Rock the Frock - New Year's Day Challenge (continued in Dieting Journals)

[August3]

Hope your fitbit arrives soon, pandacub, will be interested to see if you find it good. Wee girlie slept for 10 hours straight so feel 100% better. How is wee Jacob doing?

 

[August3]

Weight this morning
157lbs

Next mini goal
154 lbs or 11 stone

The Good
Although up for 2 hours in the early part of the night, baby girl then slept through from 10.30pm to 8.30am, so I feel a bit more rested today

Exercise
Boxing and Arms
Pilates
30 Day Shred Level 3 Day 7
30 min walk

The Bad
.....

The Ugly
lots of party food in the house for wee girlie's first birthday party at the weekend....can hear it calling to me

Food Log
pre-workout – apple, potato hash
post-workout – Ff natural yogurt with a scoop of protein powder, satsuma
lunch – roast chicken, barley and carrots
snack - melon, cereal bar
tea – turkey mince, spinach, tomato and peas. Nakd bar, tsp peanut butter
1% milk in tea

Tomorrow is a new day!
Do cardio instead of boxing

 

[August3]

Weight this morning
155lbs

Next mini goal
154 lbs or 11 stone

The Good
Apart from a 5 minute stirring at 9.30pm, my wee girlie slept for 13 hours. Yeehaw!

Exercise
Boxing and Arms....meant to do cardio but couldn't psych myself up to do it in the afternoon slump
30 Day Shred Level 3 Day 8
30 min walk
Pilates.....started but will have to finish when baba in bed tonight (finally finished it by 10.15pm! A taster of things to come when I return to work)


The Bad
took two hours to settle baba this eve...reckon it's gonna be a rough night

The Ugly
.....

Food Log
pre-workout – potato and spinach with a fried egg
post-workout – yogurt with a scoop of protein powder, satsuma
lunch – homemade beefburger, apple, melon
snack – cereal bar, tsp peanut butter, satsuma
tea – salmon with green beans, carrots and butternut squash. Nakd bar
1% milk in tea

Tomorrow is a new day!
Have a plan in place for wee girlie’s birthday weekend

 

[DaTucker]

Whoop, almost to your next goal! Glad your baby girl slept so well!

 

[August3]

Whoop, almost to your next goal! Glad your baby girl slept so well!

DaTucker, thanks for the support. Hope the house move is going well.

Baba seems to be going through a sleep regression for the last two weeks or so....she was super clingy yesterday evening and getting her to settle in bed took two hours whereas normally she self settles after 10 minutes or so. As they say this too shall pass......hopefully!

Was hoping to be under 11 stone for her first birthday tomorrow, but with over a pound to go that ain't going to happen...... a pity but not to be.......once I reach this mini goal I'll be working towards getting to 10 stone 5 (145lbs) to be in the healthy BMI category.

 

[August3]

Weight this morning
155lbs

Next mini goal
154 lbs or 11 stone

The Good
Felt a bit thinner this morning but always do coming up to ovulation
Baba slept thru apart from one wee cry in the night...a two hour pu-pd session at first though.
First time ever to have a persimmon - absolutely lovely but at 118kcal per fruit not for everyday consumption

Exercise
Boxing and Arms
30 Day Shred Level 3 Day 9
Pilates Main Programme
30 min walk

The Bad
.....

The Ugly
.....

Food Log
pre-workout – 2 weetabix with blueberries, satsuma
post-workout – yogurt with a scoop of protein powder, satsuma
lunch – homemade pork sausages with barley, carrot and green beans
snack – 3/4 of a persimmon...gonna see if baba will try some
tea – baked cod with broccoli and butternut squash mash . Nakd bar
1% milk in tea

Tomorrow is a new day!
Complete last day of 30 day shred before taking wee girlie to the zoo for her birthday

 

[August3]

30 Day Shred Done!!​

 

[August3]

Weight this morning
154.4lbs

Next mini goal
154 lbs or 11 stone

The Good
We had the most brilliant day at the zoo for our wee girlie's first birthday.
DH said wow! when I wore jeans I haven't been able to get into for a good long while
The weight I had set for this challenge was to reach 155lbs...was under that this moring but I'm going to wait till it sticks as sometimes the scale fluctuates back up for a day or two.

