A new me! (hopefully, with some help)

I understand what you are saying about not looking like yourself anymore... I look in the mirror, then look at the pictures I have around the house....Not the same guy..... But a better guy! Embrace who you are! You are doing so great!!!!!! Keep it up!
 
ADAY 80

Breakfast: 2 wheatabix
Lunch: Ham, lettuce and mayo wholemeal sandwich, 97cal crisps and a yoghurt
Dinner: Ham, a little peice of salami, a few small peices fish, a small spoonful of curried rice, prawn mayo and some apple yoghurt thing and lettuce tomato, cucumber and a glof ball size wholmeal roll.
Snacks: Granola bar, apple

Exercise 100 crunches (which was really hard still!!!!) 50 bridges.

I felt better about the issues i had yesterday. I sort of felt like i wanted to 'pause' losing weight so i can get use to what i look like but found that i still wanted to eat healthy so i am gonna just tell myself 'just get over it'.
I had to go on a course after work this evening. It was soooo boring! There was a buffet provided for dinner and i was worried about what it was going to be but it was fine, there was plenty of healthy food and i actually didn't want any pudding!!! Get me! It was cheesecake, gateaux, or some apple tart thingy.

I'm off to the cinema with my dad tomorrow night.......Fingers crossed that i can resist the pop corn!!!!!!!

Sorry, i got back really late and am knackered. I will catch up with all your diaries tomorrow.

Jasper Thanks sweetie :) I will get my head round it soon. It just freaked me out a bit. Joh is the one to ask about curry, she makes them from scratch. I had chilli, is that what you wanted to know how to make?

Rider Heya, thanks for stopping by and a huge thank you for your comments, it really is appreciated. This is the first time i have looked at myself and seen such a huge difference. I can see it in my photo's but it's so freaky having someone that doesn't look like me staring back in the mirror.
 
ADAY 81

Breakfast: 2 wheatabix
Lunch: Ham, lettuce, light mayo wholemeal sandwich, 97cal crisps and a yoghurt
Dinner: Spagetti meatballs
Snacks: Granola bar, dutch chrispbake, apple and most of a packet of softmints

Exercise: 100 crunches and 50 bridges

Went to the cinema with dad and didn't have any popcorn :hurray:
When i got to their house to pick him up he asked if i wanted a chicken roll 'no, thanks dad' then a chicken drumstick 'I'm fine dad, thanks' then he said he was going to treat me to fish and chips on the way home. 'I don't want fish & chips!' and then finally he tried to get me a tub of Ben and Jerry's ice cream!!!!!!! I think i did really well so get away with not having anything. Yay me!
I've not got time AGAIN this evening to read your diaries. Sorry.....I feel really bad. I will definatly catch up tomorrow.
 
Wow well done on turning down fish and chips, and ben and jerrys!!I dont think i could have been as strong as you with that:):)


Also this might be a stupid question, but what are bridges?


What did ye see in the cinema?:)


You are doing fab Kate:) xxx
 
ADAY 82

Breakfast: 2 wheatabix
Lunch: Ham, lettuce and light mayo wholmeal sandwich, 97cal crisps and a yoghurt
Dinner: Small bowl of chilli & rice
Snacks: Granola bar, apple and 130 cals of chocolate

Exercise: 100 crunches, 50 bridges and a big time failure running at the gym...Explaination below :)

