The kick-start

It's been a while since my last update!

Now all exams are DONE and DUSTED! And I have the entire summer to absolutely ramp the hell out of this weight loss and fitness journey and come out on top.

Due to revision and being stuck inside doing so, I haven't lost any weight in weeks. Infact, I've gained a good amount - around 6lbs!! This has set my goals back a lot, but I'm hoping a lot of that weight will be water retention from the extra food I've been eating. With a bit of luck, in 2 weeks time I'll be back in the loss-zone :)

I'm intending on shaking things up a bit. I'm bringing my calories per day back up to 1600, but Instead of just going to the gym 5 days a week I'm also incorporating at least 3-5 walks into my week too. And when I say walks, I mean around 7 miles each. I've been doing that walking route for years and it seems to boost fat loss by a HUGE amount, Especially combined with the gym! So with a bit of luck, determination and have hard effort and getting fully back on track I will be able to smash my goals for my Birthday which is in 7 weeks time!

Currently I weigh 18st 7lbs. I'd like to lose a stone at least in the next 7 weeks, that would ensure that I hit my birthday goal of 17 and a half stone. But I'm fairly sure that If I stick to the plan and put some real serious effort into this I can SMASH that goal by at least half a stone more. All it will take is a lot of effort and and strictness with my diet.

It's difficult to remember when you go through a period of being very very happy that you've still got to do this for yourself, for health and for your own personal sense of achievement.

Time for GYM!

Good news or the bad news?

Well usually I'd be posting a weigh in today - but I've decided not to!

The bad news:

The last week or so I've been off uni for study leave and exam revision which is dominating a lot of things right now! I've still been going to the gym a good bit but the studying at home all day has left me 'Grazing' on food at home. Nothing overly fatty or bad, but calories none the less. So I actually know that I haven't lost a single lb this week. Infact, I've gained about 1lb. This means for the last 2 weeks my weight has been at a 'standstill'. My last exam is over and done with on Tuesday so after that day is over I will be fully back into machine mode, but for now I'm not letting it get me down as I have a lot of things to think about that I must get done.

The Good news:

The good news about all this is that I have proved to myself that I've lost this 50+ lbs so far the CORRECT way for my body. Usually when people lose a lot of weight the wrong way or through a fad diet their bodies haven't learned a new and efficient way of living, therefore when things start to buckle or go a bit awry the body starts to pile on the pounds RAPIDLY! My weight however, has remained steady. This is showing that my body is ready to accept and function in a way that is much healthier and it also shows my metabolism and calorie burning efficiency has increased dramatically since becoming a gym addict. This will be due to all my muscles being in fantastic condition right now and the fat that I've lost being well and truly burned off and not just 'lost' if that makes sense to anyone?

So all is not lost, I will probably not make many more blog updates until after exams are done. But I will inform you now that I'm taking steps as of today to AT LEAST stop the food grazing at home and start bringing my calorie daily right back down to 1500 a day so I can get back into machine-mode as quickly as possible once exams are done.

I don't think it's such a bad thing to have a wee 'break' midway if I want to call it that. After all I've lost over FIFTY lbs!!! That's insane. gaining 1 of those lbs back for a couple of weeks of slight misbehavior is acceptable, so long as I DO actually return to machine mode next week - which I will ;) - The sun is coming out on the odd occasion now and I'm LOVING how I look like a totally different person now - we're down to the nitty gritty, the last 3 stone, and we'll get it done! Also, I still have a target of 17.5 stone to reach by my birthday which is in EXACTLY 8 weeks! I think I can definitely hit it, and if I do it right, I can absolutely SMASH it. I'd like to get to 17st....but we'll just have to see :)

Anyway, signing off for now! Hopefully I can update you all some point next week with some good news - and MAYBE even a weight loss next Friday.

Been fairly quiet here for a while!

Sorry for the lack of updates! It's been a funny weekend/week!

I've been doing a lot of studying recently amongst other things, but worst of all the revision munching is not going well!! Once again I'm not expecting any weight loss this week which is really really annoying. I'm not happy with myself. Luckily I've managed to keep it in check to the point where my weight isn't rising like a rocket, but it certainly isn't going down at all. It's creeping gradually into the wrong zone once more.

