1 month down

Ok so we are nearing the end of the first month, I feel like I have done fairly well, I also know that I could have deffinately done better.

I am nearing the one stone mark and have lost a few inches :)

I have taken some up to date pictures and posted them on the other page :) and I will next month take some again in the same ways so that I can really see a comparison :)

I am still doing my cambridge diet but am also combining it with healthy living and eating. you see I dont mind the shakes but I at the same time dont want to discourage myself from eating normally. therefore my weight loss process will be slower than on the traditionally cambridge but will also be better in the long run :)

Im really enjoying my running and am increasing it slowly :)

I had this week off of work and its been harder to keep track of things and avoid the boredom snacking!!! But I still managed to weigh in with sally and lose 1.5 lbs :)

Im getting there slowly and am really looking forward to my weight loss journey progressing :)

Heres to another good month at the same speed :)

Not being a work

So I have been off work for the last week; meaning that I havn't been as active as my job keeps me busy all day. I have been going out for my run most days and have done 30DS for a few days (but not consecutively).

I have now managed to up my distance on my run to now 2.4 miles :) feeling really impressed with myself as even on the first time I did extend it; I still managed to do the rest of the route without stopping :).

I took my boyfriend out for a run with me on Saturday. He has been out a couple of times with me before and seems to do ok, ( much better than I did on my first goes). But half way round the case of the chocolate ankles kicked in. He turned is ankle and we had to walk the rest of the way home. It was still really nice for him to be involved in it with me :) and he's going to do it more often in the week when I'm home on an evening :)

I dont feel like I have lost much weight this week, I guess the combined factors of a meal out and not being as active. Weigh in tomorrow may be interesting :S I'm sure Sally will understand :P

I do still feel 100% better in myself I feel like I have more energy even on so little calories and I feel that my general spirits have lifted, especially when people say i'm doing so well :)

Sunday (today) was baking day... :s ..... you see I got a new mixer for christmas and instead of leaving it in the attic until me and Mark finally buy our house. We really wanted to use it.... so now there is a mountain of temptation in my fridge in the form of jam tarts, fresh cream victoria sponge and a chocolate sponge. So far I have had 1 jam tart, but I  havnt gone near the cake.

Here is a picture :) or 3 :P

A better day

So this morning I woke up and took the view that yesterday was just another day and that whatever went on couldnt be changed and that I had to move on to the next one.

So Today I got up fairly late as it is my week off after all :) I had my Mango shake :) and I went for my normal run despite there being snow on the pavements still; It meant I just had to run on the roads :)

When I got back I felt great as for not having run for a whole week due to night shifts and snow, I only had to stop breifly enough to tie my laces on my trainers :) I want to go out again this afternoon I missed it so much :).

Instead of getting home and jumping straight in the shower I decided that I would do the Jillian Michaels 30DS day 3 as yesterday was my rest day :) I felt amazing even after 2 workouts :) My milkshake after was a strawberry :) really felt that I was replacing my sore muscles (that werent as sore as I thought they would be) with the much needed protein :)

I got in a nice hot shower after stretching and cooling down properly and have drunk a litre bottle of water already today and its only 3pm.

Later I will have my normal shake which is tonight a chocolate one :) and then I intend to spend the evening with my man when he gets home :)

A productive day at least :)

BAD DAY

Today was a lush day from the point of view that I threw a suprise baby shower for one of my closest friends Izzy and another friend Hannah travelled the 3 hour journey especially for it and I havnt seen her for 3 years since she left for university.

So the shower involved cake crisps and sweets. The cake and crisps I passed on but I had a couple of jelly baby sweets. I thought I was doing so well, then someone had the idea that we should go out for dinner before Hannah had to travel home.

We went to our local Indian restuarant, this is when my day went downhill. I have been doing this shake diet for the purpose of being on a low calorie low carbohydrate diet. Rice= carbs and the whole Curry aspect = excess calories

Today has been my rest day aswell so I feel guilty that I havnt done any exercsie to compensate for these excess calories I have consumed today :(

Tomorrow I will go out for a run despite the snow and I intend to do Jillians 30DS as today has been my rest day and I need to make up for it!! I will however only be doing my shorter run as I dont want to push it!!!

