Hello all
I'm new here, found the site after doing a search for something and I'm loving it already!
Little bit about me, I'm 30, single mum to a daughter who is 8 and has hollow legs on occasion but at other times eyes bigger than her belly
I've always eaten larger portions than I should do and I've been trying to lose weight since I was about 12 as a result.
I've lost weight in the past and usually only manage to loose a stone or so (Doctors are still baffled as to how I managed to lose weight while pregnant yet both myself & daughter were fit and healthy
I think it was moving out of my parents place and cooking for myself/then partner on a very tight budget! ), and last year I managed to loose nearly 2 stone, but that involved me doing approximately 20,000 steps a day!
These days I'm a voluntary full(term) time teaching assistant in the school that my daughter attends and I'm also studying part time through the Open University for a degree. As a result I don't have the time to fit in 20,000 steps a day, look after my daughter/the house/go to work/study unless someone can tell me a way to extend each day by about 6 hours! Less sleep is not an option either, already I'm only getting 6 hours a night and feel constantly tired!
So I've decided that I need to get myself sorted - I'm on a calorie controlled diet of 2350cals a day - might seem a lot but I'm currently weighing in at 231lbs and that's how many calories I need to take in to loose a steady 2lbs a week apparently! If I can cut back to this amount I'll be happy as I seem to have put on 7lbs in the past 4 weeks!
But I know my over indulgences have been chocolate, pizza, chippy, cheese & pasta
I'm also digging out the wii fit again - I have a rechargeable battery pack for it which is currently on charge and then I'm planning on getting back on it and working out every day...well thats the theory.
Looking forward to working my way through the recipe thread.
Laters