Tuesday 16 August 2011

***Haven't blogged last 2 days as my Blogger account has been down***

Weigh in Day - STS 12st 13lbs 82.1kg

Sort of expected but still a bit disappointed. Think I would rather have a gain just so I can get motivated again. Today i feel BLAH, don't know why -no reason to but just do.

So on Tuesdays I don't track as I use it as my 'Treat Day' The day I use my weekly 49 Propoints.

So my Blogpost for today is what I made for Dinner - Pizza Wraps

Pizza Wraps - 12 pp for the both

2 Wraps - 5pp

Passatta - 0pp

Roasted Red & Yellow Peppers - 0pp

Onion - 0pp

2 Slices of Turkey Breast - 1pp

Low Fat Mozzarella ball - 6pp

Wallop it all together and bake in the Oven for 10 mins.

Saturday 13 August 2011

Back on track today 100%

I weigh in on a Tuesday lunchtime. After weigh in on a Tuesday I use it as my 'treat day'. Well this week, I have used Wednesday & Thursday as treat days too and have gone way off track.

I have drawn a line and started fresh from Friday, not sure this week will be good weigh in wise but I have been 2 days on track and for me that's good. I have made a conscious effort to track properly because I know I have to list here. I am weighing most things as well which helps because 'guesstimating' doesn't work for me as my portions are usually bigger than it should be!

Was up at 7.45am this morning getting ready for my weekly Brockwell Parkrun 5km timed run.
www.parkrun.com Well, i have only been 3 times but its great. My PB was achieved last week of 31:19 which I am very proud of, as the course consists of 1 & 3/4 laps of the park and there are 2 hills as well. I think if it was flat course, I could be close to the 30 min mark which is my goal (well 29:59 actually)
Felt very tired this morning and kept trying to make excuses with myself not to go but I did. Realised too, when I arrived that my Ipod was flat so no music today either.
Once the race started, I think I 'argued' in my head to 'just stop, pull out, its okay, don't worry' but I struggled through and as usual felt great when I had finished and glad that I finished the course. Those 2 hills are a killer! So today I finished in a time of 31:31-12 secs slower than last week but I'll take that because I felt tired and sluggish this morning.

This afternoon, consisted of going with the kids charity shopping (got some good bargains too)and a trip to McDonald's for them.

Food Diary - Saturday 13 August 2011

Breakfast
Nescafe Skinny Cappuccino - 1pp
Nairns Wholegrain Oat Mixed Berries Biscuits x5 - 6pp

Lunch
McDonalds Half portion of small fries (picking at the kids lunch!) - 3pp
1 bunch of Black Seedless Grapes - 0pp

Dinner
180g Chicken Thighs skin off (could only find pp for skin on, so am using that - better to over-estimate) - 11pp
85g Potatos - 3pp
Olive Oil - 3pp
Red & Yellow Pepper, Red Onion & Garlic - 0pp
I roasted the potatos & the other vege in the Olive Oil

Snacks
Velvet Crunch Cheese & Onion 1 Pkt - 2pp
Curly Wurly - 3pp
Espresso - 0pp
Instant Coffee - 0pp
Diet Coke - 0pp

Exercise
5km Run - Bonus 6pp

Water
2 Litres

Total 32/29 - 3 pp over for the day but I earnt 6 pp for the exercise.

Friday 12 August 2011

Hello! I'm back and ready to blog again....

Since March, I completed my Half Marathon in a time of 2:32:06 which I was happy with as it was my first and had no time to compare to. Also, I had never ran that sort of distance EVER.

I now have another Half Marathon booked for 09 October 2011 - The Royal Parks Half Marathon and I still haven't meet my weight loss goals I have set and now is the perfect time to get there.

I'm following Weight Watchers Pro Points plan at present, so will be recording what I am eating daily with the relevant Pro Points so I can track religiously this time.

I am allowed 29 Pro Points a day & also 49 Weekly Pro Points to be used for treats, meals out etc.

I will be adding to the blog daily from now on.


Food Diary - Friday 12 August 2011

Breakfast
Nescafe Skinny Cappuccino - 1 PP
2 Slices WW Danish Bread - 3 PP
30g Strawberry Jam - 2 PP

Lunch
Nakd Cocoa Delight Bar - 4pp

Dinner
Baked Salmon 100g - 6PP
Green Beans, Carrot, Peas & Sweetcorn Mixed Veg 160g - 2PP
Warburtons Sandwich Thins (Toasted) - 3PP
with Colmans Creamy Garlic & Herb dressing - 2PP

Snacks
Mozzarella 15g - 1PP (making kids lunch - couldnt resist a taste!)
Espresso with 1 Sugar - 1PP (at the park and forgot my sweetener)
Coffee - 0PP
WW Lemon & Currant Cookies x2 - 2PP

WW Nachos - 2PP

Exercise
none :(

Water
2 Litres

TOTAL 29/29 ...... and I'm still hungry

Tuesday 15 March 2011

Hello, Hello

Well Half Marathon is ON this Sunday and I am shi**ing myself but a little bit excited too.

