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Christmas is coming and Siân is getting fat...


Something needs to be done to up the pace.  I am not far off my target weight with just 12lbs to go, this is the tough part.  I am trying very hard to juggle living life in two places what with work, friends and family, due to this I am falling down on the exercise front and this needs to be addressed.

I have been considering going for a quick fix with a silly diet (something I have never done), but realise I need to have a lifestyle change.  With living in two places this should be easier, in the week I can be really good and maybe cut down on the amount of carbs I have, replacing pasta and rice with salads and more vegetables, then I won’t feel so bad on weekends when I can then indulge a bit.  I don’t have much of a sweet tooth so don’t eat chocolate, I do have a weakness for crisps, I have already addressed this and go for the healthier option ones and at the moment love the Velvet Crunch ones.

When I started writing this post it was 6 weeks until Christmas and now it’s 4!!  With a week Friday being the works Christmas do.  It’s time to up the ante and bring on the kettle bells, I might even dig out my trainers and start running again.  I love running but suffer at times with shin splints, which is a massive pain, sometimes literally.  My other love is kettle bells, I love how versatile they are and how easy it is to fit in a blast of ultimate fat burner in after work.

It doesn’t help in work our star baker is bringing in goodies like homemade mince pies, mince pies with custard and apple and blackberry pies!!  We have also gained chocolates from the work placements we have had on site, along with biscuits from various places.


I shall loose that last 12lb I shall!!!  Here are some pics, first of me at my smallest, then biggest and now somewhere in between:
 


 
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