Detox?

I felt 10x better about myself after a decent workout yesterday!
I was determined to burn more calories than I had eaten so far that day. I had eaten 399 calories so I was determined to burn 400 calories on cardio machines before I moved on to any weights.
I feel that the reason I am sticking around the same weight at the moment (9st7) and not really losing much is mainly because I am building muscle with my exercise! I am also not being extremely strict with myself either!

Despite not liking the shape of my arms, I only really tend to do weights for my legs at the gym and usually around the arm machines there are lots of men and being a young girl this can be embarrassing! I need to get into the habit of doing toning exercises for my arms at least twice a week at home!

I am still going to weigh myself once a week to see if I am making any progress but try and use the mirror to determine whether I am losing any weight or not! I want to feel better in my self and try to reshape my body, this will involve building muscle and muscle weighs more than fat right?

It is approx 8 weeks until I go on holiday so I really need to step it up a gear! Its also about 6 weeks until the race for life so I need to step that up a gear too!
I was planning on going to the gym this morning and then going out for lunch, and then I realized I don't have my car this morning! I don't think lunch will take all afternoon so I am going to go on the cross trainer this morning and walk up to the post office and then if I have time this afternoon go then! If not I'll have today as a rest day and go for the rest of the week.
I really enjoyed going late yesterday afternoon because when I go in the morning by the time I've got up, eaten (usually), got ready and drove there, then been to the gym come back and showered its like my whole morning is gone because I usually have to get back in time for something in the afternoon!


I have 2 detox plan books and I was taking a look through those this morning and I am considering taking a detox next week, starting on the 1st May. It is a 4 week plan and if it works then I will have about 3/4 weeks until I go on holiday. The first week is detox week and each stage of the detox lasts one day. I am only really worried about the first day which would be liquids only, this does include freshly made juices and unsweetened fruit and herbal teas. I think before I make a decision I am going to discuss it with my mom and see how this week goes.

I'll wait and see
x

'Cider makes you wider!'

So lent is over and after giving up bread and biscuits I can finally eat them again, not too many though obviously!
I never realised how filling bread was! I used to be able to eat 2 if not 3 slices of bread and now I can only eat one and I feel full! I suppose this is a good thing but today I feel really groggy and quite bloated.

Yesterdays BBQ wasnt a total disaster, although I didnt eat much, I was drinking cider and as the saying goes 'Cider makes you wider!'
I only managed to eat 1 small burger with a burger bun and 1 small bowl of curry, without rice!
I felt soo full!!

Today hasn't been much better, I managed 1 piece of toast for my breakfast and 1 piece of bread for my lunch, I wasn't even hungry lunch time but I thought I should eat otherwise I'd be very hungry this afternoon and eat easter eggs!!

Today I'm going to have a fresh start and try again to eat 5 fruit and veg and drink more fluids, especially with the warm weather! I haven't been to the gym yet today because I have been doing uni work. I was planning on going tonight but I don't really feel like it! Now I know why I go in the morning!!

I will probably go this evening, I have had a busy weekend and I still feel tired! And it is a bank holiday Monday! If I don't go today I'll be sure to go 4/5 times this week!

At the beginning of April I posted a 'plan' I was hoping to be 9st 5 by May 1st!
The reason I don't often weigh myself is because I get disheartened! I think there are pros and cons to weighing yourself often. If you haven't lost weight then you either get disheartened or it pushes you to try harder. I get disheartened!!
I weighed myself on Saturday morning and I was 9st 7
So I have 2 pounds to lose by Sunday, or preferably Saturday!!

I don't know if to just try and be really strict with my healthy eating and do a few of 'The Biggest Loser' style last change work outs and burn some major calories or just do my best to lose any weight at all and just see June as my ultimate goal?
With my current figure I would not want to go on holiday in a bikini so I have some work to do!

Venting my feelings on here sometimes helps me and sometimes it makes me feel depressed!
I am now doubting my capability in losing any weight!!
I will write in about my feelings after I've been to the gym!

x

Milestones...

