A few ramblings to get the ball rolling...!

[xorie]

Weighed myself this morning - just over 7lbs lost now from when I started!! Very happy with that, especially as I have had a few mishaps! So that 7lb equates as half a stone for us English lot and I'm sooo chuffed - at the beginning I was so eager to get that first half a stone off and now I have!! Yipeeee!! Now for the next 7lbs!!

I have had a good day again today - really am finding it so much easier now I'm in a routine! I'm also managing to turn down snack treats and so on, which is such good inspiration in itself for me to do well! Every time I say 'no I'm fine thanks' I feel empowered!!

Have had more comments that I look like I've lost weight which is so good - I'm only a seventh of my way through what I want to lose so it seems crazy people are already picking up on it! Also, something that made me feel very proud was that I went out the other night and I was actually getting a fair bit of attention from guys. Not loads, but more than I usually do! I got a few drinks bought for me and guys just coming up and chatting to me ... it probably had a lot to do with confidence and how I present myself now I've lost even a little bit of weight, but it still felt good! Really starting to get into the frame of mind for it now, I really want this weight off!

Hope everyone is feeling as good about this losing-weight malarky as I am!

dont all the comments make you feel awesome! And while seven lbs may not seem like a lot, it is, AND you know you're doing well, so you have more confidence. Keep up the good work.

 

[Sare502]

Hello people!

It has been sooooo long since I've been on here - my computer broke for monthssss, I only got it fixed recently and then what with Christmas/New Year, MEGA LONG hours at work I never really got back into the routine of posting on here. BUT I'm back and hopefully my laptop will hold out and I'll be more motivated!

I've had a bit of a slow few months to be honest, especially with Christmas and New Year. I think since I first started to lose weight I've lost around a stone. So I need to focus on that loss and not what I technically *could have* right? And with only a few months left until Florida I need to get back on this with a VENGEANCE!! The clock is ticking!

Anywaaayy, one recent development in my life that is going to affect my weight loss is that I have recently been put on these tablets as I've got quite bad skin (NB. I used to have amazing skin, then I went on the pill and my skin got awwwwful. The things us girls have to go through to get laid, eh? Hahaha :-s). But these are no normal tablets - they are hard. freaking. core. There are sooo many side effects, including crazy dry skin (I've got this already, veeerryy attractive I can tell you), bleeding lips (I've got through a half a tub of vaseline in about a week and a half. I will NOT have bleeding lips), headaches, depression (arghhh!!) annnddd the ones that might affect my weight loss are:

Sore joints - the guide to taking these tablets basically tell you to lay off the heavy exercise as these tablets can really cause pain, and even just going for a walk yesterday made the joints in my legs hurt. Oh well that's something I'll just have to power on through.

On a more positive note (though it doesn't actually feel like it is a positive side effect...haha) is that I can't really drink alcohol as these tablets can cause liver failure. Sooo as much as that bums me out the calories I'm saving is definitely a good thing!

Another way these tablets are gonna help me with my weight loss though is that I have this vision of me in Florida with: clear skin, long hair again (I had really nice long thick hair and got it cut into a graduated bob about 18 months ago - I've been growing it out though and it's pretty long now but can't wait until it's the length that it was) and ... wait for it ... SLIM! So these tablets are kind of the fuel to make me push me towards that whole picture if that makes sense?

Right, I seriously am rambling now (sorry about that) so I hope everyone has had a great few months and lost weight ... I'm about to check out some of the diaries to see!!

Sare xx

P.S. the 'w' button on my keyboard doesn't work very well ... I just read through my post and was pretty much missing the 'w' on each word it was supposed to be on, so I thought I'd give you a heads up for future reference. If I start chatting about 'eight loss' and 'eighing myself', you'll know what I mean

 

[Sare502]

Okaaaay, so my new year, motivated me didn't exactly work out. No excuses. Just guess that is how it is sometimes!!

So I'm going to try again. I've just weighed myself ... 188lbs. Not good. Not awful - but not good. At least I haven't put EVERYTHING back on but it is a shame that I didn't work harder on this.

Never mind - so I've just back form a few days in Devon ... and it was LUSSSSHHHHHHH! I was staying in this gorgeous converted barn in the middle of the Dartmoor moors which was great for long (very hilly) walks - not to mention the barn had a SWIMMING POOL so it's been a very productive healthy weekend for me! My parents have both been saying that I look a lot slimmer recently and apparently my nan has even commented on it. Gotta keep this upppp!

Back home now and I want to get as much weight off as poss before Florida so that I don't dread going there!! It's supposed to be an AMAZING experience and I want to go there and be as excited as I possibly can!

Anyyywaaayyy, I just got home from Devon after about a 6 hour train journey (joke) and I am settled in front of the TV actually cracking up at Gino d'Acampo on Celebrity Juice ... one of the worst programs ever (technically, but I love it), but it is actually hilarious! And then I think I might stick on Due Date for some more giggles! Then tomorrow the plan is - up early to do some exercise bikeeee and then off to work but then I've got a couple of girls over for a girl's night in!!

Can't wait. And I might do some exercise tonight although I've just put some fake tan on and I don't want to sweat it off. Hahahaha my god I'm so attractive!

Hope you're all doing well guys!

Love xx