Weight Loss Journals - petecohen.tv

Feeling happy, relaxed and at ease with myself. I hope this feeling lasts!

Hope you're all doing well.

I had a great weekend and am feeling pretty smug. I ate out twice over the weekend and didn't overfill myself, refused puddings and put my knife and fork down between bites. I'm chuffed to bits. It would seem I am getting back on the bandwagon (after spectacularly falling off) rather more easily than I thought I would.

Anyway, off to the gym now.
Aimee

I have had such success with this programme and have lost 2 stone so far. However, I've just had a bad 5 weeks and haven't been nice to myself at all. I have pretty much fallen off the bandwagon. So I reckon the best way to proceed is to restart the 21 days.

I am on day 2 and must confess that I found yesterday really hard and had a big wobble yesterday evening. Anyway, today is a new day and I'm about to go to the gym which has to be a good start.

I'm disappointed with myself for letting things slide, and can't believe I'd do so well and then sabotage myself. Anyway, that's enough of feeling bad about it, time to move on. Time to go to the gym and have a better day than yesterday!
Hope you're all well, Aimee

I just jumped on the scales for the first time in about 2 weeks. I have lost a few more pounds. I am delighted! I have now lost, in total, 2 stone and 4 pounds. I am amazed!
Yours amazedly,

Aimee

I just watched a few of the resource videos, which I haven't looked at for some time. It was incredibly helpful and powerful. I watched one called "visualising what you want" and one called "the power of words", both seemed really pertinant to me today. Sometimes I zone out of the videos a bit so it was good to watch some that I haven't seen for a while, it really pulled my attention back to what I am doing.

Anyway, I feeling pretty relaxed today, I went to the gym last night and all is going well. I bought a teeny tiny tupperware container the other day to store oatcakes in. I keep it in my bag so if hunger strikes (and I mean realy hunger, not boredom hunger) I have a healthy snack to hand. Hooray for strategic healthy handbag snacks!

Hope you're all well!

Well here I am again on day 1. I have had a fairly wobbly 10 days and feel a bit cross with myself. I haven't put any weight on, but I still feel bloated and a bit weird (I ate loads of bread yesterday in a pique of wobblyness).
Also, I haven't blogged on here for ages which has probably been why I've been a bit wobbly.
Anyway, I am here now and ready to get on with day 1 again. What do I want out of the next 21 days? I want to regain the control I seemed to have let go of recently. I want to feel happy and positive. I want to be kind to myself. I would like to work towards dropping another dress size (which would get me back in size 16 land, somewhere I haven't been for some time).
I hope you're all doing well.
Aimee
xx

Hello there. Today I'm wearing a skirt! That may sound silly, or not very impressive, but to me it is quite an achievment.

I just jumped on the scales and was delighted with what I saw. Yesterday Pete was talking about patience and I am really starting to see my patience pay off. I've now lost 1 stone, 11 pounds. I feel very pround of myself.

I was listening to the mp3 last night and decided that the bit in the mountains is my favourite part. I must confess that I always have a little giggle at the bit where Pete is talking about 'greasy unhealthy foods' and you can hear Pete going "bleeeeuuuuurgh" in the background. I don't know why but it always makes me smile.

Hope you are all having a lovely sunny day,

Aimee
xxx

I love watching Day 3. It really resonates with me. I would say that patience is the most valuable thing I have learnt on this programme. When it came to weight-loss I used to be the least patient person ever. I would demand immediate results and my weight yo-yo'd all over the place. These days I feel serene about losing weight, I know that if I do everything right, it will simply come off. I know that whilst it might not be immediate, it is inevitable. And the best part is, I know it will stay off.

However..................Last night I went out for a chinese. I ate waaaaaaaaaaaaaay too much. I felt full and then carried on eating for about ten minutes after that point. It has been a really long time (about 3 months) since I felt that full and I have to say, it felt really unpleasant. So hopefully I have learnt my lesson. I am going to try and keep that bloated painful feeling in my mind to remember how uncomfortable I feel when I am over-full.

