2010, the year I danced myself thin!

Yey team orange, Andy!!!
And thank you Lilia for visiting, I hope my period comes before friday so my weigh in will be better... I know silly!

Was a good day overall, very good class, the teacher actually told me I was doing something right twice (and I was the only one getting it quite right both times). She also critiqued my tummy muscles and their general lack of strength, me and the muscles will work on that. I like being critiqued (though I gotta say I like praise better!).

Food log:
Breakfast: yoghurt and muesli
Lunch: 1 chicken breast (though not a whole one, maybe 3/4s of one) in spice tomato sauce, 1 cup of rice
Dinner: 1 mug of soup, veggies stor fry with 1 egg
Snacks: a lot of cookies (at least 450 cals), 1 banana, small portion of choc

Overall I am guessing in the 1700 cal region

Exercise:
45 minute walk with baby in sling
90 minutes jazz dance
 
Period sort of semi started, it will be full fledged tomorrow I guess (sorry guys... but I am this TMI in real life too!). So yey for that, because I have big weight loss plans for next week, I want to lose a few pounds and be on the top of the list in the biggest loser challenge.

Day was long and busy, some issues at uni, the whole course is just a bit of a disaster, with the supervisors and also with the students. I don't like small courses I think, too manye tensions. Anyhow, I went to dance, even though it is thursday and I think I pulled the muscle in my back a little bit again. But I will just rest it for 20 hours because I want to do tomorrow's class desperately!

Food log:
Breakfast: muesli with yoghurt (250 cals) (new yoghurt so cals are reduced to 50 per yoghurt!)
Lunch: breadless sandwich (so literally 4 slices of cheese with turkey ham on them), 1 apple (600 cals)
Snack: 1 nut bar (300 cals??)
Dinner: spinach omelette (200 cals), mug of soup (50 cals)

Overall: 1400 cals (YEY!)

Exercise:
45 minutes with baby in pram
60 minutes of contemporary ballet
 
Hey Camy :)

Ugh, I am just getting off of my period and ALWAYS retain like 5 pounds of water so hopefully it will be gone by the time I weigh in :D
Do you usually crave junk food during your time of the month? I always have, but since I have been healthy eating and exercising I didn't really crave anything (huge surprise)!

Hopefully your back feels better by your class tomorrow :)

Wishing you all the best!

-Shawnna
 
I crave chocolate like crazy when I am on my period, hence today's nutritional disaster... I am embarrassed to post it but I ate 1000 cals in chocolate!!!! God what a failure, I mean even with my whole this is a lifestyle attitude I can't say I am ok with eating that amount of crap! I did exercise a ton too, so I hope that makes up for it and my whole non choc food was only 1000 cals, so it evens out at 2000 cals, still a deficit.

Otherwise the day was generally not so brilliant, my pulled muscle still ached like a fucker during dance today (but I did get to dance in the front and was asked to show one part to the rest together with a girl who dances really well. It is like this, tuesdays (and thurdsdays) we dance one choreography and fridays a different one but they are linked, so today she wanted to show how they tie in together and out of the whole group of which at least 5 dance both she asked that good girl and me to show it... yey!).
I locked myself out of the house this morning with the baby so we wandered the city until her mom came home, hence I walked like 3 hours with her in the pram! Then just before leaving I picked her up and did "airplane" with her and she threw up INTO MY MOUTH!!! Grossest thing ever! Went home and felt quite cold/fluish, my throat tickles, my nose is halfblocked, my head throbbes, nothing hugely wrong but it feels like it could easily go into the full fledged sickness, and I don't want that. I need to attend all my dance classes or I won't be allowed to dance in one of the front rows!
Then at lunchtime (which was really late because I ate all that chocolate) I burnt my finger on a pot... yeah just not a good day!

Food log:
Breakfast: muesli with yoghurt (250 cals)
Snack (though this was all over the day): loads of chocolate (almost 1000 cals)
Lunch: 2 small fish fillets (150 cals), 1 cup of rice (200 cals)
Snack: 1 small orange juice (100 cals)
Dinner: spicy veg stir fry 1 egg (250 cals), 1 low fat yoghurt (50 cals)
Total: nearly 2000 cals, puke!

