Signed Up for 12 Weeks! | January 21 2022

^{Witch Hazel in the Botanic Garden. The little flowers always look like bursts of fire crackers to me.}

I made it to the local group of Slimming World on Thursday, my first venture into the Dark Arts. There are a lot of groups locally, with a good spread of days and times - most people should be able to find something to suit their life, one way and another.

I had phoned the Consultant in advance, she was very enthusiastic, even with a noisy two year old in the background. Another woman was also starting and we had our induction, very comprehensively explained. There are lots of resources and we each received a welcome pack with the programme and workbooks.

I spent today going through all the paperwork, it takes a bit of time to get your head around it. Eventually I got to the point of realising it's broadly what I eat now, with more cheese and less milk and olive oil day to day. I'm not sure about eating that much cheese, but there is plenty of room to accommodate my extras 😎.

Back to the meeting - there were about twenty-five women altogether, most of whom had lost something that week. The topic was about socialising and eating out - how you can come up with healthier options and plan ahead.

The weigh-in was fascinating, everything is electronic and governed by your smart membership card. This also gives you access to the members area on the website with more resources (I haven't tried that yet).

I was inspired to get the pack of tofu out of the fridge and make a tofu scramble with vegetables and the last of the French fries from the co-op (these can also be accommodated in the daily menu). I'll use the rest in a chickpea curry tomorrow. I really enjoyed the meal, which is what I had hoped, as I had got a little disenchanted with cooking and eating.

There is also a whole section about moving - different types of physical activity but also just moving more in everyday life. There are little awards for reaching different stages, including getting going in the first place. I'm looking forward to telling them I get paid to walk 😁. I haven't read that section yet, it's tomorrow's homework.

I've signed up for twelve weeks, my last week will be 7 April, and I'm aiming to lose 5kg (11lbs). My main goal is to bring my cholesterol and blood pressure levels down, plus any other benefits of doing that.

The time works well, too - Thursday evening at 5.30pm. It's about a mile or so from where I live and as it gets warmer, I could take the back roads (the most direct route is straight along the main road) and walk there.

There was a police car with a speed gun out on my walk and soon after I'd passed them the sirens whirred into action and then a car in front of me was pulled over. Unlucky, the traffic flow was too slow for them to have been much above the speed limit.
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