A new me! (hopefully, with some help)

Hi Ken
Thank you so much for your lovely comments and i am so pleased that my 'laser focus' is motivating you. Love the phrase!! it sounds so much better than 'obsession' which is what i labeled it as. I hope i have been of help cos you guys have given me the motivation to do this so i would be so made up if i can help others too.
 
DAY 11

Breakfast: 2 Wheatabix
Lunch: ham, lettuce and light mayo wholemeall sandwich, bag of 97 cal crisps
Dinner: weight watchers fish pie thing with new potato's and half a slice of wholemeal bread with light spread. (only half of the bread and didn't finish all the potato's either cos i was stuffed!!! how cool is that lol? Normally i feel hungry straight after having one of those weight watchers meals) Also, i normally finish everything even when i am full but didn't today. Yay!
Snacks:2 apples and a muller light yoghurt

Exercise: I did an hour at the gym.

I'm feeling really proud of myself because i achieved a goal i set myself today!!!
I can't run, well, i can but i have big boobs that......., yeah well, you get the picture. And, i think i run like a spacker too!! At the gym last wednesday i set my self a goal of walk for 2 mins, run for 2 mins, repeat, for 10 mins. Anyway, i didn't manage the whole 2 mins of the second run so was quite disapointed. On thursday last week i tried it again and managed to do it properly Yay! Well, this morning i decided that i would try it for 20 mins tonight but after a really hot knackering day at work i really didn't even wanna go to the gym, let alone torture myself on the treadmill but.........I did it!!!! i did 20 mins of 2 min interval run/fast walk!!!! i was so pleased with myself. Then did 15 mins on the bike at stupid fast speed and stupid hard level too! I have no idea what is wrong with me lol i think i have turned into a freak. I want to do interval running for 30 mins tomorrow, wish me luck.
I didn't have a car this evening and in the past i would have used that as an excuse not to go but tonight we walked there! Thats a first!! Didn't like the walk home, i looked such a sight lol i'm so glad i didn't see anyone i know, that would have been embarassing. Unfortunatly i one of those people who look like they have had their face painted red and a bucket of water thrown over them after working out.
I love it when the gym makes me feel better after a hard day at work, it's the best!!!
 
Kate - well done on keepign on going, it will start paying dividends very soon (getting over the first little bit is the biggest hurdle!).

AS for running, I too am big boobed and never thought I'd be runny. Then I did the Couch to 5k program (google it) which starts off with interval walking running just like you are descibring and increases it slightlly every session...within 4 weeks I was running for 20 mins without stopped so then I ditched the treadmill, started running outside and now I can do 5km on the hills around where I live without even blinking (I'm slow...but steady), I ran a 10k race in May (again...slow...but I didn't stop!!) and try and get out for 5-7k runs as much as I can. I find it really clears my head and makes me feel mentally and physically much healthier. When I first started, I couldnt even concieve of running for more than a minute or two. I also thought that I wouldn't be able to run without watchign the television in the gym but honestly, running out in the open air, along the roads and country paths is AMAZING. The time flies by so much quicker and there's always things to look at.
 
Yay !!! Good goin ..... It really difficult to start runnin when we feel tired/ not have the mood for it.... but thats when we get most satisfaction out of it (if we do run) ....

for me, lately runnin and cardio is helpin a lot.... wish u all d best :)
 
DAY 12

Breakfast: 2 wheatabix
Lunch: Ham, light mayo and lettuce wholemeal sandwich & a 97 cal bag of crisps
Dinner: Pork steak, (home grown) runner beans, cauli & brocolli and (home grown) new potato's with a little gravy
Snacks: 2 kiwi's, 2 ricecakes and an apple

Exercise: 1 hour at the gym

Thank you so much guys for your encouragement and for your advice about 'couch 2 5k' i was gonna take a look online this evening but i was talking to one of the girls at work this morning and told her about my session on the treadmill. She told me that there was this great app for my phone called 'couch 2 5k'!!!! How mad is that? So, at lunchtime i downloaded it.
I did my C25K at the gym and this app is sooooooooo cool!!!! i can put my music on and then i get this woman talking to me when i need to run, how long i have left on that bit etc. It was totally brill! Was well impressed and really really enjoyed my run. The program was for 28 mins.
 
