Tea Junkie

Ohh thanks think I might get some!
Maybe these?

Once I'm back from my travels. I'm sure I'll enjoy weight lifting more than cardio - which I'm never gonna become regular with.
I'm thinking a combination of weights and yoga :)

And thank you! I'm glad I got it but I really shouldnt have any more...yet! :D
 
Those are CUTE!!!

Yeah, I wish we had those designs at the gym. Haha!

TOTALLY, not a problem. If you need help with ANYTHING ELSE, just come on by to my diary.

I love free weights because you can do then virtually anywhere, anytime.
 
Thank You :D
Im definitely gonna get some!

I pushed myself yesterday and ended up doing half hour of yoga/muscle exercises.
I know this isn't alot but it's something and maintainable.
Gonna do 40 today. 20 minutes before lunch and 20 minutes before dinner.
Then off to the boyfriends for a few days. This usually involves alot of walking to go into town etc. And anyone who reads this will know he doesn't eat alot! But he does cook everything from scratch which I love and means most things are reasonably healthy.
Im feeling pretty optimistic today despite the scale saying 119 - I know I shouldn't of weighed in so soon after my holiday and I don't know if its possible after a week but I feel more toned?
I'm sure I'll be back to normal by the weekend providing we don't go out to eat.

Im not sure what of these to make for lunch



Or I might just make a chicken stew.

Im so so soo excited about the next few weeks now.
Going to the boyfriends for a few days today.
On Friday I'm having a girls night out.
In 9 days I'll be of to a festival for 5 days - ticket just arrived
2 weeks today I'll be off to Bulgaria!
3 and a half weeks off to another festival!

Before the festival will hopefully involve some shopping trips with my friends to stock up on wellies etc :D
Ahhhh excitement!

If for some reason I say I'm feeling down before all this - someone slap me.

I've realized the only reason I have a problem with food is because of boredom.
In a way I can wait to go back to uni as I'll have more structure to my day again. However the next 3 weeks will keep me busy. I love laying about doing nothing but hate it at the same time because theres only so much you can do before you get bored.
Like I wanna have my dinner now and its only 3pm! Granted I eat quite early anyway but its usually 4.30 - 5. I'm trying to distract myself but gah I dunno. Its not even like my dinner will take long to prepare as well! Haha oh well. If I do give in and eat I'll make it earliest 3.30 cause if I am drinking later that will fill me up before bed - not good I know but it will. And I can snack on an apple before I head off to the bfs. Gonna look for some recipes to keep me distracted and maybe I'll find one that I'll wanna cook and will take a while to prepare.
Woah can you tell I'm just rambling on trying to distract myself? Ha!
If we go where we normally go on a Tuesday its a free bar but they only serve beers and alcopops! GaaH!
Why is life making loosing these last 2 pounds so hard!
I guess I should just be happy that lost a tiny bit and kind of maintained over - better than gaining loads!
Still in good spirits :D
 
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Just wrote a really long message then my laptop spazed out.

I ended up eating at 3.30. Then had a cup of tea with a caramel flavoured KitKat [which was amazing btw] and a chocolate digestive. I allow myself a treat under 200 kcals a day and that was about 190.
Waiting for mum to get home with a pack of razors so I can go and have my bath.
Gonna use all my Lush stuff :D Dream Cream Conditioner [best ever in my opinion], Herbalism Cleanser, Cosmetic Warrior Facemask, Enzynamite Moisturizer, Vanilla Dee-lite Body Cream. So I'll be all buffed and sweet smelling for when I see the boyfriend :)
Plus its always nice to have an excuse to pamper yourself!
Any girls on here have an epilator - I'm thinking about buying one as I'm not very good at waxing and hate shaving.

Also with my weights I think I'm gonna order them when I get back on friday as I'm very impatient. Only problem is I'll only be able to use them for a few days before I'm off for 3 weeks but at least I'll have them there.

Don't think there was anything else I forgot to ramble on about - Untill Friday Ciao people I'll try and be good!
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I've decided I need to get off my lazy backside and do some exercise.
In the next few weeks I'll be naturally busy, but I really do think I need to get at least 30 minutes of something in a day. Not necessarily for weight loss but just to feel healthier inside. Plus I always have problems with my BM and this is the last thing left that I'm meant to be doing daily which will probably help with matters.
I might buy this

As I can mix it up a bit. Just measured my vodka bottle - haha - to get an idea of weight and that was 1.5 kg and felt quite heavy so I think these would be good for me to start on.
And I think skipping would be a good cardiovascular exercise that I'd enjoy.
Plus this will also have the added benefit of helping me tone up I guess.
 
