Nearly a month.....

So, Saturday will be a month since I started my journey. I thought I would share with you my little tips that have helped me over this time so far.

FOOD - When on a diet you obviously need to look at the food you are eating and start to make healthier choices. A good idea is to make a full week's 'HONEST' Food Diary prior to starting your diet. Then in Week 1 simply revisit that food diary and see how you can  improve on the food you have consumed in that week by making healthier alternatives. This way you are not restricting your diet , but improving the quality and quantity of what you actually consume.

FOOD GROUPS - Many faddy diets ask you to drop certain food groups, such as carbs or protein. The truth of the matter is you really need to ensure that you are getting a balanced diet. I find that if you follow diets such as Atkins that take you to the opposite end of the scale and asks you to eat just protein is asking for trouble. It is impossible to maintain weight loss when you are not addressing all of the food groups, in order to keep the weight loss it must be a lifestyle change that incorporates all food groups being consumed sensibly.

EXERCISE - If you think you can just lose weight by eating less, and differently that is fine.....My belief is that exercise not only helps weight loss , toning and body sculpting but it helps the mind.  Since doing this diet and doing exercise 3 x a week I find myself alot happier, those endorphins that are triggered when doing excercise are the best medicine for anyone feeling low. So get yourself moving, I am still playing netball, 'attempting' to run and doing Zumba and Davina's DVD.

SHARING - Since doing the blogg I have found it really helpful being able to share my journey with others. It is not necessary to do a blog, but maybe get a diet buddy, someone who can help you when you are having a 'fat' day....or can maybe join you for a run.

It is weigh in day on Saturday.....I wonder what numbers will roll on .?

Good luck to anyone on the journey

Love Diet Mummy xx

Fish and Fringes

Today has been a good day on the dieting front, nice food and feeling rather good about myself.
Todays menu:
BF: Shreddies with milk
SNACK: Banana & Oat biscuit
LUNCH: Tuna salad & Apple
DINNER: Thai salmon fishcakes x 2 with peas and salad
SNACK: Oat biscuit
DRINKS: Hot water and green tea

 I also had my hair cut, was looking on line for hairstyles that help to slim your face, as it isn't always about how much weight you lose. You need to look at how to make the best of what you have as you continue down the road of improving your health and life. I thought a new 'do' would give me that little boost, so headed to the salon for a treat courtesy of my lovely Mummy x .....So I had about 5 inches lopped off the back and now have a slightly inverted long bob and side sweep fringe......I ♥ it!

Happy Wednesday folks,

Love Diet Mummy xx

Incentives....

I am now moving into week four!

Who would have thought I would have made it this far? Certainly not me!

I am now 16lbs lighter and have lost a grand total of 16cms....I am just teetering above 13 stone, and hoping that this week will take me down to 12 stone something.

Thinking about weight loss has got me looking at body image and fashion. I find myself generally wearing the same items day in and day out, and my wardrobe is far less inspiring than most, with the main colour combinations being black, grey and dark blue! I class these as my 'safe' colours and the colours that some class as 'unseen' colours.

So as a result of this I have done a wardrobe cull, items have been placed into piles of:
1. Clothes I wear
2. Clothes I haven't worn in over a year
3. Special occassion clothes

All of the clothes I have not worn in over a year are going to be disposed of, there is no need to keep them.

As an incentive for weight loss, along with my target I have given myself a focus of a shopping treat. My friend, and fellow blogger Karen 'Mission; Style' has accepted my call for help, and has agreed to come with me when I hit target. I believe strongly in creating incentives for hard work, and dieting is 'hard work'. So if you are setting yourself a target for loss, don't forget to set your incentive too.

Good luck to anyone who is joining me on this journey, I hope the scales are kind to you.

Love Diet Mummy x

Exercise Interference!!!

Ok, so this evening I decided to do a bit of exercise, so stuck on Wii Zumba Party.
This evening I had my usual work out mates with me, namely Benjamin and James!....so Mummy is trying to get a shimmy on and the boys decide this is the opportune moment to get some glow sticks out!  My work out has now turned into a rave!!!!
The three of us manage to finish the raving work out,and James has a post zumba poo!!! Quick nappy change then I decide that Davina's Ab Workout is needed just to finish up the night's entertainment.......things just don't go smoothly.....imagine Mummy, Benjamin and James all led on the floor in the same position, doing sit up's! I am not sure whether the laughing or sit up's were hurting my ab's more. The boys got bored with that so James decides to lie underneath me as I am attempting to do 'the plank'.  The trials and tribulations of my workouts continue...........

Who'd have believed it?

