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Here we are again!! This weeks meal plan and goals!

Monday – Vegetable Stir Fry

Tuesday – Pasta with tuna and vegetables (my own made up recipe!)

Wednesday – Spaghetti Bolognese – this was on the list last week but we didn’t have it, so have added it again as it is Molly’s favourite!

Thursday – Salmon with sweet potato mash and green beans (A Thinking Slimmer recipe)

Friday – Potato Wedges, sausages and salad (Haloumi cheese for me!)

If you have a meal plan why not link up over with Mrs M too!

My goals 

As you can see from my previous post about being positive and focussed, things are so far going really well!  I remembered to weigh myself last week and when I stepped onto the scales on Friday morning I had lost a whopping 8.5lbs in 6 days! I got on and off the scales so many times thinking they must have been wrong – but they were correct! This has totally given me another major boost!

So as far as my goals go for this week, I am going to be taking a different approach, I am not going to be weighing myself weekly from now on, Sandra from Thinking Slimmer has advised ‘I throw the scales away.’  So there will be no weekly weigh in from now on, I am going to concentrate on how my clothes feel and fit as my guide to my weight loss.

So goal number 1 is to not weigh myself which seems a bit strange coming from someone trying to loose weight  and I think it will be harder than i think to not obsess over the lbs, but I am going to give it a go!

Goal number 2 is to hunt out some new healthy recipes to include in my meal plan, I struggle with meals that can cater for us all, I am a vegetarian and the kids and my husband are all meat eaters, so it can be tough finding a balance that suits us all.

Goal number 3 is to up my running to 2 minutes at a time in the gym by the end of this week. Now I never expected running to be easy, but I really thought I would manage longer than a minute. It wasn’t to be though, so at the moment, I am up to 1 minute 30 seconds, then walking for a minute then back to running.  By the end of the week I aim to be running for 2 minutes walking for 1 minute.  I hope this makes sense, I know what I mean but writing in a way that makes sense doesn’t seem to be happening very easily!

So there it is, my meal plan and goals for this week! Have a great week everyone!

Have a great weekend!

There is NO need to cut me up.  You are not going to get where you are going any quicker, there was lots of traffic, it was busy, tends to happen around RUSH HOUR!  Apart from stressing me out, you nearly caused an accident, which would have been totally your fault because you acted like an idiot.  Please drive carefully in future to make sure no one gets hurt.

From

The pissed off lady you cut up this morning

To the lovely fitness instructor,

You boosted my confidence and made me believe I can do it.  Thank you for setting me such an awesome programme and for making me realise that people are not laughing at me when I am in the gym.

Soon to be thinner,

Sinead

Dear house hunters,

I know we have only been on the market for a couple of weeks, BUT I now have it in my head that we will be moving. Therefore we have to move, about now would be good.  So please come and look at my house and more importantly buy it. Its lovely, I will be sad to leave it, but please come and buy it soon!

Impatient moi?? Never

Love

Sinead

Dear all the lovely bloggers going to Cybher this weekend,

I am very jealous, have an awesome time!!

Lots of love from

The Singing Mummy (feeling very sad about not being there)

Dear Me

Get off the computer and go shopping NOW, you have to collect the children soon and will be late if you don’t get going.

Love

Me xx

If Why not take a look at the other entries for Dear so and so and don’t forget if you have your own letters why not link up below!

I recently joined my local gym and I am enjoying exercising for the first time in my life.  This morning I have been to have my fitness programme set up, the last few weeks I have been doing my own thing to get used to going, but as of now I have a proper fitness programme, to help me not only loose weight, but to train for the Race for Life.  I am under no illusion that I probably won’t be able to run the whole 5 k race….BUT I am going to try.

Today I worked, I worked hard, and boy I know I am going to be so stiff tomorrow.  But I feel great.  For the first time in a long time, I feel just a little bit like me.  Yes I am over weight and I don’t feel one bit attractive right now, but I am doing something about it. I am setting myself weekly goals with my Meal Planning Monday posts and aiming to be in the gym a minimum of three times a week. When I joined I was so embarrassed, convinced that people were laughing at me for being in there.  The more I go the more confident I am getting, the instructor today was impressed with how much running I was able to do so soon after joining the gym and even commented on how motivated, determined and focussed I was on what I want to achieve – her words not mine!

This is not just about weight loss for me, it is about making positive changes in my life and getting my confidence back.  Since listening to my Slimpod I am noticing changes in what I am eating, I am generally eating much healthier than I have been in a long time but more importantly, I stop when I am full, I can’t remember the last time I felt uncomfortable after eating a meal, I feel full and satisfied not stuffed and uncomfortable.  My motivation to exercise has quite simply come out of nowhere, I can’t explain it but I am loving my time in the gym. The fact I am going is amazing but to actually be enjoying it is complete and utter madness!

