Slipped back in to my old ways so quickly writing this blog to get me back on track :-(

Posted August 24, 2009 * Comments(1)
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Hello all

So I’ve been on Buddyslim for 4 weeks now. The first two weeks were fab.. I did lots of fun exercise and ate healthy and felt pretty good. Sadly, I have been useless for the last two weeks… I went on holiday for 5 days then came home to various nights out, birthday parties and now I’ve slipped back in to my old routine of eating and drinking whatever I want and doing NO exercise. Sigh. Feels like I’ve undone all the good work I did a couple of weeks ago. I’m writing this blog to try to get me back on track… I’ll do some exercise tonight, have a healthy dinner and then hopefully I’ll get back on top of things. I LOVED the way I felt a couple of weeks ago… I loved feeling like I was doing good for my body and I felt lighter, healthier and cleaner inside… now I feel all grubby and chubby again. Why do we do it to ourselves???

The thing that is worrying me is that I have another mini holiday coming up next weekend… 4 days in Spain at my boyfriend’s mothers house which will be brilliant but my god they have SUCH lovely food… so much cheese, bread, red wine… all the stuff I love. I’m worried it will knock me back off track for a while and this is exactly what I don’t want to do… I know it’s not good for me to be super healthy one week and then super greedy the next.

It’s my best friends birthday party on Saturday night. We are going out for an Italian meal, followed by drinks and dancing. Usually I will have a massive meal, then finish off my friends meals, drink loads of booze and then get chips on the way home (yes, really)… I usually feel disgusting on Sunday mornings ha ha! So, my big challenge is to try and be healthy on Sat night, I’ll try to pick the healthiest thing on the menu, have a couple of drinks to celebrate and then drink water. I’ll let you all know how it goes!

I can’t believe how much this website keeps me going. It is so so helpful.

xxx

End of Week Two and I’m learning a lot about my eating habits…

Posted August 9, 2009 * Comments(3)
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Hello

Well it’s the end of week two and I’ve lost 3lbs so far, it’s not a huge amount but I feel much healthier and much more in control of the way I eat.  I no longer want to binge and kind of recognise when I’ve had enough now, although it is still hard to stop when there is still yum food on my plate.  I’ve been doing lots of varied exercise… badminton, swimming, bodycombat class, walking etc. and I can def feel a difference in my muscle tone which is a great feeling.

Yesterday was a bit of a bad day… I ate SO much bad food.  It was Saturday so I was out with friends for lunch, dinner and then drinks in the evening followed by chips and cheese to soak up all the alcohol at the end of the night :-(.  I dread to think how much calories and fat I consumed and I’m really worried that I’ll have put weight on again.  The really annoying thing is that I was choosing all the fattiest things on the menu and then after eating them I realised that I would have been just as happy with the healthier option… I was full of regret.  I guess I’ll just have to use this as a lesson and remember it next time when I’m about to order food.

I’ve been putting loads of pressure on myself to loose a certain amount of weight each week and stick to my goal but I just don’t think it’s going to be possible…. I’ve got a mini-holiday coming up next week so I’ll have four days of no exercise and eating in restaurants… it’s kind of making me nervous.  Over the next couple of months I’ve got various birthday parties, hen nights and weddings and I just know it’s going to involve so much booze and food :-( 

SO, I’ve decided to take the pressure of myself… I’m going to continue doing lots of exercise, eating as healthy as possible when I can and then enjoying myself when at a party or event.  It might mean it takes a lot longer to loose the weight but at least I can enjoy myself too and I guess it’s better than starving myself and then putting it all back on when I go back to a normal diet.  I have to keep remembering that this is about how I want to eat for the rest of my life… not just until I loose weight.

Oooh, I’m excited to see how it turns out.  Just have to be patient I guess!

Hope everyone is well

xxx 

End of week 1 and no weight loss :(

Posted July 31, 2009 * Comments(2)
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So I’m at the end of week 1, I’ve eaten really healthily, walked for two hours everyday, been on 1 run and done two high-impact aerobics exercise classes BUT I’ve not lost any weight.  Feel a bit sad and dissapointed.  I build muscle really quickly and I’ve noticed that my thighs and arms feel much harder and more toned so I’m hoping that maybe I’ve lost a little bit of fat and gained a little bit of muscle and that’s why the weight hasn’t gone down?… or maybe I’m just kidding myself.

Although my weight hasn’t gone down I do feel a lot better about my diet and I’ve actually found it easy to eat healthy and not want to binge on carbs like I normally would so all in all it’s not been a total loss as I feel really optimistic that my eating habits may finally be changing.  My lovely boy is being so supportive too and he even came to my aerobics class last night… not sure he was really in to it though :-)

It’s Friday and I’ve had a hard week so I’m going to treat myself to a nice dinner and some red wine with my best friend this evening and then I’ll be back to aerobics tomorrow morning.

Hope everyone has a lovely weekend!

xxx

First day…

Posted July 25, 2009 * Comments(6)
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Hello all,

So, I joined buddyslim last night while lying on the sofa feeling chubby, lazy, unhealthy and a bit tipsy from red wine :-).  I read a couple of blogs and started feeling inspired and motivated… I want to feel good about myself, feel fit, healthy, energetic and attractive!  I admit that I do no exercise and I don’t have a very good diet or a good relationship with food, I am totally addicted to carbs and eat them like a crazy person, so really it is my own fault for feeling like this!

SO… from today I want to change the way I live my life forever, I don’t just want a quick skinny fix as I know I’ll just start to binge again and pile it all back on.  I want to change the way I eat and feel about food, I want to change my lazy ways and incorporate exercise in to my life that I enjoy and want to do so that I don’t get bored and want to give up!

Wish me luck on day one.  I still feel rotten and lethargic but I’m going to go out for my first run now and get my endorphins going!

xxxx