I am knackered!!! loads of late nights!! I really don't like being busy in the evenings on a week day. I wanna sit here and read diaries :) Work was sooooo busy today, i seemed to be chasing my tail all day and we finished so late :( I was so looking forward to going to the gym all day. I hadn't managed to go since sunday!!!! And i was getting really twitchy. It really is an addiction isn't it!
Lucy (Luzdafuzz) mentioned doing sprints in with my runs which i was up for and i had a thought that i would do my C25K again and instead of running and walking i would run faster and run my normal speed instead of walking! I was proper excited about trying it..........It didn't quite go to plan. I was going to run at 11.00 and then 9.5.......This is how it went.
5 min walk on 6.0 (i always start with that)
1 min run on 11.0 (wow, that was easy, i will up it next time)
1 and a half min run on 9.5 (ok, this is cool)
1 min run on 11.5 (tee hee this is like proper fast..get me)
1 and a half minute run on 9.5 ( whoa shit i now can't breath!)
1 min run on 11.0 (no bloody way i am gonna do 11.5!!!.....Shit, i now have a stich...this is rock hard!!!!)
1 and a half min run on 9.0 (oh god , i feel sick! Why is this soooooo hard?!!)
1 min run on 11.0 (i am going to die!)
45 seconds on 9.0 (fucking hell) STOP TOTALLY and hyperventalate!!!! That is the first time i have stopped in the middle of a run!!!!.....But i start again..
45 seconds on 8.5 (ok, i can manage this)
1 min run on 11.0 (OMG, OMG!!! I can't do this)
1 and a halk min WALK on 6.5 (i felt proper sick for the first bit of this but was ok at the end so....)
1 min run on 11.0 (ok, so i can't do this all the way thru, i'll run and walk but run fast)
1 and a half min walk on 6.5 (heavy breathing but still upright lol)
1 min run on 11.00 ( i am staring at the wall with my teeth clenched thinking. 'just keep going. it's only a minute')
1 and a half min walk on 6.5 (holding onto the sides of the treadmill)
1 min run on 11.0 (thank fuck!! the last one!!!)
5 min walk on 6.5. finished Yay!!!!!

I was a dripping mess. I can't believe how much harder it is. I was getting a little bit bored doing 30 min running at 9.0-9.5, it's a long time to being doing the same thing. i really didn't think how different it would be going much faster. Even though i felt bloody awful when i finished i SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO wanna go back and have another go tomorrow. I am going to do this!!!! I can't believe how determined i am to do it. I loved that i found it so hard because i know what that feeling is like when i HAVE managed to do it.

Princess I think i must be a freak cos i really didn't want any of it!!! I didn't at any point have that argument with myself!!
'Bridges' is a name i gave an exercise i do because i have no idea what they are called! Jasper does them as well and i noticed she calls them that too lol. You lie on the floor, knees bent, as if you are going to do crunches but you lift your pelvis as high as you can and then squeeze your knees together. Apparantly it is good for your lower tummy and bum. I do them in between crunch sets cos it is different muscles and it gives the other muscles chance to stop screaming at me :)

Lucy i think i would feel really sick if i had fish and chips now. I love them but they use to make me feel proper stuffed. What did ya think of my running?

Joh There was no way i was going to look at what flavours there was. I would have caved if phish food was there. It's proper freaky how i can still not cave! I am a weirdo!!!
 
WOOOOOOOOOO go you and your running!!!! Just wait until your slower run becomes 10kms and you're sprinting at 12 or more!! I'm super impressed!!! Absolutely LOVE your description of it by the way, you gave me the giggles!!!


I make my fish n chips healthy- I bake fish with herbs or crumbs and I have an awesome recipe to season home made chips, tastes awesome with sweet potato too. I eat everything, I just make everything a bit healthier so I can justify it... I guess I have it easy here though, this has to be the ONLY TOWN IN AUSTRALIA WITHOUT A FISH AND CHIP SHOP! Unbelievable, haha!!
 
ADAY 83

Breakfast: 2 wheatabix
Lunch: Granola bar and 97cal crisps
Dinner: 3 peices of breaded chicken with salad, light salad cream and some homemade courgette relish
Snacks: Granola bar, apple and i have a tub of 160 cal ice cream ready for watching a film in a bit. Yum Yum!

