kathrynanastasia91

I'm having a really crappy day. I had barely any sleep, I'm just not hungry at all - the thought of eating is making me feel awful and I can't concentrate. I just feel really upset.

Thank you it has been a bit difficult and lowering the carbs has meant I've had to up the fat but it's not terrible. I suppose I have time to cook, but on days where I'm in work 1:30pm to 9:30pm I'll have to cook in the morning and take things with me. The first week's going okay, I've hit my daily goals every day apart from yesterday I felt too drained to exercise but jumped right back on it this morning. I've ordered myself a new yoga mat, I have bruises on my knees as my floor is wooden so I've opted for a 6mm mat but I'll keep the one I have just in case.

Well I do have lots of chicken and steak in already. Carbs are awful to me. I like pasta but they make my skin go dull. Thank you I'm due a new protein powder, I might go for vanilla this time. I hope I can stick to everything this time round

Main Quest - get healthy 2.0 *Consume 2500 calories per day *Drink 1.5l of water per day *Do 1 hour of yoga every day *Get 8 hours of sleep per night *Take care of my skin ie. take make-up off every night without fail, moisturise etc. Life Quest - pass my degree with a 2.1+ This'll stay the same until I get my results in June/July . This'll be down to getting my dissertation finished by the end of the week and then revising for my 3 upcoming exams as best as I can. Managing my time might be difficult with this one as I just started a new job which has me doing 8 hour days 4 days a week. ---------- Here's hoping this challenge goes better than my 1st one. I'm a bit disappointed in myself but I guess I was finding my feet. I've stuck with the same goals really, I've just removed kettlebells from the mix and upped the yoga as I really enjoy it, I think that might be my thing. I've tried shaun-t's insanity work-out, simple bodyweight exercises, weights and kettlebells too and I definitely think yoga will be the one I stick with now. Food is still my struggle. I want to eat clean as in cut out pasta, bread etc but I don't think I can do that until I get to my goal weight. All that kind of food makes me feel blah inside but how else am I supposed to gain. I guess the quicker I do it the sooner I can cut it all out, which should hopefully be in time for my 4th challenge. I need to be a lot stricter with myself but it's hard to eat when I'm stressed. Either way, Monday will be weigh-day regardless of whether I feel like I've failed my food goal.

And thank you both so much, you've been a great help Nuala! Nice to meet you too Bekah

I'm gonna try that bulletproof coffee I think and I eat avocado already but might load up on it a bit more. I just wish there was a magic potion that would bump my weight up by a couple of stone and then I could just maintain it lol. I'm so lazy with making food too, I like cooking but I'm so busy these days it tires me out. I'm not sure whether to go for adventurers and focus on my diet or go for druids because I'm definitely going to be sticking with yoga, I love it. I like KBs and will use them properly once I hit my weight goal but I think I'm losing too many calories right now doing that kind of work out while yoga is worth the loss because I feel so much better when I do it.

Thank you My diet is definitely the hardest part! It's so hard to eat so much but also eat healthy. I find myself just focusing on calories over anything else at the minute which can't be good. Exercise has gone well! Routine needs tweaking but I'll get there!

I'll probably tweak my goals but it'll basically be the same as in gaining weight/getting healthy. I haven't decided, no, I have no idea!

Not too bad thanks I have struggled a bit with eating but not because I don't want to, just stressed! This week's a new one though I'm going to put more focus on yoga and maybe do KBs twice a week, I feel way more relaxed and refreshed with doing that. Half way through though, yay!

Thank you! I feel a little better today, I had granola for breakfast but still the thought of having lunch or dinner or even snacks is making me feel queasy. I'm about to go into town so I'll pick up some more fruit and spinach and give your shake recipes a try. I did figure shakes would be the way to go but even the thought of them makes me feel a little blah, a lot less than food though and I don't wanna ruin my progress by losing weight! Thanks guys

I'm not sure if this is in the right place but what do you guys do if you lose your appetite to the point where thinking of eating just makes you feel sick? I'm not a stress eater and the past 3 days I've been under a lot of pressure and I'm going through a rough patch. I think all I have had is cereal and toast on friday, a few mouthfuls of cereal and a big bag of pop chips and chocolate yesterday, and some popcorn today and even now I feel ill. I know even stressed, eating will make me feel better but I just can't bring myself to eat something proper.

Welcome it's good that the eating side is sorted, I find that the hardest bit. Good luck

I set my alarm for 4:45am because by the time I'm up with a cuppa it's about 5 then I get exercise in around 5:30 and by the time I've showered etc I'm ready to get on with any work I have by 8. What motivates me is the way I feel when I do it! Sometimes if I have a late night I'll feel tired during the day but I feel worse if I don't get up at 5. Take today, I didn't get any sleep until around 1:30 so I got up at 9 instead and because of that I decided that showering would be a waste of time when I have a lot of work to do on my assignments so decided to train and shower later today but I feel so lazy and bleugh compared to usual. You don't notice the difference of getting up early until you start doing it! It's definitely better to get up early and have a nap in the afternoon. Plus I live with 6 other girls, getting up early means I get quiet time and the kitchen/bathroom to myself all morning. Even it I get the same amount of work done I feel more productive if I'm up and ready early.

