dissertation reality and weight loss

OK so today is when it really starts :) weight loss journey and dissertation and wedding planning!!! Today marks the point of the start of my new life ....quite scary really!!!


Tonight I have my prep tutorial on my dissertation which is scary enough in itself but I have also decided to do ww properly starting today and as I get married Nov 2012 then really I need to start getting my head around that too.......I am not an academic, but I did want to look at improving my clinical work hence the Masters, a decision made in the distant mists of time when my life was very different than it is now and there was no hint of a wedding on the horizon. My thoughts towards the 15,000 word project are interesting and laughable, I go through periods where I believe I am mad, and others where I am just proud of myself for getting this far. Deciding on what and how to do it is my next challenge and hopefully this lecture will help me decide........But the pitfalls of study definately include, food for pleasure, junk food for convenience and choc for stress. My dissertation for my degree looked at eating habits in students.....the outcome wasn't great...study = stress= erratic eating = weight gain........why oh why could I not be one of thsoe people who lose weight with stress??

Are you still with me? Please stay along for the ride...I can promise essay crisis, zumba, tears, laughter, despair, triumphs (hopefully) wedding disasters and possibly the occassional bridezilla moment.....your support and comments would definately help.

Gained half a pound....will be whale and chips I had in whitby

well this is week one....ground zero....new start (AGAIN ...I hear you cry lol). Spoke to my leader and she has agreed to weigh me each week ( I am a clerk and I tend to sneak on scales whilst she is doing the talk and its not doing me any good!!!!) and encourage me to lose 1 lb a week. If I can lose that each week I will be at goal the week of my wedding!!!!

Wouldn't that be amazing???

The half pound gain this week I am actually quite proud of....a few days camping for my summer hols involved 2 barbecues, chilli and nachos, pizza and a whale and chips in whitby.....nom nom nom. I did not point HOWEVER....I did only eat 3 meals a day, made considered choices...beans on toast instead of full english, sharing naughty things like cream scones instead of gorging self, and thinking about when I was full rather than eating it all cos I have paid for it. We also walked for miles, I kept on my pedometer and I have done my zumba.......so yes I do feel proud of my 1/2lb gain.

So the plan....

1) track everything

2) eat more fruit and veg

3) try to do at least 20 mins exercise 4 times a week (zumba , walking, gym etc)

4) Try to earn at least 1 point a day through daily walking on pedometer (yes I bought a new one after drowning old one.)