From Fat Slob To Fit Triathlete

This is a bit of a strange one (nothing new there Lynne!) I wrote this last Thursday. Saved it to a jump drive and left the jump drive in work and as I've been off couldn't post it until today.

I seriously considered not posting it but I think it's a true reflection of how I felt then and an important bit of the story....

On 3 January I contemplated joining Slimming World and convinced myself that the fiver a week it was going to cost me would be better spent on… anything basically. Did I save the fiver? No. Did I lose weight? Yes but not as much as I should or could have and if I'd weighed less maybe I could have run more.

So when Lesley suggested we join after the triathlon I agreed. The first time I went to Slimming world was in 1988 and I probably weighed about 10 ½ stone. That's my target! Ha! Ha! I've lost count of the number of times I've joined. Lost loads. Got cocky. Stopped going and put it back on again.

Jayne the consultant was lovely and there was me and Lesley and another couple of newbies. She explained the plan, red days, green days. As much "free" fruit and vegetables as you can eat, healthy options and syns. Perfect!

She asked us newbies what couldn't we do without Lesley and another girl said crisps, the other lady said wine and I said er. er.  er.  6 months ago it would have been wine but I've hit that demon on the head. I said cheese but even that craving's not so great any more. I love bread but when I did the Atkins felt so much better without it so I don't know. I do love food. Almost all food. The only thing I can think that I don't like is runny eggs. They absolutely turn my stomach but anything else I like.

I don't have a sweet tooth. I can take or leave chocolate. I used to be a big pie and pastry eater but the gall stones broke that habit. That's what's got me thinking. I eat through habit. Not because I'm hungry.

Left feeling all positive and motivated and erm called in the chippy and had fish chips and mushy peas. Do you want me to repeat that? Left feeling all positive and motivated and erm called in the chippy and had fish chips and mushy peas.

There's no hope! There is though because read everything and decided to make the fresh start today then realised there was no salad in the fridge.

Went for a little jog this morning (I'm still on recovery remember?) then went to Tesco.

New potatoes, carrots, broccoli, cottage cheese, fry lite, water, oil free dressing, salad. That is food I absolutely love. There's no deprivation there.

Syns – well this is where I come a bit unstuck. You can have a little of what you fancy. I don't do "little." I can't open a bottle of wine without drinking the lot. I can't open a family bag of tortillas without scoffing the lot. Abstain is the only way for me.

Breakfast is another "problem." Oh god this is so funny I don't have time. Erm I have time to run and cycle and swim but haven't got 2 minutes to get weetabix down my neck. My world in future will be filled with "solutions" not "problems."

"Preparation is the key to success" 12 November and 28 February blogs.

I've brought to work cottage cheese, bagged salad, oil free dressing, 2lt water and riveta. Piece of cake. Why haven't I done this before?

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• #1 Comment from teresathrs 
  08/05/08 09:20 | Permalink

  Fish and chips eh?  Oops!
  
  My super slim and sexy sister inlaw swears by Slimming World.  She still goes even though she is at her target weight.  I assume that is how she stays super slim and sexy. :)
  
  I know what you mean about portion sizes though.  It was bread that got me.  I HAD to have two slices, because that was 'normal' - but my dear husband wont seem to tolerate anything other than jumbo sized slices, so I could only really 'afford' one slice at a time.  And pasta, measuring out a portion made me realise that I had been eating enough for 3-4 people.  
  
  Mostly I just avoid pasta when I'm trying to watch my weight, because the portion size just puts me in a sulk, but I pretty much got used to everything else.  That said, I'm still as large as ever - mostly cos I keep falling off the diet wagon.  Oops!
  
  Good luck with it though Lynne.  If you are half as determined about this as you were with your training, the weight will literally fall off my lovely!