Exercise:
3 hour walk with baby in pram
100 minute contemporary/lyrical dance
 
Camy said:
I crave chocolate like crazy when I am on my period, hence today's nutritional disaster... I am embarrassed to post it but I ate 1000 cals in chocolate!!!! God what a failure, I mean even with my whole this is a lifestyle attitude I can't say I am ok with eating that amount of crap! I did exercise a ton too, so I hope that makes up for it and my whole non choc food was only 1000 cals, so it evens out at 2000 cals, still a deficit.

Otherwise the day was generally not so brilliant, my pulled muscle still ached like a fucker during dance today (but I did get to dance in the front and was asked to show one part to the rest together with a girl who dances really well. It is like this, tuesdays (and thurdsdays) we dance one choreography and fridays a different one but they are linked, so today she wanted to show how they tie in together and out of the whole group of which at least 5 dance both she asked that good girl and me to show it... yey!).
I locked myself out of the house this morning with the baby so we wandered the city until her mom came home, hence I walked like 3 hours with her in the pram! Then just before leaving I picked her up and did "airplane" with her and she threw up INTO MY MOUTH!!! Grossest thing ever! Went home and felt quite cold/fluish, my throat tickles, my nose is halfblocked, my head throbbes, nothing hugely wrong but it feels like it could easily go into the full fledged sickness, and I don't want that. I need to attend all my dance classes or I won't be allowed to dance in one of the front rows!
Then at lunchtime (which was really late because I ate all that chocolate) I burnt my finger on a pot... yeah just not a good day!

Food log:
Breakfast: muesli with yoghurt (250 cals)
Snack (though this was all over the day): loads of chocolate (almost 1000 cals)
Lunch: 2 small fish fillets (150 cals), 1 cup of rice (200 cals)
Snack: 1 small orange juice (100 cals)
Dinner: spicy veg stir fry 1 egg (250 cals), 1 low fat yoghurt (50 cals)
Total: nearly 2000 cals, puke!

Exercise:
3 hour walk with baby in pram
100 minute contemporary/lyrical dance
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Sorry to hear about your awful day Camy! :( I hate when it seems like EVERYTHING goes wrong, all within the same 24 hour period. At least you know you are dancing well, that's awesome :D

My gyno put me on Seasonique, so I will only get a period every 3 months, so at least I know I won't have to fight cravings every month and will not have to worry about being bloated for 1-2 weeks of every month. Maybe you could do that?

But, I love chocolate too, it is my weakness, my bestfriend, or should I say best frienenemy?

I hope you have a better day tonight! Just keep on, keepin' on and I know you will make it to your goals :)
 
I was on the pill for 2 years and my weight ballooned, I don't blame the pill but rather the fact that having a steady boyfriend did not really motivate me to look my best, but anyhow, due to that and since my mother had breastcancer I have decided I am not going to use hormonal birthcontrol, at least until I have my first child.
I also have very very light periods, with barely any pain, only a couple of days of active bleeds and barely any problems (I don't have PMS, only a day of boyfriend crankiness and I warn him in time so he knows why I am whining!). Also I am fairly regular (28-31 days), have good skin... The fact that I don't lose enough weight during that week is not really enough of a reason to go back on birthcontrol. And we are one of those couples that really like condoms! So I say let's make the most out of that!

But pre-pill I used to have long painful periods, I fainted, vomited, had really heavy bleeds, etc... during them and they were terribly irregular (from 30 to 90 days between them!). I am so glad that changed after I took the pill for a while, I mean I was unable to function for 1-3 days before and I will forever be grateful to hormonal birth control for sorting my body out (or fucking it up in a different way).

