The first class wasn't remotely as traumatic as I had expected. My lovely colleague, who has recently achieved her target weight, joined me for this step into the unknown.
It was all very civilised. We were talked through the Slimming World plan. We applauded people who had lost or maintained and we discussed ways to improve for those few who had gained. It didn't seem judgmental and I think I will be happy to stay for the class after each weigh-in.
The worst part was getting weighed. Nobody else can see your weight, but I don't share it with anyone and the woman who could see it was a perfect stranger. I also had to choose a goal weight. I had no idea what would be a healthy weight for me, I was just told to pick a weight.
So I went home yesterday evening, raring to go. I prepared breakfast and snacks for this morning, all of which are syn-free and I can pick at them all day. I can have as much syn-free food as I like and, apparently, I will lose weight! It seems much too good to be true.
The real challenge will come this evening, when we have a Chinese Takeaway. This is a very rare treat for me, and I can't believe it has landed on the first day of my new diet! What a challenge! The book is great and does give you good ideas for which dishes have the least syns. I will just have to make sure that I don't have any syns throughout the rest of the day, because my favourite dish is 14 syns and I am allowed 15 syns per day.
I am really conscious that I don't want this blog to become narcissistic. Please do let me know if I stray into that territory.
For now- I am enjoying my delicious breakfast at my desk, I have a syn-free Slimming World ready meal in the freezer at work, and I am surrounded by fruit and veg and I am feeling powerful and in control.
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