Lighter life

Hi everybody,

Well it's been pretty nice weather and the other day when I went for my run I took it fairly gently because it was so warm. A lady I passed on route said "You seem to be enjoying that", and do you know I really was.

When I get to this point with my running I usually begin to wonder why I ever stopped in the first place. Sure enough I can rationalize about sore joints and things, and I know that last year it was due do a sprain that took three months to heal. But nonetheless I wonder I can forget that feeling.

I came across a picture today which is proof positive if I needed any that quick fix diets don't work. Her name is Jackie Cox and she is the founder of Lighter Life. This is a diet based on shakes and claims, through counselling, to get to the bottom of weight loss issues during the period of food abstinence.

Jackie clearly still has issues

Losing my first stone.

Hello everybody,

It's been a lovely week with plenty going on and lots of fine weather. I was a bit naughty so I wasn't sure that I would lose this week, but I did!

Have been doing my sit-ups except I forgot yesterday. Oops. My waist is now 38 inches (I lost half an inch this week) which is an improvement though still pretty flabby.

I've kept up my fitness regime and am enjoying it which is great. I have done a little video and there is also one of me and the family at the Hare Krishna temple yesterday. Hope you enjoy them.





Kim

Toning up the abs.

Hi,

Just a quick blog today because I'm off out but thought I'd share something with you.
I've been told that it only take three lots of twelve sit ups (done as reps or spread throughout the day) to really improve your abs. So I'm trying it out.

I started Sunday with a waist measurement of thirty-eight and a half inches. I've lost two and a half inches without doing sit-ups but need to move it a pace before the summer hols to get into next size down (size 16).

I'll put my waist measurement on here for the next few weeks and we'll see how it goes.

I haven't done much running this week as I pulled something on Sunday (stretching as I woke up ... a fine way to get a sports injury!) so I rested it for a couple of days but today I got back on with it. It was great and I posted my second fastest time without pushing things too hard, it being my first day back.

Off to a cheese and wine party tonight so not sure how things will be for Sunday's weigh-in but I'll do my best to be virtuous!

Lazing on a sunny afternoon!

Hi,

Today was my weigh in so I got up bright and early for that. I lost two pounds which is good and have lost another inch off of my hips which is great.

I haven't exercise yet today. We visited my sister-in-law and had Italian food out which was lovely. I ordered the salmon and vegetables which was not as healthy as I expected as it was accompanied by battered courgettes and sauteed potatoes. Never mind I have a week to wear it off.

Having stuffed ourselves we didn't have the run we had planned along the Thames but instead walked along a way and caught the tail end of a festival which was going on. We also watched people rowing and yachting. Absolutely beautiful. Here is a clip of what we saw and it shows part of the route which I ran the other week.




Have a great week,

Kim

One Lump or Two?

Hi,

Sorry not very good at getting on here sometimes! Apart from that though I am quite proud of myself. It was the school fair today and there was a barbecue and Indian food as well as Ice Cream and the inevitable cake stall. I avoided it ALL!

Yesterday I tried on some clothes which have been too tight. The jeans fitted perfectly, the trousers went on okay but were still rather tight but the dress, which I didn't expect to zip up slipped on fairly easily. Unfortunately looked all lumpy around my waist and bottom.

I decided it's time to do sit-ups. I have done some of course, and was intending to do more but somehow I didn't. Not now though. If it wasn't for those lumpy bits the dress and the trousers would be fine.

Today I had another bash at the HIIT training which I talked about the other day. This time I did more stretches because last time left me rather sore. I also thought that rather than walk in between I would jog. The pace is about the same but would mean I wouldn't cool down so much between repetitions. I also did more stretching after and did 100 sit ups.

Needless to say I ache!

Well, here are my diet diaries for the past few days. Something may get added to today but I'll let you know if it does.

Enjoy the weekend,

Kim

Thursday

Breakfast: Banana and Branflakes (260 kcals)

Lunch: Bagel and Houmous (535 kcals)

Dinner: Mackerel and salad (490 kcals)

Snacks: Strawberries (40kcals) and Nectarine (50kcals)

Drinks: Water (11/2 ltrs) 2x Coffee (20kcals)

Total= 1395kcals

Friday

Breakfast: Branflakes and banana (260kcals)

Lunch: Oatcakes and salad (230 kcals)

Dinner: Chicken fajitas (455 kcals)

Snacks: Nectarine (50kcals), Strawberries (50 kcals), Mousse (88kcals)

Drinks: 4x coffee (40 kcals) water (11/2ltrs)

Total= 1173 kcals

Saturday

Breakfast: Branflakes and Banana (260kcals)

Lunch: Oatcakes and houmous (410kcals)

Dinner: Sardines and salad (475kcals)

Snacks: Biscuits (90kcals)

Drinks: Water(2ltrs), 3x coffee(30kcals), strawberries 40(kcals)

Total= 1305kcals

Tuesday's Diet Diary

Hi,

It's late but I did keep a diary of my food yesterday. I just couldn't get on the computer to post it!

