Big Week

Well I am on such a high right now. This morning i got my 5st award which marks my half way point. I also got slimmer of the week and my platinum body magic award which means i'm fit for life.
I am so pleased but i have no idea how i lost 3 1/2lbs this week as i was out for a few days with a migraine so missed out on a couple of gym sessions but i did have a couple of long bike rides before then so that must have helped.
Not with it enough to write any more.
Take care and happy slimming

Erm Whoops It's been AGES

I know i know it's been a long time since i last wrote but i hope this makes up for it.

For eight weeks i was losing and gaining the same few pounds and it was driving me mad as i was so close to my 4 1/2st and i finally got that last week. It was so disheartening but now things are back on track and i'll keep posting here about it more often.
Yesterday was weigh day and this week i lost 2 1/2lbs which brings my weight to 14st 10lbs (i haven't been this weight is YEARS) and this means i'm 3 1/2lbs off my 5st award and all being well i'll get that in the next couple of weeks.
While i wasn't losing the weight my measurements have changed so i'm really pleased with that and i'm not about a size 16 which is just brilliant and just shows how well i'm doing with this as last year i was wearing size 26. Next year i'll hopefully be in a 10-12 and i will be over the moon.

One thing that has changed is the amount of body magic that i'm doing. Here is my basic week

Monday - 30min spin class, 1 1/2hr gym workout, 3 mile cycle
Tuesday - 1hour fit ball class (core workout), 40min cardio, 6 mile cycle
Wednesday - 45min spin class, 1 1/2hr gym workout, 3 mile cycle
Friday - 1 1/2hr gym workout, 3 mile cycle

That's at least 15 miles of cycling and 7 hours 25minutes in the gym.

Today i cycled 13.6 miles on top of my gym session and yesterday i walked about 8.5 miles and it's only day two of the week. I maybe going for a bike ride on sunday with my bff and monday will be back to my normal routine. It has taken 10 months to get to this level and i know that it's a way of life now and i never want to go back to how i was before.
Now i don't think twice about going and doing any exercise and i cycle everywhere that i can and i'm more than happy to walk the dog and she loves a long walk.

So much is going through my mind about what has been going on in the last couple of months but i can't seem to get it make sense enough to write here so this will have to do for now as it's a good start.
I promise not to leave it so long again.

Take care and happy slimming

Oops its been a month

I can't believe that its been a month since i last posted. So whats happened in that time?
I've lost 11 1/2lbs in that time and 5 1/2 of that was this week and i got my 4st award last week and i'm now 1lb from my 4 1/2st award and i'm so happy

I'm feeling so much better and i know that i've still got a long way to go to get to target and i know i will get there.

One bit of good news is that we have booked our wedding for 11am on 13th December 2013. Its a long way off but it feels so good to have it booked. Will post more later as this is just a quicky

Take care and happy slimming

Big News

Today was weigh day and i gained 2lbs but for a change i really don't care as i had a great weekend. So why am i not upset with my gain? Well here's why I got ENGAGED on friday 13th which was my birthday and i am so happy that i am starting the planning already.
After having such a bad year i can't believe how much things have turned around and become so good.
I love my OH so much and thou we have only been together for two months it feels like we have known each other forever and its so right. We have set the date as 13th Dec 2013 which is his birthday and gives us plenty of time to save the money and for me to get to target and be maintaining.
You may have noticed that the number 13 is featuring alot here and it is as it seems to mean something as we met on the 13th and we were both born on the 13th and we got engaged on the 13th and it just seems so fitting that we get married on the 13th and as next year is 2013 it just seems so right that we do it then.

As i am a Goth at heart i want to have a goth wedding and marry wearing purple as that is my favourite colour (it also happens to be his as well). I'm trying to workout what colours will look good with a nice deep rich purple without having to go for black, I think that i may go for a dark red if it looks right but i have sometime. When i have decided on things i will post them on here and do my best to included photos.

Right so now back to slimming lol
I had a very synful weekend and i'm pleased that all i gained was 2lbs but i was back to it on monday so it could have been worse and i'm sure that i can get at least 4lbs next week.
Today i got my GOLD body magic award which also made my day and i'm now working towards my platinum award which i should be able to get in a couple of months.
I've been going to the gym for 6 months now and i still really enjoy it. On tuesday my routine was changed as it was my review and i'm now doing the same workout as my bff. I'm now using kettlebells and medicine ball and really do give you a good workout when you are told what to do with them. I know that i'm going to be sore tomorrow and i have until monday when i will be back at it. Part of me hates how sore i am but i know that its doing good and it won't be like this for long so i will keep at it as its doing me good and toning me as i loose the weight which is the point.
I still have about 6stone to go and when i tell people this they look at me as if i'm mad and say that i don't look that big but i know how i feel and i'm not happy with how i look although the OH keeps telling me he loves me as i am and wouldn't care if i stayed this size but as i'm doing it for me i will keep at it. I do love that he loves me as i am and i am the same size as i was 13years ago but i'm not the same shape which is a pain but i think that's normal isn't it? Now with the wedding next year i an even bigger reason to get to target as i don't want massive bingo wings showing in my wedding photos and i want to be proud to display them to the world

