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Well, halllooo there! 

Any who, you know last week I said I would be on day 7 of the shred by now? Ummmm.....yeah...fail! I totally forgot how bad my back gets when I actually start exercising, so although I haven't given up, I have taken a few days off to get some proper sleep and rest my back. I'm not too sure what it actually is, I think it may be an old work injury flaring up again, or it may even be a trapped nerve. Either way, it's bloody painful. 

I am doing my next shred tomorrow, which will be day five. 

So far I feel good, the shred has definitely felt easier each day I've done it. More hurting, more sweating, but certainly less out of breath. If all is well, I hope to complete a full week this week. I've discovered that it's amazingly difficult to do with a nine week old puppy in the room though. Haha. Picture Bug sitting on my stomach or chewing my hair/face whilst trying to do the abs section. 

I haven't lost any weight yet, neither have I lost anything inch wise, but I am beginning to feel less bloated and frumpy. I know it's sad, but I always get a little excited when I can see the beginnings of collar bones. I feel way more feminine. 

I imagine you're wondering what my measurements are by now, so without further a do, these are my beginning stats.

Arms - 14" (36cm)

Chest - 41" (104cm)

Waist - 36" (91.5cm)

Hips/Bum - 48" (122cm) Yup, I gots a big toosh.

Thighs - 27.5" (70.5cm)

I've decided not to be so hung up on the numbers on the scale, but more on the the numbers above. As the picture below says, it's not always weightloss that makes you smaller. 

Hopefully by next week I can give you more of a progress update. If you missed my announcement on Twitter earlier this week, you can now follow me on My Fitness Pal at Whenflowersfall. There you will be able to keep up with me daily and check in on my food diaries too. If you do add me and you see I haven't filled in my dairy for the day, please yell at me because I keep on forgetting!! 
I hope you are all doing well with your goals! Make sure you keep me updated!!

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Yup! You guessed it. Friday Fitday is beginning again. 

It's taken me so long to get my mojo back, but now I have, I'm not letting it go again. 

As I type this, my hands are shaking from completing day one of the 30 day shred. My friend Rachel has been doing it for a while and has managed to get to the end of level two, so I figured it was time to join her. 

I am knackered...

...and mildly sweaty. I honestly feel I'd forgotten how unfit I am. 

I've tried to do the shred before and now I remember why I didn't complete it. Jillian Michaels is a real ball buster and her voice just gets on my tits. But, if I get the results I want, then I am going to get through the entire thing this time.

Just like it used to be, I will be posting updates every Friday. I was going to do it today, but I just didn't feel brave enough, but next week I'm hoping to be able to post some full body photos. They won't necessarily be before photos, as I will be 7 days into the shred by then, but I can't imagine I am going to have huge results that quickly. 

Right now I am weighing in at 15.2 stone (214lbs) and I am 5ft 11. Seeing the numbers like that really scare me and with the #Northernbloggersxmasparty only a month away, I'd like to shed at least a stone by then. According to the BMI charts, I am verging on obese. My ideal weight is somewhere between 9 and 12.5 stone. Let's be real, if I was 9 stone, I would look really ill and I think even at 12.5, I feel I wouldn't want to lose any more. Overall my goal is to get to 13 stone (182lbs) by my 23rd birthday in March. 

Food wise, I am going back to eating home cooked meals, controlling my snacking and just being generally good. I think without the diet to go with it, the shred will just be useless. 

My puppy, Bug will be able to go outside in the next three weeks, so before then I am going to try and get back in the swing of walking also. Unfortunately, I don't have any workout gear suitable for the British winter, so I may just have to do it in my pjs? This is something I am going to have to find a way of sorting before I can actually start. Although, with Xmas coming up, work out stuff for myself is the last thing I can afford to spend my few pennies on. I'm going to ask for a pair of Zaggora Hot pants for Crimbo. I want a pair so, so much and the results just look amazing!!

Anywhoo, I seem to have rambled for quite some time about my goals. 

If you guys would like to follow my journey, make sure to check back every Friday evening. If you would like to join me, send me a cheeky tweet @whenflowersfall using the hastag 'Fridayfitday' and we can keep each other motivated. 

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Hi my lovelies!

