Weigh In - 21st April

I'm always very surprised to see the scales drop, especially after a few very bad days. I dropped another 0.5lb which I'm really chuffed with after my bottle of wine, cakes and chocolate I've enjoyed these last few days.

My plan to cut back on the amount of diet coke I was drinking didn't go too good. I managed until Wednesday as work didn't have any diet coke for me to buy, and then I gave in when it came back in stock and started drinking again....I blame this new system testing, it's pushing me over the edge. Tomorrow is a new work week though so I shall give it a go and see how I get on.

I missed dancing a lot last week, I only managed 2 workouts and the second wasn't as good as it should have been. I really do think dancing is what keeps me going, I might look into options for taking a second class...force me to do that extra hour. Maybe after my exam.

Being off work today has meant that my Monday night gym session hasn't happened, the major downside to where I live, it's so far away from everything I do. Not long now until I'll be able to go whenever I want. I'm actually quite excited at the thought of being able to go on weekends, late at night, or before work on a morning. I just hope this enthusiasm carries on and I'll actually put a bit more effort in over the summer.

Today is day 21 of my 30 day challenges. I'm loving the abs one, it's such hard work but I can definitely see it paying off. I'm struggling a lot with the Plank challenge though, for some reason my ability to hold a plank for more than 90 seconds has gone and I cannot keep up with the timings I'm supposed to do now. I'm going to keep trying but I may restart the plank one properly next month and concentrate on getting my form right in the mean time. I'm not enjoying the squat challenge as much as the abs, largely because I really don't like squats. I'm persevering though.

I've taken some photos to show my progress through the challenge, once it's completed I'll post them all and we can see if there's a difference. I do think there is but maybe I'm just being optimistic.

Happy Easter Monday everyone! Hope you've all enjoyed your chocolate.

100 Happy Days...Day 55

Day 55 - Baking

Happy Easter Sunday everybody! Hope you've been treated to an Easter egg or two, just remember to enjoy in moderation.

Today I've spent a fun morning with my Mum baking. I bought a HummingBird Bakery cookbook the other week and I've been dying to try some of their cupcake recipes. We bought the ingredients yesterday and gave their Chocolate and Coconut Cupcake recipe a-go, and were very pleased with our success.

The cupcakes are very rich, but very tasty. The sponge was very light, and the frosting very creamy. We're not expert cake decorators so ours don't like as gorgeous as those in the book but they do look very nice. I got a few requests from my aunties/cousin for some after they saw the ones I'd baked for my Gran and Grandad as Easter presents.

The only downside to these cakes...they're 384 calories each. I'm not the type of person who believes you should cut out all cakes, chocolates etc just because you're trying to be healthy or loose some weight, but I will say these should definitely not be a regular snack, but there's no harm in enjoying them every now and again.

Now, as I have some coconut milk left over, I'm off to go and see what healthy meal choices I could make with that.