was that they no longer want to be called Weight Watchers, now going by My WW.  The meeting was very enlightening... I came to find a group of people who were aligned well with what I am doing.  They now have 3 pillars behind their focus - Diet, Activity, and Mindset.  They emphasised that the word “diet” is not about losing weight, but what you eat and how much.  They talked about not making huge changes but small sustainable ones.  They discussed NSV - non- scale victories, as in going to a meeting, making a good choice, feeling good about yourself, ...