NEW BLOG ADDRESS

I know that i have not been the best blogger!!! But i plan to REVAMP myself before my 30th Birthday next November - i have a whole year left in my 20's and i plan to have a good one.

Pretty please continue to follow me at

http://revampi.blogspot.com/

I promise regular blogs and a lot more photos!!!

One hell of a Productive Day and Possibly a New Diet!!!

H2B was scheduled to work all day today, so i though it would give me a great chance to get our house in order. We both work full time and with planning a wedding also, i am very sad to say the house gets really neglected in the week - i am a little embarrassed to show the before photos of the kitchen and living room area but the after results is how our house normally looks i promise :)

The Kitchen Area

Before -
Yikes!!

And after -

definite improvement!

The Living Room Area







Before.

After

I have also;

• Cleaned the guest bathroom - it now sparkles!
• had a good sort out of towels and bed linen (have thrown away lots)
• had a sort out of my lingerie! I had far too much so have reduced it by half
• done 3 loads of washing and is currently all drying on the line as i type
• been food shopping and bought all the below goodies

I purchased, red onions, bananas, apples, tomatoes, courgette, little gem lettuce, radish, celery, spring onions and finally Clive's Pies in Aloo Matar (curry) and Arabian Chickpea, they are amazing organic vegetarian and vegan pies - they are out of this world!

Ok that's enough of my busy day....now onto a new diet I'm thinking of trying, it's called the 14 day Summer Detox.

I am fully aware it is not summer anymore (didn't really have a summer in the UK this year :( ) but i am getting married 5 weeks today - ARRRGGHH! and i think a small detox will do me good. I love reading other bloggers blogs on what they have eaten and think that i may be able to incorporate what i am eating into my blog (if i have the time).

A description of the book is below;

Carol Vorderman's Summer Detox is the summer companion to the huge number 1 book Detox for Life, which took the bestseller lists by storm in the first half of 2002 and 2003 selling a staggering 600,000 copies. At 14 days, the diet is half the length of the original plan and so offers a specially designed, more accessible option for readers wanting to ready themselves for poolside and beach. Fully revised and updated, it includes even more delicious, fresh summer recipes, with fabulous ideas for breakfasts, supersalads, summer soups, super smoothies, desserts and snacks, plus more testimonies from women who have made a real difference to the way they live by successfully following the programme.

The reviews for this diet on amazon all seem positive - i notice a lot of people who have tried this detox have seen an improvement in their skin, which is a bonus as i am dreading having a skin breakout on my wedding day!!

Has anyone followed a detox diet before? How did you feel?

Boy i am a rubbish blogger!!!

I started this blog with the intention of recording all the things that are going on in my life at the moment....except i am finding that i am too busy - what is that all about!!!

Well it is less than 7 weeks until i get married, all the plans are in motion but i feel like there is so much to do still. I have cut my exercise right down which i am not too pleased about but i needed to free up some time to organise things for the wedding.

As a substitute i have gone back to Weight Watchers...the best thing that i could do, in the last month i have lost...wait for it....9lbs!!! I am beyond pleased with my progress, however am itching to get back to the exercise.

I have my dress fitting on 26th September so whatever weight i am on that date i have to stay at that weight.

Ok, so wedding planning is a stressful time, a REAL stressful time, i have had a few panic fits where i have felt that i can not plan the wedding and have moaned at H2B for not doing enough (all normal apparently!) but i am starting to feel better about things now, maybe things are falling in to place.

The most exciting thing so far is booking the honey moon, we have decided to go back to Thailand, so every time i want a chocolate bar or something i know i shouldn't, i think about how i want to look in my bikini...such a great incentive to lose weight.

Well i am going to blog a little more regularly this side of the wedding. Now it's time for H2B and myself to go through the wedding to do list and hopefully tick a few things off!

Counting points is fun - i'm so full!!!

I am still sticking to the Last Chance Plan, but i felt this week that i needed a little help to keep me on track. I know my routine by now, i jump in 110% then slowly i get lazy and complacent, so before i get to that stage and start getting annoyed at myself i have decided to rejoin Weight Watchers. I went to my first meeting on Wednesday and felt good that i have made another positive step to improving myself - the great thing about it is i can fit the class around my fitness classes on the Wednesday evening woo hoo!!!

I have been making some huge mistakes recently with my diet, where i thought i was eating quite healthy, i have actually been overeating, you see at Weight Watchers you are given a points value depending on your sex, age, height, fitness level etc - currently i am allowed 20 points a day. When i tallied up a typical days food (which i thought healthy) it was way over 20!!! No wonder i am not losing weight although was eating 'healthy' and exercising.

