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!

New thoughts...

I've been spying on other people's blog and got a couple of ideas to add onto mine.
Firstly, I'm gonna take my measurements and update them at each weigh-in. I'm gonna measure my bust, waist, hips, thighs, calf and upper arm. I'll try and do this tonight and update it. With my weight loss being so slow, I think it would help to see if I am losing inches!
Also, I have added some slimspiration pictures! I'd love to be able to shoot a picture like that because, believe it or not, I was once hot!
Because I have all of this weight to lose, I'm going to have hardly any clothes that fit me! I'll probably just get rid of all of my clothes and start again! I was thinking of getting a personal shopper for a day to get some key items and then do the rest myself. The only problem is that a lot of the shoppers work for House of Fraser or Debenhams, and you can only buy things from those shops. Personally, I like Topshop and Dorothy Perkins and a whole other host of stores so would like to shop there too.
The other thing I was thinking was to do a couple of big shopping trips and do it myself. I would write out a list of what I want to achieve and some key looks and basics. I'll look online for some inspiration and then make a list of what I want to get. The one thing I want to do is make sure that I can get a lot of outfits and looks out of just a few pieces so I need to go for things that I can mix and match. The only thing is that you can never guess what colour I'm going to be wearing! I wear every colour known to man! I might have to o a bit of the list tonight!
What a project!