Weekly summary

I'm sorry for being absent this week, I had the first part of my exam today and I'm pleased to say that it went fairly well which I'm so thankful for as it's the most important exam I'll sit this year and will determine which university I can go to! (no pressure then..)

Despite the overwhelming stress and amount of revision I've done in the past week I've managed to lose 1lb and reduce my boy fat percentage by 2.4% which is 2kg of fat!! I don't normally check that but I thought I would as I had the previous week, I think it's quite an amazing stat and it really shows that I'm improving myself all the time even if I'm not seeing huge losses, I just wish I'd taken my starting body fat percentage so that I could compare it. I'm in the average bound at the moment which is good considering that I'm still about 1 stone out of a healthy BMI, or I think so at least.

Overall, my eating hasn't been brilliant but I've stayed within my calorie limit, worked out and have made the following resolutions to try and help me reach my WAMK goal of losing a further 6lbs before Christmas Eve:

1. Lunches at home - homemade soup
2. Lunches on the train - wholewheat pitta, tuna and light mayo, salad with beetroot 
3. Better breakfasts and snacks - greek yoghurt, almonds and sultanas or other fruit
4. No chocolate or other unhealthy 'treats' (bar advent calendar - I know it's childish but I love it!)
5. Continue doing Davina workouts 3 times a week at least 

I'm really going to try my best to get these 6lbs off before Christmas, it'd put me on the lower side of 12st (12st 3lbs) which is ultimately where I need to be. I'm traveling to my parents' house on the 20th December (my birthday is the following day - my boyfriend will be staying at home due to exams in January, boo :( ) and staying for 10 days which will mean a change of routine but I'm hoping to begin the C25K whilst I'm there and although I will be changing my goal to maintain - I won't be going overboard. I've worked hard to get where I am right now and I won't be undoing all of that work but I also won't be denying myself the indulgences of the season but that doesn't mean eat what I want, whenever I want for 10 days. I'm denying myself for the following weeks so that I will enjoy them all the more, therefore (hopefully) won't feel the urge to binge as strongly.

I'm hoping to buy myself a very figure hugging dress to show how far I've come on my birthday night out with my friends. I've lost over a stone since I last saw them so I'm hoping for some compliments, although they're all lads so they may not even notice! Having said that my boyfriend has been complimenting me an awful lot and today I was wearing a shirt which not too long ago fitted me fairly well, but is now so big that we both fitted in it! It's the little things that make you proud sometimes... hope everyone's well :)