Slimavite linkup - come and share your slimming journeys in 2012

I don't know about you but I love to read about other people experiences.  You can gain a lot from those who are sharing a similar journey.

I am on a weight loss journey and although I started my plan in May last year (and successfully lost nearly 3 1/2 stone and all my weight gained in my pregnancy in the process) I have set a new target for 2012 - to lose 2 stone and 6 lbs by April 22nd.  This is the weight I weighed on my wedding day 6 years ago on that date.

I enjoy reading how the other Slimavite slimmers are doing and follow their journeys.  I also thought having one source to be able to read each others successes would help spur us all on as well.

It would be lovely if you would come and share your blog posts about your weight loss each week and let us all know how it has been for you that week. Below is a linky tool for you to post yours - hope you all come and join in!



Look forward to reading all your successes!
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Slimavite Diet Diary - post Christmas update and a new challenge.

I haven't updated my Slimavite diet diary since December 20th! It isn't pretty to go back on the scales after the Christmas indulgences I can tell you.

Prior to Christmas I had lost 3 stone and 5 lbs using Slimavites Bite plan and I have to say looking back it has been really surprisingly easy.

I will be honest, as I always aim to be, and say I have shocked myself in how quickly the weight has crept back on over Christmas and I only have myself (and chocolate!) to blame.  I have barely drunk any Slimavite shakes and have not stuck to the plan at all.  The scales today showed 13 stone 7 lbs!! ARGH!!

As my 2012 resolutions are now in place it is back to the plan that has been followed since May.

My challenge for 2012 is to get down to 11 stone by 22nd April (my wedding anniversary) and I will be happy to get back on track as I feel bloated, unfit and quite unhealthy and the thought of a mince pie or the like is making me feel quite queasy - my body is telling me its had enough and I need to listen to it.

So from Thursday I will be back to my weekly updates but instead of them stating week 35 I will be listing them starting with Slimavite Diet Diary 2012 - week 1 as last years 3 and a half stone loss was me losing all the weight I gained being pregnant and this next phase is a new challenge.

I so hope I can repeat my fabulous loss again this year!  Onwards and downwards!......
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Slimavite Diet Diary - Week 30 weigh in

I had to double take that title when I wrote it - 30 weeks!  It certainly doesn't seem very long to lose over 3 stone in but that's exactly what has happened since I started the Slimavite plan.

2 weeks ago I officially had lost all the weight I gained in my pregnancy with Tala but I want to lose another 2 stone to return to the weight I was when I got married 6 years ago.  My goal is to get back into my wedding dress - not to use it again but merely because I adore it...

This week my weight showed on the scales as 13 stone exactly so this week I gained 1 lb which I am happy with as I had a fantastic meal out courtesy of Next and I thoroughly enjoyed every last mouthful including pudding, not a bit of guilt do I feel as life doesn't stop because I want to lose weight.

TOTAL weight loss in 30 weeks: 3 stone 4 lbs.  Without the offer of another fantastic meal on the cards this forthcoming week it is onwards and downwards....
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Slimavite Diet Diary - Week 5 weigh in....

So here I am at the week 5 weigh in of my Slimavite weight loss plan.

Having 2 milkshakes instead of breakfast and lunch has become so normal to me now and I honestly rarely feel hungry in between these and if I do I opt for a piece of fruit.

Slimavite replacement shakes

As this week is Half-term, eldest son is home which is fantastic! He arrived on Tuesday and after collecting him from the station I decide to stop on the way home for a drink - then some strange compulsion takes over.  I change the drink to "Let's have something to eat" and even more stupidly let's forget the plan and eat like it's going out of fashion!!!

I even decided to have a takeaway that night as I had already 'ruined' the day.  This is sadly like my old behaviour and proves to me that a lot to do with weight loss is psychological and about positive thinking, mind over matter etc.  I really must not allow myself to be tempted - I just feel frustrated with myself afterwards.

Anyway the next day I was right back on it and so was pleased with a 1lb loss this week so that takes me to 15st 3lbs.

 In 5 weeks I have lost - even with my lack of self control for one day - 1st and 1lb which is really fantastic.

I hope to see what I could have lost this week perhaps show next week - fingers crossed!

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And so the diet begins..... The Slimavite way

I don't know what happens to my body when I get pregnant.  As soon as I see a blue line on a pregnancy test kit my body instantly puts on half a stone like a sort of 'this is just the start of what's to come'  demonstration.

When I feel pregnant with my first child when I was 18 I went from being a healthy size 8/10 to a size 18 after I had given birth - I gained 5 and a half stone over those 9 months and whilst I admit I do not watch every mouthful when pregnant, I was still shocked at how quickly it had happened. Ryan had weighed 8lb 8ozs and so I couldn't say it was all baby!

It took me a few years to pluck up the courage to look at myself properly and lose that weight but I did and returned to a bigger but happier 9 and a half stone and a size 10.

I gained another 5 and a half stone with my next pregnancy - chocolate and curry cravings saw to that but again I lost the weight, and so when I had my 3rd child I started a 'fat club' (our name for our weekly meeting). I remember sitting there on the day I had been given the ok following my 6 week check-up - Baby noisily breastfeed whilst I listened to what I had to do to lose what seemed to me like half a person extra I had gained!!

That time it took just 9 months to lose 4 and a half stone - I was so pleased with myself!

Then I turned 30 - arrrgghhh! I started gaining weight for what seemed like no reason.  I had been a vegetarian for years prior to this and recently started eating meat again. I asked the doctor if that would cause it, he smirked, NO! So since then I have steadily gained weight and with my recent pregnancy with Tala I am now 5 and a half stone heavier than I was when I got married 5 years ago and on Monday I weighed 16 stone 4 lbs.

It hurts me to write that like you couldn't imagine.  I feel sluggish, fat (yes I used the F word!) and unhappy.

So today I start a new diet with the help of a trial from a company called Slimavite.  I have not used a meal replacement product before so I am in new territory but I need help to shift this body blubber.

Chocolate shake

So I prepare to be a much smaller, happier (I know that sounds shallow but it does really affect my feelings about myself to a huge degree) and healthier me. I will let you know how I get on.....

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