A new me! (hopefully, with some help)

katehunibun said:
Had one of those lovely moments this morning when i tried on something that never fitted and it did today. I have this pile of clothes that don't fit anymore and, for some reason, this morning i picked up a pair of black denium leggin type things and pulled them on. I genuinly didn't think they would go on but wanted to see how far off they were from fitting but.......They fit great, i don't bulge out of the top of them either and they feel comfy!!!!! How cool is that?!?
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What a great way to start the day...love love love it!! I don't know what feeling is better trying on clothes that didn't fit that now do...or seeing the scale go down.....I think the clothes maybe...its not like we carry a scale and spread sheet around...haha...but we sure can carry a sassy attitude and a great outfit around!! CONGRATS :)
 
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DAY 28

Breakfast: 2 small peices of wholemeal toast with light spread & marmite
Lunch: Fishermans pie
Dinner: 1 sausage with peas & broad beans, dry roasted potato, beetroot, shalotts and courgette and a little gravy
Snacks: 100 cals of choc, i've got cals left so might have some more later.

Exercise: sweaty allotment working!!

Had a great start to the day with my new 'woo hoo, they fit me now' trousers. I can't believe how much smaller my legs look in them. Had my nails done this morning, I love them being done, such girly time.
Went up to the allotment after lunch and it was so hot working, i was sweating as much as i do at the bloody gym, but brought loads of food home today. I love the feeling of harvesting, it rocks!
Our dinner was all from the allotment except the sausages and gravy. We also brought home more raspberries, swede and raddish. French beans will be ready to start coming home soon too.

DM How weird you saying about not keeping 'fat clothes' cos tomorrow i am going to go thru my clothes and be brutal!!! I have things that just look bloody stupid now, they were too big when i got them cos it was 'comfy' but look terrible now. Getting rid of them instead of putting them in the loft would be a real biggy for me. But what you said makes sence. I'm not sure whether i am confident enough in myself to not need them and i can't afford to go buy a whole new lot.
I will set that as my 20lb target, reach that and i will get rid of the clothes. How's that?
I didn't get my bath cos it was just too hot today, shower felt great. But, i do love baths, that is great 'me' time. I always take music and a book and usually have candles too and lots of lovely smelly bubbles!!!!
They were talking about banoffee pie on the radio today!!!!! I am definatly being stalked by it lol!!

Tetemcg Clothes fitting is better i reacon than scales cos they are just a number and smaller clothes fitting makes it real. And yes it is totally awesome, really really was a great start to the day!!

Weigh in tomorrow!!! Can't believe i have been doing this for 4 weeks! Fingers crossed.
 
Morning.

Weigh in day!! And i lost..........3lb!!! this week. Yay!!! That is 14lb in total so far, just 1lb from my birthday target! But for me the biggy is that 14lb is a stone (in england) I am so chuffed that i have lost a stone in 4 weeks. Yay!!!!!!! Thank you, thank you, thank you! I can't thank you guys enough, you have totally changed me. 'Group hug'.

Lying in bed this morning i said to Mark that today was weigh day and he prodded me in the ribs and said 'well, you have ribs and your boobs are smaller!' Ut-oh smaller boobs but he said 'that's ok, as long as they stay a good handful' LOL bless him (i think)

Today i am going to the gym this morning (first time i have done that on a sunday!) and then i am going to sort thru all my cloths into 'too big' 'ok' and 'i never wear you so i'm gonna chuck you' I am gonna put the 'too big' stuff in the loft and when i have reached 20lb i am gonna take them to the charity shop. I do have a pair of jeans that i kept from when i was a size 22. They are my 'you ain't getting to that size again' clothes!!!
This afternoon there is 'birdman' going on down the pier. It is a jumping off the pier in stupid costumes trying to fly competition, also there is bands, food etc and Jack is doing a few preformances with 'make the move' (his theatre dance, drama group)
I am quite worried that i am going to be tempted to eat something that i shouldn't especially now that i have reached 1 stone!! I am really really gonna try not to but i think 'mr whippy' ice cream might drag me over kicking and screaming and stuff itself into my mouth.