Hey there, I really like the way you've set up you day-to-day routine... it looks so familiar ;)

Anyways good job on doing so well in your first week and a half. If you keep this up I know you'll have fantastic results.

That app does sound pretty cool, nice job on exercising!
 
Ooo!!! Ooo!!! You are trying the C25K! :hurray:I have heard such incredible things about it - I started it but then I now have an injury (unrelated to that) so I can't run for another four months or so. BOO! I was so motivated!

I printed out the schedule and stuck it on the fridge and, with a big red pen, I crossed off every day I completed. This was great motivation too. Stick with it! So excited to see how you get on with it all! :cheers2:
 
Well done on the walk/run!!!!Its fantastic u did that.I just really cant run,well i can,BUT i smoke and get out of breath.The benefits from walking and running are amazing.I am going to get a treadmill someday when i have a bit of cash to spend ,cause i really want to start running aswell!
you got me thinking of a HUGE mistake i did a year ago ...I enrolled in a gym payed in advance for 14 months (i gave 500 eyros,,,thats A LOT to give at one big bulk!!!) and i just went for a couple of months....then i just stopped and lost all the exercise PLUS money.....I remember when i used to go, getting on the treadmill and trying to go from fast walking to running...i felt so horrible running in front of all these people....and only lasted about a minute!out of breath,and my heart nearlly exploding!!!!!
 
DAY 13

Breakfast: 2 Wheatabix
Lunch: Ham, light mayo and lettuce and a yoghurt
Dinner: Pasta with mushroons, onions, pasatta, light philly, garlic and herbs (we have no food in the house, we usually shop on a fri evening but Mark and Jack are out so just threw together stuff i had)
Snacks: 2 ricecakes and a bag of 97 cal crisps.

I have a something bugging me. I have this appt for my phone that tells me i should eat 1210 cals a day but after dinner i usually have quite a few cals left (tonight i have 214) and i don't know whether to have something in the evening. I have been having choc or low cal crisps some evenings but sometimes i think i shouldn't. I am fine having the food i'm having during the day i just think shit i have got loads of cals left. My head keeps jumping from 'oooh i can have choc' to 'you would lose weight quicker if you didn't' and i don't know what to do. I know slow and steady is good but.............Anyway, your thoughts would be good :)

My day today has been good. The C25K voice in my head(phones) told me to rest today so i am taking that very literally!! Got home from work at about 3pm. Mark went to meet Jack from school and straight from they went to a town about an hour away where Jack is in a show so i have had the house to my self allllll afternoon. Got into my PJ's, made a cup of tea and curled up with my laptop reading about other peoples lives on here and it has been lovely, a cross between having the girls round and reading a good book!!

The C25K appt says i am to do session 2 tomorrow and i have seriously thought about doing that one outside rather than the gym, i just need somewhere i don't see anyone lol

DM While reading your diary i saw that after doing third session of C25K you felt proper sick!!! i thought it eased you in. Now i'm scared lol

Jasper I smoke too :( and when i first tried to run i didn't even manage to do a minute, i thought i was gonna die!! but now i can run for two mins (get me getting all excited about doing two minutes!!) and other than sweating far too much i can do it with out collapsing.

My mum and dad are having a 40th wedding anniversary party tomorrow night which is gonna be my first really big test. I am gonna deive so i CAN'T drink but i think i am going to have to tape my hands to my sides to stop me eating all the yummy party food. I really really want to get thru it without eating something i will regret. I keep telling myself that i can't because it is weigh in day on sunday, lets hope it works..
 
I think that if you calorie count every meal and are sure that you have consumed the right calories(its more difficult than it sounds) then its fine to eat the extra calories left.But if you DONT calorie count,or just count some things you eat then maybe eating extra will slow you down.
I dont calorie count everything.Only things that i think are fattening,like pasta that i love and i also weigh and count cheese.If i have eaten nice for the day,lots of salad,and something grilled,i will have extra snack.But if i have pasta for lunch i will not have some chocolate.
I try to balance it.
You are eating so well,im so glad you are sticing to this.I was reading your first post on this diary and you seem like a different person from the way you are writing and the way you are eating!!!Well done!!!
 