Well i have plans between now and next weigh in so i may not get on here again till next week. On saturday i'm going to the Isle of Wight for my grans 95th birthday lunch with my son (OH is sitting this one out) so the family will hear of the engagement and i haven't seen alot of them for a long time. I have booked a low syn meal for myself so that should be ok.
I also have to get to the gym a few times and swim as well as all the normal things you have to do when running a home (its a good thing i'm off sick lol)

Right i'm off but will be back as soon as i can
Take care and happy slimming

What a Good Week

Last week wasn't too good as i put on two pounds and i was really unhappy about it so i decided to be really good this week. I got to the gym 3 times, swam once and did plenty of walking and got out on my bike alot too. So this morning when i got on the scales i had lost a total of 4 1/2lbs which got me my 3 1/2 stone award. I'm so pleased that i am now under 16 stone and the same size as i was 13 years ago.

My love life is going really well and i couldn't be happier with him. He makes me feel really good and everyone who knows me says that i'm glowing which can only be a good thing. It may only be a short time that we have known each other but it feels like we have known each other forever. Since i have been seeing him i have lost 12lbs which is really good so it must be having a positive affect on my weight and if i carry on like this i'll be at target sooner rather than later.

This coming week will hopefully be a good one as i have plenty of body magic planned and spending time with the other half. My body magic week starts tomorrow as it always does with a trip to the gym and a swim and i'll do something over the weekend and then it will be the normal classes on monday followed by a swim and then the gym on wednesday. In between this i'll get out on the bike and walk anywhere else. So if i stick within my syns i should have another good loss when i get on the scales next thursday.

I'm getting hungry and i have a quiche cooking in the oven and its taking longer than it should because i forgot to put the eggs in (blonde moment lol) anyway it won't be long now.

Take care and happy slimming

A Good Loss

This week i had a really good loss of 4lbs which takes me to a total loss of 3st 5lbs. I am so pleased with this as i was sure that i hadn't done that well this week as on saturday i had mcdonalds and some beer and then on monday i had a yummy chocolate cupcake. But i still did body magic so i'm sure that that helped me.

On wednesday i got a bicycle and i went out on it and ended up doing about 11 miles and i felt really good afterwards. I will get out on it again this weekend with the BF as he cycles everywhere so it will be good to go together.

As i live on the southcoast not far from the beach its a great place to head to for a walk or just a ride along the seafront. I've been there a couple of times recently and it can be a good workout when its windy and you are going in to it. I have a feeling that i will be heading down there alot now i have my bike. Sometimes its nice to just sit and look out to sea and i do love knowing that its close by even if i don't get there that often.

I'll let you know how often i get down there and how much i cycle.

I'm getting hungry and the smell coming from the oven is mouth watering so i'm off.

Take care and happy slimming

I'm a Loser

The title of this post says it all really lol.

If you are a Slimming World member and you stayed to Image Therapy this week you may have an idea what i'm talking about, This week i went to get weighed on wednesday evening and it was so worth it. I was awarded the groups Greatest Loser 2012 and i still can't believe it and i got a sash and certificate to prove it (which i will post soon). this has really spurred me on to loose the rest of the weight.

The past two weeks has been really interesting and it seems to be staying that way.

For the past 7 years i've been single apart from a couple of brief flings and now when i was not expecting it i meet a really nice guy. I met him in the swimming pool (when i was not looking my best as how can you in a pool) the day before valentines day. It feels like i have know him for a long time when in reality it hasn't been that long. Being in a relationship changes the way about how you feel about yourself.

With being single for so long you get used to it and now that i have lost weight and i'm getting fitter i finally get a man who puts a smile on my face.

Now i want to loose the weight to look good for him as well as for myself. I will do this and need all the support i can get

Take care and happy slimming

Such a Happy Bunny

Today is weigh day and i was so pleased when i stepped on the scales this morning. For the last four weeks i have maintained and today i finally lost weight. The loss this week was a whopping 5 1/2lbs and i'm so so happy with this as i got my 3 stone award and i also got slimmer of the week.