Check out the new ticker :):):):)
 
DAY 29

Breakfast: 2 small slices of wholemeal toast with light spread and marmite
Lunch: Ham, lettuce and light mayo wholmeal sandwich and 97 cal crisps
Dinner: Spagetti with light philli and basil and a salad
Snack: 260cals of choc!

Exercise: did the next C25K session and walked loads today!

I really struggled today!!!! Mark and Jack went down to the pier before me so i walked down on my own. That walk has never smelt so good!!!! Fish&chips, burgers, hotdogs, fudge all the way down there. And there was burgers, sweets and a beer tent at the pier!!!! Then later me & Jack came home, me for dinner and Jack for his skateboard. I bought Jack chips on the way home and walked with him while he ate them. I didn't pinch a single one!!! Amazing! Came home and had a healthy dinner and walked back down again on my own but this time i had that argument with myself all the way, at one point i was going to have an ice cream 'i've lost a stone' 'it is weigh in day and i always have a treat normally (except for this healthy eating plan) after i've weighed' 'i have done a month of not going over my cals so it won't hurt once' etc etc but i managed to not do it. I am proud of myself but i am more angry with myself for actually having the bloody argument in the first place!!!!! The thing that stopped my doing it was that i didn't wanna go over my cals and then having to tell you guys.
So i'm at home now with a wegde of fruit & nut dark chocolate, cos i had enough cals left and it is yummy!! I did it, i didn't cave!

Daily Thanks for stopping by my diary and thanks for the congrats :) I would like to have lost 20lb before my holiday at the end of Aug i think, I don't want to set too high a goal so i don't get too disapointed, i think i will set them as i reach each one. I have a long way to go still.
 
Well done for fitting into the leggings :) And losing 3 whole pounds of blubber in a week.

You are doing great, resisting the cake at work, all the tempting stuff at the seaside, and your sons chips. :D

I love that us Brits use stones as measurements, because we can celebrate every stone, as well as celebrating the 180's, 170's etc... as well.

You will still be you when you lose weight, just a better version of yourself! Believe it! xxx
 
DAY 30

Breakfast: 2 Wheatabix
Lunch: Ham, lettuce & light mayo wholemeal sandwich, yoghurt and 97 cal crisps
Dinner: 1/4 of a chicken and bacon lettuce pie with salad and a bit of light salad cream (Mark made dinner and he said 'We have got salad with the pie to counteract the calories' bless him) The pie wasn't too bad, it was 365cals and tasted yum! They had new potatos but i didn't.
Snacks: ricecake and gonna have a solero in a minute.

Exercise: Nope, none today.

I can't believe i have made it to day 30!! How cool is that?!?!?

I did a stupid thing this morning. I woke up feeling all bloated and fat and then went on the scales.......they were 2lb up from yesterday WTF!!!! I was gutted. I know i shouldn't have done it especially feeling as fat as i did but it really pissed me off. And, i had been super good yesterday not eating any of the wonderful food i could have had. I was definatly in the 'why did i bloody bother then' kinda mood. I snapped out of it eventually and have learnt my lesson about weighing too much.
I came off my pill last week so that's probably got something to do with it (well, that's what i'm telling myself anyway lol) I managed to not have a 'fuckit' day today so it's all good.

I forgot to say yesterday that i went thru all my clothes, it was so liberating! I had a big bag of things that didn't fit anymore that i had put away cos they were depressing me more and i went thru them and tried them all on and.....................everything fits except 2 pairs of jeans!!!!!!!AWESOME!! I have so many more clothes now and the idea was to thin them out lol. One of these pairs of jeans will probably fit in about 7lb but the others (those are the ones that i got in a sale that were slightly too small when i was about 15lb lighter than i am now so have never worn them, they still have the tag on!) were way too small so they are my next target after 20lbs. I am gonna squeeze my bum into them lol. Oooooooooh and i found a 14 top in amongst all these clothes that fitted too, so wore it yesterday to the pier. Had to be done tee hee!
 
