Day 5

Day 5--Sunday

Body Step with Katie!  When doing Step, I've normally not had any raisers under the bench; I've found it a struggle after 15 minutes with any raisers.  But now, it seems a bit easier.  I'll try adding 1 raiser on each side of the bench next week.  I only stayed for 45 minutes; had a birthday party to attend!

I ate WAY too much mini sausage rolls, crisps, and cake.  I feel horrible!  I'm bloated, and my energy levels plummeted afterwards.  I don't think I'll be eating this way again...for a while, anyway.

We didn't go swimming today....too knackered.  We did walk to the birthday party, and back, so that amounted to 1.5 miles.

Daily Food Journal

Breakfast

Yogurt, strawberries, honey and coffee with whitener

Lunch

Mini sausage rolls, crisps, wot sits,fudge, fairy cake, bread and jam

Dinner

Pizza made with Warburton's white square wrap, marinara, red onion, green olives, black olives, mushrooms, half fat mozzarella and half fat mature cheddar

Snacks

Skinny Cow Double Choc Mint Uce Lolly

Total Calories for the Day:  approximately 1800!  Way too much!

Day 4

Day 4--Saturday

Body Pump with Yvonne!  This is one of my favourite classes, and I enjoy taking the class earlier on in the day.  Normally, I don't get a chance to get to the gym until  late in the evenings, and by that time, I'm already really tired.  Saturdays and Sundays are early, so I get them over with, and have the rest of the day to myself and my family.

Went for a walk, which was about 1.8 miles.  We all went swimming later that afternoon...didn't realize how tiring swimming could be!  I only got through 12 laps, and was knackered.  I definitely need to work on it more.

Daily Food Journal
Breakfast
Porridge-50g
Semi-skimmed milk--200ml
Sultanas--25g
1/2 apple
Coffee with 4 tsp whitener
Honey--1 Tbsp

Lunch
Salad with lettuce, mushrooms, cucumber, tomato, prawns, and vinaigrette

Dinner
Grilled pork chop--84g
Swede--100g
Sweet potato--1/2 c
Sage and onion stuffing--200g
Gravy--50ml
*Felt really full after dinner...I don't think I should have had all that stuffing, but I was being greedy.*

Snacks
McVities Breakfast Biscuits--2 1/2 biscuits
Bread--50g
Coffee with 4 tsp whitener

Calories for the Day:  1677

Day 3

     Friday was day 3...and a very tiring day it was.  We went for a walk in the morning, which amounted to 3.5 miles.  Once we got back, I scarfed down a piece of toast and went for my first personal training session with Jemma...it was tough!  She really put me through the paces, and I thought I was going to be ill!  I did feel better afterwards, enough that I managed to get to Body Combat that evening.  Love that class--Jemma makes you work hard, but she also makes it really fun.  

Daily Food Journal

Breakfast

Greek yogurt, strawberries, honey and coffee with whitener

Snack

1 piece of bread, jam

30g half fat cheddar

Lunch

Salad with lettuce, spinach, tomato, cucumber, prawns and vinaigrette

Dinner

Pizza made with Warburton's flat wrap, homemade marinara, 30g half day cheddar, 50g half fat mozzarella, 5 green olives, 5 black olives, 1 mushroom, and red onion....very tasty!

     All in all, I had about 1400 calories for the day. 

Body Pump Thursdays

Hello :)

Body Pump, with Katie, was on the agenda today.  I really enjoy this class.  It's a great class to take if you want to see results quickly.  I don't just measure success on my weight or waistline, I measure how much weight I can put on my bar for progress.   I've been going to the gym, off and on, for the past one and half years, and even though I just started doing Pump again last Thursday night, and on Saturday, I can already see the difference.  I can increase the weight on my bar for at least 3 tracks!   I like feeling stronger; fitter.  I like seeing results, and I'm seeing them!  In addition to Body Pump, I walked from my house to Tesco's and back; according to Google Maps, that's about 1.8 miles :)

Fitness, for me, is not just working out.  It's also diet.  I've been told that to lose weight, it should be about 60% diet, and 40% exercise.  "Diet" is my nemesis.  I love food.  LOVE IT.  Sweet, sour, savory...doesn't matter.  If it tastes good, I'll eat it.  And this is going to be the thing that will be my achilles heel.  So, I've started writing down everything I eat.  Every little morsel.  It's a bit difficult to see it all written down.