Yesterday I did my usual run that I showed a few weeks back. It rained so I wonder if that was why I did the second half slower than the first ... maybe my clothes weighed twice as much!

A friend I haven't seen for a few weeks asked me if I had lost weight yesterday which was nice because she didn't know that I was dieting. It's a definite boost to the esteem when people start to comment.

The reason I decided to keep a diet diary and track the calories was to a) be accountable and b) check that I am keeping to a sensible number of calories. The thing is that when I started this diet I didn't want to get bogged down with calorie counting which I know always makes me obsessive. However, all sensible diets work but creating a deficit between the energy we consume as food and drink and the energy we expend in living, breathing, metabolism, brain activity, moving, exercise etc.. If you eat less calories than you burn you will lose weight.

Many modern types of diet, such as Rosemary Conley and Weight Watchers, are based on giving a plan where the user chooses from a variety of meals or counts points. They might have rules such as maximum percentages of fat or following points but they are basically a calorie controlled diet. The calories have been calculated so that it is simpler to follow and to supply a sensible calorie deficit.

The problem with these kinds of diets is primarily sticking to them because they can be restrictive and/or become boring and followers often hit a plateau.

However, since I have for the most part just stuck to healthy choices and avoided junk I wanted to ensure that my one pound weight loss last week was not due to me eating too many (albeit healthy) calories. What I have done therefore is to write down what I have eaten and then calculated the calories at the end of the day.

Basically, so far this week I have stuck to between 1200 and 1400 calories which is perhaps a little low for my weight. So long as I am not hungry though I guess that my body is okay with it.

If this week my weight loss is still a little meagre then I might push it up a bit, however, it may just be that I'm subconsciously avoiding eating.

I have also been reading about cheating your body into not noticing the calorie deficit to avoid weight loss plateau's. When I've read a bit more about it I'll let you know.

Tuesday's Diary

Breakfast: Branflakes and banana (250kcals)
Lunch: Tomato soup (250kcals)
Dinner: Smoked salmon with salad, avocado and cous cous and oil and vinegar(570 kcals)
Snacks: Nectarine (50kcals) Brioche(135kcals)
Drinks: 5x coffee (50) and 1 1/2 litres of water (better!)

Total: 1305 kcals

HIIT or miss!

Hi All,

Going to check in with diet diary but thought I'd also let you know what else has been going on.

Today I got an e-mail from a lady who's blog I read and it was very interesting. Steph Rice is in the fitness industry and was talking about people exercising but not achieving great results because they are not working out efficiently.

Many people do long sessions of cardio (40 mins plus) but although this is great in many ways it isn't the most effective for fat burning. Steph explains that although these burn fat while we are doing them this increase stops shortly afterward while other exercises keep the flame turned up for much longer (some studies suggest up to 24 hours). Here is the link so you can read her article and follow her blog if you wish
http://thesexyflatstomachsolution.blogspot.com/

This kind of exercise is called HIIT or High Intensity Interval Training. It can incorporate a range of exercises but basically consists of a warm up period followed by bursts of exercise at about 90% capacity followed by a period of about double the length recovering. This is repeated usually 8 times or more followed by cool down. These sessions would usually last between 15-30 minutes.

Steph's article made me think. I've spent many years exercising but not getting the results I had hoped for and now perhaps I had an idea why. Since I was in my twenties a number of people have told me that I don't need to diet but just exercise. This has never worked for me; although I did manage to keep my weight in check when I was running seriously I still never felt slim.

I put this down to the fact that these were men and that as men have I higher percentage of muscle that they were simply burning more fat during this exercise. This probably does have an impact however the most recent person to say it to me was a woman. One thing the majority of these people have in common (not counting the fitness fanatic I live with!) is that they were in the forces.

This is where Steph's article suddenly rang a bell. It occurred to me that during basic training the recruits probably do quite a lot of this kind of training as opposed to massive endurance runs.