I have been sick the last week and hadn't exercised for about 2 weeks which hampered efforts.

Yesterday I did a 10.52km run and this morning 50 lengths at the Swimming pool and that is me for the rest of the week. I'm told that it is best not to train any more before the big day and rest up and also increase my carbohydrate intake, so looks like big bowls of Pasta for dinner Friday & Saturday!

I currently weigh 83kg so I've lost a little bit since last time (but not much!) 8kgs to go to get to my ultimate goal. Mini goal is 79.5kg before my Mum arrives on 8 April.

Sunday 13 February 2011

Well its been nearly a month since I updated this blog but I didn't because I have been 'yo-yoing' all month.

I unsuccessfully tried to do it alone (Weight Watchers) to no success. I sort of was cheating myself. I needed to have the weekly weigh in at the meeting to keep me on track. I rejoined 2 weeks ago and have success for both weeks.

To cut a long story short, I am currently weighing in at 83.6kg which is the best weight I've been since before Luca was born. This has been a great boost for me and great motivation for me for the coming weeks.

Sunday 16 January 2011

Weigh in Day today - 1kg off!
Current weight - 84.6kg

I am happy with that loss. I know now that I am not going to have any big losses now that my weight is slowly coming down and I am rapt with the 1kg loss.

I did 3 runs this week - 5km, 6.5km & 8.53km, so feel good. Half marathon is 21.1km so those runs are 'small fish'. Need to get my distance up rather than my speed.

Hoping to do a 10km run tomorrow either outside or at the gym. Hopefully I can report back that I did!

Ciao x

Where to start...

Well back on track as of last week.
Currently I weigh 85.6kg which is bad but not because last week I was 88kg. That is shocking to say the least. I knew it was Xmas but I ate so so much until my belly hurt everyday.

Anyway I have drawn a line and happy to say I am back on track. So weigh in done on Sunday and at 85.6kg, so I need to lose 1.8kg more to get back to my smallest weight of 83.8kg.

Have been doing my exercise and foolishly on the spur of the moment to keep me motivated entered myself into a Half Marathon (21.1km) at the end of March, but realistically I don't think I can do it. If it was say September, I would say yes but March is not that far away and am now worried. I'm just going to carry on and re-assess mid February to see what the situation is. I know it would probably be much easier to run if I lost at least another 5-7kg beforehand.

My mission for the next few weeks is to lose as much weight as I can rather than fully concentrating on the exercise (although these come in hand in hand when a diet is concerned!)I know things will be much easier when I have less lard to move with me!

I have also got on the Twitter bandwagon. Am following a lot of people in the same boat as me and vice versa, so we have a wee support group going.

Just uploaded my weight loss stats from last year when I started back in January 2010. These are from my Weight Watchers Scales and uploaded onto the computer so they are accurate and from the same set of scales.

HAPPY NEW YEAR

Im going to update blog on Sunday with my first weigh in for the year.

Ive been back on track since last Sunday but when I weighed in last Sunday the scales were not kind. I can't remember off hand what it was but it was like 3 or 4kgs on over the xmas/new year period which is SHOCKING. But I enjoyed myself and dont have any regrets except its probably going to take me 2 or 3 weeks to lose it.

I have still been excerising though so hopefully this will help me lose it quicker!

Anyway will post on Sunday with weigh in figures and about my goals for 2011.

Ciao xx

Sunday 19 December 2010

Sunday weigh in today and I'm 83.8kg. A loss of just 200gms. Usually I would be dead gutted but I'm okay with it. It's a loss and for this time of year with so many goodies lurking around and on offer - I will take the 200gms off! Plus the pizza I ate at midnight probably didnt help either....

Just found out yesterday the Creche at my gym is closed until 4th Jan, so I will have to be extra good or actually tried to go for a run outdoors (snow permitting!)

Going for a run at my local park will be more appealing because I just bought (waiting for it to be delivered) myself a Garmin Forerunner 110 which is a GPS watch that you can use and it will track your distance/map of your run/ your running pace/beeps when you have run a km - lots of features and it will be a good investment especially when I return to NZ and go for a run back home.
https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?pID=63511&pvID=67691


Off to the gym today so hopefully I manage at lest 5km but would love to do 7.5km.

Back from the gym
5km Run
5km Cycling

I wish I could push myself further to do more than 5km but for some reason I can't. This is my goal for the new year.

Friday 17 December 2010

5km Run

Thursday 16 December 2010

5km Run
5km Cycling

Monday 13 December 2010

No weigh in tomorrow


Blessing in disguise really!

