I'm back
on track this week. After my emotional diva roast day, and then getting perked
up by the 2 1/2 pound weight loss, I've managed to stay in good spirits. It was
my last week of that Admin work experience at the College and I start work
experience in a TV company tomorrow for two weeks so I'm feeling much more
positive and looking forward to working in the area I enjoy. Working the admin
hasn't been so bad as it has made the milkshakes weeks fly in so quickly. It
makes me think that could be why last Sunday was so hard. During the week it's
easier to keep to a routine and the days fly by, but having people round and
socialising and eating there was no way of avoiding it. It'll be my last two
weeks tomorrow and keeping busy for them will hopefully make it go quickly
again, and then I'll soon be back to eating normal but healthier.
I've got a month's gym pass on my hands, which luckily has access to the classes, swimming pool and health suite. I didn't want to start proper exercise until I was eating, as having so little calories I didn't want to burn them all off. I went for a test swim on Friday night, I know, shocking. My former Friday's were spent swimming in Red Stripe and Wine. This week I tried it out but stupidly went at my normal speed and left myself feeling weak. I went home and had a shake but needed an early night. I drank plenty of water to make up for it. The next day I went with my friend Clara. She hadn't been swimming in ages, as she prefers the gym, so we both went at an easy pace. It was much nicer to do it with someone else. We were able to do a few lengths and then stop for a chat. After we did what we managed we hit up the sauna and steam room. It all felt very Made In Chelsea. There was other older woman in the sauna talking about how they were struggling with weight and the best ways they find to lose it. It felt like a sisterhood, everyone joining in. Sista's doing it for themselves! After the gym I had to go get weighed, as I’ll be on the other side of London on Monday so will miss my pharmacy’s opening hours. Since Monday past I have lost 3 bloody pounds!!!! It must be the two swims. I now have 38 1/2 pounds off me, I am 2 1/2 away from my 3 stone target! My friend Isabel keeps referring to it as the weight of a butternut squash she had to weigh in work and has let me know I've lost the weight off 17 1/2 butternut squashes or 22 pineapples. There are some facts and figures for you kids. I felt so refreshed after my swim and health suite visit and then to find out the 3 pound loss. I was buzzing! It was worth all the Easter egg section in Sainsbury's that I’m missing out on! Although my Mum is keeping me a Malteaser one at home for when I visit in May. One Easter egg people, you have to have a treat once in a while!
I've now been giving the new maintenance milkshakes that I start on Monday as for the last two weeks I'm introducing foods!!!! They are new flavours, which is exciting times!! They are Orange Crème, Cream of Vegetable, Summer Fruits and Chocolate Desert. They have more fibre in them and contain semi skimmed milk as to prepare your stomach for getting back to food. I also can have a salad with protein in the evening. I am going to be skipping back from work! Tomorrow will be the longest day ever. I went today to get my weeks groceries. I was so lost in the fresh food section. I couldn't believe what I was doing. I have spent so long window shopping for nice food without being able to get it, I had to snap myself out of it and look at the dates on the food and get it. Dearsy warned me she could only have small portions so I am going to take into consideration that when preparing. I bought red onion, cucumber, red pepper, salad leaves, mushrooms, cherry tomatoes and chicken. To you this sounds normal, maybe bland shop. To me, it is a feast of flavours. I cannot wait to bite into something! I am a little nervous and I don't think it has quite hit me that I’ll be having some tomorrow. 10 weeks is long with no chewing you get stuck into that mentality. It’ll probably taste amazing!
I walked home from Sainsbury’s today and the strangest thing happened. Jeans that was quite tight before were falling down. I had one hand holding a brolly and one hand holding my groceries; I thought by the time I got home they would be at my ankles. It was a great feeling despite the inconvenience and lack of glamour. It is St. Patrick's Day today and I had been sad that I couldn’t have a plate of my mum's amazing stew, have a glass of Guinness and celebrate my pride in being Irish. But jeans falling down because they don't fit anymore made me feel that bit better! Laura's parents are Irish and they celebrate big in Leeds too, so she's feeling like she's missing out too, so we're listening to our Irish songs and I'm content enough in missing out on this occasion! The benefits are so much better :)
I've got a month's gym pass on my hands, which luckily has access to the classes, swimming pool and health suite. I didn't want to start proper exercise until I was eating, as having so little calories I didn't want to burn them all off. I went for a test swim on Friday night, I know, shocking. My former Friday's were spent swimming in Red Stripe and Wine. This week I tried it out but stupidly went at my normal speed and left myself feeling weak. I went home and had a shake but needed an early night. I drank plenty of water to make up for it. The next day I went with my friend Clara. She hadn't been swimming in ages, as she prefers the gym, so we both went at an easy pace. It was much nicer to do it with someone else. We were able to do a few lengths and then stop for a chat. After we did what we managed we hit up the sauna and steam room. It all felt very Made In Chelsea. There was other older woman in the sauna talking about how they were struggling with weight and the best ways they find to lose it. It felt like a sisterhood, everyone joining in. Sista's doing it for themselves! After the gym I had to go get weighed, as I’ll be on the other side of London on Monday so will miss my pharmacy’s opening hours. Since Monday past I have lost 3 bloody pounds!!!! It must be the two swims. I now have 38 1/2 pounds off me, I am 2 1/2 away from my 3 stone target! My friend Isabel keeps referring to it as the weight of a butternut squash she had to weigh in work and has let me know I've lost the weight off 17 1/2 butternut squashes or 22 pineapples. There are some facts and figures for you kids. I felt so refreshed after my swim and health suite visit and then to find out the 3 pound loss. I was buzzing! It was worth all the Easter egg section in Sainsbury's that I’m missing out on! Although my Mum is keeping me a Malteaser one at home for when I visit in May. One Easter egg people, you have to have a treat once in a while!
I've now been giving the new maintenance milkshakes that I start on Monday as for the last two weeks I'm introducing foods!!!! They are new flavours, which is exciting times!! They are Orange Crème, Cream of Vegetable, Summer Fruits and Chocolate Desert. They have more fibre in them and contain semi skimmed milk as to prepare your stomach for getting back to food. I also can have a salad with protein in the evening. I am going to be skipping back from work! Tomorrow will be the longest day ever. I went today to get my weeks groceries. I was so lost in the fresh food section. I couldn't believe what I was doing. I have spent so long window shopping for nice food without being able to get it, I had to snap myself out of it and look at the dates on the food and get it. Dearsy warned me she could only have small portions so I am going to take into consideration that when preparing. I bought red onion, cucumber, red pepper, salad leaves, mushrooms, cherry tomatoes and chicken. To you this sounds normal, maybe bland shop. To me, it is a feast of flavours. I cannot wait to bite into something! I am a little nervous and I don't think it has quite hit me that I’ll be having some tomorrow. 10 weeks is long with no chewing you get stuck into that mentality. It’ll probably taste amazing!
I walked home from Sainsbury’s today and the strangest thing happened. Jeans that was quite tight before were falling down. I had one hand holding a brolly and one hand holding my groceries; I thought by the time I got home they would be at my ankles. It was a great feeling despite the inconvenience and lack of glamour. It is St. Patrick's Day today and I had been sad that I couldn’t have a plate of my mum's amazing stew, have a glass of Guinness and celebrate my pride in being Irish. But jeans falling down because they don't fit anymore made me feel that bit better! Laura's parents are Irish and they celebrate big in Leeds too, so she's feeling like she's missing out too, so we're listening to our Irish songs and I'm content enough in missing out on this occasion! The benefits are so much better :)
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