So now its day five of my training programme and I have just worked out that I have been to the gym Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday! However, I wont be going to the gym again from today (Friday) until Monday.
Monday I did 3k.
Tuesday I did 4k.
Wednesday I did 5k
and Today I did 5k again, not including my warm up.
Today I warmed up on the exercise bike and then went on the treadmill and did the 5k.
I did it in just under 39 minutes, which I don't feel is too bad, I do want to get it faster and run more but its only the first week so I will get there!
I think that I need to go to the gym and mainly concentrate on my running 2/3 times a week and then other times I should not run and concentrate on calorie burning workouts!

I havn't found it too hard and I think that with going to the gym and already doing a lot of walking and some running has prepared me for this slightly!
I am really really excited about keeping up with my training and progressing and hopefully seeing changes in by body too!

Hopefully5k wont be my last milestone, I want to do a 10k and the half marathon and maybe even one day a marathon! I already have some charities in mind that I would love to raise money for so fingers crossed I will be able to do this and raise a lot of money for charities!

I am very very surprised at how badly I ate yesterday yet I still managed to keep a low calorie count!
I was very very naughty and skipped breakfast! I think I had some fruit juice but that was it! Then I went to my favorite riverside town and had a small cone of chips by the river and then I went out for a meal on the night! I had garlic bread, a steak and fries! I couldn't resist the fries, despite having chips already that day, there is no way I could eat a jacket potato knowing how good the fries tasted! I do give into myself a lot, but I think if I deprive myself too much then I am going to have serious cravings and totally give up!

I am looking forward to weighing myself tomorrow as I think it has been two weeks since I weighed myself. I know weight loss is a numbers game when it comes to calories in vs calories out, but I don't want to become obsessed with what the scales say! I'd prefer seeing changes in my body, my attitudes towards food, my attitudes towards exercise and overall how I feel.

Calories consumed: (so far) 425
Calories burnt: 310
Distance ran: 5k

So far a good day, I am looking forward to a relaxing weekend, I am going to a bbq on Sunday but I will do my best to watch what I eat, if not, I'll get to the gym first thing Monday morning!
Hopefully I'll post again before then, if not Happy Easter! x

Forgive and forget?

I was so psyched up to go the the gym today and use the treadmill to do some running.
I walked into the gym and it was PACKED and SWELTERING in there, I don't think they had any air con on!
I thought "well I've just got to power through it" and I did!
I 'ran' 4kin 33.21 minutes using the run for 2 minutes walk for 1 - the time and the distance both include the warm up so once I've got to 5k, I will start counting my warm up separately!
I would have loved to do 5k today, and I would have been able to do it, if it wasnt SO hot in the gym!
I also didn't want to push myself too much and have achy muscles tomorrow so I just went for the 4k!
I was very glad I did it but again I didn't use any other machines so I only burnt 270 calories.
I was planning on not going to the gym tomorrow and having a monster lie in but the last 2 days I have burnt 300 cals or less so I am going to go in the morning and have a work out using all the machines apart from the treadmill and try and burn as many calories as I can.
Also, despite having a healthy breakfast and a healthy main meal, I had pizza for lunch, only 1 slice but I also had garlic bread which is very very naughty!
So far I have eaten 1193 calories but I havnt eaten any dessert yet! I may not have any, although I am having chocolate cravings lately! I think it is because of all the chocolate being around for easter! It seems to be everywhere I look and I know that next week my calories will be taken up with bread (after giving it up for lent) and chocolate!!!! I can't wait but at the same time I think it is going to be disastrous for my healthy eating, I will have to be reaalllyy really good meal times and just eat chocolate, make sure I work out and not beat myself up about it too much! Forgive and forget right?

I have just received my first donation for my race for life! If you would like to donate leave me a comment and I'll post the link! Good luck to anyone else doing the race for life or any other charity races! x

Day One

Day one of my 'training' for the race for life.
I am going to slowly build my running up step by step and I started today with
A 5 minute warm up walk at a brisk pace
Then I ran for 2 minutes and walked for 1 minute for 21 minutes.
This burnt 202 calories and my distance was 3.01k
I also had the incline on 1%

By the time I got to 18 minutes I could definitely feel the back of my legs but I didn't feel too out of breath, too tired or too hot so I did feel like I could have ran a bit longer. Maybe 4k next time, maybe 5k?

