My first day!

Well here we go, the first day to the rest of my journey! I thought I'd fill you in with how the day has gone.

1. What I ate.
For breakfast, I had my usual of overnight oats (recipe to come, if you're a fan of porridge but fancy something without the heat and less stodgy, this is definitely for you!). I didn't have anything on top of it today, however I did buy some dried fruits for future breakfasts, and I think I'll try putting some flavoured yoghurts on top too!
I had a late lunch after the gym, and I made myself a green juice using spinach, rocket, cucumber, lemon, garlic (just a little bit) and an apple. I added a couple of ice cubes just to thin it out a little bit. Basically I just threw them all into a container and used a hand blender on it until it became a smoothie/juice.
For dinner I made a delicious pasta bake using the innards of a pumpkin I carved today. I didn't think I'd enjoy a pasta bake without the lashings of cheese but it was very refreshing. The recipe will be coming up in a "What's for dinner?" post very soon.
As for snacks, I'm still oversnacking, but at least now I've chosen more healthy foods to snack on as opposed to salty crisps or sandwiches. I had one snack of pistachios, in attempt to curb my craving for salty foods. And guess what, it worked! I love pistachios. I also had some of the Kelloggs Cracker Crisps which were also delicious and only 95 calories per 21 crisps, so it's a crisp snack I can get away with. I also did have a mini coffee that they were giving out as a trial from a Nescafe stall in town.

2. My first session with my trainer.

As I've said before, I love my new trainer. Today I had my first training session with him where I got to try out the routine tailored to me. My main routine is resistance training which consists of a circuit of push resistance, leg resistance, pull resistance then 3 minutes of cardio repeated 3 times. It's a really tough routine but it's going to make such a difference. I do this routine 2-3 times a week spread out over the week. For the days in between, I also have an cardio interval training program to follow. I've learnt from my trainer that it's not about pushing yourself until you can't breathe, it's about finding your optimum heart rate and keeping yourself there for the whole workout to burn the most amount of fat. It's been a huge lesson for me and I can't wait to continue.

3. Water, water, water.

I've improved my water intake drastically. I haven't started recording my water intake which is my next step but I've been drinking a lot more water and making it fun. My favourite thing to add to water right now is a few slices of cucumber (cut into quarters) and some slices of lemon, leaving the glass of water in the fridge for up to 30 minutes then drinking it. It gives water a much more fresh taste without the sugar of a cordial.

Hope you've enjoyed this post, I'm feeling positive about this!

Love always, J xo

Welcome to my journey!

Hey guys!

Welcome to this blog. If you haven't been able to tell, this is my blog for recording my weight loss journey. It's a journey to lose weight, improve my fitness and be more healthy overall. I hope to do a variety of posts to inspire anybody on this kind of journey, and especially anybody, like me, who does have a huge goal ahead. For me to be a healthy weight, I need to lose 70lbs. That's 5 stone, aka a third of my current weight. It's a huge goal, but I'm not doing this alone.

I will go into my routine more thoroughly once it's been established clearer for me, but for right now I'll just explain where I am right now, at my starting point.

Currently I've just started with a personal trainer in my gym. He's been great so far, and I'm just about to start my program with him. I'm going to be working with him mainly on weight training (This might sound crazy as I know a lot of women fear weight training because they think they're going to 'bulk up'. This won't happen, I'll explain this in another post). I'm going to do sessions with him every so often, beginning at once a week. Alongside these sessions, I'm hoping to go to the gym at least another one time a week just to repeat the circuits that my trainer and I come up with. Alongside my gym sessions, I'm planning on cycling 3 miles every five days to University, as well as 1 mile to work twice a week. It's going to be difficult I know, but so worth it :)

My diet is the next thing to be sorted out. It's all about being a lot more healthy, and this is something I've been working on for a while, and I will continue to work on it and track it here.

I can't wait to go on this journey, and I hope that some of you guys will come along with me!

Love always, J xo