When I was a little girl, every year I would watch the London marathon with my Dad, and we would say, one day we'll do that.

Tuesday 31 March 2015

Caffeine

Caffeine withdrawal migraine in full force. It's making me feel sick as a dog. I just want to fall to sleep. Can't wait for this stadge to be over.

Monday 30 March 2015

water..tick

The past week i have drank over a litre and a half of water each day. It was not so bad, i squeezed a lemon into it. I must admit i already feel much better. I also lowered my caffeine to one intake a day, ready for it to be completely removed this week. The caffeine withdrawal head aches have been much easier this way.
So now this week i am detoxing. My husband is too. To be honest it can not come soon enough. Better health is the one thing we are both needing right now. I am feeling pretty great today, but i like to detox hard, so we will see how the week takes me. By detox, I of course mean my usual water fasting. I have had such good results from this, so see no need to find a different detox. The first few days tend to be the hardest, before your body goes into starvation mode. Once there it is plain sailing.
Just from better choices and drinking more water i dropped 5lb last week. I find weight loss very easy. Weight loss and weight gain. It comes and goes so easy. I can quite easily drop a stone in a week or gain a stone in a week. For me the trouble is always in getting fit and lean and then staying there. My problem is maintaining myself with correct choices, and not becoming a lazy greedy me. As i have gotten older a lazier greedier me is harder to ignore. I didn't even realise i had a lazy greedy me when i was younger. But the older i get, the louder that me becomes, and i have really noticed it in my 30's. Time to shut it up.
The husband and I went to get new trainers at the weekend. Running trainers. He has no interest in doing a marathon, but he would like to run and hopefully train with me. We will start with just a basic walk each night, till our detox is finished. I want to do this right, lesson the blow, not be discouraged. So one step at a time, specially while detoxing and possibly having lower energy levels. He also got some trainers for high impact, when he exercises he loves plyometrics. I might even join him, depends on what my knees can handle, I want to aim on running after all.

Tuesday 24 March 2015

I'm back :)

I'm back :)

Back on the band wagon. I would say, can you believe i fell off again? But we are only human and bad food seems yummy when you are lazy and fat and filled with colours, flavourings and preservatives. My biggest trouble seems to be health. I have a few health issues, and without fail just as i get into a fitter life something will crop up, and instead of work through it, i cave. So this time it WILL be different, when another symptom crops up i will keep my mind set on the goal. My actions, healthy living, exercise are not the problem (that's for a doctor) instead these things could even be the key to getting better, or at least helping the symptoms to lessen.
Hubby is working with me this time, and we are likely to choose the same paths with food and exercise, so we can be each others workout partner. His work has changed and we can exercise together which will help. The only thing he is unlikely to join me with is all my yoga. I can get him to do power yoga but that's about it. Men are always so scared of yoga. I have done quite a lot of yoga while off the fitness wagon, only really the past couple of months have i slacked, and it's been quite amazing seeing the difference, being able to rest your head on your legs while standing really does feel relaxing after all (who would have known).


The first step? As always with me, drink more water. I hate water, i hate the flavour, it makes me feel like i need to throw up. Obviously this is not good, and i must over come this. I will drink anything to try to skip water. Most days i live on tea and coffee (yes, what a failure back on caffeine) and if fizzy is in the house i will add that, and still wonder why i am thirsty. Well ok i don't wonder, i am just not very smart when it comes to making good decisions if it's something i don't like. My husband is a water drinking pro and gulps down a good 2 litres a day, so i guess i can use him in a competitive way, i do competition quite well.

Something I have added to our life since i last posted on my blog is a nutribullet. I was juicing before, but it always seems to waste so much of the good bits of fruit and veg.


The nutribullet is pretty darn cool. I fill half the cup with leafy greens like spinach then put some fruit in, maybe some 'super foods', bit of coconut oil sometimes and some fluid (water, coconut juice, fruit juice etc) wizz it up, and i have a perfect good tasting smoothy, one which contains all the fruit and veg, not just a drip of it's juice. I love this thing, and so does the whole family. As a bonus i also use it for making my own sauce bases for dinners such as a curry.

Right so i guess i had better stop writing about it and get on with doing it. By it, i mean drinking water. Wish me luck.

Monday 22 July 2013

Week 7

Was very naughty with food last week to be honest. I think i have got to the point that this water fasting and weight loss is so easy that i know i can cheat alittle and catch up after. But this week I won't be going there again, and will be trying to up the game to stop myself getting bored/complacent or cheating.

Monday 15 July 2013

Week 6

Still going. Tending to follow a water fasting during the week and eating during the weekend. It will make my goals take longer, but i'm comfortable with it at the moment. To combat the fatigue that can happen with fasting, i have found coconut water to be amazing. Just one carton in the morning does me great. I am drinking it without any bits it while fasting. It keeps me feeling hydrated and stops my muscles aching.

Monday 8 July 2013

Week 5

Getting a little silly counting in days now. So have moved onto weeks. I ate this weekend. I was in London getting my nerd on at the London film and comic con, so i wanted a good lot of energy to get me around it all with no burn out. I do believe i made good choices with my food though, and even when i ate out stayed away from the usual suspects.
So back to water today. Once you get into fasting, get over the first hurdles, and understand the way it works it becomes a very easy and cheap way to loose some weight. Please though ONLY do it if you have fat stores to use up or it is not fasting but instead starvation. If you have no fat stores then try detoxing with juice.

Tuesday 2 July 2013

Day 30

So so knackered. I know this is because i am not drinking enough water. But i have just drank so so much. it's really not appealing now. other than completely knackered, i'm ok. I hope i can get over this as i was feeling great.