10 KILOGRAMS IN 3 MONTHS CHALLENGE WEEK 1

1 pound of fat

The caption of the picture reminds me of the merchant of Venice, gosh I loved that story when I was a kid, anywho, that ladies and gentlemen is a pound of glorious fat! So when anyone thinks that they have lost a pound and it isnt much, well just look at it!!

I lost 1.6 kilograms!! That's 3.5 pounds in my first week!! I cant believe it, and I used two different scales just to be on the safe side of life. Its been really hard, going to the gym 5 days a week, the hardest bit I think is getting out of my bedroom. I have enjoyed the aftermath, seriously when you work out you feel so good afterwards, you get such a mega release of endorphins!

This week I have gone to gym 5 times, each time working out a minimum of 700 calories. This is from 50 mins on the treadmill, which is elavated, if you have a treadmill that changes the angle you are walking on, use this function! It works well with your behind, how do I know, apart from the numbness of my bum, there are massive sweat patches under the curve of my bottom. It does looks a bit wrong but hey, I know its working. One of the girls who works at my gym told me that I should interchange and vary my excerise routine and not just stick to running as the body gets used to running and burns less calories. Therefore I set the goal of 8km on the stationary bike,6km on the crosstrainer or 100 calories burn on the rowing machine. I think I will put in that step machine thingy this week.

Having a hard time dealing with less carbs! My body wants bread, pasta, rice and chocolate, dammit!!

FOOD!! FACT: I am an emotional eater! Like most emotional eaters I tend to over eat when I am angry, something I need to work on. Another factor when eating is I usually watch television or watching something online when I am having my meals. Result is I overeat, so all meal times have been replaced with the book I am currently reading (Stephen Fry's autobiography, the man is a genius!), ELLE's August edition arrived this morning. And my mom told me to time my meals, its surprising how fast I eat! I am done in less than 10 mins. My goal is to make every meal time last longer, maybe 15 mins and longer if I have the time. Portion size, again, my mother told me to stop using this mug, its about 500 ml (0.9 pints), she says my tummy expands due to the large amount of liquid I am taking in during one sitting. So I drink from smaller mugs now, my plate size has also decreased and when I am using a bowl I only fill it up half way.

The food I am eating is pretty cheap, actually it is mega cheap! I went to ASDA (I am a student with no job) and bought 10 cans of kidney beans 16p at each, 2 cans of vegetable soup at 20p, a kilogram of frozen chicken breasts,which were £3.99, a bottle of jalapeno peppers at £1.89( I lurve jalapeno peppers), two kilograms of frozen vegetables at £1 each, 15 eggs at £1. I also went to Tesco and bought their value brand of porridge oats which is priced at 75p for a kilo and two packets of Tesco Lighter Choices Soup for 46p each, so roughly I spent £12! And I still have a lot of food left over, except the eggs because I have two for breakfast almost everyday. I don't think I will go food shopping this week, and the garden, I planted lettuce, kale,onions,green beans and tomatoes are almost ready to harvest. I have the lettuce for lunch everyday. So having a little garden is a great help. Hopefully I will keep up with my gym and making good healthy eating choices and I will be back in my skinny jeans by Sept.

Does anyone else have any weight loss advice, please do comment!