Get Fit Feel Epic: Week 1 #GFFE

Well after posting my plan last week how did I do? Tonight was my first official Rosemary Conley weigh in since before Christmas, and a chance to see if my week's hard work had undone the damage of overindulging at Christmas....

I am pleased to report that I have managed to lose all but 0.5 pound of my excess baggage! A whole 3.5 pounds in one week. Needless to say I am dead chuffed and it makes giving up the booze worthwhile.

It proves that the Hairy Dieters cookbook does actually work and helped me to stick to between 1200 and 1500 calories a day. The one down side is that many of the recipes take a while to prepare and now we are back to school and work I need to be more organised.

So how do I take the plan into week 2? Being shorter on time means I will have to plan ahead and cook when I can and have things ready to just heat through. Making sure that I take the time to eat a healthy lunch before starting work at 12 is key. Too often I'm grabbing and running which means its often unhealthy or not filling enough. I will have to check out the Hairy Dieters lunch ideas. I know the fruity rice was delicious and filling and would do me for a couple of days. Breakfast is not too difficult so I just need to have my dinners organised... Just in case I still have some Diet Chef meals in the cupboard for speed...

Exercise is also going to be important to maintain losing weight and toning up. Tonight I did my Rosemary Conley aerobics session and worked up a good sweat. I will try out salsacise on Friday morning to see if I like that too. If I keep on decluttering house that will be a good workout too!

So onwards and downwards with my first target of back to before Christmas almost complete its time to head for target two - the elusive 2 stone award that I kept nearly reaching last year. If I keep up the good work I should get there in a couple of weeks!

Watch this space....

Reasons to be Cheerful XXXIV ( #R2BC )

Another week and another set of reasons to smile!

1) The weather

Shorts in March and paddling in the waters of Windermere because its so glorious how can that not fail to make me happy! It may not last long buts its given us plenty of time to be out of doors and making the most of where we live:

2) Family

We got to spend last Sunday afternoon as a four generation family as my granny came to lunch at my parents house. I love the way my daughter enjoys taking Great Granny for a walk in her wheelchair:

Springing into action

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The sun is shining the sky is blue and I'm feeling really inspired to get my weight loss back on track. It's fantastic getting a job but its playing havoc with my diet. I start work at 12 which is before I would normally have my lunch and finish at 4. I have been having  small lunch in the car before I start work and then find myself snacking on all sorts of things when I finish! I realised that on most days I don't even eat a proper sit down hot dinner at all as I never get round to it.


What I need is to be much more organised and plan ahead and get things ready in advance. Or maybe I could get someone to be organised for me by using something like a Diet Chef diet plans. They do the organising for you! All your meals arrive in a box for the week and then its just a case of popping it in the microwave and a calorie controlled meal is ready very quickly.


A couple of my friends have successfully used Diet Chef in the past but I was deterred by thinking it was an expensive way to diet. Having looked at their site today they now have plans that work out at £5.57 a day which seems very reasonable to me.


There appears to be enough of a variety to prevent boredom setting in as you go through the plan. Having put in my details it gives me an estimate of how many calories I need a day to lose 1-2 lbs a week. Then you get a choice of hampers with 3 months, 2 months or 1 month options depending on your total weight loss required.


As a single parent having adult meals all controlled makes it easier to deal with the daily routine. My children have a hot school dinner so don't need a main meal in the evening but I do. So I have signed up for a 3 month plan which gives the best value for those of us in need of losing more than a stone. Watch this space to see how I do!