#FridayFitness - 2 Weeks In #fridayfitness | diet | fitness | food | fridayfitness | health | loss | motivation | sportswear | vegetarian | weight | weightloss | whenflowersfall

Hi flowers!

So I'm two weeks into the vegetarian chapter of my life. I'm happy to say that I think I've done pretty well considering I just decided one day to give up meat. The only thing that I did allow myself to have, which I said I would anyway, was a small portion of sushi from Asda. 

This week though, has been a tough one. I've found myself craving meat like a mad woman and I even fell asleep thinking of steak on Wednesday night. Yup, sounds crazy, but it's true. Because of this I have decided to allow myself fish/seafood for a while, which will hopefully mean that I won't cave and stuff my face with beef one day. 

I'm not sure if it will become a forever thing, but for now I think it's best for me. 

I cannot tell you how much willpower I had to use not to make a sausage sarnie. Liam's been away this week and I, unfortunately had no petrol in the car to go to the shop to buy some veggie sausies. 

Other than that, I need to cut down on the things that I've started to replace meat with. I've found myself reaching for cheese far to often and I imagine it's one of the reasons that I haven't lost much weight in the past two weeks. 

I've only lost a pound since my last weigh in with you guys and I really feel the need to step up my game, so I've made this to spur me on...

These two jars are now sitting on my shelf until behind my desk. You may be able to see them every now and then in my videos.

The 'lbs to go' jar originally had 50 glass stones in it, a stone for each pound I would like to lose. As you can see, it's now missing a few and they are happily sitting in the 'lbs lost' jar. 

I'm hoping that now I have something visual to keep me going, I may be able to keep up my motivation. 

There's no feeling like moving a glass bead from one jar to the other. 

Today I'll be moving one more over and in my eyes, it's better than nothing.  

Start weight...

234lbs

This week...

229lbs

-5lbs

ps - I'm looking for some good quality, affordable sportswear. If you have any recommendations please leave them in the comments. If I do get my hands on some, I'll do some reviews for you guys. :)

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Previously known as, Friday Fitday. 

Now, you guys know that I've been atempting some kind of weightloss for the past year. For the past year I have failed! But, now I have an incentive. 

My brother has made a group on Facebook called 'The Challenge'. He has challenged myself and a few of his friends to a weight loss mission. We have six months to healthily lose as much weight as we can. The one who loses the biggest percentage by then will get a prize from him. 

This week I have been tracking my food on MyFitnessPal, which you can feel free to add me as a friend on, and I've also been walking the dog every day. Which, if I'm totally honest, I haven't been doing until now. 

#FridayFitness will now become a weekly post where I can update you on my activities and favourite meals of the week, and of course any weight lost. 

I'd love to create a little community here, where we can all help each other and keep each other motivated. 

If you want to get involved, make sure to use the hashtag #FridayFitness on twitter and let me know how you are getting on. 

In the comments, feel free to leave inspirational quotes, meal ideas, recipes, or even exercise ideas.

I've also created a group page on facebook for anyone wanting to get involved. It's a closed group, meaning that anyone can see the group and join, but only members of the group can see what is posted. 

I hope to see some of you doing this with me! I think it'll be a great way to make friends, even if some of us struggle to shift the lbs! 

The Re-invention Of Me. confidence | demi lovato | hair | self confidence | the reinvention of me | wardrobe | weight | when flowers fall

Hello, you beautiful people.

It's been a few days since I last posted, purely due to the fact that I've had a couple of pretty tough days. I forgot to take my pill and it all kind of went down hill from there. Haha. All is good now though. I used the time to think about the things I was unhappy with, and how I can start to get back to being a generally happy person.

A lot of my issues come from my pants lack of confidence. I'm totally aware that sometimes I can be completely irrational and really hard on myself. Believe me, Liam tells me enough. 

From this point on, I'm going to try and stop being so hard on myself. I'm going to work on the things I always seem to be complaining about, and change the way I feel. 

Excuse the posy-ness of these photos. They were taken four years ago after a huge relationship break-up, about six months before I met Liam. 

Weight is a big issue for me, as you already know. Preferably, this is what I'd like to get back to. It's one of those photos that I always look at and start to wonder how I ever got to where I am now. 

Friday Fitday will return next week. If I'm entirely honest, I've not been trying since LFW, and although I've only gained a pound or two since then, I'd rather lose them again. 

One thing I am proud of, is the fact that I haven't eaten red meat for over a month now. :) 

At least I can stick to one thing. 

My hair is another thing I've been super self conscious about recently. Being something I'm normally known for, I feel like it's totally nothing special right now. I've ummed and ahhh-ed for days and I can't decide on a trim, a chop to a bob or to get extensions. I think I'm leaning towards the extensions at the moment because I love the photos above. 

I think I want a full fringe cut in too. Miss Lovato has inspired me! 

The last thing I need is a revamp of wardrobe. I'm going to work on it til Xmas and hopefully I can finally feel confident in the clothes that I wear. I'm not going to go on about this little issue too much because it's something I seem to post about a lot. 

If you have any suggestions of salons in the Leeds-ish area, shops or websites. Leave me a comment down below. Also, I feel super cheeky, but if you have a brand etc and would like to work with me throughout this journey, then please email me at the address in my sidebar. 

My aim is to be happy with who I am by Xmas and I will make it happen. :)

Have you ever felt the need to re-invent who you are?

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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!
Since the new year I've had it in my head that this year is the year to lose all the weight I've gained whilst being in my happy relationship. Happy weight sucks! Especially 2 stone of it! I'm expecting some kind of back lash from this but I want to be completely honest with you guys and myself. Every Friday I am going to update you on how I'm doing, I've spent a month faffing about and not really doing anything but now I mean business!

Please excuse these totally unflattering, goofy, silly photos, but these are the only ones of me that I can find that are full body. As you can see all of my weight lies around my hips, thighs and bum. It also seems to stick to my upper arms as well.

Just a bit of a difference, huh?! These photos were taken throughout the two years before I met Liam. I love Liam to death but I do not love the weight I've gained in the 3 years I've been with him. I have become so comfortable with food that I'm now hating my body.

So here's the honest bit! 

My current weight is 203lbs (14stone 7lbs or 92kg) :(

I'm 5ft 11 inches tall

My goal weight for the end of 2012 is 175lbs (12stone 7lbs or 79kg)

So what do you think guys? Is that do-able? I honestly think I can achieve a 2 stone weightloss in 11 months, I just have to keep my mind on the right track. My plan of action includes cutting down on the excessive snacking, (I'm a doritos and dip addict) and going for walks in the evening with Liam, no matter what the weather!! Anywhoooo, if you can give me any tips or any products that might help me achieve this, I'd be very grateful. I'm off now to have a bit of a spring clean! :) 

Toodles!