The 14-Week Challenge: Because No One Wants to Fall Asleep In Crisps
Dear people of the internet,
Yesterday I ate two giant packs of chocolate biscuits and washed them down with a family-sized packet of crisps. Then I fell asleep, and when I woke up, there were crisps in my hair. This is not cool. This must stop.
I don’t want to be obese. I know this is a contentious issue, but I promise that if you asked all the obese people in the world if they wanted you to wave a magic wand and make them slim, 99% would say yes.
Because no one wants cancer, heart disease or diabetes. Hell, no one wants to be unable to touch their toes, or have trouble tying their shoelaces, or be short of breath when walking to the postbox - and that's before you throw in fat-shaming and people offering you their seat on the train because they think you're pregnant.
So today I am starting - ta da! - the 14-week challenge. (This isn't a thing. I made it up.) There are 14 weeks before my book gets published, and I have a closet full of gorgeous size 8 dresses which I want to be able to wear to promote it. Right now I can barely fit an arm into them, and I would look silly wearing dresses on my arms. So I want to lose three stone in the next 14 weeks.
Today I weigh 73.3kg, which is 11st 8lbs if you're in the UK and 162lbs if you're in America. I started the year at 12 stone 7lbs, so have lost almost a stone. (Yes, my scales do need a clean.) My waist is 33.5" and my bust is 40". I am only 5'2", so all of the above is way too much.
Today I didn't have time to make vegetables, so I am eating:
Three Diet Now chocolate shakes: 426 calories
Two Diet Now cottage pies: 280 calories
One Florida red grapefruit: 120 calories
TOTAL: 826 calories
Dieting and depriving yourself of delicious foods is extremely joyless, but IT IS ONLY FOR 14 WEEKS. It is not forever. It will just feel that way.
See you tomorrow!
Yesterday I ate two giant packs of chocolate biscuits and washed them down with a family-sized packet of crisps. Then I fell asleep, and when I woke up, there were crisps in my hair. This is not cool. This must stop.
I don’t want to be obese. I know this is a contentious issue, but I promise that if you asked all the obese people in the world if they wanted you to wave a magic wand and make them slim, 99% would say yes.
Because no one wants cancer, heart disease or diabetes. Hell, no one wants to be unable to touch their toes, or have trouble tying their shoelaces, or be short of breath when walking to the postbox - and that's before you throw in fat-shaming and people offering you their seat on the train because they think you're pregnant.
So today I am starting - ta da! - the 14-week challenge. (This isn't a thing. I made it up.) There are 14 weeks before my book gets published, and I have a closet full of gorgeous size 8 dresses which I want to be able to wear to promote it. Right now I can barely fit an arm into them, and I would look silly wearing dresses on my arms. So I want to lose three stone in the next 14 weeks.
Today I weigh 73.3kg, which is 11st 8lbs if you're in the UK and 162lbs if you're in America. I started the year at 12 stone 7lbs, so have lost almost a stone. (Yes, my scales do need a clean.) My waist is 33.5" and my bust is 40". I am only 5'2", so all of the above is way too much.
Today I didn't have time to make vegetables, so I am eating:
Three Diet Now chocolate shakes: 426 calories
Two Diet Now cottage pies: 280 calories
One Florida red grapefruit: 120 calories
TOTAL: 826 calories
Dieting and depriving yourself of delicious foods is extremely joyless, but IT IS ONLY FOR 14 WEEKS. It is not forever. It will just feel that way.
See you tomorrow!
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