WIW #2 | A good start!

The fuck yeah edition!

Last week: 231lbs

This week: 228.2lbs

Loss: -2.8lbs

And again, fuck yeah!

I'll be honest I wasn't expecting this in the slightest. I did make a conscious effort to eat breakfast and have better meals but there were some slips ups, naughty snacks and pretty much zero exercise. I nearly skipped off the scales when I saw the numbers, been a while since I did that!

I feel like this has totally set me on the right path for the losing weight side of getting healthy. It's probably the same for everyone though, you set out on this new journey and you pass the first hurdle without falling. I know it'll just keep my momentum going and hopefully I'll jump all these hurdles without skinning my knees!

Measurements are every two weeks so nothing to report there.

Race For Life 2014

As of today it's 22 weeks until Race For Life. That seems ages away right? But I'm not going to let that make me lazy. It might seem ages away but it's not really, it's about the equivalent of  the C25K plan done just under two and half times. Seems pretty daunting to me! I've not even finished it once! 

Have no fear (I'm talking to myself here, why would you be afraid?) Muj and I are starting C25K on Tuesday. I don't think I'm prepared for the pain again but I'm also strangely looking forward to it! I miss the feeling of 'the burn' and the joy/elation/proudness I felt each time I finished one of those workouts. And so to that annoying wee podcast wifey, I say bring it!

My first goal for last years Race For Life was to raise £100 and I beat it! I was and still am so grateful to everyone that donated money. I think I might keep my goal the same for this year and anything raised above that is just a super gid bonus! The more I raise, the more I can help! My second goal is to beat last year's time of 48:50. Going into that first Race For Life, my time goal was anything under an hour so I was more than chuffed with that time. This time round anything under 48:50 will make me smile!

I've hung my medal from last year's race on my mirror above my computer so it sits right in my eyeline. Everytime I sit down at my computer I'll see it and hopefully be motivated to get my second medal. I'm kinda hoping as well that it will remind me to get off the computer every once in a while and go do something active!

I'll probably be doing weekly catch up posts with regards to my training for the race so how I'm finding C25K and more than likely pictures of my beetroot face beside Muj's slightly pink cheeks (I swear she doesn't sweat!). For now I am eagerly awaiting the email telling me I can register.

Are you taking part in this year's Race For Life? Have you ever done it before? Let me know below!

New Year Inspiration | #2014BloggerChallenge #1

Now that we have entered 2014, that means one thing to some 400 odd of us bloggers, the #2014BloggerChallenge has begun! This challenge was created by Gaby who blogs over at anothergirlyblg. I can't actually remember how I found out about the tag, it was no doubt through reading someone's blog post about it! These posts will only happen twice a month so if you're not a fan, they won't clog up your feed. I'm hoping you like them though!

As you can see from the title of this post, this first #2014BloggerChallenge post is about New Year inspiration. I'm only going to touch on two (technically three I suppose) things in this post otherwise I could be here all bloody day typing!

My first inspiration this year; my best friends. Mary-Jane and Michaela.

Me, Mary-Jane and Michaela at Race For Life 2013

I love these girls far too much! I've known Michaela for 20 years, that's 4/5 of my whole life! We have one of those friendships where we might not see each other for a couple months but when we do meet up again it's as if no time at all passed and we are chatting away.
I've known Muj for 3 or 4 years and it was a bit of a slow friendship to start with but over the past year we've grown closer and closer and of course we now live together!

Michaela has been a constant positive force in my life and I know I can always go to her if I have a problem. She's very level headed and can deal with me freaking out. During the summer I hated (but secretly loved) working out with her. She is a lot smaller and fitter than me so it was fucking difficult. I enjoyed pushing myself though. Hopefully we can do it again (although maybe not this summer ae Michaela?). Her dedication inspires me to be more dedicated in my life.

When I first decided to start losing weight and become a healthier person, Muj was right by my side doing it with me. We both lived in separate homes at that time and met up on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays to read out fitness book, do C25K and do our food shops. There was a lot of Just Dance as well. A lot. Man I miss Just Dance! Muj has since lost 2 and a half stone and looks fabby! She didn't fall off the wagon as much as me and didn't have as much weight to lose as me. Now that we are living together, I'm hoping it will be quite easy to get into routines with C25K (we are starting it again on Tuesday) and preparing healthy meals. I'll be making more of an effort to go through and see Michaela as well as she was always the one who came through to me.

To sum up, both these women worked bloody hard on their bodies. One maintained and toned, the other lost and kept it off! What is more inspiring than being surrounded by your favourite people feeling good about themselves?!

To finish off this inspiration post, I'll leave you with a picture that I saw and fell in love with. It's definitely something I'll be working on this year!