tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35829521992570418352024-03-04T21:11:03.750-08:00 Just EmsThe weight loss journey of a 30 something redhead following a clean eating lifestyleAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08636686145213222790noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3582952199257041835.post-22354115322329229092018-06-11T14:07:00.001-07:002018-06-11T14:07:03.164-07:00Oops! 3 Months Later...<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Oops! So it seems that I can't keep up with my blog. Nor my weight loss journey either! However, that's what it is, a journey, full of ups and downs, diversions, dead ends and fresh starts.</span><br>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Hi! This is me... I have restarted my weightloss journey 5 weeks ago, probably for the 100th or so time. Well I did start again on 8th January with clean eating and stuck to it for about 2 weeks until I went away for a conference with work, had a Chinese, ate Nutella... See what I mean? </span><br>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Things haven't been that great on the weight loss front for me</span><br>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Although the majority of my WL buddies follow the</span><br>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Another Monday morning has rolled around. Another chance to right all the unhealthy wrongs that we have made over the weekend or the past week/month/year.</span><br>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I for one have not stuck to my healthy lifestyle 100% since</span><br>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As you know from my previous post, I've decided to change my diet slightly, still eating clean but</span><br>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As I type this post, my home-made chilli is bubbly away in my slow cooker. Yup, Sundays are my prep days where I usually do my meal planning, food shopping and cook up a few meals ready for my lunches for the next week. Planning ahead and being organised is by far the...</span><br>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sorry it has been a while since my last post! I am struggling with writers block recently and for me, blogging should be a creative and natural thing, I don't want to make myself write posts for the sake of it. I want to have something to talk about and be passionate about it! </span><br>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Firstly sorry that it has taken me a while to post again. Life really has been crazy hectic recently! Plus last weekend I was kind of struggling with inspiration on what to write about. I feel as though just posting about my meal plans, recipes and phone wallpapers would be abit boring if I did it all the time. I felt as though I had to have something worthwhile to write about. Maybe I'm putting too much pressure on</span><br>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Weekly weigh in #16 will be here tomorrow! Although</span><br>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">How is everyone getting on with their New Years Resolutions? Or didn't you make any? If you did then I'm keeping my fingers crossed that you're doing well at sticking to them! Nothing like the beginning of </span><br>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So... (I think I start most blog posts with 'so', I need to come up with a different opening word soon!) Christmas and New Year has come and gone. I hope that you all had a good Festive Season and a belated Happy New Year to you!</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Firstly I feel that I need to apologise for not posting sooner. This post is going to be one of the hardest that I've written since I started blogging because of the honesty within it and the admission I</span></span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2015 is nearly upon us which makes me think back to what has happened in the past year. I can just about remember celebrating New Year round my sisters place at a house party and driving my best friend to work the next day, feels so long ago!</span></span><br>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well week 11 weigh in arrived on Monday. Where did those 11 weeks go!? </span><br>
<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So in 78 days I have taken it upon myself to become a healthier person and to finally combat my addictive relationship with food and alcohol FOR GOOD! It has been a little rollercoaster of a journey, not too emotional or dramatic as I've tried to lose weight countless of times before so</span><br>
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