Well I am now entering WEEK 3!
I can quite honestly say that most diets I do rarely enter the 3rd digit, so I am rather pleased that I have not succumbed to the chocolate, red wine and cheese!
I am off out this weekend, so deciphering what is going to be the tipple of choice....it will have to contain diet coke.....and what? ( some investigating needs to be done)
Setting out my menu for the week, and this week see's the appearance of the dreaded skimmed milk! Going to give it a bash and hope that it pays dividends on the scales on Saturday.
MONDAY MENU
BF: Cheerios with milk Skimmed
LUNCH : Ham wrap with salad cream
DINNER : (Feeling lazy) Tortilla pizza with tomato puree, ham, onion, red peppers, grape and grated cheese.
SNACKS : 2 X Oatie biscuits, clemetine, banana,  grapes
DRINKS : Green Tea & water

Week 2 complete....

Ok, so finished Week 2 of the diet and exercise and I am 4lbs lighter! Yeah! Really pleased with my results now lost 13lbs in 2 weeks.......I think the fact I have lost it so quickly means it should have never been there in the first place!!!!

Just thought I would detail the weekend of food I consumed last weekend.
SATURDAY
BF - 2 x Weetabix with SS Milk.
LUNCH - 3 x eggs scrambled with knob butter, 3 x crumpets (salt and pepper)
DINNER - Chicken Tikka pieces, salad, yoghurt sauce, mango chutney,  2 Chapati's & 1 x Popadum.
DRINKS - Green tea throughout the day.

SUNDAY
BF -Bowl porridge with SS milk
LUNCH - Tortilla wrap with ham, cheese, tomato (toasted) with side of cucumber and tomato.
DINNER - 1/4 roast chicken pie, mash and peas
SNACKS - 2 x Oat biscuits, 2 x clementines, 1 x crumpet with dairylea
DRINKS -Green tea

Exercise Update

I believe really strongly in the case that dieting is never enough without a good dose of exercise.
I have decided that the only way I can truly get exercise into my daily regime is to turn my home into my gym! So, with the help of my Davina McCall DVD (Which is AMAZING), Zumba Fit on the Wii and some jogging around my local area I think I can get the full body workout I need.
I also play netball once a week with some of the Mum's from my son's school.....so the social side of my exercise is also covered.It is always nice to do at least one thing in a team...or at least with a few friends as it will give you more motivation to continue (even if you're having a bad day.
Yesterday was netball night, we played a team from Malvern......who were all Premier League players.....and as a team that have only just got back into netball.....you can imagine we got beaten, or rather thrashed! The final score was 25-5! I was absolutely pooped by the end of the game, so a job well done in my eyes! (Better luck next week)

The end of Week 1

Ok, so this week really hasn't been as hard as I thought it would be.

I have been making a food diary everyday so that I can keep track of what is going in!!!

The result on the scales this morning was.......9lbs loss!!! WAHAY!!!!!!!

Next week I am going to track my food log online so you can see exactly what I am eating.....and will be sharing my amusing exercise stories.

Catch up with you on Monday, Sunday is a day kf rest so no bloggjng tomorrow xx

Love Diet Mummy xx

Vital Statistics

Ok, so the start of my journey was Saturday 5th Jan 2013.

My parents had given me some money for Christmas and I decided that along with a shiny  new hoover I would buy myself some weighing scales!!!!.....

Got home with my new purchases and decided that it was time to stand on the scales of doom! ?.....It was Doomsday.....14 stone 4 lbs.....'JEEEEEEEEEEZZZZZZ that isn't good.

So the start of my journey began.

I know people have differing vices when it comes to food, mine are bread, pasta, potatoes..basically any kind of carbs! Also partial to a bit of chocolate, cheese and wine too....oh, and the odd Corona or three! So food needs an overhaul!

Exercise. ?..as a former A Level Phys Ed student it pains me to say that I am unfit.....Shamelessly I have neglected this once fit body by eating and drinking and lazing my way to the size I am now....I needed to find something to do that I could do at home and in the late evenings. I do not have the luxury of having time to go to the gym and my husband works till 8pm most nights, so running and the Davina McCall DVD I bought a few years ago (but never used) are the exercises of choice.

Wishme luck!

Why?

So, this is how the story goes......

I am a married lady of 35 and have 2 lovely boys who are 5 and 2 years old.

As with most Mummy's the word 'diet' is mentioned on a regular basis, and the promise of starting one and sticking to it is all too common. I am one of those people, but I figured that I would really commit to it this time, and create a blogg to see me through.

I hope that this blogg may inspire some other people in the same position as me to realise you aren't alone and although it may be difficult it is possible.

Diet Mummy x