On a plus side however you may have noticed my pounds lost ticker has gone up by 1. I lost 1.2 pounds since I last weighed in. This will have without a doubt gone back on with today but I totally intend to shred much more off and slowly but surely I will get to my goal weight

I already feel better in myself and feel that my clothes fit better. Like today I put on my monsoon trousers that were a bit tight the last time I wore them ( and the 10 times before that) but today they felt a nice fit :) I want to feel like this in everything I wear and buy smaller clothes and especially feel better in my skin by May when I go on holiday and hopefully brave a bikini :)

New photos will follow soon once I have got to the end of my first month :)

Goooood Evening

Evening blogisphere

So I decided to see what this 30 day shred was all about :)

I ordered the DVD because I knew if I paid for it that I would be more likely to use it as otherwise it would have been a waste of money.

Today was day 2. Yesterday I felt ok but when I woke up this morning boy did I ache. and not just in my legs and arms all over!!

I perserverred and did today as well and my muscles still ache but they feel easier having loosened them up.

I wanted to get back out for a run but this evil white stuff keeps falling from the sky and ruining my plans!!! I couldnt run on the pavements as they were and it all started to thaw out and then half 4 this afternoon it decided it wasnt done with stopping my plans and dropped another foot of snow on us.

My boyfriend nearly skidded his car hitting into our wall but missed it by a metre at the most. we had to push him onto the drive :S and its still coming down now!!

Tomorrow was supposed to be my rest day but I have decided I am going to do some light stretching and try the yoga on the wii just to loosen up my muscles :)

I have been good as far as Cambridge goes today. I have had my 3 shakes as per normal but snuck half a packet of crisps in the afternoon as I was out and had nothing on me but those that were in my car :( I felt bad... but I have not had an evening meal yet tonight as I havnt really felt hungry... I may have an extra milkshake today which is what my consultant advised on days like this or when I do night shifts.

Im really pleased.

I didnt get to update yesterday as I was really 'snowed under' excuse the pun :P but I went to weigh in with Sally my consultant and she measured me and told me I had lost a total of 5 1/2 inches off of my body. Mark however wasnt too impressed when I told him that most of the inches happened to come off of my boobs :P. My step dad (RIP) always used to say that more than a handful was a waste so I told Mark that :P

I also lost a total of 12 lbs so far as you can now see on my tracker that has appeared on my page :)

hoping for an amazing week this week :) x

MMMMM stewed peaches for supper time treat

 

Thinsperation :)

My Fitness Pal

So along with doing the Cambridge diet; I am using My fitness Pal to log all my calories and activity.

My fitness pal is great
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Well besides an easy way to help me keep track of my measurements and the food and activity I put my body through; it calculates work out burn correlational to your weight!

The best bit is the friends you make. People are always looking for new friends to help them along their way and are always welcome of the friend requests.

I have made some like minded friends that cheer me on when I log in from day to day and when I am under my calore goal.

Its great to see how much other people have lost and their success stories are a real motivator :)

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A difference

So I have finished my night shifts.... Normally I have a love hate relationship with the end of night shifts.... I tend to love that I can sleep at night rather than the day and that I can see my wonderful boyfriend on an evening for more than the couple of hours between him getting home and me leaving for work. The hate aspect however is that I normally get home to dicover that I have 9/10 times put on weight :(.

This time was different!!!!

I stepped on the scales this morning to see a 15 as the first figure. A 15!!!!

I dont think I have been less than 16 stone since....... well I cant actually remember. It almost made me cry to be perfectly honest.

My boyfriend saw the look on my face when I walked back in... his words "someone looks happy" my response was hell yeah!!!

So that set my day off with a bang :) .

With doing night shifts I dont have the energy or time to do much if any exercise. Sleeping in the day and having a couple of hours in the evening especially at this time of year when its dark early... doesnt give me much scope.

So seeing as I had finished I really wanted to go for a run and 'blow my cobwebs out' but over the past few days that would have been difficult with all the snow that seema to have fallen here and not wanting to go away.

So instead I went for an hour on the static bike in the bedroom.

The static bike doesnt know whats hit it recently.... I think it thought it was now a horse.... a clothes horse.....

So there is where we are at; me wanting to run which I love!!! I love that I want to run and that I will be skinnier :)