Weight: 12 stone 9 lb
Total weight loss since day 1: 2 stone 6lb
Over the past couple of weeks I've not been 100% raw, but I would say I'm probably about 70% raw and this is helping with the very steady weight loss and all I need to do is lose 9 lb by the end of the month!
It's all in my control and I know all I need to do is up the raw and the weight comes off...so when crunch-time comes (and it's arriving pretty shortly, if not already!) I will need to transform into 100% raw to shift those pounds and keep to my target.
Work is great for losing weight...it keeps me out of the kitchen. I take fruit to work and I eat that...then when I get home I eat a salad...or pasta (but I keep it vegan!)
I now go to the gym Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday and I started a new programme today which concentrates on CV, keeping my heart rate up and burning the fat which is essential because Thursday - Sunday I sit on my bum most of the day.
This evening I made a beautiful salad of lettuce, cucumber, green pepper, sweetcorn, hemp seeds, beetroot, tomatoes, capers and left-over pasta from last night.
Update on the animals...I still have 7 cats and our recent addition Ollie is gradually fitting into the tribe although he has daily scraps with our oldest cat...but I think he'll settle down as he gets older!
The dogs: Samba is such a part of the family, it's like she's been with us for years and enjoys all the business of the other animals around her...and gets totally spoilt. She even has a 'boyfriend' now...our neighbours dog called 'Blanquito', who's half Mastiff and half Pitbull! (She gets very excited when she meets him in the morning, running round him and wanting to play 'chase me'...but Blanquito's only interested in chasing rabbits!)
Tilly and Samba on the mountain walk
The chickens: we have 3 new additions. I went and bought 2 black chickens who are absolutely gorgeous but so timid and it's taken a long time for them to find their confidence and not hide in the hedge the whole time.
I've also ended up with a cockerel, which wasn't the plan...bit of a long story. I've tried to get rid of him but nobody wants to take cockerels of course and I don't want to give him to someone who's just going to eat him...at the moment he thinks it's his birthday everyday and he's having such a wonderful life that I haven't got the heart to move him on.
So I'm going to keep up the good work with the diet, I have no plans to give up on it and my ultimate goal this year is to be 10 stone by the end of 2014!
Will update you next week.
Hasta pronto
