A new me! (hopefully, with some help)

Your New Years Resolutions sound awesome chick, no doubt you will be able to accomplish them!:)



HAPPY NEW YEAR KATE!! I feel this is the year where we rule the world regarding all things wonderful including losing alot of weight! ( well in you case mrs skinny all you need to do is maintain it, since your figure is only gorgeous now)


Here's a song that will sum up what 2012 will be for us ladies


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBmMU_iwe6U&ob=av2e
 
AMorning all! Hope you all had a great night last night.

OMG i am in sooooooo much pain!! My stomach is angry with me and i am sooooooooo bloated!!! I slept really bad and i have never heard it make so much noise!! That's it, i am starting straight back now, full speed ahead cos i am not having this pain any longer than i have to!!! After i posted last night i had a mince swirl with a bit of cream, a hand full of pastatio (spell check) and about 6 fruit pastles, oh and another bailiey. So it's not that i scoffed shit loads. I think my body has just had enough.

Well, i weighed and i have gained...........6lb!!! Whoopsie :smilielol5:

I have a new ticker target today :) so i 've got shitloads to lose again!! Oh, also i am going to count my coffee in my cals, i havent before.

Princess This will be our year sweetie.....We will rock it!!!
And trust me, skinny is not a word i feel right now, whale might cover it lol but thank you for your lovely words :)
 
I know exactly how you feel Kate, I still feel all bloaty and fluid-y... I think I'll be stoked if come weigh day I still weigh the same, not really expecting a loss!!! Also if I don't gain anything I still know I can get to my holiday goal... So my fingers are crossed.


You'll smash those 20lbs in no time!!!
 
ADAY 184

Breakfast: 1 slice of wholemeal toast with light spread and marmite (85 cals)
Lunch: Half a prawn cocktail, a fork full of carrots, mash potato, parsnip and one mouthful of pork (guesstimate 200 cals)
Dinner: 1 slice of wholmeal toast with a tiny bit of light spread (75 cals)
Snacks: 1 coffee & 1 cups of tea (51 cals)
Total calories = 411!!

Exercise: Ummmm sleeping!

I am writing this a day late cos i was a poorly girly yesterday. I thought i had stomach ache cos i had eaten crappy food but it turned out that i had some sort of stomach bug :( We always go to my mum & dads for a meal on new years but we only stayed for an hour cos i felt so poo. I hardly ate anything cos eating made me feel sick. I spent the rest of the day curled up in a blanket on the sofa, much of the time sleeping.
I feel loads better today and on the plus side, i feel proper slim :) Ash asked if i wanted to go to the gym today but i think i would be stupid to go cos i still feel a bit kinda weak so i am gonna take it easy today.

Definatly back on trackcos the thought of horrible fatty evil food makes me feel sick, which is great :)

Lucy well done you on not being stressed about your weigh in. I think this time of the year really gets us wound up about the scales. We dont see the bigger picture. You will probably suprise yourself cos you have done awesomely well. Way way better than me.

Can't get use to my ticker....20lb again. lol I'm actually excited about getting that into single figures :)
 
AHi lovely! I'm back and watching you! :)

BUGGER about having a tummy bug... I was actually relieved when you said that, because you posted that you are going to be counting calories and are going to lose, and then I saw that you'd eaten only 411 cal!!! I was about to go mental, but then PHEW there was a reason. Not a good one, mind. Poor chicken!

Hope you're feeling better, my lovely, and looking forward to watching your awesome progress again. xx
 
AMEANWHILE

Damn, girl, I've looked at the pics you put up recently, and you look absolutely incredible. I love your silly faces!!!! LOVE THEM! And that black lacey SIZE TEN dress is to DIE FOR. I would wear it every day. And it makes your boobies gorgeous!!!

