stacy87
Silver Member
I think it will be a good idea for me to keep a wee blog/journal to help me along with my weight loss this time, so here goes!
A little bit about me first. I'm 23, living with my parents, little brother and my dog Rocky. I have slowly been piling on the weight since I split with my fiance a few years back, and I am now tipping the scales at 183lbs! I have tried losing weight before, but I seem to get impatient when I don't see results, so I usually give in very quickly! But this time is different. I am more determined than ever to get this weight off and finally feel happy about myself.
I started on Monday. I have completely cut out crisps and biscuits from my diet, along with soft drinks. I am allowing myself one small piece of chocolate a day after dinner as a treat. I have kept a bottle of water with a touch of dilutin juice with me all the time. I am also cutting down on my portion sizes for lunches and dinners.
All this week I have stuck to my plan of having 3 meals and 2 snacks. I now notice myself feeling a bit more energetic, and less lethargic!
So far today I have had my cereal for breakfast, a cereal bar for mid-morning snack, and right now I am digging into haddock with coleslaw and salad from our canteen at work. The fish was pretty big though, so I made sure to cut it in half and through one half away so I wasn't tempted to eat it all! I've never really liked salad much, but I am forcing myself to eat it at every opportunity and hope my tastebuds will soon like it!
Exercise-wise, I have the kettleWorx DVDs, which you are supposed to do 3 times a week (each workout lasts 20 minutes). I have done 2 out of the 3 workouts for this week and I really enjoy them!! I feel so knackered by the end of them, but I can really feel it working. You also get a few extra DVD's thrown in with the package for toning certain areas of the body, but I think I'll wait until I'm about 2/3 weeks in before I add in one of those!
I am always in need of support, so any extra advice etc is very much welcomed!
A little bit about me first. I'm 23, living with my parents, little brother and my dog Rocky. I have slowly been piling on the weight since I split with my fiance a few years back, and I am now tipping the scales at 183lbs! I have tried losing weight before, but I seem to get impatient when I don't see results, so I usually give in very quickly! But this time is different. I am more determined than ever to get this weight off and finally feel happy about myself.
I started on Monday. I have completely cut out crisps and biscuits from my diet, along with soft drinks. I am allowing myself one small piece of chocolate a day after dinner as a treat. I have kept a bottle of water with a touch of dilutin juice with me all the time. I am also cutting down on my portion sizes for lunches and dinners.
All this week I have stuck to my plan of having 3 meals and 2 snacks. I now notice myself feeling a bit more energetic, and less lethargic!
So far today I have had my cereal for breakfast, a cereal bar for mid-morning snack, and right now I am digging into haddock with coleslaw and salad from our canteen at work. The fish was pretty big though, so I made sure to cut it in half and through one half away so I wasn't tempted to eat it all! I've never really liked salad much, but I am forcing myself to eat it at every opportunity and hope my tastebuds will soon like it!
Exercise-wise, I have the kettleWorx DVDs, which you are supposed to do 3 times a week (each workout lasts 20 minutes). I have done 2 out of the 3 workouts for this week and I really enjoy them!! I feel so knackered by the end of them, but I can really feel it working. You also get a few extra DVD's thrown in with the package for toning certain areas of the body, but I think I'll wait until I'm about 2/3 weeks in before I add in one of those!
I am always in need of support, so any extra advice etc is very much welcomed!