The 5-2

Current weight : 15st 1.5lbs
Weight change : - 0.5lbs







I took this photo yesterday, I thought it was pretty cool. Today I think its poignant - the sunlight just filtering through the dark clouds. I have been feeling low for a few weeks, dealing with bad news and boring personal issues, but I can feel a change, I'm feeling brighter, my sunshine breaking through.

So the 5-2? Well I didn't enjoy it much. I was very hungry on my fast days (funny that?!) but the following day when I was eating 'normally' I was still hungry, and I think I probably ate the missing calories and therefore negated the whole thing. I still believe that it has good health implications but for me, as a weightloss tool, I don't think so. 

My plan was to try a different 'diet' each week but I'm getting cold feet. I could spend weeks on plans that don't suit me and my weightloss will be on hold. I only have until June for my first bikini opportunity so I need to knuckle down. There are so many different plans out there, all promising easy weight loss, I could be doing this for years. Considering it's the 21st century and we can make an ear in a lab, and transplant faces, and 3D print virtually anything, I can't believe that no one has come up with the solution! Yeah, yeah I can hear all you skinnys out there screaming 'Just eat less and exercise more!' but if that was the solution we'd all be doing it. And we wouldn't be living in a place where over 50% of people are over weight. It's just a lot more complicated.

I have been feeling completely overwhelmed with the amount of weight I need to lose. So I'm tackling one number at a time. Today it's the number 15. Just 2lbs to get to 14. That sounds ok. 

So back to my pre-Christmas Jo Jo plan. Eat when I'm hungry, stop when I'm satisfied, low carb, high protein, full fat, HIIT and other exercises. There is a little more science to it than that, but I will share the boring details later, when I've actually lost some weight. Until that point its just another 'diet' of all the thousands out there. Gosh I don't even think I'm exaggerating there, must be thousands! No wonder diets don't work!

A goal without a plan is simply a wish.

Still struggling

Not at home (no, I'm not on holiday - just at my daughter's house waiting for a delivery) so no picture or weight. Though to be honest I'm not expecting anything wonderful. Still can't get into the zone. But I am working on it and it will happen.

So this week I've been playing netball! I know! So last time I played netball I was like 13 or something. All I could remember was the bibs and tiny skirts. Well the bibs remain but thank fuck there was no sign of a tiny skirt. The warm up killed me. And then all the running around... Half way through I was so close to sticking my hand up and asking to sit down before I calapsed into a pile of sweat. The whistle went and I was saved. Boy it was knackering. I presumed I was the only newbie playing and that everyone knew everyone, so when I was asked who was the girl in the middle of the court I looked at her bib and answered 'centre'. Ha ha she was asking for her actual name!

There is diet stuff all over! I'm recording about 5 TV programmes. The newspapers have diet supplements. The supermarkets have offers on diet food. It just goes on. And the information is boggling and often contradictory! Who to believe? I wondered how many plans you could merge into one? The 5-2 (eat 5 days fast 2) would also work with the 16-8 (only eat within an 8 hour window everyday) with the Paleo diet (um fruit, veg, meat and fish) with the cider vinegar diet (drink cider vinegar yuk). But how many rules are that? But I am tempted to try some of the more sensible ones. One at a time of course. So this week I'm going to do the 5-2. So healthy eating for 5 days and only 500 calories for 2 days. Let's see what happens....

Just be yourself. Life is too short to be someone else.

Ode to weightness

Current weight : 15st 2lb
Weight difference : + 1/2 lb








Well some one didn't get the memo! I've gone the wrong way. The excuses are - I'm still not 100% after 2 nasty colds and I still have Christmas chocolate to eat. Lame, but true!

At least the dog is getting exercise, on the balance ball!!


          An Ode to Weightness

Oh how I wish I'd looked after my waist.
Ignored all the food and the fabulous taste.
Had I glanced at the mirror to see how it grew.
Noticed when asked when the baby was due.
Why on earth did I wait until now?
Did I not realise I was the size of a cow?

Oh how I wish I'd looked after my bum.
But I sat on my arse until it went numb.
I should have got up and ran to the gym
But instead I poured wine right up to the brim.
Relaxed on the sofa all snuggled and warm
It was way too late when I noticed the harm.

Oh how I wish I'd looked after my thighs.
But I just couldn't see what was infront of my eyes.
I suppose I did notice my jeans getting tight.
But needing an 18 was a hell of a fright.
How I would love boots right up to my knee
But with legs like mine they just don't zip you see.

Oh how I wish I'd looked after my face.
But with everything growing it kept the same pace.
I look in the mirror and who do I see?
Takes me a while to realise it's me!
I look like a hamster with my cheeks all a chubby.
I frighten my whole family, especially my hubby.

So things need to be different, over eating to stop.
Believe it or not I have 5 stones to drop.
So out with the trainers, and maybe my bike.
For circuits, and spinning and even a hike.
Keep reading my blog, whilst the nights are still chilly.
In Spring you will see a slimmer, better version of Gilly.

The future lies before you, like a field of fallen snow
be careful how you walk it, as every step will show.

New Year, new underwear

Weight today : 15st 1.5lbs

New Years loss : 0.5lbs

Body fat : 48%













Happy New Year to you all. So this is it! A fresh start. 2017 will be a good year. (Sounds like a wine). I thought we'd also bin the green undies and start the year in my new posh xmas gift underwear (M&S no less)!

I think a wee recap is in order. 

What am I going to do?

1. Lower my BP
2. Lower my cholesterol
3. Lose weight

Why am I going to do it?

1. I have high BP d'oh!
2. I have high cholesterol double d'oh
3. I want to fit into size 12 jeans

How am I going to do it?

1. Follow my Jo-Jo plan - which is (in a nutshell)
a. Eat only when I am hungry
b. Stop eating when I am satiated
c. NO food is banned - eat what I want (to a degree, and allowing for the following too)
d. High carbs after exercise
e. Low carbs for other meals
f. HIIT (4-5 times per week).

2. A little bit of sheer grit and determination (can any one tell me where I can buy this?)

When am I going to do it?

1. Now! But as you know, I'm not good with targets so we'll settle for just on going. 2017 is the year. How much can I achieve in 12 months? Let us see. 

Thank you to all my readers and your feedback & support of my blog. I will continue to write weekly, attempt to keep it funny (when I can lol), post my stats and take a picture. And this year you'll notice a difference to my physique!! 

Failure is not a person, only a thing!