What I need to do is PLAN! I think because I'm not actually IN uni, I'm at home studying, that I've started to become more bored when It take a revision break and this is resulting in snacking and thinking to myself that it's OK and I'll get it back on track the next day - but this is dangerous thinking!

I've been within the 18st range for far too long now, I think it's been almost 7 weeks! I must break into the 17's so I can start feeling inspired and motivated again to see the numbers dropping constantly. It's now Wednesday and I'm highly doubtful I can pull back the horses enough to register a weight loss this week. But I guess we'll have to try! I have a night out/meal out with the class on Tuesday too and I'd like for it to be both well earned, well deserved and guilt free. So if I can drop into the 17's by then I'll be happy. It IS achievable I just need to bite the bullet and stick to the plan.

Sorry for the rant, hopefully I can keep this blog much more updated when exams finish and we can get some earth-shattering decent results from now on!

Weigh in Day No:18

Well as you can tell from previous posts I had a pretty shaky and not-so-good-with-food weekend last weekend so I wasn't expecting to post a weight loss today, in fact I was expecting to post a weight gain!

I've worked extremely hard since Tuesday to try and pull it back - Hitting the gym hard, cutting the calories a wee bit more - being EXTRA strict. Luckily I've managed to save myself from a weigh gain, but the weight loss is very very minimal...I'm hoping next week's result will be absolutely phenomenal to make up for it haha!

So last week I got down to 18st 0 and 3/4

This week...

I am 18st and 1/4  - so just a half a pound lost!

Really wanted to at least scrape a whole pound. Then I would've been into the 17st region! But have no fear...next week I guarantee to be down into the 17's, it MUST happen...it'll be scary territory I haven't been in for a long long long long time. 

Now that half my exams are out of the way I have the ability to structure my days a bit better. I will probably be separating them into times for Exam revision/exercise more than anything. Once my final 2 exams are out the way in a week and a half's times we will have FULL SPEED AHEAD for summer!

With only 9 weeks until my birthday I have a good amount of time to hit a very admirable goal by then! 17st would be a nice good number....but if I can hit 16.5 that would be absolutely incredible.

Here's to more hard work and no more shaky weekends! 

Slowly climbing back down ;)

Well after my shaky weekend I've finally got things ticking over nice and fast again!

Unfortunately I'm not confident about this weeks weigh in! It's highly likely to be either a 0 or a gain of 1 or 2lbs...thanks to my bad weekend...however, previous shaky periods have shown that this usually means I may lose a very big chunk NEXT week ;) this would be awesome...I just have to keep it up and not back down - exam time is tough for this sort of thing, but if I can combine revision with a gym routine in a good way then I'll be on to a winner!

SO close to dropping below 18st and into the 17's, it's quite exciting! I need to make sure I keep it up over summer big time and make sure when I go back to University in 2nd year in September I look like a totally different/transformed person ;)

Another Shaky weekend! Must return to form!

So this weekend I've been far too chilled out! Well...I have and I haven't. I've been preparing for exams coming up, I missed the gym on Friday so made up for it on Saturday...but I've eaten crap all weekend, the diet certainly hasn't been on properly...

I'd like to get things FULLY back on track tomorrow, but I 'm not confident at posting a weight loss result on Friday...I'd even like to just get half a lb or a lb would be amazing!! But this is to be expected I guess, exam stress is an easy time to falter! Luckily after this exam is over and the short one on Thursday I can section my days into blocks of revision/gymming for a whole week and a half before my final history and aural exams, then I have all of summer to start thrashing the remaining 2-3 stone I still have to lose!

I'm so close to breaching into the 17sts territory so I can't let this continue any further than today, as soon as my exam is over tomorrow I am RIGHT back into that gym! :)

WEIGH IN DAY NO. 17!!

4 months!!!

Yes. It's been 4 months today that I started this absolutely ridiculous attempt to get myself in shape. 4 months have absolutely flown by too, and I've come a pretty long way so far...

