confidence

a nice board Katrina made about me.

Well it's Wednesday again and that can only mean one thing, weigh day. after my 9.5lb loss last week i was not expecting a lot as is my normal pattern, but was more than happy to see another 1.5lbs had come off. Another 0.5lb would of been nice as i would of achieved my 13 stone award, but i will have to wait until next week. the group was a hive of activity this morning with several new members joining us to start their

slimming world journey, good luck to them all.

This week i wanted to speak about how slimming world has improved my confidence over the last 42 weeks since i joined. when i first joined although i was not a shy person, i was not what you would call an extrovert either. as the weeks went by i found myself joining in the group more and more and then my consultant Katrina asked if i would like to join the groups social team and take control of the pay station for the group. I did which meant i got to speak to every member each week, i quickly found myself loving the role as i could see people changing each week.

Outside of the group it is the little things that you notice, like before i joined slimming i would never travel as a passenger in a car, always using the excuse that i got travel sick, the real reason being that a lot of the time the seatbelt would not go around me, but now i have the confidence i do not worry about it and easily fit into cars. Another area where my confidence has grown is just being out and about in public, before i joined i would catch people staring and chuckling at me in the supermarket because of my size, which is never nice. but recently i walked to the gym at the same time all the college students were walking to school but i found myself walking with my head held high and not worrying about anything.

On a day to day basis i find things that used to worry me don't anymore. Just before Christmas my group had its annual Miss Slinky competition where one of the groups fabulous ladies is voted Miss Slinky by their fellow members. Just after the group started i disappeared outside and then returned dressed in a nice frock in front of the whole group, nine months ago i would never of dreamed of doing such a thing so it goes to prove that losing weight is far more than just a physical thing.

TIP OF THE WEEK

Plan, Plan and Plan again, since i first joined i quickly learnt that if you sit down each week and plan your meals for the coming week you do not have to think about it during the week which in turn means you are less likely to fail. as the saying goes " Fail to prepare, prepare to fail".

RECIPE OF THE WEEK

Cauliflower curry, take a bag of frozen cauliflower and add it into a saucepan with two stock cubes mixed with water to cover, cook until the cauliflower is tender and then blitz to form a paste. fry off any vegetables and meat of your choice in a pan with fry light until golden and then add to the paste, add curry powder a mix well then serve on a bed of boiled rice. Enjoy.