Weight Loss

Last year was a difficult year for me, at the start of the year I lost around 20lb, but then life decided I needed a good kicking and my weight loss plan went out of the window. I finished the year (well made it to the week before Christmas) only 4.5lb lighter than I was at the start of January 2012. Needless to say I am really disappointed with myself, but I know the reasons and although at the minute life is still giving me a kicking, I am not going to keep gaining weight.

I went to my first Slimming World weigh in of the new year yesterday and weighed in at 18stone 7.5lb (259.5lb) which is a gain on 7.5lb over the two weeks of Christmas and New Year, and leaves me 3lb heavier than this time last year.

All the Christmas food is gone for the house (trying to eat it all before the start of January is probably part of the reason I gained the weight over the holidays) and I am motivated and ready to go.

My aims for 2013 are
1) Lose a minimum 1lb per week for the next 50 weeks, I would like to be under 14stone 4lb (200lb) by Christmas 2013, which means a lose of 1.2lb per week is needed, I think this is doable, but the bare minimum I want to lose each week is 1lb.
2) Not drink any alcohol until my birthday on the 24th March, as part of this I am taking part in the Dryathalon for Cancer Research UK and I am hoping to raise £150 to support their work.
3) Run 5km in less than 40 minutes, last year I ran the Race for Life in May, 5km in 46 minutes. Then I stopped running, which was very silly of me. I am going to start the C25K programme again, but this time I am going to work on speed and endurance. I will sign up for the Race for Life again this year.
4) Swim 3km per week, every week this year
5) Walk and Cycle more, especially when the weather improves (roll on spring, I'm bored of winter now)
6) Keep a food diary, update it daily and keep doing it for the whole year.
7) Update this blog at least once a week to record my progress.

Happy New Year