Jan 2nd 2008
Height: 5′3, starting weight: 9 stone and 10 lbs, target weight loss: 10lbs
It was only when I saw the photos from my holiday in India that the harsh reality hit me; I need to lose some weight. Although it’s the size of my arms in particular that have made me vow never to be in the same room as another Pringle again, I think I generally look like a weeble in every single shot.
It seems unfair that although I abide by ‘the rules’ ; go to the gym at 
least twice a week, walk up escalators, get off the bus a stop early and am as scared of crisps as I am cockroaches; it has come to this. I can no longer deny that being in my 30’s means that my metabolism seems to be going even slower. (I’m not actually sure how that can be possible, it’s been the last-in-the-class-to-be-picked-for-sports-day of metabolisms all my life).
But I can also no longer deny that after the split with my partner last year, the tendency to cook in the evenings has plummeted exponentially with the increase in drinking and eating out. Add that to Christmas and a general winter apathy and it’s no surprise that for the first time 15 years I’m on the verge of leaving my comfortable size 12. It’s time to draw in the reins; and the belt buckle.
I don’t have the time to massively increase my gym hours and the PowerPlate claims to give you the equivalent of an hour’s workout in just 25 minutes. So I’m going to put the team at Good Vibes to the test! Starting next week I’m joining their 10-week Drop A Dress Size programme.
I will also be following the Closerdiets healthy eating plan. As I’m not terribly into feeling hungry – and for the sake of my colleagues who shouldn’t have to cope with too much misery and anger – I’ve chosen this programme which allows me the wheat free option I need. But no alcohol. Argh!
So with three 30-minute Power Plate classes each week, an eating plan and some recommended cardio workouts; I’m hoping to feel fantastic in time for my trip to Sri Lanka in March!
By the way, did I mention I have to give up alcohol?
Come back next Friday to see how my first week went.
Rebekah x
