A new me! (hopefully, with some help)

ADAY 137

Breakfast: 50g porridge & banana (270 cals)
Lunch: Chicken salad with coleslawand a yoghurt (221 cals)
Dinner: Chicken, potato, peas, green beans, brocolli and gravy (315 cals)
Snacks: Granola bar (185 cals)
Total calories = 991 I know that isn't enough so i will have either another granola bar or some crisps in a bit but i aint hungry!

Exercise: 100 crunches and 50 bridges. Running rest day.

I hardly slept last night worrying about this 'family issue' I am much better now, i seem to be able to look at it with a clearer mind.

I saw Jenny this morning (you know the friend i saw at the gym last night, which is odd cos i dont see her very often really, twice in two days!!!!) I have known her since i was about 12, her twin sisters were friends of mine all thru school so she has seen my weight yo-yo over the years. She was dropping her son off near where i work and i stopped her and said that i was sorry if i seemed rude yesterday and she was so so sweet. She said that she was so so proud of me and that she had wanted to come over to me, drag me off the treadmill and give me a massive hug! She said that Jo had said to her that i am struggling with compliments so she didn't. She said she welled up, she was so pleased for me and she welled up while i was talking to her this morning. She said that losing weight is the hardest thing to do and she was so blown away with how awesome i looked. I am so glad i saw her this morning. I actually felt really bad for being annoyed with her last night. Maybe is was because of how angry and stressed i was anyway.

Cate Aww thank you hun, you're lovely :grouphug: I am better with having my photo taken and i don't hate those ones, which is a first lol.

Lucy Thank you so much. 'teeny little waist' OMG thank you, totally made up with that :) and my stomach has flattened out heaps.....You're making me blush now!!! Thank you again for your wonderful comments. :grouphug: Oh, and if i am staying long term then so can you sweetie. We can be posting on our diaries until we are really old and wrinkly (which will be much sooner for me lol)

Jess Thank you so much for your lovely comments :grouphug: I really didn't think about eating instead of running my anger off and you saying that made me really think that that is what i would have done in the past. Now i go to the gym to relieve stress.......Oh, how i've changed!!!!! I totally have you guys to thank for that!
 
ADAY 138

Breakfast: 50g porridge & banana (270 cals)
Lunch: Ham salad with coleslaw, quavers crisps and a yoghurt (293 cals)
Dinner: Pork steak, salad, coleslaw and courgette relish (293 cals)
Snacks: Granola bar, packet of polo's and crispbread (352 cals)
Total calories = 1208

Exercise: 100 crunches, 50 bridges, 35 min run, 15 min walk, 3x12 chest press, 3x15 peck flye and 150 reps on the abs machine!

I know i am a bit light on calories today but i am going to my brother and sister in laws this weekend and i know i will eat more calories than i should then so i am being extra good today and tomorrow. Meeting up with Rob on the saturday too and going to the pictures :) really looking forward to it. Out for food on the sunday too and no doubt far too much wine :)

My work trousers are now rediculous!! (they are a size 20 and were tight when i started this weight loss lifestyle) I have to roll the waist bad over about 4 times now and they come down with out having to undo them, really really annoying me know. Anyway, i asked Julie if she could order me a cheap pair cos i couldn't put up with them and she said 'hang on i have loads here' We went to the cupboard and she fished out some. The first pair was an 18, i'm not bloody wearing them lol and the only other size she had was a 12!! Work uniform sizes tend to come up small so i really didn't think i would get into a 12 but that was all she had in that cupboard (she said there was others but she would have to find them) so i thought 'sod it' and tried them on..............They only bloody fit fine!!!!! was so excited!!!!! :hurray: :hurray:

Went to the gym with Ash this evening and she said that Jane (who works at the gym) asked her if i was eating properly, seeing as i had lost so much. I was a tad pissed off!!!



 
AFUCK ME!!!!!!!!!! WOW! I knew you are losing weight every week, I knew you are "one of those weirdos who enjoy running ;)", but that didn't prepare me for your progress pics. You are SO SLIM!!!!!! And you look AMAZING!!!! And I love your eyes to the side poses!

I have got to agree, that obvious pointing, gossiping and staring is horrible. Even if its for a good reason. Its a gym, you'd think they would be used to people losing weight for chrissakes!

I know what you mean about the crunches, my tummy muscles are shot to shit again and un-hold-inable after being so lazy for so long. Glad you've started them again now after only a weeks break!

Glad you had a laugh on your night out :D x
 
aaaa saving up on cals for the weekend arent you?!!!!!

Aw Kate you fitted in the uniform PROUD PROUD PROUD!!!!!Im going to hunt you down and find you if you dare leave this place!!!!cause you are so close to finish line!!!Im really proud of you!!Such a determined person full of love and energy!Your so great!Wish i lived in england!
 
ADAY 139

Breakfast: 50g porridge (180 cals)
Lunch: Chicken salad with coleslaw, 97 cal crisps (278 cals)
Dinner: Small bowl of spag (466 cals)
Snacks: Granola bar, apple (245 cals)
Total calories = 1169

Exercise: rest day

Had a patient come into the surgery today and say to Mo 'oh, didn't Kate move with you then?' She was really shocked that it was me she said 'you look stunning' :)
Pretty much ready to leave straight from work tomorrow. I am taking my laptop with me so i will probably still get to post while i'm away. Hopefully i will do ok with food but i am not gonna stress it too much.