Finally back at home after a week of being out and about.
Only 3 days till I'm off festivalling! Woohoo!
Gonna exercise today!
Gonna cut down on my tea just because it has so many tannins in it and this isn't helping me at the moment. So I'll allow myself one after my dinner in the evening.
Starting today I'm having one black coffee with my breakfast. I herd it helps kind of wake up your digestive system - certainly worked today - and I herd its good for you in moderation. I didn't think I would like the taste but it was actually quite nice and I can tell it will grow on me.
Gonna make a huuuuge chicken stew for lunch. So basically a tiny bit of chicken and a truck load of vegetables. Maybe beans on toast for later but I dunno yet.
 
Mmm my chicken stew was yuuummy! So many veg used leeks, carrots, mushrooms and brussel sprouts and a small bit of chicken lol. Just had some strawberries as a min afternoon snack and will have an apple if I get peckish.
Now going out with a friend for dinner but its a grilled chicken place and I already know I'm gonna have my favorite which is a chicken breast in a pitta bread with salad. I'm trying to cut down on calorie counting but I like to check when I'm eating out as you never know - 463 calories - not bad!
I'm yet to exercise but have been dancing about when I do stuff haha - so just moving around more in general. I will try and get my ass going in a bit when my lunch has gone down more.

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Just did some sits ups woop! Love that tight feeling.
Really wish I had a treadmill or something. I wouldn't mind exercising on something like that. Thats why I wanna join a gym. But I'm a poor student.
 
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Ahh why does my digestive system hate me so much - I eat well, get enough fibre and drink plenty of water. Hmph!
Must be lack of moving - damn it.
I decided to give up my beloved tea! Well more like drink it in moderation. If I want it I'll let myself have one after my dinner and I've started having one coffee in the morning with my breakfast. See if this has any affect.
Gonna do some exercise today - as much as I don't want to I know I'll feel better afterwards. Then meeting up with friends later. Then shopping and packing tomorrow and then Thursday I go hereeeee

And then a week today holidaaaaay!
Then the day after I go hereeeee

I plan to sleep for a good month when I get back :D

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Just did 10 minutes on my stepper - you can tell I haven't used it in ages as my legs feel like led haha.
 
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Ahhh bloat - not good but its that time of month.
I know I'm not fat but I feel huge right now!

Small accomplishments
-Did 10 minutes of exercise.
-Only had one cup of tea and one cup of coffee.
-Done my packing.
-Stayed between roughly 1200-1300.
-Going out but only gonna drink water.
-Resisted eating more than two squares of chocolate.

I know there not milestones. But its better than it could have been.
Tomorrow going shopping and last minute packing so I'll be keeping busy.

Hope the football in my belly is gone by tomorrow.
 
Ahh TOM has finally arrived!
I feel less bloated but can see my belly is majorly retaining water - this always happens. Hope its nearly back to normal before I leave tomorrow.
And man am I hungry!! I only ate my porridge about an hour ago and this usually keeps me going for a good 2-3 hours but I was hungry about 20 minutes after finishing.
I really don't want to eat too much today as I won't be able to eat very well over the next few days. Maybe I'll have a small piece of wholemeal toast in a minute.
Today will probably involve lots of small meals rather than three big ones.
Going into town for a bit then some last minute packing.
 
Did quite well in terms of food considering whatever I eat I'm still starving today!

Porridge
Wholemeal Toast + PB
Homemade Soup - Carrots, Brussel Sprouts, Onion, Potato.
Beans + Wholemeal Toast
Cod in Parsley Sauce + Broccoli, Carrots, Brussel Sprouts.
Three Digestive Biscuits

One Cup of Coffee
Three Cups of Tea

Tried to eat lots of small meals so I wouldn't be hungry for too long but I'm hungry again! Not gonna eat now though its too late - 9pm here. And I'll be going to sleep in the next hour or two. Can't wait for breakfast as it'll be a BIG one! Tomorrow will be a busy day setting up camp etc and I have no idea what I'll be eating once I'm there.

