Weigh in

Day 113! Can't believe I've been doing this for so long!

Weighed in this morning back to 15 stone 12lbs. Really thrilled I'm back on track, just need to get these next 14 pounds off. 

Away this weekend in Norfolk on a school trip, full board, so I need to be very careful how I eat. I don't have much control over it this weekend. Weather is horrible but I've brought my jogging stuff anyway in the hope of a jog every day 

Day 111

I've been jogging for the last two days and I've been simply angelic with my food... But I still haven't had a weight change at all. I'm a bit stuck as to what to do next. I thought the jogging would take it off pretty quickly. I guess I need to work at increasing my jogging pattern, but I can't really decrease my food intake anymore. And I'm only drinking green tea and water, I am only eating small portions and healthy meals. 

Day 109...

Well today is weigh in.

On the weekend I had bananas for breakfast, green teas all day, or water. Yesterday I had a Sunday lunch for dinner, and fruit for tea. Saturday I had salad and pittas for lunch, and a barbecue for dinner. I was fairly good at the barbecue, although I did have two bread rolls.

I went for a jog yesterday too.

However, I've got on the scales and put on 3 lbs. I'm so disappointed. I think I've hit a plateau that is difficult to get off. I've been around this weight for a long time now. I've got to try and get off it. 

This week I'm back to work, so it will be yoghurts for lunch, salad for dinner, bananas for breakfast. I need to shed those three pounds and keep going down!!! :-(

Weigh in...

And.... I weigh the same amount as I did on Monday! Little bit annoying as I've been good all week, but at the same time I'm relieved I haven't put any on. 

So 15 stone 12 lb... 14 lbs to go until the next goal!

Late night blogging!

It's technically day 106 although it is 1am... Late night marking!!

Today was good. Banana and green tea for breakfast, a simple salad for lunch, and then two chicken fajitas for dinner. I had some watermelon in the evening too. No chocolate, no temptations. 

A few hours and it will be weigh in time. I hope I've done enough just to keep the pounds off, I'm not bothered about losing more weight this week, just keep the consistently of losing that stone.

The weekend will be tough. My parents are visiting so I've stocked the cupboards with bread and crisps, as well as biscuits, but I'm pretty sure I can steer clear of most of that. We are having a barbecue on Saturday so if I can ignore the rolls and just eat meat and salad, that's great.

Sunday will be a roast dinner, so I will just try to portion the gravy and potatoes... The rest will be fine. 

I've got Eton mess for dessert, so lots of fruit and light single cream with meringue. At least there is tonnes of fruit! The one bad thing I know I will eat... Hot cross buns. I bought them as I knew my dad would be peckish, and we all like them. But they smelled beautiful when I bought them fresh, and it am honestly really looking forward to having one. I might have it as a breakfast or something early in the morning, so I can burn it off and it went sit on me late at night.

Anyway,bedtime now. I will post up weight in a few hours!

Tough Days...

Yesterday was tough. My boyfriend ate a nice breakfast, making me drool!! But I stuck with my banana. We went shopping and I forgot to bring a snack and I was starving. We also considered getting a Thai lunch, but knowing I was on a diet, we sadly resisted temptation. We agreed we would have one when I hit my next stone goal, whenever that may be!! 

I got home and had an egg salad with coleslaw and a pack of snack a jacks, and some chicken bites. Then for dinner I had a small portion of spaghetti. Well, to me it was a small portion anyway! I had a kinder egg with green tea after that. Recently, I just haven't managed to get into the zone as much as I did at the beginning. I must try harder to resist large portions, and snacking on unhealthy treats. 

Today is a busy day with builders around, collecting a carpet, doing lots of work around the house. I will try to keep myself occupied! Maybe it's easier when I'm at work, as I'm too focused to find time to think about food. 

It's all about consistency...

Yesterday I did well. I did some weeding and digging in the garden, burning lots of calories! I had a banana for breakfast, a yoghurt and snack a jack for lunch, and I had 2 chilli and salad wraps for lunch. After lunch I had a small chocolate bunny, and I had 2 cups of green tea. 

I'm going out today but I'm still going to aim to be good, I know I have chilli spaghetti for dinner tonight which is a lot of carbs, so I'm going to make sure to eat light all day, and keep a small portion for tea. 

New measurements

I realised I hadn't done my measurements since I was 16 stone 10, on day 29. My new measurements are:

Arms: 15.5 (loss of half an inch)

Hips: 50 (loss of one inch)

Waist: 39.5 (loss of 2 inches)

Thigh: 30 (no change)

Am I seeing things?

So I jumped on the scales this morning, and I have lost 3lbs! This means I am now 15 stone and 12 pounds, and I've hit my 2 stone goal! I can't quite believe it, as that means I lost 3lbs in one day! Therefore I think this week is all about staying consistent with my weight, rather than necessarily losing any. I just want to try and keep the weight off for the next few days. 

Measurements will be updated soon!!

5lbs to go!!

Yesterday I did well, with a yoghurt for lunch, and a big salad for dinner with turkey escalope, which was really yummy. 

