Life According To Mrs Shilts http://www.mrsshilts.co.uk Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:58:00 +0000 en hourly 1 Game plan http://www.mrsshilts.co.uk/2012/02/game-plan/ http://www.mrsshilts.co.uk/2012/02/game-plan/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:58:00 +0000 mrsshilts http://www.mrsshilts.co.uk/?p=2122 Enough whinging from me, I’m back feeling positive and have had a really good day WW wise. I’ve changed a few things for the week ahead and I’ve developed myself a mini game plan to see if the changes I make work for me.

Change 1) Reduce daily points from 37 to 34
Change 2) Do not touch weekly allowance
Change 3) Eat activity points earned (I totalled up 34 last week and didn’t eat them!)
Change 4) No fizzy pop – stick to sugar free squash & water
Change 5) Have different breakfasts and lunches for variety

So my game plan is set. I’ll let you know how I get on

]]> Enough whinging from me, I’m back feeling positive and have had a really good day WW wise. I’ve changed a few things for the week ahead and I’ve developed myself a mini game plan to see if the changes I make work for me.

Change 1) Reduce daily points from 37 to 34
Change 2) Do not touch weekly allowance
Change 3) Eat activity points earned (I totalled up 34 last week and didn’t eat them!)
Change 4) No fizzy pop – stick to sugar free squash & water
Change 5) Have different breakfasts and lunches for variety

So my game plan is set. I’ll let you know how I get on

]]> http://www.mrsshilts.co.uk/2012/02/game-plan/feed/ 1 Disappointed…and treble it! http://www.mrsshilts.co.uk/2012/02/disappointed-and-treble-it/ http://www.mrsshilts.co.uk/2012/02/disappointed-and-treble-it/#comments Tue, 21 Feb 2012 21:58:18 +0000 mrsshilts http://www.mrsshilts.co.uk/?p=2117 I’ll keep this short because I’m completely peed off. I gained 2lb at weigh in. I’ve put 3lb on in 2 weeks and I’m going the wrong direction. I’m gutted because I have worked really hard this week and with the Zumba too I thought I was doing ok. Maybe it’s muscle, maybe it’s water retention, maybe the two or three bourbon biscuits I ate but thought they’d be fine under the weeklies…Pah! Enough is enough, back to basics (again!) gotta draw a line and move on.


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Thank you to all my friends on twitter for all your support this evening, I really do appreciate your kind words and encouragment

]]> I’ll keep this short because I’m completely peed off. I gained 2lb at weigh in. I’ve put 3lb on in 2 weeks and I’m going the wrong direction. I’m gutted because I have worked really hard this week and with the Zumba too I thought I was doing ok. Maybe it’s muscle, maybe it’s water retention, maybe the two or three bourbon biscuits I ate but thought they’d be fine under the weeklies…Pah! Enough is enough, back to basics (again!) gotta draw a line and move on.


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Thank you to all my friends on twitter for all your support this evening, I really do appreciate your kind words and encouragment

]]> http://www.mrsshilts.co.uk/2012/02/disappointed-and-treble-it/feed/ 4 Meal Planning Monday 20.02.2012 http://www.mrsshilts.co.uk/2012/02/meal-planning-monday-20-02-2012/ http://www.mrsshilts.co.uk/2012/02/meal-planning-monday-20-02-2012/#comments Mon, 20 Feb 2012 21:25:25 +0000 mrsshilts http://www.mrsshilts.co.uk/?p=2110

Woohoo! It’s Monday, I’m back at work, hubby is back at work and I’m so chuffed to be getting back into a routine. Jury Service and half term have really messed with my usual routine and now I’m excited to get back into a good healthy routine to see the next couple of stone shifted. As usual, meal planning is key and here’s the line up for this week’s meals.

Monday: Low Fat Sausages, Mash and Vegetables
Tuesday: Pancakes with sugar and lemon juice (& possibly chocolate Philadelphia…)
Wednesday: Battered Fish, WW chips and mushy peas (usual weekly appearance)
Thursday: Chicken cooked in new WW garlic and herb bag, potatoes and vegetables
Friday: Cajun chicken and rice
Saturday: Chicken and vegetable stir fry (Hubby is in London for the day so i’ll be eating solo)

Breakfasts will consist of Alpen Porridge (Yes, I’m still ploughing through it) and the usual mix of Granola (Jordan’s Tropical Fruit)  with WW yoghurt and selection of tinned fruit (Pear/Peaches/Mandarins).