Camy
 
Hey girl! :D
I think it's great that your period isn't painful anymore and that you don't need to take the pill, if I could Iwould probably would skip the hormonal birth control but in my case it would mean being horribly sick 1-2 days everytime I have my period (I throw up, have so much pain in my legs I can't walk and things like that). Very similar to what you had before. If you can free yourself from taking the pill then yeah for you! :)
 
Still feeling cold/fluish... but working hard to get lots of fluids and vit C into my system, hope to be on the recovery tomorrow.
I also had a skinny day! You know when you have a day where you see yourself as especially fat? Well I had the opposite today, which was rare but awesome. I feel so much more contained in my abdomen and my jeans which were on the larger side before I even started this last leg of weightloss are now literally falling off me. Yey. Felt properly pretty today, that is a new and kind of overwhelming feeling. It is nice.

Food log:
Breakfast: yoghurt and fruits (165 cals), 1 slice of cheese (80 cals)
Lunch: 1 glass of OJ (100 cals), 2 gluten free mini pizzas (they are selfinvented, selfmade and have 125 cals each, so 250 cals), 15 grapes (100 cals)
Snack: 1 giant mug of tea with honey (50 cals), 1 apple (50 cals)
Dinner: 1 glass of OJ (100 cals), 2 GF mini pizzas (250 cals), 1 big green salad (100 cals), 1 big mug of tea with honey (50 cals), bit of choc (100 cals)

Total: 1395 cals, pretty much perfect!

Exercise:
walked for nearly 2 hours
 
Camy said:
Felt properly pretty today, that is a new and kind of overwhelming feeling. It is nice.
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The confidence weight loss can install still shocks me. The way I'm treated by strangers now is a lot different than it was a year ago. Or maybe its all in my head haha. Point is, after feeling this now, I know I'll never ever let it slip that badly again.

Keep up the good job Camy! :hurray:

Tuesday is 1st weigh in!
 
Awesome job Camy, nothing like positive reinforcement from otherwise unyielding clothes that you're doing things right!! Although... really can't say the same about the baby puke, that's disgusting! :(:ack2:

I used to have a really bad time with TOTM too - not nearly as bad as you, it doesnt sound like, but i would pretty much have to call into work for the first day every month like clockwork... couldnt get out of bed, felt like a UFC fighter was punching me in the abdomen and just generally wanted to die. My doc's prescribed some muscle relaxants since then which i swear and live by but yeah, it's kinda fucked up that nature works so adversely for some of us! I tried the pill for a while but it made my periods completely stop and that, although a godsend, just kinda freaked me out too much to continue lol.
 
I have severe pain in my trapezius, started on thursday as a bit of pain, then friday was ok, yesterday it was the same (dull ache there but nto really worrysome) and today it was bad, all day long. I have been icing it, then putting heat packs on it, taking ibuprofen... I cannot miss a week, especially not this week of dance, we are getting our positions in the choreography assigned and I can't miss it. I am seeing a chiropractor tomorrow (she dances with me) and will just dance very lightly after informing my teachers.
Ugh I am so spitting mad that this had to happen (especially this week, I have my first BL weigh in, my important dance appointments, I have baked a cake for my dance class bexause it was the teacher's birthday and I am giving her a tiny surprise party...)! I think it is probably a mix of an irritated muscle from my position on the computer and holding the baby many hours a day and a slight strain in dance class. I don't think it is properly pulled or sprained, just strained. Still ugh ugh ugh!

Otherwise the day was ok, I am not hungry, my tummy is a bit upset actually had a tad of diarrhoea, but I am feeling alrighty and had tons of crap at starbucks...

Food log:
Breakfast: 1 glass of OJ (100 cals), 1 honey tea (50 cals), 1 yoghurt (50 cals), grapes (150 cals)
Lunch: 2 minipizzas (250 cals)
Snack: 1 soy latte, 1 frapp (550 cals total)
Dinner: 1 mug of soup (50 cals), 1 apple (50 cals)

Overall: 1250 cals (low but ok as barely any exercise)

Exercise:
not much at all, not feeling so well
 
Hey Camy,

Sorry to hear you're not feeling too good hun, I was unwell with a bit of a virus for a few days this week, the last thing you feel like is exercise.