This is the plan I found, it is exactly 8 weeks until my race for life but I want to hopefully feel fit enough for it in 6 and then just train quite lightly in the 2 weeks before. I found this plan on the internet and tweaked it slightly. I am going to try and stick to this as much as I can and I am going to record my feeling for each one! Today went well and I'm really up for it tomorrow.
I usually go to the gym four or five times a week! I am going to make sure I do my running 3 times a week and stick to the plan and then the other gym session (or two) I will focus on the other machines and the weights, I may not even step foot on the treadmill.

5 minute brisk walk warm up before each session

WEEK ONE 
Session 1 
Walk 1 min Run 2 min - Do 7 x = 21 mins
Session 2 
Walk 1 min Run 2 min - Do 9 x = 27 mins 
Session 3 
Walk 1 min Run 2 min - Do 11 x = 33 mins 
WEEK TOTAL: 81 mins

WEEK TWO 
Session 1 
Walk 1 min Run 2 min - Do 8 x = 24 mins 
Session 2 
Walk 2 min Run 3 min - Do 5 x = 25 mins 
Session 3 
Walk 1.5 min Run 3 min - Do 6 x = 27 mins 
WEEK TOTAL: 76 mins

WEEK THREE 
Session 1 
Walk 1 min Run 2 min - Do 11 x = 33 mins 
Session 2 
Walk 2 min Run 4 min - Do 4 x = 24 mins 
Session 3 
Walk 2 min Run 5 min - Do 4 x = 28 mins 
WEEK TOTAL: 85 mins

WEEK FOUR 
Session 1 
Walk 2 min Run 6 min - Do 5 x = 40 mins 
Session 2 
Walk 3 min Run 10 min - Do 3 x = 39 mins 
Session 3 
Walk 4 min Run 4 min - Do 3 x = 24 mins 
WEEK TOTAL: 103 mins

WEEK FIVE 
Session 1 
Walk 1 min Run 7 min - Do 3 x = 24 mins 
Session 2 
Walk 2 min Run 15 min - Do 2 x = 34 mins 
Session 3 
Walk 1 min Run 7 min - Do 3 x = 24 mins 
WEEK TOTAL: 82 mins

WEEK SIX 
Session 1 
Walk 1 min Run 3 min - Do 5 x = 20 mins 
Session 2 
Walk 1 min Run 8 min - Do 3 x = 27 mins 
Session 3 
Walk 1 min Run 3 min - Do 5 x = 20 mins 
WEEK TOTAL: 67 mins

Today I was pleased with my run however I didnt have much time at the gym so I didn't burn many calories.

I think that I am going to try and do my run first, so I don't exhaust myself and then use the other machines such as the cross trainer, the 'arm rotation' machine, maybe the bike although I do tend to get bored on the bike and the weights machine.

Today has made me really excited to really get stuck into the training for my race for life. I am hoping to receive my race for life pack soon so I can find out more details and really start the fundraising. I am also hoping that with time I will really be able to speed up the time it takes me to do 5k and get a really good race time! :)

I think I better get some sleep if I'm going to up my distance tomorrow!

Night! x

P.S. I am still sticking to my 1200 calories at the moment, well I'm not going over 1250! I'll keep you updated on how the training is effecting my hunger and my calorie intake! But as I am used to burning quite a few calories at the gym I don't think I should effect me just yet, maybe a couple of weeks in!

Race for Life 2011!

So I am very very excited, I have just signed up for my very first 5k run!! And I am determined to run the whole way and raise as much money as possible for Cancer Research UK!

It is 8 weeks until 'race day' so I need to get into a strict training programme which I will be starting tomorrow!
I am pleased to say (so far) I am also sticking to my 1200 calorie limit each day :)
I do realize I will need to up my carbs on the days I am running (if I am running a decent amount)

I have been slightly struggling with the lack of chocolate these past couple of weeks so today I decided to buy some Cabury Flakes, the ones that are with the ice cream cones because they are small and just enough chocolate and only 45 calories! I havnt actually eaten one yet but Ill let you know if it takes like chocolate or not!!