However, it was hard to get back into the habit and I was still hungry so I had a packet of snack a jacks, and a pack of chocolate animals for 100 calories, with a cup of green tea. 

I had a peek at the scales this morning and I'm 16 stone 1lb... So now just 3lbs to go until my 2 stone mark! 

Today has started with a go ahead bar (bananas not ripe enough yet), a cup of green tea, and I plan for a yoghurt at lunch and salad with pork ribs for tea. 

Result:

I was quite hungry at lunch so I had a packet of snack a jacks as well, and then later I made some egg mayonnaise on a few crackers.

This was my dinner:

Which I really enjoyed, but I am still so peckish! I've made a cup of green tea and I have a kinder egg on hand, 110 calories. At least something small like that can make me feel a lot better that I are something I really wanted, but it's well portion controlled, not like a huge bar of galaxy where YOU decide when to stop! 

100 days down!!

So today, I should be celebrating that I've done 100 days of dieting! But I'm not in the mood for celebration. I've come back from Italy and I've put on 4lbs.

While I was away, we had a 24 hour coach journey on the way to Italy. Although I had a couple of bananas and go ahead snacks, there are only so many snacks you can eat! Then whilst in Italy, we had full board food. For breakfast I steered clear of all bread, leaving me with ham and cheese for breakfast. I took green tea bags with me, so at least I could have one in the morning.

For lunch there were bread rolls, but I didn't eat those either,  so I ended up skipping lunch most days and eating a go ahead bar. Then for dinner, the only options were to eat the pasta that was given to you. I hadn't been eating any pasta so this has probably made me a little bloated. 

One night I had pizza as we went to a pizza restaurant. I had a ice cream bought for me by a student, and we did tonnes and tonnes of walking, particularly up hill in San Gimignano!!

I was hoping that if anything, I would have lost weight. However, on the way home yesterday, we had another 24 hour journey. I had a couple of snacks, we stopped off for dinner and I ate a bratwurst. For breakfast I had an English breakfast on the ferry: hash brown, sausage, beans and egg. Then I didn't have any lunch, but we had no food at home when I got in last night so we ordered a Chinese.

When I look at the week with more analysis, I wonder if it was just the last 2 days of travelling that has turned my schedule into turmoil and I'm so tired that my metabolism is low too. Therefore I'm hoping I can get these few pounds off this week.

Today I'm going to go shopping this morning, and buy fresh salad, chicken, mince etc., and I'm going to go back to a banana for breakfast, yoghurt and grapes for snacks, and then salad with a meat for dinner. I'm going to weigh in on Monday, only 2 days away, and then on Friday too. I really want to get to my two stone mark and I'm so disappointed that I didn't quite get there by 100 days. But I am close. 

Off to Italy

Well I worked really hard for the last two days at having good meals all day. Last night we resisted the takeaway and I had turkey escalope and salad. But today I weighed in and I still needed to lose 4 more ounces!! So I'm not confident to say that I lost the 2 stone I wanted to by today.

I can't weigh in again now until next Friday. I've got lots of healthy snacks for the coach, and doing lots of walking, so I'm aiming to be as healthy as I can, taking into account that it's full board for a week. 

So close!!

Not much longer!!

I've had a hectic few days. However, massive success yesterday. I ordered 12 pizzas for people during our concert last night, but my colleague very kindly picked me up a salad. I did not eat one slice of pizza!! I was a little bitter but also a bit proud of myself too. And it totally paid off, as this morning I weighed in at 15 stone and 13 lbs! If this is consistent, that means I only need to lose one more pound. 

Today however, I had a croissant for breakfast, as it was bought for me yesterday. Then at lunchtime I ate a banana. I haven't had time for my yogurts, it's just been too manic. For tea tonight, our salad had run out, so I cooked 7 chicken dippers and a pasta and sauce, but I gave my boyfriend half of the pasta, so I thought it was a fair sized portion.

I don't think I will have put any weight on by tomorrow, but I might not have lost any... I really wanted to lose that last pound though. I've told my boyfriend we could go out for dinner tomorrow, but dependent on what I weigh in at, I'm not so sure... Wish me luck.

Busy day...

Same weight today... Maybe just one slice of pizza tonight then!

Good day

Had a sneaky weigh-in this morning and I was 16 stone 1lb, which I was really pleased with. If that was accurate and not fluctuating, that only leaves me with 3lbs left to go! 

Today I had a banana for breakfast with a green tea. then one small triangle of a salad sandwich on brown bread (quarter of a slice of bread) for lunch with some grapes. I was in a meeting with cakes, chocolate and tonnes of sandwiches, orange and apple juice. I thought I did really well by sticking with what I ate.

For dinner I had the same again... Chicken Kiev with salad. Oh and I made an avocado dip and had 2 pitta breads for a snack before that too. 

I also did my 7 minute workout today, and spent 2 hours putting clothes away in my wardrobes so I feel I was pretty active all day. 

Tomorrow... Late night, concert and pizza being ordered... I'm aiming to eat one, maybe two slices for my dinner. I will do my best!!