No more being "the fat friend"!

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MagentaGirl

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Age: 18

Gender: Female

Height: 5ft8in

Diet plan: SlimFast

Exercise plan: 2x daily Slendertone sessions, 5x a week gym, walking the dog once or twice a day (at least 30 minutes brisk walking)

Start Weight: 179lb

Goal Weight: 120lb

Weight to lose: 59lb

Goal: 11th May 2014

Reason for time of goal: In time for summer! I have never worn a bikini to the beach and next year I'm jolly well going to do it!

Interim time goals: 25th December - 145lb - Christmas
30th January – 140lb – My 19th birthday
13th March – 130lb – My 1 year anniversary with my boyfriend

Targets: Take pictures every other Sunday, post weights every Sunday, post measurements on the last day of each month


23rd January 2013

Since May 2009 (when I changed senior schools) I have gained nearly 4 stone in weight.
My 18th birthday is in 1 week (30th January) so I’ve decided that I have had enough of being “the fat friend” and I want to be happy with my own body.
I did a lot of research, and have decided that the SlimFast diet is best for me.
I will combine this with regular gym sessions (cardio and weights). I am also going to take pictures every other week to monitor visible progress.
The reason for using slendertone as well is that once I've lost excess fat, I want to have a toned stomach (abs). Not a 6 pack or anything, just tone!

Day 1: 23rd January 2013

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Weight - 179lb
BMI - 27
Waist - 91.5cm/36”
Hips - 108.5cm/42.75”

Week 1: After the first week of my diet

Weight - 174.8lb
BMI - 26
Waist - 88cm/34.5"
Hips - 105cm/41.25"

This week I stuck to my 2 milkshakes and 1 meal a day, however only motivated myself to do 2 jogs (15 minutes), 2 vibration plate sessions (10 minutes), and half an hour of floor exercises. Must do better!

Also, my 18th birthday party (clubbing) was this Friday (1st February).

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I am wearing a spanx leotard under my dress in this picture
(I am the one on the right with long dark hair)

Week 2:

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Unfortunately after this I stopped taking pictures, and completely gave up on exercise, however I roughly stuck to my SlimFast diet.

Here are my weights for the following weeks:

Week 3:
Weight – 171.8lb
BMI – 25
Waist - 86cm/34"
Hips - 104cm/41"

On Valentine ’s Day I started work at a nightclub. I am constantly on my feet, rushing round collecting glasses, and bending and stretching. A new form of exercise!

Week 4:
Weight – 170lb
BMI – 25
Waist - 86cm/34"
Hips - 104cm/41"

Week 5:
Weight – 169.8lb
BMI – 25
Waist - 87cm/34.3"
Hips - 104cm/41"

Weeks 6, 7, 8, 9, 10:
Weight – (forgot to weigh)
BMI – (forgot to weigh)

Here is a picture of me at week 10

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Week 11:
Weight – (forgot to weigh)
BMI – 24
Waist - 85.5cm/33.5"
Hips - 102cm/40"

Excited that my BMI has just entered the “healthy” range for my height!


Weeks 12, 13, 14:
Weight – (forgot to weigh)
BMI – (forgot to weigh)

Here is a picture of me at week 14

I am wearing a spanx leotard under my clothes in this picture

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Week 15:
Weight – 162.4lb
BMI – 24
Waist - 83cm/32.5"
Hips - 102cm/40"

Week 16:
Weight – 155.4lb
BMI – 23
Waist - 83cm/32.5"
Hips - 101cm/39.5"

It is now 30th May 2013, and I am back on track! I am alternating Weetabix and smoked salmon & scrambled egg for breakfast, a SlimFast milkshake for lunch, a 500 calorie meal for dinner (fish or white meat and vegetables with minimal sauces).
I have also just invested in a “Slendertone female system abs”, which I am using twice a day (with a 5 hour gap between uses).
I am going to start taking pictures every other week again, as monitoring visible progress without any evidence is always hard!
I also plan to post my measurements once a month.

I will keep you all posted :grouphug:
 
Yep. Took me a little over a year, but this journey is finally coming to an end soon. I definitely wanna be done with this come July. I'm not gonna have a beach body (that's for sure), but that's just more motivation for me to start my bodybuilding regimen. :)
 
So last night I had a healthy dinner of:

Salmon fillet with rosemary and garlic
A handful of sliced button mushrooms
A few heads of broccoli
Freshly squeezed still lemon

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And this morning I had:

1 large organic scrambled egg
1 medium slice of chopped up smoked salmon
A medium mug of milky tea (I can't stand non-milky tea!)

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I read somewhere that this was a good breakfast if you are on a diet, but has anyone got any advice on the pro's and con's of this breakfast? :bigear:

I am now sitting doing some revision whilst enjoying my first slendertone session of the day :)
 
I've just had my lunch:

1/2 a slimfast banana milkshake
1 large mug of milky tea

I am going for a walk at 2pm today with my mum, probably be about 45mins. I will wear my slendertone belt for my other session of today whilst walking, as I like the combination (I did this for the first time yesterday). It's my mum's 56th birthday today, so my gran is coming round after our walk for presents - and she is bringing brownies! I will try my best to resist, but I may have to give in to one small brownie. I am the "baker" of the family, so I regularly make birthday cakes e.t.c, but I have told my mum that this birthday she isn't getting one. Poor mum, I know, but cake mix is such a weakness for me!

Here are some pictures of my sister's 18th birthday cake that I made about 2 years ago. The "tatty teddy" bear on top took me about 2 hours to make by hand from icing!

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I had never attempted to make a 3 tier cake before, the layers are supposed to be slanted, but I had a bit of an icing disaster with the top layer. Also, the wooden sticks were just to hold it together whilst the icing set.
 
I've just got back from my walk, I was walking for about half an hour, but stupidly went out in black clothes - absolutely boiling!
I am now enjoying a nice cold glass of freshly squeezed still lemonade.
I thought it was about time to do another set of pictures, and also my first comparison photo!

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So I'm feeling slightly more motivated after having another look at my comparison photo today. I had the same breakfast as yesterday, and I'm now enjoying a huge mug of tea and a weight watchers apricot yogurt (I'm not on the weight watchers diet, I just love those yogurts)!

I was contemplating weighing myself every day, but I decided daily fluctuations would either make me obsessed, or I would give up my diet at the slightest increase, so I'm going to stick to weekly weigh-ins, bi-weekly pictures, and monthly measurements :)

I am half way through my first slendertone session of the day, and after lunch I am going on my walk. I tried some floor exercises yesterday, but I guess I just really wasn't in the mood. My 3 longest, most important exams are on Monday and Tuesday, so I'm stressing about them a lot, but trying my best to keep on track.
 
So I fell off the wagon :( But I am desperately trying to get back on track.
I have signed up to the local gym and am now paying nearly £40 a month! I will do at least 3 days a week of cardio and weight training, along with a spinning class on Monday's.
I WILL get my weight sorted!

Current weight: 161lb
 
Wow that's a lot of money for a gym membership, but it's also money well spent.

Good luck and most of all enjoy yourself at the gym. Do whatever you need to in order to make it an enjoyable experience most of the time when you go.
 
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