Heres the food that will be available all weekend


I think the best thing I would be able to do is go for the vegetarian choices. Like there are alot of veggie curries. Also baked potato and chicken kebab. But this will also depend on where everyone else wants to eat and where we are. Might take a few apples with me. I know its not good but I'll probably only eat once or twice a day and will be walking around alot so hopefully everything semi-balances out.
This might be my last post for a while.
Might pop in on Monday if I have time.
Ciao!
 
Hey Kirsty!

Thanks for stopping by my diary! And yeah, I'm a total cereal junkie! lol.. I would happily choose cereal instead of other meals most days... The main thing I'm working on is trying to add a little more veggies to my diet everyday.. it's hard when I've never done it before, but I'm getting better :)

You are doing fantastic! And you've a great attitude!!! Thanks again for stopping by :)
 
Thank you! Veggies is hard I never used to eat them but gradually grown to love them :)

Had the most amaaaazing few weeks! Wanna go back and do it again! Haven't weighed myself but don't feel like I've gained - not much if I have.
Most importantly this has shown me I only really overeat when I'm bored and no longer constantly think about food woop woop! Well todays my first day back home in 3 weeks so will see how I do. Uni starts again in a week so won't be home for long.
Didn't have many digestive problems either. I've started drinking one cup of coffee in the morning and it actually appears to be helping. Probably all the walking I've been doing aswell rather than normally sitting on my ass.
In a really good mood at the moment! Thinking of increasing my calories to at least 1300 cause I'm pretty sure I've been eating more even though I know all my moving about what have balanced that out.

Anyway to sum it up.
Im back from an amazing summer!
Tanned!
Haven't appeared to gained much!
Have a better attitude to food!

Gonna try and keep busy now I'm home. Resting today but I literally haven't had a day of rest in the last month! Its raining but I love cuddling up in my duvet and watching TV.

Hope everyones doing well!
 
I read in a health magazine that with every cup of tea or coffee u drink its good to equal it with the same amount of water...it said that tea and coffee dehydrates the body...i LOVE tea & coffee, i feel like my day isnt complete without it lol...but since i read that i have upped my water intake as well. And Kristy, congrats on the major weight loss, i did the same thing back in 2002...i was 178 and went down to 111lbs...now im back up to 162 & trying to lose it all again! Keep up the good work girl! :)
 
Hey thanks for stopping by.
Luckily I drink sooo much water anyway. Have tried to cut out tea as I was literally drinking it all day and introduced a cup or two of coffee in the morning with water for the rest of the day. The coffee gives my system a jump start!
Thank you again, sounds like we have very similar stories! Im sure you'll be able to to do it. If you ever need any support let me know! Gonna pop in to your diary now :)

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Feeling pretty good today. I'm a bit scared to weigh in just because I feel good and if I weigh more it will annoy me. Just a psychological thing. Ignorance is bliss :D
I wanna exercise but I'm so damn lazy. I love walking and just generally being busy. Yesterday was my first day of doing nothing and I was bored by lunch time! Might go swimming tomorrow.
Since coming back from Bulgaria I'm really into eating more salads. They eat salads as main meals alot of the time whereas here they are usually considered sides or have heavy salad dressings. So this is really helping me and I now see I can make exciting salads!
 
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I dunno if I'm still adjusting from my busy few weeks but I feel constantly tired.
Went to bed at about 8.30 pm two nights in a row and I'm normally not tired till about 11.
Still end up waking up at 8 am every morning.
Now been up two hours and I have no energy! I really wanna get up and move but I feel so drained. Going out for pizza with the boyfriend later so gonna have to get moving. I hope this doesn't carry on for long. I don't wanna end up drinking too much coffee just to stay awake, any ideas? :(
 
Ok think I'm back to normal kinda now. Probably just took a few good night sleep.
Foodwise not doing to badly. Went out for dinner to a pizza place and seriously they do the biggest pizzas I have eveeeer seen in my life! And I ate it all :D ha! Not an ounce of guilt.
Yesterday was a bit messed up. I basically travelled home, had two bowls of porridge, went shopping then didn't eat again for about 7 hours and had to eat quite late - like 8ish. Had beans on toast and a few chocolate fingers.
Today I wanna be good just cause I have a whole day at home so I know I can prepare my meals etc. Had porridge for breakfast, whole meal toast with peanut butter for a snack, homemade veggie soup for lunch and gonna make this for dinner

Minus the naan.
That still leaves about 300 calories spare. Im only counting today because I wanna have a good day. Definitely NOT gonna get back into the habit of it again.
So dunno what else to eat to fill that gap yet, but definitely will! I like making loads of low calorie meals so I can eat alot!
 
