Vanishing act!

Oh my goodness. It's been way too long since I last blogged, or so it seems! Work is very busy at the minute, and I've been applying for my master's degree which took a fair bit of doing. Obviously Noah takes up all my spare time, and rightly so, therefore any "extras" I do are done when Noah's in bed... That's not leaving me much time to blog/work/write/exercise etc. I apologise if my blogging is weekly rather than daily; this will probably be the case until the end of exam season. Life has just passed me by!

I am currently blogging from the recumbent exercise bike at the gym... I have 11.5 minutes of time to write!

The diet is going well. I've found a steady weight loss of 1-2lbs a week, which I'm really pleased with. I want the weight to come off slowly and steadily so it stays off. Weight watchers' recipes are the way forward, and this plan is now second nature.

I found my measuring tapes from when I lost my 6 stone (2011; pre-Noah). My waist is the same size again, as is my bust, so I'm really happy about that. Where the differences seem to be, and therefore my problem areas, are my arms (bingo wings, anyone?) and my hips/bum/thighs area. I am still 5 inches bigger here (having lost 3 already) than I was in December 2011. My arms are 1.5inches bigger. I'm quite pleased I've discovered this as it's definitely re-focused my attention. I will take into account that for many women their body shapes change after having kids, but I'll try to get as much off here as I can. Do any of you lovely people have any top tips for shrinking these hard to shrink places?

I'm going to rant now... There is a girl in the gym wearing false eyelashes? Seriously?! You're in the gym, love! Surely falsies would sweat off your face? Bloody hell!

I'm down to my last minute on the bike. Going to go and do some weights, then get home to make tea! Meatballs in a tomato sauce with salad tonight! 7 Weight Watchers' points. Yum!

I'll catch up with my weight details tomorrow after weigh in!

Take care,

Ali xxx

Location:Workington,United Kingdom

Week 10!

Can you believe that I've been doing this for 10 weeks? I've lost 23lb in that time, so an average of 2.3lbs a week. To put that into perspective, that's:

23 guinea pigs
7 human brains
4.5 chihuahuas
2 bald eagles
1 Noah... Yes, I have lost what my child weighs!

Random equivalences, but amusing all the same!

I've been really good with my fitness lately. I feel great for it. I had a rest from the gym today so I went for a 3.5 mile walk instead. It really is the weather for it. Sunshine makes such a difference to my regime. Noah loved the walk in the sunshine too, or rather the ride in his pram.

I've had a lovely evening after a very busy day at work. After our walk, Noah and I watched Thomas and friends (quality Mother and son time while Andy was at work) and once he was in bed I made tea. Tonight I had homemade paprika beef, which I cooked in the slow cooker, with baked vegetables. It was delicious, and only 6 ProPoints in total. I then read my Weigh Watchers' magazine and got some inspiration and motivation. There are some fabulous recipes in this month's issue; I can't wait to try the homemade pizzas when I go to my friend's house on Friday!

I'm ending my night by watching Revenge (predictable but enjoyable easy watching). I'll watch Girls and fuel my Lena Dunham obsession and then go to bed. I also treat myself to a coffee, which I honestly began making on Saturday! It was worth the wait. Nice to get five minutes I guess!

Have a good week!

Ali xxx

Location:Workington,United Kingdom

Back in the zone!

This week, at long last, I have regained my focus! It's not as though I had undone all my work, but I had reached a slight plateau, and I needed a kick up the arse!

I've been really good with my eating this week, and it will be helped by my lent pledge: to give up junk food! In my mind this constitutes chocolate, crisps, biscuits, take aways, pop (Pepsi max inclusive, unfortunately), wine, cider, beer etc. Don't get me wrong, I don't eat an excessive amount of junk, but for someone who is trying to lose quite a considerable amount of weight, I eat too much! I would like to stick to this rule of thumb:




The other thing that I need in order to see weight loss is exercise. Since I came down with my sinus infection in half term, I've barely walked the dog, let alone anything more strenuous. I returned to the gym last night, and loved it! I did 35 minutes cycling and then ran for 10 minutes on the treadmill. I didn't think I'd see the day I would run continuously for 10 minutes, and I was very proud of myself. My plan was to do 10 minutes of "walk for one, run for one" but I didn't tire, so I kept going. I hope that this is an attitude I have mastered for good! I'll see how I get on tonight.

This week I lost 2lb! I'm over the moon to be back on track. I'd like to get to my 2 stone loss by the Easter holidays.

I'm just going to keep blogging and tweeting and hope that I don't go off track too many more times! The odd slip up is acceptable, but I need to remember my end goal.



Ali xxx

Location:Workington,United Kingdom