Lunches will include ham salad on WW wraps,  zero propointed vegetable soup and pasta salads. I usually team lunch with a packet of Velvet Crunch and a piece of fruit.

I’m really hoping I can start to see a difference on the scales from now on. I really want to make good progress towards the next stone and I’m itching to buy new clothes in smaller sizes. (I wore my new*ish jeans on Friday night and they are now too big, I bought them in November for my birthday!) I’m going to resist though as it is getting quite expensive. As long as I look professional and smart for work then I’ll have to make do with my homey stuff…or i’ll just live in my pjs.

I’m hoping to get baking at the weekend and I might experiment with a few new meal ideas next week, Jen over at Suburban Mum has been cooking up Chorizo and Bean Chilli which sounds right up my street so I’m hoping to try that out and Sarah’s Spicy Mexican Chicken with rice is also high up on my shopping list for the weekend. Mealtimes don’t have to be boring do they!

For more foodie inspiration, head over to Mrs M’s blog to get those taste buds going

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Woohoo! It’s Monday, I’m back at work, hubby is back at work and I’m so chuffed to be getting back into a routine. Jury Service and half term have really messed with my usual routine and now I’m excited to get back into a good healthy routine to see the next couple of stone shifted. As usual, meal planning is key and here’s the line up for this week’s meals.

Monday: Low Fat Sausages, Mash and Vegetables
Tuesday: Pancakes with sugar and lemon juice (& possibly chocolate Philadelphia…)
Wednesday: Battered Fish, WW chips and mushy peas (usual weekly appearance)
Thursday: Chicken cooked in new WW garlic and herb bag, potatoes and vegetables
Friday: Cajun chicken and rice
Saturday: Chicken and vegetable stir fry (Hubby is in London for the day so i’ll be eating solo)

Breakfasts will consist of Alpen Porridge (Yes, I’m still ploughing through it) and the usual mix of Granola (Jordan’s Tropical Fruit)  with WW yoghurt and selection of tinned fruit (Pear/Peaches/Mandarins).

Lunches will include ham salad on WW wraps,  zero propointed vegetable soup and pasta salads. I usually team lunch with a packet of Velvet Crunch and a piece of fruit.

I’m really hoping I can start to see a difference on the scales from now on. I really want to make good progress towards the next stone and I’m itching to buy new clothes in smaller sizes. (I wore my new*ish jeans on Friday night and they are now too big, I bought them in November for my birthday!) I’m going to resist though as it is getting quite expensive. As long as I look professional and smart for work then I’ll have to make do with my homey stuff…or i’ll just live in my pjs.

I’m hoping to get baking at the weekend and I might experiment with a few new meal ideas next week, Jen over at Suburban Mum has been cooking up Chorizo and Bean Chilli which sounds right up my street so I’m hoping to try that out and Sarah’s Spicy Mexican Chicken with rice is also high up on my shopping list for the weekend. Mealtimes don’t have to be boring do they!

For more foodie inspiration, head over to Mrs M’s blog to get those taste buds going

]]> http://www.mrsshilts.co.uk/2012/02/meal-planning-monday-20-02-2012/feed/ 5 Mission Zumbathon 2012: complete http://www.mrsshilts.co.uk/2012/02/mission-zumbathon2012-complete/ http://www.mrsshilts.co.uk/2012/02/mission-zumbathon2012-complete/#comments Sat, 18 Feb 2012 18:32:15 +0000 mrsshilts http://www.mrsshilts.co.uk/?p=2100 I am pleased to report that I have spent the afternoon in good company and being just a tad bit active, mission Zumbathon is complete!

The girls ready for Zumba!

Today I joined my friends Sarah and Tresa with a few other lovely ladies in a 3 hour zumbathon raising cash for Beacon Centre For The Blind. Sarah’s daughter uses the Centre and as a way of thanking her for her fantastic support during the last year, I signed up to wiggle my booty for a few hours in aid of a very good cause.

