A Family

One thing that surprised me when I decided to look into the CWP was the vast amount of support available. At Slimming World it seemed as though I had all the support I could ever want - a group leader, my mum and 30+ men and women in my weekly meeting all striving towards the same goal as myself. However after a while I felt my motivation dwindling. It is very easy to hide behind the other members in a bigger slimming group, my particular consultant had over 600 members on her books so it was a miracle if she remembered your name let alone managed to keep track of how you were getting on with the plan. However since starting CWP I have discovered a new-found confidence which I feel stems from the fact that I now have people relying on me to stick religiously to the CWP. My consultant and my mum are constantly there to support me and are both willing me to succeed. Even though I believe you should only ever put yourself through something challenging for your own personal gain and no one else's *sassily snaps fingers*, you can't help but try harder when you feel you have to prove something to others or you want to make someone else proud! So...what's your motivation?

Underneath I have listed a few blogs and CWP own forum which are great places to find support and motivation to help with your CWP journey!

• http://www.laurasummers.co.uk/
• http://cambridgedieters.com/default.asp
• https://twitter.com/CambsWeightPlan 
• http://www.minimins.com/cambridge-diet-forum/ 

Below I have left info on my meals (and my mum's) for yesterday and today as well as some pictures of some of my meals! Day 8...bring it on!

Moi

13/7/15 - Monday
Breakfast - Shake (Chocolate Mint Flavour)
Lunch - Pasta (Spaghetti Bolognese Flavour)
Dinner - 245g Turkey Steak & 80g Broccoli
Evening Snack (drank at 9pm) - Shake (Key Lime Pie Flavour) mixed with Mix-A-Mousse Powder

14/7/15 - Tuesday
Breakfast - Porridge (Apple and Cinnamon Flavour)
Lunch - Pasta (Spaghetti Bolognese Flavour)
Dinner - 245g Chicken Breast and 80g Broccoli
Evening Snack (drank at 9pm) - Shake (Banana Flavour) made with hot water

Comments: I had two new additions to my CWP shopping basket this week. My consultant kindly gave mum and I a sample of the Mix-A-Mousse powder which we used with the Key Lime Pie flavoured shake. I really enjoyed this as it felt like a bit of a naughty treat even though it was still total CWP approved! If I was to make it again I think I would use some more water as it was very stiff when made up to the instructions (less like mousse and more like a hard jelly!) I also chose a banana shake this week which my consultant told me to try as a hot drink. Again this was lovely and reminded me of an options hot chocolate which I regularly had when I was on Slimming World.

Mum

13/7/15 - Monday
Breakfast - Shake (Chocolate Mint Flavour)
Lunch - Pasta (Spaghetti Bolognese Flavour)
Dinner - 245g Turkey Steak & 80g Broccoli
Evening Snack (drank at 9pm) - Shake (Key Lime Pie Flavour) mixed with Mix-A-Mousse Powder

14/7/15 - Tuesday
Breakfast - Porridge (Apple and Cinnamon Flavour)
Lunch - Shake (Vanilla Flavour)
Dinner - 245g Chicken Breast and 80g Broccoli
Evening Snack (drank at 9pm) - Shake (Toffee and Walnut Flavour)

Comment
The Apple and Cinnamon Porridge was new for me this week and has become a firm favourite in the porridge stakes! The Mix-A-Mousse, when made up to my preference rather than the instructions, will make a nice treat for the evenings as a pud.