I'm going to give this blog another go.

Back in January I started exercise and evils as a means to document losing weight and my fitness journey, because of all means out there, writing is what I do best. It's what I'm passionate about, and I thought if I'm at least writing it all down, maybe, just maybe, I'll get somewhere.

And then I broke my foot.

Some people may think something so mediocre shouldn't stop you from achieving you goal. But I was only a week into starting this lifestyle change, and I suddenly went from wanting to run, to 2 weeks of bedrest. Followed by nearly 4 months on crutches or in a supportive boot.

The next few months I spent living out in France, which 100% got my fitness up again, and through riding a bike, I built up the muscle mass I'd lost in my calf in the first half of the year. I also managed to lose all of the weight I'd put on during my time as a broken human. So this summer wasn't actually the complete write off it could have been.

Which brings me to the 6 weeks at university. I've managed to lost 6lbs, and, wait for it...

I've signed myself up for a half marathon.

This is something I don't think I actually understand myself yet. But I have 4.5 months to get into shape for running 13.2 miles. And do you know what???

I think I'm going to be able to do it.

I can do this. 

The mug says it all. Today, I was put a massive swing in the works of my life. Considering I play football, work on my feet all the time and am constantly out and about, today I tripped over the stair gate and broke my foot. Badly. All breaks are bad, but my break was all along the left side of my foot, shifting the bones and meaning my two smaller toes had to be moved and held into place.

Because of this, today I'm having a well earned rest (the only option really), and will be back on board tomorrow. I'm not letting this stop me by any means, but it will mean my weight loss will be a slower process than I'd first hoped. For the moment, I'm sat on the sofa drinking copious amount of tea and briefly enjoying having people wait on my hand and foot before the novelty wears off.

I can do this. 

One of the things I always find hard when trying to lose weight, is that I tend to throw myself into it and then steadily slip and eventually after the holiday/birthday party/wedding is over, I stop the dieting and stop the fitness regime I've got going. To prevent this, I thought this year I would start to have 'monthly motivators'. Rather than going all out and buying brand new beautiful gym clothes or trainers, I want to prize them through the months as I reach my goals.

Not all of these goals are materialistic, a couple of my goals throughout the year are to run outside over the summer when I'm more comfortable with running and to start up yoga later on in the year to strengthen my core when I feel my fitness is much better. It's small steps but it's these which keep me motivated!

I've already mentioned my first goal is my Dad's birthday, by which point I want to be down 14lbs-20lbs. I currently have plenty of clothes and shoes, however I am a classic girl and any opportunity for more leads me to spending money as fast as you can see French Connection. So I've decided, I'm not going to spend any money on clothes or goods until I reach my first goal. At which point I'm going to probably buy a dress for my Dad's birthday to wear! Here are a couple of dresses I have in mind...


This essentially sums up my sense of dress, I love bold prints and casual shirt dresses at the moment, my two favourites are on either end above! They're so adaptable and I feel like they suit any body shape. So it is with these dresses and February 20th at the front of my mind, I will persevere on!

I can do this.

I've always been a skinny latte girl. It's more an internal justification for buying a muffin too. Or a panini. Or both. But today I spent all day in a coffee shop, from writing an essay to catching up with friends. And whilst I did have my initial skinny latte, I went through the rest of the day on a steady stream of green tea. I know for some people this might be a bit of a challenge, with the aroma of coffee in the air, but I actually really like green tea so it wasn't a massive challenge. It's incredibly hard to resist temptation however, when you're with your friend who's having a hot chocolate with whipped cream and a flake and marshmallows. Stealing a marshmallow was definitely on the horizon when she went to the toilet, but I resisted (and I would never actually do that)!

So, Food Diary number 1 here we go:
Breakfast:
1/2 wholemeal bagel
1/2 avocado (spread onto the bagel)
1 large fried egg (fried in frylight)

Snacks:
Skinny latte
Green tea
Tyrrels vegetable crisps

Dinner:
Frylight chicken breast
Homemade brown basmati coconut rice with yellow peppers and peas
Lemon and herb sauce 1.5tsp
Philadelphia Light 1bsp

 I'm not being a total arse and starving myself, but I woke up extremely late today (gone 11) and had an even later breakfast, pushing on lunch so I wasn't massively hungry until it was actual dinner time! I would also have gone for a walk, however the weather was not having any of it today and I spent the majority of my time in the coffee shop listening to the rain.

I can do this.

One of the hardest things for me to come to terms with before deciding to lose weight, is I am never going to be one of the #fistagram, green smoothie girls. I've lost weight before through various means and at no point post-workout was I ever in a place to take a selfie or 'record my macros'. I'm under no illusion losing weight is hard, and it takes will power and a hell tonne of motivation to move your butt.

I will be the first one to say, Instagram is a huge motivator, But don't let it delude you. I'm a 20 year old student, I have next to no money and spend my time in lectures, in the library or at work. I don't have manicured nails and I can't afford a Nike running bra. The truth is, I don't just want photos of girls wearing nothing, drinking their post workout Nutribullet smoothie, I want to know how to lose weight when you can't afford a gym membership. How to eat healthily when you're constantly on the go. What breakfasts you can make the night before so you can eat it doing your makeup.

This blog is going to be a motivator for myself, because I want to prove to myself real life girls can do this, and I want to eventually be a motivator to other people. I've decided my first target date, which will be my Dad's birthday and when I will next be back home, February 20th. My aim is to lose between 14-20lbs in 7 weeks and I'll be continuing to set goals and motivate myself on here throughout this time!

I can do this. 

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