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So it’s been another good day :)  Oh the pride! lol.  I can’t believe I have actually stuck with this, I have just been waiting to give into temptation but I haven’t!! It is literally AMAZING!  I stuck to my diet all day, I got in my 30mins exercise to log into the president’s challenge profile so I am feeling gooooood.

It has been a little difficult to exercise lately.  At the moment I am just doing 30min boogie sessions in my room along to my workout playlist lol, but usually the main workouts I do is exercise dvds, and my younger brother is still on his easter break, my older brother and mum work in schools so are still on their breaks and my dad has just started a 2 week break himself so it is a pretty full house at the mo.  With not having many lectures at uni, I have a lot of time at home so usually have privacy to get in a workout so…   Also I can’t just workout in my room cuz my computer has no sound at the moment. IT’S ALL GOING WRONG lol.

But I think what I will do is ask my younger bro if I can use his playstation to play it for 30mins each weekday lol and leave a note on his door to say KEEP OUT I NEED MY PRIVACY WORKOUT IN SESSION.

I will let you guys know how that plan works out x

That is definitely my official mindframe now!  I am so proud of myself for finally taking control of my lifestyle and making lots of positive changes.  I stuck to the eating plan today woohoo and signed up for “The President’s Challenge” (if you’re interested check out my last post ).  The challenge is basically to do 30mins exercise 5 days a week for at least 6 weeks.  I logged in my activity for today just now and damn it felt good.  I decided to log it in after I had finished my boogie session because it feels so much better knowing you have done it!! lol.

I am almost looking forward to my weigh in on tuesday!  Bring it on scales!  You are not my worst enemy anymore lol x

Hey guys I read the post by gwen and checked this out for myself: http://presidentschallenge.org/national_challenge/

It really does look great.  The challenge ends on May 15th and basically all we have to do is make sure we are doing 30mins of exercise 5 days a week and log in our activities.  If you are already a regular exerciser then there are other challenges you can choose to do so it is suitable for everyone.

Gwen says she might try and put together a support group - maybe on the forum - so sign up and let 1 of us know and then we can talk about our progress with it.

Check out the site and good luck you guys! x

Well there has been no dramatic overly obvious changes buttt I am starting to notice a few things!  Like my belt buckle for instance… a few weeks ago the belt being fastened on the 4th notch was fine but I am having to pull my jeans up quite regularly so am now going to a tighter notch woooo!

Also I have these size 18 combat trousers (UK size 18 - US size 14 apparently!) and I  couldn’t even pull the piece with the buttons across to the piece with the loop a few weeks back but now the top button fastens… with a bit of effort and a lot of discomfort on my side lol but still!!  I am gonna keep trying them on every week or whenever I feel I need a bit of a boost to show myself how well I am doing!

Last time I went clothes shopping I tried on uk size 18, us size 14 jeans and they were a little toooo tight so I had to opt for a size 20 (US 16) so I am looking forward to getting back into those 18s at least!! lol.

Also I read somewhere it is a good idea to treat yourself when you reach mini goals to something which isn’t food of course lol, so as my 1st goal is to lose my 1st stone (14lbs) by the time I go back to uni in a few weeks I am going to buy a new pair of size 18 jeans!!

Can’t wait! =) x

Right this post will prob be full of excuses but I am going for it anyway lol.  I went to see my boyfriend today (he lives in a different city, about 1hr 15min drive away) so obviously I had a little less control over what to have food wise.  But yesterday I discussed it with him and we decided what we could have for lunch and then I said I would have some dinner when I had gone home and I intended to take a healthy snack with me cuz I often need a bit of something to munch on mid afternoon.  I was in a bit of a rush this morning though and didn’t want to leave too late incase there was a lot of traffic on the motorway so completely forgot about the snack.

Well to cut a long story short I thought I would use my remaining syns to have a cookie at his but of course I didn’t just have the 1 - I had a few and I still haven’t been brilliant this evening since getting home.  BUT I am not going to beat myself up about it too much!  My parents and younger brother had an indian take out meal tonight and I went for a jacket potato instead so that is 1 good thing.  And they have this thing called “flexible syns” (I think this is the term they use for it) which basically means you can go a bit crazy with the syns 1 day and it shouldn’t affect your weight loss.  Obviously it wouldn’t be a great idea to do it on a regular basis but I  guess they promote it cuz you are more likely to get straight back into the plan the next day rather than use it as an excuse to turn 1 bad day into a terrible week.

Something I have noticed as well I actually feel almost unwell.  I can feel that I haven’t been eating healthily today and I don’t like it.  For a while now (before I started this eating plan) I had been feeling like this all the time and obviously I knew it was due to the extra weight but of course it is also a direct link to the food I had been eating.  For me, nothing quite beats the feeling at night now when I go to bed feeling “fresh” inside if that makes sense lol.  Feeling good and positive and HEALTHY.  I have planned tomorrow out properly and I WILL have that feeling again tomorrow.