Morning all
I weighed myself this morning and i am so glad i did cos it was really good and i thought 'there is no way i am gonna eat at mum & dad's party tonight, i want that as my official weight tomorrow'. Then came downstairs to have breakfast and we only had white bread and enough milk for coffee so coffee it is lol I am not gonna waste cals on white bread!!!. Shopping in a bit so i'll have a very late breakfast.

Starting the day in a good mood, not sure i'll get to do my C25K today cos i was gonna do it outside and it's raining yuck!!
 
I am just off out to do my C25K session 2!! This is gonna be the first time ever that i have run outside of the gym, such a milestone for me. Wish me luck!!
 
OMG!!!!! That has got to be the hardest i have ever worked out!!! How come running outside is soooooooooooo much harder than on the treadmill? I thought my head was gonna go bang, my heart explode and my lungs implode. Man, that was so so hard, ooh, forgot to mention that i thought i was gonna puke or pass out the after the first 1 min running session right to the end!!! But i did it and i did it properly, didn't stop at all. Very very proud of myself. Yay me!
 
katehunibun said:
OMG!!!!! That has got to be the hardest i have ever worked out!!! How come running outside is soooooooooooo much harder than on the treadmill? I thought my head was gonna go bang, my heart explode and my lungs implode. Man, that was so so hard, ooh, forgot to mention that i thought i was gonna puke or pass out the after the first 1 min running session right to the end!!! But i did it and i did it properly, didn't stop at all. Very very proud of myself. Yay me!
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Well done Kate

Must admit that's impressive stuff to carry on after how you said it felt! Fantastic stuff, I'm made up for you :)
 
Keep going Kate - the C25k is AWESOME and I'm so glad you are getting into it. The first week is the toughest, from then on in, you can actually run a bit so its not so bad. I too had a podcast that talked me through it, then for the longer runs where you warm up and then just run, I started listening to my own music.

Let me tell you a secret.....running in the rain is actually really nice. It looks horrible but is quite soothing and cooling. Obviously not on a cold day when it is really pelting down!! But a bit of soft rain is great.

Keep it up - people say that running isn't that good for losing weight as you eat more to fuel it, but I found it GREAT. And it felt so satisfying too.
 
DAY 14

Breakfast: Large mug of coffee (no food cos didn't shop last night)
Lunch: 2 Poached eggs on wholemeal toast (no butter!)
Dinner: Ham and cheese salad with a little light salad cream.
Snacks: Ham, pork, chicken and salad stuff!!

Exercise: C25K session 2

I am writing this a day late cos we got home soooo late after mum and dad's party.
When i got up i weighed myself, even though it isn't weigh day. I have started doing that recently (not sure it's a good thing but i can't help it) anyway, i was really pleased with what it said and was determined to keep that as my official sunday weight so i told myself i was not going to blow it all at the party.
Did the usual saturday morning stuff and did the food shop then after lunch i did my C25K run! as i said in previous post it was proper hard but i was so proud of myself for actully doing it outside where other people can see me!!
Then showered and got ready for the party. It was my mum and dad's 40th (ruby) wedding anniversary. When i got to their's a few of their friends were already there sorting all the food etc to take to the venue and i was saying that i wasn't gonna be eating and they laughed as mum had done enough food to feed a small town!!! (I don't want to dis my parents but they are the base reason i have such an issue with food, i was always fed huge portions when i was growing up. Mum would say i needed to lose weight but would then feed me shed loads. She tries to do it with our son too lol, but he has Marks shape, tall and skinny so thats ok. My mum is larger than me and she had a gastic band fitted about 18 months ago, she lost lots of weight but still eats junk instead of healthy food) My mums best friend, who i have known all my life was saying she is losing weight too and that we can not eat together. Ooh a really nice thing, my dad had noticed that i had lost weight and he never notices anything Yay!
The party went really well and i had a better time than i thought i would ( i had a few compliments for people saying how great i looked!!!) Fran (mums bff) and i stood and looked at all the food layed out. There was quiche, sausages, pizza, half a ton of sandwiches, crisps, pringles,sausage rolls, pork pies, hot pork,stuffin and apple sauce rolls etc etc but also there was salad, and plain ham, chicken and pork too so fran and i decided that we would have that, which i did and you know what? i was totally fine with it. That is the first time ever (and i really mean EVER) that i have gone to a party and not eating even a little bit of what i call 'bad food' I was going to have a glass of wine but in the end i didn't so by the end of the night i had stayed within my cals!! I had even taken a low cal bag of crisps and a apple with me but didn't have them! The puddings were awesome looking too. There was choc cheesecake, 3 different gataux, carrott cake and an apple toffee thing :( but i didn't have any. I did bring a peice of carrott cake home (it's a vegatable right!!!) and i am going to have it over about 3 days cos it is huge (mums portion).
Another thing i did was dance (ok, it was with the kids) sober!! never done that before either!!

