Feeling good :)

So... I tried on the dress yesterday, it fit like a dream.. I tried on a few others too but they were very fitted, with ruching that did not do my a** any favours.. and I thought, well with 19 days to go, am I going to get a dress I love that already fits, or am I going to get a dress that is lovely that -Ijustneedtoloseacoupleofpoundstofitinto-.. Umm it was a no-brainer.

I've made my resolution to not buy things I don't fit into.. something I am extremely guilty of in the past - I returned the dress today that I'd ordered last week.. a) Because it wasn't that hot anyway and b) Because it didn't zip up the side and with my birthday, Christmas and new year's all in the space of the week I just wasn't going to put myself through that mental torture of trying to lose those few pounds!

I mentioned I've been using the livestrong website, and though I mainly write here I've met a few people on there too who have given such great tips and suggestions. When I first signed on I put myself down to have a goal of losing 1.5 lbs a week. The LS tracker told me that I'd then need to eat 1200 calories a day. However, instead of that being too little, it was actually too much, especially on days when I was exercising and working off at least 600 calories a day. The effect was that on the days I exercised, I wouldn't eat extra and that would mean that the total amount of calories my body took in was only 600 calories.. enough to put me in starvation mode.. and probably the reason I didn't shift anything this week - boo.

1200 is supposedly the absolute minimum you're supposed to take in before your body puts itself into starvation. And I definitely didn't want to do that, it was going to slow me down and basically have the opposite effect that I wanted it to.. ie gain/hold onto weight instead of losing it! So, readers, I was radical. I changed my goal to losing just the one pound a week (still very respectable), and that puts me at 1450 calories a day. I probably won't be able to eat an extra 600 calories a day, especially while I am trying to eat healthily..and weirdly enough exercise makes me less hungry now - I'm actually full at 1200 - but I will know that at least if I'm aiming for 1450 calories I will be able to eat 400 extra to at least take me to 1200, the minimum. So I won't starve :)

It's my birthday this week, I'm going to get my a** to the gym to allow for that tasty meal on Thursday night.. and in preparation for Christmas day with the in laws.. at least my no chocolate ban means I'll be safe from the Quality Street, Toblerone and Celebrations boxes.. :/

I also met a personal best today at the gym for that 10K.. It usually takes me more than twice the time to do a 10K than the time it takes to do a 5K.. perhaps because I get fatigued and the last half is a bit harder? But today I did some intervals and cranked it up to meet 65 minutes. I'd like to get it under an hour though.. I'm going to try and convince Ally to do a 10K with me next year instead of a 5K.. and Ally..baby.. if you're reading this.. don't say you haven't been warned :D Best go get those runners on bebe.. ;)

Till next time ladies xx