I am currently sitting watching the London Marathon Highlights and it is extremely motivating! I can't imagine what it feels like to have that sense of achievement, and to be aching so badly the next day!

I am going to run 3 or 4 times a week, starting with some run walk run walk techniques and hopefully eventually running the whole way. I understand this will take a lot to build up to but at the moment I really have faith in myself that I can do this. It is going to be an emotional journey and probably quite painful, it is going to be hard but I feel like I can do this!!
I am going to be running both on the treadmill and outside, once I've started to run a little bit more I will drive (or walk) down to the local park and run on the grass and the uneven surface to get my feet and my ankles used to it because I have read that because most Race for Life's are at a local park they are on an uneven surface and this can play havoc with your ankles if you are not used to it!

I hope that with motivation comes satisfaction and achievement, and once I have completed it I will carry on running and maybe up and up my mileage over the years! I know this sounds like a huge ambition but 5k is going to be my first milestone and I will keep going up and up and up! :)

Wish me luck! x

Back on track!

I have abandoned this blog for a couple of weeks and unfortunately with that I seem to have abandoned by healthy eating diet too! So from tomorrow I am totally, 100% back on track!

My diet has been both good and bad over the past week and a half, the most calories I have consumed is definitely under 2000, about 1800 I think but I have just eaten the worst foods, foods worse than I would usually have eating normally. I have eaten Indian takeaway, KFC, McDonalds and Garlic dough sticks from and Italian restaurant!

I was determined to start really healthy today so I got up had a glass of milk (because I don't get enough calcium) and a banana and went to the gym. The gym was not totally successful because for some reason it was very very busy but I still burnt just under 400 calories. I have come to think that even though I know exercise is important in weight loss, every little but of exercise helps. When I started going to the gym last year, if I went to the gym on a day I didn't really want to go i'd hate it, and then I started to hate the gym! Today I didn't want to go, I seem to have lost all motivation and all I want to do is eat! I feel like a I need a big kick up the backside or something to really push me! But I thought well I need to do something! I went and it wasn't that bad but I have just come home and eaten a cheese and onion roll! And now I feel awful!
It doesnt help that after the rich savoryness of the cheese now all I want is chocolate or something sweet!
I felt the same yesterday after I had tuna for my lunch, I know tuna is full of good fats and oils, it is also higher in calories than a slice of ham or chicken so I did feel like these calories were wasted!

So far today I have eaten 563 calories with my breakfast and lunch, including 2 pieces of fruit and veg and a glass of milk so I;m not doing too badly, I just need to try and stop my cravings for chocolate!
I think my problem is i love food, and I don't usually know when I am full! It is usually around lunch time that I feel like all afternoon I could sit and eat and eat and eat! I would need to spend alll night exercising to burn off the calories i had eaten too! I don't usually eat breakfast and I think that this may be one of my problems, but once I start eating I feel like I can't stop! I have just eaten my lunch and I just want to eat more food, I dont know what I want just food.
I was doing some searching on the internet yesterday and I found a website that allows you to find out your 'ideal weight' for your height, age and gender.
My ideal weight would be 121 pounds, or 8 stone 9 as I understand it.
I am currently 9 stone 7.
I pretty much have a stone to lose in about 10 weeks! If thats not motivation then I don't know what is, but at the moment my love for food both healthy and not so healthy is taking over the motivation!

The really annoying this is that I look at myself everyday and think I'm not happy with myself and I know what I need to change.
Id love a flatter stomach, slightly slimmer and more defined thighs and bum and smaller upper arms,  mine have started to get slightly flabby!

I am going to make sure that from today I do not exceed 1200 calories, I wonder if it is possible to lose 5 pounds by May 1st this way?? I don't know if I'm going to be able to do it but I'm going to try!
I don't drink enough water either so I need to read up on losing your water weight!!
I will do my best to blog everyday from now on, I may even blog again later!

