Let’s try again….

Ok, so past dieting attempts have failed miserably. I’m now fatter than i’ve ever been (current weight 12st 2lbs) my face is so round, I just do not recognise myself in photos anymore.
I have ballooned in to size 14 clothes (UK) and at 5ft 2 I am definitely not healthy.

I have decided to give the vegan raw till 4 diet a go. This is a huge diet overhaul for me as I have never even been vegetarian, let alone vegan. I’m doing this as a way to kick start my body in to a healthy way of eating, it is in no way motivated by any ethical or moral opinions in regards to eating animal products.

I am hoping the cutting out of all rubbish foods will eliminate cravings for chocolate and fast food which I eat so much of at the moment!
I have a really busy year this year and lots of events that i really want to look my best for. I’ll check in on here in two weeks’ time to let you know how I’m getting on and show you my progress pictures. My first event is in a months time so I’m really hoping to lose a stone by then! xx

Jumped off the wagon, dragged it to the side of the road and set fire to it…

Horrendous. I have been a massive fatty this weekend. On Saturday I had a takeaway curry with pilau rice then 2 vanilla slices followed later on by half a box of cadbury fingers.
Sunday I had a slice of James’ left over pizza from the night before. 2 cadbury yogurts almost a whole bag of twirl bites and a large dominos pizza. To myself. I ate the whole thing!

To try get my mind back on track for tomorrow I did 50 squats with 5kg on a bar & 10 bicep curls with 5kg + bar in each hand. I held one bar with weights above my head and lowered backwards to work my triceps, 15 shoulder presses and leaned side to side with the weights overhead to work my obliques.

I WILL have a better day tomorrow!

Falling off the wagon…

The last couple of days have been pretty terrible diet-wise.
I have been camping which has meant sandwiches, crisps, chocolate, ice cream, BBQ food and we even went out for burger & chips at a diner! I met a friend for pizza at lunch today and we’re having nachos, fajitas and wine tonight so the diet is going from bad to worse!

I am going to spend today getting my house in order as it’s my last day off work, I can spend the weekend trying to get some exercise in then.

I still managed to get a 30 min exercise video and 50 squats done on Tuesday + we went shopping on Wednesday and ended up walking around a huge retail park a couple of ted which I reckon added up to around 3 miles.

My main focus for this week is going to be trying to walk more. I’ve signed up to a charity 10k walk on 23rd august so now I just need to get some training in…

Day 1

So day 1 has gone well…
I had 2 boiled eggs and watermelon for breakfast washed down with a pint of cold water.
Whilst at work I had another pint of water & a cup of tea with skimmed milk + a Special K red berry bar.
Lunch was a pack of chicken tikka breast pieces and more watermelon followed by another pint of water and a cup of tea in the afternoon.
I took the stairs at work and when I got home I made sweet & sour chicken for dinner, this could be be improved as it was a jar sauce but was still healthy comprising of chicken breast, peppers, red onions, a chilli, baby corn and cooked with 1tsp coconut oil.

After dinner my boyfriend went to the gym so I took the opportunity to do a 30 min Tracey mallet workout on youtube followed by 50 squats.

As a late night treat I had 100g low fat natural yogurt & 10g honey.

Tomorrow I’m going to try and cut down even further on processed foods and to up my water intake. I’m also going to go a bit harder with the exercise. It will be 9 weeks until my holiday on Thursday however I’m going to weigh in every Monday. I’m aiming to lose 4lbs this week as it’s my first week and I should lose a bit of water weight.

I’ll let you know how I get on 🙂 x

Why am I losing it?

I am starting my weight loss journey tomorrow. I am 24, a uk size 12/14 weighing 11stone 3 lbs.

I have been trying to lose weight for months, I joined weight watchers in March but just can not get in to the right mindset.

In 9.5 weeks I go on holiday to Cape Verde with my boyfriend if 4.5 years. This is the most exotic holiday I have ever been on and want it to be amazing but I know I will not feel comfortable if I do not lose weight!

I want to be able to walk around in a bikini, to sit up on a sunbed without worrying about my belly hanging over my bikini bottoms.

I know I can do this…I just need to put my mind to it. To keep me in track I’ll be logging my weight, my diet and my exercise routine.

Wish me luck 🙂 x