So what's it all about?

We all need to eat, right? well yes, but not all food is equal. In my early 20's I found love and contentment and with that love my waistband seemed ever expanding as the years went by, I wasn't aware of what or how much I was eating and drinking. In 2002 after returning from holiday and viewing the photo's I didn't recognise myself  and I would find myself not recognising my reflection in shop windows... I had never needed to lose weight before and didn't know where to start. 

But I remembered a colleague telling me how she had lost 5 stone with Weight Watchers and kept it off... Well that is what I wanted. So I found my local meeting and took myself off to join not knowing what to expect. That first week I lost 4lbs and never looked back. I lost 33lbs that first time and it transformed my life. Increased my confidence, improved my relationship with food and activity. The tools I gained from following the points planned led to me taking control in other areas of my life: Clearing my debt and undertaking and completing a post graduate degree. I regularly weighed in at a local meeting and was focused on maintaining my weight......

But I lost focus, I got married and then pregnant and slowly all the healthy habits became undone and replaced with the 'eating for two' and 'go on you deserve a treat' mentality. I had my beautiful baby girl and the weight didn't come off easily (or at all ) but I was too tired and my life too altered to really focus on it. My daughter was 18 months when I started thinking I need to get healthy again and before I knew it I was pregnant again. So thoughts of losing weight disappeared although I did have a much healthier approach to food the second time round. When my son was around 7 months old I noticed I was avoiding the camera and being photographed with my children and when I did see a photo of me and the children I felt like crying as I felt the way I looked ruined the picture's and thus the moments and memories.

It was time for action it took me another month or two to feel ready, In July 2010 with my son 9 months old I rejoined Weight Watchers. The weight came of slower this time, but it was steady and I was determined. It wasn't easy or quick, but I was living my life, slowly taking back control of my body. I reached my goal weight just before Christmas 2010 losing 28lbs. I went on to lose another 7lbs and have not looked back using the Pro Points Plan to maintain my weight for over a year. 

In May 2011 I became a Leader working for Weight Watchers providing weight loss support to members in South East London. Find your local meeting , the meetings worked for me because it gave me an hour a week just to focus on what I wanted to achieve with my weight loss and give me the structure on how to make it happen, the plan worked by giving me boundaries of how much is enough and how to make the best choices for me and what I wanted. I have always loved cooking and especially baking and love to share food with friends and family.

This blog is about satisfying my desire to say "cook, bake and eat... enjoy your food because the right food does equal love. It can be quick and easy with some planning and a little forward thinking. I hope you like."

Here's me and my little treasure's now happy to be pictured together.