I just watched yesterday’s Big Brother’s Little Brother, my word Lisa from last year has been on the bodybuilding supplements hasn’t she? The woman is built like a machine now. She was always super fit and muscly but I think she’s taken it a bit far now!

I just started taking some supplements myself, not bodybuilding ones that aim to build me up though of course, just general vitamins to make sure I am getting every thing I need in my diet and also some energy boosters so I can go harder in my workouts and generally just not fall asleep every five minutes.

Hopefully they will make some difference

So with the treadmill having gone back and the weight not shifting through my usual methods at the moment — I went out and got EA Sports Active, I had heard a lot of good things about it and people were saying it was a lot better for getting a serious workout than Wii Fit, which I never really rated.

I am about half way through the 30 day challenge so far and I do really enjoy it, the games are fun but also knackering and I am feeling the benefits.

There’s no way it would provide enough of a workout on it’s own though, so I have been having 2 sessions per day — one on the elliptical and one on Ea Sports.

I have still not lost any more weight but I am going to see it through until the end of the 30 days.

If it still hasn’t worked I am really at a loss as to what to do next, I think I may have to start experimenting with eliminating things from my diet to see if it has an effect…aka a few weeks of drinking only water, a few weeks of completely cutting out all salt, a few weeks on low/no carbs etc.

So, I have not had much time for working out the last few days as I have been trying to perfect and add to my CV — I am applying for a new job! I have been in the same job since leaving school and have never really pushed myself so my CV is a little on the sparse side to say the least.

I decided to look in to online courses that would be simple to take but effective and quickly came across Learn.com. I was instantly struck by the design and simplicity of the site and decided to give one of the business courses a go as they have just launched a personal version of the site where you can attain a skill score, a score that reflects your knowledge and Job skills level in your chosen field.

I decided to take a basic course to test the waters. It was simple to register and purchase the course and get started with it. At this stage you can either jump right in and start the course or take a skill assessment so you know which areas you need to concentrate on. Before you begin any aspect it tells you approximately how long it should take so you can organise your time. It begins with some basic maths and grammar which any one who’s been in a professional workplace before should be able to handle with ease and that is as far as I have gotten so far.

I plan to go through the whole course over the next week or so and will do a follow up on this post with my findings but so far I think it seems great, being able to learn and increase your skills from the comfort of your own home. I only wish I had done it sooner.

I had a treadmill at home, it was fun, but now it’s gone…aww.

See my Mum ordered it, it was a Reebok I Run so really good quality - but she was going away on holiday so we had it delivered to our house and I used it for a week while they were gone.

That was actually my first ever time on a treadmill, I have never used one in a gym or anything and I have to say I was terrified of it at first — is that silly? But once I got used to it I really liked it. I think I may take up running now that it has gone back, but I am still dubious about doing out in the public eye, I much prefer working out at home!

I definitely over did it though, I wanted to use it as much as possible knowing I only had limited time with it and I could not even walk after 3 days pushing myself on it, oops.

I didn’t lose any weight in the week I used it by the way, but what’s new?

Well this week has been a bit of a bust exercise wise, I had planned to really go for it this week — I was going to do at least 60 minutes elliptical each day and then an hour on the new Wii Fit, aiming to burning at least 800 calories per day. However I have been unwell all bloomin week, the only day i felt OK was yesterday but I had been on a 5 hour shopping spree after getting just a few hours sleep so I was too wiped to do anything.

Oh well, hopefully tomorrow I will feel better. I am now very eager to get down to 10.10 for a total of 5 stone lost

I took my foot off the gas last week, I only worked out once and I had a very high calorie few days on Tuesday and Wednesday and I escaped unscathed, I did not gain any weight, but I am not going to push my luck.

This week I am back on the wagon and am going to do at least 2 hours of exercise per day. The week for me started yesterday and I met my goal — I did 70 minutes elliptical, 30 minutes Wii Fit and 40 minutes aerobics.

Yay me.

I will keep you updated on my progress. Though I imagine I won’t lose any weight, I just can’t shift it at the moment for love nor money — and that worries me because if I work out so hard and don’t lose weight, following a week when I didn’t work out and ate poorly, how ever am I going to motivate myself to work out and eat right in the next few weeks? eep.

Any footy fans in the house? Well, duh of course there is — it’s one of the world’s favourite games, if not the most well loved. The NFL season starts up again in a few months time and I cannot wait, around August 9th I think it all kicks off again.

But I love all the pre season buzz and excitement as much as any thing else.

I wish I could get Direct TV where I am so that I could follow the whole thing, every game from every team is available on their NFL Sunday Ticket!

Who knows maybe it will even get me motivated to lose weight again, or to work out should I say — I am still on my healthy calorie counting diet, it’s just the working out where I have let things slide a little. It’s awfully frustrating to work out so hard and lose nothing.

I have got EA Sports Active for the Wii, but it won’t work at the moment, gosh knows why but they are sending me another disk so hopefully soon enough I will be on that

DirectTV really is a great service though, as well as the NFL coverage they have over 130 HD channels, there’s always something worth watching

…how much I weigh right now. My scales seem to be on the blink, I only bought them at the end of last year I think.

I step on and they say one thing, step on again the same, step on again and they say 2lbs less, step on again and they are back up, step on again and I have gained 3lbs etc.

I have changed the batteries to see if that was the issue buy apparently not.

Last reading was 10.7, which would mean I lost 3lbs while I was away so I am pretty sure that is not accurate — given how naughty I was I would expect to gain 3lbs rather than lose it.

I am going to send them back, but for a scale obsessive such as myself this is very annoying.

Well as predicated, the weigh in did not go great…I had gained a pound or two…I am now back at 10.11 — which sucks because I now have to lose 1 lb to get back down to the 5 stone lost in total milestone - doh.

The migraine continued for a few more days, so last night was the first time I worked out — I did an hour on the Wii Fit. Tonight I will get on my elliptical for the first time in many days. I hate working out, really, even after 2 years I still do…but I have to admit I have missed it.

I did have some good news (or, a good experience more like) yesterday though when I went shopping for a wedding outfit — it was so nice to be able to just pick up items, dresses and fancy tops and skirts I wouldn’t normally even consider, try them on and like them — I was discarding things because they weren’t weddingy enough, or because the weren’t bright enough etc, rather than because they didn’t fit or I didn’t like the way I looked in them.

I came home with two size 14 items, and one size 12.

Size 12

I have not been in a size 12 since I was a teenager

Hello, I am still here *Waving*

I have not been blogging much lately but that’s because nothing is going on with my weight loss, or should I say nothing is coming off. I have been kinda stalled now for a few months — losing the odd pound then gaining it back. My motivation levels are at an all time low but I am still sticking to my healthy diet and working out each day.

I am at a loss at what to try to kick start things again, and the things I am trying I am not sticking to because I am so disheartened with it all.

But I am chugging a long and hopefully something worth blogging about will happen soon!