Morning all!
I am new at this thread, diet and exercise thing so please bear with me!
I am 5ft 3 and weigh about 9stone 11lbs which makes me a size 10-12. I am looking to shed a few lbs, tone up a bit and become an 8-10. My main motivation is that I have 2 holidays this year and want to be comfortable being in a bikini (don’t we all!) and in cute summer dresses! The first holiday is in June and the second in September. I am a pear shape and tend to hold weight around my thighs and bum.
So the healthy eating plan (not diet, diet is a bad word!)
Breakfast: porridge with honey and no fat milk or cheerios with no fat milk on weekdays and veggie sausages and scrambled egg mixed with spring onion and spinach on the weekends
Lunch: chicken or salmon in a salad or a brown pita with fat free yogurt
Dinner: Grilled chicken or grilled fish with brown rice and veggies
Snacks: carrot sticks, fruit, raisins.
I am fortunate enough not to have a sweet tooth so cutting out sweets, ice cream etc don’t bother me. What I will struggle to cut out is cheese, crisps and wine!
As for exercising I walk to and from work (2.8 miles each way), do a 2 hour walk up Arthur Seat in Edinburgh once a week, do yoga once a week to help with my alignment and posture and do weights twice a week.
Do my question is – do you think I will meet my target of size 8 or 8-10 by the middle of June? Also any tips would be appreciated!! (sorry for the long post!!) xx
I am new at this thread, diet and exercise thing so please bear with me!
I am 5ft 3 and weigh about 9stone 11lbs which makes me a size 10-12. I am looking to shed a few lbs, tone up a bit and become an 8-10. My main motivation is that I have 2 holidays this year and want to be comfortable being in a bikini (don’t we all!) and in cute summer dresses! The first holiday is in June and the second in September. I am a pear shape and tend to hold weight around my thighs and bum.
So the healthy eating plan (not diet, diet is a bad word!)
Breakfast: porridge with honey and no fat milk or cheerios with no fat milk on weekdays and veggie sausages and scrambled egg mixed with spring onion and spinach on the weekends
Lunch: chicken or salmon in a salad or a brown pita with fat free yogurt
Dinner: Grilled chicken or grilled fish with brown rice and veggies
Snacks: carrot sticks, fruit, raisins.
I am fortunate enough not to have a sweet tooth so cutting out sweets, ice cream etc don’t bother me. What I will struggle to cut out is cheese, crisps and wine!
As for exercising I walk to and from work (2.8 miles each way), do a 2 hour walk up Arthur Seat in Edinburgh once a week, do yoga once a week to help with my alignment and posture and do weights twice a week.
Do my question is – do you think I will meet my target of size 8 or 8-10 by the middle of June? Also any tips would be appreciated!! (sorry for the long post!!) xx
