HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Hello everyone! Wow, can you believe that it's the end of 2009?! To be perfectly honest with you, I will be glad to see the back of this horrible year! I'm hoping that 2010 will be an absolutely amazing year for my family and everyone.

To end this year off, I am going to upload some pictures of Christmas. I am determined that this will be the last Christmas that I look like this.

I was getting a bit down because I wasn't losing weight, so I went to see the doctor today. I have found out that my dosage of Levothyroxine (for underactive thyroid) is too low. No wonder I'm struggling to lose weight! I have to go for more blood tests when I get back from holiday and they will adjust my dosage. Fingers crossed that this will help me lose weight in the new year. :-)

Right, everyone. I've gotta go, but I will chat to you all in the New Year!

xx

Hello everyone, hope you had a wonderful Christmas. I worked yesterday, and was quite upset at missing the first Christmas which my little girl would really enjoy opening her pressies. However, went to my mom's yesterday evening after work and had an absolutely lovely time. I was completely and utterly stuffed afterwards though! I have also been to my best friend for Boxing day dinner today. It was absolutely gorgeous too! However, I can now officially say I am sick of chocolates, sweets and crisps!! Shock-horror! Something I really thought I'd never say.

On the plus side, I got a couple of absolutley lovely, unexpected surprise pressies from "Santa"! My dear hubby bought me a new camera for christmas which is very handy since there's only just over a week till we go on holiday to South Africa. I also got a WII and Wii Sports Resort, which I honestly never thought I'd get. Spent most of the night playing bowling, tennis and boxing. Boy, do my arms hurt! At least I know it works and we worked off a few calories. I would like to get the Personal trainer, Jillian Michaels and the Biggest Loser games, so better start saving when I get home from holiday!

Anyway, I'm back at work, and have so far said no to chocolate. I am sipping on my Rooibos tea (South African herbal tea - very nice!) and hoping that this nightshift goes passed really, really quick.

Still very nervous for going home, because I'm so much bigger than when everyone in SA saw me last, but at least I've made a start. Going to be really good and do loads of exercise this week to kickstart my weightloss.

Have a good evening, everyone. xx

Hello everyone,

Hope you are doing well. These last few days have been very stressful for me, but I've decided to try and not let it get me down. I am going to take a bit of a break from stressing about weightloss and am going to enjoy my holiday. I will restart in the new year and I'm positive that I will do well.

I am going to really try on my holiday to be good. It will be hot in South Africa and my mother-in-law knows that I'm trying to lose weight, so she said she would make lots of salads and we're going to have many "braai's" (South African BBQ's). So, hopefully, I will have a big surprise when I get back and step on those scales again - a good surprise that is!

I will try and post a few pics of Christmas and I will also try and download a few photos when I'm in South Africa. The download speed for the internet is quite appalling though, so we'll see.

I am dissapointed in a way that I have put on the 2 pound I have lost since I started WW. I really wanted to be lighter before going on holiday. However, people are just going to have to accept me as I am. I am going to speak to the doctor when I get back too, as I think my thyroid medication needs reviewing. Don't think the dosage is enough and that's one of the reasons I'm not losing weight.

So, anyway - I am at work at the moment. Finishing at 6am tomorrow morning, and then one nightshift still to go before my days off.

Have a good evening. xx

Bad couple of weeks

Hello everyone, I've had a nightmare few weeks, and I've had absolutely no control over my eating at all. My weightwatchers journey is proving to be a really hard one. Everyone seems to think I don't really want to lose weight, but I do! More than anything! I've just had so many setbacks these last few months, I need to find a way to pick myself up and get focussed on weightloss again. I have just had a Swine Flu and normal Flu jab and my arms hurt like hell. I don't know if this is the result, but I could not stop eating today! Even had KFC for lunch! Not good! It's now 4:15pm and I have no points left for the day! I am also feeling pretty ill and can't stop coughing.

This weekend was a pretty hectic one. I had my work's Xmas do at Red Hot World Buffet in Milton Keynes on Saturday. It was absolutely fantastic with soooo many lovely foods. I did try and stick to healthy food, but I think because of it being a buffet, the portion sizes were way too big! Luckily I only had one drink coz I was driving home. Then Sunday it was my hubby's birthday and he ordered a takeaway along with us watching DVD's with the usual movie junkfood - popcorn, crisps, chocolate and dips!

I really must try to be extra good the rest of the week. I only have three weeks till my holiday. I really don't want to hear people say " look at her, she's gotten fat!". Believe it or not, that's what they said three years ago when I went home! I'm dreading it as I'm now three stone heavier!

As promised, though, here are a couple of pics. There's a couple of my works night out, even a pic of my relatively healthy desert! There's also pic of my beautiful little girl, Jessica. Hope you all have a good week. x

My Weightloss Journey

Hello everyone,

My name is Teresa (friends call me Tess). I have been overweight for many years now and have decided enough is enough! I want to become fit and healthy for my 21-month old baby girl. So, here goes.

I will be taking photos on a monthly basis of myself, (even though I tend to currently shy away from cameras) so that I can keep track on my progress.

Will be posting a picture soon.