Cath's Confessions

Hi, I'm Catherine from Bedfordshire, England and currently coming to terms with a disorder. One where I eat more than I should and don't exercise half as much as I need to.

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Confession time....

I have not been walking,  I have eaten some naughty things and I feel like I am sliding. So I feel guilty. Pass me another mince pie would you??

Now I know it is the festive season,  but I still haven't been as strong willed as I was hoping I would be.  With weigh in looming on Friday and Christmas in the middle of week I am resolved to try and combat some of the naughtiness of the last week. There is a beautiful Stollen cake in my kitchen.. screaming my name. I shall resist for now and go for a 5km walk tomorrow.

Have yourself a great week xx

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The results are in...

Just back from weigh in and I lost 3 lbs. That's a total of 7 so far. I am pleased that I am losing and more than my weekly target so all is on track. 

3 more to go to get my first 10lb reward. :)

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Weigh in day

Yesterday was insanely busy and culminated in 9 kids in our house for a few hours. An incredible amount of tempting foods and drinks and chocolate and though I did have a sip or two of sparkling wine and a bite or two of a biscuit I really really behaved myself. I was in control! At last.

Today I have been good, I will be weighing in tonight. My goal is a 2.4lb loss to keep on track.  Anything over is a bonus.

Wish me luck on those scales!!

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Time out…

Or rather out of time. I often (read as daily) try to fit too many things into a 24 hour period. Hence it is 1:28am and I have made it to the blog. Today I tried to convince my 2 year old that Christmas shopping was fun. She didn’t agree. I tried to convince my 4 year old (featured) that she shouldnt touch the glitter glue I had lovingly applied to the stockings. She didn’t agree. I told my husband I would be up to bed soon. He nodded… but he knows me well enough that he didn’t agree. That was nearly two hours ago, so he was right.

What did agree with me today was my diet, omlette for breakfast, chicken salad for lunch and salmon and veg for dinner. Yum! I also made the stocking decorations for Lottie’s friends and finished the Christmas shopping.

Hurrah! So now to bed. Catch you tomorrow. Or today… or something.

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Busy Weekend

Hi Hi Tumblerites! 

It's been a busy couple of days. On Saturday I photographed a wedding in Ingatestone, Essex and today was mostly filled with helping the little lady (my 4 year old) with her homework. We also took a trip to the supermarket because our fridge was a little low on fresh veg. 

Plans for this week include making cakes. Dangerous move that... but none of them are for me. Weigh in and Christmas party at the slimming club and preparing for my parents arrival on Saturday. They are flying in from South Africa for Christmas. I am so excited!!! 

I WILL fit in at least 3 walks this week. I need to keep up the exercise and I really enjoyed my walk on Friday.

Have a smashing week! xx

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As planned I went for a 5km walk. Completed it in 55min at a pace of 10:47. It was lovely. Why have I been so lazy? I feel really pleased with myself right now. Off for a soak in the tub in a bit.

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Procrastination done right

Confession time. Officially it's confession #3. I'm lazy, well I am and I'm not. Maybe the better way of saying it is... I'm a procrastinator. Leaving things till the last minute. ALL the bloody time! *sigh* I never learn.

Today though, I was going Christmas shopping and yep, you guessed it. I decided to leave it for tomorrow. Instead, I went for a brisk walk. Heh? That's not all bad then is it? I avoided the crowds, the food, the coffee shops and spending hundreds of £'s for one more day and burned some calories instead! 

At the school run I bumped into a lovely Mum and I confessed I'd started working on losing weight. Turns out, she works at a gym... in the creche. She explained how lovely it is there and how my 2 year old would have a ball. Holy Batman. I'm now off to investigate classes and options so that maybe come January, I'll be able to swim/spin/gym 5 times a week whilst my littlest has some fun and makes new friends. 

Anyhoo... back to the subject at hand (Did I mention I get distracted easily??) ... brisk walk around the neighbourhood. Mapped it at 2.63km done in 27:47 and a pace of 10:34min per km. or speed of 3.54mph. My app says that's 196 calories burned! Hurrah! 