Exercise: 100 crunches and 50 bridges. I did intend to go to the gym after work but didn't manage it, had to take one of my dogs to the vets :(

When i go down to the kitchen in the morning my dogs (i have three, Roo, Lola and Millie. Roo and Lola are cavalier king charles spaniels and Millie is a standard long haired dashchund) bounce about all excited to see me cos they know i am going to give them a 'bonio' but this morning Millie didn't want her 'bonio', she just moped around, i thought she might have an upset tummy. Anyway i went to work and when i came home i let them all out and Millie wouldn't come out of the cage. I rang the vet and made an appointment straight away. While waiting to go i pottered around the kitchen, in the garden and up stairs and still she wouldn't come out, bless her. Took her to the vet and she has slipped a disc in her back and has to have cage rest for 2 weeks!!!!! She is not aloud to run, jump about or do stairs etc for this two weeks. We have put a cage in the lounge (the vet says she isn't to be in it with the others) but she doesn't like being in it and seeing as she is on painkillers she now thinks she is a bit better! So whines. She is quietly lying at my feet at the moment. It's going to be a long 2 weeks for her, bless her. I am going to have to be really strict with her because if it becomes a serious problem she might need surgery!!!!

Millie with the puppies she had 2 years ago for ya.
http://weight-loss.fitness.com/image/id/295706/width/350/height/263

Other than that pretty normal day. I am going and try and get to the gym tomorrow but it is going to be a really busy day so might not get the chance.
Off to have my ice cream now!!



 
APause losing weight? Are you mad?! There'll be plenty of time to get used to your hot new bod when you have it!

Loved your running speeds, times and feelings :D I think its great that your increasing the intensity of your workouts! How old is your son? If he's in primary still, you can take part in the Mums race on sports day and make him really proud when you win :) You will have to wear a summerry floaty dress and ta the start line whip it off stripper style to reveal olympian style lycras underneath!

Oh, poor Milly :( I know you must feel horrible putting here in the cage, but you know its for the best. Hope her back repairs itself and there is no need for surgery. Let us know what's happening.
 
Aww love your puppy... and it's puppies, haha! How beautiful!! I hope she's not in too much pain.


Mmm ice cream! I can't wait till my vitamix gets here, then I can start making healthy ice cream again! Om nom nom :drool5: I need it with the heat here!!
 
Thanks a mill for telling me what bridges are:D i used to them too, but i didnt know what the name was haha!! Must start doing them again


Kate i would love to exercise like you:)


The puppies are so so so ADORABLE.


Keep up the great work chick xxx
 
ADAY 84

Breakfast: 2 small slices of wholemeal toast with light spread and marmite
Lunch: Chicken and salad sandwich (trom tesco's, one of the healthy living ones)
Dinner: 4 breaded chicken strips and salad with light salad cream and our courgette relish
Snacks: Granola bar and a 160 tub of ice cream

Exercise: 100 crunches, 50 bridges and 4 hours relocating the shed at the allotment.

I woke up at 7am and thought 'i'll get up in a minute and go to the gym' next thing i knew it was 9.15. Whoops!! Oh well, i am definatly going tomorrow with my gym buddy. I am really looking forward to trying my new C25K program. I am gonna work my butt off to do this!!!! Lucy has done me a work out program and i am going to do that in the afternoon too so tomorrow will be a super fit day :)

Thanks for all your concern about Millie. She was really stiff and didn't want to walk this morning but has improved as the day wore on. She is happier being in her cage now. I think she quite likes the peace she gets in there, the others can't annoy or nudge her and make her back hurt. We got her some treats when we went up town today and she is loving them. Deffinate improvement as the day has gone on. Bless her.

You know 'those jeans' well, i don't think i can wear them any more. They are far too big and i now stand on them all the time cos they hang so low :):):) they are about 4 inches too long now! I am a little bit gutted cos i really like them, oh well :) I will try and take a picture tomorrow. Ooooh might try the dress on again too :)

I am sat here with some really red hair dye on my head!!!! Way brighter than last time........It looks like my head is bleeding. I have to wash it off in a minute, i'll let you know what it looks like!!!