But wow, you're powering through with the weightloss :D big success!! Will you be posting any photos at all? As I bet you're looking great now. You'll be reaching your target in no time at this rate. :)

Keep it up and feel better soon! xoxo
 
Pain was still there and still bad this morning so I went to get some physiotherapy, it is as I thought just a strain from dancing added to a general tightness of all my muscles on my right side from my midriff upwards. Even my pecs were tight...
Had a long massage and he pulled and handled me and told me not to dance for a few days, I will not go today or wednesday and will go and just watch tomorrow (otherwise I won't get to see my friends all week... plus it is the teacher's surpriseparty that I planned and organized and baked for so I have to go!). Then I hope for thursday I am back in perfect shape and able to participate thursday and friday. I am quite upset about this, I love my classes and without them the week looks dire and ugly. But well it is just 3 days of rest and then hopefully I will be back on track and doing better than ever.

I am trying to keep my food a bit cleaner these 3 days, I mean it is the least I can do if I can't exercise at all. But of course today I alreday had a handfull of crisps...
Oh and I am beyond sleep deprived so I am going to bed at like 10 pm today. Can't wait for bedtime actually!

Food log:
Breakfast: yoghurt and muesli (250 cals), 1 aple (50 cals)
Snack: handfull of potato chips (100 cals??)
Lunch: 1 medium plate of spaghetti with tomato sauce (500 cals)
Snack: palm hearts (50 cals)
Dinner: big green salad with tuna (250 cals), 1 glass of OJ (100 cals)

Overall 1300 cals, so that is good.

No exercise :(!
 
I know it's not easy to exercise or dance when you love it so much.aybe you could eat loads of protein to help heal the injury. The personal trainer told me to up the protein to help healing. Not sure if it's correct but worth a try!!

Keep well and enjoy the surprise party!!
 
Camy said:
Pain was still there and still bad this morning so I went to get some physiotherapy, it is as I thought just a strain from dancing added to a general tightness of all my muscles on my right side from my midriff upwards. Even my pecs were tight...
Had a long massage and he pulled and handled me and told me not to dance for a few days, I will not go today or wednesday and will go and just watch tomorrow (otherwise I won't get to see my friends all week... plus it is the teacher's surpriseparty that I planned and organized and baked for so I have to go!). Then I hope for thursday I am back in perfect shape and able to participate thursday and friday. I am quite upset about this, I love my classes and without them the week looks dire and ugly. But well it is just 3 days of rest and then hopefully I will be back on track and doing better than ever.

I am trying to keep my food a bit cleaner these 3 days, I mean it is the least I can do if I can't exercise at all. But of course today I alreday had a handfull of crisps...
Oh and I am beyond sleep deprived so I am going to bed at like 10 pm today. Can't wait for bedtime actually!

Food log:
Breakfast: yoghurt and muesli (250 cals), 1 aple (50 cals)
Snack: handfull of potato chips (100 cals??)
Lunch: 1 medium plate of spaghetti with tomato sauce (500 cals)
Snack: palm hearts (50 cals)
Dinner: big green salad with tuna (250 cals), 1 glass of OJ (100 cals)

Overall 1300 cals, so that is good.

No exercise :(!
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Ah yes, I always chuckle when I realize how ironic life is. In my case, while I was getting fat I had all the time in the world to go to the gym but didnt feel like it. As soon as I started dieting I pulled a muscle in my upper back, and couldn't gym for the rest of the week, and the worst part was I WANTED TO!

But, taking care of the injury is more important than pushing it further into disrepair. Hopefully it heals itself within the next few days. Also, what I do with muscle problems are long hot showers or hot tubs to relax the muscles. Combined with a good nights sleep, it works wonders.

Take care Camy! :seeya:
 
You said it yourself... rest is the best thing :) no point in doing more damage!! As long as you're eating well you don't have to stress too much over it. Although I know it must be frustrating for you not to be able to do your dancing. xx
 
Thank you guys! It is hard but the dancing teacher said she had something similar and it went away after a few days resting, so I hope this is true for me as well. Pain was different today, so I am hoping different means "on the mend".