I have a Dr's Appt tomorrow the same time I usually weigh in - and I have to take the appt as getting an appt to see the Dr is like hens teeth at the moment!!!

Just checked my WW scales at home and the battery has died (one of those circle ones) so have ordered one from Ebay so it should be here on Wednesday and I will only weigh myself on those 2 scales as others are not so accurate.

So my next weigh in day will be Sunday 19 December and then every Sunday after as I will be doing it alone again from now on. The only extra weigh in will be on Xmas Eve to see if I have made my goal.

Friday 10 December 2010

5km Run today

Tuesday 7 December 2010

Current Weight 84 kg
Weight loss this week Stayed the same
Total Weight Loss to date 25.5kg

Well as above I stayed the same this week but I am happy with that. I never put on and last week I did no exercise at all due to the Snow and the kids being poorly.

So I had been stuck inside all week and eating pretty much, it was probably a good thing that I was a little sick over the weekend because I had no appetite and if I hadn't been sick I would have definitely put on!

Today was first day back at gym. Did a 5km run. I really struggled as I have a dry cough and have a croaky voice at the moment. Was tempted to stop at the 2km mark but carried on. Proud of myself that I did though. Its amazing the buzz or the 'high' you get after you have finished a run. Makes me want to be good and I'm looking forward to tomorrows exercise!

So my goal of being 75kg at Xmas is just laughable now and unrealistic, so here is my new goal of 81.5kg on Christmas Day. I will weigh myself on Christmas Day morning before the pig out!

So I officially finish at Weight Watchers on 18 Dec. I have decided to stop again and carry on again by myself and start my weigh in days again on a Sunday. I can't afford to be spending £20 monthly on WW & £20 monthly for the Gym and I would rather keep my gym membership. So next week will be my last WW weigh in and then will continue on Sundays again. I'm sure I will do it again by myself. Onwards & Upwards...

Tuesday 30 November 2010

Current Weight 84 kg
Weight loss this week 1.2kg
Total Weight Loss to date - 25.5kg

Had a good week last week since I had a terrible one the week before! Went to the gym 4 times and was reasonably good with my eating. Keep thinking the loss could have been greater but I was making up for all the naughtiness!

I am happy with the result and has got me back into motivation mode even with the weather outside being very cold. Hope i can keep it up this week!

Friday 26 November 2010

5km Run today

Thursday 25 November 2010

5km Run today

Tuesday 23 November 2010

Weight loss UNKNOWN (i probably gained)
Current Weight 85.2kg

As it says above, I failed miserably this week. No motivation last week at all and I ate to my hearts content. Not really but I did eat a lot....and I mean A LOT. Didnt make it to the gym as the kids both had bad colds.

To be honest I was scared to go to weigh in because I knew I had put on and if I saw that I had I would have thought bugger it!!!!

But on a postive note, I started fresh on Monday and so far so good!

Made it to the gym on Monday - 5km & Tuesday - 5km. It felt hard but I felt so much better for it afterwards and just what I needed to perk myself up. Its getting really cold here and motivation levels are dipping.

Will def be weighing this Tuesday because I am being super duper good this week. So wait & see.......... No gym today (Wed) but hopefully planning to go tomorrow although the forecast is snow.... Ciao xx

Tuesday 16 November 2010

Weight loss 1.2kg
Current Weight 85.2kg

Weigh in this week was great. Wasn't expecting that much of a loss to be honest. So now I am under my pre-holiday weight of 85.4kg. Just the motivation I needed to keep going this week.............except Tuesday and Wednesday I have had major binges! I know why too, just at home alone and I'm bored. I need to keep occupied so will be clawing back for the rest of the week.

I have decided to that I will update my blog once a week on a Tuesday to report my weight loss...or gains and I will definitely do it.

Back on Track after holiday.......

Well I am back. Its been over 3 weeks i think since I last blogged.

Long story short. Last weigh in before holiday was 85.4kg. 2 weeks later and 1st weigh in at Weight Watchers after holiday....88kg. O.M.G!!! 2.6kg gained in 2 weeks.

Could not believe it at the time. Of course I knew I was going to put on weight whilst on holiday. I didnt follow any diet, and really ate everything. We had huge meals with 2nd & 3rd helpings. But, honestly I was expecting maybe a 1.5 kg gain but this was more than I expected.

So I had to knuckle down for the first week back and it worked. I lost 1.6kg at Tuesday's weigh in, so only 1kg to get me back to pre holiday weight. That was a good loss, and I even had Thai for dinner one night and Pizza Hut the next.

First week back at the gym and it has been really heavy as I hadnt been to the gym for close to 3 weeks. Managed to go Mon, Tues & Friday - doing 5kms each time so happy with that.

Really trying hard this week so we will see how it goes on Tuesday, but I cant stop myself snacking...hopefully the gym sessions counteract it.

So as it stands I weigh 86.4kg and hoping to be less than that by next weigh in!