Mark is sat here eating a huge bag of crisps :( i want some but luckly it is weigh day tomorrow so there is no way i am gonna have any. Yay!!

Ruthie 'Pausing'......I know, i don't know what i was thinking!! Even as i thought it i couldn't bring myself to eat more! I am totally OCD about keeping in my cal allowance. It was only Monday, tuesday that i felt 'whoa, that's not me' I had a 'i feel fat' day on wednesday so it's all good now.
Jack is 12 and in his second year at secondary school. I did run in sports day when he was at primary school (he went to a small village school so infants/junior was the same school) I ran in his first year and one of the other mums fell over, i was just massively chuffed that it wasn't me who fell and i didn't come last. I then ran in his last year there and i came second. It was down hill lol and not very long lol.

Lucy Ooooh what is Vitamix?!?! Healthy ice cream! Is there such a thing??? It is really weird that you have got to suffer extreme heat when we are considering putting the heating on. It must be hard working in it and coping with day to day living. I worked in Africa for a few weeks in 09 and omg that was hard, we didn't have aircon either!!

Princess it is funny that so many people do 'bridges' but nobody knows what they are called!!! YOU WILL exercise like me once you have got more confident going to the gym. It is great, i am addicted to how it makes me feel, especially mentally. I use to be the laziest person ever but i feel so much better in myself now that i am actually fit. What's really funny is when others use to tell me that getting fit made you feel better in yourself i would be like 'yeah, whatever' And the thought of me running........well, i use to laugh at other people for running, i thought they were mad!!!! Look at me now :)

Oooh i have washed the dye out now and dried my hair and it doesn't look too different....My bloody bath does lol i am gonna have to bleach it in the morning!! i'll have to see what it looks like in daylight. It's all lovely and shiny though.
 
AMorning :)
OMG i'm in a right state this morning!!! I don't know what to do with myself. I wanna cry, i wanna laugh, i wanna jump up and down squealing!!!!!
Today is weigh in day and...............
Firstly........ i have lost another 4b!!!!!!this week!!!!!!
Secondly....... i have past my mini goal of reaching 30lb by the beginning of october!!!
Thirdly........My BMI (on the Wii) is under 30 now!!!!!!
Fourthly........I am now 12 stone something!!!!!!! for the first time since i was about 15!!!!!!!
And last of all I AM NO LONGER OBESE!!!!!!!!!!!!(on the Wii)

I am just totally blown away by this. I am welling up right now.

Thank you all sooooooo very much for getting me to this awesome place. I KNOW i wouldn't have the strength to have done this on my own

I wanna say a huge personal thanks to Jess for answering my desperate plea in the beginning!! And to Ruthie, Joh and Lucy You guys have been my constant rock on my journey......Love you. Can't think of the words to express how blown away i am by your love, encouragement and kindness during these past three months

If anyone is reading this and hasn't read the first post i put on here, take a look at it. I can't put into words how different i am, I supose my diary shows that change but honestly, this forum and these people have changed my life........You all have!!!!!

Ooooh i am sat here with some white toast for breakfast to celebrate my achievement!!! I haven't had any white bread since i have been on my healthy plan and you know what, it tastes proper stodgy, i don't like it lol!!!

OK i am off to the gym for some more self torture.

THANK YOU ALL, AGAIN.........you rock!!!!

Check out that ticker!!!!
 
Congrats on getting out of the obese range, you deserve to celebrate!


Personally it was a huge relief to get sub 30, so I know how it feels.


You seem super motivated and I'm sure you'll breeze through to your goal weight in no time at all.


Once again, go you!
 