For a long time I felt like the Slimpod wasn’t working, but I was spending so much time obsessing about how much weight I  hadn’t lost and focussing on what I felt I wasn’t achieving that I was not giving it a chance to work for me.  This in itself was making me feel worse and keeping me in my negative cycle.  Having a positive mindset is key, and listening to my Slimpod is helping me to achieve this, looking every day for the positive changes you notice in yourself is such a boost that you can’t help but feel good. I am sure that I am going to have times when I am not feeling so positive, loosing weight is not easy, but I am motivated, and focussed – even the fitness instructor said it, so it must be true!! I can and will do this, I want to feel like me again, I know I am in there somewhere, I just need to find me!

Wow that week went quickly!! Can’t believe we are here again already!! As far as my goals went, I had a great week.  Went to the gym 4 times which was more than planned, signed up for the Race for Life.  I set myself a goal to lose 2lbs, however, I didn’t actually weigh myself last week to now know if I have or not!! So today I have weighed myself and can from now on see if I am actually loosing any weight.  I would like to think that 4 times to the gym on top of running around after my little monkeys would mean I lost 2lbs but I can’t say for sure…….

So this weeks meal plan is as follows  -

Monday – we had dinner at my Mums!!

Tuesday – Fish Pie

Wednesday – Vegetable Risotto

Thursday – Bean Chilli

Friday – Spaghetti Bolognese

For other meal plans head over to Mrs M’s and take a look, some great inspiration and ideas there for some yummy scrummy recipes to try out!

My goals for this week are – to measure myself (weird goal I know BUT it does have to be done to allow me to see the changes following all my hard work in the gym and I have been avoiding doing it because I know I won’t like what I see), to loose 2 lbs and my third goal is to keep feeling positive about the fact I am making changes. I have felt great this past week, having that time in the gym has given me such a positive mindset and I have had so much more energy and I want that to stay!

I am still listening to my Thinking Slimmer every night which is really helping and there have been some great posts over on their blog this week about exercise including a great home exercise plan which is great for Mums who don’t always have a lot of time to get out to the gym,  I would recommend taking a look over there for some great ideas and tips!

Have a great week everyone, and if you have your own meal plans don’t forget to link up with Mrs M’s.

I do tend to hate the summertime, hot and sticky and getting sun screen on the kids can be a total nightmare.  We tested it out the Sudocrem Mousse as best we could without actually having any sun and we were impressed.  Molly loved it and it was so easy to apply and she could rub it in easily herself.  Alfie was fascinated by the squirty stuff (Molly’s name for it!) and happily stood still to try it out!  It went on well, easily applied and don’t go all sticky on your skin like other sun creams.  All in all we loved it!

Sudocrem Sunscreen Mousse is a revolutionary factor 50 sun protection mousse for babies & children 

Using Proderm Technology®, designed for young children and babies

• Hypoallergenic, paraben/preservative/perfume/additive free
• Four-star UVA protection
• Easy and quick to apply, even to impatient little ones
• Leaves skin feeling soft and smooth
• More effective than many existing cosmetic sunscreens
• Absorbed into the skin to give long-lasting protection from UVA and UVB radiation
• Broad spectrum UVA and UVB protection
• Also protects against irritation from salt, chlorine, sand and wind burn
• Rapidly absorbed and does not leave a greasy residue on the skin
• More resistant to water and towel-drying than conventional sunscreens
• Does not block the pores of the skin, allowing it to breath naturally

When Molly was younger there were a quite few shows on CBeebies that would hold her attention, but with Alfie TV doesn’t really interest him that much, until Charlie Bear comes on and then he giggles his little head off.  I have lost count of the times I have logged into the iPlayer to put it on for him. He loves it.  So when he saw the box he was a very happy boy, especially when he saw the Charlie Bear toy that it came with, which of course went straight into his mouth……. Poor Charley Bear!

In these latest adventures from the pre school favourite, Charley pretends to be different wild animals but he has no idea what noises they make.  To find out, he heads off on an exciting jungle safari with his friends Midge and Nibblit to track down the animals and hear their sounds.  Behaving like a crazy monkey, Charley gets chased by a snappy shark, tries not to wake a very grumpy tiger and explores the jungle for Dinosaurs, discovering a Charleyosaurus! 

Alfie loved the DVD and couldn’t wait to put it on, and the Little Charley Bear toy is never far from his side at the moment which is very cute, Molly has given up trying to play with it, she never gets a chance!

I have to say the DVD held Alfie’s attention well and although he didn’t sit still for the whole 50 minutes (Molly on the other hand didn’t move an inch!) he sat for longer than I expected him too and a lot longer than I have ever know him too! When he did get up he was pottering around the living room and watching the DVD at the same time, multi tasking bless him!

Little Charley Bear has been a big hit here, Alfie and Molly both love the DVD and Alfie keeps bringing it to me and pointing at the TV which is totally adorable!!  I would recommend this DVD to any Charley Bear fans out there, with the awful weather we are currently having it can be so hard to keep your little ones entertained indoors, Charley Bear will give you a chance to snuggle up on the sofa under a nice big blanket and ignore the wind and rain for a little while!

‘Charlie on Safari’ DVD comes out on the 7th May 2012.  You can follow Charley on Facebook here and you can get more information about Charley Bear on his very own website!