You look stunning. You look so healthy and totally 'normal', not remotely overweight. Ah... gorgeous thing... congrats :)
 
ADAY 185

Breakfast: 2 slices of wholemeal toast with light spread and jam (210 cals)
Lunch: Chicken soup and a small bread roll (197 cals)
Dinner: Small bowl of spagetti meatballs (541 cals)
Snacks: 4 coffees, yoghurt, banana, cup of tea and 2 satsumas (285 cals)
Total calories = 1233

Exercise: Rest and recovery day today......Back on it tomorrow :)

I woke up feeling better :) After all the sleep i had yesterday i was surprised that i slept like a log all night, i must have needed it. I felt loads slimmer this morning too which felt great!! That gave real motivation to have a good food day and i did :hurray:

I've had a really nice day today. I sorted thru all the crap in my room. I am such an untidy person, i just pile stuff on top of other stuff and our bedroom is the worst (well, my side, Mark is one of those very rare tidy men!!!) Anyway, i sorted thru all my hairbands, clips, bands, etc. Jewellery, body lotions, perfumes etc....i.e all my girly stuff. I also sorted thru all the stuff in the bathroom. Shampoos, bubble bath etc. It looks so neat and tidy and SPACIOUS in the bedroom and bathroom now. I wasn't finished there.....I then was brutal going thru all my make-up too. I feel so liberated sorting thru it all. It felt like i was sorting thru me and chucking out the old, if that makes sence. I did my clothes the day before yesterday too, Definatly an New me :)
Mark and Jack took the christmas decorations down while i was doing all this so EVERYTHING looks clean and tidy!!
I then sat in the lounge with coffee and put loads more music on my phone and sorted some new playlists!! Took bloody ages to sort it all but it's all done now. :)

I managed to eat today without felling sick or anything but my stomach still makes lots of noise. I feel fine though. I know it was a bug but feeling like that makes me not want to eat crappy food again!!!

Joh :hurray: :hurray: Yay!!!! You're back!! Missed you lots :) Yeah, i feel fine today :) I can just imagine you freaking out with my calorie intake yesterday! That proper made me giggle :smilielol5: Thank you so much for your lovely comments about my photo's :blush5: :blush5: :blush5: You are so sweet :)
 
Hi Huneybun, There was no need for you to go out in sympathy! Glad you're bouncing back fast though sweetie. De- cluttering is one of the best things you can do for yourself. As soon as I'm better I'm going to do some more. In the last couple of years (4?) I have given away so much stuff that I really do feel like a new me. I can usually find things when I need them which is great. Now I have to help my LH go through all of his clothes. It's time to get ruthless. He can never find something nice to wear & needs new clothes but has so much stuff that is so ordinary. I'm so exhausted even after typing that I think I'll go back to my chair & have a nap. When I'm well I am going to do everything in my power to not get sick again. 2012 I promise will be the year that I build up my immune system & really take care of myself. Sending you lots and lots of love my sweet friend, xoxo Cate
 
I LOVE THE WAY YOU LOOK IN THW DRESSES !!!!YOU ARE SLIM!!!!!!!!!!!!YOU ARE AMAZING!!!!YOU MADE IT HAPPEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

you made me think that i will too get to be a size 10~~~~~~cause i really have felt "comfortable" the way i am plus the really bad month of eating i had!But nooooooo you are proof!!!!


I think the black lace one is super special out of all!its really sexy!love it!you also look really fit!Not a thin stick with no life in!!!You look fit and strong!!!!


So hope you are really fine today!Good for resting !!!!Your cals seem fine!

AAA and your new goal weight i think that its about another 10 kg???thats how much i also need...well at least get there and see.Its so damn difficult.The weight leaves more at first.

SO | wish you A LOVELY YEAR AHEAD And we will be at our weight this year feeling SUPER FANTASTIC ABOUT IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
Hi Kate,


First of all, Happy New Year!!!


These days I’ve been reading your diary and I just wanted to tell you what an inspiration you are. Congratulation on your weight-loss and I agree with the other girls: you look stunning (particularly in the lace dress). You totally rock!


I particularly liked you first resolution, about accepting compliments. I’m a lot worse than you at accepting compliments. When people around me notice a tiny weight loss, I go into “freak†mode and start eating to compensate (need to feel safe) and eventually gain back the lbs. So, one of my resolutions is also accepting a slimmer version of “meâ€.


