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!
