I have never written a weight loss diary before, I really am hoping that this will help keep me focused. Don't feel you have to read it all though - rambling and self-absorbed as diaries are.
I have been putting on the weight for the last 10 years, since I met OH and discovered take aways. Two kids later and I put on 4 stone that I just never shifted.
After DS was born and we decided no more kids, I thought this is the time to do it, it's either lose it now and be a fit, fun mum, or keep it on and be the fat frump they are embarrassed about at the school gates. Plus I want to feel like a 30 something woman in my own right, not just a mum. There is more to me than just being a mum - dont get me wrong, I love my munchkins and being a mum but I think that I am also still me. Having the kids has given me much more confidence in myself too, so for the first time in my life I want to see what I can look like with a nice figure, good clothes and even wear a dress for the 1st time in . . . well I was a bridesmaid 12 years ago.
2 years ago while on mat leave I did 6 months of gym and slim fast and lost 2 stone. I felt great, I had energy, I played loads with the kids and was generally happier and more fun. But back to sitting in front of a computer all day with no time for the gym and gradually I have got tired, lazy, irritable . . . and put on a stone.
SO, I am going to do the CD. I am going to lose 3 - 3.5 stone. I am going to start by getting the figure I want, then work on the rest!
When I have lost the weight, OH and I are getting married, so that is my goal. To be a slim (not skinny) bride who feels happy and confidence in my wedding dress.
I have been putting on the weight for the last 10 years, since I met OH and discovered take aways. Two kids later and I put on 4 stone that I just never shifted.
After DS was born and we decided no more kids, I thought this is the time to do it, it's either lose it now and be a fit, fun mum, or keep it on and be the fat frump they are embarrassed about at the school gates. Plus I want to feel like a 30 something woman in my own right, not just a mum. There is more to me than just being a mum - dont get me wrong, I love my munchkins and being a mum but I think that I am also still me. Having the kids has given me much more confidence in myself too, so for the first time in my life I want to see what I can look like with a nice figure, good clothes and even wear a dress for the 1st time in . . . well I was a bridesmaid 12 years ago.
2 years ago while on mat leave I did 6 months of gym and slim fast and lost 2 stone. I felt great, I had energy, I played loads with the kids and was generally happier and more fun. But back to sitting in front of a computer all day with no time for the gym and gradually I have got tired, lazy, irritable . . . and put on a stone.
SO, I am going to do the CD. I am going to lose 3 - 3.5 stone. I am going to start by getting the figure I want, then work on the rest!
When I have lost the weight, OH and I are getting married, so that is my goal. To be a slim (not skinny) bride who feels happy and confidence in my wedding dress.