2 big things happened since yesterday, one good one bad... where do I start...
So the good thing is, we got our positions told in dance. First I was a bit upset about mine, we are dancing roughly in 2 rows, the front row is the people who dance better and the back row the people who dance slightly worse. I start of in the second row in the centre. I was pooped by this until I understood how it assembles, after about a minute of song we form 1 even row and half the people go back and half stay in front, I stay in front, so after that initial minute I am first row centre stage for the rest of the song! And that second part is the past I like the best, it is really awesome with jumps and stuff. And I am right next to my friend. So this is very good news. And a huge incentive to get thinner, I mean centre stage front is the place where people will definitely see me!

Bad news: my boyfriend and I have trouble. We had a horrible argument yesterday, which I started to be fair. He is not treating me as a priority, he is not coming to visit me until september (that is 9 months plus separated without seeing each other) and instead is going on holidays with his friends. He says he cannot afford another week holidays here to see me and he is also not going to come over if he doesn't find a job though the "deal" was that he would move where I was for the remainder of my study/training (which when he finishes working will only be 9 months) and then we can chose a destination together. I am just not one of his priorities, his priorities are himself, his job, then later me. I really cannot deal with this, he is my priority, I moved to Ghana for him and he needs to decide. If he decides that me (being his future family) is the most important thing he needs to get his ass in gear and come over and talk it over, if he decides he cannot do that because he'd rather go on holidays and have fun, well then I guess it is over. It hurts so much to say this, but I made my choice chosing him a long time ago, if he cannot chose me back, then we won't work.
By the way this is not the first time this happens, we have had this conversation back and forth many many times, but I am sick and tired of being alone here with no end in sight. I miss him and I miss the relationship we had, but if he cannot commit to me, then I cannot keep doing whatever he wants. I need to take my life in my hands and do things for me too.

Ok so enough of that, food log:
Breakfast: mini apple rice cakes (200 cals??), 1 banana (80 cals)
Lunch: 1 medium portion of pasta with sauce (500 cals)
Snack: 1 coffee, 1 orange juice, some olives and nuts (300 cals about)
Dinner: 1 piece of carrot cake (I am proud I only ate 1 small piece, 250 cals), 1 mug of soup with 2 rice cakes (120 cals)

Total: about 1450 cals

Exercise:
Walked for about an hour with the baby in the pram
 
Talked to my boyfriend for hours today... he really needs to make a decision if he deems work more important or me (aka his future family). I think I know what he will do, I think I know him well enough to know he will chose work and he hurts me beyond words but if he is that kind of person he does not deserve me. I am going to just try to be positive and happy no matter what he does. I am a good person and I am worthy of someone who will put me first. This will be my mantra.

Went to the physio again, he said he thought I was better, I am still in pain but another day of rest should hopefully heal it enough to enable me to dance on friday. I am totally antsy already.

Food log:
Breakfast: grapes and strawberries (100 cals), yoghurt and only little muesli (150 cals)
Lunch: medium portion of pasta with spicy sauce (500 cals)
Snacks: 1 small pack of m&ms (230 cals), 1 banana (70 cals)
Dinner: veggies stir fry, 1 egg (250 cals)

Overall: 1300 cals (perfect!)

No exercise, awful weather!
 
Things are still odd and undecided on the relationship front but I keep telling myself how awesome I am (haha) ... Did a presentation today and teacher was more than happy with me, so academically all is good. Back is less painfull and just achy, tomorrow definitely dance! Can't wait! Plus we are going out afterwards... double can't wait!

Food log:
Breakfast: yoghurt with muesli (250 cal), 5 strawberries (50 cal)
Snack: 1 banana (70 cal)
Lunch: small spanish omelette, white asparagus, 1 apple (combined 500 cal)
Snack: 1 soy latte (250 cal)
Dinner: big mug of soup (200 cal), big green salad (80 cal), 1 yoghurt (100 cal)

Overall: 1500 (meh, more than I wanted... damn you coffee!!!)

Exercise:
some walking, not much
 
YEYYYYYYYY!!!!! I am under 62 kg!!! Not by much, but still a pound lost, woohoo! I knew this was a bad week, I did not exercise and I did not eat perfectly clean either so I did not expect much, but a little loss is a big triumph on weeks like these! And apparently last friday I weighed 2.2 pounds more than today (my scales tell me how much I lose from one week to the next), so that is awesome, even if it was bloating weight.

Will update food et al later.
 
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