Recently I've heard quite a lot about ex-army people doing circuit type training in parks etc. which a lot of people seem to be turning to as a change from the local gym. If the results are as good as those being talked about with HIIT then they've definitely "hit" on the right formula. (Excuse the pun.)

So this afternoon before school pick up time I ran up to the park and then did 10x20 second sprints followed by 40 second cool down periods. A quick cool down and I went over the road to collect my daughter. I hope nobody could smell me! I enjoyed the work out and will definitely include it in me regime.

Tuesday's food diary looks like this:

Breakfast: Yoghurt with banana and cherries (200kcals)
Lunch: Bagel with chicken (300kcals)
Dinner: Salad and chicken (400kcals)
Snacks: Salad with oil and vinegar dressing(100kcals)
Olives (50kcals)
Drinks: 4x Coffee (40kcals) 1litre water(ugg) and 1 glass red wine(85kcals)

Total= 1175kcals

Monday's food diary.

Hi,

It's been quite a nice day really not the torrential rain that they had threatened so I did my usual run without being able to wring myself out. I took it fairly easy after a bit of a break this weekend but did in reasonable time. For me that is ... 16 minute miles are shockingly slow even in walking terms!

I said I would publish my food diary so that I would keep a careful eye on it. So here it is with approximate calories in brackets:

Breakfast: Porridge made with water and raspberries (200kcal).
Lunch: 2 slices of wholemeal bread with thin spread of flora and mushrooms fried in 1tbs olive oil (300kcal).
Dinner:Spit roast chicken with 6oz jacket potato and sweetcorn (500kcal)
Snacks: Salad with lettuce, tomatoes, cucumber, kidney beans, beetroot dressed with olive oil and balsamic vinegar(150kcal) and Slice of Pineapple (60kcal)
Drinks: Cappuccino(100kcal) and 4 cups (40kcal) of coffee plus 1l water (naughty)

= 1350 kcals approximately

So not too bad a day as I figure so long as I am between1300 and 1550 kcals I should lose weight without my body feeling starved and lowering my metabolism.

Good night and good health,

Kim

Hitting the wall.

Hi all,

Well it is weigh in day again. I was woken but a Thunderstorm which is not good because it's the Radlett festival today. It also put me off of going for a run.

It's strange, on Monday I ran for 105 minutes and then on Wednesday I did a best time on my usual route. On Thursday I took it a bit easy and went down and looked at the new equipment going into the park so it took longer but still much quicker than when I started. Friday we went to Cassiobury Park in Watford and it was a little rainy but nothing to stop even a fair weather runner, but I ran out of steam and walked back after half an hour.

Yesterday, I didn't run but went swimming and this morning I had a horrible feeling that i just didn't want to go out and get cold and wet. I was enjoying it so don't know what has gone wrong.

Also, when I went to weigh in I had only lost a pound which I found enormously disappointing because I haven't indulged at all. John said I should be pleased and that if I lost a pound a week for a year I would lose more than 50lbs. Not sure if he thinks I can't count but it really shows that he has never been on a diet!

John asked if I wanted to go to our local spoon on Friday but I managed to resist the temptation, I haven't eaten one morsel of chocolate despite getting in the car to discover him with a mouthful of it which smelled delicious. I haven't had a sip of alcohol. I have limited my coffee intake and haven't picked one chip despite being in temptations way twice. Why didn't I lose more?

What has gone wrong? I feel like my diet and my running have both hit the wall. It's always the same with my diets, I lose some then it all stalls until I'm depressed and start eating comfort food again. That's why I'm doing this ... to try to keep me on the straight and narrow. But, it's not happened with exercise before.

Will have to just jump to it though because I am booked in to do the Race for Life in Hyde Park on 19th July. That's only 6 weeks away. By rights I should lose a stone in that time but at this rate will have just passed my first stone overall. Still, in some ways John is right and I'll be a stone lower than I was. It is also a week I didn't put on weight so it's all to the good.

Guess I can't answer the bio-chemical questions about why I haven't lost weight but there is something I can do. Write it all down and make sure that my portion control is accurate.

Well, good luck fellow dieters. Will publish my food diary this week as mini blogs to keep me doing it. I'll start that tomorrow as said festival is today and will be busy.

Kim

Half-term not half -fat!

Hi everybody,

Sorry this is overdue. Half term was lovely. The weather was great, it was my daughters birthday and we visited lots of relatives. So far so good.