The music started and so did the dodgy dance moves (from me, that is!) It was a very high impact session with lots of totally difference music tracks to what we are used too so it was mostly a case of joining in where I could and following the dance routines as best as I could.


It was a good 3 hours, after an hour we were hot, sweaty and in disbelief that we’d only been dancing for an hour. After 2 hours we were  still hot, very sweaty and pleased we only had an hour to go and at 3 hours we were delighted to have finished. It’s wasn’t easy and I ache a bit now.



Here’s a totally unattractive photo of me  just after we had finished. I drank 4 bottles of water and had a very quick ‘comfort’ break.

So, there we go who’d have thought that 6olb down and I could Zumba for 3 hours! Certainly not me, that’s for sure.

If you’d like to help me raise as much cash as possible, you can donate completely securely here and every penny will be put to the best possible use helping families across the Midlands with the one thing we all take for granted, our sight!

I’ve had my bath, a brew and my Chicken Chow Mein is order and I do believe that my mission is complete!

]]> I am pleased to report that I have spent the afternoon in good company and being just a tad bit active, mission Zumbathon is complete!

The girls ready for Zumba!

Today I joined my friends Sarah and Tresa with a few other lovely ladies in a 3 hour zumbathon raising cash for Beacon Centre For The Blind. Sarah’s daughter uses the Centre and as a way of thanking her for her fantastic support during the last year, I signed up to wiggle my booty for a few hours in aid of a very good cause.

The music started and so did the dodgy dance moves (from me, that is!) It was a very high impact session with lots of totally difference music tracks to what we are used too so it was mostly a case of joining in where I could and following the dance routines as best as I could.


It was a good 3 hours, after an hour we were hot, sweaty and in disbelief that we’d only been dancing for an hour. After 2 hours we were  still hot, very sweaty and pleased we only had an hour to go and at 3 hours we were delighted to have finished. It’s wasn’t easy and I ache a bit now.



Here’s a totally unattractive photo of me  just after we had finished. I drank 4 bottles of water and had a very quick ‘comfort’ break.

So, there we go who’d have thought that 6olb down and I could Zumba for 3 hours! Certainly not me, that’s for sure.

If you’d like to help me raise as much cash as possible, you can donate completely securely here and every penny will be put to the best possible use helping families across the Midlands with the one thing we all take for granted, our sight!

I’ve had my bath, a brew and my Chicken Chow Mein is order and I do believe that my mission is complete!

]]> http://www.mrsshilts.co.uk/2012/02/mission-zumbathon2012-complete/feed/ 2 Have you got support? http://www.mrsshilts.co.uk/2012/02/have-you-got-support/ http://www.mrsshilts.co.uk/2012/02/have-you-got-support/#comments Fri, 17 Feb 2012 13:53:13 +0000 mrsshilts http://www.mrsshilts.co.uk/?p=2095 At our WW class on Tuesday evening, most of the group were downbeat after gaining weight. We didn’t gain much but it was 0.5lb here and 1lb there, enough to feel slightly disappointed with the week’s achievements. Jim, our leader, spoke to us about what our motivations are and what we want to achieve. The group got talking about each other’s bad habits and what we do in a good week compared to what we do in a week where we gained weight.  Some of the group just didn’t track. They didn’t bother writing down what they’d eaten or drunk and slightly over calculated in their heads what their daily intake had been. Some had just let their emotions take over and proceeded to raid the cupboards for anything sweet and alcoholic. Some just didn’t bother with WW at all and decided to eat whatever they wanted knowing that it wasn’t healthy and would probably make them gain weight.

It was obvious that whilst we are all on our own individual journeys with our weight loss, we all need support. It got me thinking about what support I have and how it helps me. First up our leader Jim is great. He has a closed group on Facebook and we all have his phone number to catch him when we need him. He reminds us each week that he’s there should we need him and to call or text if we feel we’re going to crumble and fall off the wagon.

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The support of the class is immense. There’s a group of around 15 of us that encourage, motivate and inspire each other to do well. We don’t judge each other. We’re all completely different people with completely different backgrounds but we’ve all got something in common, we all want to lose weight; whether it’s 5lb or 50lb. We go to different WW classes but met through our previous leader, Deb. This week alone, we’ve helped each other to get back on the straight and narrow, track what we’ve eaten, drink plenty of water, encouraged each other not to go to fast food outlets and make positive choices. The support is fantastic.

