Been a quiet day as b/f not been well. Spent most of the day cleaning and doing some gardening. Weather has been bad and is due to stay bad for the next few days at least. Roll on the hot weather - so much for global warming !
have set myself an end of may goal to get to 171.2 and will reward myself with some high heeled boots yay!
I think i will have to start thinking about my winter wardrobe soon too. I should end up a uk 10 at 140lbs, or at least a 10/12 and i'll need all new clothes, and every item is going to be sexy!
I've never been that small as an adult before - I must have been 10 last time i weighed 10 stone!
I initially didnt want to be thin/slim but the thought of being the lightest member in my family is very appealing to me! I was always the heaviest by far. I also think that the slimmer I get the taller i'm going to look, add high heeled boots to that I think i'll look pretty awsome myself!
How great it will be to look at old photos and not even recognise myself.
Doing well losing the bit weight I recently put on this past week. I sometimes wish my mum was a cook like me - then I wouldn't make such a pig of myself
Was sore yesterday from using my b/f's home gym, but today I feel so much tighter across my chest from it, so was worth the pain!
Resting heart rate this morning was 57 - thats pretty good. Not seen it as low as that before.
Had a 40 min walk in the lovely driving rain - bliss!
Looking forward to getting to 12 stone and beyond now. Was getting bored of this maintanace lark - I think I just want to get on and get it finished with it this year then do my maintanace for real.
I have decided that now is the time to resume losing weight again.
My parents visited on Saturday, and that always means putting on a few pounds - so I wasn't disappointed! It's also tom time too so a double whammy gain. I've enjoyed my maintanace time, ate more than I should have quite few times but enjoyed myself and always kept myself in check the day after.
Anyway weighed in at 176.6 this morning, just under 12st 9lbs - so have decided goal is to be 140lbs (not 150) and that the time is NOW and on full steam ahead - no breaks - to get there hopefully by the start of the winter which will take total loss to 93lbs - i think that will be enough to lose altogether.
thanks ilovegreatdanes, i think you were right, was just having one of those days - they come around every now and then and i should learn to just not think about them so much. thnaks for making me see sense :)
happy to say my fat day didnt turn into a fat feeling week and got back into my shorts and bikini top and got some sunbathing time in yay - this was one of my goals to achieve and i'm living it! i also updated my pics on this page as the last ones where tiny!
i've also decided i wont hold onto to july before i start losing again, but rather june - i also plan to lose a few pounds in may before my birthday incase i put on at that time.
not really got much to talk about, been doing my garden again and havnt been doing my exercises - honestly i think i might be getting enough exercise work just gardening at the minute. i feel like i am anyway and i walk often. Maybe i'll just need structured exercise on non sunny days?
my parents are coming to see me this saturday. my mum is on a diet and she has gained 3lbs this week so i am going to try and get her back on track. She's lost a total of 8lbs now and doing it for health reasons so she needs to keep on with it. i will be having words with her - i think she is terrified i'll shout at her ;)
i have threatened to weigh her and take her measurements, this should keep her to her diet this next week haha.
i have been trying to decide what to wear for their visit, something that i feel thinner in for sure, so may opt for my fitted jeans, a vest and shrug tied tied at the front. I dont see them often so when i do they have really been noticing the changes in me, and that's good for me as people who see you everyday don't see changes so much.
today i also headed out to the supermarket in another new dress that is way past my knees! I felt ok as my legs are tanned a bit, but i think i actually prefer to just be covered up as i find myself sking my b/f 'do my knees look huge in this?' i mean what's he going to say anyway ? yes?
i cant wait till i drop the last of my weight now and get down into the 10 stones ready for my whole new winter wardrobe! I love shopping for clothes!!! Went for years not buying anything and relying on Xmas presents from my mum, usually the same stuff she bought for herself eek. Dressing way above my years i was - lol now i may be dressing way under my years - but who cares haha, as long as i'm enjoying myself that's all that matters :)
you know when you just have those days when you feel like you havn't lost an ounce? well that's been my day.