katehunibun said:
I forgot to say yesterday that i went thru all my clothes, it was so liberating! I had a big bag of things that didn't fit anymore that i had put away cos they were depressing me more and i went thru them and tried them all on and.....................everything fits except 2 pairs of jeans!!!!!!!AWESOME!! I have so many more clothes now and the idea was to thin them out lol. One of these pairs of jeans will probably fit in about 7lb but the others (those are the ones that i got in a sale that were slightly too small when i was about 15lb lighter than i am now so have never worn them, they still have the tag on!) were way too small so they are my next target after 20lbs. I am gonna squeeze my bum into them lol. Oooooooooh and i found a 14 top in amongst all these clothes that fitted too, so wore it yesterday to the pier. Had to be done tee hee!
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:) :) Congrats on acquiring the "new" clothes...What a freaking awesome feeling...LOVE IT!!! :) :)
 
DAY 31

Breakfast: 2 wheatabix
Lunch: Ham, lettuce and light mayo wholmeal sandwich, yoghurt and 97 cal crisps
Dinner: 2 fishcakes and salad with a little light salad cream
Snacks: 2 ricecakes, a tiny apple and i'm gonna have a solero in a minute

Exercise: Session 10 of C25K

I got an email from one of my best friends, who has been in Thailand for a year, this morning which made my day. So had a really good start to the day!
We had a patient come in today who we have been seeing for years and she was in my anti-natel group when i was pregnant with Jack. Anyway, she was rather large and has lost 3 stone (42lb) since January and she is now a size 14 (was nearly a 20) she looks bloody awesome!!!!! it really gave me more insentive to keep going, it really did. She is so happy too, bless her, i was really pleased for her.

I saw that i was going to be doing 3 and 5 min running intervals (16 mins running in total) on my C25K today and i have to admit that i was a bit worried, that was way longer than i had done up til now!!!
My trainers are crap, i paid £5 for them ages ago and they are really uncomfortable when i run, so............i went and got some proper running trainers this afternoon. I paid £60 for them!!!!!!!! I have never EVER paid more than £20 for any shoes! But.....They are awesome!!!! Sooooooo comfy and when i did my run today they didn't hurt my feet at all. And i did my session with no problem. I was really really pleased with myself. Go me!!
 
Congrats on reaching the magic month mark :party: that was such a milestone for me as well. You've done the hardest part now :)

I'm happy you splashed out on nice trainers, and the difference in comfort is enormous. Your definitely dedicated to the cause.

I'm with you there, its brill when you rediscover the skinnier half of your wardrobe. I was so excited when size 16's fitted me again, as I had hardly any clothes in 18's, cos I thought that buying size 18 clothes would be admitting to myself that I was an 18. Now, I'm a 14 and none of my clothes fit me again haha, but this time they are all too big rather than too small :) Its definitely better that way around tho :) I've bought a few bits in a 14, but I'm going to wait till I'm a 10 before buying anything nice. Which hopefully will only be a few months away, fingers crossed.
 
great to buy new shoes for your running!and even more great you'[re on day 30 and trying on clothes that didnt fit!!!THe feeling is amazing!!!\

As you can see youhave done great till now!!!!keep it up and those jeans are going to fit and look amazing!
 
DAY 32

Breakfast: 2 wheatabix
Lunch: ham, lettuce and light mayo wholemeal sandwich, yoghurt and 97 cal crisps
Dinner: 2 boiled eggs and ham salad with a few cold new potato's and light salad cream
Snacks: ricecake and i'm gonna have a bit of choc in a minute

Exercise: session 11 of C25K

Had a pretty good day, looking forward to doing my running this evening but.......It was really really hard!!! I don't know why, yesterday was fine, i loved it but today was really hard and i really struggled with it. I did it but didn't enjoy it, i was like 'oh, god no!!' when i had to run the 2nd 5 min run. I know it was much hotter today but i left the gym feeling shaky and a bit sick! My C25K app tells me to rest for a day in between sessions but i was desperate to do more. Am i doing it to quickly? I did them three days in a row last week but they were shorter runs. What do you reckon?

