In Oxford Once Again!

Weighed in this morning and am pleased to be able to say that i'm now under the 19st mark! Only by 1lb of course but under is under! From today I only weigh 18st (and a fair few lbs but we won't worry about them) and i'm chuffed. Just kinda wish I could keep this speed of weight loss up, how awesome would that be?? I'd be 10st by the beginning of October! EVERYONE would diet if they could do that.

For now though, with an ever hopeful air, i'll take whatever I can get!!

Hope you're all feeling as positive about life as I am about weight loss...

TTFN

xxx

I'm Running Out of Clever Things To Write Here!

But even though my brain isn't working properly my body is.... I reached 19st today! Yay! Only 2lbs to go until I've lost a stone! Today is my "2 weeks on the diet" day too, so it's a nice goal to reach!

I now weigh the same as I did when I was a bridesmaid in November last year! That's really quite exciting. It means i'm on the way!

I'm off to Oxford tomorrow, all fingers and toes crossed that it doesn't mean my diet is going to de-rail! We are definitely going to be eating out one night, which is going to be super tough. I think i'll be going shopping as soon as I get there... Filling the fridge with my food! :)

They plan is to try and weigh in here and then get to Oxford without eating or drinking anything and see what the scales say there, so I know what the weight difference is between the scales. Then hopefully i'll be able to keep a really accurate track of things while i'm there!

Well i'd better go and pack...

TTFN

xxx

Today I Win The Prize For Extreme Jamminess!

I've Managed to lose a whopping 3lbs! Thanks in large part to the fact that my body really didn't appreciate the junk I put in it so I felt poorly for most of the day! Still! Whoop Whoop!! :)

I managed to get back on the diet yesterday too which I am sure helped massively. I've also discovered, randomly, that salad fills me up much faster than vegetables. So salad it is from now on! I'm still having a moan about the fact that it's almost impossible to buy frozen turkey, without it having been breaded or something else unhealthy, though. Turkey is so much better for you than chicken but I just can't afford to buy it.

Today I challenge everyone to get their exercise video's out! I'm actually going to try to get further on mine today. I've also managed to find my re-chargable batteries so the wii fit might get messed around with too!

Hope you all have a wonderful and exerciseful day! :)

xxx 

Lost and Found

As in lost 1lb and found my way...

I'm back down to 19.4 today. As you can probably imagine i'm really pleased about this but also feeling really guilty. Mainly because I only managed to get back on the slimfast for breakfast... The rest of the day really didn't go that well. I did eat healthier options rather than the old fatty, high calorie stuff I would have snacked on, but still I ate far too much and the worst thing is that I know it. Today I feel sluggish and bloated and rather ill. Which i'm hoping will pass soon because I really wanted to get out and get some exercise done.

It's half term here, I know it varies across the country, which unfortunately means that all the classes are messed up at my local gym. So no aquafit for Maris! It also means that the adult swim times are all changed around. Great for the kids i'm sure, but a bit pants for the adults. Especially those of us who only decided to have an exercise regime last week! :)

To make matters even worse on the exercise front my wii fit has decided to play up. I think it's just the battery pack but unfortunately all my rechargables, that I could have used instead, seem to have been packed somewhere clever in the move! In case you hadn't guessed i'm not even close to having finished unpacking yet.

I suspect the thing to do is go spend an hour unpacking and see if I can find batteries. I also suspect that it is highly unlikely that I will...

I spent quite a bit of yesterday re-organising and editing audio-books to put on my iPod. I read in an interview with Stephen Fry that he listens to audio-books as he walks (about 5 miles a day, crazy man) because it makes the miles go by very quickly. So, as he's my hero,  I thought i'd give it a try. Although he was listening to Crime & Punishment and i'm going for Harry Potter........

Now I just need it to be a nice enough day for me to want to go outside! Oh the joys of the British summer!

Hope you're all having a lovely day!

xxx

Can Everyone Say Oops??

I've put on 1lb! I'm not at all suprised because I ate solid food yesterday and that always was going to make me put on a bit.

I'm back on the slimfast today so it should fall off again nice and quickly.

