100lbs Need to Go - No excuses this time

Wow, down another 2 pounds!! Great job!! Doesn't accomplishment feel good?! You keep that up and you'll be knocking on that 200 door before you know it!
 
ASo i've had a really bad few weeks. I moved house yesterday so haven't been planning meals or doing any food shops for the whole of Jan so as not to clog up my cupboards and just been grabbing what I can where I can and once all my kitchen things were packed away.....well that's where the take-aways come in.
So....I am now in my new home 20walk to bus stop 50mins back the was cos its all a steep uphill lol. I now have a treadmill in my bedroom. There's no going back now. My blood pressure is borderline high. The first sign that my weight is affecting my health. A bit of a wake up call. My new house also has no scales so I won't be tempted to weigh myself too often which I believe contributes to failure when I don't see results. I'll weigh myself fortnightly at boots.
My goal, lose 10lbs before 1st march. I'm going to Paris then for 5nights. I've never been so super excited.
 
Hi guys,


Sorry I haven't been around for a while. To be honest I haven't had much to report except for more failings **sigh** :banghead:


So I moved house three weeks ago but it's been a shock to my system to be honest. Getting up at 6am instead of 7.45 and not getting home until nearly 7pm instead of 5.30 is a big shock to the system. I have now though got myself into a routine and am estatic to say that I am 100000% back on track. Whilst I moved and unpacked my life was so disorganised. Using public transport for commuting for the first time in 4yrs was another thing I had to get used too.


So of course whilst all this was going on I ate terribly and excercised NIL! So finally i decided I would go back to weight watchers. Just like I did 5yrs ago. Was the first time in years that I lost any serious amount of weight so I decided to go back. However, when the day was getting near I decided not to go as I thought I would be paying £20 for someone to weigh me and so I thought I would just add an extra £10 and get myself a gym membership. So I joined up on Saturday to LA Fitness. Along with the weight watchers app I have on my phone so far it seems I'm doing quite well.


On Saturday I did a 3k run in 29mins 59secs. All you runners out there will probably laugh at that but well it's the first time I've done any exercise in a year, I'm 17stone+ and at least I'm doing it. After that I did 20 lengths of the pool. I logged absolutely everything that I ate on Saturday and went 8points over my daily allowance but that's 8points into my weekly allowance so that's ok. My weekly allowance starts on a Saturday so I still had 41 of those points still to use.


On Sunday I didn't go to the gym but me and my bf ate out for dinner and I went over my daily allowance again but by 9 points but those also came from my weekly allowance so I'm not at all worried about that and I had a delicious meal.


Today I went to the gym. I did 3k run in 29mins 47secs so shaved 12secs of my previous time :hurray:and then did 10mins on he cross trainer. I have logged absolutely everything on to my Weight Watchers app on my phone including what I am having for dinner and have eaten exactly my points allowance so great day :biggrin:


Now the not so good news - A few weeks ago I went to the doctors for a check up as I have to go every three months whenever I need to get a new prescription of my pill. It turns out that my blood pressure is border line high - a symptom that I have put on so much weight and now my BMI is that high they have taken me off the pill that I have been taken since I was 18. My weight has now got to the point where it is affecting my health more than I was aware of. Plus I weighed myself at my bf house yesterday and I was 17stone 8lbs then I weighed myself again today and I was 17stone 10lbs now I know what everyone will say do not weigh yourself everyday etc and I will not as today at my new gym they have a set of scales and for 50p it tells you height and weight and BMI, So those scales say I'm 17stone 12lbs and these are the ones that i am just going to run with...even thoguh they are not the most favourable and my BMI is 40.7. My weigh day will be a Saturday so my next weigh in will be then.


For the rest of the week my plan is as follows;

Tomorrow I am booked into a spin class between 6-7

Wednesday - swim

Thursday - aerobics 5.30-6.15 + Spin + Tone 6.30-7.30

Friday - 3k run + 10-15mins on the cross trainer

Saturday - ideally 3k run + swim but depends how I feel after a weeks worth of working out but at the very least I will swim.


