Happy New Years!

It's a new year and everybody tends to have resolutions and hopes for the fresh year.I have three hopes, two are just for this year and one is forever. I want to graduate...am in my final year now, secondly I would like to keep up my weight loss going this coming year and lastly I just want to be happy. 

What are your 2011 hopes if you have any?

Have a happy new year!

Hopefully this year brings you more joy than hurt and don't forget to

party like it's the end of 2010!

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

Wow....it is soooo hard to eat good healthy food at home when everyone around you is indulging in the fattiest foods ever. I even went to the salon to get my eyebrows done and they were giving out all kinds of chocolate.....and I took them lol. Every visitor that comes to my house brings an Xmas card and the complementary box of celebrations or quality streets. I mean what's a girl to do? To make matters worse, it has been snowing here, so my free ground is not so free any more. I have had to look for alternative exercise like skipping rope and dance DVDs. I hate those things but I have had to do them if I am going to stay on my target. 

I have discovered many of the old habits like eating late, I can't do it any-more. I ate a croissant about 12 midnight.I could not sleep for about 3hours after that because my stomach just hurt me like crazy. I can't eat meat everyday because my stomach gets upset as well.

 I think my mind has just settled for the fact that I am going to gain a few pounds over this festive season....I just want to enjoy myself. I know what I need to do to lose weight, so it should not be a problem hitting the gym and eating good after Christmas. I can't show you my weight tracker because I do not have my scale with me at the moment. The tracker will be back after new years!

Merry Christmas everyone!

PS: I got my first comment last week...I smiled so hard the whole day! Its good to know I am not just talking to myself 

20 lbs and counting!

I have had the busiest week ever. I had 5 assignments deadlines this past week alone. Boy am I glad it's over...hopefully I can get the grade. You know it's true what they say about reading being a good weight-loss tool. I have not been to the gym once this week because I have been so busy and yet I have still lost some weight. I am so loving loosing weight. My clothes are starting to fit differently now...they are becoming loose and my friends keep telling me I have lost weight! I love love love the compliments and yet when people tell me I feel very shy about it. Anyway because I am on this journey I have started to read books about weight-loss. My latest instalment is the book called Skinny Bitch. This book is so in your face and it makes you feel guilty about eating certain foods. I don't like the whole vegan thing...I couldn't just stop eating meat. 


Christmas is almost here and I going home to see the family....So excited however very worried about how I am going to manage eating healthier foods and exercising. I have made sure to pack my running shoes though. Nothing can stop me from running...the ground is free. 


I am getting closer to my dream!! 

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Stood still

I have been to the gym just twice this week, so I have not lost any weight....I don't really have anything to say this week.

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Snow and Toothaches!

It has been snowing quite heavily here so I have not been to the gym at all this week , roads are icy as hell and there is no bus services running.The amazing thing is I have managed to lose weight. Very happy about that, but I know I am going to have to start hitting the gym again soon. Anyway some other unrelated news, I got my tooth taken out today, actually the dentists said not to exercise for a couple of days so that my blood clot stays intact and I heal faster. That's a bummer. I literally forgot until I started to type. Still happy though that I have reached the 70s....I feel like I am travelling through time hehe. 


Anyway happy weight loss

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I got swayed

I have been real naughty this past week. I had a whole pack of fox biscuits, the one with the cream in the middle, a whole pack of lemon curd biscuits and uhm they tasted yum but I felt so slumped about it later on. So I don't have much to say this week except for my bad eating habits.

I have lost 1lb this week...A blessing to me considering what I ate. I am looking forward to be in the 70s...it's high time I left the 80s now

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Another week gone by

My week has been clouded by the toothache in my right jaw....the worst pain I have ever felt in my life.I mean the worst. I have been managing 2-3 hours of sleep at night because of it and the pain is much more intense at night. This has meant during the day I have been tired as hell, can barely open my eyes and concentrate in class, but I am going to the dentist today..I don't know if it is to get a root canal...I sure hope it is, cause this pain has to go. Anyway, to try and get my energy levels up, I have been going to the gym everyday. I do 20minutes on the elliptical machine, I try to do both forward and backwards all the times, I do 20minutes on the treadmill but I don't run, I walk instead at a speed of 5 and an incline of 12 minimum. And lastly I always do some weight training, different section of my body everyday...Like one day I would work on my arms, the next day on my legs, my torso etc. 

I have had days this week where I thought what's the point of all this, why am I bothering but I always try to look at the bigger picture at the end of the day, you know imagining myself in summer with the hottest pair of shorts from Topshop instead of trying to hide my body under hot clothes.

Again there has been no weight loss for me rather a bit of an increase! Yes an increase from 181 to 181.4lbs this week. I am not happy at all!

I'm just rumbling now....I think a bit anxious about the dentist. I don't like them!

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Over 10lbs lost!

I have had a crazy week with 1 class test and a 1500 word essay to hand in and some crazy rainy weather. This meant I could not go to the gym. I only went once this week and did 1hr cardio and a bit of weight training. I am a bit dissappointed by my lack of gym exercise but at the same time my weight has moved this week, moved much more than I expected it to. I have lost a 5lbs this week! Yeah I know right, I am none to sure how and why but I am just happy, overly happy considering my first week of gym I did not lose any weight. I can't wait ot get back on track with my exersice this coming week as things are starting to calm down for me. My eating habits I feel have changed, I actually don't have food cravings or eat because I am bored...I just eat my three meals. I did read somewhere that if you are trying to lose weight you should be eating 5 meals a day....I am doing what works for me and I hope you are too.

