Tea & Chocolate Diet !
Time flies when your losing weight, whats been happening ...well two weeks ago I lost a pound and then last week I put ON a pound and a half again but this week.............. i lost 3lbs woo hoo!! By far my largest loss in one go this year. Was it thru determination and calorie counting err noooo!! To be honest I am still trying to work it out as last week I lived on chocolate and tea trying to keep myself awake during my 50 hour week at work and I am sure next week she will tell me at weigh in that it was all a mistake. It also meant that I finally reached and past my half stone at Rosemary Conley too and I have the certificate to proove it!
I've still been going to step aerobics, it is still very hard but I really enjoy it. Just to make sure you didn't think that was a typing error I REALLY ENJOY IT. The instructor is mad (in a good way) she works until 4am Sunday morning jogs to the gym and then teaches a step class and I don't think I have ever seen her break a sweat yet. Each week i think that I have just about mastered it when she adds a little extra in as she doesn't think we are working hard enough, i mean she should take a look at me to see thats not true and so last week she had us and our steps in a circle and we had to run round them as well as jump on them.
Also to add to my good week a few people at work have said that I look slimmer, but i put that down to the exercise as the weight loss hasn't been a lot but I am hoping that maybe I am toning up a little I certainly feel fitter for it.
Published Date:
23/04/2008
Modified Date:
23/04/2008
Happy Families
Well I was right last week I put on 1 and 1/2 lbs which I can live with as I did eat everything!!
This week was more disappointing as I only lost 1/2lb and I had been so good. I even went to the gym and did a step aerobics class on top of my normal aerobics class. For any of you that don't know what step aerobics is, it is basically a form of torture!! You combine a normal aerobic work out with a step!! Only I think I must have gone to the advance step class because I have never run, jumped and 'stepped' so hard or fast in my life I did at one point during the class see the grim reaper standing there laughing just waiting for me as the sweat ran down me. My husband described me as a soggy looking beetroot when I'd finished.However on the up side I did feel like I had, had a good work out not that I knew what was going on as I just ended up flaying about like someone possessed but I have finally felt that feeling my husband keeps talking about and it also puts you in such a good mood as well.
i was talking with my husband last night recalling the days when we would come home from work sit on our bums and do nothing.... every evening, now we're lucky if we have an evening in if I'm not doing aerobics or pilates he's at the gym or the kids are swimming lessons but I'm not complaining we are becoming a lean, healthy and happy family and that can't be a bad thing.
Published Date:
02/04/2008
Modified Date:
02/04/2008
Easter Exercise
I ache like I have never ached before as I decided to try a mixture of pilates and tai chi this week. I have stretched more muscles than I knew I had but I thoroughly enjoyed it!! However although I am actually going to go back and do it again I have decided that doing that on one day followed by an aerobics class is not a good idea so think i will space it out in future. I even went to the gym which in itself is nothing new but this time I actually came out sweating so I think I must be getting a little bit fitter (and the fact I ran flat out for 6 and 1/2 minutes...thats a lot for me) and have actually started to look forward to when the next exercise session will be...God help me!!
I stayed the same weight AGAIN this week which at the time I was starting to get a little disappointed but seeing as over the Easter weekend I have eaten pretty much anything and everything and weight gain is a definate for my next weigh in I don't feel too bad about that now.
I would like to think that maybe I am actually enjoying exercise but part of me is still not convinced even though I am getting that really good feeling after I have done it but I guess I am waiting for the bubble to burst and I slip back to my old ways. I guess it is just going to take a bit more confidence, I mean I managed it with my original weight loss (3 stone) and there is no way I am going to put that back on again so if that doesn't motivate me what will!!
Published Date:
24/03/2008
Modified Date:
24/03/2008
Good Progress
Everything is still going well I lost another 1/2lb last week but the weekend just gone I went away so I was expecting to put on this week but I stayed the same!! i was well chuffed I don't think thats ever happened before but I did do a lot of walking around London and although my husband and I treated ourselves to a meal at one of Gordon Ramsays restaurants we were pretty good during the day.
The exercise is still going ok I am starting to push myself a little more each week and am working up a good sweat so I must be doing something right. I took myself off for a long walk today and I think battling against the wind probably burned off a few extra calories!!!
Just a short one this week, will keep you posted again soon!!
Published Date:
13/03/2008
Modified Date:
13/03/2008
Compliments & Christenings!
It's been 2 weeks since my last blog ( I do apologize) things seem to be ticking over nicely I have lost another 1lb in that time which although frustratingly slow it's still going in the right direction. In total i have lost 5 1/2lbs at Rosemary Conley class alone so I am pleased with how it is going the main thing is I haven't felt bloated or uncomfortable.
The other day I hadn't even had my full calorie allowance and I am only on 1450 a day so you have to have it all yet I heard myself saying "I suppose I'd better have something to eat!!" the oddest thing was I didn't really want anything and had to force myself to eat something. I don't think that has ever happened to me before ha ha!!!
