After my weigh in last week and being rather disappointed with myself, I was determined I was going to go for it this week as I am desperate to get back to that pre-Christmas weight. I “only” gained 6lb over Christmas and New Year yet here I am, the beginning of February and still I haven’t lost it all! I think I just hadn’t been able to get back into the zone after the festive excesses, but now we have a holiday booked it has given me something to aim for to get to target.

I had been pretty much on plan all week; we did go out for dinner on Thursday a couple of days after weigh in, but I went for a healthy(ish) option of a mixed grill – obviously there would have been the most syns in sausages but I did go for a jacket potato instead of chips, which is the frame of mind I had wanted to be back in. And while everybody else had dessert, I sat and watched them and was actually okay as I was thinking more about the number on the scales the next week!

Before I get to weigh in, here are some meals from Instagram:

#dinner tonight was #breakfast #pasta – bacon, mushrooms, baked beans and Low Low (used my HEA) mixed with pasta. Could chuck some cooked sausage in there too. Really tasty! 👍 Had 3 syns of garlic bread too #slimmingworld #slimmingworlduk #sw #swuk #swfamily #swfriends #swmafia #swsupport #weightloss #weightlossjourney #swfood #synfree #lowsyn

A photo posted by Stacey (@staceyg_sw_nobodysaidblog) on Jan 27, 2016 at 2:21pm PST

#dinner tonight was #synfree cowboy pie #slimmingworld #slimmingworlduk #sw #swuk #swfamily #swfriends #swmafia #swsupport #weightloss #weightlossjourney #swfood

A photo posted by Stacey (@staceyg_sw_nobodysaidblog) on Jan 31, 2016 at 1:33pm PST

2 syns for this lot! 😋 Half a syn each for sausages and 1 syn for low fat spread (for scrambled egg and on my toast HEB) #dinner #brinner #slimmingworld #slimmingworlduk #sw #swuk #swfamily #swfriends #swmafia #swsupport #weightloss #weightlossjourney #swfood #lowsyn #instafood

A photo posted by Stacey (@staceyg_sw_nobodysaidblog) on Feb 1, 2016 at 1:12pm PST

So on to weigh in. I went to group feeling pretty confident for a loss. I felt less bloated, I had been eating lots of speed food and I just felt better in general. Nontheless, I was only expecting 1.5lb at the most as that seems to be my usual, so I was pretty over the moon when I stepped on the scales and saw I had lost 2lb! I was pleased with that as it means I only have 1lb to lose to get back to that pre-Christmas weight, and hopefully I can make that next week.

My stats for this week (week 51):

• starting weight – 13st 4.5lb
• previous weight – 10st 5lb
• current weight – 10st 3lb
• loss this week – 2lb
• loss so far – 3st 1.5lb
• Club 10 target weight – 11st 13.5lb
• final target weight – 9st 7lb