BREWINXO's SparkPeople Blog

demotivated

Wed, 20 Jun 2012 15:22:35 EST

Hi all, I have completely failed this week :( I always get to this point when I start exercising and dieting etc where I just start to feel like I can't be bothered because it isn't working. I am having trouble trying to stick with it and I hate it. I wish I was healthy and thin and toned, and I am having trouble trying to realise that it is going to take a lot of hard work to get there. I would love a personal trainer but I can't afford that!

Tomorrow I will try harder!

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Day 22

Fri, 15 Jun 2012 15:21:46 EST

Hope every one is doing well! I made dinner tonight which was a vegetable stir fry with salmon. Tried to make it as healthy as possible and I feel like making my own dinner is a great help as I can see exactly what I am putting in to it :) Missed a few days of excerise though as I have been very busy but am back on track today and caught up so thats good!

Hope everyone is getting on great with their journeys!
x

Day 19

Tue, 12 Jun 2012 14:35:40 EST

Hi all.
So my exercise is going pretty well, managing to stick with 30 mins cardio a day plus a strength training video 4 days a week. It is tough and I hate that Im not seeing any results in terms of my figure but I love that I seem to have a lot more energy and feel a lot more motivated than I used to. My only trouble is trying to eat healthily! I can't afford to go out and do my own food shopping and my parents haven't yet given me an allowance for a little bit of food towards the hou...

Day 15

Fri, 8 Jun 2012 12:15:50 EST

Hi all!
Today has been such a down day as I have seriously bad stomach cramps. However I have managed not to comfort eat to much which is a good sign I think! I am hopefully getting a budget from my parents to do my own food shopping whilst at home, and I am trying to compile a list of healthy foods that I like. And also trying to mix in some things that i haven't tried before to change up my foods!
Hopefully this will go well for me.
Hope you're all well :)

Rachael

Day 11

Tue, 5 Jun 2012 17:09:21 EST

Hi everyone! Just a quick post tonight. I had a bad day at work dealing with some nasty customers which caused me to get very upset and made sticking to my healthy eating a lot harder! All I wanted to do was snack and I have realised that comfort eating is something I need to tackle! I tend to eat when I feel down, luckily these days I haven't been feeling down so it hasn't been an issue but it is something to work on for those days that things aren't going my way!
Off to bed now, hopefu...

Day 9

Sun, 3 Jun 2012 16:37:37 EST

Hi all! Hope everyone is feeling good :)
I have had a good couple of days in terms of exercising! Really been getting into the challenge I have joined and doing 30 mins of cardio a day, even if its just dancing in my bedroom I guess it all counts! I took the advice of not weighing myself everyday and today was my first day on the scales for a few days and it was great to see it had gone down by 2 pounds! I know my weight will be up and down at different times but it was still positive to...

Day 6

Thu, 31 May 2012 16:54:19 EST

Hi all!
Sorry I missed out on my post yesterday. I was so knackered and to be honest I just forgot all about it. I haven't been feeling at all motivated today. Although the support here on SP has been amazing so far, I am having some trouble trying to work out how to change my lifestyle. I am exercising but my eating habits are proving harder to change. As someone pointed out to me very wisely, I am trying to tackle to many things at once. I definitely need to slow down, take everything...

Day4

Tue, 29 May 2012 18:12:25 EST

Hi all, just a quick one today. I am ready for bed after a long day at work and at a friends. I did well with my exercise today but struggled with portion control whilst being with my friend. We both love to indulge and had a chinese, which didn't make me feel brilliant after how well I've been doing! i need to learn to be in control in all situations!
Anyways good night and hope everyones doing well in their journeys x

Day 3

Mon, 28 May 2012 17:14:48 EST

Hello! So today has been excellent for me :) I have lost a couple of pounds already (i suppose thats due to the fact that I weigh myself in the morning before I eat and perhaps that makes it a bit different? Im not sure) but regardless it made me feel good to see a lower number on my scales so I felt even more motivated! I am trying not to get my hopes up and trying to be realistic. I won't become cheryl cole overnight (not that I want to, first name i could think of :P) but I need to realise...

Day 2

Sun, 27 May 2012 16:14:38 EST

Evening all! Today I have felt a lot more inspired to exercise which I think is due to the fact that I decided to join a few challenges! I joined the spring into shape bootcamp which I started straight away and after the kickboxing video I felt a real sense of achievement! I cannot wait to continue with the challenge and really stick with it every single day :)
I need to work on my ability to be strict with myself and not give into unhealthy food temptations, today for lunch I went out ...

Day 1

Sat, 26 May 2012 15:32:05 EST

Evening fellow sparkers! So today was my first day of trying to change my lifestyle. Unfortunately I didn't pick the best day to begin as I had a very busy day out for my grandmothers birthday which involved eating out! I tried to eat as healthily as possible but it was difficult. And when I returned home I found myself having a tuna salad but piling on the mayonnaise, although it was low fat I don't think that will have helped!
Although I've had a tough first day, it has been an eye op...

Move with the cheese!

Fri, 25 May 2012 16:17:08 EST

Hello! So I just joined spark people this evening after googling free diet plans. I am so over the moon that this website came up because I have never been more excited about dieting and losing weight before! Although some people may think I don't need to lose weight, I have never been happy with my body shape/figure and would love to slim down a tiny bit and tone up. I have a best friend who is a size 8-10 and a housemate of the same size so being a size 14 makes me feel huge compared to the...