I feel that i have worked so hard for it and i will be doing it all again next week and the foreseeable time to come. Since last weeks weigh in i have done the following body magic

Monday - 30 min Spin class, 20 mins toning, 1hr Pilate's, 1hr swim and about an hour of walking

Tuesday - about and hour of walking

Wednesday - 1 1/2 hrs walking, 1hr 20 mins gym session, 1hr swimming

This is a good amount of body magic and i'm so pleased. Tomorrow i'll be back at the gym and i should be going for a swim as well.

I have booked again for spin and pilates which i am enjoying and with the gym routine, swimming and the walking i'm feeling good about myself.

This time a year ago i was really ill and couldn't walk that far without having to sit down and take deep breathes. It is such a change and i feel so good about it.

If i think about it i am doing the most amount of exercise that i have ever done in my life. I never enjoyed it at school as PE lessons were so boring and i've never liked running (i still hate running) and soon as i no longer had to do it i was so pleased and didn't do anything apart from going swimming every now and then as it's something i have always enjoyed and i always will.

I now know that i have found that i do like to exercise but it has taken me a long time to get to this point and i will be doing it for the rest of my life and as long as i can.

I have 6lbs to my next award which is my 3 1/2 stone and i wonder how long it will take me to get there. To be honest i'd love to get it in a couple of weeks but i know that it may not happen and i'm fine with that as long as carry on with what i'm doing as i'm building a healthy lifestyle and that's what is important at the end of the day.

That's it for today but i'll post again soon and i think it's time for more recipes

Take care and happy slimming

Day 1 of a New Me

Today has been a good day and i couldn't be happier after the bad day i had yesterday.

My positive things for today were

1) Spending time with my bff

2) Going to the gym

3) Going to group and staying

So i feel positive but the main reason for my feeling so good is what happened when i stepped on the scales tonight. I lost 6lbs and i still can't believe it and i even did a happy dance on the scales (i couldn't help it lol). This is the best week that i've had since joining and i just hope that i can do it again next week.

How have i done it? Honestly i'm not sure but i have been good and kept my syns low each day and going to the gym 3 times and walking everywhere. I'm planning on doing the same this coming week so another loss should be on the cards.

I really can't think so what to write tonight as i'm still so happy but i'll post again tomorrow

Take care and happy slimming

1st Weigh In of the New Year

So today was the first weigh in of 2012 and i gained 4lbs over Christmas and New year, it could have been alot worse as i have been to the gym 3 times since new years eve. Now i have to be honest as i have no idea how i feel about this gain. My diet wasn't that great over the holidays due to lack of money and i had to eat what was in the bottom of the freezer and i drank on christmas day and new years eve. But now that it's the start of the new year and i'm back on track. It's strange that as i have been doing this for about 6 months now i do enjoy eating a more healthy diet. Now don't get me wrong i do miss certain foods and still want to buy them and i have to remember what i want to achieve through this. Wanting to reach target is far more important to me now than giving in to the cakes, chocolate, crisps, burgers and pizza. I do still have the odd packet of crisps and chocolate bar but they come out of my syns for the day so i don't feel bad about it.

So what am i going to do to loose this gain?

Well i will be going to the gym friday, monday and wednesday before weigh in and having a maximum of 10 syns each day but what else can i do? I'm really determined that gain will turn into a loss really quickly.

One thing that i have done is join a get fit Revolution on the channel4 website. Its a mission a day for 31 days and each one is within reason and totally free to do so why not have a look and join the Revolution.

Take care and Happy slimming

Another Award

Tonight i got my 2 1/2 stone award with a loss of 2lbs this week. That means i'm quarter of a way to my final target and i'm so pleased with myself. I know that this will take some time to loose the rest and i can deal with that as i know what i what to achieve at the end of this and how good it will feel when i get there.

I'm still going to the gym and i've moved it up to three times a week and i'm still enjoying it. My workout is now as follows

Bike 20 minutes

Rower 10 minutes

Chess press 30lbs two sets of 12

Seated Row 30lbs two sets of 12

Squats two sets of 12

Treadmill 10 minutes

Scifit 10 minutes

I feel like something is missing but i don't know what. I'll find out tomorrow as i have my review and see if anything will change. In the time i've been going to the gym i've only lost 7lbs which isn't bad but i hoped that i would have lost more but there is always the hope that it will happen soon (fingers crossed).

Apart from the gym i'm walking everywhere so that give me plenty of bodymagic and i'm finding that if i have my mp3 player on then i'm walking faster and while its as cold as it is outside that is a good thing. I can end up doing lots of miles a week so i can't complain and i find that the more i do the easier it is.