Katie you winner!!!!congrads Lady for all these great achievments!!!!!!!!!you deserve it so much , you have been very very fantastic on your eating and exercising you are worth it and i am so happy that you have changed all together!its so important for your maintaining!!!You started out not sure,wondering,feeling sorry for yourself and now you are one of my inspirations,you are strong and positive and determined to get to your goal.You will be there in no time!!!!Im so happy for you!!!!!!!!
 
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Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!! Yes, that is the noise I just made, and my husband looked at me like I was a nutter and asked what was wrong with me. I'm SO SUPER EXCITED FOR YOU!!! 33lbs is amazing- but how exciting leaving the obese category!!!


And HELLO, be even MORE excited- you're two thirds of the way to your goal!


Lol at you celebrating with white bread :smilielol5:
 
AEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!:hurray::hurray::hurray::hurray::hurray::hurray::hurray:

I can't HURRAY you enough!!!!!!!

You know, katiehotbuns, as much as you thank us for keeping you inspired, YOUUU DID IT!!! YOU DID IT! What an incredible transformation you haveundergone! I am SO proud of you. You are a rock star! :)

:hurray::hurray::hurray:
 
AI too am sitting here with SUCH a humongous great big grin on my face!!!!!!!!!

WOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! Goodbye, obesity :D

Well bloody done!!!!

You have been such a rock for me as well, so what you said right back atcha :)

Oooh yes, the red hair dye massacare. The look of the bath/shower when it has splattered about everywhere is disgusting :)
 
ADAY 85

Breakfast: 1 thin slice of WHITE toast with light spread and marmite.
Lunch: 1/2 a wholemeal sandwich with ham, lettuce,and light mayo and a granola bar
Dinner: Quiche, salad and dry homemade oven chips with a little light salad cream and courgette relish
Snacks: Granola bar, 97 cal crisps, 160 cal tub of ice cream and 260 cals of chocolate

Exercise: My C25K run (i'll explain how that went below), 5 min bike, 3x12 chest presses, 100 crunches and 50 bridges

I had weighed myself yesterday on the scales in the bathroom and i was blown away with what they said so when i woke up this morning i was like 'i gotta go find out if it's for real' I just stood on the Wii fit board with my hands over my mouth, totally dumb struck for so long!! I then went upstairs and jumped on Mark who was still asleep, bouncing up and down like an excited 5 year old. Luckily he laughed and wasn't grumpy. He thinks i have lost the plot.
I was so all over the place with excitement that i forgot to do my crunches!!!
I went to the gym with Ash (my gym buddy) and she said she saw me in ttesco's car park and was like 'omg look at Kate' She also said that a guy she works with, who goes to the gym siad that i am doing so well and look so different. Also, Sophie (who does my nails) spoke to her about how awesome i looked!! Yay, my day was getting better and better.
I was in such a good, positive mood that i was determined that i was going to manage the whole C25K.....I kinda did......I had to stop for a few minutes after the 6th 1 min run at 11.0 but other than that i ran it all on 11.0 and 9.0. It was really hard. I am determined to do it straight thru by the end of this week. At least i didn't have to walk any of it :)
I then went on the chest press thingy OMG!!! The first set was ok, the secon set i had to pause half way thru and the last set was a friggin joke lol my arms were shaking sooooooo much i was rubbish! Something else i am gonna have to work at. I did my crunches etc at the gym seeing as i forgot to do them this morning and i did them with some bloke doing weights next to me!!! Get me!!
We had to go straight to the allotment as soon as i got back from the gym so that was another 3 hours of carrying stuff and lugging water etc etc. I was totally knackered when i got home, then mum came round too so i didn't get to do Lucy's program :( I will do it tomorrow night I PROMISE!!!!!

i have spent a lot of today thinking of what i can eat as a treat for my achievements and all i ended up doing was going over my cals by 129 cos of chocolate. I'm rubbish huh!!! My next target is gonna be 40lb by nov 5th (not sure why i picked bonfire night but hey ho)

Thank you all so much for your lovely comments to my morning excitement!!!

Love you all and thanks again for being awesome
 
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