Well my bra arrived, I started the Couch to 5k, but I've got bored/fed up of it. :( Finding time to go out running is hard with 2 little ones, and the mental barriers of it all is too much! I would LIKE to get fit though, but I think a home based exercise programme is in order - probably a Wii Fit one would serve me better!
Also, my eating habits have slipped, we have had too many meals out or takeaways in recent weeks, plus my baking for birthdays and so on... I have decided to really see what I am eating... so am going to record my food intake on My Fitness Pal, and I am aiming to see 1 stone off by Christmas.
First weigh in: 11 stone 1 lb (or 155lb) which is up 6lb from my lowest weight. Will weigh in next Tuesday and hopefully I will have got off to a good start!
Showing posts with label motivation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label motivation. Show all posts
Tuesday, 25 October 2011
Wednesday, 1 June 2011
Back to what works
The mindset of "any loss is a good loss, and a loss for good." It's back! Hurrah! My mojo has returned finally. I lost another 1lb this week, and am now down to 11 stone 5lb again, or 159lb. I am determined that I will lose again next week, be it 1lb, or 1 and a half, or 2lb, whatever. And those lbs will be gone for good too. I am never going to see 160lb on the scales again, with the exception of during pregnancy, while carrying a small child, or perhaps if I naughtily weigh myself during the day or evening, clothed over the next few weeks.
Only 2lb til my 3rd goal of losing 50lb, the combined weight (roughly) of my two boys. And only 5lb until I reach 11 stone, the weight I was when I was 18/19, that's right, how much I weighed almost TEN years ago.
If I lose just 1lb a week on average from now until Christopher's birthday in September, I will fall just 2lb short of my target weight! If I lose on average 1.5lb per week from now, I will reach my target weight by late August! If I lose 2lb per week on average, I will reach my target weight by the beginning of August! To reach my target weight by my birthday in mid-July, I will need to lose a massive 3lb a week on average for the next 6 weeks, which I really don't think is do-able anymore.
So.. for now, I am going to concentrate on eating healthily, and hopefully, the scales next week will be kind. :)
I realised today that I can't remember the last time I ate a bag of crisps. I've eaten some from a bag that have been put out on a table for everyone to dip into (a normal sized bag between 4 adults and Robert), but not for a while, and I haven't missed them at all! Not really anyway, I do like things like wotsits and would enjoy them if I had a bag, but had no real craving to get one at all. This is what I love, the fact that my habits are changing, and I'm barely realising, let alone missing. Maybe someday there will be a day where I do not crave nor miss chocolate, and ice cream too ;)
Anyway, let's see if I can make a 2lb loss by next Wednesday, and see that magic 50lb loss, and maybe pick up Robert and Christopher together to see just how much weight I have lost since Christopher was born :)
Only 2lb til my 3rd goal of losing 50lb, the combined weight (roughly) of my two boys. And only 5lb until I reach 11 stone, the weight I was when I was 18/19, that's right, how much I weighed almost TEN years ago.
If I lose just 1lb a week on average from now until Christopher's birthday in September, I will fall just 2lb short of my target weight! If I lose on average 1.5lb per week from now, I will reach my target weight by late August! If I lose 2lb per week on average, I will reach my target weight by the beginning of August! To reach my target weight by my birthday in mid-July, I will need to lose a massive 3lb a week on average for the next 6 weeks, which I really don't think is do-able anymore.
So.. for now, I am going to concentrate on eating healthily, and hopefully, the scales next week will be kind. :)
I realised today that I can't remember the last time I ate a bag of crisps. I've eaten some from a bag that have been put out on a table for everyone to dip into (a normal sized bag between 4 adults and Robert), but not for a while, and I haven't missed them at all! Not really anyway, I do like things like wotsits and would enjoy them if I had a bag, but had no real craving to get one at all. This is what I love, the fact that my habits are changing, and I'm barely realising, let alone missing. Maybe someday there will be a day where I do not crave nor miss chocolate, and ice cream too ;)
Anyway, let's see if I can make a 2lb loss by next Wednesday, and see that magic 50lb loss, and maybe pick up Robert and Christopher together to see just how much weight I have lost since Christopher was born :)
Wednesday, 9 February 2011
Not too bad considering.
Well I was expecting a 2+lb gain this week. But I minimised the damage and am only 0.5lb above last week's weight, so I'm quite pleased with that actually.
This week I will be better. No two ways about it, I WILL do better this week. I want to be in the 11 stone somethings by March, which means losing 5lb this month. I need to get below 168lb to be under 12 stone, and I'm 172.5lb.
I got a low carb cookbook for Christmas, and I have already made myself some things from there, I think I will look some more at it and see what is easy to make from there. I want to try a day or two of low carbing to get back on track, and get a reasonable loss next week. See how I go with it anyway! I started off today with a breakfast muffin - sausage and egg basically. If I do well on it today I will try again tomorrow. I want to try my hardest because apparently when you go low carb you also stop getting cravings, plus the high protein fills you up so you're less hungry too.