I still have a very very long way to go, but today is another weigh in day...and finally, I'm RIGHT back in action with the big numbers!!

As of Tuesday I've been cutting my calories a little bit more and working out like a bitch, and here is the results!

Today's weigh in day is....

4 and a 1/4lbs !!!! A huge result!!

That means so far I've lost 3st 11lbs in total (Or for my foreign readers, 53lbs or 24kg!)

I've got a LOT of work to do for uni over the next few weeks so I will try my best to keep on top of the weight loss as well. But so long as I'm getting off a pound or 2 each week I'll be happy!

Oh, I'm now at 18st0 and 3/4 - SO close to dropping into the 17's!!!

Pre-weigh in update!

So my updates have been pretty quiet of late!

Everything this week has gone pretty awesomely! I've managed to tighten up the diet a wee bit and put in some serious workouts! So I'm reeeally hoping for a 2lb loss tomorrow! More would be better, but 2lbs would be great :)

Things are looking up, the weather is awesome, I'm SO close to dropping into the 17st's, uni is almost over  aaaand other things are going pretty awesomely too!

Now...tomorrow's weigh in...I wonder what it'll be! I always panic far too much about this. But after last weeks poor result I have the right to haha!

But yes. If I can get another 2lbs off I'll be content! Summer will offer up a lot of opportunity for major burnage too!

Shaky times!!

The last week or two have been really quite shaky...

With the stress of uni and the lack of meals to cook in my house recently have meant I've missed some gym sessions and eaten some crap that basically I shouldn't have  munched on!

I haven't really GAINED much weight...I'm back to the weight I was a week and a half ago, so that's not awesome...if I want to post a loss on Friday I'm gonna need to ramp up the game BIG time over today, Wednesday and Thursday. Hopefully if all goes according to plan I should hopefully drop at least 1lb again...it's not ideal at all, but if I can post another loss I'll be happy. Today I've got a badminton session booked with my mate and I'm also hitting up the gym! So all things being said today is gonna be a MAJOR workout day which should see me get right back on track again :)

I'm really needing to put in the extra effort now, I've just had my hair all chopped off and the entire transformation is looking incredible...but there is STILL a good 2 and a half - 3 stone that is stubborn and MUST be dealt with.It's just a case of making myself fit the time in around University work/vocal practice for exams/revision etc. Luckily all that crap is over with in precisely 3 weeks time! :)

Weekend banter

Had quite a good weekend! My arm was twisted into going out on Saturday night, so naturally I drank my weight! Luckily though my weight doesn't seem to have risen because of it. Got myself a nice good walk in today as well so that should've burned off at least a few hundred of those extra calories haha!

Tomorrow it's back to the gym BIG style! Infact, I'm also going to go on Tuesday too because I no longer have a steel pans ensemble at University I have to go to :)

Hoping to at least shed 2lbs and be down to 18st 3lbs by Friday! Even if the next few weeks are slow for weight loss though it's understandable because there is a lot going on right now in terms of exams etc at university. But here goes! Still very much on track for my targets :)

WEIGH IN DAY NO. 16!

Another weigh in day!

It's a small weight loss this week - Uni has been very very busy this week and to be honest It's been shaky! Some days I did go over my calories by more than I really should have and I even missed a gym day thanks to a really long and busy uni day.

But a loss is a loss! As long as I'm perpetually going down I'm happy, especially with last weeks very large weight loss result. With a bit of luck next week I can pull a big number :) Ideally I never wanted to fall below the 2lbs lost a week mark so it'd be good to keep on that track!

Nevertheless, still very much beating my set targets AND revised targets by a number of weeks ^^

So this week's weight loss is....

1 and a 1/4 lbs!

a small weight loss but as I said before, a loss nonetheless! I feel like next week will return a big number because I'm seeing a pattern evolve occasionally during this whole thing - where if I have a low number one week my next week is usually quite big haha!

Roll on! Only 3 weeks left of University left and then we can focus 100% on tackling this weight loss at full speed!