So I'm now nearing the end of day one of my 3 stone challenge, and I have to say, I'm pretty proud of myself! I went to the supermarket and stocked up on healthy snacks, cereal etc. and bought myself a new set of bathroom scales (on which, I shall be weighing myself every Tuesday morning before breakfast).

I have decided to try and update EP everyday with my calorie intake, excercises completed and my mood, as well as any other random bits of info about my day. I hope that, this way, I will stay motivated as it gives me a task that I have to complete every single evening regarding my weightloss regime; which hopefully, will encourage me to 'behave' as I want to be documenting my successes as oppose to my failures (i.e. eating junk food etc.).

Anyway, onto today's stats:

Food intake


I will be aiming for 1300-1500 calories per day; thus I have met my goal for day one! I have created a deficit of 1079 calories (not taking exercise into account) and therefore I should start to lose weight if I keep it up!

Water Intake

Today I have had 3 large glasses of water and I shall be having another before bed. This is a vast improvement in my opinion, as my usual drinks of choice are Cola, milky tea (with sugar) or orange squash.

Excercise

Firstly I walked 25 minutes to uni. After uni I walked into town and went shopping which added up to around an hour spent walking. I then walked for approximately 30 minutes home, carrying heavy shopping.

Mood

I'm feeling a mixed set of feelings at the moment. I feel proud of myself and happy for eating so much less than I usually would. However, uni work is currently piling up which means I feel quite stressed....my usual 'remedy' for stress, is to eat, so I guess I'm fighting with the evil food cravings at the moment. I can't let myself down though! I know that that chocolate bar that lasts for 1 minute will only then make me feel bad for several hours! I will resist temptation as I know that, in the long run, I will feel better for it.

Anyway, I hope everyone else has had a healthy, enjoyable day!

I will update you all tomorrow with Day 2 of 'The 3 Stone Challenge'!

Week 1 Stats                            
Current Weight: 196 pounds
To lose: 42 pounds
BMI: 29.8 (Overweight)
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So this is it!

Day One of my mission to reach 11 stone by my 21st Birthday!

I'm a 20 year old student who currently weights 14 stone, and while this doesn't exactly make me hugely overweight, it does nothing for my self confidence. I want to be able to look in the mirror on my 21st birthday, and see the body I've always wished to see!

My main issues I need to correct are:

1) Portion sizes! Any tips on how to sort this out would be greatly appreciated, as I know, the second I cut my portion sizes....i'm inevitably going to get hungry.

2) What I eat. In terms of general meals, I feel, for the most part, I have a balanced diet (though portion sizes are too large). My main issue is snacking. I simply don't find fruit satisfying enough. While it tastes nice...it doesn't resolve the hungry feeling! Advise?!

3) Excercise. I already currently attend Badminton every Sunday for 3 hours and walk to and from uni (~25 minutes each way) 5 days a week. But my weight is staying the same, thus suggesting Badminton and walking alone is not enough! I'm not too sure what to do for this part, I've been to the gym before, but sticking at it is the difficult part. I may look at the 'Couch to 5k' programme, though running in public is rather embarassing in my opinion. Once again...any advise would be greatly appreciated!

Anyway, that'll be the end of my first blog! I'll update later regarding changes I've started making by the end of day 1!

Ciao for now!