In the process I ate four slices of cake, some low-fat ice cream white bread, a sausage, rice and potato salads with dressing, some creamy chicken and a roast dinner. Other than that I stuck to the usual salads, fruits and porridge which I have been attempting to change to.

That was food wise, drink wise I didn't have enough water, I drunk a good deal more coffee than of late and I also consumed 2 glasses of punch, 8 glasses of wine and three glasses of port.

All-in-all while it wasn't guilt free I did avoid many of the naughties I could have had. I also continued with my usual exercise routine.

Because of my guilt on Thursday when I got back from my Mum's I jumped on the scales. I'm not sure that this was a good idea as I had put on two pounds. By Sunday I had lost this again so overall it wasn't too bad but I'm sure glad that there aren't too many half-terms. What will I do in the summer holidays!

Have a great week,

Kim

p.s. Check out Sundays weigh-in on previous post.

Sunday's weigh-in

Birthday cake and wine

Hi folks was hoping to do a vlog but have had a busy weekend being lazy. Yesterday was my daughters birthday so I did my weigh-in. I had lost 2lbs so a good steady weightloss. I went for my run, shaving more than 2mins off of my usual time. Then I went to my sisters to celebrate.

My brother-in-law is a great cook and so the food was great and my sister had made a lemon cake. I indulged myself with more than one slice of cake and more than enough glasses of wine plus a sausage and two white bread rolls.

Next week when I weigh myself I may not have done exceptionally well but here's the thing. I am managing to regard this as a lifestyle change, and I don't plan to spend the rest of my life avoiding birthday cake and the occasional bottle of wine.

So long as I get back on track and don't do what I usually do. (Figure I've blown it and stuff myself!) And, so far so good I went running today and didn't eat any trash.

Well, tomorrow I am off to my mother's which is usually deadly to the waistline. I have warned her, however that myself and my sister (who is visiting later in the week) are both dieting, so hopefully I should survive relatively unscathed.

Good luck during half term and I'll get back on soon.

Kim

Hi Everyone,

Hope you've had a good week. So far things are going quite well. I haven't had any major trip ups except not getting exercise as often as I planned. I have stuck to my healthy eating regime. Sunday is Emily's birthday and we're visiting my sister so I suspect it will be wine, cake and a few naughty foods!

I figure once a month can't hurt and it seems like it will be because Hannah's birthday is next month!

This week I got Zest magazine. I always find it a good read and this month it has a special offer of a years subscription for £15. I've probably saved that on junk food this month! Another special is on spa breaks but I fear I'd have to cut out more than junk food to afford them. They mention The Grove, where I used to work full-time and still do some free-lance work.

If anyone fancies a touch of luxury without the triple-figure price tag, get in touch and I'll give a £10 discount on a facial. Indulgence without calories!

Kim

New video of me running, well wobbling!

Hi everyone,

Hope you have had a good week. The diet went quite well and I kept up the exercise.

Made a video this morning and uploaded it to YouTube.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsRkMu1qX3M

Go to my first running video

I've had a relaxing weekend and am still feeling quite motivated which is good for me. This week I am going to continue with the six small meals a day diet which I have been doing as it seems to be going quite well.

It is quite easy to follow and incorporate into family life and I have not been hungry generally. I'm not a fan of prawns so have swapped those meals for fish and have included a few foods not on the list eg. olives and pine nuts in the salad.

If I have a criticism it is that the diet includes some foods that contain hidden sugar such as muesli (which I love) that looks healthier than it really is!

Hope you enjoy the video, it's a bit more natural than the first one.

Have a fabulous week,

Kim

Hi,

So this week I have been continuing with my fitness campaign. I am doing interval training. In my case this is four minutes of brisk walking followed by four minutes of gentle jogging.

My husband has a stop watch and has been keeping time. Yesterday he started urging me to run until I pointed out that I had only just stopped. He replied, rather cheekily I thought, that its was difficult to tell!

On a brighter note, I have been less hungry this week and am enjoying my trots around the local footpaths. Better still somebody said I looked as though I had lost weight so I'm hoping for better things on the scales this week.

Wishing you the best of health,

Kim

Week 2 weigh-in

Hi,

Well, I was right to be suspicious about my weight loss this week. I lost a very small amount off of my BMI but nothing worth writing home about.

