Hungry Girl

This is just a quick post!  I don't really have much to say today.  I ate okay - a bit too much, but not too much bad stuff!  I took my homemade soup to work in my food flask for lunch today - and it was still warm at 1pm!  Good stuff =)   However, after lunch, I started feeling that urge to just go to the bakery and buy a couple of big cakes and then get some chocolate!  I did not give in to that urge today!  I went to the local shop and bought some diet soda (bad, but WAY better than a couple of big cakes!) and a Cadbury's Fudge (which is 115 calories or 2.0 WW points!)  So that was the baddest thing I ate today!

I really need to start getting to bed at an earlier time.  I am always way too tired in the morning and just can't get going!  I don't have to start work at a set time so if I'm feeling very tired when the alarm goes off I just reset the alarm to a later time - it's another bad habit that I need to break!

I have also gone back to reading Hungry Girl's website!  So awesome!  I did a post many moons ago about how I loved her website, but never did get round to making anything!  I am definitely going to try some new recipes this time around. I need to feel that excitement of trying something new that tastes great but is also good for you!  Go check out Hungry Girl - she's also got some brilliant You Tube videos!!

Jennifer, thank you so much for your comments on my last couple of posts!  I love your blog too, and look forward to following your journey!

That's really all I have today!  Ciao for now!

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Another GREAT day!!

Hey everyone!  How is your weekend going?  Mine has been pretty good, but quiet!  Yesterday I had lunch with my dad.  But I had a cake after it........ and it was delicious!  But that was the only bad thing I had yesterday.  Usually if I eat something like that I just think I've blown it, I might as well eat 10 bars of chocolate, more cakes and lots of bread!  I wasn't even that hungry come dinner time so I just had a wrap with sliced roast chicken and salad.  I have to remember that healthy food tastes even better than crap food!

Today, was a GREAT day.  It started off, where I slept til 12 (SHOCK!  I couldn't sleep very well last night so I got up and watched episodes of the Waltons til 3!)  I felt like I had wasted most of the day.  Kenny was heading off to the gym and I just wanted to curl up on the couch and watch rubbish telly but he convinced me to get out for a long walk with Molly.  So I got changed, strapped my heart rate monitor on, grabbed my iPhone, put on my fabulous new playlist, and did Couch to 5K.  Now I have done this before, got to the 2nd week and feel like I can run for 30 mins without stopping.  I found it so hard just to run for 1 minute.  But it was a glorious day, the sun was shining, and although it was quite cold, I kept going until I completed my 30 minutes, and then continued for a further 30 minutes of walking with a bit of random jogging!  Molly loved it too!  I took a few photos while I was out - what a beautiful day it was!

My favorite pup!!

562 Calories TORCHED BABY!!!

When I got home, I started work on making my Tomato and Basil soup!  It was so simple.  A tin of Plum tomatoes, frozen diced onion, frozen baby carrots, fresh basil chopped, and vegetable stock!

My freshly chopped basil!  Looks like a professional photo eh!

Soup a simmerin'

Frozen diced onions and baby carrots!

Basil - just in case you couldn't tell!

Instructions!

"Fry" onions and carrots until soft.
Add tin of tomatoes and stock,
Simmer for 15 minutes.
Add in handful of chopped basil.
Blend roughly in blender.

SERVE!!

Simple even for me!!  Ha ha!!

I bought a food flask yesterday too, so I can heat my soup in the morning, put in ma flask, and take it to work!!  EASY!

And before I go - my starting weight...............DUN DUN DUN!!!!


187.8lbs  -  I think thats about the same weight I was when I started this blog!!  But no point in crying over put on fat!  It's time to be positive.  Time to get this fat off once and for all.  No matter how long it takes.

I will post my measurements tomorrow.  I did take some during the week, but I can't seem to find my notebook :-(    I do remember it being bad though!

And before I go, I thought I would show you all the flowers I bought myself yesterday!  They sure do brighten up the coffee table =)

Goodnight wonderful bloggers!

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Positivity!

Ok, so I had to delete that last post I did!  It was way to whiny, moany and just in no way productive or inspiring for weight loss!!  So on that note - I am only going to post POSITIVE, UPBEAT and HAPPY posts!! Well, as much as I can!!  =)  I have decided to take a page out of Karla's book - she is just so happy and positive  in her posts that you can't help but feel that way too!

I am going to focus on things I love, things I can change, and not worry about people and things I can't change!

Here are a few of my favorite things:

Perfume:  Victoria's Secret Bombshell

I am a BOMBSHELL!  (Almost...!)

Favorite Vacation:  FLORIDA!!

Favorite Exercise:   Weight training!  (and cycling!)

Favorite Pet:   MOLLY!!

Favorite Fiance:   Kenny!!

Favorite trashy TV show:  Now this is a draw with Keeping up with the Kardashians and Jerseylicious!!

Favorite hobby:   Photography

Whether you think you can or think you can't - you are right.
-- Henry Ford







Tomorrow, I will post my start weight and measurements and maybe some "before" photos!

What are some of your favorite things???

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Back from Orlando - The City Beautiful!

Hey, y'all! I'm finally getting round to typing a blog! This will just be a quick update - I've been meaning to do this for over a week!

We had a fantastic time in Orlando, I love that place and seriously would move there in a heartbeat! That was our 5th time visiting Orlando.  It never gets old!  I am such a big kid and I still feel awe and wonder when I see the Magic Kingdom or Mickey Mouse!  I will post some pictures once I get a look through them and edit them. I took a ton of photos - I'm not kidding when I say I took over 3000 shots!! I bought a new professional Canon L lens in downtown Orlando in Colonial Photo & Hobby,  and it is the shizzle!  It just adds a new dimension to your photos!

I managed to lose 3 pounds while I was away, which really surprised me!!  I was 186.4lbs the day before we left for Florida, and the day after we returned I was 183.4!  Great huh!!  I also have to confess that I actually went out to Walmart and bought a set of scales so that I could keep track of my weight - At one point in the 2nd week there I was down to 178lbs!  If I can manage to lose weight while on vacation, in the USA - home of buffets and boneless wings, then I can lose weight anywhere!!  Ha ha!!  We walked for miles everyday around the parks and didn't order appetizers when we ate out at dinner, and always drank diet sodas, although occasionally I did order some sweet iced tea! Until I found out it was full of high fructose corn syrup! Why do all the soda's over there have high fructose corn syrup in it?? The regular soda's over here just have plain old sugar in 'em! 

I will start doing some proper posts in the weeks to come!! I feel refreshed and comitted to losing this excess weight once and for all but I tell ya, it sure is a shock to be back in Scotland - it's too cold here for me! 

I will leave you all with a couple of iPhone piccies!! Enjoy!






Hollywood Tower of Terror - My most favorite ride!



Who doesn't love palm trees??? 



Wholefoods!  Oh, how I love thee!!



I'm having an early night tonight - I have managed to catch a darned cold!!  Bleh!!  And I need to catch up with everyone's blogs - I am WAY behind!! 

Nighty night!!

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