PHOTO evidence day 1

used to call them 'thunder thighs' or 'hockey legs'

trying not to look like Mrs. Bean

fat dog's tummy

my fat tummy

NEW for OLD

Well I was thinking today how to make this slimming thing fun and funky, and I thought I'd dig out all those crazy muds and creams I've bought over the years which promise to melt away the cellulite and try them out in the name of science. What I'll do is measure various girths and try to follow their instructions and then see if anything changes.

The other thing I'm seriously gonna try is to get up a bit earlier and do some stretching and stuff. This morning I got my husband to show me his Aikido warm up so we stretched and wobbled around the bedroom this morning before getting showered and I have to admit I felt much better, more energetic than I have for ages.

If this diet and blog help keep me motivated ( I could see my husband dying to ask me WHY? WHY do you feel the need to hang it all out on the net?) then the sky is the limit! I mean I'm dying to write a novel but lack the will power/strength/motivation maybe this is the way forward? Who else has had an experience where blogging has helped them achieve a long lost sight of goal? I read Julie Powell's book of cooking and blogging and Gretche Rubin's book about her happiness project. It could be just the thing- like a sponsored swim when we were kids, the idea people are following you, rooting for you helps you keep it all in the air.

day 1 how did it go?

WELL.... day one officially went rather well. Surprisingly. It was Sunday and I decided I had to start as I mean to go on, so I set the alarm for 7.30, allowing myself a half an hour lie-in. My old and infirm cat, who is also blind, woke us up at six o'clock, miaowing and shuffling about under the bed in a blind confusion. Let me explain, my cat is nearly 20 in my reckoning and has moments of total blindness which are heartbreaking to see. sometimes she can see well, othertimes just makes out light and dark or movement. My long suffering husband, who has perfect vision and sense of smell, complained some minutes later of a 'shitty smell', I had had flu and my nose was totally and utterly bunged up and could smell nothing, so of course I told him he was imagining things and to go back to sleep.
Yep, you guessed it, after another half an hour of him insisiting he could smell poo, I got up and moved the bed and there was a massive poo LOG under there! Poor old Mona had obviously got lost and decided any port in a storm. Ooops!
Anyway, after being forced to get up and clean under the bed we had breakfast and decided to take the dogs to the beach.
A wonderful long walk for me and lots of galloping around for them. First goal achieved - do more exercise.
For supper we had pizza, but with a slimming difference! I made it myself! So instead of putting a tablespoonful of olive oil in I put a dessertspoonful and none on the top and made our own tomato sauce sugar free etc etc. Result- delicious dietary pizza!
Already felt thinner, slimmer and happier! way to go!

FAT FLABBY and nearly FORTY

Ha! well on April 25 I'll be 39 and this morning for some sadomasochist reason I changed the scales from kilos (which mean almost nothing to me emotionally) to stones and pounds. I am the great total of 12STONE and 10POUNDS unbelievable. Of course I feel lazy and run down! the amazing thing is I don't eat as much chocolate as I did I don't drink as much as I used to and so if my pleasures are gone, why is it RIGHT that I should be soooo DAMN FAT?
Ok so here's the plan, use this blog to help me keep motivated to losing weight.
Even if noone actually reads it I KNOW it's out there...
I will post some terrible FAT photo's of my self. and hopefully as time goes on some better ones...

Then I was thinking, why not add my FAT DOG too! seeing as it is my fault she has got FAT let's hope my movement will help her to get back in shape! weight today of FAT DOG is 40K or 6stone 4lb!! I mean she is a big boned dog but she has a tummy on her that puts me to shame!

The problem isn't what we eat so much as the fact we all lead totally sedentary lifestyles. I teach from 9am to 9pm with perhaps a 2 hour break to eat and since I took the teaching job in the morning the dogs don't walk with me every day to work like they used to so she spends four days out of seven sleeping in her kennel. and as for me, like a fat lardy lorrydriver I spend all my days sitting on my flabby arse and it just gets bigger and wobblier as I do less and less.

Sop here's the plan; analyze what I do and even more important DON'T do everyday to maximise my energy consumption and minimise energy intake!
Include dogs in my daily exercise routine more frequently.
try to find ways to exercise while sitting down and teaching, like tummy clenches or buttock clenches ( my students might think I've got wind, but hey, that's a small price to pay!)
I'm gonna measure our girths too and once a week post the measurements to track progress!

The other most important reason for doing this is because I'd love to get pregnant, and being overweight can have negative effects on your fertility, as well as my self-esteem. The fact I'm married now shouldn't be an excuse to slide down the slippery slope of chubbiness.
fingers crossed!