JasperThank you for your post. Yes i do feel a different person and only after 2 weeks. Your comment to my first post has changed me and i can't put into words how grateful i am for that. I really was at a low point and you all have made such a difference to me.

Stan Thank you for your encouragement. It was bloody hard but i felt so so good afterwards and was actually looking forward to the next one. AM i nuts? lol

Jjjay It was proper hard but i so loved the feeling of achievement that i had done it, i am normally such a lazy person at heart and would find any excuse to not do anything. It was raining in the morning, a nice light rain but by the time i did my run it was hot and sunny and trust me after about 30 seconds of running i was hopeing for the bloody rain, i did think how nice it would have feel having lovely cool rain on my burning hot face lol

I just wanna say another huge thanks to you all for your kindness and support. Love ya Xx
 
OK i was gonna post this this evening but i am too excited about it and also i have got a friend coming round for a glass of wine so might be a little bit of a late one.
Anyway, today is my weigh day and i have lost.......4LB!!!
I had aimed to lose 10lb by my birthday (11 aug) but have done it in 2 weeks! Yay!!!! so i am going to change my goal now to lose 15lb by my birthday.

Another thank you to you guys (i know i keep going on about it being you that has done this for me but it really really is.) You have changed me!!!

Love and hugs to all Xx
 
Well done, 4 pounds is brilliant :D Its such a great feeling when your efforts result in a big loss.

And WOW, how did you manage to stay away from all that junk food? You, my dear, are a total saint. I couldn't do that. I would probably get pissed and eat the lot haha :Angel_anim:

You are inspiring me to step up the exercise a bit. I love running (when I'm fit), but the prospect of going through the puffy hard bit first puts me off. It has to happen though. Sigh.
 
DAY 15

Breakfast: 2 slices of wholemeal toast with light spread and marmite
Lunch: bag of 97 cal crisps and an apple
Dinner: 1/2 chicken pie, new potato's, cauli, brocolli, peas and a little gravy
Snacks: 95 cal crisps and in a bit i am gonna have my peice of carrot cake!!! i have enough cals to have it all so i think, seeing as i have reached my mini goal, i'm gonna have the whole slice!!! exciting!

Today was a weird one. Jack had his showcase at the theatre so went down to watch. Was there all day, hense my weird lunch. Marks mum and stepdad came too and i had to sit with them at lunchtime while they ate cheesy chip sandwiches!!! I had nothing, so that went well but Mark's mum waved a chip in my direction (mother in-laws are great aint they lol) then they also sat eating fudge while watching the show. If they didn't say anything i think i would have been fine but they kept apologising, which pissed me off a bit.
I watched Jack doing tap for the first time today and was really impressed how good he was and he did a body popping solo in another song. I was bursting with pride, especially when he got a round of applause for his little bit. That's my boy!!

Rainbow Thanks for the encouragement. I found today harder than yesterday, i think cos i was having a laugh last night and today i was just sat with Mark's mum listerning to her complain about how shit everything is, while they ate cheesey chips. But hey i got thru that too. Yay!
 
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