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Of course, my hubby is very supportive but he’s never been overweight. I do believe that until you’ve been put in a situation you never actually know what it’s like. I really do appreciate him going food shopping so I don’t buy the food that’s on offer (BOGOF, 3 for 2 etc) and usually mega pointed. I also really appreciate that he cooks meals for us both from our whole stash of WW recipes. I have about 10 of the recipe books now, each with their own brilliant, mouth-watering ideas and whilst they are a little expensive, they are worth the money and take out the hassle of pointing everything up.

I must also mention the support I get on my blog and on Twitter, is fantastic. I really appreciate every comment/tweet that congratulates me or encourages me to get back or stay on track.  It spurs me on to want to make a good day turn into a good week so that I can see positive changes, not just on the scales but with my fitness too. I really enjoy reading other peoples blogs. I love to see what progress their making and how they’re losing weight. My personal favourites are down there on the right hand side of my blog.

So, if you’ve ever supported me on this WW journey I really do appreciate it. I have a small handful of blogging friends who are worth their weight in gold (even if we do want to lose some of it) and I just want each of you to know that you’re great and it really is appreciated. Please don’t stop supporting me. I have a long way to go but I really want to get there and hope you’ll be along for the ride.

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]]> At our WW class on Tuesday evening, most of the group were downbeat after gaining weight. We didn’t gain much but it was 0.5lb here and 1lb there, enough to feel slightly disappointed with the week’s achievements. Jim, our leader, spoke to us about what our motivations are and what we want to achieve. The group got talking about each other’s bad habits and what we do in a good week compared to what we do in a week where we gained weight.  Some of the group just didn’t track. They didn’t bother writing down what they’d eaten or drunk and slightly over calculated in their heads what their daily intake had been. Some had just let their emotions take over and proceeded to raid the cupboards for anything sweet and alcoholic. Some just didn’t bother with WW at all and decided to eat whatever they wanted knowing that it wasn’t healthy and would probably make them gain weight.

It was obvious that whilst we are all on our own individual journeys with our weight loss, we all need support. It got me thinking about what support I have and how it helps me. First up our leader Jim is great. He has a closed group on Facebook and we all have his phone number to catch him when we need him. He reminds us each week that he’s there should we need him and to call or text if we feel we’re going to crumble and fall off the wagon.

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The support of the class is immense. There’s a group of around 15 of us that encourage, motivate and inspire each other to do well. We don’t judge each other. We’re all completely different people with completely different backgrounds but we’ve all got something in common, we all want to lose weight; whether it’s 5lb or 50lb. We go to different WW classes but met through our previous leader, Deb. This week alone, we’ve helped each other to get back on the straight and narrow, track what we’ve eaten, drink plenty of water, encouraged each other not to go to fast food outlets and make positive choices. The support is fantastic.

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Of course, my hubby is very supportive but he’s never been overweight. I do believe that until you’ve been put in a situation you never actually know what it’s like. I really do appreciate him going food shopping so I don’t buy the food that’s on offer (BOGOF, 3 for 2 etc) and usually mega pointed. I also really appreciate that he cooks meals for us both from our whole stash of WW recipes. I have about 10 of the recipe books now, each with their own brilliant, mouth-watering ideas and whilst they are a little expensive, they are worth the money and take out the hassle of pointing everything up.

I must also mention the support I get on my blog and on Twitter, is fantastic. I really appreciate every comment/tweet that congratulates me or encourages me to get back or stay on track.  It spurs me on to want to make a good day turn into a good week so that I can see positive changes, not just on the scales but with my fitness too. I really enjoy reading other peoples blogs. I love to see what progress their making and how they’re losing weight. My personal favourites are down there on the right hand side of my blog.

So, if you’ve ever supported me on this WW journey I really do appreciate it. I have a small handful of blogging friends who are worth their weight in gold (even if we do want to lose some of it) and I just want each of you to know that you’re great and it really is appreciated. Please don’t stop supporting me. I have a long way to go but I really want to get there and hope you’ll be along for the ride.

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