I chose last week to change the layout of Friday Fitday to videos, but seeing as I'm in London as you read this, this post has been written today (Thursday) so I didn't miss a week.

I've been feeling great about this whole thing this week. I've been sticking within my calorie limit and I haven't actually felt hungry very often. It just goes to show that I don't need to eat the ton of junk food that I was choosing to eat before. 

Below is a few examples of what I have been eating. I've found eating an egg for breakfast has keep me fuller for longer, and I'm really enjoying mushrooms too.

I may a huge decision this week to do something I have wanted to do for a really long time.

I am now no longer eating red meat. For the time being I am only going to be eating fish and chicken, but eventually I will be completely pescatarian. The only reason I am still eating chicken for the time being is because we have a whole ton of it in our freezer, and I don't think liam could finish it himself without living off of it for the next four weeks. Once it's gone, it's gone.

So far I'm not missing the meat, but I think that will come with time and it will become a real challenge. A challenge I am ready to tackle head on. 

Exercise wise, I haven't made a huge effort. I've been pretty run down on my new tablets, but as soon as my body has adjusted to them I'll be starting the 30 day shred. 

Starting weight - 216.4lbs

This weeks weight (as of Thursday) - 213.6lbs

Weight + or - 

- 2.8lbs

How have you guys done this week?

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Howdy, folks!

So here it is! This is how Friday Fitday is going to be from now on. 

I wanted to start weekly updates on my YouTube channel so I figured, why not just post the video on here too.

EDIT - For anyone looking to catch up, or rewatch this video. I have had to remove it from both here and my youtube for legal reasons. I'd like to take this opportunity to apologise to the company I had mentioned for any issues the video may have caused. 

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Hi my lovelies!

It has been a super long time since I last did one of these. 

If you watched my recent ramble video, you will already know that I lost all motivation and I was having a real hard time trying to stay on top of it all. 

After a few days this week of healthy eating, I had a break through today. 

A week ago I was given a pair of the Glamorous Disco pants. They are a size 14, a size smaller than what I am. Also, the website advises to get a size larger than you would normally wear anyway. Meaning I would need a size 18. Eeek.

But! Even though last Saturday, I couldn't get them all the way up, today I tried again and they fit!!! 

It was a little struggle to get them on, but I'm putting that down to the fact that they are extremely tight fitting, but once they were done up they were sooooo comfy!
As you can see below, I have rather large hips and thighs! I grew up walking everywhere (mum doesn't drive,) so I know they're not going to get much smaller, they carry a lot of muscle that just needs toning up.

I am so happy today, its unreal. It means what I am doing is paying off, somehow. 

I may have not lost a ton of weight, I'm still hovering at 214lbs, but I guess I may be losing inches. 

So, that being said, as of next week. I am going to start measuring. Hopefully that way I won't get so frustrated if I continue to stay on my plateau, and I may actually stay motivated if I see some kind of numbers going down.

I'm going to continue on my journey, and next week I will start a video diary every Friday, also.

I hope you all have a fantastic bank holiday week end! 

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Happy Sunday, my loves!

Sorry I've been a little MIA for the past couple of days. We finally got some sunshine and I felt the need to take a little time out and make the most of it. 

A quick Friday Fitday update, just because I missed it. I only managed to walk seven miles this week due to the fact that my trainers have created rather large holes in the back of my heels. But, my last walk wasn't far off 5 miles, which as you all know, is my daily walk goal so I'm chuffed with that.

The last few days I've spent a lot of time with my girls, lying in the sun, going to the park and lying in the sun. Yep, told you I hadn't really done much this week. Haha. 

The photo of the rainbow above is actually something I saw as I was laying on the grass, the rainbow was right across the sky, in the sky, not like you would normally them. I can only guess that it was raining way up there in the clouds. It was possibly the most beautiful thing I've seen in a while. 

I hope you all have had a great week, how many of you will be tuning in to watch the Spice Girls perform in the closing ceremony of the Olympics tonight?

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The Big Health Kick Reveal! 

Last week I said that I would reveal my next step into fitness land! 

Yetserday Liam and I started juicing! We recently watched Fat, Sick and Nearly dead and it really inspired us to try it. Unlike the film, we aren't doing an entire fast, we are in fact replacing two meals a days with juice and having one super healthy meal. We're still snacking, but not going crazy. 

