It All Starts Here

So this is where it all begins! The new me, maybe the new you too! I plan to post regularly so you can keep up with my progress. I hope you find it interesting and enjoy following me on my journey to become healthier and happier!

Day One- Monday 17th November

Weight:
11 stone exactly. 
This surprised me as was 11 st 7 two weeks ago, so I couldn't believe I had dropped half a stone with very little effort in the last two weeks apart from cutting back on sweet foods. This has brought my weight loss goal to lose 1 stone, as 10 stone is a healthier weight for me according to my doctor. When I achieve this, I might take an extra step and get to 9 1/2 stone but we worry about that when the time comes. Needless to say I am very happy already.

Today's Diet:
Breakfast- This morning I had organic, low fat strawberry yogurt with some granola mixed in, so delicious and refreshing first thing in the morning, and it kept me full for hours!

Lunch- I made myself a healthy version of bruschetta today. I used wholegrain Ryvetta crackers, some laughing cow extra light spread cheese (regular cheese is so fattening but I love it, so I find this is a good substitute) some diced red onion and cherry tomatoes... and for that little bit of extra taste I cooked some little bacon lardons to sprinkle on top. I had paired this with scrambled egg (2 egg whites, one egg yolk) to add a little protein. This lunch is so delicious and easy and took less than 10 minutes to prepare! Mmm

Dinner: I had a delicious dinner courtesy of my lovely mom tonight! She made a fresh cod fillet served with roasted rustic veggies (red and yellow peppers, red onion, courgette and sweet potato) with a little bit of sweet chilli sauce on the side! It was soo delicious I asked her how she made it. Lets just say this will be a regular meal for me from now on! YUM!

Dessert: Due to the fact that I have the biggest sweet tooth ever, it would drive me crazy if I gave up treats cold turkey so I came up with a healthier alternative to satisfy my craving. I find that fruit often satisfies my cravings quite well. Tonight to keep the cravings under control I had fresh peaches with low fat ice cream (tiny scoop). So delicious and satisfying.

Drinks: I only drank water today. I think this is going to be a hard thing for me to get used to because I have a weakness for soft-drinks. If you are the same, maybe try getting sparkling water and adding your favorite flavor of cordial to it.

Exercise: 
Today I just took a 30 minute walk around my area. At the moment with college work piling up I can't seem to find much time to go to a gym. 

My advice:
If there is ever a time you feel that you need to have a little treat then do it! Have the little chocolate bar you've been dreaming about, or the take-away you've been dying for. But under no circumstances should you let it get you down or quit! We all deserve a treat but the key is moderation. You can indulge every now and again but don't look at it as a failure, look at it as a reward for all the other times you said no.

Thanks for tuning in! 
Lots'a Love, 
Lisa xo

Trying Something New

Hello readers, 

I've decided to try something new by starting my own blog. I am constantly online looking at peoples blogs for style, fashion, beauty and lifestyle advice and over the years have come up with a few tricks of the trade myself. 

The very exciting truth about all of this is that I am a regular Irish girl of just 21 years. I have flaws, I am far from the prettiest girl you'll ever see. I am very conscious about the way I look and the way I act... even though some of you won't like to admit it, I am just like you. Normal. 

The main theme for this blog is to create a motivation for me and my readers to make our lifestyles healthier and more pro-active. I am going to try and bring you along with me on my weight loss and lifestyle changes- operation transformation blog style. I will blog about what I eat, my exercise routines and show you my progress. Now don't let me trick you into thinking that I am a health savvy, exercise pro kinda gal. I'm not! To be honest up until now I've been quite lazy and careless about the whole thing which is what brings me here. I figure if I have people following me and looking at my progress it will motivate me to keep going. I also feel that if I had someone just like me who i could follow online, then maybe I would stick to it too.

Let's face it, anyone who isn't happy with their weight or the way they look spends countless hours online looking for new tricks to change and improve what it is they don't like... a lot of the things you find online will help you but a lot more of them won't help and more often than not will make the problem worse. This is where I come in (i hope). My step by step guide to weight loss for the everyday normal girl will hopefully show you how easy we can make it for ourselves.

Finally- I do not under any circumstances think that you have to be thin to be pretty. Don't get me wrong now, all you thin girls are absolutely beautiful too. But I for one am sick of all this "you have to be a size 0 to be beautiful" S#!t. NO! Every woman is built differently! We all have a different shape and size. I am never going to be stick thin because I was not born that way. I am the Bridget Jones of the blog world. I looove my curves and I think if you keep reading my blogs you will find that I adore delicious foods! The purpose of this blog is not to show you how to become skinnier, the purpose of this blog is to help you become healthier, to drop the extra few pounds you don't really need and to become fitter!


Lets become a big team, lets help each other to achieve what we have failed to do up until now! Follow me! 

Lots'a Love, 
Lisa!

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