Good luck with your last 20 pounds.

Mady
 
ADAY 186

Breakfast: 2 small slices of wholemeal toast with light spread and marmite (172 cals)
Lunch: cheese on flatbread (215 cals)
Dinner: Rocky road cheesecake (300 cals)
Snacks: Pitta and dip, 2 mozarella sticks, 2 mini duck pancakes with sweet chilli dip, 2 biscuits, 2 coffees and popcorn!! (605 cals)
Total calories = 1292

Exercise: (in order) 5 min walk, 20 min run, 5 min walk, 3x12 chest press, 3x12 peck flye, 3x12 tricep extentions, 200 reps on the abs machine, 10 mins cross trainer, 3x12 chest press, 3x12 peck flye, 3x12 tricep extentions and finally another 200 reps on the abs machine.

Got up, had breakfast and went straight to the gym :) my run was hard work but i haven't felt great for a few days and my stomack was still bloated and in pain :( Really enjoyed it though. It's good to be back :)
Rob came round this afternoon....Hence eating all the naughty food!!! He is such a bad influence!!! We spent the afternoon playing golf on the Wii (i won, which really pissed him off, he hates losing, tee hee!!!) and then we went to the cinema to watch Mission Impossible. All in all a lovely day. Back to work tomorrow :( Actually, it will be nice to get back into a normal routine, it makes my food routine so much easier!

Cate I was always a copycat lol. Yeah, de-cluttering is awesome. It is so liberating!!! I hope you feel 100% soon and good for you for sorting you imune system this year, that's an awesome idea. I really think i might copy that too :)

Jess :blush5: Aww thank you sweetie. You really made me blush! And.....Ooooh, we can do this last 20lb together. :)

Mady Heya :seeya: Thanks for stopping by. OMG !!! I was totally blown away with what you wrote. It is so touching that i can inspire others and Thank you for your lovely comment. I looked to see if you had started a diary, and you have!! So i am gonna definaltly follow you and keep inspiring you until you get to where you want to be. It can be done, i am proof of that hun. Thanks again for your lovely words :)
 
Kate,


I only wrote how I feel. Your journey is remarkable. And your willpower to exercise, too. That’s one of my “weak†points. Food’s not a problem but staying focused on exercise is. But I’m changing that, thanks to this forum.:biggrin:
 
ADAY 187

Breakfast: 50g porridge (180 cals)
Lunch: Ham, lettuce and light mayo wholemeal sandwich, 97 cal crisps, satsuma, youghurt and a 99 cal bar of choc (456 cals)
Dinner: Chicken, potato's, green beans, cauliflower and gravy (263 cals)
Snacks: 3 coffee's and some christmas cake (345 cals)
Total calories = 1244

Exercise: 100 crunches, 20 bridges & 20 leg lifts (don't know if they are called that, you put your hands under your bum and lift your legs then lower slowly to near the floor....repeat, i saw someone doing them at the gym yesterday and thought i would give them a go. Bugger me they are hard lol)

Back to work today :( But on the plus side going to work makes my routine easier :) This morning was manic and i think i spent the entire time running up and down the bloody stairs!! There is still choc's and biscuits in the staff room :( and one of them had the lid off with all the little biscuits waving at me. I walked past them twice, each time thinking 'ooh, one won't hurt' but didn't have any and then the third time i had to go past them i put the lid on and stuffed them down the side of the microwave :hurray: Result!!!!!

I have had such a horrid bloated stomach this afternoon, I was fine this morning so i don't know why it came on. I guess it will take a few days for my body to get back to normal. It really shows me how intolerent i am to all that rich crappy food.

Ooooooooh, i showed some of the girls at work my 'size 10 dress' photo's (i must be getting better with the compliments cos i would never have shown them any before) they were lovely and one of them said ' hey, that's not fair i cant get into Next size 10, get you girl' I was well made up. I see her as really slim and i really don't see myself anywhere near her size. Weird huh!!!!

