A Healthier Me (Veronique's Diary Part 2)

Verobc1

Verobc1

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Hello forum friends......I decided that I needed a fresh start on here.....for those of you who don't know me let me introduced myself. I am 31yrs old married and I have two beautiful children. I have another Diary on here Veronique's Diary, that I started last January...where I documented my first 20lb loss......I have been stuck in the 170's since April I think....and last August when I started a new job in a cheese factory kind of didn't help much I tend to eat when I stress and I was stressed with my new job and we get to eat all the cheese we want while at work.....amasingly I have been able to stay in the 170's and not gain back ......as of this morning I am 173.4lb and it's TOM so hopefully by next friday I have a loss again.....I am mostly focusing on heathing healthy foods and only when I am actually hungry not because I am stressed or depressed or lonely ... I will take my measurments tonight and post them on here .....I will weight myself once a week on friday morning and take measurment once a month or every other month.....depending on when I have time.......as a mom I find that having time to exercise or just shower is hard to find (I do find the time to shower)
I am saving to buy fitness equipment...somthing for cardio that I can do while I watch tv in the evening.....instead of snacking!
 
my measurment

Here are my measurments

November 13 2010

height : 5"3

Weight: 173.4

Neck: 14.5

biceps: R: 13.5 L: 14

Forarms : 10.5 for both

Bust: 42

below bust: 35

waist smallest 37.5

waist at belly button: 40 .5

Hips 43.5

Tight: R 25 L 24.5

legs: L 16 R 15.8
 
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Just wondering!

I am wondering what equipment I shoud get for cardio work out? Threadmill, Elipticall or stationary bike???? I am not only trying to loose weight but also build up my resistence and stamina! Space is also an issue in my living room so somthing that would easily store too would be nice...! Let me know your thoughts!
 
Hey lovely ^_^ Nice to see you in a new diary and back with enthusiasm!

I have a cross trainer :) Absolutely love it! And it's quite small too. I would have rather got a treadmill though--Think that's better for an all-round work-out, maybe? Someone educated give this woman an opinion before I ruin it for her!!!
 
Sunflower said:
Hey lovely ^_^ Nice to see you in a new diary and back with enthusiasm!

I have a cross trainer :) Absolutely love it! And it's quite small too. I would have rather got a treadmill though--Think that's better for an all-round work-out, maybe? Someone educated give this woman an opinion before I ruin it for her!!!
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Hey Sunflower it's nice to see a familliar face!!! I actually want input from people that use the equipment for the same reason as me!:)

IT's good to be back.....now I have to try and catch up with peoples diaries!! That should keep me busy enough so I am out of the fridge!
 
Ok so today I bought myself a Karafe (not sure if this is a proper English term)
so that I can drink my 3 L of water every day at work....I also bought some green tea to keep in my desk at work....I have already packed a proper lunch (Lasagna) home made and vegie whole wheat pasta and light cheese. I think it's about 6 WW pts but just in case I will count it as 8pts. I hopefully will have to stop at the store in the am and get something healthy and low pts for breakfast and snacks and I will have tuna spinach salad for diner! this week I open the office so I have to be ready to take calls at 8 am and I get to leave at 4pm wich means longer evening at home but I got a tone of laudry to do so I better get myself to bed so I am rested for tommorow! I got 10 lb to loose before Christmas! I need to stay on track this time!
 
