Time to reveal the damage! In the end I didn't feel too disappointed (I mean, obviously a little bit), but I suspect a lot of this is just water weight and easily fixable with a few dietary changes. :) Shouldn't take me too long to drop this weight I've gained and carry on.

As usual, numbers in brackets are from the previous progress check - which in this case was April.

Weight: 74kg (69,9kg)
Arms: 30cm (30cm)
Bust: 97cm (95cm)
Waist: 71,5cm (71cm)
Belly: 91,5cm (89cmcm)
Thighs: 56,5cm (55cm)

I've also set myself a target as a result of this slight dip - I want to be at 65kg by the end of the summer! As I really didn't hit my last target, I'm so determined to stick to this one. I might even get a detailed exercise / diet plan from a PT to really get going with this.

Lately I've been really proud of what I've cooked, and tonight really wasn't an exception. I wanted something light so I ended up making a very yummy roasted sweet potato salad with meatballs (recipe, without the grated sweet potato). Sweet potato really has replaced regular potato in our home, I just prefer the taste of it and being the healthier option also makes it so very lovely in my eyes. The meal is really filling despite not really looking like it, and really doesn't add too much to the calorie budget either. :) And now that it's getting quite warm outside I don't want to fill up with "heavy" dinners either.



Next week will be more inactive again, as my dear brother is coming over to England for the week! It's going to be one busy week with lots planned, including going to Download festival for the Friday! Can't wait to see Powerman 5000 play live, they're by far one of my favourite bands and it'll be so exciting to see them perform. If any of my lovely readers are heading to the festival and recognise me, please do come and say hi!

I'm in the 60s!! What an amazing feeling! There's been massive progress both on the scales and off. :) I kid you not, I had a few checks on the scales during the week and my weight did not move even 100g in one way or another, I was worried that I had hit another plateau, hah!

I've really caught up with being injured pretty much the entire January, really pleased with how well I've done. Gives me so much more motivation to keep pushing for results.

Weight: 69,9kg (71,0kg)
Arms: 30cm (30,5cm)
Bust: 95cm (96,5cm)
Waist: 71cm (71cm)
Belly: 89cm (90,5cm)
Thighs: 55cm (56cm)

I must admit, I've been really nervous about this progress check all month. The lack of exercise has really made me worried that I've gained weight, but as it turns out, I haven't! I've been quite careful with what I've been eating, and it looks like it's really paid off. Sure, on the grand scheme of things it's not a big loss by any standard, but for someone who's spent most of January as a cripple, it's nice progress!

Weight: 71,0kg (71,8kg)
Arms: 30,5cm (29,5cm) - I will never understand my arms, hah
Bust: 96,5cm (97cm)
Waist: 71cm (72cm)
Belly: 90,5cm (90,5cm)
Thighs: 56cm (57cm)



Really looking forward to starting gym next week, got my workout plans all ready to go and I've got more than enough energy to get rid of! I keep dreaming about absolutely killing myself on cardio days (I miss the elliptical so much), for some reason it's so much fun to keep pushing myself more and more even though I feel like giving up. 

Hope you all have a lovely Sunday, it's time for me to go and empty Ikea!

A whole year has passed since I started all this. It's gone so fast! January's weigh in came in at 71,8kg - far away from my goal for January, but I'm not going to beat myself up too hard over it. I've been far from good diet wise for a very long time now, it's something I've been working on to get fixed and I should start seeing good results very soon. :) Also going to rejoin a gym after the first January rush has calmed down, can't wait to get back to it! More about my new gym later on.

As it's been a year, I think it's a good idea to look at the numbers a little. I'm going to compare my measurements to a year ago instead of last December, in a way this new progress check system makes me feel like I want to start "fresh" in a sense and not look back to last month.

4th January 2013 - 5th January 2014
Weight: 84kg to 71,8kg - 12.2kg lost
Bust: 106cm to 97cm - 9cm lost
Waist: 85cm to 72cm - 13cm lost
Belly: 102cm to 90,5cm - 11.5cm lost
Thighs: 63cm to 57cm - 6cm lost

Overall I'm really happy with my progress so far. I've had a few injuries along the way and I think it really slowed me down last summer, but I've been strong enough to carry on after recovering instead of throwing in the towel. :) It is, after all, a lifestyle change and bumps on the road are a part of it.

