Fresh Focus: Charlie’s 5:2 Diet Plan Blog – week 4

Welcome to week 4 of my Fresh Focus blog, I normally weigh in after I have finished my week. I decided to weigh in this morning and in my 4 weeks on plan I have lost 7lbs! I am so happy, that’s half a stone gone and my BMI is now 25.2, I’m so close to being in a healthy range and I know I can do this.

This week I am going to give you an overview of my weight loss over the last few years. I have never published my weight before, I don’t know if you’ve noticed but if you read my other blogs it’s something I’ve always left out. Why? Well I have been so embarrassed of my weight for such a long time that I think writing it down or saying it to someone else fills me with shame. But this is me being accountable and also acknowledging how far I have come.

At my heaviest which was January 2014 I was 15 stone and 3 lbs, I remembering crying when I got off the scales. I had not been taking care of my healthy, my body or even my mind. I was in such a negative cycle of feeling awful about myself and then continuing to comfort eat.

As of this morning I am now 11 stone 7 lbs, which isn’t perfect but I’m getting there. I have been looking back through old photos and seeing the size I had gotten to is shocking, for me at least

.

When I look back at my weight loss journey the first thing that hits me is, why. Why did I not start sooner, why was I so complacent? I was so unhappy, a shadow of my former self. I would avoid mirrors and hide in the back of pictures. But the truth is sometimes we need to get to the last straw, and that pushes us over the edge.

In April of last year my partner of 4 years split up with me, I felt so awful. I attributed the way I looked to the reason we split up. I was very hard on myself, I didn’t feel beautiful anymore. I thought that no-one would ever see me that way again either.  It was then that I came to the realisation that I needed to find myself beautiful, that I needed to love myself. And it’s in that moment that I realised that this was my time. I could either let myself spiral and gain more weight, or I could take control of my life and start living it!

Since then I have lost 52lbs, 29lbs of that on The New You Plan and 7lb of that on Fresh Focus! I am so happy and focused that I am going to get to my goal on Fresh Focus.

This week I wanted to share with you what a typical day for me would look like on Fresh Focus, as a lot of you had been asked me (which I love by the way, please feel free to drop me a message)

Breakfast:

– Natural yoghurt (0%) with a few berries and seeds

– Brown bread toasted with whole nut peanut butter

– Poached eggs with spinach or mushrooms lightly friend in coconut oil or 1kcal spray

Lunch:

– Grilled chicken breast with brown rice and salad

– Omelette with ham and asparagus

– Homemade vegetable soup

Dinner:

– Grilled Salmon with pesto and vegetables

– Steak with mushrooms and tomatoes and kale

– Spicy chicken with peppers and onions

Snacks:

– 10-15 almonds

– Sliced apple with peanut butter

– Naked bars (really delicious and healthy! but I wouldn’t eat these everyday)

If you’d like a run down of any of these recipes then please do let me know and I can share them with you!

Next week I’ll share an in-depth review of everything I eat for the week and how I plan for success.  If there is anything else you’d like to know about Fresh Focus or if you’ve got a recipe suggestion that I should try then leave me a comment – I’d love to try them! Also you can add me on Facebook and I’ll see you in Secret Slimmers & Momentum Maintainers!

Charlie x