The reason I am not giving myself a hard time is cuz I don’t see the point.  Just cuz I screwed up today doesn’t mean I am gonna give up, and just because I know I am ready to do this doesn’t mean I am not gonna slip up along the way.

Also, my new exercise dvd that I ordered arrived today so I am gonna try and do that tomorrow and in the week.  It may be a little difficult with all the family being off college and work but I am hoping to use my younger brother’s room so I can have a bit of privacy and use his playstation to play the dvd lol.

I will let you know how I go on with that.  If I don’t manage to do the dvd I will do my 30min music workout where I have a bit of a boogie to my workout playlist on my ipod lol.  Gotta burn off those extra calories =) and I am still feeling confident for a loss on tuesday! x 

So it is the 2nd day of me finally realising that I need to put more effort into this weight loss and I am doing great!  I planned all my meals and snacks out and even worked around eating out for lunch.  Me and a friend went to a coffee shop and I chose food that stuck to the slimming plan, and just went for a cup of tea opting for sweetener instead of sugar to save some “syns” =).

My friend is actually on the same eating plan but unfortunately she didn’t stick to it at all!  She had an “all day breakfast” toasted sandwich, caramel crunch “indulgence” drink and even had an almond croissant after.  She asked me a few times if I was gonna go for a cake and I was just like NOPE I will resist!! and I did.  And I am so proud of meee lol.  It’s a shame my friend wasn’t a bit more careful with her choices but it really showed me how motivated I am and how this time is so different than any of my other attempts at losing weight!  It wouldn’t usually take much to make me cave but I wasn’t even SLIGHTLY tempted cuz I know what I want now.

Life is goooood lol x

So today went well I am really happy with myself, and suprisingly avoiding the unhealthy snacks wasn’t really an issue.  I think I am really in the right mindframe now, and maybe it took the slowing down in the weight loss to show me that I do need to make more of an effort and sort my lifestyle out.

I have planned out breakfast and lunch for tomorrow but will check with my mum in the morning to see if she is cooking any particular evening meal so I can plan around that aswell.  It’s good that my mum is following the same plan as me cuz we can have the same meals a lot of the time.  Plus with the plan being so flexible, the food is suitable for everyone in the family and we haven’t had to make any drastic changes meal-wise.  My main problems have been with the chocolate, cake and crisps rather than chips, burgers and pizzas cuz the unhealthy snacks have been a daily routine whereas the meals have been a “once in a while” thing.

Anyway, I am really proud of myself for sticking to this.  I know it’s just 1 day and not like 6 months but I still feel a real sense of satisfaction because I am heading in a fantastic direction!!

So I thought I would post a blog to keep my motivation up for the rest of the day!  I am doing well I haven’t had my maximum syn allowance but am not gonna have anything else other than syn free food anyway.  If I want to achieve my 1st goal I am gonna have to stick to this 100% and I know how proud I will be if I do this and that feeling will be of far more worth to me than a few minutes of chocolatey heaven lol.

My aim with this is to get to a point where I can have treats and not feel so crappy about it.  It is just about training myself to get out of the habit of eating too much of the unhealthy stuff and doing no exercise.  That’s just not good lol.

Today I met up with some old college friends and we went to a cafe and I had a tea with sweetener so don’t have to count any “syns” with that :D.  As I was sitting there I couldn’t help but imagine the same situation a few months down the line and how I will have lost more weight and people will start noticing.  We were talking about going on holiday this summer and I was just thinking how I can’t wait to be slimmer, and less weight than last year’s trip!

I will blog again tonight and it will be full of happy things lol x

After forming all my mini goals I have decided to put them on the ticker 1 at a time.  I thought before you just sort of put in 1 mini goal, but after having a proper look I saw it says you can keep changing them as you meet each goal.  So there we go lol.  I am 10lbs away from my 1st mini goal now, and I am determined to reach it by the time I go back to uni after the easter break (in like 4 weeks time).

Kind of a pointless blog but oh wellll x

Today hasn’t been too bad, but with the bf staying over it has been a little difficult to sit down and plan out my meals properly.  I don’t want to get into the habit of estimating syns because that is where I went wrong last week, so I am gonna check out some of the syn values on the slimming world website now so I know I am making good choices lol.

I am feeling quite a burst of motivation today.  I should be going on a holiday with some friends this summer, and I am going on holiday with my family and bf in August annnd have a 2 day London trip soon after so there are lots of reasons for me to start slimming down!  Even though I have gone a bit of track with my weight loss this week, I am still going for my mini goals because if I work hard I’m sure I can do it :)  Plus I will be adding exercise into the mix very soon which should speed things along.

I will keep you guys updated on how I am going on, and tonight after I am home from taking my bf to the station I am gonna make a meal plan for tomorrow and stick to it religiously lol x