I'm posting my progress pictures tomorrow morning, I've been at work all day and it's too dark now to get good pictures out of my phone. I've also got plenty of post ideas just waiting for a bit of spare time!

Oops! :D Hello Christmas weight! I know a lot of that is just water weight so I'm not too bothered, I just wanted to relax a bit over the holidays and I think I relaxed just a bit too much. Oh well, it'll only give me more motivation to exercise next week - the January progress check is just around the corner and I want to stick to my plan of being out of the 70s by then.

Well that was a very pleasant surprise this morning! Was about time for the fat to start shifting again. Nearly out of the 70s now!

I'll have a proper post coming up soonish, it's been quite hectic weekend so haven't had the time (or energy!) to write. :)

No loss again. Getting a bit annoyed now.

And on other news, avoiding milk really sucks. EVERYTHING in this country seems to have milk in it. I really hope the test comes back negative for both intolerance and allergy when I get it done next week.

This month has dragged so bad weight loss wise. It's been really frustrating to have all these uni committments and work just dragging everything down. I'm just so looking forward to having a break from uni work for the best part of a month (our deadline is Tuesday and we won't start a new project until January), gives me a proper chance to get back into exercising and looking after myself.

And measurements. Not even going to post the pictures as there's absolutely no change at all from last month.

Arms: 30cm (30cm)
Bust: 97,5cm (99cm)
Waist: 72,5cm (72,5cm)
Belly: 91cm (90,5cm)
Thighs: 57cm (57,5cm)
Weight: 71,3kg (72kg)

But on a happier note, I've finished my uni project! Just needs printing out properly at uni but it's done! 

And I have a target for myself: I want to be out of the 70s by my next progress check in January!

Apologies for the lack of posts this week, it's been a combination of being too busy with uni and wanting a small creative break from writing. Should have plenty of things to talk about in the coming six weeks, more about that later.

I'm actually quite surprised about the weigh in. Obviously happy about the result but I just don't see how it was possible! Next to no exercise, two takeaway dinners and going out to a restaurant last night + some chocolate and sweets at the cinema. Not complaining obviously, but it just makes so little sense! :D

Oh hello plateau. I was wondering when the first one would really hit me. When I did Weight Watchers everyone on the forums would just say that at least it's not a gain so I should be happy. While that statement is true, I'm not doing this to just sit at this number and be pleased about it. Need to figure out how to mix things up a little again.

When I got home from work last night I had three parcels waiting for me in our office; my friend's birthday present (a slightly rude thing so I will not post about it :D), new remotes for our TVs (how exciting, right?) and my brand new Skullcandy headphones!


They're gorgeous! ♥ I've had Skullcandy Lowriders before, but my trusty old ones finally gave up after nearly four years of loyal service. Got some pictures of the old ones here. :) These headphones aren't ridiculously expensive but it does tell you something when they last for years instead of a couple of months like all the other headphones I've bought before.

And I coloured my hair as well last night! It did go a bit darker than I wanted but nevermind, it'll fade in a few washes. :) I do like it though, I didn't feel like having a meltdown last night when I saw the result! :D


As I've made it very clear over the past month, I've really struggled with sticking to good eating habits and exercising enough lately and it did really show on the scales this morning. Didn't lose anything and my measurements weren't that brilliant either, but that's just given me more motivation to stick to this two month plan. I've had to take it easy this week because of my ankle, but it seems to have healed again so it'll be full steam ahead again. ;)

Arms: 30cm (30cm)
Bust: 99m (101cm)
Waist: 72,5cm (73,5cm)
Belly: 90,5cm (91cm)
Thighs: 57cm (57,5cm)
Weight: 72kg (72,6kg)

I was going to post a separate weigh in rant but as I only lost 100g it would've just contained swear words and such. So yeah, thought that it's better to wait a bit and post other stuff in the same thing. :)

At least I'm in even figures now - 12kg lost. I keep saying that I will get back on top of it but now that it's the end of my half term and the winter term is starting tomorrow, I'm actually going to draft a plan for myself for the rest of the year and stick to it, no matter what. It'll go on the wall next to my computer, so it'll stare at me all the time when I'm doing something.

