Day 11 - oh happy day!

Great day today!
Nice healthy brekkie in bed, accidentally skipped lunch because I was too busy playing with new toy (the punchbag) and then 2 beers to chug whilst watching the NFL action!

Calories consumed today 1194
Calories burnt 259

I worked up a hunger during my boxing workout and had a fresh idea Morrissons cheese burger for dinner with a salad and a beer which all in all came in just under the 600 calorie mark. I then ate a sneaky hotdog when the Chicago Bears were playing.

I'm making my way through the vampire academy books for the second time and I have decided that despite being almost 24 years of age Rose Hathaway is my new idol. I'll be ready to kill some Strigoi before Christmas.

Much happier today, looking forward to working our tomorrow night after work which is what it's all about. The wii fit always tells me if you like something then there's no reason why you shouldn't do it everyday... Usually I think the wii fit talks nonsense but it came out with a few pearls of wisdom today one of which is attached in the form of a photo.

I'm tired... The Chicago Bears victory wore me out somewhat. That and the little catch session we had after with my new Chicago Bears football!

Signing out everyone!

Dare I say it?

I am not loving strictly come dancing tonight. I know shock horror! But anyway I digress time for a diet update!

Day 9 - back to cricket!
A hellish day at work made much better by an hours indoor cricket training.

I was well behaved at work, shake in the morning and shake at lunch. Cricket training built up a sweat and then the cricket social... Eeeek!

Now usually I could consume 2-3 pints at a cricket social but last night I only had 2 bottles of coors light. A big change for me and one I'm quite proud of.

Day 10 - the less said the better.
Well within my calorie limit at the moment but that could change depending on how much beer I decide to drink. Feeling a bit down because I am stuck at home and not away at a hotel which is what I thought was happening today. Sad times.

Better update later when I'm feeling happy!

Upset, downhearted, lost 1lb.... Wow!

Day 7
Calories consumed 1238
I am starting to feel a little bit hungry now and down right fed up of the diet. Had a lovely grilled bacon and chicken salad for my dinner which was 440 calories but left me feeling quite full. Work is helping curb my cravings but when I get home I really want to snack. Starting to dread weighing myself tomorrow seeing as I feel no different.

Day 8
I've lost all my enthusiasm but I've not not lost any weight. How depressing. Well it registered as a whopping 1lb loss on the wii fit, I am gutted. Hubby is cooking my 369 calorie pasta dinner whilst I cry and label myself a failure. 7 out of 8 days I've eaten 1200 calories or less and all I've lost is one measly pound!? Absolute rubbish, I hate failing and right now that is how I feel. I hate my body I feel disgusting and really at least I was happy being able to have currys and pizza and kebabs! I was definitely happy having a few bottles of beer at the weekend. Now I'm just as overweight and probably even more upset about it. Why did I even try to lose it?

Not happy.

Day 8 22:04

Hi, Happy Sammyanther here! Dinner (Tesco spaghetti with lemon and thyme chicken 349 calories per serving), Absolute 80's and some nice advice from myfitnesspal.com members has cheered me up. I spent all day wondering how much I was going to weigh and I had obviously built up a bigger loss in my mind, ( I mean come on I need something nice and positive to think about at work!) BUT looking at it now... at least I've not put a pound on!

Day 6 - down in the dumps

Feeling very down today. Not the best day at work and unlike the other days I really feel hungry. I've eaten 1295 calories, dinner was just over 600 but my hubby made carbonara (633 a portion) and it was delicious!

I've worked off 45 calories walking to the bus this morning. It was pitch black when I left for work which might be a reason why I feel so down in the dumps.

I was fine at work in terms of cravings today and even managed a trip to Tesco without any 'shopping rage' which is unusual!

I'm in bed early again, not feeling very well tonight. Reading vampire academy and listening to absolute 80's to try make me stop thinking about food... (more songs than you think mention food and/or drink)

I also feel like I've lost absolutely no weight which is upsetting me. I don't feel any healthier or thinner, no ones mentioned that I look thinner. This wouldn't usually bother me but I am really trying hard and have only gone over my calorie limit once so surely i should be seeing some sort of change? I've heard other people mention how they managed to lose 5lbs in a week, I highly doubt I've lost anything which makes me feel like a bit of a failure.

