Lost another 3lb! Am so happy! That's 35.5lb and 22 inches in 6 weeks!
My friend and I took our "progress pictures" again and there's a massive difference now! In the first one Im just a mass of flesh, but in the latest you can see my rapidly emerging suprisingly tiny waist, I have 2 chins rather than 12! My posture is far better, in all of my previous photos Im slouching forward, but in this one I am standing tall with my shoulders back - I actually have shoulders now rather than these great fat lumps that have my head plonked on them (I didnt have a neck either apparently!), my legs are far sleeker and my cellulite has reduced so much you can barely see it and my stomach has rapidly deflated! I'm so impressed! Again it's a case of Im still not where I want to be, but there is such a considerable difference I cant help but be really pleased!
We are planning on sticking to the exercise regime at leas 4 times a week together and at least another day, if not 2 on our own and I'm even considering having a weight loss wrap prior to my holiday to give me an extra confidence boost. Im now at the point that I wouldnt be horried at the prospect of being seen by people in a swimming costume, if my stomach, tops of my legs and arms could shed another few inches each, Id be even happier! But there's 8 weeks for that so there's plenty of time!
My last weigh in saw me loose another few lb and Im now finally under 18 stone! Sounds like a bizarre thing to be proud of as Im still overweight but I havent been under 18st for at least a few years! My inches are coming off too at a few per week and it really shows! My clothes are falling off me at a rate of knots and Ive now dropped 6 - 8 dress sizes! Im now in clothes I havent worn since I was 18, which is 9 years ago so Im very pleased indeed!
I bought a few vest tops for my holiday which is in 8 weeks time, in a size smaller than I am now and as it was boiling hot yesterday I tried one on and it already fits, so I'll be back to buy some new ones in yet another smaller size in a few weeks!
I'm desperate to loose another 2 - 3 stone by my holiday and I seem to have lost a few pounds this week already, even though I shouldnt actually be weighing myself until tomorrow! I feel so much better about myself now, I have a shape instead of just a bulky mass of flab that doesnt go in and out in the right places, but if I could loose another few stone in the next 8 weeks I would feel even beter about myself and would be able to wear whatever I wanted without feeling self consious all the time. After that Im aiming for another 3 stone by xmas and I'll be down around 8 and a half stone in 9/10 months and that will be fantatsic! I've got to step up my exercise though, I havent been doing as much as I had done recently so if I want to shift a few stone in 2 months I'd better get a move on!
Had another good week, dropped down by another 4 and a bit pounds so Im very pleased with that. Completely forgot to do my measurements though so will leave that until next week.
I havent been exercising as much this week but am about to jump on my cross trainer for an hour and as I've got the next 5 days off work due to being part time and the Easter bank holiday so I will be hitting the gym and the cross trainer as much as I can. I'm feeling on top of the world still, so much healthier and energetic, mind you it may also have something to do with having a date last sunday and another one tomorrow night with a lovely man! At least it gives me something to keep my spirits up while dieting and hitting the cross trainer!
Well I'm very happy with my weight loss this week! 5 1/4 lb! Plus 8 inches off so I'm really pleased that my dieting and exercising have paid off!
I've been on my new cross trainer every day for at least half an hour, infact it's 11.30pm and I've jut finished 45 minutes on it! Plus I've been going to the gym as often as I can, which is working out at about 3 times a week at the moment, so I'm doing between 30 minutes and 2 hours of exercise a day and I'm loving it! I've got plenty of energy again and I cant stop smiling!
I'm having a good week - at last! I've been exercising for at least an hour today and eating healthily, and I've lost 5lb already so I'm really pleased with that - fingers crossed I can loose another pound by the end of the week!
Ive given myself tomorrow "off" so I can go to a restaurant with my mum and my daughter tomorrow, but will be back on the diet tomorrow.
I've just heard from my old fitness instructor and he i going to give me a training session (for free!) next week and he thinks I can loose about 4 stone in 4 months so I may be going to Turkey after all in June! (Whether that's with my friend I booked it with i yet to be decided! She dropped me last night for a date!! I wouldnt mind but Ive never done that to a friend and we had arranged it a week ago!). My fitness instructor went from over 30 stone to 12 stone himself so he knows what it's like being big and he is such a happy, energetic person you cant help but feeling positive when you're around him so maybe it's just what I need!
Well I got off my lazy behind and went to the gym for an hour this morning and actually quite enjoyed it! Ive never seen it so packed, everyone must still be sticking with their new years resolutions to loose weight!