It's always asked but I don't and never have no.. People always mistake it because of me having been so underweight, even down to my doctor accusing me of not eating when I was younger. I'm fine with food, I can be fussy but generally fine. I think because I'm so used to being small I can't see myself as anything else

Just need a mini vent. I did my workout today, no issues. Did it a bit later than usual due to the fact I woke up later but I did it and tomorrow's a new day. I feel extra fat today though. I know what I weigh, I know I'm not fat, I just feel really bloated and my stomach is filling out some. I'm a bit worried I guess that even though I am exercising, I won't tone up, I'll just pack on the pounds and end up overweight. I know I can't put on weight without putting at least some fat on and god knows I do need it I'm just afraid that it's all I'll put on and I won't be able to get out of it.

Hitting a wall today.. mainly due to the fact that I had a late night and got up half an hour later than usual. Still haven't done my workout, just sitting here with tea trying to justify leaving it until later. I only ever dread my KB ones lately because I always feel really sick and dizzy afterward. I know I'm not pushing myself too hard because whether I hold back a bit or push myself I always feel ill after for a good hour or so.

3lbs sorry! Massive miscount there got a bit too excited and forgot I started at 6st8 not 6st4!

Thanks 2nd week almost done! I find it so hard to get out of bed at 5am but I get so much done on the days I do get up and ready by 8am. Sort of catching up with my work, split my time yesterday between researching human trafficking and inputting data into SPSS and obviously did my workout and ate my food. Water is still my weak spot, tea is the way for me! I'm hitting my goal but not in a steady way throughout the day. I'm loving my KB workout and especially yoga so I'm happy. Went to weigh myself yesterday and the machine was out of order so will probably go today, hopefully will have put on a few!

Welcome not being a able to stay motivated is my downfall too but I'm now in the second week of my first 6 week challenge and I feel more motivated than ever, only because I know I have to keep people updated, ones who won't get bored of it or say I don't "need" to get in shape everyone here is great and I'm sure we'll all keep you motivated and you'll do the same for others! Good luck

My hometown is near Snowdonia so I have gone on the Aber Falls walk plenty of times as it's one of my favourite places. It's not really hiking.. just more of an easy walk with either a very easy or slightly more difficult route to the waterfall (which goes through the woodlands). This explains it better and there's a few more on there too organised into easy, moderate and hard http://www.eryri-npa.gov.uk/visiting/walking/Easy-Leisure-Walks/Aber-Falls-Path I'm not sure if it's something like that you're looking for. Nice to hear you're going to Wales though, some places are gorgeous in the spring.

I'll probably try eating more before I workout, just a bit. I ate peanuts today for a snack and I was fine after those so I can't be sure if it's just because I'm not eating enough or maybe because I'm eating at all, I'm pretty new to the early morning breakfast thing lol. Thank you

As I have to eat around 3000-3500 calories a day I have to get up early and start eating straight away. So I get up at 5am and have a pre-workout breakfast (fruit+PB) then wait half an hour or so, then workout and have granola and a protein shake. I've been doing this for the past week and noticed that as soon as I have my first lot of food I feel a little bit light-headed and strange. Today though, I started to feel dizzy toward the end of my workout and also as I was having breakfast after that too. I ate around an hour ago, I've had a shower and everything but still feel light-headed and a fairly queasy, as though I haven't had anything to eat. Any idea why this is or how to stop it? I used to feel like this after using my old choc nut flavour protein but when I switched to unflavoured it disappeared. But now obviously it's happening before I've even had a protein shake so I don't think it's that. I'm assuming it must be something to do with food though as my diet is the only huge thing that's changed lately.

Second week starting! I've made some tweaks and from this week onward I'll be alternating KBs and yoga and having a rest day on a Sunday. I've had to make an actual schedule telling me what time to do things or 1) I won't eat enough 2) I'll put off working out until the evening and not put my all into it 3) I won't get any uni work finished. Giving myself to-do lists is helping too, I finished almost everything on my list except one thing last night (only as my assignment took longer than I thought to finish - 4 hours!). I have an MSc course to apply for this week/next week too! I figured I would take a year out but if I do I won't go back and my degree is worthless without a Masters as I need accreditation from the BPS to get work as a forensic psychologist. So this week is going to be a busy one!! I also have a new food plan, I took someone's advice on board and got peanuts etc, 500 odd calories in 100g! And I can go through them like no one's business. Already had my pre-workout breakfast, now off to do KBs and have my post-workout granola ;D Hope everyone else is doing well!

Well day 5, yoga went pretty good but I am so so sore. My legs are stiff and sore but the yoga actually helped it a little. I think starting monday I'll alternate KBs and yoga and have sunday as a rest day, might work out best. I'm still hitting my calories, I definitely hit the target today but only 3/4 were good calories, I had stew at my dad's with white bread because he doesn't have wholemeal and he pushed a load of chocolate on me. Not great but I know I can afford to get away with 'bad' calories at the minute without feeling horribly guilty. I enjoyed it all so I'm not beating myself up, tomorrow will just carry on the good ones