I said that I often don't lose weight on weeks I start an exercise campaign but I wonder if it's because it makes me hungry and I eat more. Perhaps I subconsciously sabotaged myself. It seems more likely than that I suddenly piled on muscle!

So I think it is time to try a set diet so I control what I eat more carefully. There was a two week one in the Rosemary Conley magazine so I will try that out and keep you updated.

Good Luck,

Kim

Sorry I've been remiss

Hi,

I hadn't even realized it had been so long since I had left an update. The trouble is (partly) that I share the computer and am last on the list for my turn. I have had lots of stuff swimming around that I was planning to talk about and didn't get around to. I haven't even been on twitter!

I have found this week a bit tougher than last. I was hungry after getting back from my friends leaving do having had a couple of drinks. I always find alcohol and dieting a bad combination as is makes me hungry and breaks down my defenses. Then on Thursday night I had a salt and vinegar crisp craving. A friend asked me what my downfall food is, well that's it, salt and vinegar crisps.

I don't know if I will have lost anything for tomorrow's weigh in because I don't feel I have been good enough. The kids wanted roast dinner so I cooked one today, followed by rhubarb crumble and custard!

Another reason I am dubious that I will have lost anything is that I started my exercise programme. This sounds stupid I know but in the past I have not lost weight on weeks when I started to exercise despite having stuck to the plan! People have told me that this is because muscle weighs more than fat, which I know is true; I just find it hard to believe I put on that significant amount of muscle in one week!

One of the things I did find interesting this week was again on Dr Reagan's show (this time health spa) regarding exercise. They talked about NEAT (non exercise activity thermogenesis) which refers to the energy we expend in all the activities we do that are not formal exercise. They took a man and measured various aspects of his health and then asked him to increase his activity levels.

He did this by walking and taking the bus instead of the car to work, walking any journey which would take half an hour or less, cooking some family meals, washing-up, and vacuuming. (Oh no another reason for my husband to give why I should do the housework "un-hindered")

At the end of the three weeks there had been significant improvement in his fitness. (Not his weight though because he had eaten more!) So perhaps the old adage about taking the stairs has more to it than I had realised.

Wishing you health and happiness,

Kim

Put weigh-in video on You Tube

I was having trouble formatting my weigh-in video for here so uploaded it to YouTube instead.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdAT6WQh1ok


Kim

Race for Life

I intended to do this as a vlog but haven't managed to organise it as being bank holiday the children were here. The clip of me weighing in is here but has me wittering on it instead of explaining it! Click here for my weigh-in video

It says on the clip that I have lost 3lbs but it was actually four as I cheekily weighed myself midweek.

I started my exercise plan today with 30 mins of power walking and gentle jogging followed by a brisk walk home of a further 10 mins. I am aiming to enter this years Race for Life ... a 5k all female event in aid of Breast Cancer. Hopefully I should be able to run the whole distance by that time. I will keep you posted.

I'm still feeling quite motivated with the diet at the moment although today I feel that I ate more than I should have done at lunch time, though it was relatively healthy. Planning to stick to more or less the same diet as last week because it seems to be going quite well. Might try out some new recipes and give some feed back if I ever finish my friends decorating!

Have a great week,

Week 1 weigh-in

Hi,

This morning was my weigh-in after my first week of dieting. I must admit to feeling a tad nervous as it hadn't occurred to me, until I stood on the Wii Fit board, that people would be looking at my weight losses each week.....not just that first time.

It would be a touch anti-climactic and somewhat embarrassing if I didn't lose anything. Thankfully I did & hope to put up vlog tomorrow as I'm feeling tired now, having spent a lovely day with the children at Richmond Park. I lost 4 lbs....yippee!!!

Somebody asked me about exercise which is a very valid point. I am planning on exercising but am breaking myself in gently. Up until September last I had been using the gym regularly but sprained my ankle & got out of the habit. Since then I've really only walked & swam. Plan to add some fitness videos & graduate to power walking over the next fortnight.

Congratulations to my sister-in-law in Illinois, USA, who has shed 70 lbs so far. It is really inspirational to see that it can be done.

Wishing you the best of health,

Kim.

Sugar ........ making us obese?

I watched Dr Regan's Nursery last night and one of the in points that came up was regarding sugar. She was checking out breakfast and studies confirm that eating breakfast does improve mental performance.

The question was whether we should allow children to have sugary cereals. The answer surprisingly was that (leaving aside what the dentist might recommend) sugar has never been demonstrated to be linked with obesity. This being the case, since eating a regular breakfast will develop into a good habit then it is not a problem.

