Weigh In Wednesday | Week 2

Week 2 of Weigh In Wednesday and this week was a doozie!

It was pretty depressing! Last Saturday was my friends 21^st and the mission was to look amazing and find the perfect dress.

Last Wednesday I got my nails done and a spray tan, firstly a tan us always good to make you look that bit better, I’m not sure if it makes you look slimmer or anything but it’s always better to have that healthy glow than to look pasty.

I had also bought a gorgeous dress that week, but silly me didn’t try it on when I bought, I presumed as it was my size that it would be all good. When I decided to try it on it fitted everywhere but my ass, it didn’t look too bad but it meant the dress was made a lot shorter so I made the decision to head out and look for a new dress.

I thought I just had to go into River Island or New Look and pick up a dress and be done with it but instead I had the most emotional day of shopping I ever had!

I tried on numerous dresses in my size (12) and when they didn’t fit I went and tried them on in a size 14. When the size 14’s weren’t fitting I seriously thought I was going to have a panic attack. Again some of the dresses didn’t fit because my Kim K ass was getting in the way and then the fact that I have pretty much no chest meant that it would be hanging at the top and tight as anything at the bottom. I really don’t know what the story is my proportions are all over the place.

I ended up getting a lose dress from River Island which I liked (not loved) and was all set to get ready. Unfortunately even before I could get to the party and I had to go home sick! Seriously it was just getting worse.

Luckily because I hadn’t been well the last few days it meant I haven’t been eating much, unfortunately I’ve ended up getting it back and then some!

So this week I know will be better, with the good weather I always eat better, I find I never have as much of an appetite when it’s hot outside and the food is always so much fresher and lighter, so I have high hopes for a good healthy week.

Thanks for reading!

Love Sarah xoxo

Weigh in Wednesday Week 1

It’s been a week since I started watching my weight. It hasn’t been the best of weeks but I have been doing well.

I’ve decided not to weigh myself during this process, in the past when I’ve weighed myself I became very obsessive about it and would weigh myself every day and sometimes twice a day, so this time I’m just going to judge it by how well my clothes fit, I feel that will be the healthiest option for both my body and my mind.

Typical amount of steps before starting Weigh In Wednesday

I’ve been using my Fitbit to check how much I’ve been moving around and I’m doing a lot better than I have been doing, I’m putting this down to walking my brothers dog and because I’ve been getting the tram into work it means I’ve to do a little extra bit of walking to and from work!

Since watching my weight I've been getting over 10,000 steps daily

I’ll be back home this weekend after house sitting for my brother so I’ll be back in the gym from Sunday! My membership doesn’t run out till September so I might as well make the most of it till then!

I’ve decided to cut out starchy carbs such as bread, wraps and chips, this could be tough seeing as I make a wrap every day for my lunch. I’m also going to have to stop going near the biscuits in work, we have a tea club and every day there’s always the nicest cookies floating around and by 3 o’clock you need that sugar fix to get you through that last stretch in the day. I think I’ll just have to bring a better variety of fruit into work, I already bring 2-3 apples and 1-2 bananas that I eat more my little break and for lunch so maybe some melon or mango for the afternoon will give me that sugar hit I need.

Thanks for reading and for the positive comments I received from last week’s Weigh in Wednesday post and if you have any tips let me know!

Love Sarah xoxo

Weigh in Wednesday

Fat, flabby, chubby, large, round, I could go on, but on a daily basis when I look in the mirror these are the words that pop into my head.

Like many of you I’ve struggled with my wait for the best part of my life, I've gone from size 8 to size 16. I've gotten larger over the years and reached a massive 13st 5lbs two years ago but thanks to Weight Watchers (my 2nd attempt) I managed to drop to just under 10st. What spurred me on was my boyfriend going to Australia, he went for the year and I really want to look like a new woman for when he returned. But since he came back I’ve slowly put the weight back on. I had put about a stone back on and had managed to keep it steady for a good while, in the last 3 months though I have seriously ballooned up and I am ready to lose it again, so each Wednesday I will be talking about how much weight I have lost (hopefully), what I do at the gym and what I’ve been eating.

Once I get into losing weight I do become very motivate and really into it so I’m excited for that.

I think I have gained a lot of weight in the last few months because I have been moved to a different location in my job. I have a Fitbit Flex which counts my steps and working in the city every day and running around the office meant I was getting 10000 steps each day (the recommend amount we should all be doing a day) and now I've been moved out of the city and I’m getting the bus straight to and from the door of the office and I’m sitting at my desk from the time I get in to the time I leave. I'm also very lazy and once I’m home its soap central, from 7 till 9 I'm watching soaps, I love that trash.

The reason I want to lose weight is because I’ve put so much weight on none of my clothes are fitting me now and I don't want to buy anymore when I’ve a wardrobe full of really nice clothes. It's also almost summer and I'm going to loads of outdoor concerts and I want to wear my shorts and dresses, and finally my birthday is in a month and I really want to look pretty and really it all boils down to looking pretty!

So keep an eye out for my post every Wednesday to see how I’m getting on.

Thanks for reading!

Sarah xoxo