A new me! (hopefully, with some help)

ADAY 100

Breakfast: 2 shredded wheat
Lunch: The biggest, most sinful scrummy carvery ever!!!!! Roast pork and beef, roast (and i mean proper roast!) potato's and parsnips, the biggest yorkshire pudding ever, stuffing, brocolli, peas, swede, cauliflower cheese, apple sauce and gravy.
Dinner: A double decker chocolate bar and a handful of crisps
Snacks: some mints and 6 haribo sweets

Exercise: Again, bugger all!!!!

I have reached day 100!!!! and it has been one of my few totally terrible food days!! Whoops! I'm blown away that i have reach 100 days on my new healthy eating lifestyle. I am really amazed that i have done it this far! Roll on day 200, hopefully i will be my hugely sought after size 12 by then!!!!

I didn't go for a run this morning! My brother didn't come and wake me up, he was hung over and hurting from playing rugby yesterday. To be honest i was so relieved
We went to go and watch Charlotte do her triathlon but.......Mark managed to walk into a pine tree branch, which went under his glasses and scratched his eyeball!!!! I ended up having to take him to A&E!! Luckly the hospital there had an eye specialist, anyway he has scratched an area the size of a match head. Because of the injury his brain is telling his other eye not to open either, cos of light sensitivity so he is kinda blind at the moment. Bless him :(
We missed Charlotte's triathon :( but still managed to have time to go have lunch (Mark struggled a bit cos he was in pain but he didn't wanna go straight home) and OMG it was totally scrummy and i ate far far too much, my stomach hurt. One peice of restraint....I didn't have any pudding, everyone else did!!! and they looked totally bloody awesome. I am gonna have to have such a good week this week to make it not show on the scales next sunday!! I think it is gonna call for gym every night too!!

Other than Mark's injury it was a totally lovely weekend. We are gonna go again towards the end of november, I'm gonna go see the 'twilight, breaking dawn' movie with Bobby!! So exciting. I spoke to him this evening and he seemed a bit low today, i think he really enjoyed us being there yesterday and feels a bit flat today. It must be hard for him, bless him :( It will take him time to settle in.

Day 101 is gonna be my new Day 1...

Silash I have come such a long way. I was in a really really low place when i started and eating healthy and doing lots of exercise has totally changed me mentally. I am in so much of a better head space now.
My being lazy was definalty part of my life. I am the sort of person who puts things off to do another day. I am better at that but still not brilliant. But with exercise, it was always a chore whereas now it isn't at all, i can't wait to get to the gym now!! The utter joy of acheivement is so addictive, i love pushing myself harder and for longer. (I feel bonkers for saying this because i was so not like this before)
I have definatly found my new healthy life has made me way less lazy and making myself do my diary every day is definatly the key to keep me going. I spend a lot of the time thinking about what i am going to write about and about other people on here rather than food. i don't find doing my diary a chore, sometimes i struggle with finding the time to do it but i look forward to logging my day. It really does keep me going and when lovely people like you comment on it i get an extra boost of motivation. I do recommend doing a diary every day and also writing down your food too and be honest, if you don't put somethng down then you are only deceiving yourself.
I love reading and encouraging others so get on and do your daily and i will definatly follow you.

Lucy I am a little bit worried that i woun't get back on track tomorrow but i really want to so fingers crossed. Triathlon!!!!!!???!!!! i am a rubbish swimmer and and pretty crap on a bike too so i don't think so but.....I am definatly up for working my way up to longer distance and maybe trying a half marathon!!!!
 
Hahaha marathon sounds good! I have a friend who's mum is the hugest inspiration ever, she's almost 50 years old and in the last 2 years has lost close to 30kg (she's been overweight for at least 20 years, never lost her baby weight) and now she's a personal trainer and she does marathons and half marathons and usually places too. It's incredible, she looks about 20 years younger. (She's pretty mental now though, she does triathlons and 500km bike races and stuff!)


Just thought I'd share, I think a lot of people don't realise what they are fully capable of.


Have an awesome healthy week, I'm so excited mine is nearly over lol. I'm hoping I've lost enough this week to go back to a smaller deficit again- getting really starving first thing in the morning when I wake up now!
 
Aim very sorry for what happened with the damn pine tree.I hope he gets well soon,poor thing.It must be teribble to injure the eye.
I love roasts!Dont think twice about it.You have had like 2 bad days?????WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!thats incredible.and its 100 days all together!!!
SO take it as a mini vacation!New week is here and you;ll get your stuff done again im not a bit worried!!!!

