Wooop woooopp slimmer of the week award!!

Feeling very pleased with myself this evening. Have just got back from class and not only did I receive my first half stone award, I was also this weeks' "Slimmer of the Week" which meant I won a huge basket of food goodies, a certificate, a shiny sticker and a fridge magnet!

I'm very happy with my 9.5 lbs off in 3 weeks, long may it continue *insert smiley happy face*!

Amazed!

Just had weigh in and I have lost 2 lbs this week - am absolutely amazed as I have had a terrible week, have eating quite a bit of rubbish (amidst the good stuff obviously, but even so!) and it looks as though I got away with it - THIS TIME!!!!!

Very happy tonight!

Had a moment with a jar of Nutella..

.. oh dear :-( Tis not going well today as I had a little dip into the jar of Nutella, then another dip then another (you see where this is going?!). I then decided that I had started badly so might as well finish badly, lets just say that today has been a right-off. AAARGH now I have to start all over again tomorrow AAARGH again..

.. onwards and upwards, am drawing a line under this blip!

An update

Well I still haven't got any running shoes, haven't got the money to buy a new pair so I'm just using my old ones for now. Thing is that it's probably just the impact that is causing the ankle problem so I am going to try speed walking initially and build up from there. As always, I want too much too soon and expect myself to be able to run a marathon from day one.

I have been struggling to keep myself on track and have started doing silly bingeing again so I have joined Slimming World which I hope will keep me on the straight and narrow! Whilst I have always been a huge Weight Watchers fan, I have become quite lazy and so I needed something else to get me back on track and excited about eating the right food types again. And Slimming World seems to have done just that.

Anyway I have started my weight loss results from scratch as it was a bit of a non-starter before now. Weigh in's will of course be weekly too.

So week 1 - I lost 4.5 lbs wooopwooop!! Was very pleased with that result for the first week and am expecting 1-2 lbs per week from now on but I'll update this blog to show weigh-in's (weight loss is shown on the right hand side "Weight Loss Details").

Darned running shoes cost a fortune

Well I've just found out that the trainers at the "proper" running shop cost in excess of £60 in the sale which are still out of my price range unfortunately. So I'm just going to have to go to JJB or JD Sports or whatever it's called and get some of their running shoes for now. I went for a run the other day in my old trainers but really hurt my ankle and could barely walk for 2 days so those ones are obviously only good for the bin! Thanks Kirky for the tip xx

A slight glitch

I have reached a slight glitch in my quest to become "a runner". I have been a few times and whilst I absolutely love it my trainers are not in the best condition and I keep hurting my ankle as a consequence. I am waiting for the sale to start at the local running shop so I can actually start training seriously. I have high hopes to enter the Race for Life next year and perhaps even the Great North Run the year after!! The thought of ME becoming a runner is still rather hilarious but I'm going to give it a really good shot.. but I do need some decent running shoes before I can do it properly.

Slight change of plan

After speaking to my lovely sis last night, I have decided to weigh myself once a month only. As my weight loss is going to be very gradual, it will be more motivating to see a larger figure once a month rather than a very small figure weekly.