I have a real test this weekend as it is my 5th wedding anniversary and I am suprising my husband with a weekend away with some fine dining thrown in and although I plan to enjoy myself I really don't want to undo all my hard work especially as the weight seems to go on even quicker these days so this is a real test for me because I find it so hard to say no if the food is there in front of me.
The other thing that put a smile on my face today was we had a family Christening and saw family my husband and i haven't seen well since our wedding (and we were nearly 6 stone heavier between us then) so it was great to hear comments like "I didn't recognise you" and "don't you both look slim". I think a few compliments can do wonders for your self confidence even if you are having a "fat" day. It's also good that the daylight is lasting longer and the summer is on the way as it makes you want to go out and do that bit more however even i didn't feel ready to tackle this years Eastbourne half marathon..... maybe next year!!!
Published Date:
02/03/2008
Modified Date:
02/03/2008
A walk in the park !
Week 2 of the new Rosemary Conley diet and another 2lb down so pleased. It's going well and I am really focused now so it kind of becomes a bit easier I even took my own lunch to my parents house today and turned down a hot cross bun and butter thats dedication for you.
The aerobics is going well, I have to say that i still haven't got off my bottom any more than that and I know I should be doing more but as far as I'm concerned I am doing something and it's a good start. I did horrify the whole family by telling them that I needed to go to Tesco's but we are WALKING there instead of driving last Sunday. I was asked "Why would we do that?" and "Thats boring" so after they stopped looking at me like I was an alien off we all trundled and it was quite refreshing actually.
I have decided that once a week I will have one meal of what ever I fancy, not that I used eat deep fried mars bars or anything but I do think it's important to treat yourself (just once) and also to forget the constant calorie counting that does seem to dominate my life at the moment. My mum said she was worried that it would become an "obsession" but as I pointed out that if food is an issue for someone as it is for me then everything I eat whether I'm eating rubbish or healthy choices I think about it always anyway but at least this way it is a positive thing. I did tell my mum not to worry I don't think I will ever stop eating altogether!!!
I'm now on 1500 calories a day so I won't be expecting big weight losses like the previous weeks but a pound here or there will keep me content.
Published Date:
14/02/2008
Modified Date:
14/02/2008
Gym & Tonic
I lost 2 and a half pounds this week, my first week of Rosemary Conley and I am thrilled. The diet hasn't been that easy everything has to be under 5% fat and you have to keep to you allotted calories per meal but I have rather enjoyed it. You should have seen me at the supermarket I must have spent hours in there, I was the nutty woman reading the back of every packet praying I'd be able to eat it "Come on chocolate eclair surely a mouthful would be less than 50 kcals....damn!!!" I can now tell you the calories of nearly everything, if I were to go on Mastermind it would be my specialist subject!
I also did another aerobics session, I still have absolutley no co ordination and managed to be facing the opposite direction to everyone else but what the hell at least it made us laugh. However I am starting to think that I have been possessed as I also went to the gym with my husband on a Sunday morning, whats that all about. Still not my favourite past time especially as there was a childrens gym going on at the time and when I went on a piece of equipment after them I couldn't even lift the weight this 13 year old boy had it set on, in fact it was only when I got off that I realised I hadn't actually been lifting any weight at all but just the bar I was holding on to!!!
I know I keep saying it but the key to good weight loss is preperation i have set out all my meals for the next week only bought what I need and have everything ready in the fridge to go, that way I will stick to it easier and keep it varied so you don't get bored. I take more lunch to work now than I ever did before but it's all better for you. Now I wonder though is that packet of revels less than 50 kcals..............?
Published Date:
07/02/2008
Modified Date:
07/02/2008
Gym & Tonic
I lost 2 and a half pounds this week, my first week of Rosemary Conley and I am thrilled. The diet hasn't been that easy everything has to be under 5% fat and you have to keep to you allotted calories per meal but I have rather enjoyed it. You should have seen me at the supermarket I must have spent hours in there, I was the nutty woman reading the back of every packet praying I'd be able to eat it "Come on chocolate eclair surely a mouthful would be less than 50 kcals....damn!!!" I can now tell you the calories of nearly everything, if I were to go on Mastermind it would be my specialist subject!
I also did another aerobics session, I still have absolutley no co ordination and managed to be facing the opposite direction to everyone else but what the hell at least it made us laugh. However I am starting to think that I have been possessed as I also went to the gym with my husband on a Sunday morning, whats that all about. Still not my favourite past time especially as there was a childrens gym going on at the time and when I went on a piece of equipment after them I couldn't even lift the weight this 13 year old boy had it set on, in fact it was only when I got off that I realised I hadn't actually been lifting any weight at all but just the bar I was holding on to!!!
I know I keep saying it but the key to good weight loss is preperation i have set out all my meals for the next week only bought what I need and have everything ready in the fridge to go, that way I will stick to it easier and keep it varied so you don't get bored. I take more lunch to work now than I ever did before but it's all better for you. Now I wonder though is that packet of revels less than 50 kcals..............?
Published Date:
07/02/2008
Modified Date:
07/02/2008