I find myself thinking of you in the day like "she wouldnt look at that chocolate bar" and find the strenght to turn my back!!!THANKS SO MUCH for inspiring me!!!!!!!!!!!:grouphug:
 
ADAY 101

Breakfast: 2 wheatabix and (second breakfast) 1 slice of wholemeal toast with light spread
Lunch: 1 slice of wholemeal bread with ham and light mayo, 97 cal crisps and a yoghurt
Dinner: Small bowl of spag bol
Snacks: 97 cal crisps, 4 mints and a cappichino

Exercise: 100 crunches, 50 bridges, 10 min walk and 20 min interval run

I had every chance to be bad today but wasn't :hurray: :hurray:
Today was all over the place. When i went to put the cream in Marks eye this morning it looked really weapy and gungy so made him an appointment at the Dr's. Went to work, set up and then came home to take him to the dr. His Dr wanted him to go to the hospital so an appointment was made for 2pm. Went back to work again then came home and took him to the hospital. Brought him home, went back to work, did the shopping (as we didn't do it on fri, we had no food), came home and cooked a spagetti bolognes, rushed to the gym, picked Jack up from the theatre, came home and dished up dinner, did the dishes, had a shower and.....breath!!!!!
Everything i ate today was in a rush and i could have so easily just grabbed something bad but am proud that i didn't. I could have not gone to the gym but was desperate too and i'm glad i did.
I struggle with eating when my normal routine is thrown out the window so yay me for getting back on track on a hard day.

Mark is ok, complaining lots, as men do!!!! but there is hopefully no permanate damage :)

While we were staying with my bro and sister in law i was talking to her about my C25K and she wanted to get fitter so i got her to download the app i have and got her to promise that she would do it this week......well, i got a text form her this morning saying 'ONLY GONE AND DONE IT!!!!!!' I rang her and she was so excited about how it had gone. My bro had gone with her and had gone at her pace, bless him. She said her legs were burning but she was really excited and proud that she had done it. Yay!!!! We could go for a run next time i go!!

Lucy WOW!! your friends mum sounds totally amazing!!!!! How cool would it be to be like that....I would love to be half that good.
Really impressed with your super healthy week, hopefully i can manage one too...Day 1 has gone ok, so far so good.

Jess I supose 2 days out of 100 really does sound inpressive. i did have 4 bad days when i went camping but managed to get back on track straight away. I have done fine today but it was more of a struggle.
I was so touched that you think about me when you want chocolate and it gives you the incentive not to have it. I am so chuffed that i can motivate you, especially seeing as it was YOU who started my journey :)
 
Hey dear, loved day 100's post sorry to hear about Mark's eye - how's he doing?


I laughed when I read what you wrote for dinner, and I thought to myself - this girl knows how to do a cheat day in style!!


Thank you for answering all of my questions I am definitely going to do my best to keep a diary everyday.

I always hear how people get addicted to exercise etc etc and I have a very hard time believing it but some how I believe you, perhaps it's the way that you write about it - it's so real I can almost hear you panting on the treadmill :)


I am good and ready for bed now.

I hope you have had a great day!


xxxx

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AWell done katie!seems you had a real big day today and your food was great!You even managed to go to the gym!!!!
Im glad its nothing bad wrong with his eye,you seem to take care of everything and everyone around you you are so sweet!!!!
I do think of you!!:) and specially when it comes to cakes and chocolates , my soft point!im so glad i;ve "met" you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ps i forgot about the days when you where camping!!!but still they dont really count considering how amazing you are doing and how much weight you have lost.
I hope you dont go when you have reached your goal :-(
 
ADAY 102

Breakfast: 2 wheatabix
Lunch: Ham salad with a little courgette relish but no light salad cream cos it has gone missing :( 95 cal crisps and a yoghurt
Dinner: Small bowl of spag
Snacks: Apple, banana and a sherbert lolly!

Exercise: 100 crunches, 50 bridges, 10 min walk, 20 min interval running, 3x12 chest press on level 1, 100 crunches on the abs machine on level 3, 3x15 peck flye on level 1, 3x12 tricep extensions on level 2 and finally 3x12 bicep curls on level 2!!!

I genuinely think i have turned into a fitness freak!!!! I LOVE THE GYM!!!!! I am totally embarassed at how obsessed i am with it. I love how fit i feel :) Three months ago i was an obese blob who waddled everywhere, puffing, panting and sweating at the slighest bit of walking and now i am a freak.......but i love the difference it has made to my body and my head.

I've had a good day at work, managed to stay away from the packet of biscuits in the staff room. I really thought that i would struggle getting back on track after my blow out weekend, yesterday was a bit hard but today has been totally fine. I have joined Irishprincess's christmas challenge and i aim to lose the last 19lb by christmas. I hadn't really set a date for reaching it before, i was just happy that i was actually managing to lose weight but i am SO up for this challenge now!!! How exciting!!!!