Princess My exercise regime freaks me out. I am embarassed when people ask me 'how have you done it' regarding my weight loss. Anyone who has known me for a while laugh (not at me, with me) cos they know that it is sooooooooo not me. But i really have to say I genuinely bloody love it especially running. I don't wanna be the kind of person to say 'oh, you have to try it' But the difference it has made to me mentally is just bloody remarkable. Also, i have got my siser-in-law running (she did her fist 5k fun run on new years day) and she has done no exercise in her life before. My brother is totally blown away that she was motivated by how it had changed my life where he has been pestering her to go running with him for years!!!

Mady Like i just said to Princess. I was the laziest person you could imagine. If someone had told me six months ago that i would be addicted to running, i would have laughed in their face!!!!! I don't know how much of my diary you have read but i started doing 'couch 2 5k' back in July and that starts at 1 min interval running. It got me running from 1 min to 30 mins in 9 weeks and it's all in my diary. (aug 11th is the first day i did a 20 min run and it was my birthday!! best birthday ever!!) I love going back and reading it. It's so funny seeing me freak out about 'oh god, i've got to up it to 3 mins this week' And now i 'just run' I am up to 9k now!! I really don't wanna say 'try it' but 'give it a go' :) It has changed my life and what it has done for me mentally is beyond words.

Can you guess that i love running!!! Ok, you can tell me to shut up about it now. :blush5:
 
"Can you guess that I love running!!! Ok, you can tell me to shut up about it now. :blush5:"

Never!!!!

Kate you may even inspire me to challenge myself to a run. Couch to 5K hey? I would have to own a treadmill though I think or be near a gym? What do you reckon?

xoxo Cate
 
Kate you are such an inspiration. I can't believe exercising has made such a change to you not only physically but mentally!! It just proves the power of exercise and fresh air!!:)


Can i ask how you deal with your feet after all the running? Like, do you get cuts, blisters on your feet?


SO FRICKEN PROUD OF YOU:)!!!!!!!!! xx
 
ADAY 188

Breakfast: 50g porridge (180 cals)
Lunch: Chicken salad, 97 cal crisps, 95 cals of choc, yoghurt and a satsuma (392 cals)
Dinner: Chicken risotto and salad (326 cals)
Snacks: 3 coffees, 97 cal crisps, banana, ryvita and i am going to have some christmas cake in a minute (553 cals)
Total calories = 1451

I have been proper hungry today, well not hungry but needing food. Hopefully i can keep things under control until this passes. I was bloated again this afternoon, not as bad as yesterday but still not normal.

Some of you may remember the whole 'job problem thing' well, today the powers that be came to the surgery for an inspection and fingers crossed, it went ok. Julie (the practice manager) said that the HAD to get a VT trainee so i really don't need to worry :)

Cate Sod the treadmill and the gym. Get a nice pair of trainers, put some headphones in with some great music and just go for it. Take it steady, try C25K cos that will get you doing it so your body copes with the changes each week. :) And i so know you are thinking 'i'm too old' well you aint. My sunday running partner is in her 50's so there :)

Princess My feet are fine. i have never had a blister or cuts. i do have to make sure my toe nails are short but other than that, nothing. If you are serious about doing it get a decend pair of trainers. I paid £60 for mine!!!! I have never paid £60 for any pair of shoes in my bloody life but it was so worth it. The trainers i had when i started were £5 and they were just so uncomfy when i started running more than 3-5 mins. I do find i have tight ankles the morning after running but that goes within about half an hour. Give it a go sweetie. I would love it if you, or anyone on here got into running due to my addiction :)
 
Buying a new pair of trainers was on my shopping list for this weekend.:smilielol5: Now I’ll now what to look for. Not that I’ll start using them right now. I’ll use them next week as a motivation to go to the gym some more :blush5:


I'm glad you got the news about the new VT trainee.
 
I can't believe you don't get any cuts or blisters on your feet Kate.

When i was even walking a good few months ago, i got blisters and sore feet, especially my right foot:( But i have bad feet in general! SO not fair.

I would love to take up running though, it would be brilliant for me.



All the best lovely

xxx
 
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