My First 6 Weeks Of Slimming World

For 6 weeks I have been fully immersed in the ‘Slimming World Way’ I have been ‘on plan’ and I think this is the first time I have been able to sit back and reflect on the start of my journey fully since starting.

On the 6th January I headed to my first weigh in to get my starting weight and I am not ashamed to say now to you dear readers that once my family slept I cried uncontrollable sobs. How had I let myself get this big? Why had I not done something sooner? How can I live on a constant diet?

That first meeting I sat with so many newbies and sitting with my friend I was of mixed views to slimming world. Part of my personality has an ingrained negativity and I genuinely sat and listened with a degree of hope but also a fair bit of negativity that anything like this would allow the use of Diet Coke and carbs and still help me loose weight.

After standing on those scales my friend and I didn’t stay for the full group meeting we headed to Asda to do a healthy shop for basics. A wise move as after the wracking sobs of my actual weight sinking in. Wise choice really since  my normal pattern would have been to eat the contents of the fridge.

The first week I have to say I meal planned like a maniac. Breakfast, lunch and tea were precision planned and my first week I lost an incredible 3lbs and I have not looked back.

In the last 6 weeks I have lost an incredible 17.5lbs! Thats a mere 2.5lbs off 1 1/2 stones! … in 6 weeks!

It would be easy to say that this all down to slimming world and the most positive advisor and groups. However I know it is also down to myself and my husband. Ollie has been eating most of the tea’s that I have cooked and with little to no grumbling we have both discovered a more healthy way of cooking and eating.

Ollie has also lost around a stone! He has also put up with the fridge being filled with stuff he hates like mushrooms and laughing cow cheeses but he is certainly not complaining at purchasing the Pinch Of Nom cookbooks as I don’t think we have eaten the same meal twice in the last 6 weeks.

The side effects to being ‘on plan’ mean that we no longer seem to argue over teatimes nor do we throw out food either. Meal planning means that it has taken the stress out of the kitchen and out of teatime. All of which make the most agreeable side effects!

This is the first time in 6 weeks Ollie and I haven’t had a single takeaway. And so far we haven’t missed it either.

We have several birthday gatherings over next couple of months and although I am aiming to make better choices while I am there. I am also going to enjoy my life too. So eating out infrequently and getting better at knowing I don’t need to keep eating just because I have had one meal off plan.

Tomorrow I am off to town to buy some smaller jeans … My size 20 jeans are now falling down and I need at least one pair that will stay up. I have also had all my hair chopped off. My hair has been used as a mask to hide behind for a long time. I am finally feeling in control.

Watch this space for some adapted slimming world friendly recipes and my next update in a few weeks!