It's not all about the scales....

I'm writing this partly to get this message into my head, and for all of you who may be struggling with the scales as well. 

Since before Christmas I had been going up and down with the same 1 or 2lbs not being able to break my plateau, I managed to break this in the wrong way by putting on weight over Christmas. I lost that and then hit my plateau again! So annoying and disheartening, I'm fed up of having lost 4st 7lbs I want more! Ok I know I shouldn't be so inpatient but it's getting a little tedious now!

From the New Year I'd upped my exercise with classes and being more 

hardcore at the gym and remembering to take my measurements. And tonight I've sort of had a break through! In a month I've lost 12 inches, (most of them from my boobs :( boo hoo!) So I'm not giving up, and will try not cry tomorrow night when I stand on the scales and they haven't moved....

So the message is 

Don't give up. You can do this. 

I must keep telling myself this too!!

Lots of loveee xxxx

What doesn't kill you makes you stronger

The title of this Kelly Clarkson song is my moto at the moment, remembering everything happens for a reason...

Weight Watchers wise I've hit a plateau AGAIN and I've stayed the same for the 2nd week running, which does not go down well. So I'm having an extra concerted effort this week to boost my weight loss again. On the plus side, weight watchers had a media event today, and my leader had asked me to go with her and be interviewed by the local paper about it. However, I was working. GUTTED!!

Today has been a bit of an emotional day for me, put shortly I got myself into a situation that wasn't good, and finally realising it's over is harder than I thought. Previously I would have turned to chocolate to deal with this, but with my new mindset I went to the gym and had a cracking workout and didn't turn to the chocolate! Winner!

I'm off to plan some meals for the rest of the week and go to bed so this shit day can be over!
Love to you all
xxxx

Looking at the bigger picture.

So this week at WI I was (still am) a bit upset with a stay the same, I know it's better than a gain and it is TOTM which I'm blaming seen as I'd tracked religiously, earned 31 exercise points and only used 11 weeklies I was set up for a good loss. Just hopefully it will show next week, just hoping that this doesn't make me lose the motivation I had.

I will however own up to missing Zumba tonight, but after one gym workout today and PMT well and truly here I just wanted to cwtch up on the sofa!

The thing with this journey is as my leader always says "this is a marathon not a sprint" and sometimes that is the difficult thing to get your head around. But looking at pictures like this one make it all worth while. I posted this on my facebook and got an overwhelming amount of comments and likes from a wide range of people that showed me that all these people are supporting you and are proud of you which is a great little confidence booster!
When you see yourself everyday you don't notice the changes that are happening to your body. However with my increased exercising I am noticing that I'm toning up a lot more, although my bingo wings need some serious work on them!!


xxxxx

Too much fruit and veg?

First things first this weeks weigh in and i lost 2lbs so that's a grand total of 61.5lbs so far! And 2012 is heading off to a good start with 2 losses, lets hope I can keep it up!

The question of my this post is something I've been asking my self a lot this week. With a lot of library sesh's due to the impending third year deadlines I've been packing my lunch box with celery sticks, carrot sticks, sugar snaps etc you get the gist of it. But I feel like I'm eating too much of it, if that's even possible? I'm packing my dinner's with veg as well and was just wondering if eating too much veg would have an impact on my weight loss?

Exercise has also taken a back seat this week, last week I managed to rack up 32 exercise point which I am pretty impressed with myself, so far this week I've earned 11 which from Tuesday I guess is not too bad but I haven't been to the gym for the last 2 days due to work/library and I just need to find my mojo to go again! Any tips will be greatly welcomed!

Hope you are all well if any one is reading this!

xxx

Oh my Goodness

Evening all!


Well WI was last night, but I was supposed to be revising (as I'm meant to be doing now as well!) that I didn't get round to blogging. I lost 5.5lbs! Yup I was just as shocked, so that's my Christmas fat gone and a little bit more which is a great way to start the year!

It sounds so stupid but going back to basics and tracking everything you eat really does make a difference. OK so I made a conscious effort not to eat my weeklies but that's only because I wanted a good loss to start of the year, but I know this week where I've got meals and nights out planned, as long as I track I should hopefully still get a loss!