Bye x

Calories consumed: 563
Calories burnt: approx 400
Naughty foods: CHEESE!
Good foods: 3

Ups and Downs

The past few days I have some ups and some days. One minute I'm really proud of myself and the next I'm right down on the ground. On Saturday I was annoyed because I had consumed waaaayyy too many calories in alcho pops the previous night. On Sunday my parents ordered an Indian Takeaway and instead of giving in, I had a Weight Watchers Curry instead, not quite as nice and tasty but it was probably 1000 cals less than a greasy Indian take away.
Today I was determined to have a great work and that I did! Despite the key system being down in the gym, I burnt 537 calories and this wasn't including any strength training or weights! And then I went to a Zumba class burning approx 430 cals. I think I was more motivated because unfortunately I gave in and ate a KFC for lunch, it tasted amazing but I felt sooo groggy and 'urgh'. I felt 10x better when I came out of the gym!

My food today wasnt good!
It consisted of;
30g Special K - 110
200ml Milk -  49
1 crumpet and a tiny bit of butter 123

A KFC - 821

A small serving of shepards pie -313
Carrots, green beans, sweetcorn - 62

A banana 81
1 packet quavers: 88
TOTAL:1592
Gym + Zumba: 961

Journals

Ok so I have been writing in my beautiful little pink book what I've been eating, how many calories I have been eating and how many calories I have burnt.
I am going to write my last 13 days up here now and then post up my journal any day. I would appreciate any comments and advise and I don't mind criticism! :)

Day 1: 21/03/11
Bran flakes and semi skimmed milk: 166
White muffin and butter: 167
Banana: 95
500ml Water
Baugette: 511
Diet coke 500ml: 2??
Aero Bubbles: 198
Melba toast and Philidelphia: 107
Chilli Con Carne: 106
Rice and Potatoes: 346
Water 1litre
Diet Coke 500ml: 2??
Salt and Vinegar Crisps: 180
TOTAL: 1880
Gym - 272

Day 2: 22/03
Muffin and butter: 167
Crisps: 134
Orange Juice: 86
Drifter: 99
Water 500ml
Coffee: 92
Roast chicken baguette: 297
Sweets: 37
1/2 pack areo bubbles: 97
Fish: 197
Oven chips: 143
Peas: 30
Peach water: 3
Malt loaf: 87
TOTAL: 1466

Day 3: 23/03
Cornflakes and milk: 116
Orange: 37
1 litre water
Chicken and ham: 36
Wraps x2: 347
Mayo: 10
1/2 areo bubble: 98
Muffin: 7
Sausage (Gluten Free): 178
Drifter: 99
Wotsists: 95
Ribena Carton: 88
TOTAL: 1261
Gym: 307

Day 4: 24/03
Orange juice: 86
Chocolate and custard cake: 140
1/2 kit kat: 53
500ml water: 0
1 roll: 205
Chicken and bacon filler: 50
Fridge raiders: 130
Orange squash: 0
chicken: 360
Fries: 380
Sauce: 45
1x garlic dough balls: 30
Dessert: 360
Pepsi max: 0
TOTAL: 1866
Gym: 277

Day 5: 25/03
Greek yoghurt: 165
Water 500ml
Chicken pasta salad: 305
Mini sub roll: 135
Mini carrots: 45
Diet coke
Roll and filler: 150
Yoghurt covered raisins: 123
Cheesy bread: 136
Gammon 188
Jacket potato: 150
Sweetcorn: 20
Peas: 20
3 jaffa cakes: 135
Pineapple: 10
TOTAL: 1582

Day 6: 26/03
Cup of tea: 5
Banana: 95
Wrap: 159
Tomato puree: 5
Moz cheese: 77
Turkey: 55
Red Onion: 0
Lemon squash: 0
1 Jaffa cake: 45
Babybell light: 42
Rice: 201
Yoghurt: 165
Salad: 50
Chicken: 278
WW garlic bread
TOTAL: 1305
Gym: 200

Day 7: 27/03
2 crumpets: 190
Butter: 100
Banana: 95
Chicken
Broccoli
Carrots
Green Beans
Sweetcorn
Mash Potato: 482
Greek coconut yog: 160
Sweets: 97
TOTAL: 1200