I can do this, I need to lose between 1.5 and 2lb a week to lose the 5lb by the end of the month, so that's not too bad a goal.
When I'm below 12 stone I think I will bug Jonathan to go and get me my size 14 clothes from the loft.
I have come a long way. When I have been losing weight before, a week like last week would have led me to binge and then, seeing the massive gain, I would spiral down into a "I can't do this" way of thinking, and stop trying, and then bam, the weight gain would continue. I feel that to have done this, to have had a bad week, but tried to not over-do it, to be able to minimise the damage and stay positive, I feel that I have overcome a big mental blockade that a few years back I just wasn't able to do. And now I am at a place to be able to do it, mentally and physically.
This week I will be better. No two ways about it, I WILL do better this week. I want to be in the 11 stone somethings by March, which means losing 5lb this month. I need to get below 168lb to be under 12 stone, and I'm 172.5lb.
I got a low carb cookbook for Christmas, and I have already made myself some things from there, I think I will look some more at it and see what is easy to make from there. I want to try a day or two of low carbing to get back on track, and get a reasonable loss next week. See how I go with it anyway! I started off today with a breakfast muffin - sausage and egg basically. If I do well on it today I will try again tomorrow. I want to try my hardest because apparently when you go low carb you also stop getting cravings, plus the high protein fills you up so you're less hungry too.
I can do this, I need to lose between 1.5 and 2lb a week to lose the 5lb by the end of the month, so that's not too bad a goal.
When I'm below 12 stone I think I will bug Jonathan to go and get me my size 14 clothes from the loft.
I have come a long way. When I have been losing weight before, a week like last week would have led me to binge and then, seeing the massive gain, I would spiral down into a "I can't do this" way of thinking, and stop trying, and then bam, the weight gain would continue. I feel that to have done this, to have had a bad week, but tried to not over-do it, to be able to minimise the damage and stay positive, I feel that I have overcome a big mental blockade that a few years back I just wasn't able to do. And now I am at a place to be able to do it, mentally and physically.
Friday, 14 January 2011
New goal
Well it's now New Year, and I am down below 13 stone!!! I have started to weigh myself naked, as that is the most consistent. So I am officially 12 stone 10lb at 178lbs.
My overall aim now is to be down to my ideal weight by my birthday in July. I have 26 weeks to lose 34-38lb. Which is an average weightloss of 1.5lb a week. This is to my IDEAL weight of 10 stone or 10 stone 4lb, around that mark. When I say 34lb that just makes it seem like a drop in the bucket. I can do this! I really can! Even though I've had a bad few weeks what with it being Xmas, and the over-eating you get into the habit of. I have lost 29lb so far, and with only another 34-38lb to lose TOTAL, that's just over the same again. I can TOTALLY do this. And what a fab birthday present than to get to the size you want to be, and to do a massive shopping spree!
I will be asking for money for my birthday this year for anyone who gets me birthday presents, which I will spend on CLOTHES CLOTHES CLOTHES! I will revamp my wardrobe and take some pride in myself, and my body. By the time I get there, I will have acquired good eating habits, and hopefully good exercise habits too. Christopher will be 10 months old, and Robert almost 3, and I will hopefully have tonnes more energy to deal with 2 small ones! I cannot wait until I can say that I have worked towards my goal, stuck with it, and done it all by myself, and reap the rewards of looking my best, and hopefully a complement or two along the way. I want to be comfortable in myself, and I am well on the way to that.
I am 43% of the way towards my ideal weight. 10-12lb more lost and I should hopefully be in a size 14. I would like to be in a size 14 by March. And a size 12 by May/June. And some generous 10s by July :)
My overall aim now is to be down to my ideal weight by my birthday in July. I have 26 weeks to lose 34-38lb. Which is an average weightloss of 1.5lb a week. This is to my IDEAL weight of 10 stone or 10 stone 4lb, around that mark. When I say 34lb that just makes it seem like a drop in the bucket. I can do this! I really can! Even though I've had a bad few weeks what with it being Xmas, and the over-eating you get into the habit of. I have lost 29lb so far, and with only another 34-38lb to lose TOTAL, that's just over the same again. I can TOTALLY do this. And what a fab birthday present than to get to the size you want to be, and to do a massive shopping spree!
I will be asking for money for my birthday this year for anyone who gets me birthday presents, which I will spend on CLOTHES CLOTHES CLOTHES! I will revamp my wardrobe and take some pride in myself, and my body. By the time I get there, I will have acquired good eating habits, and hopefully good exercise habits too. Christopher will be 10 months old, and Robert almost 3, and I will hopefully have tonnes more energy to deal with 2 small ones! I cannot wait until I can say that I have worked towards my goal, stuck with it, and done it all by myself, and reap the rewards of looking my best, and hopefully a complement or two along the way. I want to be comfortable in myself, and I am well on the way to that.
I am 43% of the way towards my ideal weight. 10-12lb more lost and I should hopefully be in a size 14. I would like to be in a size 14 by March. And a size 12 by May/June. And some generous 10s by July :)
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