Great day food and exercise wise!

Yesterday (Friday) was a good day. As usual it was a manic rush for me in the morning to get the little man ready for nursery and myself ready and out the door all in 1hr 15 mins. As I was out the night before I didn't get chance to make my lunch but I *think* I made an ok choice. Food for today was:

B: Protein shake with 100ml skimmed milk, followed by 50g porridge made with water
S: Protein oat bar
L: Beans on Toast, followed by 100g strawberries and greek yogurt
S: 30gs of almonds
D: 200g mince beef with red onion, courgettes and broccoli with passata
S: Protein shake with 100ml skimmed milk post workout and 20g of almonds

Calories: 1691
Protein: 143g (33.71%)
Carbs: 174g (41.01%)
Fat: 48g (25.46%)

Did a full body weight work out and managed to increase the weight on my squats to 25kg and may even try heavier next week.

I was a little annoyed today though one of my best friends accussed me of having an eating disorder!!!! I eat a healthy balanced diet and I don't make myself sick so don't know where she got that impression from. I was completely flabergasted by her comment and don't know what made her think that. I admit that I have made myself sick in the past (not admitted that to anyone before) after a binge but I am so not at that place any more. She says its because I've lost a lot of weight, granted I have (almost 5 stone in total) but I've worked my ass off to get here through hard work and dedication! If that is being classed as having an eating disorder in her eyes then so be it...guilty as charged!

These comments today and then yesterday got me thinking, in "real life" I am so alone in my health and fitness journey (apart from hubby of course) but no one really gets me or understands me and I don't have anyone to talk to or go through experiences with so that has made me feel quite sad but I'm not going to let it control what I eat as it normally would.

Yesterday was a great day but some people can be so judgemental!

Well yesterday was a good day food wise and was a rest day from exercise as I have already done 2 x 4 mile runs and a whole body strength training session.

Started off the day with the recommended Chocolate protein and porridge combo and boy it was disgusting, I couldn't even eat it as it was making me heave so only had half my breakie yesterday. I was good and a took an extra oat bar as I knew I would looking for something to eat no long after.

Here was my food for the day:

B: Chocolate protien and porridge combo
S: 2 x homemade oat bars
L: 100g chicken, 50g wholemeal pasta and salad followed by 100g strawberries & 75g greek yog
S: 30g almonds
D: 2 x Quorn pepper steaks and roasted veggies
S: 2 x homade oat bars

Total calories: 1541
Protein: 108g (28.03%)
Carbs: 184 (47.76%)
Fat: 40 (23.36%)

A bit of a heavy carb day that will be all the oat bars...naughty Han I knew I should have had almonds instead last night.

Last night I met my mummy friends from my mother and baby group in the pub and I was extremely good, I only had 2 sparkling waters. Also they bought out a huge bowl of chips for everyone to share and I was very good and didn't have one at all. Of course that turned the conversation to why was I not having any chips...blah blah blah! I just explained that I was trying to be healthy as possible. That was it then they started going on about I didn't need to lose weight and that I am obbessessed because one chip won't hurt me. No I know one chip won't hurt but the next 20 or so I eat after because I've got the taste for it I will. They were asking me lots of questions and I then got told that I'm a bit extreme with what I eat?! WTF! How is my diet extreme?! Grrrr!

What next and thanks

Firstly I would like to thank Kat she has been an amazing over the last year I have "virtually" known her. She has managed to help, support, encourage and motivate me and I owe a lot to her, so thank you Kat, you're a star! It was Kat that got me thinking about writing my own blog and putting my thoughts down and looking back at this I can see how far I've come and motivate me to contine.

I have also been following blogs linked on her page and came accross her friend JAG, as soon as I started reading it I was hooked and read it from start to finish. The transformation has been absolutely amazing and I wish her all the luck in the world should she go ahead for NABBA Miss Figure next year. After reading her blogs, it got me thinking. I want to look hot like she does and there is no reason with a lot of hard work and dedication like her I can't! So I went home that evening and took some photos of myself in my undies for me to look back on in 10 weeks time and see what improvements I made. I'm not too fussed about weight loss as such (even though it would be nice) but I just want to get that nice toned physic. I may even post my before pictures later if I am brave enough. So what's my plan of action?

• Eat as clean and as natural as possible, cut out all the processed junk
• Keep calories at around 1700 a day
• Up my protein intake to at least 1.6g per kg of body weight(63kgs) so 101g but ideally like it 1g per lb of body weight (138lbs).
• Try and keep carbs down to around the 150g mark
• Strength training twice a week
• 2 short and 1 long run a week

I mentioned NABBA earlier, hubs is hoping to take part in his very first competition this year in April for Mr West. He is a very keen bodybuilder and has been doing it seriously for a few years. He certainly has packed some size on since he started seriously. He is currently on his ripping diet which is very difficult and I don't envy him at all. This is also helped me to start thinking about changing the way I eat to encourage him more. We have no processed food in the house and we now tend to eat similar things in the hope that I can support him as much as possible.

A brief bit about me and how I got here (actually its going to be a long one!)

As I mentioned before I have always been over weight. When I was in my late teens I really didn't see it as an issue, I don't know if I was in denial or I was just plain stupid! I was obviously over weight, I was bullied for it but still didn't get the hint. Here was me on a holiday in Tenerife with my girlfriends. I was about 14 stone here, although I never admitted it to anyone. Food was my friend and my foe, I ate for comfort, I ate out of happiness, I just ate and mainly in secret. Nobody knew how much I ate, I wouldn't never let anyone see I was a complete pig!
I had finished with a long term boyfriend and decided that as I was back on the single scene I had to sort myself out. I did manage to lose a few stone and then met my gorgeous hubby. After moving in together and then contentment set in, I was soon back up to 13 stone. I joined weight watchers and managed to get myself down to my goal weight of 10 stone. I then quit as I moved jobs and found myself maintaining around 10stone 7.

After 7 years of being together (to the day) hubby and I got married and had a gorgeous cermony outside in a beautiful garden. I was happy with the size I had got (or so I had thought) and this was it I was going to start maintanance.
Little did I know that I would fall pregnant fairly quickly after honeymoon and it all went to pot. I ballooned in pregnancy, not only did I put on over 4 and a half stone (that was after birth) but my body had changed beyond recognititon. My bump was massive! Here was me at 38 weeks and my bump got to a record breaking 56inches
It was worth if for my gorgeous son, Lewis James born a whopping 9lbs 3.5 oz on 29 March 2008 at 2.53am.

I remember standing on the scales the day I got home from hospital weighing a massive 14stone 9lbs. I was devastated that I let myself get that way. I didn't just have me to think of anymore I had my son and I didn't want to be known as Lewis' fat mummy.

I did what I knew best weight watchers from home and after a long 18 months got down to goal of 9 stone 10lbs. Here I was out celebrating my 29th birthday in July 09.

Yes, WW was good but it didn't teach me anything with regards to healthy eating just to stick within my points. I was snacking of rubbish and eating far too much processed food. I made the decision after Xmas 09 (where I gained 4.5lbs of festive food and wine) to clean my diet up and eat more cleanly. I'm now of week 4 and feel fantastic not only have I managed to lose 3.5lbs in the last 4 weeks (maybe more as I weigh tomorrow) but I'm not hungery as much and have lots of energy.

Anyway this is me and how I got where I am today.