Well hello, long time no blog. Actually very long time, no blog.

So what have I been doing for the last 16 months?

Well mostly working and wedding planning and sleeping off stress at weekends!

My job is pretty full on and coupled with wedding planning, I had no time to do the things I used to enjoy.

But I'm back now and ready to give this blog my attention again!

So here is a little round up of what has happened since my last post in May 2016!

In September 2016, we lost our beautiful cat Smudge after a short illness. We are still not 100% sure what happened but we suspect it was a brain tumour. I couldn't bear the thought of him undergoing a post mortem so we'll never be 100% sure. After 13 years of purrs and cuddles, it broke my heart to lose him. I'm ready to get another cat now but we are waiting until we have bought our own place (we live on a busy main road just now so I would be too scared to let a cat out!)

Over the last 14 months, I've been on a fitness & diet campaign (known at the time as the wedding shred!) I've actually got really into my running and I'm planning to start running in proper organised events soon. I joined slimming world and lost a total of 3 stone from March 2016 to May 2017. My diet has been pretty poor since but I've managed to maintain my weight! I'll write a proper post about this soon!

 

Easter weekend was very busy! My hen do was on Easter Saturday. You might not be able to tell from this photo but I was so unwell all weekend. Long story for another post! On Easter Sunday, I finally got to see Ed Sheeran when he played the SSE Hydro in Glasgow. Best gig ever!

On 17th May, we headed to New York!

Oh, and on 20th May, we got married!

I'll do some posts on our wedding day and our time in New York and Mexico soon!

It's true what people say, it really is the best day of your life!

So that's pretty much all I've got to report from the last 14 months! Probably seems like I've not really been up to much ha ha!

But it's good to be back :)

xx

Lifestyle | Wedding Shred Diary

Aloha! The other week whilst I was munching away on another family sized bag of mini eggs, I realised that it's approaching the one year until my wedding mark and I didn't have long to healthily lose the weight I want to for the big day!

So I decided it was time to start the wedding shred! I stepped on the scales and recorded my starting weight - 13st 9lbs. How on earth did that happen! I've put on almost 1.5 stone since this time last year!! (I blame alcohol, Ice cream and mini eggs!) At only 5ft tall, this weight puts my BMI in a disgustingly unhealthy position so I really need to do something about it!

After 1 week of healthy eating and regular exercise, my weight is now 13st 6lbs! That's a pretty good 3lb loss in the first week! 

I've started off nice and easy with cutting out sugary snacks and introducing a lot more vegetables to bulk out my meals! I'm cutting out bread this week, swapping my lunch time sandwich for a salad! 

I've also been using the my fitness pal app to count my calories, started going for a 20 minute walk around the block on my lunch hour, and we bought a collapsable exercise bike so I can exercise in the house in front of the TV!

Hopefully this week will be just as successful!

xxx

My favourite things: January

Aloha! So the first month of 2015 is over already! I have a feeling this year is going to fly in just as quickly as the last few! I have decided to change my monthly roundup posts slightly, and this is what I've come up with! Hope you enjoy reading these as much as the old format! 

Here are a few of my favourite things from January

*cue sound of music sing a long*

Food: I would love to write chocolate here but I'm supposed to be on a diet! I've been making a pretty awesome chicken pie whilst dieting. It's so good, I think I've had it every week! You can find the recipe here. 

TV Show: I've just started watching Fortitude on Sky Atlantic. It only started last week but I'm already quite hooked! It is rather graphic so I don't recommend if you have a weak stomach! 

Song: This is rather difficult as there have been a few that I've been playing non stop! I've been loving Uptown Funk by Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars (who doesn't love this song?!), Blank Space by Taylor Swift and Elastic Heart by Sia. Who's shocked there is no Ed Sheeran this month. I am! 

Beauty Product: Still Lush's Snow Fairy shower gel! I'm almost at the end of my 1st of 2 bottles *cry face*. I just love the smell and it clings to your skin longer than your standard shower gel! 