Yesterday ended up being
Porridge
Wholemeal Toast with PB
Homemade Veggie Soup
Wholemeal Pitta with Humous
Homemade Tomato, Cauliflower and Spinach Curry
One Digestive Biscuit

So quite proud of myself as I was tempted to eat more sugar and got quite a lot of fiber in.
Went food shopping with my mum in the morning and bought loads of fruit, veggies, yoghurt, porridge, granola, muesli etc to take back to uni with me :D

Today my dads taking me to Ikea to buy stuff for my new room woop!

Still haven't weighed myself since being back cause I'm scared it will say I'm heavier. Just gonna concentrate on how I feel about my body which is probably a better way of doing it anyway. Doubt I will have a set of scales at uni so this will help. Plus I think all this extra walking has kind of toned up my midsection and bum which makes me feel as if I'm a tad heavier.

I'm thinking about making a goal to not eat out or have a takeaway until my birthday which is just under a month away. I did this the month before I went to Tenerife so I could do it. I'm just worried because I'm going back to uni and seeing friends I haven't seen in months and this might involve going out to dinner, but I guess I could just always pick the healthiest option.

Ok I should just do this! No bad can come out of it?

No takeaways/eating out till my birthday
(with the exception of special events where I will choose to healthiest option + no dessert)

27 Days and counting!
My mums just decided she wants to walk to the supermarket so I've decided I'm gonna go with - will mean about an hour of walking rather than sitting on my ass! Then I'll be walking round Ikea for a while later. Just trying to keep active in general which all adds up I guess!



Update

Wow done loads of walking today compared to my usual Sundays which involve me only getting up when I need to! Ok thats a bit extreme but you get the idea. Had porridge for breakfast, wholemeal toast and PB for a snack, homemade veggie soup for lunch and now making fish fingers and baked beans. Not the most creative meal I know but craving it and its still good for you :) I've even got enough calories left for a biscuit with my tea :D
 
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Dunno if its cause I'm due on but I'm hungry all the time! GAH!
Still have enough calories left for one more biscuit ;) but don't wanna eat it just yet incase I'm really hungry later because I know I won't let myself eat after about 7. So basically I'm on here to distract myself and kill some time.
Gonna have a bath now and try and make it a long one, then put on some gradual tanner so that my tan doesn't fade, then I have to wait for it to dry etc etc.....
Can you tell I'm trying to kill time?
Then might do some more packing and look at the new stuff for my room.
Theeen might play the Sims 3 or something?

I seem to be sleeping better lately. Think it might be because I cut down on the tea. Now on an average day I have one cup of coffee when I wake up then one or two cups of tea. And I generally have the tea before about 5 so its probably to do with the caffeine. Never thought I would be able to reduce tea by this much. Some days I don't have any! Bought some peppermint tea which is meant to be good for you? Smells good.

I've decided I'm gonna make a fruit salad in the morning with pineapple, strawberries and some blackberries. That way if I crave something sweet thats the first thing I'll go for - hopefully. Also thinking about making myself have that for my mid morning snack or something in the afternoon before dinner. It'll be a real accomplishment if I can get through tomorrow without any biscuits or chocolate but I dunno. At the moment I'm having them but staying within my rough calorie target.
 
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Having a good day today.
Woke up really early.
Had my porridge.
Didn't have a mid morning snack and just made a slightly bigger lunch instead.
Had about 5 strawberries while I was cooking though.
Tomato, cauliflower and spinach curry with a wholemeal pitta bread - yumm!!

Dunno what dinner will be yet. Wanna make something with veggies that might go off soon. Maybe.

Or might just end up with beans on toast. I would like to try my new Muesli but I've hear a lot of people complain about having cereal for dinner. I might do though cause its really healthy!!
 
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