Hopefully this will kick start our bodies again and we can finally get of the plateaus we hit a few months back, and shed a few pounds in the process.

Walking wise, I haven't walked at all this week!! :( Bad Sam! I've been super anxious all week about silly things and I think it's really effected my ability to leave the house. I'm going to tackle this issue this weekend because I really can't let it start to take over my life again. 

This being said I have lost a little weight and I am still feeling super motivated. 

Fingers crossed I can get back on the walking and keep on with the juicing. Believe me, it's really hard and I'm sooooo hungry. But, it will pay off. 

Highest weight - 218.4lbs

Last week - 216.6lbs

Today - 214.8lbs

Hope you guys have a good weekend planned! 

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Now I bet that you're all getting pretty sick of me saying over and over that I am going to start again with this whole weight loss thing.

Well, this week I really did. In the past five days I've walked ten miles, and that includes a day off from walking yesterday. (So really it's four days.) These are ten miles I wouldn't normally walk,  four hours I would have normal spent sitting on my butt.

I have to admit, I'm absolutely loving it. I really thought that it would feel like a chore and that it'd become boring. Each day I've tried to push myself a little further, the first couple of days I walked two miles and felt knackered, Wednesday I walked half a mile extra, uphill. Again, I was pooped but I felt good for it. Today though, I walked three miles and I feel amazing. I got to about two and a half and felt like pushing on for the little extra bit, and I'm really glad I did. 

The only reason I've never done this before is because I thought it would fill up too much of my day, but truth is, I was only out for an hour today. I've even cleaned my house top to bottom, filmed a video and now I'm writing this post too. 

Eating wise, I've filled up on salads and fruit. I've eaten a lot less than I usually would and even though I haven't necessarily lots any weight this week, I feel so much better in myself. 

I'm hoping to feel much more toned and a lot more fit. 

I can truely say that I have turned a corner and I won't be giving up this time.

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Hi my lovelies, 

Yesterday my good pal Sarah and I went on a trek up the hill in town. We ended up finding a public bridle path and decided it was a great place to take some outfit photos. 

I had a really bad time looking back at these photos. These are first photos of myself where I've really seen how much weight I have gained. Like I said in my last outfit post, I am still proud of my curves, I've just never really noticed how big I actually look. 

Thankfully, I am on my big health kick and so far I have walked 7 miles this week, 7 miles I wouldn't normally walk. Hopefully this'll pay off and I will feel much more toned and a little slimmer. 

If you haven't already noticed, I have added a new advert/button over to the right there. Two bloggers, Sophia and Sandra are venturing into a new chapter of their life by trying to lose 90lbs. 

I urge you all to go and follow their new blog and support them in their journey. I am right behind them, and doing it with them in my own little way. This means that Friday Fitday posts will become regular again, I am no longer slacking, and I really mean business. (Yes, I know I've said that a hundred times. This time it's for real.) 

If any of you guys have some healthy meal ideas or exercise tips. Make sure to leave them in the comments below. 

Hope you guys are well!

P.S. Here's a little summat summat to make you chuckle. 

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 You guessed it guys! 

I'm starting again....

but with a totally different approach. 

I've decided that trying to eat less is not working out very well, so instead both Liam and myself are trying to focus on eating a little healthier. Also, fitness is becoming a big thing for us. We both feel that if we can get active, then the food won't be so much of an issue any more. Neither of us really over eat too much nowadays, so from now on, what we do eat shouldn't make us gain. 

For fitness I intend to complete the 30 day shred (because I haven't managed it yet,) but I'm planning on completing it in 60 days. This is because on alternate days I will be doing half an hours kick boxing. I feel this way I can't get too bored with the same routine and I can focus on different areas of the body if I'm feeling a little strained. 

We are also planning on making walking a more regular thing, hopefully we can fit in 4 hour long walks throughout the week.

With all this exercise I need to start drinking more water. I am awful for keeping up with fluids. 

Hopefully, I can train myself to become a bit of a fitness junkie. I'd like to think that by September the exercise I am doing is natural and no longer feels like a chore. 

Keep your fingers crossed for me!