Anyway, apart from that, things are going well. The gym is going well, I feel ok around food (most of the time) and people are commenting about how much slimmer I look. Hooray!

Hope you are all well,

Aimee
x

I stayed at home yesterday because I have tonsilitis. The temptation to eat all day was pretty strong but I resisted well enough. I caved in at one point and ate a nectarine and a satsuma when I wasn't hungry but I can reckon that's a pretty minor wobble as wobbles go.

I hope the sun is shining for you wherever you are!

Aimee

Well, I hate to feel left out, so I thought I might as well join in on the Summer Challenge. I reckon this will be a really good way to keep motivated for all of us.
So here we go girls and boys, it's going to be a positive summer!
Love aimee
xxx

Bad weekend. Bad bad bad. I had a complete and utter binge on Sunday. I lost all control of myself and ate everything in site. I didn't have anything super unhealthy in the house though, so I ended up stuffing my face with pine nuts, grapes, cheese, oatcakes etc. Even though the things I ate were healthy, I ate way way way too much. It was almost as if I was trying to be spiteful towards myself.

Still, yesterday was much better. I put my knife and fork down, ate the right things and only ate when I was full. And I am still here today, which must count for something right?

Aimee

I just had my weekly weigh-in and I've dropped a couple of pounds which is lovely. I am starting to enojoy the slow process of losing weight. Unlike when I used to yo-yo diet and would lose loads of weight in a short time, I feel like I have earnt this weight loss, almost like it is mine to keep. I always knew when I crash dieted that it could never last, but this feels different. The more patient I am, the more rewards I reap.

I feel quite chuffed today as I managed to put my knife and fork down whilst I was eating yesterday. I minor triumph for me!

Hope you're all well.
Aimee

Things are going well at the moment. I am on day 7 of my third round of the programme.

The things that I now do naturally and easily are .....
1) eating natural foods
2) avoiding sugar, alcohol and caffeine
3) avoiding snacking when I am bored
4) going to the gym
5) drinking water

The things I need to improve are.....
1) listening to the mp3 (I used to listen to it all the time but have tailed off a bit recently)
2) putting my knife and fork down between bites
3) portion control
4) talking to myself in a nicer way (I am better at this, but I want to improve more)

The other good news is that I have dropped two dress sizes since starting this programme. I now fit into a size 18 on my top half and a 20 on the bottom (half that is, not just my bottom). One of my goals is to walk into a typical high street fashion shop and be able to try something on. I am so tired of being limited to the 3 or 4 shops that stock clothes I like in my size. (Although I must admit I am very very excited about Beth Ditto's new fashion range for Evans. I am squirrelling away my pennies in preparation.) Anyway, I guess that now I am closer to that goal!

Hope you are all well,

Aimee

On Monday I had a wobble so large, I think it might have registered on the richter scale. I was feeling blue and tried to eat my way out of it. Predictably enough, it didn't make me feel any better. Somewhere in the videos Pete comments that people often think they are only "one mouthful away from failure". That has resonated alot with me. Anyway, the past two post-wobble days have been really good. I have picked myself up and am back on track.

I must admit, I am still feeling blue, but I know over-eating isn't going to help. I think I shall go to the gym now, perhaps that'll cheer me up instead.

Aimee

So I am starting the programme again today. This will be my third time. Today I feel relaxed, excited and focused.

My aims are...
1) to buy some new clothes
2) to serve myself smaller portions
3) to put my knife and fork down between bites more consistently (I'm pretty good at his but I haven't got it nailed yet)
4) To increase my workout time at the gym (from half an hour to 40 minutes maybe?)
5) to wear more skirts
6) to eat a banana right now (I'm hungry you see)

Right then, I'm off to eat a banana. Enjoy this sunny Friday!