Hope you are all doing grand - check in again soon

xx
 
AOmg I think I am slowly torturing myself - spin is the devil...my legs feel like a ton weight and I have never sweated so much in my whole life.
Glad I did it tho earlier I was feeling so tired and now I'm full of life :)
Happy valentines day to u all x
 
Hey Yvonne!!:) I really enjoyed reading your comeback post:):) GIRL, YOU ARE WORKING IT.:hurray::hurray: Running, swimming, gym membership.... SPIN CLASSES??? Im in complete awe of you at the moment!! You really have turned your life completely around and i know you can stick to this:) I have complete faith in you hun.




Also thats sad to hear that your blood pressure is really high, this should motivate you more to keep what your doing up and continue to eat healthy and exercise.



I am so happy for you girl that it is all working out for you:) Fair play hun, i know you will lose a huge number on saturday:D:D:D xxxxxxx
 
AAw Irish thank u so much. I feel so much better just knowing that I'm not just sitting around. When I'm exercising I make a 100% effort on my diet so I'm following ww I have an app on my phone...sat and sun I went over my daily allowance but used points from my weekly which is fine and then Monday and Tuesday I stayed within my daily allowance points and exercising everyday....I've so got this this time :)
Although on sat I'm getting a brazillian blow dry done to my hair...which will mean Friday will b my last workout until Wednesday of the following week. I'm so exited...no more frizz yey.

Thanks again for ur encouraging words. X
 
Way to go ski-Bunny30!

I agree with Irishprincess...what a nice comeback post! Congratulations on the weight watchers decision (my sister lost over 100 pounds using that system) and the gym membership as well! Wow!! I'm betting you will lap us all getting to your goal! Exercise really is the key for me (as you know when you've stopped by my diary!). I certainly have to make good food choices too...but without the exercise, I'd still be alot heavier than I am now. I also track my BMI...I'm hoping at my next weigh-in day, I move from "obese" to "overweight"...still sounds bad, but every little bit of progress helps!

Very proud of you!

Sarah
 
Well hun thats great that you feel way better in yourself. I have to start exercising like you. So so so jealous of you girl. But so fricken happy for you. That weight watchers app sounds so much fun. I love gadgets- but i am one of the minority of people that does not own an iphone( too exspensive plus HATE touchscreen haha)


Anyway can't wait to read your updates:D


Best of luck for today chicken xxx
 
ADo today I feel ok..I thought my legs would kill but they don't...I sign I maybe didn't try that hard but oh my my backside is like in agony....its not the most comfortable exercise to do. I have another spin class tomorrow after an aerobics class...I don't know if I'm maybe a bit too ambitious doing two classed back to back I think the spin class will kill me. I'll see how it goes after my aerobics class and assess the situation then. Today I just did 20lengths in the pool and then a sauna just something nice and easy today.
Today according to my ww app I still have 5 of my daily allowance points left. I've added in my dinner (which I haven't ate yet) but I am not at all hungry.
This is what I ate: breakfast was 2slices brown bread. Lunch was a ckn salad sandwich some carrot barons and houmous and a yogurt snack was a banana then I had a wee bowl of homemade lentil soup with 2 slices brown bread and then I was planning on just having a toastie with a little oven chips and after all that I still have 5 points left. One thing is clear though I have eaten far too much bread today.

Sarah thank u so much for ur kind words. Reading ur diary is such an inspiration. Definately motivates me to exercise.

Princess thank u. Ur sooo nice. Just reading yours and Sarah's comment are so nice and really puts a smile on my face and really makes me determined to stick at it this.

Thanks again guys xx
 
Hey Ski_bunny30,

Glad you weren't too sore after all that exercising! I've never done "spinning" but I've heard alot of people do it and evidently it's a good workout..I don't know if 2 classes back to back is bad or not...I'd stick with it for a little while and see how you hold up. Sounds like you're making good food choices too..although I would definitely limit the intake of break...for me, anything that comes from wheat is too high carb. Back a few months ago, I ate muslix in the morning for breakfast and I noticed I wasn't losing my normal 7 pounds /month. I read somewhere that grains and glutins will keep you from losing weight...so I stopped eating the muslix and went to the straight walnuts, cranberries and cheese combo instead of the muslix and the next month, I was back to my normal loss rate. I can't say it's all due to that small change, but I'm sure it contributed! I don't have all the nutritional data to back that up...but it was my experience!