So today i have been rediscovering the joys of food and getting my head around the points system again. This morning i went out and bought all the ingredients to make homemade Houmous (have made it a bit garlicky tho!), and as long as i point it i can have it everyday. Yesterday i also made a positive change at work, every friday lunchtime we go to the airside greasy spoon to celebrate the end of the week. To avoid temptation i took my own Weight Watchers ready meal to work with me (Mushroom and Broccoli Melt with Wedges - yummy!), there is a microwave in the greasy for people like myself who bring their own food in. I waited for my food to cook and envied everyone for ordering their cheesy chips, curry and bacon sandwiches but i felt so proud of myself, so i do have willpower!!

I will let you know how i get on in my weigh in on Wednesday, i'm already feeling nervous about it!

Well i'm off to do some more wedding planning, can't believe how quick it is coming round! I will blog soon about the finer details so you can let me know what you all think x

Day 3 of The Last Chance Plan

Well today i am recovering - YAY!! I have managed to keep some soup and energy drink down so feel a bit more perky already. I was really gutted to cancel my Body Bump and Bums/Tums/Thighs classes tonight but i think it would kill me the way i am feeling at the moment!

I spoke to a doctor today about my symptoms as already people are texting me from work asking if i had Swine Flu, so to put their minds at rest when i return to work tomorrow i wanted to get the all clear off the doc. He was really great (i was not allowed to visit the surgery due to my symptoms) he went through my symptoms and thinks i have had Gastroenteritis, which is common amongst Cabin Crew, he was actually really grateful that i checked whether i was safe to return to work and said how considerate i was to think of my work colleagues.

So this means i have had another day of no exercise :o( but i am cool with that as i have hardly ate anything, i have also not followed my food plan as i am just not that hungry, think my stomach has shrunk a little so will have a small portion pasta meal tonight.

Even though i have been ill, i am feeling really positive about my plan, i am can't wait to get back onto the healthy eating tomorrow when i return to work and will exercise at the weekend when i know that the bug has fully gone. I have been reading some great blogs on SP and blogger and feel sooo motivated to succeed this time.

We are going to H2B's cousins wedding at the weekend and i am really looking forward to it, think i may need to wack on the fake tan as i am a little pale at the moment.

My favourite is the Dove moisturiser in medium/dark

This is my dress that i am wearing with deep purple bag and shoes.

The hotel we are staying in has a gym and a swimming pool, so i will be taking my gear and making use of the facilities - go me!!! I will also pack myself healthy snacks for the 3 hour journey whilst all the family get their meal from McDonalds or KFC. My body feels so empty of food at the moment that all i want to do is fill it with healthy, nutritional food. I hope the food isn't too rich at the wedding but i will relax and enjoy myself for 1 day only, may even allow myself a couple of glasses of wine!!

Day 2 of The Last Chance Plan

Written 21st July
Well day 2 is not going the way i would like it - i am sick!! And i mean really sick, i can not even keep water down at the moment. I didn't feel quite right during Aerobics and Body Pump last night, i was seriously lacking in energy and on my short walk home after i really felt strange. When i got in i had a bite to eat as i thought that might make me feel better. I opted for 3 chipolata pork sausage and a spoon ful of chickpea daal (my H2B had just made it up, i was supposed to have chicken salad but i just wanted some food). I then went up for my shower and when i came back downstairs H2B handed me a glass of juice as he was worried that i was dehydrated. After a few sips i had to run to the bathroom to be sick - my head was pounding. I had a really rough night and found it difficult to sleep so decided to call work and tell them that i won't be coming in today - so glad i did as everything that i have tried to drink this morning has come back up, i haven't even attempted food. So my meal plan has not been followed today - at least i won't be putting weight on!!! I am sat on the sofa feeling sorry for myself, praying that this headache goes soon. I think it must be a tummy bug so hopefully will feel better soon. Hope my lovely Spark Buddies are having a great day x

Day 1 of The Last Chance Plan

So this morning i got up at 06:40am with my H2B, i have asked him to do something i have never asked him to do in the 6 and half years that i have known him - rather than pay a stranger almost £5 every week to weigh me, i have asked him to do it!!

I knew that if he knew my weight (that's right i have never told him my weight), i will really want to try and get the scale down each week. So i jumped on the scales and it wasn't too bad 157.5lb, so that is .5 under what i should be YAY!!! 1st weeks goal met. My H2B was so supportive this morning - he is great x

I have also planned my meals for the week and will not deviate from this. I'm off to Aerobics & Body Pump this evening also. Got to reach my 155.5lb target next week - that's 2lb to lose this week - I CAN DO IT x

Below is my predicted weight until the wedding to reach target and also my actual weight.

20th July - 158 lbs = Actual Weight 157.5lb (have lost 2.5lb last week from 160lb YAY)
27th July - 155.5 lbs
3rd August - 153.5 lbs
10th August - 151.5 lbs
17th August - 149 lbs
24th August - 147 lbs
31st August - 145 lbs
7th September - 143 lbs (dress fitting week)
14th September - 141 lbs
21st September - 138.5 lbs
28th September - 136.5 lbs
5th October - 134 lbs
12th October - 132lbs (**My Wedding Week**)