Ruthie Awww thank you sweetie :) I am shocked with what i look like too. I can't see it so i kinda forget and then i'm like 'oh yeah' when i catch a glimps of myself in shop windows etc. I did that pose in your honour, i can remember you doing some funky poses with your pictures and i did one which made me laugh and Mark just kept snapping. Like you i have to get him to take loads for me to say 'ok, i dont totally hate that one'
Thanks for stopping by sexy. Hope everything is going good with you, Big hug. Xxxxxx

Jess Yeah, i'm saving my calories for the weekend. I made sure i didn't do it for too long, just 2 days but i know i will go over, probably quite a bit so i thought it might restrict the damage.
Don't you worry sweetie, i am going nowhere hun, this forum is long term for me, like my healthy eating :) You had better stick around too sweetie. Thank you for your lovely comments, you are so lovely, you made me blush.
 
A:D totally agree with what everyone else is saying about your beautiful pics, Kate! You look incredible, and I LOOOOOVE your funny pics! You REALLY REALLY should print them out and put them on the fridge or something! They made me smile as soon as I saw them - what a transformation you have made, inside and out. :hurray:

Size 12 pants! In my dreams! You are tha bomb, you little legend you! :)

P.S. Are you eating enough? I think not, m'dear....
 
AHeya Joh

Do you really think i'm not eating enough? I'm not hungry during the day at all with what i have. Advice please sweetie :)
 
OMG That dress looks amazing on you! Such a difference in your face, you look so beautiful and happy- it's kind of contagious, I'm smiling now! :D Thanks for posting those pics, I feel so inspired, I gotta go work out now!! Awesome job!
 
AMorning all :)

I woke up this morning having one of those 'i feel thinner' moments and thought seeing as i am away on sunday, which is my official weigh day, i would weigh this morning!

AND........I lost 2lb!!!!!!!

I am now 11 stone something!!!!!!!! How crazy is that?!?!?!?!!!!!!! I only have 8lb to go.....Totally blown away with that :hurray: :hurray: :hurray:
 
AOnly 8 pounds to go!!! HOLY SHAMOZZLE!!! :hurray: You are a machine!

So, if I look at your cals for the last few days, it goes something like this:
- 991 Cal (no running, but still muscle work)
- 1208 (HUGE amount of running, lots of muscle stuff!)
- 1169 (rest day - phew!)

From what I understand, 1200Cals a day is what you need to keep all your vital organs and everything functioning healthily. That's for an 'average' person - so for a 6ft giant like me, it's a bit more. Have you looked at myplate? http://www.livestrong.com/myplate/ It assesses how many calories you are burning with your exercise too. If I were you, I wouldn't count the walks and the muscle workouts as 'exercise', so far as 'calories I burnt', but definitely the runs. And a 35 minute run burns a shit load. You probably only had the equivalent of about half your total cals that day! Just be careful, darlin. Don't get your body run down, susceptible to infection, etc.

The Mayo clinic has a calorie calculator to determine how much you need to maintain / lose etc. It was really helpful for me at the start.
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/calorie-calculator/NU00598

There's another helpful one here:
http://www.healthyweightforum.org/eng/calculators/calories-required/

I hope you don't think I'm being a control freak! Just that 991 Cal day particularly freaked me out... and eating only 1200 when you are running and exercising like mad...
xxx
 
AOhmygod, you are totally going to disappear at this rate!

Oh yep, I remember my funky poses lol. I haven't put progress pics up for so long, it really isn't funny. But there will be more to come!
 
ADAY 140

Breakfast: 50g porridge
Lunch: 97 cal crisps and a granola bar
Dinner: Lasagne, salad with light salad cream and 2 small bits of garlic bread (yum bloody yum)
Snacks: packet of softmints, half packet of polos (mint addiction has crept back in) a few handfuls of salt popcorn and 2 and a half glasses of red wine
Total cals = Not a clue! I had about 600 up until i got to my sister in laws and had dinner, wine and garlic bread there so not too bad, definalty stayed under maintenance i reckon

Exercise: ummmm......driving :)

Was so blown away with my loss this morning. 11 stone something!!! that's all i kept thinking about for ages at work lol. I can't believe i weigh that. I know it was my aim but i really didn't think in my wildest dreams that i would even come close and to still be so motivated. WOW!!!
Ooooh, some of you might remember the nasty feedback i got on here after about day 4 of my diary. I took that comment as an 'oh god, another over the top failure being all positive about day 4 of her diet' well, i so proved them wrong huh!!!!

Had a lovely chat and catch up with my brothers family (he is working away) and i'm off to spend tomorrow with one of my bestest friends, Mooching round the christmas market, eating, chatting and just hanging out.....Oh, gonna go see twilight with him tomorrow night too....So excited!!!

Sparked Aww thank you sweetie. Glad i can inspire. :)

Lucy Cheers sexy :) i can't believe how close i am... So exciting, i think i will cry the day the scales say i have reached target. I might actally reach it by christmas, everything crossed.