Candle: It wouldn't be me without having a favourite candle of the month! If you follow me on instagram or twitter you will have seen I've been on a huge candle spree in January! I would have to say my favourite one from this month is my berrylicious Yankee Candle! Fresh blueberries. Yummy! 

Event: I'm not going to lie, January is a dull month. The dark and cold nights mean I just want to be snuggled up in bed by 9pm. However the highlight of this month was my trip to Amsterdam! You can find my blog posts on that here and here.

Let me know what you think of my new format for this post! :) 

xx

Weigh-In Wednesday!

Hello Everyone!
It's weigh in Wednesday again, and once again I have maintained the same weight! It is starting to get rather frustrating that I'm not losing any weight each week so tonight I am going for a big healthy food shop! As we've been away so much lately, we've not had time to fill our fridge, which is probably contributing to me not losing weight! We keep having to grab a ready meal on our way home! 
Fingers crossed next week will be more successful!
xx

Weigh in Wednesday #3

So in the last week I've kinda fallen off the diet wagon. Oops!
What with deadlines at uni and our anniversary at the weekend, I just haven't had time for healthy eating! It's been so easy to grab a ready meal or fast food on the way home from the library, and we spent the weekend indulging in great food.
However, in saying that last week I was 12st 4lbs.
This week I am still 12st 4lbs!
I can't believe I have stayed the same weight after all the junk I've eaten this week! Hopefully next week I'll manage to lose a bit!
Xx

Weigh In Wednesday #2

Hey everyone. Just a very quick update on my weight loss progress this week.
So last week I was 12st 4lbs.
This week I am...12st 4lbs.
I suppose staying the same is better than gaining weight right?
I was fully expecting to not lose anything this week, as dieting has been affected by impending coursework deadlines! I've got a double hand in tomorrow, then it's mine and my other half's anniversary on Friday! I wonder what he's got up his sleeve this year?
xx

TheSundayPost

Hey everyone,
Now that I no longer work weekends, this post is so much easier to get up on time! I totally forgot I hadn't updated you all on my change of job! I quit sainsburys in August after getting an extension to my contract in the office I was working in over summer. I've just found out this week that I'm getting a further extension to May 2015! That takes me right up to graduation! Woohoo!
Anyway, what else have I been up to this week?
- Work. I now work Mon, Wed & Fri 9-5. The hours suit much better and give me more time to relax, especially at weekends!
-Uni. Next week is deadline week for 2 of my modules so I've been trying to work on my coursework. I'm awful at time management though. I do nothing until the deadline is upon me and then I'm stressed and doing all nighters to get finished on time!

Banana bread baking! I made another batch of this yesterday. It's such a yummy treat. You can find my recipe for it HERE

Last night I had a craving for an old school ice cream van style ice cream! So obviously the other half got sent to the shops to buy me the ingredients! This was totally worth the diet sacrilege! 

Speaking of diets, the ice cream seems to have done something useful! I'd hit a wall with the diet this week and wasn't losing anything! Then this morning, I'd dropped almost 2 pounds! Woohoo! We'll see if I manage to keep it off until WeighIn Wednesday, since it's Sunday dinner at Mum's tonight (and there is more ice cream on the menu!) 

Have a fabulous week everyone! 

xx

Weigh-in Wednesday!

Hello all! So I've booked a cheeky holiday to Mexico as a treat for my graduation next year, and I need to get a bikini body! I've been dieting for a few weeks now and I've lost 5lbs. I plan on documenting my weight loss journey here with my new feature post, Weigh-In Wednesday!
My diet consists of eating from healthy cookbooks, calorie counting and more exercise than normal! My goal is to lose 2 stone, putting me at a much healthier weight of 11 stone.
So drum roll please......
Last Wednesday I was 12st 7lbs.
This Wednesday I am 12st 4lbs
That is a loss of 3lbs!
Woohoo!!
Hopefully I can continue this into the week ahead!