I've even managed to avoid chocolate so far today, but it's only 1pm so you never know! I'm planning on going to the gym at least 3 times a week now I'll defnately go on my days off during the week and once after work when my mum picks my daughter up after school and maybe once at the weeeked too if I can get a babysitter. I do like it down there I think it's just walking back through the door again that' the hardest thing, but now I've done it I'll hopefully be back down there all the time again!
Well my second attempt at getting back on the diet didnt quite work! I managed to quit smoking again and start again within the space of 3 weeks too so I'm not exactly doing well!
Since I last wrote I split up with my boyfriend so no doubt I'll end up waiting another five years for another man blind enough to want to be with me if I dont loose some weight! I'm also considering cancelling my holiday to Turkey because I've got until June 23rd and there's no way I will loose enough weight to make me feel comfortable enough to enjoy myself while I'm there! I'll only loose my deposit so at least I get the rest of the money I paid back! It's not just the weight that is making me not want to go my friend who was dieting with me has disappeared off the face of the earth, after I literally found her a house, moved her in, put up her furniture, spent over £100 on moving in presents to treat her as she had split up with her long term partner, sorted out her benefits, bills and all of her debts for her, she no longer needs me apparently so I'm lucky to get the odd text here and there but Im beginning to think that Im there for her whenever she needs me at a drop of a hat but when I need her she's nowhere to be seen, it's been like this since we've been kids and Im getting sick of it now! The thought of going on holiday with her jut isnt that appealing anymore and that week will be the most Ive seen her since I moved her into her house in October!
I want to loose weight I just dont seem to have the motivation to do it at the moment. Im either eating nothing all day because I am so busy I forget to eat or bingeing on sweets and cakes! My weight stays constant because I dont necessarily eat too many calories in a week but I can feel my trousers and skirts getting tighter again so I know it's doing no good to my waistline! I think I will have to concentrate on my bithday and my cousins wedding in July to get me to loose weight, I dont want to spend another birthday in on my own and I want to be able to wear a gorgeous dress to my cousins wedding instead of just something that fits and then end up hiding away in a corner all night avoiding anyone with a camera! I've changed my hours at work recently so Ive squeezed them all into 3 days a week which gives me 2 days to myself before I have to pick my daughter up from school in the afternoons, I should be down the gym but I havent got round to it yet because I hate going on my own. Im hoping to drag myself down there tomorrow and once Ive gone once I'll be fine going on my own any other time! I think I jut need to throw myself into the gym an dieting again and once I start loosing the weight again I'll start to feel better in myself again!
Well I weighed myself today and I've put on 9lb, which is actually better than I thought for 3 months off the diet! I'm more disappointed with the inch gain than the weight gain, but again it isnt half as bad as it couldve been so I just have to keep going and I will get there!
I've managed to cut right back on the smoking today - I've had four all day and usually I'd be on my 20th by now! I'm hitting the gym after work tomorrow for an hour and plan to go at least 3 times this week, plus squeeze in some time on my excercise bike at home too. My eating hasnt been brilliant today purely because if I'm not smoking I tend to eat instead but it's worked before and eventually settles down and I dont need to turn to food. I'm not going to wait until I completely give up smoking before I start excercising or I'll always have an excuse not to.
My friend I was excercising and dieting with previously now has her own home so we dont see each other as often so I've got my mum taking monthly pics of me so I can stick them in my book again and monitor my progress. My mum liked the idea so much she wants to come over every monday so I can take pics of her too and do our weight and measurements together, which will be good as it will keep us both going!
Well here's hoping to a weight loss this week if I can stop substituting cigarettes for food!
I havent been on here for a few months. I finally managed to find myself a boyfriend after 4 and a half years of being single, although he lives over 100 miles away (we met through friends) so I've been back and forward a lot or having him stay here and I've let my diet and the gym slip a bit. I think I got into the mentality that someone finally found me attractive for the first time in years so I didnt need to watch what I ate quite as much as usual! Luckily I have only put on about half a stone in 3 months so it could be a hell of a lot worse!
I want to get started again, using the monthly photos to motivate myself and also quit smoking again. I find it easier not to smoke when I'm eating healthily and exercising so it should work - fingers crossed! I'll be off to the shops tomorrow to stock up on healthy food and start from Monday by heading back to the gym and eating three healthy meals a day so will start updating my measurements and weight on here again. I'm not even dreading it because I know I'm still in my smaller clothes, they're just getting a little tighter than they were when I first fitted in them again and I'm looking forward to all the tiny clothes I can buy over the next few months as I drop more dress sizes!