Day 8: 28/03
Cucumber: 6
Lettuce: 10
Babybell: 61
Turkey tikka: 54
White roll: 203
Jaffa cakes x 2: 92
1x small dairy milk: 110
egg: 89
Chips: 143
Baked beans: 30
Tiramisu: 297
TOTAL: 1095
Burnt: gym, walk, swimming: 650

Day 9: 29/03
Weetabix: 133
Juice: 45
Crisps: 114
Snack a Jacks: 122
Flat bread: 100
Chicken: 27
Cucumber + carrot: 10
Banana: 95
Squares: 176
Sweets: 100
Pasta: 267
Chicken: 96
Sauce: 60
Yog cov raisins: 64
WW cocount cake: 83
TOTAL: 1492

Day 10 30/03
Orange juice: 20
1 apple 53
1 orange 37
Grapes 32
Flat bread: 100
Choco spread: 61
1 jaffa cake: 46
Subway: 266
Diet coke: 3
Crackers and cheese 132
Crisps 125
2 Jaffa cakes: 92
Diet coke can: 3
TOTAL: 967
Gym: 361

Day 11 31/03
Bran flakes and dried fruit 176
Orange juice 23
Banana 83
Chicken soup 230
Jaffa cake 46
Pork chop 85
Potatoes 63
Broccoli 0
Peas 42
Carrots 20
Stuffing 47
Gravy 22
Go Ahead cake 89
3 fingers 73
2 jaffa cakes 90
1 crispy roll 64
1 jaffa cake
TOTAL: 1198
Gym: 473

Day 12:  01/04
Special k 110
Milk 49
Dried fruit 65
French stick
Margarine
Pickled onions
Ham
Quavers: 340
Cocount yog: 160
Crispy roll: 64
half Pizza@ 313
Potato wedges 119
Salad 20
Choco cust cake 140
TOTAL 1380
Gym: 376
(UNFORTUNATELY I WENT OUT AND CONSUMED MANY ALCHO POPS!)

Day 13: 02/04
Muffin 110
Ham 46
Hula hoops 133
Chicken breast 123
Garden peas 21
Spanish chicken sauce 62
Potato cubes 124
Sweetcorn 17
Rice pudding 114
1 jaffa cake 45
TOTAL 825
Cross trainer 100

Day 14: 03/04
White muffin + butter 167
Tropical juice 80
1 sausage 86
2 bacon 84
Beans 76
1 hash brown 143
2 crumpets 250
Ribena 88
WW curry 305
Chips 64
TOTAL: 1183

Happy Mother's Day!

I would like to start this post by saying Happy Mother's Day to all the amazing moms out there! I really don't know what I would do without my mom, she does so much for me and my brother who is 14. He has diabetes and coeliac so it can be tough at times but she is really incredible!


I have been reading some blogs online and a lot of people weigh themselves a few times a week, some even everyday! Sometimes I feel like I need to weigh myself to keep track of progress, especially after I've had a really good day or a really bad day! I want to see if I've lost any weight or gained any weight but I resist I don't really think there is much point, if I've gained weight after an unhealthy day, I will just be unhappy and demotivated. So instead, if I've had a bad day on Monday, I try and be as good as I can on Tuesday and the rest of the week to almost counter act the unhealthy food I've eaten. Because I have only been 'dieting' a couple of weeks I'm not sure if this is working or not. Weight loss isn't my ultimate goal, but I do want to lose weight!
I think that exercise is really helping me at the moment, and if I could I would go to the gym everyday! I am really enjoying going at the moment, except there is one thing I can't help but think by the time I get to the car... "I WISHED I'D HAVE BURNT MORE CALORIES"
I really do work my hardest in the gym, and I workout until I either run out of time or I can't do anymore but by the time I'm home and I've showered I feel like I could do it all over again! Or if I go to the gym in the morning, by 3 o clock I want to go again! It's not being all I'm thinking is losing fat, but I really enjoy it and I hate feeling like I could do more!
I've also realised lately I am feeling much fuller more lately but even after eating a small filling meal I feel bad. Almost like because I'm eating healthily I should be hungry, I know this isn't the mindset I have but once I've eaten a meal I feel like I should be burning off the calories I have eaten, even if I have not eaten many.