Here's my food intake for the day:
7:00am--coffee with 3 tsp coffee whitener (I grew up drinking coffee with whitener, and I can't seem to take it with milk)
9:17am--100g Fage 0% Greek yogurt; 6 strawberries; 1 Tbsp clear honey (Love this for breakfast...it feels a bit indulgent, while still being healthy)
10:18am--1 large banana (~200g); 100ml semi-skimmed milk; coffee with 3 tsp coffee whitener (wasn't hungry, but...what can I say, I just wanted a banana, and I really like to have it with milk)
12:00pm--salad:  1 tomato, 50g little gem lettuce, 25g cucumber, 1 mushroom, 25 raisins, 25g vinaigrette, 50g chicken breast; 1/2 slice homemade bread; 1 skinny cow choco mint ice lolly (I am really enjoying having salads for lunch.  I'm trying all sorts of different vinaigrettes, and I'm actually looking forward to salad!  And...I really wanted something sweet.  I figured 95 calories of ice cream isn't that bad....)
4:00pm--beef stew (1 1/2 large bowls), made with beef strips, onion, carrot, baby potatoes, peas and swede, and oxo beef cube.
8:45pm--75ml semi-skimmed milk.  I like having a bit of milk at the end of the day, after a workout.  It's supposed to help with muscle soreness, and I've found that it does help. :)

All in all, I've had about 1354 calories today, according to MyFitnessPal, an app I use to do the calorie counting for me.  I'm not sure if that's too little, or too much.  I'm thinking some will say too little...some will say too much.  It is what it is.

Hello! :)

Hello!

My name is Kimberly Thomson, and this is the beginning of my journey to become Atlantis' Greatest Loser!  I'm so excited!

I'm so thankful that I was one of the lucky ones picked to do this.  It's going to be rough and take lots of hard work, but at the end of it, it will be completely worth it.

I'm currently 34 years old, 5'6", and weigh 15 and a half stone. I have lost about 3 pounds since starting on Saturday!  However, I am extremely overweight,  I'm extremely overweight, and I'm tired of it.  I'm tired of being fat.  I'm tired of being tired all the time.  I'm tired of not having as much energy I need to look after my little ones.  I want to be fit and healthy, not only for me, but for my family.

I started going back to the gym this past Saturday, taking a Body Pump class.  I absolutely love Yvonne's  Pump class.  She mixes it up, and it's never the same class twice.

On Sunday, I was booked in for Body Step, and found that it was cancelled.  It was Street Fit, instead.  I had my doubts, at first.  I had already YouTube'd it, and didn't think I was fit enough to even give it a go, but give it a go I did.  I LOVED IT!!!  I would LOVE it if it became a regular class.  It could easily be my favourite class.  You don't have to be young and fit to enjoy this class.  I'm middle aged and "obese", and I had loads of fun.  It was only 45 minutes, and the time flew.

On Monday, I took Body Combat, with Katie, and Body Balance with Christina.  I really enjoy taking Combat.  You sweat loads and get a real workout, without having to be intense.  Katie is a fantastic instructor and she makes the class enjoyable.  Balance is a great class;  it's not just stretching--you get a full body workout, without being too strenuous.  I definitely feel worked out afterwards, and Christina does a great job instructing the class.

On Tuesday, I took Group Cycle, with Isabella.  I had my doubts as to whether I'd like this class.  However, my friend K talked me into it, and I'm glad she did!  Fantastic class!  I will say that the bikes are very uncomfortable, and my bottom hurts massively today, but that will fade.  The class was 45 minutes, but felt like 20.  It flew by, and I look forward to taking it again.  Isabella was good fun, and she's very helpful.  Love this class! :)

Tonight, I was booked in for Body Step, with Katie, but had to cancel.  I did 30 minutes on the cross trainer instead.

Thanks for reading, and I'll update soon :)

Kimberly