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Wednesday, August 31, 2005 I'm doin it! Well ever so slowly, I'm getting back to normal. Monday, I did as I had planned. I had toast for breakfast. When the munchies came at work I had an apple, then a banana and then a low fat fruiche(good old dairy). Sandwich for lunch. Then I went for a walk. Yes you read that right. It was to see how far I could get in 30 mins or how fast I could go. In fact it was a pretty pathetic effort but I got my butt out and moving round for 30 mins. Then with tea I had a good serving of vegies. Must say was feeling a little better yesterday after my efforts eventhough my flu is actually getting worse. So yesterday I tried to work on spacing out my eating again. Before I got sick I was eating every 3 hours. So a typical day was breakfast at 7.30, snack of fruit at 10.30, lunch at 1.30, snack at 4.30, dinner somewhere between 5.30 and 6.30 then dessert before 7.30, at least 2 hours before bed. I did it that way to help my metabolism. So yesterday went well. Had breaky at 7.30. Started to get a bit woozy and lightheaded at 9.30 but struggled to hold out until 10.30 when I had a fruiche. Got home at 1.30 and had lunch, had a snack at 4.30, dinner at 6 and then dessert at 7ish. Unfortunately dessert consisted of 2 servings of WW Caramel Swirl Ice cream. I am just so addicted to it. So my eating could have been better but I am starting to reset my body clock anyhow. Today I have brought strawberries, watermelon and pear to work to snack on. We went out yesterday and stocked up on fruit. Am actually hanging out to eat it. So folks, I am getting back to normal, it is just going to take a lot of effort and patience, but I will get there. Until later Bye 
Stuck in a rut! As the song goes, I'm stuck in a rut and I can't get out of it. I have been sick for a week now and it is weighin me down in all aspects of the word. I have been so bad with my eating as I mentioned in my last post and am fairly low on energy that it is the simplist of meals at dinnertime, no matter what the points. I feel so light headed and get so dizzy that walking around the house is bad enough, without a planned 30 min walk, so haven't been exercising. I am constantly tired, like last night I had 9.5 hours sleep but woke up this morning feeling like I had had only 4. I know that if I get back into the swing of eating well, my energy will pick up, allowing me to go for walks and making me feel better but because I am having trouble shaking this, it seems so hard. Weighin on Friday saw a fairly large gain, as I had predicted, of 2.5kg, springing me back to 75.4kg. Can't say I'm surprised. Tomorrow I am going to try and eat as many fruits and vegies as possible. Maybe filling myself with totally good stuff will give me a kick start. I have actually planned on doing that every day for the last 4 days but once the day comes, I am so cloudy in the head and woozy that I grab the first thing available. But tomorrow I will go out of my way, no matter what. Well confession is over and it's time to make yet another new start. A big thankyou for all of your supportive comments. It really helps to know that I am not truely evil for going off course. Until later (hopefully less cloudy) Bye
Excuses, excuses Firstly, sorry for the absence. Didn't have the best of weekends and the week didn't start much better so have been feeling sorry for myself not doing much to aid my weightloss. Then I get online this morning to catch up and find a few people having a much worse time than I am and I feel rather pathetic about my actions over the last few days. Weighin Friday was great with the scales rewarding my hard work with 72.9kg, finally out of the 73's. Friday was spent working with mum trying to finish my nephew's scrapbook album for his 18th on Saturday. We finished it Saturday morning, before we had to leave. After Bethany's dance class on Saturday, it was off to my brother's house. Party started great but then issues arose that I won't go into great detail about (incase others are reading) but came home feeling quite miserable and junk food followed for dinner. Was still feeling fairly low on Sunday, so didn't bother to get off my big fat bum and do any exercise or plan any eating. This set the trend for the last 3 days also. Have now not exercised for over a week. So am expecting quite a substancial gain for tomorrow and I have no one to blame but myself. Am trying to get back on track today but am still feeling fairly low but must think that if the others out there that are having 200 times worse problems than me can keep going, I should too. So here I am, trying at least. Just before I go, a quick note to Karen. I feel so useless being so far away from you and all my love is with you. There is so little we can do to help you bear your sorrow... There is so little we can say to help you through tomorrow... But may these few words comfort you and let you know somehow Our heartfelt thoughts and sympathy are there with you right now Until later Bye
"I hate horizontal stripes!" I have always said that to Peter whenever I was looking at tops in the shops. "They make me look fat and make my belly look bigger" And guess what. I bought a top yesterday with horizontal stripes. It was also a size small. I had gone looking for a warm top as it is only going to be 14 today and all my jumpers are still wet, with all this yukky weather they are taking ages to dry. So mum and I nicked to the shop to buy one to wear to work today. There weren't alot left as all the winter stock is being cleared out. But I saw this top and I said to mum "I'll give it a go" and I liked it. I also bought another top but that was cooler with 3/4 sleeves as they had a 2 for $20 clearance rack. I'll get someone to take a photo and post it. On the fruit front, all the prices have jumped significantly since last week. I have bought some apples and strawberries for now and will hit the markets tomorrow to get some cheap stuff. Had one of the apples on the way to work this morning and it was delish. Really crunchy and juicy. YUM! Didn't manage a walk yesterday, which was disappointing. That's 2 days now. The weather is supposed to ease this arvo so should be able to get one today and it is supposed to be fine tomorrow, right through to next week, so that is good. Have continued my morning exercises though. In fact yesterday I was on my own (my boss, who is only 26 had a miscarrage on Monday, she was 11 weeks gone.) so every now and then I would stand up and do 10 squats at my desk. Managed to do 50 yesterday. Well just a quick one today. Hope everyone is well. Until later Bye
