Day 5 and a little bit about me!

Well today has gone well again- i am just waiting for my tea and I dont want to bore you with all the food I am eating so I won't give you a blow by blow account. I am really enjoying this diet actually and its nice to be able to have things I like still! I have been looking through this website and working out what I could have for a treat now and then and tbh if I save up some of my points when I want a big treat there is no reason I can't have everything I like!!

Here is the site its fab for WW points (I hope the lady doesnt mind me posting it in my blog for others to use)http://www.freewebs.com/noreenblackett/index.htm

So a little about me for those of you who dont know me that well.

I am 27 and I am happily married to Tom and we have a little girl Eva, 2, who is our world. We have been together for 8 years and married 5 this year!

I have always had a battle with food and first joined weight watchers in 2000 when I lost 1.5 stone. Shortly after I met Tom my weight began to creep back up and before I knew it I was putting on over a stone every year. I briefly joined WW again however I didnt stick to it very well after loosing 1.5 stone. On the lead up to my best friends wedding in 2005 I joined Slimming World and lost 8lbs then went on holiday to Florida and didnt bother going back.

In April 2006 we found out we were expecting our first baby and I was put under consultant care at the hospital due to my bmi beign over 40- this wasnt great but I ate very healthily during my first few months and managed to loose a stone.

When Eva was born in Jan 2007 I returned to my pre-pregnancy weight and got straight back into my clothes. I have always maintained I was happy with my weight and it didnt bother me but to be honest I have always cared but just denied it in front of other people, pretending to be the jolly fat girl! As it turned out I didn't really need consultant care as my pregnancy and labour were text book. The only thing that made me upset were the scans I needed because the couldn't tell if she was head down due to excess fat. During labour I had asked to go in the birthing pool but was told that my bmi was too high and if any problems arose then my husband and the midwife might not be able to pull me out of the water- at the time I just agreed but afterwards it made me feel embarrased that I was so heavy and I vowed never to let it happen again.

I returned back when Eva was 8 months and I was 2 stone heavier than after I had given birth due to sitting at home and snacking. Going for lunch with other Mum's didnt help either. So when I was told by one of the children in my class that her brother said I wasn't just big I was fat I decided something needed to be done. When my friend at work said she went to Slimming World I decided to join so in October 2007 I joined and slowly but surely over 7 months I lost 3 stone.

What was the downfall???

Our holiday to Disneyland Paris! I was the lightest I had ever been when I went and I came back 5.5lbs heavier. I couldnt believe it and I went off the boil. During the summer holidays I tried hard but days out and visits didnt not help me to stay on track. I stopped attending classes and started to regain weight.

I returned to SW in Sept 08 and I had put on 10lbs in 3 months which wasnt good. Due to a number of things I found it hard to get back into the SW way of eating and I stopped classes in Dec 08 after loosing 7lbs of the 10lbs I had put back on.

NEW YEAR NEW ME- I decided that I couldn't let myself down anymore and joined WW in Feb 08. I am really trying hard and have my goals in sight. I am determined that next time I am pregnant I will not be attending consultant appointments for being morbidly obese. I am loosing weight for all of us and one day in the future I will be a thinner and happier me!! (Forgot to say I am still 2 stone lighter than I was but I need to carry on as I have still got 6 stone to loose- and you know what I bloody well will!!)

So thats it for now- here is to the new me!

PROJECT FAT GIRL SLIM :-D