Last weigh day before the holiday!!

So, I go on holiday tomorrow and decided to weigh a day early...

I forgot to update this last week, so last week's loss was 0.6lbs and this weeks loss is 0.5lbs! Talks about losing weight slowly!! lol oh well, a loss is a loss! I am a bit peeved that I am just 2 ounces over 135lbs though! So close, yet so far... lol

So I got my yearly bonus and brought a load of UK size 10 holiday clothes with it! I just hope the sun shines a lot so that I can wear them :)

3rd round of 30DS!! - Just did 23 days this time and I STILL want a flatter belly! Will try a 4th round after my 2 week Cornwall holiday I guess! I'm SO excited!!! :D Link to full results here: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/StephRP80

Random food shots too! lol

18th Weigh Day

I actually put on 0.4lbs!

I am hoping that the gain is muscle or water as I have lost inch-wise as well! :/ I lost 1/2 inch off my hips, 1/2 inch off my belly and 1/4 inch off my arm!

Size 10 Skinny Jeans

I ordered some weights from JJB sports online thinking it was a pair of 5lb weights and when it arrived they were a pair of 2.5lb weights that totalled 5lb. So I took them back to the nearest store after work and got my £7.99 back for them and decided to have a quick look in New Look. I grabbed a pair of size 10 skinny jeans feeling all confident after 3 pairs of my Mum's size 10 work trousers fit me. I didn't try them on in the shop as I wanted to get home and shred so I was pleased when I tried them on at home and they fit! Got a bit of a muffin top but Jillian should help me shift that. I got my 20% student discount so I got them for £7.99! Result!




I had already ordered some heavier weight to replace the 2.5lb ones. They KILL my arms! Lol

17th Weigh Day!!

I only lost 0.4lbs!

I forgot to measure too!

The weight-loss chart :) Just 1lb off of 9st 9lbs! But I want to lose about 3lbs before Cornwall...




Food for the week :)




I got my heavier weights!! - Ouchy!

My Second Round 30DS results

I did a second round of 30 Day Shred straight after my first round, I had a few days off here and there the second time round but still did 10 days at Level 1, 10 days at Level 2 and 4 days at Level 3 as I was off on holiday for 9 days. I completed the second round (well, 24 days of it) on 19th April and after my 9 days in Switzerland I have started a 3rd round of 30DS, currently on Day 8 of Level 1 and have decided to start doing 1 day of 30DS then 1 Day of 6 week 6 pack (another Jillian Michael's DVD)

Here be my results:

Size 10s!!!

I ordered some size 10s work trousers (suit trousers), a paisley tunic and some denim shorts all in UK size 10 from Clothing at Tesco. They turned up on Saturday and I tried the trousers on over the leggings I was already wearing and they trousers did up WITH ROOM!!! :D I did wonder if it was a fluke or not so I tried on the shorts and they also fit! They were tight fitting but I think that is the style but there was room around my waist still :)

Then I tried the top on... according to my measurements, I should still  be a size 12 on top but the size 10 top also fitted!!!! With all 3 items fitting, that can only mean one thing?

...I'm a UK SIZE 10!!

16th Weigh Day

And the result of my weigh day the Friday after I returned from Swissland is....

LOST 1.5lbs!!

I have now reached my target BMI of 22.0!!! :D

What my Wii Fit said this morning :D

It was less than 2lbs lol it was 1.5lbs

Set a new target as I had reached goal

Here is my food for the week :)

15th Weigh day before Swissland

Well, I have already met my initial target weight of 140lbs and I am just 0.8lbs off of my new target BMI of 22 which is 137lbs (9st 12lbs).

This week I lost 0.15lbs or 15oz, which is just 1 ounce shy of a whole pound and as I had a chinese take away last night that was still sat in my belly when I weighed this morning (I can feel it!) LOL I wil take that 15 ounces with a big smile on my face as I was expecting a gain with all that food in my belly! Just hope I can get rid of it before I fly to Switzerland! :)

Also lost... 0.5 inches off my thigh and 2 inches off my belly but I did gain on my belly last week which I think was from not exercising!

Happy faces all round! Next weigh-in will be 2 weeks from today so WATCH THIS SPACE :)

Food for the week:

Monthly photo!

I forgot to do my monthly photo so have just taken it today: http://lowcarbdieter.blogspot.co.uk/p/2012-photos.html

Early Thirteenth Weigh Day

Wii Fit said I LOST 1.8lbs!! :D I am 1.6lbs away from 22 BMI target! :D

Although, I did weigh first thing in the morning! I normally weigh just before lunch on a Friday so I might start having to weigh first thing or I might not have a loss next Friday!

Its Easter weekend and I bet my Mum wants to fatten me up this weekend so I have brought some salad and chicken to take to her's incase she doesn't have any low carb stuff in for me :)

My weight loss chart... see how close my target it? Woop woop!!!




I'll add my food pics to this post tomorrow :)

Twelfth weigh day

Here is my food for the week (Click to enlarge):




Details of the food eaten can be seen in my MFP food diary (on the right)

Weigh in results: 0lbs lost and 0lbs gained. I stayed exactly the same weigh wise but I have lost 0.75 inches off my chest and 1 inch off my beer belly :)

Next weigh day will be on Thursday as its Easter weekend and I will be at my parent's from Thursday night onwards so I will try and get up early Thursday morning and do a weigh rather than early evening.

