Little bits of February 2013

February has literally whizzed by! Lots of key things happened this month, Rocket turned 3! Had his first day of PreSchool, I had Norovirus and ended up on a drip up the hospital! We had visits from both Grandparent, went to Jimmy's Farm, I celebrated my 1 and a half stone loss since 3rd January.. Rocket started eating fruit! Great Grandma got her funky wig and I took Rocket to the playground ALONE (walked!)

All in all a fabulous month and now we are raring to go in the Spring sunshine!

1 and a Half Stone!

This week I reached another goal mark thanks to Thinking Slimmer alongside SW.

Me *cringe* at my heaviest 09/11

Me last week!

I am now 1 and a half stone lighter than on January 3rd and I am feeling fabulous about it all! I fit into a size 22 top (bearing in mind i was 24-26 to start with!) My size 24 trousers are really baggy and I'm positive I've gone down a Bra size! (Although I'm hanging on to get remeasured as the Bras I get cost a small fortune)

I have discovered my waist again, which had slowly been morphing into the rest of me and I generally have alot more energy.

I have decided to no longer see the personal trainer as it was just too much for my HMS and I was getting pain flare ups more than reaping any benefits of the workout. I now intend to swim once a week.

Being independant is such a great feeling!

A big achievement for me happened yesterday... I WALKED Rocket to the playground and we didn't even take a buggy. He thoroughly enjoyed himself and I felt amazing (although knackered) that Ive made this milestone as its a a step to my main goal of being healthy enough to play with my son this summer!

Coaching with ThinkingSlimmer is going fantastic! I couldn't thank the SlimPod more for helping getting my confidence up to move more and eat less!

Gym Bunny!

I'm writing this from a disappointingly warm bath (our house heating and water run from the same..so because we've had the heating on, we haven't got much got water!)

I just did my first work out in many years!

I have a personal trainer for 1 hour a week who knows about my HMS and is working with me to build up my core strength. He's great, I felt confident in my first session and managed to do 30 minutes of (low intensity) cardio and also some weights.

I had absolutely no clue of what I can do (hence why I'm paying a personal trainer!) but I'm incredibly pleased with what I pushed myself through today. Though towards the end it was getting very tough.

Now (in my even colder bath) my legs are aching and other muscles I forgot I had! So I've taken my cocodamols and am just waiting to see if it triggers a HMS flare up or not. I so hope not seeing as il be doing this every week from now!

Who would have thought it, 2 weeks into January and I've lost 8lbs and have started the gym! I'm hoping 2013 is the year where I get myself back to who I used to be!

I'm Losing it!

Hahaha that's right, in a sense :P

On the 3rd of January I started Slimming World, alongside Thinking Slimmer and I'm now just over 2 weeks in and have lost 8lbs and got my half stone award! yay!

I have a tremendously long way to go but it's working and best off is its healthy! I had been on Lighterlife and Cambridge, dazzled by the promise of rapid weightloss and fast results and I was sucked in and yes, I did lose weight but I was depressed, deprived and starving!

The thing I love about slimming World is that you can eat practically everything meal wise you had before (as long as you modify it and cut out fat!)

So 2 weeks in and also starting Personal Training at a gym connected with a doctors (I'm not talking sweaty heavy stuff yet) I will be working to strengthen my core muscles and as I lose the weight, hopefully I can increase my fitness levels.

I'm happy and learning to appreciate that 3lb is a decent amount to lose a week! I was slightly disheartened.. but the way I'm losing it is healthy, safe and more likely to be long term!

I hope you can follow me on my journey to a healthier life!