I am in my jeans

That's right. The jeans that began this whole thing. The jeans that made me want to cry on Christmas day. Now here I am on Good Friday, dressed in my jeans feeling fabulous.

They're still a little tight - quite tight. But I don't care because I'm in them! which means that this whole thing has been worth something.

<----how huge do my thighs look haha

Since Christmas I've learned an awful lot about diet and fitness and about myself. I've learned that you can't go into something thinking 'I want to lose weight' it's too abstract, without a goal in mind it all flutters to one side.

I've learned that even if you exercise every day for an hour and you come away looking like a total sweaty-beast, but you still eat like crap, you're not going to lose any weight like you want to.

I've learned that I LOVE weights. I love doing a weighted exercise set and feeling the burn two days later.

I love running! Something I never thought possible. What with my damaged ankle tendons and my dislocated knee, it never worked very well in the past. But with strengthening exercises and a lot of stretching, you really can do anything!

I've also learned that getting into these jeans is not the end of the road for me. First, I need to make them fit better, by running more and tightening up my thighs and bum. But then I need to stay in them, which I think is going to be the real challenge lol

At the end of day 2...

I'm feeling pretty good. I've had plenty of sleep the last two nights, have exercised and been having these smoothies twice a day.

My fiance reckons its all of the natural sugar I'm getting, I'm just on a constant sugar high. But you know, that's fine with me, because I need the high when I'm at uni. Frankly it's depressing and tiring, and I'm just about at the point where I don't want to do it anymore. But that usually happens about now.

I have my smoothies planned out for tomorrow, Monday - in uni 9-11, then work 5.30-8 - not fun. But this week should be okay for the whole smoothie diet thing, as I'm only in uni 9-11 every day, which means I can take a smoothie to uni, then be home to make another one for lunch. Next week might be more difficult, but I might just invest in more bottles, or make hot soupy type ones and take them in my flask :)

On Tuesday it'll be 3 weeks until my 22nd birthday. I'm knitting a new jumper with this super soft, super light wool, which to be honest will probably be finished by the end of the week, but will definitely be done by my birthday.

I want to go out during the day, go to Newcastle or Durham or something, before coming home, ordering a pizza and playing board games with my friends (Settlers of Catan, Last Night on Earth, Munchkin, to name a few). I'm not the sort of girl to go out drinking. But I want to wear my new jumper and my new jeans.

I will fit into them!