Weekly update 10/08/2011

Weekly weigh in and new task

Well, first of apologies for not being online for a while, there has been lots going on (mainly sickness) in the faithful household this week, but all is better now.  So we are back!!

First of my weight loss over the last 2 weeks has been good (7lb off in 2 weeks) so Im impressed with how things are going.  Also appear to be losing inches as well (last week, 4 inches off various areas).

Now my new challenge, well started doing this last week, but with all that has been going on, didnt get very far, is to look at my hunger levels.  So Im using my fitness pal (its a site and an app for phones) and when typing in the food/calorie content of what Im eating, Im also adding how hungry I am when Im eating, out of 10 (1= not hungry at all, 10=completely starving, would actually eat ANYTHING).  Once I have completed this weeks, Im going to look at them and see if Im eating when Im not hungry or at the wrong times of the day and see if I can tweak my food habits to help me not eat when Im not hungry.

Im also deciding what to have as my losing 1.5 stone present.  Im currently debating between a set of kitchen scales or a new sports bra… Exciting times!!

Weekly update 20/07/2011

Veggies anyone?

 Well today was the BIG weigh in day.

I had such nerves as had put a lot of pressure on myself to lose weight this week, and……

It paid off.

3 and a half pounds off, so hit my first stone target and became slimmer of the week.

As my ‘prize’ to myself for hitting a target Im joining the gym.  This is going to hopefully help me keep up my weight loss and my motivation to lose weight.

This weeks focus is on hitting the 5 a day, my main issue is with veggies.  I hate a lot of them and can tolerate the rest with lashings of ketchup, not so good.  So I (well me and a friend) have come up with a plan….

Add fruit into my breakfast calories.

1 snack per day is a portion of fruit.

1 veggie portion at lunch (So far my ideas include soup, salads or salad sandwiches)

2 veggie portions at dinner, to get round my fear of veggies without the lovely red sauce, Im adding them into sauce based meals, for example adding grated carrot to a spag bol, or mushrooms to a curry sauce.

Im also planning my next weight target and prize…. Next target is to get to one and a half stone weight loss.  Current ideas for prize include new exercise trousers or a rosemary conley recipe book.

Later this week I will add a new recipe of the week and Im planning on measuring myself to prove that Im losing inches as well as pounds….

Weekly update 13/07/2011

Well, I had a 1 pound weight gain last week at my weigh in, so have decided my target for this week is to lose that pound and an extra half in order for me to have made it to my first stone.

To achieve this Im sticking to my 1860 calorie daily limit and have decided to concentrate on exercising this week.

This has been going well, I have only had one plate of chips since wednesday night, and have otherwise stuck to my low fat diet. Including eating my recipe of the week which was enjoyed by the whole family.

Exercise wise, Ive done well. I went swimming on thursday for 30min, did an hour exercise DVD both on friday and sunday.  I had saturday as a day off as I was working a 15hr day, so there was no time to exercise.

I have also got a friend who is going to help coach me into better health, so think with her help I might already have a focus for next week…

Weigh in is on wednesday, so will let you know how I get on.