I'll let you know.

xxx

Bank holiday monday blues

Hi all....

No weight loss today but i'm not suprised. I was a bit naughty yesterday and went out drinking with friends! I've also cheated today and actually had toast for breakfast... I have a bit of a poorly head and i needed something solid in my stomach! I'm going to have a solid food day today but be really careful to eat, not over eat! Then back on the slimfast in the morning.

Hope you're all having a lovely bank holiday!

xxx

Morning all!

I'm afraid i'm going to have to report weight gain this morning although I don't think I've actually gained any weight! Don't worry it'll all become clear...

When I weighed in this morning my scales could not decide how much I weighed, giving me the choice of 19.1, 19.2, 19.3 and 19.4! Now obviously i wanted to plump for the 19.1 (and believe me it was doubly tempting when my wii told me that was what I weighed too) and feel good about myself but it would probably have been inaccurate. I suspect that it's probably down to uneven floor in my bedroom.

So after chatting it through with Mum I decided to put my scales on the nice flat vinyl floor in the kitchen. I also decided to weigh myself clothed from this point on.

So today I weigh 19.4. But that's not a bad thing. And i'm still going to try to lose at the same rate but i'm going to "reset" my goals up 4lbs as today should have been the 19 stone goal!

It's probably also a doubly good thing as i'm going to try to drastically increase my water in take so that'll change it too!

Hope you're all having an awesome bank holiday weekend so far!

xxx

Fancy Dress Day Today!!

And i'm really rather scared! I'm going as Princess Fiona from Shrek (the ogre version)! I'm guessing it could be fun trying to get my face that green and still look reasonably pretty! :)

Good news on the weight loss thing... I lost 2lbs this morning so i'm only 1lb behind my "guidelines" now which is a bit more reassuring! I was worried not because I hadn't lost anything but because I thought if my weight loss had slowed down already when I was kinda counting on still losing quickly for a couple of weeks. It just would have put me SO far behind! Behind is fine but that far behind would have been BAD! :)

I have given myself a massive pat on the back today cos i've not only done a whole week on the strict diet now but i've also lost the first half stone! Whoop whoop!!

Until tomorrow!

xxx

No Weight Loss Again...

..But nothing I can do about it so there's no point stressing. Although it is obviously a bit annoying. I really don't want my weight loss to have slowed down to 1lb every other day already as that would mean it's going to take an awful lot longer to get to where I want my weight to be. Probably as much as two months longer for the first big goal which puts me at around 14stone for new year instead of November. And that would suck!

I did eat out yesterday, but I had a Subway, which is not a bad choice, and I had ham, one of the healthiest options, with no cheese! Plus I missed one of my two slimfasts out so in theory I was still under 1,000kcals.

 It almost makes me tempted to go buy the new nutritional supplement that's out in boots... It's a slimming pill but it doesn't make you lose weight on it's own, just reckons that it can help you lose an extra 1lb to every two that you lose yourself. It'd be cheating in a way i know but I don't want this diet to have to be this strict forever so it's be nice to shift it in a slightly shorter time. In fact it might even get me back on schedule! Lol.

Considered heading off to another class at the gym today but the classes don't look that great. There's an adults swim at lunchtime though so maybe i'll give that a go. Or I might just do some wii fitting!

Hope you all have a lovely POETS day.

xxx

TheQuickestBlogInTheWorldEver!

Morning!

Have lost 1lb again so i'm now down to 19.4. Have to admit that I was hoping against all hope that i'd have shifted 2lbs today to make up for yesterday. Also because that would mean i'd lost half a stone today. But never mind, tomorrow will have to do! :)

This is having to be a very quick blog today as i'm off to deep water aquafit in a moment and then heading straight off to the city to see my friend and try on bridesmaid shoes! How exciting!

BYEEEE!!

xxx

Not Happy :(

Today is the first day with no weight loss. Always a tough one. I know that technically you shouldn't weigh yourself everyday but it's a really good way to keep up your enthusiasm... Unfortunately it's also a really bad way! Lol.

