Dropping fast!

My weight is finally plummeting again!

Loving this feeling, Starting to feel slimmer and fitter again! I've dropped 8lbs in one week so far, which is to be expected...after all it was probably mostly water retention and bloating etc.

Just a stone to go and I'll be down to the lowest point I was at before again and I can carry on :)

Weigh in day!

Ok guys so this week i finally got totally on track again, and as you know the first week of being back on track after a long failure usually yields a big weight loss.

So last weekend i was clocking in at around 19st 7lbs

Today I weigh 19st 2lbs :) a 5lb loss this week! I expect it to simmer to 2lbs a week eventually, but next week i'm kinda hoping for a pretty good loss too haha! 

This means I'm about 1st and 3lbs away from where i got to my lowest weight. Once i reach that level again I will finally be able (hopefully) to storm through and go even further like i planned.

I'd like to hit that level by the end of the year so I can say 'right - 2013 i lost 4 stone, 2014 I will get off the rest' I'd like to be at a point by easter where I can turn my fitness goals into muscle training and gaining goals! But I really must get rid of all the excess fat first. I think 16st would be a good target to aim to hit at easter!

Here we goooo! :)

Successsss!

Ok so things are going very well! 

I'll post an official weigh in tomorrow, but when i checked yesterday I've dropped 4lbs! Creeeeeping back down that ladder ;)

Hoping to end this year where i left off at around 18st (or iust under if i'm very lucky!) but we'll see!

Had pizza last night for a sneaky treat and I've got a meal out next Thursday too so we're gonna have to be super strict! This time of year is always a nightmare really for trying to watch what you eat and drink.

I'm not gonna lie, feeling the craaave tonight! All i need to do is get through a work shift tonight without munching and I'll be fiiiine for that weight update tomorrow!

Successsssful day!

Successful day today! Worked out, ate low calorie and healthy...winning! Now to keep that up big time!

This thursday and next i'll be eating bad food so i need to make up for it by pushing hard and eating good the days in between! Hopefully this friday or saturday i'll post a loss for you ;)

Stress!

So this week hasn't been the ultimate kick start I'd hoped it had been...

I had a shock weight gain at the beginning of the week but I've managed to curb that down a few lbs somehow, so that's a start.

Right now my weight is 19st 7lbs (2st 4lbs down since start of the year)

Hoping that by the end of the year I can get somewhere near the 18st mark again so that January can be a fresh start, round about 4 stone down...and only 3 stone more to go.

I think it's finding the enthusiasm when right now I'm suffering a cough, extreme studying and rehearsing for an Opera, juggling uni assignments, working 4 nights a week AND trying to track all my food and make sure I hit the gym...

I know it's hard, but I can do it and I did it before...granted at the start of the year I didn't have a job to worry about going to...all I had was going to uni a few times a week, assignments and gymming haha.

I had a read through some of my old blog posts and realised a few things I'd forgotten. Seems I used to squeeze in a few hour long walks per week too! Maybe that's something I need to work in on top of my gym routine. My determination level was staggering at the beginning of the year - I will get that back! :)

Upping the calories

Well i think i was being naíve to think i could drop my diet calories straight back down to 1600 a day. It's causing me to binge at night setting me back. I started this whole thing at 2000 cals a day so im hitting up that threshold again as of today. Hopefully i can drop it back down again in the next few weeks :)

Day 2 of my re-start!

So I gave myself a quick weigh in today as I hadn't actually really weighed myself since last week sometime...things are worse than I thought!

I will probably post a weigh in update every Friday I think...I'm expecting this Friday to be around the 19st 5lbs mark. I hate even SAYING the number '19' at the start of those figures. It's terrifying...the fact I got down to 17st 11 at one point.

Sigh...I need to view this as a fresh start, yes I'm around 2 and a half stone lighter than I was at the beginning of the year but by now I should be a lot lighter. I should be at my target weight by now to be fair.

I think if I view it as a fresh start and stop worrying about what I had previously managed to get down to and how much I regained, then it could remove a lot of the depression of it all.