Eleventh Weigh Day

GOAL REACHED!!! :D - 1.4lbs exactly lost :) :)

New goal of BMI 22 set on my Wii Fit which is 9st 11lbs




Food for the week (click to enlarge)




Not blogging every day has helped me to catch up on my OU study quite a bit :) Woo hoo!

Going to limit posts!! :(

Hello Low Carb blog readers!


I am afraid I will be limiting my blog posts to maybe once a week, on weigh day (Friday) as I am struggling to find time to blog every day with work and my uni course and also knitting for my niece's 1st birthday. I had fallen behind on my Uni reading but have nearly caught up now. I plan to do some reading every morning when I get into work so I need to stop blogging first thing! LOL


If you are wondering what I mean by Uni reading then I am doing an Open University course and we are supplied with text books and online reading material to teach us about the subject of My Digital Life :)


You can still see what I eat daily from the link to my food diary on the top right of the blog.


I have actually lost just over a stone so far this year (since 6th January!) :D - YAY ME!!!

Monday tummy pains!

My stomach is still bad from throwing up yesterday! I am so out of practice with the drinking malarky :(

I only had an evening meal at Prezzo yesterday as I had thrown up my breakfast and lunch!

St Paddy's Day

Breakfast




My 30DS Results :)

Tenth Weigh Day and END of 30DS!

I'm actually feeling quite slim today ready for my 30DS results and WEIGH DAY!!

I still need my Friday poo though! haha! :D

I didn't get my poo, but had good results all the same:

Actual result was -1.5lbs

I reset my goal on my Wii Fit so that it is when my BMI hits 22 :) 5lbs to go!

Lunch. Camembert and celery:

And... the 30 Day Shred results are here: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/StephRP80

Dinner. Soya flour pizza. Not as nice as the carbquik version

Last Day of 30DS

Last day of Jillian Michael's 30 Day Shred today!!

I will post my results tomorrow, and am really hoping there is a big change!! :/

I have my bigger trousers on today so am having a feeling slim day :D

Dinner. Chicken stuffed with philadelphia and wrapped in bacon with stuffed mushrooms and salad.




Total carbs: 28g, net calories: 940, calories burnt: 273

One more day...

Until my 30 Day Shred ends its 30 days!! Tomorrow is the 30th day!!

I might start again from Level 1 and keep doing each level in turn until I find the exercises easier to do! :/

I hope I have lost more inches by tomorrow but with the amount of food I had at Curry Club last night I am not hopeful! lol!! I might wait until Friday to do all of the measuring etc as that is my normal weigh day and I don't want to weigh a day early and at a time different to my normal weigh in!

Dinner. Gammon, fried egg and mushrooms:




Total carbs: 23g, net calories: 1162, calories burnt: 272

Curry Club

Its curry club again today!! Must be good... must be good...

I had the Chicken Tikka, similar to this:

Mushroom bhaji, similar to this:

and Chilli sag which I can't find a photo of! It was just spinach with green chillis in it! (HOT!!)


Total carbs: 37g, net calories: 771, calories burnt: 334

Back on track!

Right. I am feeling human again today so will work my butt off doing Jillian later to make up for yesterday's poor effort. I couldn't do a lot of the jumping about as I could feel some water I had drank bouncing around in my delicate belly and it was making me feel ill! I did the planks etc though!

This dinner is so yum! Stuffing is carby but still under 40g a day :D




Total carbs: 40g, net calories: 680, calories burnt: 269

Sunday and hungover

Not sure how I am hungover as I threw most of the cider up! lol

Yoghurt for brekkie then I fancied some form of low carb stodge so I went for 2 beef burgers with mushrooms and tomatoes and cheese slices. Did the job! :)




Dinner was roast turkey with stuffing and broccoli! Got the same again for Monday I reckon!

Total carbs: 40g, net calories: 593, calories burnt: 207

Beer Festival...

Bacon and mushroom omelette for Breakfast.





Then I receive an invite to the local beer and cider festival so have 1/4 of the pizza for lunch.





I didn't log all the cider I drank as I threw most of it up! (Take it my body didn't like the mixture of cider?!) I drank water for the rest of the night! Then I had the other 1/4 of the pizza when I got in! :) I will definitely make that pizza again! YUMMMMM

Total carbs: 15g, net calories: 842, calories burnt: 359

Nineth Weigh Day

ANOTHER Weigh Day!!


I'm not sure what to expect again today! Where I have increased my calories and carbs, I have been feeling more full up, but I felt like that last week and I lost 2lbs :) I am hoping for some kind of loss as I have still been doing 30 Day Shred every day and keeping under my calories...

I had a mixed berry protein shake for breakfast :)




I only lost 0.7lbs this week! wonder if its the protein shakes, or the Mexican on Tuesday?

Lunch: cheese and sandwich pickle salad:




I made the Low Carb pizza :) It was as yummy as it looks :)





I tried a bit of stuffed crust too, but it could have done with more mozzarella!




I only had half (so filling) so I have half for another day :)




Total carbs: 28g, net calories: 837, calories burnt: 473