I want to lose 20 pounds - Before the beginning

I have decided that I want to lose 20 pounds the healthy way. I know I have just done a post about loving being plus size and all that but wait a minute.....I don't want to be size 8 (uk) or even size ten or whatever...I love the way I look honestly, I just want to tighten  it up. These thighs, it's not on. But seriously, it will always be something on my mind and I want to finally beat this once and for all.

Previous failed diets: I feel it's important to talk about my previous diets because that can help me now. I have done calorie counting, manually, weighing everything and still weighing but putting everything on an app. I don't go to the gym and it's too much effort to go running...sorry just being honest. I usually workout using dvd's and I have lost weight in the past.

Why I have failed? The most successful diet I was on I lost 11 pounds and the main reasons why I stopped was started a fruit diet and a sprained my ankle doing a Julian dvd. Other times I feel like I lacked determination. I can start a diet easily but it's just going through the tides, the good, bad and hard. Just persevering and carrying on is just hard for some reason.

Why 20 pounds? Before I have always said I wanted to have a healthy BMI, to be 140Ib and at my previous weight that meant losing 40 pounds to reach that goal. This time I just want to lose 20Ib and that's it. I feel like maybe they will be less pressure from me. Also I will be away from the 200 mark, I am very close to hitting it and I don't want that.

What are you going to do similar to your previous diets? I am going to do a diet plan which is very basic where you have:

5+ Fruits and vegetables
2/3 Protein rich foods (meat, eggs, ham, peanut butter...)
2 Dairy rich foods (yogurts, milk, cheese...)
2/3 Carb rich foods (potatoes, bread, rice, noodles...)
0 amount of junk food.
 1/ 1 1/2 litres of water

That's it, it doesn't restrict me on a lot and at the end of the day I will just write down what I eat and now and again I will try to post updates on here.

What are your exercise plans? Same as last time I will do workout dvd's. I will do Davina superbody and pussycat dolls dvd's 1 and 2. ( I might do reviews on those because, I love them so much. ) I am going to work out three times a week.

Which will be Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

If I go shopping, walking for hours, especially when I go to London all day. I count that as a workout.

How often are you going to weigh yourself? Once a week and I am going to weigh myself every Tuesday, just to spice things up. I weigh myself in the morning before I eat.

What do you expect to lose each week and when do you think you will reach your goal? Honestly, I have no idea when I will reach the goal. And they say that you should lose 1Ib or 2Ib a week. To me if I lose 0.2Ib in a week and the next week I lose 0.4 more on top of what I had previously lost then I will be happy. I am not racing anyone, am I?

What are my expectations when I reach my goal? If I actually do this and reach my goal to lose 20Ib. That would be an amazing accomplishment for me and I know that my body will be a lot more toned than it is now and secretly I would love to be back to being a solid size 16 and to be as far away from the 200 mark. This is me being honest, some people say it's about being healthy and fit but I do care about that but the first points are what I really feel.

When is the start date? Monday 8th July 2013 ......Starting isn't hard it's sticking with it and I hope I stick with it and reach that 20Ib goal. Wish me luck.....