One of my rules is usually that I don't eat after 19:30 but with my opera rehearsal schedule often leading me to be in Uni til lie 10pm Monday and Tuesday, and working til 10:30 on wednesdays and sometimes as late as 1:30am on Weekends, perhaps I should start saving my dinner for a lot later in the day! That way I'm less likely to scrounge at night. I can always take dinner to work with me.

Anyway, this was intended to be a short post so I'll leave it there :)

A good start

Managed to hit the gym today and eat relatively well! Not perfectly...but well :) I'm confident i'll get to grips with it all again this week. Tomorrow i'll hit the gym again and stick to my calorie intake!

Goals to smash! I'll try and blog up tomorrow too :)

Revamp, Rename, Re...goal setting?

So I've got a chance to change some things on my blog now.

It's no longer the 100lb challenge, as I've decided to set a goal a little closer than that now. If I need to go further I will, but for now it's time to set realistic targets.

As I said before, I regained a portion of the 4st I lost this year...1st 4lbs gained to be frank!

No I'm not happy, proud or pleased with this. So I'd appreciate it if you wouldn't give me a hard time about it, this is not easy what I've done/am continuing to do.

So right now my weight is 19st 4lbs, a total of 2st 7lbs lighter than I was of January this year...so I small victory for 2013, but If I do not get back on track right now I will start 2014 exactly where I was and will hate myself for it!

So, as of this week I am going RIGHT back to my old routine. Gym 4-5 times a week and a low calorie diet. No fads, no quick fixes, no crashes. They don't work. And I've always said they don't work...yet in a desperate panic to make a dent into my goals I've tried a few things with moderate yet no long term results.

They don't work. I'll say it again, Fad diets and crashes...don't work. Well...not for LARGE weight losses like mine, if you want to drop 20lbs in a few weeks, sure do a crash diet...but if you return to your old ways you will likely regain it...

Again, they don't work.

I am however going to continue doing Vegetable and Fruit juicing with my juicer as an ADDITION to my low calorie diet/exercise program. This will help me feel better as before I wasn't getting any fruit or veg in at all...I'd like to say I'll eat my fruit and veg but lets face it, I'm 25...I'm not going to learn to love veg/fruit any time soon.

Anyway, you were all very supportive when I had this blog active before so I'd love the same thing again, I have lots to look forward to in 2014 and I want a new less-fat me to fully enjoy my summer next year!

My new target is 16st. So I must lose 3st 4lbs.

I'm planning to go on a short break with my Girlfriend at the end of March for a few days and I'd love to set that as my first goal. This is roughly 20 weeks away...which at a steady 2lbs a week will be 40lbs...which is 6lbs shy of that target! But I'm expecting to lose a good chunk in my first 2 weeks thanks to water weight etc, so this should balance out...

This is a long blog post...I'll end here. Time to crack this on the head!

Well well...

So...

I havent updated this in a while. Needless to say the 100lb challenge is not going to be accomplished. Ive struggled so much with my weight the last few months . The stress of uni and work going around at the same time is distracting me. 

I need to sort this because i lost 4 stone this year and i've regained almost a stone and a half...and that is horrible. 

I need to stop playing about with quick fixes and realise that the way i did it before is the only method that sustainably worked. Gym 4-5 times a week and a low calorie diet!

I have a lot to look forward to in 2014 and I'd like to get myself down to 16st at least by easter! That means losing about 3 stone and a bit from this point. I think it can be done...but i need to get myself into a serious hard working routine once more! 

Hope that starting this blog up again will inspire me to try hard again and get the last of my weight off, i simply cant afford to regain it all again and now is the time where it's gotten far too out of hand.

Hopefully you'll all support me and not slag me off for my small failure. 4 stone off...then regaining 1st 4lbs is not the end of the world but its still very annoying for me!

Keep me motivated folks :) and those who havent read my blog before feel feel free to read my posts from earlier in the year and how i lost the first 4 stone - hopefully by the end of this year i can pick up where i left off!