Hey Veronique!! Great to see you posting!
I love my treadmill! I also have a bike but I don't find it gives me as good of a workout - maybe if I had one of those spin bikes but a regular bike just doesn't use as many muscles as the treadmill. I don't use the elyptical as much but I would think that would take up the most room because you can lift the belt of the treadmill up to store it away. Just my opinion!
That's so awesome you've been able to maintain your weight all these months with unlimited access to cheese!! I would have came back 20 pounds heavier forsure! Keep it up!!!
 
chubbygirl said:
Hey Veronique!! Great to see you posting!
I love my treadmill! I also have a bike but I don't find it gives me as good of a workout - maybe if I had one of those spin bikes but a regular bike just doesn't use as many muscles as the treadmill. I don't use the elyptical as much but I would think that would take up the most room because you can lift the belt of the treadmill up to store it away. Just my opinion!
That's so awesome you've been able to maintain your weight all these months with unlimited access to cheese!! I would have came back 20 pounds heavier forsure! Keep it up!!!
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I tried to stay away from the cheese as much as possible and I kind of balanced the calories when I did cave in.......a 200g bag of cheese curds really really takes up alot of points lol! Thank you for the advice....I am kind of leaning towards the threadmill.....I really want to try the couch potato program......I am taking money I would usually use at Tim Hortons in the morning and putting it in a saving account....for equipment and for clothes later on!
 
Ok so today didn't go as planed......first off I am craving salt so when co workers bought chips I had a few hand full.......I got up late in the morning so I ended up at tims (there goes 4 bucks out of my saving for a my fitness equipment) then hubby got a suprise day off and took me out on a much needed date, we window shopped for Christmas....and then he got me the curling Iron I wanted....then check out the third ring that belongs to my wedding band set (prices went up :S) then I found a nice red coat I really want to buy .....didn't but I probably will go back! I then went to east side Mario and mostly ate the salad but I had a piece of the bread too and a few bites of the pasta.......then we went to a movie...saw 3D no pop corn I wasn't even tempted the movie in my opignion was a waste of time and money but hubby likes those movies and comedies are boring when you can't hear the dialogue so .....horror is what he likes! I am off to bed and I am sure that on this one day I used all the extra points I had for the week! Tommorow is a new day and the date was nice! Chat with you tommorow!
 
Today was rocky.....I kept craving sweets and salt and cheese all day long and was able to resiste until about 8pm.....when I had cheese and crakers with pop.......I hate when I do stupid thing like that but on the bright side I am now out of crakers and will not buy more.....we only had those cause of the snacks I served on my daughters b day....I am exausted so I am off to bed!
 
Stay strong Veronique! I'm the same way with crackers so I don't normally buy them anymore either. I have been able to eat 3 stone wheat crackers with one slice of ff cheese and walk away but it was only because the cheese was crap and didn't have me wanting more.
You can do it!! You just need to get into a routine again and after a couple good days it will be easier. Take care and I'm sure today will be better!
 
Hello forum friends

I was able to resist all craving of junk food today! Yay ME! There where lots of them....working in a tiny space with 4 other women is getting to me.....there are 4 desk and phone and 5 of us.....now that the chick who was on sick leave is back full time....The tension is high.....the one who is supposed to be in charge is a drama queen with way to much personal drama going on and of course she is constently telling us all about it from not knowing if she should stay with the father of her kids to leaving him and taking months to find her own place only to take one she can't afford to bitching about not being able to afford car insurance to getting her car repossed and now I am farely certain she slept with one of the driver and now he isn't really talking to her annymore and I suspect she thinks she is pregger or wants us to think she is cause she isn't feeling well.....while she does that we have to cover most of her work load....to top it off she is very good friend with the girl who is loosing her job cause the other one has commed back so any mistake I or the the girl that came back makes put our job at risk........I am getting very frustraded I love my new job I am just fed up with all the talking behind others back....today when the girl that came back was working in another office I plainly told them " I wonder what you all talk about when I am out of the room!" Why can't we just all sit in a room and let it all out.....and be done with it! When I have issues with someone I find I get better reasults when I just take them a side and talk it out....I try to get people to just communicate better but they won't do it...tommorow I set up an appointment with the boss and I have a few solution to our space issue hopefully it's gonna work .......... It feels nice to let it out.... I am proud with myself in the last couple of days that I resisted the junk food with all that stress I am feeling.....the only hiccup in my day is that diner was McD
I didn't enjoye it .....when I got the sitter tonight I discovered my baby boy has pink eye in one eye * my daughter just missed 4 days of school cause of it finnally hers is almost gone and now he starts.......... I tought I took all the precautions so that no one else would get it even washing the sheets on a daily bases for everyone and I washed my hands so much they are cracked *the skin not the bones) by the time we left the clinic without seeing a DR it was 6 and they where hungry I had nothing done and they are in bed at 7 pm so fast food it was.....I should have waited till they where in bed and made something else for me but I was so damn hungry....I am just gonna have to eat really well for the rest of the week .....fruit and vegies for snack and salad or vegi soup for my meals,,,,,I will include legumes and nuts for proteins and I will hopefully still se a small lost like .5 of a lb.. Last night I ended up going to bed late cause when I got into my room I saw my Ipod and decided to try to dance and I did so for an hour with out stoping that was a good workout!