Anyway this week is a weird week and i'm going out on friday night and i plan to have a lot to drink but i will be at the gym in the morning and then again on the monday and i'll be eating lots of syn free food so hopefully i'll be able to lessen any damage that i'll do. this is a night out that i really need.

Time for me to call it a night as i'm off to the cinema with my bff in the morning. Take care and happy slimming

Maintained Again

So this week i maintained again which was a little disappointing but to be honest it was understandable with the amount of body magic that i've been doing. I'm so pleased with what i've been doing and i'm just waiting for it to show up on the scales. As times goes on it will all get easier so that it becomes second nature.

The body magic i've done this week is pretty good (as far as i'm concerned) so here is what i've done.

Tuesday - 40 minute gym session and walked about 6 miles

Wednesday - small workout

Thursday - walked about 2 1/2 miles

Friday - 55 minute gym session and walked over 6 miles

That's not bad is it?

I'll be back at the gym on monday and i'm looking forward to it at the moment but if today catches up with me tomorrow so that i feel what i've done today then i may change my mind. I go with my BFF which makes it so much easier and helps to motivate each other. We do jokingly call it the torture chamber which can be very fitting.

One thing that is helping is the fact that the other day i brought myself a brand new pair of trainers which tone as i walk which is great. I've only worn them twice now so they will take some getting used to.

Anyway that's enough for now but i'll try and come back soon. Take care and happy slimming

Maintained

So it's that day of the week and at group tonight i made alot of people laugh. I can here you asking how and i'll tell you. I got there early tonight and was one of the first few people to get weighed and when i stepped on the scales it showed that i had gained 1/2lb and i was so shocked as i thought i'd had a good week. I then thought that i don't normally wear a bra when i get weighed and i was wearing my new padded bra so i took it off and weighed again and this time it showed that i had stayed the same which is so much better. So i now know that my bra weighs 1/2lb which is mad. Lots of comments were mad about my being the size of a hammock and being made of steel or even it being Boudicca's bra. Now to be honest it is a big bra as it's a 40DD and that is smaller than i was. I always feel good when i come home from group no matter what the scales have said. We have a great leader in Linda as she makes us all feel so welcome so that means that the members are great too. This all makes it so much easier to stay and feel comfortable talking about things that are going on. I believe that staying to image therapy is very important to help with your motivation.

Well tomorrow is my first session at the gym and i think that it will be interesting to see how i get on as i think i'm going to have to eat more to help with the losses. I'll post tomorrow when i get back from the gym as i'll be walking there and back which is a good distance so i'll have so exercise before i get there and on the way back too. I'll be there for at least an hour maybe more and i plan to be going to the gym twice a week with my bff and in between visits i'll do a workout at home so i'll be working out 3 times a week. This will take some getting used to after doing so little for years but i'm up for it as a change for the better is always good.

I've wittered on long enough so take care and happy slimming

2 stone down

So another weigh day and another loss. Today i got a loss of 1lb so i now have lost a total of 2 stone dead on. I'm so pleased with this as it's going in the right direction. It may have taken me 15 weeks to get here but i don't mind as its coming off and that's what i want.

Last week i manged two 6 mile walks, one on monday and one on friday with my bff. I want to be able to do the same again this week but you never know whats going to happen to get in the way of good intentions. But for the moment i still have them so i can't see anything getting in the way.

I'm hoping to bake a couple of slimming world cakes as i really fancy having cake and this will be a low syn way of having some. I'll let you know how they turn out when i've done them.

It's getting late and i'm hungry so take and happy slimming

1st Target Reached

Yesterday was weigh day and i wasn't too sure about what i'd see when i stepped on the scales but i was very happy to see that i had lost 3lbs which meant that i had got my Club 10. Next week i need at least a pound and i'll have my two stone award. I was so pleased i did a little dance lol. The group was good fun last night as we laughed alot.

I did manage to walk 6 miles on monday and i want to that again a couple times before next weigh day. I also tried to buy a cheap skipping rope but they are only sold in the summer. I mentioned this at group last night and it was suggested that i buy a cheap washing line and use that, so the next time i see one i'll buy it.

Can't write much as my connection is being a pain.

So take care and happy slimming

Bad Week

This week was not good as when i weighed in on tuesday i had gained 11/2lbs and i was so gutted. To be honest i didn't have a good week food wise as i eat some stupid things. The fact that i've not been feeling very well and i'm still not well. I've had a headache all day today and even thou i've taken pain killers its still there.

I need to do more exercise and i'm hoping i can over the weekend and it all depends on how i feel. Fingers crossed that it will be good.

It's late and i think i should go and curl up in bed with my book.

