Making Plans

All I know for sure is that I will not stay above 9st (126lb) any longer. The ugly truth is that this time last year I weighed about 112lb (8st), and that was a gain from february where I was at 108lb, after dropping 12lb in 2 months. It may not seem like much for 2 months, but it felt like an achievement.

I don't really have an ultimate goal weight, I just know that I want to be under 126lb in two weeks time ready for the easter holidays. This means losing 1.5lb per week (I'm at 129 now), which should be roughly a 750cal deficit. I've tried out a load of different calculators, and found that my sedentary calories burnt is about 1750, so without exercise I need to eat about 1000cal max.

I don't want to jump straight into the 600cal I was eating last time, It works for a week or so and then I binge on about 4000cals+ per day, which I'm sure you would agree is disgusting. So, it may just be an excuse to eat more, but if it keeps me on track I'll take it.

Now for the exercise part. I'm not athletic, but I'm by no means unfit. I go to a class on mondays for an hour which burns around 300 cals, but apart from that I'm fairly sedentary, except for the occasional run. Every summer I end up having to run the long distance race for my class because the others are too lazy, so training for that should give me the kick I need to do it. After all, the thing I dread the most is making a fool of myself.

I aim to run 3/4 times each week, running for as long as I can (Aim for 1-2miles to start with) and then walking to make up the calories to 300/400. I'm quite pear shaped (34-28-40), so the running uphill and toning class help to tame my thighs leaving my main focus on my stomach. My abs are the part of my body that I don't worry too much about, they tone up nicely after about a fortnight of excercises so they should be pretty good by the summer, providing I lose the ring of fat.

Sorry this is such a long, rambling post. I am currently a UK 10-12 (US 6-8?) and I want to fit into a UK 8 (US 2/4?). I'm not sure of the US sizes, but the measurements for a UK 8 are roughly 32-25-35. Burning 300 calories 5 times per week makes a total of 1500, so averaging just over 200cal per day. This means that my limit for losing 1.5lb per week is 1200 providing I exercise.

I aim for an intake of less than 1000-1200, double what most of you are happy with, but thats what seems to work for me without triggering an instant binge after 2 days.

If you read this entire post, thank you so much for giving me some of your time.

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