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Wednesday, 29 October 2014

Weigh In Wednesday - Week Two Blues
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Happy Wednesday, flowers.
First off I want to apologise for being a tad MIA this week, thus far. All will be explained in this post.

So, as I explained last week, Liam has been sick with some horrid virus, and muggins here picked it up. Luckily I haven't got it as bad as him. He's still suffering three weeks on and has now resigned to the fact that he has to go to work no matter what. That's the joy of being self employed. No sick pay.

This week I've not done as great on the food side. I haven't reached for fruits and veggies as much as I'd have liked to and I have definitely made bad choices. Especially when it comes to eating meat. I'm never going to give it up if I reach for a greasy Burger King when I'm feeling down.
Exercise wise, I said last week that I wanted to have at least one workout under my belt by today. And that's exactly what I have. I only cycled for twenty minutes, but it's better than nothing in my eyes. But, boy oh boy, am I unfit.
As I'm started to feel better, I have to add that the days aren't that bad, this virus seems to like the mornings and nights; I would like to get two sessions down this week. My moods have been insanely low again this week, missing family and friends, Liam being back at work. Exercise seems to help that, so I really do want to make a conscious effort to get more active.

I haven't done so well with my food diary this week, most days I've *read not* remembered to fill in myfitnesspal, but not take the photos. I will post what I have below though.

That being said, this week I weighed in at 212.4lbs. A loss of 2.2lbs!! How I've managed that, I'm unsure. I was really expecting a gain, but I'm not going to think about it too much and just be happy with the result.

Wednesday 22nd October
food week two

Thursday 23rd October

Friday 24th October

Saturday 25th October

Sunday 26th October

Monday 27th October

Tuesday 28th October

PROGRESS

Pre-pregnancy weight ... 227lbs
Heaviest weight during pregnancy ... 252lbs
Start (October 15th) ... 218lbs
Week One ... 214.6lbs -3.4lbs
Week Two ... 212.2lbs - 2.2lbs

Also, sorry about the mess of this post. Apparently blogger hates me and it would not do anything right tonight.

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Wednesday, 22 October 2014

Wednesday Weigh In - First Food Diary & Emotional Eating
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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