One good thing, well, odd really, when i got home from the gym my back was sore so i lay on my back on the lounge floor and got mark to hold my feet and push my legs to stretch my back out but he was messing around and pushed much further than normal but my body kept going and he kept pushing until my toes touched the floor behind my head!!!!!!!!!! WTF!! That has got to be the first time ever that i have been able to do that since i was about 4!!! How flexable am i lol!!
 
You should change your nic to Hotflexibun!!!!
Its amazing how our body changes when we get healthier isnt it?

I dont know what to say about the workout.I dont know.But i too have felt sick after working out and while i was exercising i felt the same,like "oh no....i Must do this?"
I remember the times this happened to me was because i was forcing myself to workout , when i was really tired ...and once it happened i was coming down with a cold.

As always your food is soooo good!
 
DAY 33

Breakfast: porridge!! (Jack finished off the wheatabix yeasterday, haven't had porridge since the winter)
Lunch: Ham, lettuce and light mayo wholemeal sandwich, yoghurt and 97 cal crisps
Dinner: Jacket potato and baked beans
Snacks: 2 ricecakes and i'm gonna have some choc in a minute.

Exercise: None. My body is wrecked!!

I stressed a bit today about why i felt so ill after yesterdays run. I couldn't decide whether to crack on and do it tonight or to rest (like i'm supose to). By the end of the day i had decided to do it but my legs ached when i walked home from work and i thought 'you are being stupid, your body is telling you to rest' so i am resting tonight and it feels really lazy. Tomorrow i am going to run with my allotment neighbour, the trail we are going to do is about 4 miles but we will walk too. I'm really looking forward to it so hopefully my legs will fell better for then.
 
Good job on your commitment so far! You're doing very well.

It's okay to have rest days, they're actually very important to allow your body to repair muscle tissue. You should take a break whenever you feel sore or too tired. It's your body telling you to slow down. If you feel great, run all you want.

In addition to running it's probably a good idea to incorporate some strength training into your exercise routine. Don't worry about 'bulking up' it take a lot of time for women to gain enough muscle for it to be evident. However, it will help you burn some calories as well as toning and shaping your body. As well, for me at least, empowers me!

Once again, you're doing great! Keep it up! :D
 
It was SO hot yesterday, and that sort of heat can drain you a bit, so no wonder you felt a bit sick after.

I really admire your dedication to running. It is really important to rest on your rest days tho. When you push yourself a bit more, you get millions of little micro tears in your muscles, when they heal they are stronger than before, which will give you more endurance and strength. If you go running two consecutive days, the first day was almost in vain, as your muscles are not stronger as they didn't have time to repair themselves.

Glad you've got a jogging buddy to pair up with. And you've already planned a 4 mile route! I know you won't be jogging it all, but that's an impressive distance :D
 
Hi darlin!

You're doing so well! Sorry I've been awol for a while. I think that you really should take your time with the running. Your body needs time to build the new muscle and to recover - like how when you go to the gym, they tell you to have a break between your muscle building days.

So take a break, lovely! :)
 
DAY 34

Breakfast: Porridge
Lunch: Ham, lettuce and light mayo wholemeal sandwich, yoghurt and 97 cal crisps
Dinner: Lime, corriander and sweet chilli chicken and salad with light ceaser dressing
Snacks: granola bar, apple, 195 cals of choc and still got cals left for a solero in a bit

Exercise: Session 12 of my C25K

I felt better today for resting yesterday. My legs didn't ache today! Whoop!

Earlier in my diary i did one of my C25K runs outside, i think it was the 2nd one. Anyway, it nearly killed me, it was so much harder than at the gym then everyone told me that going UP the railway line was an incline which explained why i struggled. This evening my allotment neighbour, Jane, came and picked me up and we drove to the other end of the railway line and we did my C25K session together down (on the slight decline) it and when we got to the bottom (i live there) i drove her back to her car. I loved it, it was quite hard to start with, figuring a pace that i was ok with but we did it really well, and managed to chat during some of it!! It was lovely running outside, thru the forest. beautiful scenery! We are going to do it again on sunday morning.