Well.... Tomorrow is day 7 and I'll weigh myself on Thursday after the parents evening at work and hope for good news.

Day 5 - fun fun fun!

Back to work today and I managed ok! (despite one panicky moment... I am obviously drinking a lot more water than I used to at work!)

1177 calories eaten and 140 calories burnt on the wii.

It's really cold today, surely that's nothing to do with the diet, just the rubbish weather. I'm now tucked up in bed after a hard days work. My electric blanket on full.

Tonight I almost broke my TV as I kicked my wii fit board in a moment of rage. Halfway through step plus it stopped registering my left foot... A moment that I'm sure on a full stomach would have annoyed just as much as it did tonight. Boy was I angry... I quit step plus and did some extra torso & waist twists to get back at the stupid thing.

My dinner was actually amazing! Last nights left over beef goulash (404 calories per serving) and sour cream. I was so hungry I ate one of my carefully measured teaspoons of sour cream right out the carton... and it tasted good. The goulash tasted just as good with only one teaspoon of sour cream incase you were wondering.

Now it's time for star trek voyager and sleep. I just hope I don't get too hungry at work tomorrow, but I feel really happy with what I've accomplished so far which is helping to keep me motivated!

I have attached a photo of the evil wii fit board... If it cuts out on my tomorrow I will most definitely break my foot on it.

Dieting - It is evil....

Well, I've been dieting now for 4 days... 4 very long days!

I currently weigh 192lb and would like to get down to about 160lb. I decided that blogging about my weight-loss experience might help me keep going! Right now I want to throw my slim-fast vanilla shake in the bin and get a Domino's delivered, but instead I will just slowly consume my 230 calorie meal in a glass and enjoy it...

I've had a few ups and downs in the last few days but overall I feel quite happy with my progress.

Day 1
I had 1198 calories and burnt 60 on the Wii. I found it pretty easy but have never looked forward to a apple and grape snack from tesco's that much in my life! I find the shakes really handy because I can have one before I leave the house in the morning without really having to wake myself up! for dinner that night I had Tesco easy Fish Pie... all the ingredients for £5 serves 4 so I froze the other portions for other nights (each potion 444 calories so fits in nicely to my slim-fast plan).

Day 2
The first day where I really started to drink the right amount of water! oh and the arrival of my iPhone 4S.
I had 1227 calories and no exercise apart from running to the O2 shop at 7:30 am to get into the queue ( I was 20th in case anyone wants to know) I even managed to go into Greggs with my mate, watch him buy a Yum Yum and a sausage bean and cheese bake and sit in the car whilst he ate them. I still feel I only managed this because I had my new phone to play with. Day 2 felt very easy because I was distracted by the phone and work so I didn't really notice any cravings for food I just ate my snacks and shakes and had a lovely dinner (reheated fish pie... which was actually just as tasty as the night before)

Day 3- Diet fail.
I exercised in the morning (burnt 73 calories), had my breakfast shake, walked to the train station (burnt 169 calories) and then I arrived at my destination.

First thing I had to drink, CIDER! It tasted wonderful, I suddenly thought Who needs food when they can drink cider instead.... LIQUID DIET!

The plan was very flawed. Despite my excellent idea of only having 1 pint I managed to knock back Cider (1 pint), Budweiser (1 and a half bottles), Peroni (1 pint) and Franziskaner(1 pint). Plan LIQUID DIET failed. Made worse by the slice of Bruschetta and a Pizza Diavola I had for my dinner.

I won't lie, I loved every minute of my night out last night and because I didn't have my lunch time shake or any snacks during the day I only ended up about 600 calories over my 1200 limit. The fact that most of them were empty calories from alcohol does not upset me in the slightest because they did not feel empty at the time!

Today, Day 4
I started fresh and put last nights failure behind me. Up out of bed, slimfast shake for breakfast, new 35 minute work out on the Wii (165 caloroes burnt!) and now I need to decide whether or not to go to the supermarket with my husband or maybe do some work... supermarket will probably win that competition.

I'll be updating this blog every day throughout my diet so feel free to leave words of encouragement whilst I fantasize about walking/jogging to McDonald's and demanding 3 Large Big Mac meals. If any one is interested walking to my nearest McDonald's (2.2 miles away) wouldn't even burn enough calories for one Big Mac. Sad times.