WEIGHT LOSS UPDATE - 3 DAYS LATER

I never thought I would have much in the way of progress 3 days after I decided to embark on this journey but this morning I did!

I've noticed I've been feeling a lot happier these past few days because I've been doing something that I've wanted to do for a long time but could never stick to. I have also been feeling a lot less bloated since I started eating healthier and cutting meat out of my diet.

With feeling different I was intrigued to see if I had actually lost weight - I didn't think I would have, and if I had maybe only a pound of something! So I was so shocked when I stepped on the scales and saw THIS:

11 stone 12 - that means that in 3 days I have lost 3 pounds! I expect it's just water weight but it still makes me happy that I have lost any form of weight in such a small amount of time!

Thanks for reading!
Amy x

WEIGHT LOSS JOURNEY - INTRO

So the first part of my journey is trying to lose weight, I know it won't be easy but I will try!
Today, 20th August 2018, marks the day I start trying to get my confidence back!

This morning, I weighed myself and also took progress photos to show you:

This is where I'm starting off in how I look (sorry about the mess, currently trying to reorganise my room) but I also took a photo of my scales to show you how much I weigh!

I'm starting off weighing 12 stone 1, I am hoping to get down to 9 stone.

I don't have a specific way in which I want to lose the weight, I am focusing on the food I eat first, also by completing one of my goals of cutting out meat from my diet. I haven't started on exercise as of yet but I'm sure I will in time. For now I don't want to overwhelm myself, I only want to focus on certain things at one time. 

That's it for now!

Thanks for reading

Amy x

WHY I WANT TO LOSE WEIGHT

So if you saw my previous post, you will know that I decided I needed to change. I have been feeling demotivated and very down recently so thought I needed to do something that would help get me back to feeling how I used to.


Looking back at photos of myself from 2013, I realised how slim I was:

 

I would definitely not say I was skinny, I've always had a bit of chub but in that year I was at the slimmest I had ever been after loosing all of the puppy fat.

Later on, I started taking contraception because of my periods, and when they say you put on weight once on contraception, BELIEVE ME, it is true! Come 2016, I was at my heaviest:

Since then, I have lost a small amount of weight but I am no where near where I want to be. I miss the confidence I had back in 2013, it makes me sad knowing that I have let myself go.

That is why I want to lose weight, I want to feel confident in myself again and I want to feel more motivated to do things rather than stay in the house because I'm embarrassed.

Thank you for reading,
Amy x

TIME TO CHANGE

Recently I have been feeling very demotivated and for a long time I have felt as though something needs to change.
I have sat down and been thinking for a while about the changes that I want to make and come up with quite a few things that I want to change in the coming months. I know it won't be easy to change everything straight away but for the moment I want to focus on certain things on my list and gradually accomplish all the goals I set myself.

I think I will be using this blog as a sort of tracker and diary so I can see the progress throughout my journey and hopefully keep motivation.

The things I feel need to change have been playing on my mind constantly.
First I want to change my diet, having looked at photos of myself from when I was younger I realised just how much weight I have put on through stress and upset, which makes me even more upset when I look back at how slim I used to be and how confident I used to feel because of it.
Sticking with diet, my morals have changed and I realised that what I eat is not only unhealthy but also unethical. I hope to try and cut meat out of my diet first of all leading to dairy, etc...

My life has been feeling very cluttered recently, and I want to change that by getting rid of unnecessary materialistic things I don't need. With constantly focusing on the clutter I have, I've been neglecting my education and since I am at uni, going into my second year I need to start getting better at organisation not only with education, but also with the items I have. I want to embark on doing project pans, I have been seeing many people doing this and it is something I would like to do because that way I can get rid of all the unnecessary making I have that is just making me feel disorganised.

Along with clearing out my makeup collection, I want to also make sure that from now on, every beauty item I buy is cruelty free. This means that any beauty item I wish to buy should be cruelty free hopefully leading to me having a fully cruelty free collection.

I hope you all follow along with me and wish me luck!
Thank you for reading,
Amy x