I suspect the reason for the lack of a result today is because I ate ridiculously late last night. Food is getting kinda pushed to the bottom of my priority list. Which is almost as bad as it being at the top. I'm also blaming lack of sleep as your body can't process everything as efficiently if you don't get the right amount to sleep. So 3 "meals" at the right time of day for me today and a nap if I can fit one in!

 Also a desperate attempt not to give in and eat cake as "I haven't lost anything anyway"!

TTFN

xxx

What A Lovely Tuesday!

I'm really chuffed this morning. I survived aquafit last night (good support in your swimming costume definitely recommended for well endowed ladies, my rather expensive fitted tankini I was wearing under my swimsuit paid for itself last night by preventing any disasters) and really enjoyed it. Some how I feel remarkably energized this morning. Yay! I'm actually thinking about giving the deep water one on Thursday a go too. Although that will all depend on the success of essay writing. :(

Anyway... I'm 1lb lighter again! Whoop whoop! So still well on track. It's getting easier too! One thing that sort helped today was being able to put my jeans in the tumble drier and being able to HOPE that they'd shrink... Cos otherwise i'm looking at having to take them in! Lol. You wouldn't think 5lbs could make that much of a difference, would you?

I'm now off to attempt bouncing round (testing my new sports bra) while reading Henry V! Hmmm. Wish me luck! :)

xxx

Morning!

Just a quick one as i'm on my way outta the door to go buy a sports bra in anticipation of all the exercise i'm intending to do! Was supposed to be at my first aqua fit this morning but I chickened out. I'm going to get a decent swimming costume while i'm out too... get a bit more confidence... and then go to aqua fit tonight! My legs are shaved and everything!!

I've lost another pound today, which is excellent as I really do need to lose a lb a day for the first couple of weeks. That'd get me nicely on the way for my hols.

Have been turning over the idea of putting progress photo's on here... All fully clothed of course. No way i'm showing my fat on the intertubes!

Hope everyone's having a good day.

xxx 

Long Term Diet Plan

So... I've just sat down with my diary and worked out some potential weight loss goals. I'm not going to hate myself if I don't achieve them but I need something to help keep me motivated.

I realised today that in September last year I was thinking that I'd have reached my 14st initial target by March-ish! That in turn meant I may even have got to about 12st by my holiday in July. Either way i'd be mostly there by now. Instead I weigh the same now as I did a week into my diet last September. Pants isn't it!

So i've put my targets in writing (in pencil in my diary :) ). At least that way i can look at it and say... "only another 3 weeks and i've reached another goal..." etc

So...

Today I weigh 19st 7lbs

24/05   I'm aiming for 19st

31/05   18.7

7/06     18st and at this point i'm only a year away from being 10st,                my ultimate goal, if I chose to lose that much.

             I'm planning the weight loss from this point by giving myself              a week longer every time to lose a stone.

28/06   17st

26/07   16st

30/08   15st

11/10   14st

29/11   13st

24/01   12st

28/03   11st

6/06     10st

So 12 months and 3 weeks and i'm there.

If only i'd started 12 months ago! LOL!!

But still, every one of these "goals" I reach is an awesome achievement and I promise to be suitably proud of myself and not disappointed if one doesn't go quite to plan! I'm also reserving the right to stop losing weight on the 11/10 if I've reached the target feel 14st is enough weight loss and then at every "goal" from that point onwards!!

Fingers crossed...

xxx

Success!!

Yesterday was a very strange day. I didn't manage to be nearly as good as i wanted to be. I did however manage to only have about 1,000 kcals, which is, according to diet guru's (in the days when you just watched what you ate) and backed up by my Mum, the way to lose weight effectively. It's also always been my diet of choice. Although i tend to take different angles on it depending on what's going on at the time. So technically i'm on the slim-fast diet, which is 

Breakfast - Slim-fast

11sies - 100kcal snack

Lunch - Slim-fast

3sies - 100kcal snack

Dinner - 600 kcal well balanced meal

Evening - 100 kcal snack.

So all in all, with a slim-fast having a calorie content of just over 200, it's sort of a 1300 kcal diet.