Someone moved my coffee table! I haven't posted any exercise outfit pics for ages (mainly because I haven't had the need to wear any...) and now that I actually went for a long, fast paced walk and wore the approriate clothing, the coffee table was gone! It is in the lounge but I'm too weak to move it to it's original place, so you'll just have to put up with this temporarily.


The weather was so odd today. It was pretty windy and chilly, but when I hit a sunny patch it was so warm that I wanted to take my hoodie off. Then again I've been feeling a bit under the weather for a few days so I could've just made it worse by taking it off.



And now to the exciting bit! THOOOOOOOOOR! I've been so excited about this film for ages! Tom Hiddleston and Kat Dennings are some of my favourite actors and as I am a geek, all kinds of superheroes are exactly my kind of thing. ;) When I watch Marvel's films I keep thinking that I should start reading the comics to really get into the lore of it all. That's what I really love about fantasy / sci-fi, there's just so much room for history, small details and other things you just can't come up with when dealing with real stuff.

Sometimes I do come up with short background stories for characters, but I never end up writing them down. I think I'd have about a book's worth of characters written down by now if I did. Well, maybe not a book. But just for my own entertainment and something to read back to when I'm bored.


Ok I'm just going to stop letting the geek out and start planning this exercise schedule. ;)

I'm not happy. Sure, still a loss, but I'm just not satisfied with the way I've been eating and not exercising at all lately. I know I can do this without the same amount of exercise I used to do, but my diet has been all over the place ever since my birthday.

I need to fix this.

So yeah, just lost the water weight from last week. Not much else to say about it really. :p

Or well, I'm just happy that I did lose this week after going out last night. Alcohol + a late night snack after we got home could've looked very awful on the scales this morning.

Not bothered about the gain, I've had such a horrible week food wise. :D Two takeaways, chocolate (and way too much of it...), sweets... It's been hard to switch off from last weekend for sure. I'm also really struggling to find the time to exercise at the moment, really need to just put half an hour aside for that every day and stick to it, no matter how busy I am.

Anyways, measurements! Will ramble more later today or tomorrow + pics. :)

Arms: 30cm (31cm)
Bust: 101m (101cm)
Waist: 73,5cm (74cm)
Belly: 91cm (92cm)
Thighs: 57,5cm (57,5cm)
Weight: 72,6kg (73,8kg)

Well, milestone reached and passed! I can quite happily say that I am the lightest weight I have been for a very long time now (+2 years), and about halfway through to hitting my goal weight as well. :)

Definitely a good start to the day, has made the thought of going to work in an hour a bit easier! 

Seriously, 100g away from my benchmark?! Screw you fat, just screw you! :D Really happy with this though, I'm glad I've broken the loss - gain - loss - gain cycle (at least for now). This week has been very odd, only went to the gym once and haven't really done much exercise on top of that. Also been feeling really ill again, sore throat and just generally feeling a bit light headed. That hasn't really encouraged me to go outside in the chilly autumn air.

In a way I was hoping for a bigger number after last week. But what's done is done, it's still a loss and I'm happy about it. :) Gotta keep it positive. Will definitely push myself harder to reach that 73.2kg benchmark next week.

And as it's progress week, here you go! Will try and get the progress pics up later today (or tomorrow). Quite happy with how they turned out, makes this morning a bit more positive.

Arms: 31cm (31cm)
Bust: 101m (99cm)
Waist: 74cm (74cm)
Belly: 92cm (95cm) !!
Thighs: 57,5cm (59cm) !!
Weight: 73,8kg (74,5kg)

I just can't seem to have two good weeks in a row and it's really starting to piss me off. I've started being very religious about calories again and have stuck to my budget. The only day I've gone above my budget was Thursday when we had a takeaway dinner (and I only went over by about 200 calories). Maybe I should start hitting the exact amount of calories instead of being slightly under. I don't know. Guess it's just about trying and finding out if it works.

And of course the female body being awful hasn't helped with retaining water this week.

I wanted to do a little dance on the scales!! :D 10kg I never want to see again. Considering that I've done next to no exercise this week because of my knee and a day out yesterday (water weight could've built up + some alcohol), this is incredible.

If my memory serves me correctly, I'm 800g away from being the same weight I was last July before hitting my back. :)