Of course many diets these days are based on GI (Glycemic Index). This is the rate at which energy is released from our foods. Foods with a high GI release their energy very quickly, the proverbial 'sugar rush' while those with a low GI are slow release making us feel fuller for longer.
Sugary cereals would obviously be a big no-no on these.

Something that came as a surprise was the dreaded Cheesestrings which I've always told my kids are junk. Apparently they contain around half the fat of regular full fat cheese! Still tastes like rubber though.

Have a great weekend,

Kim

My video debut .......

Roll out the red carpet! It took a while but is finally up. This is not going to be a proper post because, like yesterday, I'm going to be helping my friend to decorate her flat. I'll hopefully burn some calories in the process but it wont help much if I collapse with a beer after like I did yesterday.... oops.

I just wanted to let you know that that I've posted the video and will add it to the blog when I've reformatted it....http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wfuwLoL7ks

Have a great day in this fabulous weather,

Kim

What is your Body Mass Index (BMI)?

Hi,

I had planned to update this daily so sorry about yesterday! I was hoping that by now my video would be ready, but unfortunately having not done one before there are some teething problems! Hopefully it will be up soon.

One of the things I talk about in my video is BMI or Body Mass Index. Basically, this is a measure of overall body fat. It gives a good guide as to whether or not an individual is healthy as what is really important is not actually our weight but how much excess fat we are carrying. For most adults the calculators are reasonably accurate, although the calculations can be flawed.

They do not always work well for children, adolescents, older people and can be particularly inaccurate for those with high ratio's of muscle such as body builders and athletes. This is because they assume a certain percentage of body weight will be fat but this is a generalization based on the average adult. BMI can also vary with race. For most of us, however, they are more than accurate enough.

A healthy BMI is generally considered to be between 18.5 and 24.9 meaning individuals falling below this line have too little body fat and above that too much. A BMI of 30 or above indicates obesity and all of it's poor health implications (mine's a whopping 37!!)

If you wish to know your BMI I have found a good calculator on the National Health Service (NHS) website.

http://www.nhs.uk/Tools/Pages/Healthyweightcalculator.aspx?Tag=Calculators?WT.srch=1

Have a great day, and please look out for my next update.

Kim

Whenever I am on a diet I am an avid reader of diet and health magazines. I find I run out of articles way before I run out of month. This is one of the reasons I decided to write this blog, to be one more thing to read and distract the mouth from craving!

One of my favourite magazines is Rosemary Conley diet and fitness (May 2009 issue) which has great inspirational stories and good solid advice. It was therefore one of the first I picked up when i started this latest diet.

It didn't disappoint! One of the articles was entitled "Are Your Friends Keeping You Fat?" which sounded harsh. On reading it, however, it is actually advocating finding a partner who is also trying to make a positive change in their life. This could possibly, though not necessarily, be a fellow dieter.

I found this article very positive and it reaffirmed to me why I want to go public this time. Perhaps I can find that support and be there for somebody else.

New Diet Video

Hi, April Fool I've not updated my blog since the first of April and have only just started my diet. Having wasted a month i have finally done a video of my first weigh in which will be going on You Tube in the next few days.

As I have said I plan to follow health regimes and will report back my progress and how I like the recipes etc.and will comment on articles with related issues.

I plan to keep a diet diary so i can compare what I'm eating I'll spare you the exact details but pre-diet I tended to have toast or bagels for breakfast daubed with flora and although the lunches and dinners tended to be healthier I have a penchant for crisps,cakes and cappuccino!

Do look out for my video and my next update, which will be a lot sooner than this one, and have a good week.

Kim

Slim with Kim

Hi,

My name is Kim Wright and I have been a yo-yo dieter all of my adult life. I've tried all kinds of diets, various slimming clubs, heaps of books and could tell you the calories in most basic foods without having to think!

Well, this time I've decided to attempt the odyssey with an audience. Maybe I can find motivation in being watched and maybe I can offer some inspiration or a feeling of solidarity with fellow dieters.

My plan is to follow healthy regimes and try out the books etc, recipes and magazines. Maybe try new products and give reviews. I hope to post about how I am finding the diet, how I am feeling and what I have been doing. If it's good then it might be inspiring if it's going badly then perhaps a me too moment.

I intend to include some videos etc. so please feel free to join me on my quest to lose 5 stone.

Good Luck to you if you are a fellow slimmer. Kim xxx