Anyway, I am going to start posting what I've eaten everyday on here, I may not be able to post everyday but I will make sure I write up my journal on here for what I've eaten everyday! I will then hopefully be posting more and more good days!

As I blogged about yesterday I have made a plan of what I want to do. I'm going to post this up now, I' not sure if this will make any sense to anyone but I've got my start weight, my current weight and my goals for May 1st.

Currently: 01.04.11

Previous Weight:	10, 0.2	Bust	37
Current Weight: 01.04.11	9, 9.8	Waist	30
Bum	41	Hips	37
Right thigh	23	Left thigh	23
Right arm	11.5	Left arm	11 in

By 01.05.11 I will have:

Previous Weight:	10, 0.2	Bust	37 à 37
01.05.11	9, 9.8 à 9, 5 Losing 5ilbs	Waist	30 à 29
Bum	41 à 39	Hips	37 à 35
Right thigh	23 à 22	Left thigh	23 à 22
Right arm	11.5 à 10	Left arm	11 in à 10

By:

Burning at least 300 calories per day

Not consuming more than 1400 cals per day

Consuming 5 fruit or veg

Drinking 1 glass of semi skimmed milk each day

Drink at least 8 glasses of cold water each day

Doing 50 sit ups/crunches each day

Do arm toning exercises each day

I am giving myself one month to lose 5 pounds. This doesn't sound like much but I don't have tons of weight to lose so I'm not going to lose pounds and pounds every week!

Wish me luck! 

New month ...

Ok so its the beginning of April, and just under 12 weeks until I go on holiday for the first time this year!
I have decided to set myself some specific targets for the 1st of May, I set a month time period so I am not being unrealistic and thinking I'm going to lose half a stone in 2 weeks or something! Although I am sure with a stupid crash diet or not eating anything this would be possible, but no only is it unhealthy, as soon as you started to eat the weight would pile on leaving you feeling worse than before!!
I have planned to lose 5 pounds by 1st May, taking me down to 9st 5. Hopefully, if I continue to eat healthily, watch my calories and exercise regularly, 4 or 5 times a week then this will be easily achievable for me! I am really determined to do this and I know I will feel a lot better in myself and look a lot better too!

Even though I am determined, I am only human and still have off days with the healthy eating and lack motivation for exercise! Yesterday I burnt nearly 400 calories at the gym and then I went to an 80's disco! I laughed and danced the night away and in sky high heels, you can really feel this on your legs! The only problem is the amount of calories in alcoholic drinks! I started off well, drinking vodka diet coke, but this was getting too expensive so I went on to Smirnoff ice, and I even had a few glasses of cheeky V! So the calorie count was sky high for yesterday! I know I shouldn't worry because I'm 18! I should be out and having fun bu t I cant help that that it might have had a devastating effect to any weight loss this week! I was just going to work extra hard today with exercise and burn off as many calories as I could .... this also hasn't happened!
I woke up at 9 feeling really rough and thought I'd give the gym a miss this morning and maybe go in the afternoon, I slept in until nearly 12! And still didn't feel great when I got up!
Instead of going to the gym I went on the cross trainer, I was planning to do 5k and about 200-250 calories so I finally got motivated and got on the cross trainer. I got to 5.5k and 117 calories and thought I'd have a 1 minute break to get a drink and guess what? I never went back on! I think I am going to go back on once I'v eaten my tea, if not then I will make up for it next week!

I need to find a way of burning more calories in each gym session, I know this usually involves more time and some days I have a couple of hours that I can spend in the gym, some days I have 45 mins to 1 hour. Next week I am going to try and work out which machines I can use at the gym which will burn the most calories in an hour. I am also going to try and do stomach and arm toning exercises each day! Within my gym membership I have access to all of the classes but I have never used any! Next week I am also going to have gone to at least one class, hopefully the abs-box class or the spin and trim class! I think I will really enjoy them I am just a bit nervous about them being really hard! No pain no gain I suppose!

Calories consumed: 340 (SO FAR!!)
Calories burnt:  117
80's Discos: 1
Alcoholic beverages:  54678976545678! :(