Well today I went on a 40 min bike ride as I was feeling a little lazy just sitting and watching man vs food while eating my lunch, lemon sole with baked potato and veg. Lemon and pepper sole from Lidl is absolutely beautiful and its only about 187 calories for a piece and it has the golden crunchy factor without the fat as its only flour dusted not battered :) so definite recommendation there.
I thought I'd list the pros and cons to biking outdoors!
Pros
- Fit biker guy smiling at me
- Its exercise
- Going weeeeeeeeeeeeee! when going the downhill parts of the route.
- Beautiful scenery
Cons
- Every car going past and staring at you like you're mad
- Random guy I went past who was peeing in a bush, this maybe acceptable past midnight but its was 4pm in the afternoon! -shudders-
So biking is definitely a hit with me except for a few downsides which mainly involve the people that were around. There were a few parts of the route when I wanted to turn back around because it felt too difficult but I soldiered on! and it was worth it exercise definitely gives you a sense of accomplishment that lazing round the house can't! To finish this blog I thought I'd add a few health tips that I've found out or picked up in the last few weeks.
Laura's health tips
- If you feel hungry but shouldn't (e.g you've only had your lunch/dinner an hour ago) try drinking a pint of water, if the hunger pangs go away its a sign you're body was just feeling dehydrated. Hunger and thirst can feel very similar. However if you still feel hungry and water won't satisfy it trying having a healthy snack like fruit, vegetable crudites (posh word for sticks) or a ryvita crispbread with a bit of philadelphia and cucumber, delicious :)
- Buy some new exercise gear, tracksuit bottoms, trainers, tops, etc. If you look good and feel comfortable while exercising it makes the world of difference but don't mistake for looking for slapping on makeup there is no point, sweat people sweat!
- Buy a good sports bra, my shock absorber bra is the best thing I've ever bought! I always thought having a 34G chest stopped me from doing exercise as it was too painful but this bra is genius they don't move, its not the most comfortable thing in the world but it takes away the self conscious feeling of your tits are bouncing around everywhere.
- Watch EpicMealTime its awesome for one thing but all that junk food makes me feel sick and reminds me why I shouldn't put that stuff in my body constantly, its just plain cruel. They love using Big Macs in recipes like fast food lasagne but in a single Big Mac there are 490 calories to burn that off would take 90 minutes biking for leisure! so it puts junk into perspective, if you want to eat it you've got to burn it off!
- Also ice cold water is your friend it burns calories simply by having your body restore it to your body's natural temperature!
Happy exercising everyone :)
Weight Loss Goal: 35lbs
Starting Weight: 189.lbs (13st 7.5lbs)
Current Weight: 186.75lbs (13st 4.75 lbs)
Current Weight Loss to Go: 32.25lbs
Goal Weight: 154lbs (11st)
Thought I'd give blogging a go since I've started a diet and exercise regime that makes it sound awful, I hate the word diet since it has "die" in it it doesn't make you feel very optimistic so I'm going to call it a lifestyle change. Its week three of my diet I should have started this sooner but better late than never. I'm going to document all the ups and downs of trying to change your lifestyle, lose weight and become a better version of yourself.
I would say I'm confident in who I am and what I look like I wouldn't want to change the way I look because it's me, I'm unique no one on the planet looks the same way I do so its a special thing but I can't argue my weight or my waistline is healthy. I have healthy self image of everything except my increasing waistline.
I've had issues with my weight for years at my lightest of I was 119lbs when I was 16/17, I looked terrible and gaunt even though it was healthy for my size it wasn't healthy for me. I lost my boobs as I like to call it it was like looking at fried eggs on a doornail so there is no way I'm going back to that and at my biggest I was 190lbs, there is a 70lb difference there in just a few years so it can creep on very slowly like a disease of comforting junk food, relationships and alcohol. I couldn't argue I look my best at 190lbs and my self confidence was starting to slip so I thought it's time to admit it to the world "I'm a fat girl" You'll hear cries of "you're not fat, you're gorgeous" medically speaking I'm in the obese weight range and if my waist got any larger I'd be at risk for diabetes, so compliments don't really help they just make you think you should stay the same.
I know I will be loved at whatever weight I am by my friends whether i'm 100lbs or 300lbs they will still love me. But I've got to love me and right now I'm not feeling this girl staring back at me, with a double chin developing, stretchmarks across my stomach, legs, arms, hips i'm not a pretty sight naked right now! if you were a quido you'd think I was a grenade! (jersey shore reference) not my proudest sentence in this blog but it explains my feelings pretty well. And I'm being honest here I know it only gets worse. I've gained 70lbs in 4 years! if I let this carry on I'll easily be 260lbs (18st 8lbs) by the time I'm 25 and I don't want that for myself I want to enjoy my 20s, party, wear short skirts and dresses and not feel self conscious about my body. I feel that my weight is holding me back and it's changing my personality and my clothing choices, before I'd think nothing of having to put on a bikini or a short skirt but now my thinking is if I wear skirts my thighs will rub together and become inflamed and it'll be too painful to walk, atm I'm at the point of having to wear tights or leggings just to stop that. It's getting close to the point that it's easier to waddle up the street rather than strut! My confidence when I'm out is gone, I wanna cover up, be nice to everyone so they don't point out my size so I'm known as Laura, the nice girl, the funny girl, the crazy girl just because I can't stand to think that people would be going "do you know Laura, the fat girl?"
This has been a lot of rambling it's a first blog I need to get it out there and why I'm on this journey. I want to lose weight and reclaim myself. I'm smart enough to know I'll never be a size 6, 8 or 10 for that matter. I'm a curvy girl, I have hips, I have tits, I have shapely legs and that's not going to change. I wouldn't want it to, being curvy is sexy to me, being fat isn't. So I have vowed to lose 35lbs not sure by what date hopefully by the end of this year! At the moment I'm at week 3 and I have lost 2.75lbs so far it's a start but I'm going to keep eating healthy, exercising and keeping my eyes on the prize, to look at a sexy curvy girl in the mirror who is proud of her shape, what she has accomplished and who she is.