New diet!

So I have decided to start the SlimFast diet as it is a nice and simple low calorie diet. I started on Tuesday and had my first weigh in today (v. short week) and I have lost 4lbs! That takes me down to 197lbs so I am so happy that I am under 200lbs. So here is a picture of me currently.

On my way to the Race for life 2009!

So I'm now down to 14st 7lbs! I'm really happy with that. Quite a few people have noticed that I look slimmer. Although I did go to my Stepmum's birthday party last week and there were a load of family members there that hadn't seen me in years and they just kept going on about how I had put on so much weight! How rude! It really upset me alot because I have lost 21lbs so far and I was actally feeling good about myself.
Anyway, they are just being negative and I am happy with my progress.
I spoke to my mum last week and she has agreed to do the race for life with me. I'm really looking forward to it actually. I went to the gym today and jogged 1km without stopping. I'm gonna increase the distance I run each time I go. At the speed I am jogging, I can do 1 km in ten minutes. Tomorrow, I am gonna go in and do 1.5km. That should take me about 15 mins. The race is 5km so it should take 50 mins at that speed. The only problem is that I get really bored of running and my legs start to hurt. That's why I'm gonna do it in increments. Hopefully I will be able to at least jog the whole distance.

So I have 4lbs to lose to get under 200lbs and I am really looking forward to that. Hopefully I will get there soon. I have just over 27 weeks to lose 49lbs. That means that I need to lose just under 2lbs each week. I don't count any decimals so we'll see if I can do it.

Dammit!

Well, I put on 4 bloody pounds last week! I mean for pity's sake!
I'm really annoyed about this.

Weigh In

So since I started the diet on the 5th of January I'd lost 6lbs. I've been aching to get my extra pound and... I did it! I lost another 3lbs this week so I am down 9lbs! I couldn't believe it!
I'm so happy with the results. At the end of March, I will post a new picture of myself so I can see the weight loss visually. It's so nice to actually see the losses!
Woo!

I almost forgot...

...about this blog! I thought that I would update you with the latest.
So I've still been going to the gym and seeing my personal trainer. It's been going really good and I have lost 6lbs since Jan 5th which is cool. I'm starting to notice it now and since I started in October, I've lost 17lbs!

He worked me hard!

And I am so unfit!
So I emailed the PT on Sunday night and he called me Monday morning and arranged to meet at 6ish that night. His name is Ivor and he's an ex-rugby player! BTW, yesterday, I had one of those slim days. You know when every now and then you have a fat day? Well yesterday I looked in the mirror and was pleasantly suprised!
Anyway, so I went to the gym yesterday evening and met Ivor. He's a really nice guy and he specialises in weight loss and management. He weighed me and took my blood pressure and heart rate and then we started a workout.
First I went on the crosstrainer for 5 minutes to warm up. Then we went to the personal training area and did a circuit.
First started with 30 steps on the step bench (15 on each leg) and then 2 sets of weight lifts. Then I had to do 20 kettle ball swings and then lay on the mat and lift a 3kg ball from side to side. We did that twice but I had to stop a couple of times in between as I started to feel light headed.
We started talking again and I opened my big fat mouth! I mentioned about thinking of doing the Race For Life. Dumbass!! He decided that that would be my goal! At least it's in June and he thinks that I would be ready by then. I guess he knows what he is doing!

On a side note, I bought some size 14 trousers because they were in the sale and looked great. I'm currently a size 16-18 so imagine my shock when I was able to get them on and do them up! They were tight but it still happened!!

I'm happy!

Personal Trainer

As part of my weight loss regime, I'm thinking of getting a personal trainer. I've wanted one for a while but never got round to it. They do them at my gym. I think it's about £25-30 an hour so I would probably do it once a month unil I am closer to my target weight and then amp it up to once every two weeks.
I really want to lose weight first but gradually tone up. I'll a call tomorrow and find out some details.
By the way, I didn't take my measurements down. I keep forgetting! I have to do it first thing in the morning so that it would tie up with my weight. On a good note though, I bought a pair of jeams in size 16 and they keep falling down! Hopefully I'll notice more differences soon!