Course I did have frys,and didn't skimp on the amount either, but still... My belly also seemed bigger and i know in my head it really isn't. and i havnt all of a sudden gained weight. anyway wasnt going to wear my shorts feeling like this so donned a sun dress today instead.
funny how one day you can be feeling totally great with how you look and the next feel like a blob :(
To top it off i couldnt even be bothered to do my exercises today but i made up for that earlier on by mowing my lawn and picking out weeds. my garden is my saving grace lately, i love spending time on it and getting lots of fresh air - it helps control my appetite too, although doesn't work on avoiding frys haha.
i plan on having a go at growing my own food, maybe later on in the year or even next year. i'm lucky in that i like vegetables and i think to have home grown ones will be even healthier than shop bought and a great step forward to continue eating healthy, not to mention helping on the food bills! 15p for one onion, and i think a tomato came to 12p - it all adds up.
gardening is my number one tip for regular enjoyable exercise.
As the title says, I forgot i was wearing shorts today! i had a knock at my door and it wasnt till after i had answered it i realised i was wearing my shorts!!! i know if i had thought about it i would have quickly changed into my jeans so as not to show my legs off, but it just goes to show how at ease i must be feeling about myself these days. it's quite shocking to me really!!!
It was absolutely gorgeous weather today. i am quite brown! did a load of weeding - i can feel how much stronger i have become when it comes to ripping them out, thats thanks to my weights. everyday tasks are seeming so much easier. if you had seen me weeding a year ago (IF) then you would have seen someone pretty much struggling.
i guess i come accross as pretty stoked about how little things have changed but for me they are huge changes.
took it easy food wise today - when the sun is shining and i'm out food is the last thing on my mind, the nice weather so helps.
rounded the day off with my floor exercises and weights - all in all a successful sort of day.
just did the find your ideal weight thing - i'm marginally overweight right now (i can live with 'marginally'!!!) but my ideal weight is 145lbs tops by that test and my aim is 150lbs - i cant see 5lbs making any difference though!
firstly, thanks for the comments left, and so soon too! i am totally new to blogging and havn't found my way around yet so give me time and i'll find my way to your blogs too. thanks for them though, i only made this blog last night so that was a nice welcome :)
the bandwith there is very limited, and i like to chatter a way, kind of alot lol as it helps me stay focused, hence using this too!
well what to say about today? it was red hot and as is now my usual i was sunbathing in shorts and a bikini top in my garden. weird to think this is now becoming the norm but for me still an awsome thing to do! i have waited a long time to be able to do this and when i think back to a year ago i would have been wearing my usual long elasticated skirt and t shirt, probably looking a right frump and hoping to tan my forearms and ankles only :(
usually i make sure i am not seen but i had to get the garden bin from my drive and i was spotted by a neighbour accross the road yikes. i did find myself breathing in though lol. i wonder what she thought as she usually just see's me in jeans and a top.
I have put my progress photos on here to date. i did reach 169 for a day but will take more when i reach the 160's again, hopefully July.
You might be wondering why I am holding off till then to continue losing?
Well, in the past few weeks of not losing I have been toning up some by gardening, so for the same weight I am getting slightly smaller. I want to do my best by giving my body the best chance of looking as good as it can and to give my mind a chance to catch up - not to mention I have bought a lot of size 14 clothes for summer and my goal will take me to a 12, and i cant afford to be replacing everything. Plus i think getting some maintaining practice in doesnt do any harm either and you can find your limits along the way. they say losing is the easy part, it's after you lose that you really have to start working at all this.
I dont have any loose skin and I think taking weight loss breaks helps avoid that. that was a big worry at the start as there seems to be a lot of talk about it, enough to scare the bejeezus out of you! what i did was i made sure i looked after my skin. baby oil, a heavy moisturising cream and vitamin e were what i used on it. i dont know if this helped or not, who knows, but it hasn't done any harm!
for exercise today i did some light gardening work when i wasnt sunning myself, and did my usual floor exercises and weights. i have been taking it really easy lately on the exercise front and need to step it up a notch, but as long as i do some i feel i am not slacking too much. i can be a bit obsessive and go exercise mad at points so it evens itself out well i feel in the end.
well enough from me today, i'll have to have a look at your blogs and see what everyone else is talking about, as i just tend to wander off on a tanget haha