Keep at it and you'll make your goals!

Sarah
 
AOh no I decided not to go to the gym afterall tonight. I've been 4 times since sat and feel its enough just now. I'm scared I will do too much so early and then not leave myself anything for when I finally hit that plateau but I've only gone and went and eaten a wee treat size bag of Thornton's chocolates eeeeekkk
 
AWhat a really bad diet time I have been having. I was away on holiday and ate badly everything I ordered came with chips I had too many crepes too much full fat coke and too many pastries. I'll be back to the start if not worse than I was at the start argggghhhh.

Anyway I have a wedding in June. I've picked my dress so could do with losing a few stone before the wedding.

So off to the gym I go. I'll weigh myself when I'm there and see what the damage is and then get my sweat on....
 
Eeeek sounds like a fab holiday with a bit too much of the good stuff,



dont worry yvonne, we all have our bad days, just pick yourself up and you'll be okay.


You can totally lose a few stone from here to June if you eat well:)


Hope the weigh in goes okay!!!


xoxox
 
AI was in such a bad mood yesterday when I got up. Totally didn't want to go to the gym and the weigh in was making everything worse. But I forced myself to go...just think of the dress...just think of the dress I was telling myself. So I got to the gym and was 3lbs less than I was the two weeks ago (the last time I weighed myself was two weeks ago yesterday cos I was away) so I was therefore not in a bad mood anymore. I couldn't believe it. I totally thought I would be back at the beginning although I walked for miles and miles when I was away so I expect it all paid off YEY.
So I was then incredibly motivated and did 2.14k on the treadmill, was aiming for 3k but the machine cut me off after 20mins, 30mins on the cross trainer and then 20 lengths in the pool. I ate really well also yesterday apart from my treats which was 2 bottles of cider and 2 glasses of wine. But I was incredibly tired last nightz struggled to keep my eyes open and I had a bouncing sore head. Funnily enough two weeks ago when I went to the gym I did 3k on the treadmill, 15mins on the cross trainer and 20 lengths and I felt awful afterwards like I had a cold so I had to go to bed for a nap in the afternoon then the next day I was fine. I'm fine today too. Maybe its the pool? Does anyone have any other thoughts on this?.

Anyway I'm incredibly happy that's 6lbs I've lost in 4weeks, could have done better but could also have done worse so I'll take the 6lbs and keep going...got that dress to get into after all....
 
Congratulations ski_bunny30! I think the full moon is having an impact on several of us right now...bad moods seem to be all the rage this weekend. Glad yours was fixed by a 3 pound weight loss!! Good job on the exercise that followed! You'll be totally rocking that dress!


Keep up the good work!

Sarah
 
A[quote name="scbibhouse" url="/t/52878/100lbs-need-to-go-no-excuses-this-time/20#post_824545"] Congratulations ski_bunny30! I think the full moon is having an impact on several of us right now...bad moods seem to be all the rage this weekend. Glad yours was fixed by a 3 pound weight loss!! Good job on the exercise that followed! You'll be totally rocking that dress! Keep up the good work! Sarah [/quote]

Thank u so much :) I hate using the cross trainer an could easily give up after only 10mins but then I thought of u and how many cals u burn using it so I perservered with it and glad I did. The dress is gorgeous I just hope I do enough to make it look good on me.
 
A[quote name="Irishprincess" url="/t/52878/100lbs-need-to-go-no-excuses-this-time/20#post_824474"] Eeeek sounds like a fab holiday with a bit too much of the good stuff, dont worry yvonne, we all have our bad days, just pick yourself up and you'll be okay. You can totally lose a few stone from here to June if you eat well:) Hope the weigh in goes okay!!! xoxox[/quote]

It was such a fab holiday Kate mucho enjoyed myself. But what a surprise when I weighed myself yesterday. I'm 3lbs down again so that's 6lbs in 4weeks :) I could do better considering the weight I am I could probably lose a bit more but it could easily have been a lot worse. I walked all day on ky holiday so it clearly paid off in the end i am so pleased. I just need to keep thinking of the dress an keep going :) hope ur well I'll check out ur diary soon to see how everythings going. I'm just heading out to visit my godson really excited I haven't seen him since the 11th Jan :)
 
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