The fitness journey has been going on a little too long now so it is time to really lock in and to make things interesting I am giving myself a bit of a challenge for the rest of 2026. I want to prove what I am capable of and make as much progress towards my end weight goal as possible so that I am in a good place going into 2027 with not much left to the end goal and so I can be finally out of a weight loss era and be in a maintenance era at long last. 

I am so fed up with being as big as I am and I have realised I need to start holding myself accountable going forward to really see the changes take shape and the weight finally drop. I am determined to drop as much as possible for the remainder of 2026 as I want to become more confident and happier within myself which I know will happen if I just lock in on the journey and take things more seriously. 

To hold myself accountable I am going to be doing a new series on here every Tuesday to document the highs & lows whilst also seeing if the weight is heading in the right direction. I am really hoping that by knowing I am going to be sharing the weight each week I will be more focused on my journey as I will be wanting to show the number on the scales going down not up. So here is what each Tuesday's post is going to include...

Workouts

This section of the post will be a wrap up of the sort of workouts I have done within the week. Have I smashed them, got new PB's or have I let things takeover and missed sessions? I am hoping that wrapping this up every week will help me see what is working for me and what may need changing a little. 

Nutrition

A big downfall for me is the foods I am eating so I am going to use this to wrap up what went well food wise and what needs to change. Did I get lazy and opt for a takeaway? Did I hit my protein goal daily? How many times did I go over my calories? This is going to be an interesting one for sure.

Favourite meals for the week

I am hoping that this becomes a section I can look back on when inspiration is dipping food wise. I am not the best cook but I am going to be trying new things so this section will be my top meals from the week that I would happily have again.

Steps

I really need to work on increasing my steps and try work out a pattern of when I am dipping on the step count. I will either do a weekly total or break it down day by day for this and then try build on it for the following week. 

What went right

I am hoping this is one of the biggest sections each week where I can post about a lot of things that helped me head in the right direction on my journey. This will basically just be a wrap up of all the things that have fallen into place over the course of the week and that I feel proud of.

What didn't go to plan

I am hoping this will only be a small section each week however, no journey is smooth sailing and I know there will be challenges and hurdles that crop up from time to time so this will be where I can look back at those things that didn't go quite right and use it as future reference to over come similar hurdles.

Things to improve on

This section will simply be an overall look at the previous week and a chance to see what needs to change going forward to see the best results on the journey. Even if it is just small improvements weekly I will know what to work on and not be going in blind like I sometimes do.

How I am feeling

This is going to be a section for my personal reference just so I can see how much of an impact the journey is having on me each week and again so I can change things if I feel mentally drained. This is one way to help me stay consistent as if I am feeling down for weeks at a time things will clearly need changing.

Goals for the week ahead

Throughout this series I am going to be setting myself 5 goals each week for me to try tick off. If I have a clear goal in mind I know what I am working towards and what is going to help me see those scales go down at long last. These will just be small goals with the big monthly goals coming in a monthly goals post at the start of each month.

Weigh in's

Most importantly I will be doing the weigh in section which will include my start weight, the previous week's weight, my weight for that week and how much is left until I hit my goal weight. It is going to be interesting to see how this changes weekly and should spur me on each week.

So here is my weight at the start of this series

Start weight : 105 Kg

Goal by 31st December : 70 Kg

Left to lose : 35 Kg

Let's hope in next Tuesday's post I am reporting on a good lose for the start of the series so I am really hitting the ground running. 

Here are my first set of goals for the week ahead...

> 2 Workout sessions completed

> 1 Additional cardio session completed

> Track my calories daily

> Increase my daily steps

> No eating out apart from the 2 scheduled meals out for family birthday's

I am really hoping I can have a good first week and see that number on the scale drop however, it is going to take a lot of discipline this week due to family birthday meals and celebrations overall. It is time to put the journey first now though and get making progress.

See you soon

Lucy

Here we go the first operation level up check in and to be honest I haven't had the best week. Things didn't go to plan at all with life distractions taking place and me getting swayed by the nicer weather. This isn't going to happen again though as I am planning on really locking in and knuckling down this week. Here is how last week went though...