Joh On the 991 day i did have a bag of ricecakes after i posted so thats another 108 cals :) I will check out those sites when i get home. It's weird, i don't feel i need more to eat on running days. But i will be a good girl and make sure i am eating enough. I am (hopefully) gonna have to up my intake when i reach maintenance (get me!!) so i am gonna have to figure it out.
I didn't think you were being a freak at all sweetie (well, no more than normal :smilielol5: ) I was after advice as i really wasn't sure what to do. And i will check those sites out and see what they say.

Ruthie Heya hotstuff!!! Cheers sweetie :) i can't wait to see some more funky Ruthie photo's. You are such an inspiration, i would never have posed like that for a photo in my life but you did that to me!!!!

Ok, i gonna sleep now, i will catch up with your diaries when i get back. Love to all, Xxxx
 
OMG!~!~~~~!!!!!!!!!!!KATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Thats wonderfull......................!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY 4 U!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ope you have a lovely time this weekend lots of fun!!!!!!!!!


ps i am soooooooooo happy for you...!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
I hope you're having a great week-end Kate with your friend & having a good chin-wag! Congratulations on getting so close to your goal weight! The way you are going you are a dead-set certainty! Looking forward to hearing about the w/e, xoxo Cate
 
ADAY 141

Breakfast: 2 slices of grilled bacon, 3 little grilled sausages, dry fried egg and tinned tomatos!!
Lunch: Half a tuna & cheese melt chiabatta with chips!!!!
Dinner: BIG MAC & half a portion of fries!!!!!!!!!
Snacks: A pint of lager, 4 squares of chocolate and lots of salt popcorn
Total calories = shit loads!!!!!

Exercise: Lots of walking :)

I have no idea about calories today!!! It was terrible lol. I didn't eat all my lunch or dinner but i definalty ate crap all day and my stomach feels horrid for it now! Had a great day though. Me and Jack met up with Rob this morning and went wandering round Winchester, went for a pub lunch and just chilled really. It was great to catch up. Winchester looked lovely with all the different coloured leaves everywhere, such a beautiful place.

I am so tired, i am falling asleep here so i am gonna go and finish tomorrow. Hope you've all had a great weekend :)
 
ADAY 142

Breakfast: 5 drop pancakes with golden syrup
Lunch: Roast pork, roast potato's, stuffing, 2 small bits of crackling, carrots, brussell sprouts, red cabbage and gravy
Dinner:..............................................
Snacks: Small glass of red wine, bag of monster munch crisps, smartie Mcfluffy, 2 toffee crisp bites
Total calories = again, shit loads!!!!

Exercise: about a 2 mile walk (stroll really)

Another totally scrummy terrible food day! But the minute i walked through the front door i was back on track!!!
I have had a lovely weekend with amazing people that i love dearly. Had a wonderfully chilled day with Rob yesterday. Slept like a log last night for the first time in about a week (due to stress) but woke up feeling proper slugish cos of the unhealthy food i ate yesterday. I came on this morning too which was a surprise as i'm not due for about 4-5 days. I wasn't grumpy or in pain either which is nice, lets hope i'm ok tomorrow too. Had a lovely lazy breakfast having home made drop pancakes with Suzanne and the kids and then just chilled, playing with the kids. The weather was lovely so we walked to the pub for lunch with the kids on their bikes. Made our way home after lunch so we wouldn't get back too late.
I have weighed (did it the minute i got in lol) and it was like :eek: I actually feel like i have put ALL my weight back on but having my period doesn't help either. I am not going to weigh for a few days so i don't depress myself and i am gonna do lots of exercise this week and hopefully i won't have gained on sunday :)
I don't feel guilty about having a weekend off, i'm confident that i will get straight back on track (kinda)

Hope everyone is doing good. i am not gonna get chance to read any diaries tonight :( sorry. I will try and do it tomorrow.

Love to all Xxx
 
Hi Kate, It would do you good to have a week-end off. I call it "blowing out the cobwebs." It sounds like you had a lovely time xo Cate
 
Agree with Cate!Nothing can stop you know Kate!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Glad you had a great time with the people you love!!!!!!

Good you dont feel bad about your eating cause really you did nothing wrong!YOU ARE AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
ADAY 143

Breakfast: 50g porridge (180 cals)
Lunch: Ham salad with light salad cream, 97 cal crisps, babybel cheese and a yoghurt (332 cals)
Dinner: Beef and veg stew (356 cals)
Snacks: granola bar and an apple (245 cals)
Total calories = 1113 calories

Exercise: 60 crunches (all with legs in the air, proper hard) 5 min walk, 27 min run, 3 min walk, 10 min run, 15 min walk

Back on track with a vengence today!!!!! I know i haven't eaten all my calories but i am stuffed. I really haven't been hungry today. I also haven't had any period pains or anything like that either which is great.
I am so so determined to try my hardest to reach my target by christmas. I am getting money for clothes for christmas from everyone so i intend to go size 12 shopping in the sales!!!!!

Jess & Cate Thanks guys, you're lovely. Xxx
 
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