Out of fruit! I am so annoyed. I discovered this morning that we are out of fruit. I did our food shopping yesterday but had no idea that we were even low. Then my darling husband explains that he has been taking 2-3 pieces a day, to cut down on eating naughty stuff. So must nick to the shop today to get more. Am still sticking to points well although didn't get to go for a walk yesterday as it was hail, thundering and blowing a gale. It felt weird not going as I have been everyday for a week. Did still do my morning exercises though. Even did more squats at the office when no one was around. Forgot to do my mid-week weigh-in on Monday so snuck a peak yesterday and am happy to report that the scales are down. Oh, almost forgot to mention some good news. On Saturday, while Bethany was dancing, Pete & I went to KMart, just to look around on our own. I like the look of the new style gypsy skirts that are out for summer as they are a bit flarey, which is good for people with big legs. So I told Pete I was going to try one on and though, "What the hell, I'll try a size 12". Anyhoo, took it in, put it on and it was too big around the waist. OMG! I felt totally elated. So got dressed again and ran out to grab a 10, just to see if it would fit, and they had none! So fustrating. I would have been able to tell people I actually tried on a piece of size 10 clothing. Can't remember ever doing that! Well thats about it for today. They are predicting the same sort of weather today so may not be able to go for a walk again. I really want too, so might just have to tackle the gale force winds. Now that's dedication (or stupidity). Until later Bye
Just quickly Yeah, I know I've already updated today but was inspired to complete the following as listed on Jule'swebsite. List ten songs that you are currently digging ... it doesn't matter what genre they are from, whether they have words, or even if they're no good, but they must be songs you're really enjoying right now. Post these instructions, the artists, and the ten songs in your blog. 1. "Fighter" - Christina Aguleria 2. "Sit on My Knee" - Jimmy Barnes and Dallas Crane 3. "Left outside Alone" - Anastacia 4. "Mistaken Identity" - Delta Goodrem 5. "Romeo and Juliet" - Dire Straits 6. "My Perogative" - Brittney Spears 7. "Pour some sugar on me" - Def Lepard 8. "Something for the pain" - Bon Jovi 9. "Bad Day" - Daniel Powter 10. "Incomplete" - Backstreet Boys (No snide comments please) I also thought I would do Bethany's as everytime we are in the car or watching TV and one of these songs come on she says "That's my favourite song". She drives us batty! 1. "Someday" - Thirsty Merc 2. "Hazel Eyes" - Kelly Clarkson 3. "Switch" - Will Smith 4. "Voodoo Child" - Rouge Traders 5. "Holiday" - Green Day 6. "Hollaback Girl" - Gwen Stefani 7. "Ass like that" - Eminem 8. "Girl" - Destiny's Child 9. "Almost Here" - Delta Goodrem and Brian McFadden 10. "Crazy in Love" - Beyonce She has a wide taste in music!!!!
Well the momentum is still with me. As I mentioned in my last update, I went for a walk on my "free" day. Then Saturday morning I rushed off to do a 30min walk before taking Bethany to dance class. As I stepped out the door it started to rain. I turned around and went back into the house! Pete asked what was wrong and I told him it was raining and I was grabbing my coat. Put it on and went back out. Was soooo pleased with myself. The rain wasn't that hard and it wasn't really cold. In fact I got quite warm walking in that thick, heavy coat. With about 9mins to go the rain stopped and the sun came out so took the jacket off, tied it around my waist and really pushed it. It felt soooo good. Yesterday morning I said to Pete, "might have a break today". We went out for a bit then came home to do some cleaning. At about 4.30 I said to Pete, "I'm going for a walk, I'll start dinner when I get home" and went. I am so proud of myself. I have now been for a walk for the last 6 days straight. Haven't done that in absolutely ages. Today they are saying cloudy with showers developing in the afternoon, but I am going for a walk again, unless it is blowing a gale or hailing. This morning when I got up I even did my crunches, push-ups, squats and lunges. It's been months since I did that too. So I think I have caught a case of Kate's beans. I just hope I can keep it up this time. Until later Bye
Good Result Well weighin this morning showed a 800g loss, down to 74kg. Am very happy with that, considering Monday morning I was 76.1. Geez, I must have lost a lot of fluid in the last 4 days! Today is free day and I am please to say that I am not going silly. We are planning pizza for dinner so I am trying to be good this morning. I even went for my 30min walk! In the time I have been having free day, I have never done any exercise. But this morning it was such a beautiful sunny morning and I knew that thunderstorms were forecast for this afternoon, that at 7.50am (yes that early) I threw on my trackies and my sneakers and was out the door before I could stop myself. So am feeling very pleased with myself. It is interesting now, having the tracker on my actual journal. I now know that a lot more people read my journal than I actually thought, a lot of you must be silent readers. So that now gives me more of an incentive to do more regular updates than I have been. Thanks everyone. Well thats about all for today. Bethany is having a nap, so might get a bit of cleaning done, or just have a general veg. Hope everyone is feeling good. Until later Bye
Fresh New Start Well here I am. New start, New me. Have been working on this for about a day now and am pretty happy with the layout although I still have a lot to learn. Like where my stats are I can't make them different colours but I will learn. I have also had problems with my photo in my profile. It keeps stretching it or the pixels go funny but I'll get there in the end. If anyone has some tips, I would very much appreciate some help. Weightwise, I am feeling great. Used 16pts yesterday and went for 30min walk. My pace was much better than Tuesday. Am going again today too, that'll make 4 walks this week. Geez, if I hadn't got so bloated I may have weighed in at the low end of 70. Ah well, these things are sent to try us. Well, just a quick note to let you all know that I am now on blogspot and totally on track. Until later Bye
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