Blog posts from last week

On here I managed to post a grand total of 4 times, which is more than I thought. I posted the intro post for this series, a post about how I want to change the home gym, a pay day wish list and finally a list of items I want to buy for the projects I am working on. Over on my football site I posted once which was a look at upcoming games and on the gaming site there was just the one post about what games I was playing at the weekend. 

Instagram favourites

I really slacked on Instagram last week and barely posted just due to a lack of organisation on my part.  This is changing this week though and I want to post just what I want rather than over analyzing everything.

What went well 

I guess the only thing that went well was the fact I got 4 posts on here posted. This beat my target of 3 posts and I actually really enjoyed working on each of them. I also got the one post done for the football site which is great as it is something I have been delaying for too long.

What went wrong 

The main thing that went wrong last week was that I didn't have my priorities in order and things like Instagram & TikTok got neglected. I let the nicer weather sway me away from what I needed to do and I wasn't as focused as I should have been.

What I can improve on 

This week the big thing for me to improve on is organisation. I know that if I am more organised I will be a lot more productive as I know what I need to be working on and when things need to be done by. I am hopefully that these few changes will lead to a super positive wrap up next Monday.

Things that happened during the week 

Nothing has changed due to my laziness and getting distracted. I haven't reached out to anyone for collab opportunities. I haven't upgraded any equipment just yet however, plans are in place for those to happen in the near future. I did manage a planning session on Sunday just so I could map out the week and what needs doing. Let's hope more happens next week.

How I feel about things going into the new week 

Honestly I am a little disheartened from last week, I feel I could have done so much more but as usual let other things get in the way. I need to do a lot better if I want things to start going in the right direction as I know I am capable of so much more. I feel so much more motivated than last week though so I am hopeful for a much better week ahead.

So here is a look at last weeks goals...

> Post on this website 3 times - I managed to beat this as I posted 4 times which I am super proud of as it is one of the only things that went well from the week.

> Post on gaming site 2 times - I only managed once on here and to be honest that was a very last minute post which I wasn't too proud of. I am hoping for so much better when it comes to next weeks wrap up post.

> Post on football site 2 times - I managed one post on here too however, I am happy with that as it means the motivation to post on here has finally returned. This site is the one I want to grow the most so I need to start doing so much more for it.

> Sort out list of equipment I want to purchase for content creation - I have made a start on this and made some good progress on finalizing a few purchases I want to save for. This is one I will be jumping in and out of over the next few months though as it is something I need to sort before the start of the new football season.

> Reach out to a brand about an EOTA collaboration - I didn't do this as I think I might be best off building a bit of consistency on the site and social media before shooting my shot collaboration wise. This goal was definitely set too soon but it is something to work towards.

> Show up on Instagram stories daily across all accounts - I was rubbish with Instagram last week and I am annoyed with myself as I was hopeful for a big push across all my accounts. A bit more planning and this will happen at some point

So that is what the series is going to be covering and I guess today is the starting point so to get things going here are the current followers stats for the accounts I am locking in on...

Personal Instagram 

Start - 911

 End of the week - 912

Personal TikTok 

 Start - 348

 End of the week - 349

Football Instagram 

Start - 642

 End of the week - 640

Football TikTok 

 Start - 212

 End of the week - 212

Gaming Instagram 

 Start - 955

 End of the week - 954

Gaming TikTok 

 Start - 66

 End of the week - 67

As you can see not much changed across the accounts, in fact in some cases things went in the wrong direction but that is what happens when you aren't consistent! Time to lock in now.

 So here are the goals I am setting for the week ahead...

> Post 5 times on here

> Post 3 times on gaming website 

> Post daily on my personal Instagram

> Post 3 times on TikTok

> Plan out all May's blog content for here

> Post twice on football website

I am really looking forward to seeing just how much I can get through this week as I am determined to make it much better than last week where I didn't do half as much as I wanted to. There is so much progress to be made so let's start making it.

See you soon

Lucy.