Silash I was horrified when i had to write what i had for lunch and then thought 'oh shit, i only had choc and crisps after that, oh well, that will have to be dinner' I was driving back from my brothers and it was a 3 and a half hour drive, Mark was quietly in pain with his eyes shut and Jack was asleep in the back. I was starting to feel sleepy (especially after eating the mountian of food i had consumed at lunch!!)and decided i need chocolate!!!
Marks eye is much much better today. It is actually open now and he has managed to watch some tv today. He is going back to work tomorrow. He is so lucky he didn't do any permanant damage!
I never believed all those people who said that they were addicted to exercise either. I was the kind of person who drove everywhere and never walked! I would laugh at people that i saw out running thinking that they were bloody stupid. I get really embarassed telling people that i run and do so much at the gym. Actually, i don't tell most people, i am that embarassed at what a hypocrite i am. I don't know if you have read my diary from the start but it really shows how i have built up to my addiction.

Jess There is no way i am gonna leave this place!!!! It is a huge part of my life now, i can't imagine not writing my diary every day. I love the fact that you are so sure that i will reach my target weight, thank you :) If (when) i do then my diary will change from DAY......... to MAINTENANCE.......... I really can't see me leaving. You had better stick around too sexy!!!
 
Sounds all exciting!! wowza last 19 lb by Christmas... so close to realising your dream, you'll definitely make it you're a gym freak. :D
 
ADAY 103

Breakfast: 30g of Porridge made with water (we have run out of wheatabix)
Lunch: Ham salad with a little light salad cream, 95 cal crisps and a yoghurt
Dinner: Small bowl of spag
Snacks: Banana and an apple

Exercise: 100 crunches, 50 bridges, 10 min walk, 20 min interval run (1 and a half and 3 min sprints today Yay!!) 175 reps on the abs machine, 3x12 chest press on level 1 and3x12 peck flye on lever 2

I did week three on my version of C25K which was 5 min walk on 6.0, 1 and a half run on 11.0, 1 and a half min run on 9.0, 3 min run on 11.0, 3 min run on 9.0, 1 and a half min run on 11.0, 1 and a half min run on 9.0, 3 min run on 11.0 and then 5 min walk on 6.5. I felt great after and really could have done more but i am really trying to concentrate on toning too now. I was really suprised that 3 mins wasn't too much harder than 1 and a half. I can't wait til i can mamage a full 20 mins on speed 11.0
Had a cool chat with Gemma tonight at the gym and when she finishes working there we are gonna go together on a thursday so we still get to catch up and i have someone to go with then who knows what they are doing :) bonus.
Had a great food day too today, didn't want any of the chocolates or biscuits at work. This christmas challenge i am doing has give me a super kick up the bottom, i am so determined to do this. How weird that 2 days ago i was worried that i would start to slip cos i had gone away and had a bad few food days!! Silly me :)

DMR Thank you so much for your kind words. I am just a freak all round really :)
 
AHi lovely!!!

Ah, it's no surprise to me that you are powering on and going great guns! haha - yes, silly you indeed, for thinking you'd slip up! ;) Gotta say, that roast dinner you described up there sounds just heavenlt - maybe YOU will have to put up some warnings! Especially when you know a pregnant woman will be reading, and she's living in a country where she can't go get any of that stuff!!! Hahaha.

You have become such a strong, determined woman, Kate! Congrats on 100 days - I love that you have still been counting the days. This is so cool! And CONGRATS on doing so well on speed 11! You just keep getting better and better. Isn't it such awesome motivation, though, so get concrete feedback from your body abut how much fitter you are getting - it must feel so great for you right now!

Lots of love, and hope Mark's eye is improving! OUUUCH!
 
AI need to get with the programme- You reached DAY 100!!!!! And I didn't even notice. Bad me. You are doing fabulously :D I think the main reason I haven't been reading peoples diaries recently isn't because I haven't been thinking about you all,but because I knew that if I did I would be re-inspired. And I didn't want to be inspired. Was quite happy eating my junk, thank you very much. But you've oooonly gone and done it with all your talk of fitness and feeling great. Humph. So I guess I will just have to start again. How can I not lol.

Seriously- You are amazing xxxxx
 
ADAY 104

Breakfast: 30g of porridge
Lunch: Ham salad with light salad cream, 97 cal crisps and a yoghurt
Dinner: Small bowl of pasta and the last of the bolognese sauce
Snacks: apple, banana, a twix choc bar and 4 boiled sweets

Exercise: 100 crunches, 50 bridges, 10 min walk, 20 min run, 3x12 chest press, 3x12 pect flye

Last night i had a text conversation with my gym buddy and she mentioned something Mark had said when i started my healthy eating plan, i can't remember whether i mentioned it to you at the time but i said to him 'if i get to a size 12 can i have a boob job' and he relpied with 'if you get to a size 12 I'LL get a boob job!' Well, Ash was talking about this and was joking about booking Mark in for it soon. I mention it to him and the cheeky shit said ' sorry babe, i don't mean to be horrid or anything but i don't think you will get to a size 12' I was like 'What?!?!?' He wasn't being nasty at all and it didn't upset me but it has made me so, so much more determined to actually do it. There is nothing better than telling me i can't do something to make me actually do it. I have always been like that, even as a child. I will do something just to prove others wrong and now i am going to succeed to prove him wrong!!!!!
I was talking to one of the girls at work about it this morning and she said ' i have got the perfect dress for you to use as your goal to get into. She was totally sure i would do it. I have the christmas challege and Mark to prove wrong. I am so going to do this.