Exercise is another thing I'm learning to build on our love hate relationship. I love it when I come back from the gym and feel really raring to go but I just hate getting up and going and when I'm there...unless it's Zumba and you just laugh for the whole hour. Any one have any tips on learning to love exercise? I'm loving the results that's for sure.. my legs are all ready feeling more toned after my 5 gym sessions this week!

Any way must dash as I have an exam tomorrow and I've already done everything possibly not to revise!

xxxx

p.s Check out Olly Murs song "oh my goodness" such a tune :)

Unofficial Weigh In

Evening all!

Well I've moved back to Bristol, stoked my fridge and cupboard full of all healthy goodness, meals planned for the week, and gym sessions planned!

I didn't make weigh in today but I stood on my scaled and they are normally the same as my meeting and it shows a 5lb gain over the festive period. Not as bad as last years 9lbs!! I think walking around London all weekend probably helped that a bit! Hoping to shift a large proportion of that this week ready for my first official weigh in after Christmas next Tuesday.

My first gym session back after Christmas hurt, a lot. I pushed myself, probably a bit more than I should have for my first session in 2 weeks, but hey "no pain no gain". I'm going again tomorrow morning before cracking on with my uni work; which yes is in for Friday and I'm only just starting it! That's one of my new years resolutions failed! At least I'm still blogging!

The new series of Biggest Loser is back tonight, I didn't watch the last one from the beginning but started about 3 weeks in and absolutely loved it! If you've never watched it before I'd highly recommend it: as it does give you a bit of motivation, if not some envy as to how quickly they lose the weight. Yess I know there in the gym for about 10 hours a day but still; because you don't see that I still have this idea in my head that they are losing 10lbs + a week just by the hour in the gym like I do! HA! We can all dream hey?!!

xxxxx

New Year, New Start.

Hello!

I'm back with a revamped blog, a new name and lots to share!
So it's been about 9 months since I last blogged, and wow quite a lot has happened. For numerous reasons I haven't "felt like blogging" but remembering back to when I did I realised it actually helped me quite a bit so I have made it one of my new years resolutions; to blog at least once a week!

It's quite weird that my last post back in March was about getting back on track after Christmas (how did it take me THREE months?!!) This year - 4 days after Christmas I am sorting myself out. Ok so I'm not being a complete weight watchers angel but my head is (near enough) in the right place and I'm ready to get back on the wagon, that is come Tuesday. So everyone says "i'll start again tomorrow", but starting on Tuesday has it's reasons. I'm going to London for the weekend for new years eve and come Tuesday I will be back living in my own house where I do WeightWatchers best. Living at home + me + Weightwatchers = 9lb gains (that was last years, I'm yet to step on the scales this year!)

So what has happened since march? Well weightwatchers wise I think I've lost about another 2.5 stone since then, leaving me with 2 stoneish to go to goal, and I am being totally impatient about getting there and I want to be there NOW! Which in a weird way is part of my motivation.  This year I also went travelling for a month with one of my best friends, something which was amazing, and I definitely would not have done it when I was my fat old self. I've made it to me third; and final year of uni; how I will never know, and I am totally in denial that I will be graduating in roughly 6 months and should probably think about a "proper job". My "personal" life, or my love life in better terms has been eventful to say the least but that's totally for another post as it is far to long a story; but I do believe that without my weight loss it would not have been so eventful and I guess in some weird way it is good as it is teaching me more about who I am and becoming confident in myself.

I've set myself a *few* realistic (I think) goals for the new year (some weight watchers related, others not), and I'm going to share them all with you in the hope I actually stick to them:
* Track every day even if I've stuffed myself
*Go to the gym at least 4 times a week
*Blog once a week
*Finish (and start ) uni assignments before the night they are due in!
*Get to goal in 2012 (preferably before my 21st and graduation; June/July)

After trying and failing for 40 minutes to add a ticker to my blog (any advice welcomed!) I will bid you all good night and shall report back soon with my post Christmas WI and the damage!

xxxxx