I had a few 'moments' when I was out there. I wont go into them much just yet, I'll save them for another day... suffice to say they were great moments and I feel inspired and very happy today. I may even go for another walk this evening. As I had originally planned to do. 

We all need to start somewhere, I just did! 

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First weigh in.

So this blog is playing catch up, because I've started it a week after I started eating healthily. 

4th Dec I weighed 249lbs.

11th Dec at first weigh in I weighed 245lbs. A loss of 4lbs. 

I am pleased with that. The goal this week is to start exercising. I've been reading some amazingly inspirational blogs, like BenDoesLife, One-Twenty-Five and The Diary of a Curvy Girl. I know I need to get moving. I know it will help tone me up and increase my weightloss. It's just getting started. 

So tonight I will go for a brisk walk. I will map it and time it. I've said it here now... so I have to do it.

x

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Goals!

So I have to know what I'm aiming for, other than getting fit and healthy. I have decided that I would like to weigh 140lbs by the 25th October 2014. Why 140lbs? because at 5' 7.5" it's roughly in the middle of my healthy BMI range. Who knows I may get there and decide I'd like to weigh less, or more even, but I'll only know once I am down there!  Why the 25th Oct? It's the date we will be flying back to South Africa for a wedding. The last time we visited was when my 2 year old was 5 weeks old and I was huge and then... for the last 2 years I have messed about and I'm still the same size. I want to feel comfortable on the plane. I want to buy a lovely dress for the wedding. I just want to be in pictures that we take on that holiday. 

Right, so I've worked it out. I have to lose about 2.4lbs a week. It's ambitious, but not impossible. I have spreadsheets set up recording all weight loss detail and predicting when I'd hit target if I stay on course.

I will weigh in every Wednesday evening at a local slimming club. That way someone else records my weight loss so there will be no avoiding the scales!

So 109lbs is the grand total I am aiming to lose. It seems like such a massive amount that Hubby and I have set up rewards (not food related) for every 10lb's lost. There are some amazing rewards in there... like a weekend away with the family, a night out with hubby (a rare occurrence with two smallies) and a Spa experience when I hit my goal. So I am very excited about hitting those milestones. 

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CW: 167.5 (WHAT)

HW: 244 lbs

Total Lost: 76.5 lbs

It’s been a long time coming, but I am only 3.5 lbs away from my preliminary goal (keeping in mind that I NEED to keep my momentum going! I’ve decided that since I’m only three pounds away from my preliminary goal of 80 lbs, I’m still not...

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Wow... brilliantly done. Truly inspirational for someone like me.. at the wrong end of a weight loss journey. Keep it up. :)

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249 lbs and clearly loving having my picture taken.

We dont have a full length mirror in the house. I think I need to rectify that. If I saw this every morning I might have done something sooner.

These were taken a week ago. I plan to take photos of me every 10lbs I lose. It cant get worse than this… right? It will only get easier for me to do.. it has to.

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In the beginning...

That's how most stories start, though this one finds me somewhere in the middle. Want the stats? Here they are... Born in England, raised in South Africa, back living in the UK, Married, Professional Wedding Photographer, Mum to 2 gorgeous daughters. Really.. they are gorgeous. I'm 32 years old (hence somewhere in the middle) and I weigh in at a whopping 249 lbs. Yep... there we go. Confession #1 people. I just said it out loud on the interwebs for all to know. Yikes. 

I wont bore you with all the details, but I've struggled with my weight. Not because I'm in a comfortable relationship, not because I've had two kids, not because I have any medical conditions... I am this weight because of years of over indulging and doing very little about it. ~ Confession #2 

I spend my life behind a camera and I'm never in pictures, because I hate the way I look. I don't want my kids to look back on photos of holidays and time together and there never be any images of me. 

The time has come for this Yo-Yo to not bounce back. I will be using this blog to say things to me that don't normally leave my head. Seeing it in print, saying it out loud will help me accept it and deal with it. Thank you for being my sounding board! 

Looking forward to meeting many new smiling faces! 

With love and best wishes,

Cath