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, needing a smaller size, etc as this should not only be focused on the results from a scale. A lot of what they said was things either I had been going through or had previously discussed, etc.
I weighed in at 137kg (when the nurse at the surgery had weighed me to refer me, and yes mind they are different scales, I was 140kg).
I cooked another soup for my lunches for the week, and this time have been disappointed. I tried to have it today for lunch and could only eat half, it didn’t really have flavour and the texture of it reminded me of sand. I have 3 more servings of it in the freezer so am going to see what I can do and whether I can salvage it with a little cheese or some basil, etc. It was supposed to be chicken and broccoli soup (with potato, which I am not fond of in soups)... and I love chicken and broccoli... but this was not as good as I hoped. I usually find that if you mix foods you like and that taste good a recipe will turn out yummy... but that was not the case this time and I am quite disappointed.
We did make a very nice chicken terriyaki though on the weekend. So one out of 2 recipes turned out well. It evened out, I guess.
To end, I wanted to share that my mother is helping me too... doing this with me, swimming with me, going to meetings, helping me to cook, and proving motivation. Yesterday and today, I got a little surprise, when someone else decided to get involved... he is my little angel. Last night he helped me put away the food I had made and today was helping to pick out healthy foods. This made me smile a lot as I saw just how much support I have!
I weighed in at 137kg (when the nurse at the surgery had weighed me to refer me, and yes mind they are different scales, I was 140kg).
I cooked another soup for my lunches for the week, and this time have been disappointed. I tried to have it today for lunch and could only eat half, it didn’t really have flavour and the texture of it reminded me of sand. I have 3 more servings of it in the freezer so am going to see what I can do and whether I can salvage it with a little cheese or some basil, etc. It was supposed to be chicken and broccoli soup (with potato, which I am not fond of in soups)... and I love chicken and broccoli... but this was not as good as I hoped. I usually find that if you mix foods you like and that taste good a recipe will turn out yummy... but that was not the case this time and I am quite disappointed.
We did make a very nice chicken terriyaki though on the weekend. So one out of 2 recipes turned out well. It evened out, I guess.
To end, I wanted to share that my mother is helping me too... doing this with me, swimming with me, going to meetings, helping me to cook, and proving motivation. Yesterday and today, I got a little surprise, when someone else decided to get involved... he is my little angel. Last night he helped me put away the food I had made and today was helping to pick out healthy foods. This made me smile a lot as I saw just how much support I have!
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