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Time for the weekly weigh-in.

This week I've LOST 4.4LBS!!!!

Yaaaay!! Finally a loss instead of a gain. I've had to really cut down on the crap, but I don't feel like I'm missing anything. I have to admit I've been a bit naughty every so often but it obviously hasn't been effecting me. 

I honestly can't say I've done a whole lot of exercise this week, but we have found a new house to move into. So of course me being the keen bean that I am, I've already started ripping my flat apart and started packing. We probably won't be in the new place for another 4 weeks though. Haha. That being said, I think it may be doing some good because I'm not sitting down too much during the day. 

I'm going to try and continue on the path I'm on and hopefully next week I can come back to you guys and announce another loss. 

Here's the honest part.

Height  - 5ft 11"

Highest Weight - 216.2lbs

New Weight - 211.8lbs

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Hi Lovelies!

If you have been following my Fitday posts, you'll have noticed that I missed last week. Excuse being, Aunt flow was visiting so I was feeling oh so groggy and bloated. 

At the beginning of this week I gained a couple of pounds, that was down to my visitor and us chowing down on the good stuff. I weighed myself this morning though and those extra pounds seem to have dropped off quickly and I am back to my post aunt flow weight.

Liam and I have made a massive effort to shop a little more healthier this month and our delivery will turn up tomorrow night. This means I can plan meals out much better and I can include a lot more fruit and veg in my diet. 

I've also been making a conscious effort to choose healthier snacking options. Red pepper houmous and apples (not together) are my best friends at the moment. 

If you guys can recommend me any good snacks, leave a comment down below. 

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Hi Lovelies!

It's update time....

This week hasn't been the best of weeks, if I'm completely honest. I've spent the majority of it thinking about food and trying to get my head in the right frame of mind to get started.

Saying that, I have lost 2lbs! 

It's a great start, especially when I wasn't really trying at all. I'd like to think that I can keep at a steady pace and I'd be totally happy if 2lbs a week became a regular thing. Obviously I'd love to lose more but at least this way it is steady and more likely to stay off. 

This week I am working on my eating, I need to try and change the way I see food. When my depression was at its worst I went to food for comfort, hence more weight gain. The only problem is, I still do it, on my bad days I just want to eat and this really needs to change.

As much as I love all food, bread and other starchy carbs are most definitely my downfall. I'm going to try and have the most carbs in my morning meal. Hopefully this way it will curb my cravings and keep me from reaching for them for the rest of the day. Lunch, I'm working on having smoothies, cramming in my fruits and veggies, beacuse this is another thing I struggle with. Dinner will just be as healthy as the kitchen cupboards will allow. 

The pictures above are me at my goal weight, I say goal weight because I'm actually not sure of exactly how much I weighed at that time. (I'm guessing at about 180lbs-ish?) This was four years ago, and as you can see I have visible collar bones and a flat tum tum. (The photo's also make me want a holiday and a tan!! Is is right to be jealous of yourself?)

Anywhoooo, this is what I am striving to get back to! I need to get back to this. My confidence was at its highest, I had no body hang-ups and I felt so happy. I know I shouldn't think of me being slim as the reason I was happy, but I honestly think that if I could get to that point again, I would be so much happier. 

Exercise wise, I'm going to try and up my activities. Planning walks, trying to complete the 30 days shred again and maybe even a bit of kick boxing. 

If any of you would like to join me on this journey to a happier and healthy self, leave me a comment down below or tweet me @SamanthaJane_01, and we can work at this together! 

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Hi Lovelies!

So once again I am saying "I will get fit!"

There have been so many excuses recently, feeling down, crappy weather, just being plain old lazy.

Well, with all that I've now reached my heaviest weight. Wonderful. 

So now is the time to really knuckle down. I've started to focus mainly on my diet to begin with. I sat and planned meals for the entire month the other day, I have to admit, we've struggled keeping to it and have slipped up a lot this week, but I think it's going to be a slow process and we can't expect to all of a sudden love  all the healthy stuff.

I'm setting myself a goal, in September I have a wedding reception to attend and that is when I'd like to finally feel happy with the way I look. I don't think I necessarily want to lose a ton of weight, I'd just like to feel a little less bloated all the time. 

If you would like to finally follow my journey, (for real this time) I will be posting every Friday with updates and recipes I've come to love. 

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Hi Lovelies!!!

This is probably going to be the quickest Friday fitday yet. Unfortunately after last nights post about my poor dying laptop, it really did dye. Hopefully getting a new charger cable will fix the issue a little, but until then I have to post from Liams PC and getting on that will be very limited. 

Anywhooooo, with birthday week officially over, it's time to get on this thing properly!! I have even more motivation for this now after a trip to see the nurse yesterday, as now I apparently have high blood pressure. 

Today is shopping day and I am ready to fill my fridge up will yummy fruit and veg and finally get on with detoxing after weeks of binging on junk food! 

I plan to have at least one smoothie a day, either first thing in the morning, or at lunch. I'm going to cut down on the amount of stodgy carbs I eat, (this is how I seem to gain a lot of weight) and exercise is going to be crucial. 

As I said when I first started this who Friday Fitday thing, I want to be 100% honest at all times, so at the moment it kills me to say, that after all the birthday food, I now weigh in at a scary 210lbs. 

I have two weeks until my next check up with the nurse so I am hoping to lose at least 5lbs before then. I don't want to be ridiculously silly with this so I am going to aim for about 2lbs loss a week. 

My ultimate goal is to lose 2 stone by Christmas, but we shall see how that goes, as we have plans for this year that could change everything!!

I cannot wait to share it with you guys if it all works out!

If you have any tips or healthy recipes that I could try, feel free to post them in the comments below!!

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Hi Lovelies!

I have to admit that this week has turned out to be another fail. I've been doing a lot of comfort eating as I found out at the beginning of the week that our neighbour in the flat downstairs had passed away. Obviously I have been totally freaked out by the idea that someone has died in the property underneath mine, and food has seemed to be my only comfort whilst Liam is at work during the day.

This being said, even though I have not lost any weight according to the scales, I do feel as though I have lost a couple of cm here and there. I do feel slimmer, which is nice. 

Liam and I are looking at a new home tomorrow so fingers crossed we will be on the move soon, I really don't think I can stay here now, because even though I'm getting used to the idea, I still get creeped out over what has happened this week. Unfortunately we can't look at places too far from here at the moment, due to the fact my car is blocked in on the driveway by my old neighbours, but I'm being patient about that because I'm sure the last thing his family is thinking about right now is his car.
Anyway, I'm really sorry for rambling on and being a little morbid, it seems to have affected me more than I thought. Fingers crossed things will start looking up next week!

Todays weigh in 202.8lbs (I forgot andweighed after breakfast and coffee though!)

Hope you are all well and keeping nice and wrapped up in this horrid cold!

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Hi Lovelies!

This week's been a total mixture of good and bad. Food wise I've been doing OK? I have definitely cut down on my unhealthy snacking during the day, but in the evenings I really suffer from ridiculous cravings!

This week I've been soooo ill, it's unreal! My tonsils have been and still are the size of golf balls, if they haven't gone down by Monday, I'm making a doctors appointment. The only upside to being this ill is that for the past couple of days I've been really limited with what I can eat. I'm practically living off of soup, smoothies and hot drinks. 

Walking wise, again we haven't done much due to the fact that I've been ill, but I'm still wanting to get on top of that as soon as I'm better. 

SO anywhoooo this morning I weighed in at 

201.6lbs (1.4lbs loss. Not bad for someone who's been stuck in bed most of the week!)

Fingers crossed next week will go a little better and I won't be sick!!