Wow.....Just now I got a phone call from my mother in law.....my hubby's uncle just got diagnosed with 3 different cancer.....kind of reminds me why I decided to start this journey...and makes me want to succeed even more. He is not an overweight man but .....he probably would have been did he not have a great metabolism, I was gonna do another dance workout but the energy has been sucked out of me..... I will be back tommorow. Take care
 
Oh Veronique that work environment would drive me nuts!! Good for you for resisting temptation!! I hope it works out talking to the boss. I sometimes wish I worked with women but then I hear stories like that and I'm happy I don't - it's true women bring more drama!
Good job with the dancing!! Hope you have another junk free day!!
 
Hello forum friends!

OK so today was preatty good food wise I had a bit of cheese curds at lunch but since I had only packed some carotts grapes and oranges ( I got to go groceris shopping soon) I figured the cheese would still let me be with in my points range. I will start tracking my food more next week I am easing into it cause I don't want migrains cause by lack of junk!

I can't stay on long I have a ton of stuff to do but I just wanted to drop by and say that talking with my boss was pointless he says that until they decide if they need another employee there is no way he is reorganising the office and he apologized for the stress and in a few weeks we should know what is gonna happen.
 
Hey there vero! :) Thought I'd just drop in and say hello! *waves* You know, I've never really known what cheese curds are and they've ONLY just started selling them here in the UK. Are they similar to cottage cheese? Are they particularly fattening or high in cals? Just asking because as a cheese lover, I should really try some at some point! :p x
 
Hello Forum friends..

Hello I have a few spare moment on Christmas Eve the phones are dead the boses are not here so I gave myself permision to come online......I am awaiting a new modem I should be getting it in the next couple of weeks. I can't wait to be able to be back on here full time I really miss the support!

I haven't been doing to well I weight at 178 2 weeks ago.....but I am not giving up we boutght the X box Kinect and beleive me if I do 30 min of game play a day I will be losing weight....I could barely walk after the first day lol! I want to start by buying the sport and dance games and later on a work out game....so I just need to stop beeing lazy and pack a lunch so that I don't end up with cheese and crakers for lunch....and quite pepsi again....I have been drinking one almost everyday.....but at least I don't have head ach if I skip it so I am not as addicted! I have to go and close up the office so take care and happy holidays to you ..... stay safe and healthy!!!
 
cheesemisfit said:
Hey there vero! :) Thought I'd just drop in and say hello! *waves* You know, I've never really known what cheese curds are and they've ONLY just started selling them here in the UK. Are they similar to cottage cheese? Are they particularly fattening or high in cals? Just asking because as a cheese lover, I should really try some at some point! :p x
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The Cheese curds we have here are more like extra extra fresh cheddar...very salty and the calories are high enough and sodium too.
The curds we do are basically what we make the cheddar with....is just that when they make the cheddar they compress it in a mold and when they want to do curds they put it in a bag....I don't know if I am explaining this well! They taste a mazing and are ok in small doses not the whole 200G package lol!
 
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