Happy weight loss people!

 

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Gym is so much fun

So I have been hitting the gym for a week now and I love it. I have been doing an hour alternating among 3 machines that is the elliptical, treadmill and the bicycle...I have put in a bit of weight training in there and Friday which is today, swimming and some jacuzzi time! It was so relaxing!....Since this is my first week I expected my body to hurt me like crazy but I have been feeling just fine except when I stretch my body then I feel it! This coming week I will be changing up my exercise routine so that I don't get bored.

My diet is still there , but I am not counting the calories as crazy now...I am assuming, consciously I am beginning to know that this food is good for me and this is not...I try to eat three meals a day but when I get hungry in-between meals, my banana, apples, orange...they curb that hunger just fine

As for my weight loss progress this week, the scale has not budged but I am not angry..I understand my body is getting used to this exercise. Hopefully next week it moves!

We can do this!

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Gym Junkie

So I have done it! I am officially a gym member and I plan to use my money's worth! The funniest thing is the gym is right opposite a KFC...can you imagine? I mean how could they? I am trying my very best and bam they put out this big temptation right in front of my face!

Anyway, this gym is so beautiful, steam room, jacuzzi, swimming pool..I can't wait. My friend will be coming with me, which I am very happy about.Weight loss progress, I have lost a cool 2lbs this week therefore making me 186lbs. The diet is going very well, I have introduced fish, stir fries, I even tried a coconut! Didn't like it.

Anyway here's to another week

Chao!

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A week gone

So I have decided that I will do a weekly posting every Friday with updates of what my week has been like and how much I have lost. My week has been going pretty well, I am still in sedimentary mode and trying my very best to do my 1200calories diet which has been going pretty well. I had a slight fall when I ordered a very fatty takeaway which I could not even eat half of because the guilt, the progress , I didn't want to see me waste it over two fatly fried chickens and some kebab.... I didn't want to spend the rest of the day feeling miserable so I chuck it in the bin. Yes, that's a first and I certainly won't be wasting my money on takeaways any more. My exercise has been pretty minimal, I only walk to and from school which is a combined 50minutes a day. It is quite hilly where I live so that walk really makes me sweat. I would like to run but I am too embarrassed about running where everyone can see me and too scared to run own my own at night...joining the gym seems like the only way forward...but for now I am impressed with my progress, I now weigh a cool 188lbs, so that accounts for a total 5lbs loss since I started...Yay!

See you next Friday!

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Funk!

So I am sitting in my room contemplating the amount of school work that I have to complete this weekend and instead of doing it, it's putting me in a big funk! It's making me think about all the things I would like to achieve with my life and whether it is attainable....I am a deeper thinker....once I start I can't stop...so here I am documenting it. My mind has gone in mode "you always say you are going to do it but you never do it and you are never going to do it! Argh! Weight loss update... I weighed my self today and happy to announce I weigh 191.4 which is a 1.6lbs loss since I started my diet....so it looks to me like I am on target to my 2lbs weekly loss. I hope I can keep up with this success every week until I reach my goal

There was no need for me to blog but, this is slowly becoming a source of therapy for me...I feel like I am having a conversation with myself

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My Diet so far

So I have officially started my 1200 calorie diet and my meals have been looking like this over the last two days: 

DAY 1

I didn't have breakfast- bad I know but I really do struggle with eating it

My lunch was a tuna cheese and onion melt sandwich and a coke =700  calories 

My dinner was boiled rice with sweetcorn and a can of sardines = 418 calories

DAY 2

A breakfast of two wheetabix and a cup of milk =198 calories

Mid-morning snack of Muller crunch corner yoghurt = 218 calories

A lunch of 2 slices of pizza = 362 calories

Dinner of boiled rice and stew and grilled chicken =  476

As you can see I went a little over board on my second day but not by much. So far I am finding it quite okay but I need to go grocery shopping because I have no fruit or vegetables in the house and I need to buy foods that would be easy for me to read calories.I drink a lot of water to top all this off.  Now I need to get that exercise on check too.

Happy weight loss journey!

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Finding inspiration urgh!

The toughest thing to do is getting motivated enough to actually want to go running, or eating the right foods in this journey. My week could be going great but if I experience a small fall, it takes me a long time to get back up and I really would like to avoid doing this in this journey.....so I have been checking out videos on You-tube and I have found a channel by a girl named smile2daytears2morrow. Her videos are absolutely amazing and inspiring  and they really do make you feel like I CAN DO THIS. I am going to be watching those weekly to get my motivation up

On top of this, I did say I was going to find a diet that could work  and I am going with a 1200 calorie intake a day some good food....no less and no more. Hopefully I can manage to fit in 3 meals and 2 snacks in that. I do however struggle with eating breakfast, my stomach actually hurts when I eat food in the morning...any tips on how to stop this would be greatly appreciated!

Don't forget to check out the weight loss tips on the side bar and check out those videos, I am telling you, you will be inspired!

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Girl you got to work!

Omg so I just weighed myself for the first time in 6months and I weigh.....a whooping 193lbs bear in mind I am only 5"4inches tall. This is the heaviest I have ever been in my life....just six months ago I weighed 173lbs so this weight gain is a result of a very lazy summer. I have to lose weight. I have checked with weight watchers that the normal weight for me should be 140lbs top end...that is my aim.

I am going to force my friend to go running with me every night and I need to formulate some healthy eating habits. Hopefully in a year I would have lost 40pounds!!

Anyway in the world news, I am so happy about the Chilean mine rescue...it made me cry.

I will keep you posted!

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