I am still not struggling with food!!! YET! I am waiting for it to happen but nothing yet.
I am gonna make Banoffee pie for my birthday, (At work we have to take cake in when it's our birthday) and i'm gonna try and work it so that i can have some and not go over my cals!! What a bloody freak huh!! I am going out next saturday (girly birthday night) for a few glasses of wine and CURRY! and i am gonna eat healthy during the day but not worry about cals at all while i am out. Can't wait!! That is gonna be the first time that i will be going over my cals!!!

DM You have inspired me to try and eat healthy while i am on holiday at the end of the month. I usually take disposable BBQ's and have burgers, sausages, bread, pitta and dips etc every dinner but i am thinking about what to take that is healthier. I have got some chicken strips, pork/pepper kebabs and lean bacon so far to stick in the freezer ready to take with me. I have NEVER ever thought about eating healthy while on holiday and i really want to do it. Fingers crossed!

Rainbow Thank you for your advise about running (And Snezy & DM too) you are so right. I was really worried that i would give up because i felt so horrid afterwards but it was good to learn that i was just being stupid and impatient! It made such a difference today having rested yesterday, Yes, it was hard but i was really up for it and really really enjoyed it and didn't feel rubbish afterwards either, to be honest i could have done it again. Jane said the same too. Thanks guys, you are awesome.
 
Morning all.

Remember those 2 pairs of jeans i told you about? Well, i tried the bigger of them on this morning and i managed to get them on and the top button done up!!! Boy, do i bulge out the top of them but hey they did up......Not long now hopefully!!!

Reading diaries this morning and some of you feel 'fat' today. I feel the same, even though i tried those jeans on. Why do we have days like that? I know i have lost shed loads of weight in the last 4 weeks so i should feel slimmer, but don't. It's like my head had forgotten that i was fatter and is use to this size and still hates it. We really are weird huh!
I look at pictures of you (jasper, rainbow and dm) and i think OMG you all look great and can't see why you would feel like that but i supose everyone has their own issues. You are all way skinnier than me lol. Isn't it odd what the female brain can do, bloody thing!

Oooh, Mark has decided that my boobs are on the verge of getting too small!!!! Yay!! i hate them but he loves them. He is liking my smaller bum though :)

Sorry for my ramblings this morning, i know that's what this diary is for but i'm not sure i make sence, i do in my head but it never looks right when i write it down.
Don't have a clue what i'm gonna do today, i need a good kick of motivation or i'm gonna end up slobbing on the sofa or resorting to pro-plus!!!

Love & hugs all Xx
 
:) Hi hotbuns - I'm so glad that I've inspired you to try to be healthy on your holiday! It sounds like you are totally getting that all organised, and the strange thing is that the healthy food you make will probably end up being a lot tastier than the stuff you would have had before anyway. Yay!

And really reallllly glad that you took a day off from your running and could feel the difference. When I was doing our big cycle tour, I didn't really give myself days off for a while, and I got really sick - a lot. It was like my body just wasn't regenerating and I was getting not only really bad colds and a horrific flu, but also I got stye, a kidney infection, thrush, you name it, I got it. And things I had never had before. It was like my body was just shutting down and became really really vulnerable. I realise now that I really should have eased myself into it, should have insisted to my man that I wasn't as fit as him and needed to take my time.

Whoops - sorry for the preach! All about me! My bad. I'm just really glad that you felt the benefits of that day off!

I can't imagine doing the running inside like you do... I had forgotten about you having to do it inside! I'd been having visions of you running through a park or on a sports field or something! It's so cool that you have a running buddy - are you both at about the same fitness level?

Yeah fat days. They SUCK. It is SO FREAKING AWESOME that you can fit into those jeans, but it's really sad that you you still had a fat day despite that! Our minds really are weird things! We just have to learn to trick our brains into seeing the positive. Somehow.

Have a glorious weekend, m'dear!
 
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