I have now been back 13 days and have only now gotten the time to write this post Days 1-6 So I was either way over or way under on these days. Day 1 I was traveling west so gain extra hours. All but one of these days my calorie goal was over 2000. We…
Calories while on holiday
I travel to the airport tomorrow (Tuesday) and fly out to Charlotte NC on Wednesday. While on holiday I aim to count my calories everyday and produce a post once home comparing calories in & calories out as well as my weight. Hopefully I won’t but on too much weight over the 13 days, I…
Our trip to Charlotte NC
Thursday AM: No plans PM: No plans Eve: Hauler parade Friday AM: No plans PM: No plans Eve: Lottery 200 race Saturday AM: Shop tour (9-1) PM: All Star race Eve: All Star race Sunday AM: No plans PM: Laps + Taps (12-4) Eve: No plans Monday AM: Nascar Hall of Fame + tour PM:…
University updates….
I recently received my final TMA mark back, it wasn’t good. I need to get 40% for the OCAS but I have only gotten 38.4% 🙁 I have contacted both my tutor and student support to see what is now going to happen. I have my EMA all ready to submit but is it worth…
Diets and how they work
You may not be counting calories or have any idea about calories at all, but CICO (calories in v calories out) is what makes ALL diets work. Calories are the energy your body needs to function. Eat too many and you put on weight and eat just enough & you maintain weight. The key is…
Stronglifts 5×5 – update
So I have now completed 4 weeks of Stronglifts 5×5. It’s taken me longer than 4 weeks as I wasn’t doing it every time I went to the gym. As you can see I haven’t increased weights every workout. I in fact reduced the weight on some of the lifts to try and master form….
March weights & measures
I haven’t really lost any weight this year so far. I started at 184.5 lbs and as of yesterday I am 182.5 lbs, a 2 lb loss! For the whole of January & February I was between 187.4 lb & 184 lbs. It wasn’t till April that I eventually got to 183 lbs, I even…
Made the final decision. I’m going to ……..
Yep you’ve seen that right. I got my conditional offer today for February 2018!!! I have now firmed Portsmouth and put Southampton as my insurance. A September start date would have been nicer but this way round I get to try and pay off as much of my debt as possible, I’m hoping to just…
Student finance update
So the letter I received from student finance wasn’t anything to worry about after all. I managed to log on on Monday and found that my application had been completed and I have been given the full amount of £9690!!! That is more than I thought it would be and will mean I can do…
Portsmouth Uni interview + applying for finance
On 16th March I went to my final interview for nursing training. I actually fell in love with the uni & course at Portsmouth. They have just restarted their nursing degrees and the first intake was this past January. They have a new building with amazing facilities and placements local to me!!!! They give you…