Take care and happy slimming

Long Week

It's friday so today i spent time with my BFF as we try and do every week. Today i dug out my smaller size clothes and was so happy when i found that some of them actually fit. Some of these i haven't worn for at least 10 years (i don't throw things out until their dead) and some of these i have loved and missed and i'm so pleased to be able to wear now or to soon get into.

I'm a Goth at heart and haven't fitted into my goth stuff for years and it's going to great to wear them again.

Tuesday this week was a long day for several reasons. I spent most of the day with two wonderful friends and we had some good laughs.

I had to go to the Doctors for my results but they were inconclusive so i need another blood test and a scan to see whats going on so that's not sorted yet. I'm still not feeling too good but it's not anything i can't deal with. I just want to know what's wrong so it can be dealt with, hopefully not much longer.

This week i lost 2 1/2lbs which means i'm 1 1/2lbs away from my Club 10 (that's a loss of 10% of my weight) and 2 1/2lbs from my 2st award. It will be great to get those two awards in the same week.

When i've lost weight in the past i've never felt quite like this. I'm motivated and so looking forward in this journey and i can see the finish line and what it will be like. I think that as i've been ill since the end of last year is helping to keep me focused as no longer being overweight can only improve my health and that's what i want so much.

My dinner is nearly ready so i better go.

Take care and happy slimming

Late Weigh In

This week i weighed in on thursday as i've not been feeling good for the last couple of weeks and its been two weeks since i last weighed in. As i've not been feeling good i've been eating things i shouldn't so i stepped on the scales i had geared myself up to have a slight gain but i had a shock as i lost. Yes i lost 5 1/2lbs which i think is great with the way i've been. This loss gave me my 1 1/2 st award and also slimmer of the week. It gave me a great boost after the couple of weeks that i've had.

On wednesday i had to have a blood test and as i'm skint at the moment i walked there and i ended up walking a total of 6 miles which is really good for me and even thou my legs did hurt afterwards i felt that it was worth it. I'm planning on doing it a couple of times a week if i can as it will help with the weight loss.

As i've already said my health isn't too good at the moment and i'm seeing the GP on tuesday for the results of my blood test as i got a phone call yesterday that the doctor wants to discuss my results. After i got off the phone i called my bff and asked her if she could come with me and she said that she would so that makes me feel better.

I'm still stressed about all sorts of things which i have lost control over and at the moment my weight is the only thing i can control so thats what i'm doing. According to the doctors i was 20st 11lbs in may so i've lost nearly 3st in about 4 months. I'm really pleased with the loss and i can't wait till i have to get new clothes as what i have is way too big for me. The good thing is that i have clothes in my wardrobe that have been too small for me and it will be so good to get in to them.

Anyway i'm not going to bitch and moan about things today as i think that i'll leave that until later.

On facebook at the start of the month someone posted that it was 17weeks until christmas and how about a challenge to lose 17lbs before then. I thought why not join in and so far i've lost 6 1/2lbs in 3 weeks and there's still 14 weeks to go. As far as i can see there shouldn't be any problem in doing this and next year hopefully (no i will be) i'll be a new me.

This afternoon i think i'm off for a walk and i'll see if i can get anyone to join me.

Take care and happy slimming

Weigh Day 8

So it's that day again. This week i lost 1/2lb again, i'm not happy but at least it was a loss. I'm trying to workout what to do to loose more next week. I want to get my club 10 next month so i'm going to have to do more body magic to help the weight come off.

I'm not in much of a mood to write much tonight but i'll post more soon

Take care and happy slimming

Weigh Day 7

It's tuesday so that means its weigh day. I felt that i'd had a good week as i stuck to it and i even ended up doing more walking than i had been and also extra house work. So stepping on the scales i was expecting another good loss. Now don't get me wrong i did lose this week but only 1/2lb. So at least it was off not on. I just hope that i'll have another good loss next week. I'm not planning on doing anything different from what i have been doing since i started so i don't see why it shouldn't be.

Today i went for a picnic with my lovely son and BFF and her 3 kids. As it looked like it was going to rain we ended up going to the park instead of the beach which was our original plan. We still had a nice time and i didn't eat any of the crisps, sausage rolls, cocktail sausages or drink the full fat fanta that we had got for the kids to enjoy. The kids seemed to have a good time and we sat on the grass and chatted while keeping an eye on the kids as they played.

While we were there i said my lovely niece who i haven't seen in ages and she noticed that i had lost weight which was really nice and next time i see her i'll have lost even more.

It was a nice day but was a pity it wasn't sunny enough until we were on our way to group.

I have a busy couple of days of painting and laying new flooring (as long as i can pay for it lol) so hopefully that will give me body magic.

That's all for tonight. Take care and happy slimming