Exercise
30 Day Shred Level 3 Day 10 - Proud of myself for sticking with it!

The Bad
.....

The Ugly
Would have loved to have been under 11 stone for my daughter's first birthday but not to be....

Food Log
breakfast – 2 weetabix with blueberries, satsuma
lunch – carrots, green beans, broccoli and salmon
snack – grapes, nakd bar
tea – 2 boiled eggs, natural yogurt and raspberries. Nakd bar
1% milk in tea

Tomorrow is a new day!
Enjoy one slice of our daughter's birthday cake at her party for the family

 

[marina294]

you have done fantastic hun honestly wish i had your motivation. im struggling to get my head back init although im trying to be mindful of what im eating im not calorie counting at the moment. i havent gained yet but have plenty of bits to keep occupied. but again well done hune you should be very proud xx

 

[lovelylaura]

Well done getting to 11 stone and finishing the shred! X

 

[topsy]

Wow hun well done for finishing the shred xxxx

 

[August3]

@Marina, thanks petal for popping in, always hard to stick with it at this time of year with holidays and sometimes a wee break is needed to feel rejuvenated.

@lovelylaura, thanks for the encouragement, have been stalking in your journal too, you're doing brilliant to be at 10st 10, hope you feel better and can get back running again soon.

@topsy, thank you, it was definitely tough going for me but feels great to know I stuck with and didn't give up, need to get a plan in place as to what exercise to do next

 

[August3]

Weight this morning
154.4lbs

Next mini goal
154 lbs or 11 stone

The Good
Great day - really enjoyed lo's birthday party and getting to catch up with some family we hadn't seen in a while. Had just a small sliver of the birthday cake today and didn't pick at the leftovers

Exercise
rest day, although does housework count?!

The Bad
.....

The Ugly
still don't like looking at photos of myself

Food Log
breakfast – 2 scrambled eggs with leftover salmon, apple
lunch – 2 toast with lightest philadelphia, 2 clementines
@ the party – sliver of birthday cake, some grapes and melon
tea – noodles, leftover salmon, carrots and green beans. ff yogurt, Nakd bar
1% milk in tea

Tomorrow is a new day!
Plan to see if I can pick some new exercise DVDs when in town tomorrow afternoon.

 

[August3]

Weight this morning
154lbs

Next mini goal
145 lbs or 10 stone 5lbs ( upper end of healthy BMI )

The Good
Yay!! 11 stone. Can't wait now to be 10 stone something. On to the next mini goal.
Got underwear and shoes sorted when in town this morning for our night out on Dec 12th; think I've settled on a floor length frock.
Got two new Jillian Michaels workouts - six week abs and banish fat, boost metabolism.

Exercise
rest day, with some walking round the shops
30 mins brisk walking to and from the train

The Bad
.....

The Ugly
Baby sleeping mostly through from 11 to 8ish but I'm still waking up a few times and finding it hard to get back to sleep again.

Food Log
breakfast – 2 weetabix with blueberries, boiled egg
snack in town pear
lunch – homemade chips, cod, carrots and green beans, melon
snack – clementine, apple
tea – barley and chicken broth, grapes, Nakd bar
munchies - ff yogurt, clementine and 1 Ferrero rocher (will put these in baba's room to stop me munching them in the evenings)
1% milk in tea

Tomorrow is a new day!
Shake up the exercise routine for December

 

[August3]

I started this challenge on September 8th with two goals, both of which I have now reached.

•lose 9 kilos or 21lbs
- starting weight 176lbs, current weight at the end of November 154lbs
•lose at least 3 inches from around my navel
-starting measurement 41, current measurement at the end on November just a smidge under 38 inches


To keep me motivated to reach and maintain an ultimate weight range between 126 and 130lbs, I have decided to move over and start a proper journal in the Dieting Journal forum.

I want to thank all the lovely ladies who have really encouraged and supported me in this thread over the last months and I hope you'll pop into my new journal every now and again too.

Thanks for reading and I promise to update with my weigh-in on this thread on New Year's Eve

 

[August3]

So 114 days later.....

And I have lost 27lbs and 4 inches from around my navel

21 more pounds to go.....will be logging my progress over in Dieting Journals.

Here's to a happy, healthy and lighter 2015!!
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