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After my pleasing weigh in last week I went away from group feeling confident about the week ahead. I had no plans to put me off track and I was determined to lose that one more pound to get me back to my pre-Christmas weight. I was doing really well and completely on top of things until stress just got to me one evening, and I delved into the biscuit tin… Oops.
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 …
After having a pretty good weigh in last week I was determined to try and get that other 3lb off this week in order to get back to my pre Christmas weight. It doesn’t seem so hard in the grand scheme of things, does it? I was actually doing okay for the couple of days after weigh in, then I hit rock bottom emotionally and ate all kinds of junk. Just some of it being a Chinese takeout, half a layer of a box of Thorntons chocolates, and half a bag of sharing M&M’s – yes, that bad. It was those …
So after last week and my non scale victory, it really spurred me on to get my head right back in it. I was on plan every day apart from Saturday when we had an impromptu pizza feast at my brother-in-law’s, but after that I tried my hardest to pull it back rather than just thinking “Sod it!”. Apart from Saturday, I was within my syns every day which I think made a difference as it’s a been a while since that has happened. I still had another 5lb to go until my pre Christmas weight so I was hoping …
Pasta is a favourite dish in our house so I am really glad that I can eat as much of it as I like on Slimming World. Recently though it has been a case of finding pasta dishes other than bolognese, lasagna or a pasta bake. This spaghetti carbonara is delicious with the whole family enjoying it, and it’s even more enjoyable knowing it is only 1 syn per portion! It is even more perfect served up with a slice of garlic bread. Ingredients (serves 4) 6 lean rashers of bacon with all visible fat removed 1 garlic clove, crushed …