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Happy Wednesday, flowers!

This week has been quite the success, although it was pretty rocky at the beginning.
At the start of my first week on this journey, I was finding it incredibly hard not to binge eat. I felt incredibly low mood wise through both Wednesday and Thursday, and it was through these days that I learnt that I am a huge emotional eater. The thing is, if I'm down, I eat and if I'm happy, I eat.
I knew this was something I needed to get out of the habit of doing, and I think it's also something that is going to be an ongoing battle with myself. So far, I think I've done alright.

This week we have made a conscious effort to cook our evening meals, and eat much better than we normally would. We've tried a couple of new things and found we really enjoy them! I can now say that I am well and truly on the quinoa bandwagon.

Exercise did not go quite to plan though. With Liam being ill, (which he still is, nearly two weeks down the line,) and Scout teething like crazy, any spare time I've had I've been spending cleaning, doing washing or sleeping. Even last night I was meant to do an hour of cycling, but spent the time catching up on blog/youtube things that I was behind on. So this week that is something I'm really going to work at. I want to be able to say that I've worked out at least once in next weeks post.

That being said, this morning I weighed in at 214.6lbs!! Meaning with changing my diet only, I have lost 3.4lbs. *I'm currently dancing in my chair as I write this.*

It's weird how different I feel about this journey now. Usually, a bit of weight loss and I'd find it ok to go and eat a greasy take out for the next week; instead, this time it's giving me the motivation to continue and I can only hope that I will have the same result next week.

Below you can find my food diary for the week. I've not been fabulous at photographing each of my meals and I have missed some. I think this is something I'm going to have to continue to get better at before tucking in.
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Wednesday 15th October

Thursday 16th October

Friday 17th October 

 Saturday 18th October

 Sunday 19th October

Monday 20th October

Tuesday 21st October

PROGRESS
Pre-pregnancy weight ... 227lbs
Heaviest weight during pregnancy ... 252lbs
Start (October 15th) ... 218lbs
Week One ... 214.6lbs -3.4lbs

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Wednesday Weigh-In - Holidays, weight gain and starting again.

Phew!
I really should have though about what I had coming before I started this feature a few weeks back.
In the past couple of weeks, we've been on holiday, ate awfully, (as you do when by the sea. Who doesn't love ice-creams, fresh donuts and burgers,) and indulged far too much!

Luckily for me, I only gained a couple of pounds within our weeks away, and since then I've lost double what I had gained.

That puts me currently at 218lbs.

Today, I decided to make a fresh start and put the holiday behind me. I started logging my foods again and also plan on beginning to exercise twice a week. Currently, I have set nights to work out. Those being a Tuesday and a Thursday, so I will let you know how that goes next week. I didn't end up doing anything yesterday as both Liam and I are ill with a crappy cold.

Liam has also decided to start doing this with me, which is awesome. It means we are less likely to influence the other with bad food choices and hopefully we can be each others motivation. We're also going to take our 'before' photos sometime this week. Whether or not I feel totally confident in showing them to you just yet, I don't know.
I think I described myself to Liam as 'feeling lumpy' at the weekend. It's time to get rid of some of the lumpiness.

Starting from next week I will be sharing my food diary from the week previous. So next week you will see what I have eaten from today onwards. I really need to get into the habit of photographing my food and also logging them in myfitnesspal. I find it the easiest way to keep track of what I'm eating, otherwise I end up pigging out and not really being aware of what I've eaten that day.
I know myfitness pal is quite popular, so if you use it too you can follow me here.

I've also decided to start filtering out meat. I'm fully aware of what we have in the freezer right now and I'm not one to waste food, but once that it gone I am going to eat only white meat for a little while, and then totally give up meat all together.
Once all of our white rice/pasta is gone, these will also be replaced with the wholemeal options.

I'm really looking forward to seeing some changes in the next few months, and I've set my goal at a loss of 20lbs by Christmas. At only 2lbs loss a week, I think it's totally doable if I keep my head in the right place.

I'll check in with you guys again next week, hopefully with my first 2lbs down.

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Friday Fitday - Measurements Time! 30 day shred | 30ds | diary | diet | exercise | friday fitday | fridayfitday | goal | health | measurements | my fitness pal | myfitnesspal | update | weightloss | when flowers fall | whenflowersfall

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!!