My slim-fast plan is to eat between 1,000 and 1,300 a day, staying closer to the 1,000 as much of the time as is humanly possible, and try to keep my fat intake as low as possible. I'm not actually going to count fat but just be aware of it and choose fat free where possible. Yesterday I was almost spot on the 1,000, but with a soup instead of a slim-fast.

It does however appear to be working as today i am a whopping 2lbs lighter!

So now the struggle will be avoiding eating on a day when all I have to do is sit and study. Fingers crossed hey??

A good step towards the new slimmer me. Only 5 1/2 stone to go until my "get to this weight and see how I feel and whether I want to lose anymore" point! Theoretically and assuming that the weight loss will slow down dramatically it's not impossible to do that in 5 to 6 months (figure I can probably shift a stone in the first fortnight). One of my best mates is getting married in 5 1/2 months time so I think that should be my goal. I've only got to watch what I eat this carefully until her wedding day and then I can have a bit of wedding cake! And a much smaller bridesmaids dress! LOL

In a hopeful mood I say TTFN!

xxx 

Off To Hear Mr Butcher Sing...

In a minute. Although mainly he's going to be acting... :)

I lost a lb today! Whoop whoop!

Not bad considering i had a chicken kebab last night... although I left the pitta bread and didn't have any mayo. So really it was chicken and veg. Still felt highly decadent though!

Have decided to start a second blog, more for my own use than anyone else's and use it as a food diary. An honest one too!! I think I need something to help me put together what i'm eating when I do well and of course the flip side of that... what really is going to go straight to my hips! :)

I would incorporate it into this one but I don't want to bore any readers to tears!

I will however add a link to it to this blog (as soon as i've worked out how) and trhen if you chose to be bored it's at your own peril!

TTFN

xxx

Back On Line & Back On The Wagon...

It's Friday the 15th and it's all go in the McCann household. Sort of...

I called Mum last night because I was having a pizza ordering crisis... Do I?? Don't I?? Do I???

Mum, in a sensible Mum kinda way, pointed out that our holiday is scarily close now and that she was hoping to go with the slimmer version of me (so was I!). So she tricked me into starting the diet properly again today by telling me that I could have pizza last night if I promised I would be good from today onwards! :)

The disappointing part is that the pizza wasn't all that good and I only managed to eat half of it. I shoulda had a chicken kebab! :( Bad judgement call there methinks.

So this morning, will power dusted off and ready to go, I got up, got weighed and embarked on an exciting slim-fast diet. The sort of good news is that despite my general uselessness over the past few weeks I have managed to lose a whole pound since I started this blog... At this rate i'll be slim by 2020! Go me! I'm hoping, however, to do it a little quicker than that.

It's 8 weeks today until we'll be getting on a plane so if I could lose 2 stone that would be brilliant. Even more would be even better obviously but I don't think I'm that jammy... Not when it comes to weight loss anyway!

My first challenge is that I slipped up at lunchtime and ate some bread... therefore dinner is now a slim-fast. Doesn't sound too bad, does it? However with evenings being my "snack" time, I normally only manage not to eat because i'm full from dinner. Therefore tonight is a real test for me.

I'll let you know how I got on when I blog tomorrow. There's no stopping me now... No noisy neighbours in Wymondham and i've got my interwebs back! Whoop whoop!

As of Monday i'm also enrolling at the local gym. First for swimming only then building up to classes and gym sessions. I suspect that initially i'll spend most of my time pruning in the jacuzzi...

Anyway...

Til I blog again...

xxx

A Short Stay In Oxfordshire

I'm house sitting for my parents at the moment. Unfortunately instead of this working wonders for my diet it seems to be doing the opposite.  At least partly due to a friend who, when i turned down a Dominoes pizza as i needed something healthy, replied get a vegetable one. D'oh! It's difficult to tell how the weight is going as i'm a totally different weight on the scales here. I'm lighter in fact! Which is great for my self esteem but i fear lacking in accuracy. Last time i weighed in at home i was 19.10 so i've just got my fingers crossed that when i get home even if i'm not lighter i will at least not be heavier! 

Hopefully my internet there should be going soon too! Yay!

TTFN x