I had a patient comment on my weight loss today and i didn't mind. I must be in a better head space with it now. Oh and someone i went to school with was in the waiting room, i said 'hi' and she said 'hi' back but she blatentley looked me up and down with a 'shit she has lost shit loads of weight' look on her face!!! Yay!!!

I forgot to do my crunches and bridges this morning so i did them at the gym this evening. Gym was proper hard tonight :( It was a real struggle!! All of it and my body aches so much now. I normally go before i have dinner but tonight i went an hour after i had eaten, i wondered if that was the reason or whether it was because i have been for 4 nights in a row and worked really hard. What do you reacon??

I don't think i am going to have lost this week :( the scales in the bathroom haven't moved at all. Ok, i had a bad weekend but have eaten really well and worked really hard at the gym too to try and catch up kinda thing. Lee (who works at the gym) said that it is probably because i have done lots of weights this week. I personally think i have reached my plateau. Part of me thinks 'ok, it was bound to happen sooner or later' but then i am pissed that my body is doing it now when i am so determined to reach my target by christmas and prove Mark wrong! Anyway, we shall see!!

Joh heya :) Yeah it does feel good being so motivated STILL!! I am contsantly blown away with how well i am doing. I really don't struggle with the old me who wants to go and shovel her face with anything she can find in the kitchen and my addiction to the gym is embarassing to be honest. Look at what you guys have done to me :)
Sorry about the roast, i will put up a big warning next time. It was totally scrummy :)

Ruthie Heya sweetie. Don't apologise for not being around. You have had other things to deal with right now. It would totally make my day, week, month, year if reading my diary gives you the insentive to get back on track. Eating crap makes me feel crap and i'll bet it isn't helping you right now. I am shocked i have reached day 100 too, who would have thought it from the pathetic person that started this diary huh. Hope you're feeling better hun. Thinking of you. Love and squishes Xxx

Jess You are the reason i am a star sweetie. Never forget that. If you hadn't responded to my first post on here i would have not changed my life around. I will be forever grateful hun. Xx
 
Hey sweetness!! I don't think you've reached a plateau yet, wait till you've been eating awesome for a couple of weeks and the scales STILL haven't budged, then you'd be stuck. If you ate badly over the weekend maybe you're still hanging onto some water.


Good luck with your Christmas goal!!!!!!!!!!! I'm SURE you'll get there!!!!!!!!!
 
Hey Honey


Well done for all your amazing gyming! you truly are an inspiration! From personal experience the gym is harder for me if I go after a proper meal - I mean I try to have a banana or energy bar or something before I go but after an actual meal I feel heavy and slow and sometimes even nauseous. The fact that you have gone 4 days in a row is probably also a factor. Careful you don't push your body too hard - they say it is good to have rest days in between work weight training days.


One other thing NEVER believe the bathroom scale - mine is EVIL I should just chuck it out but I don't have the guts :-(




I agree with luzdafuzz I don't think you have plateaued I think you will surprise yourself :)


Well darling sweet dreams

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ADAY 105

Breakfast: 30g Porridge
Lunch: Ham salad with a little light salad cream, 97 cal crisps and a yoghurt
Dinner: Pork steak with boiled potato, carrots, brocolli and a little gravy
Snacks: Banana, 2 slices of ham, 4 boiled sweets and 5 softmints

Exercise: 100 crunches and 50 bridges

Had a nice day at work. Yesterday i said about Sarah at work saying she was going to bring me a size 12 dress in for me to use as a goal to get into, well......She brought in 2 and they are gorgeous. I tried the first one on, a really long black halterneck dress, while i was still at work, and still wearing my work trousers!!! And........I got it on!!!! :hurray: :hurray: :hurray: I couldn't get it done up completely but i got it over my arse and belly, quite comfortably too. I was so squealy excited that i went to go and show my boss but Sarah had to quickly stop me cos there was a patient in the waiting room!!!! Whoops :) I tried the other one, a short strapless dress and i got that on too!!!!!! :hurray: :hurray: :hurray: This one didn't do up anywhere near as much as the other one and to be honest i am not sure it ever will cos of my boobs but i was so so pleased that i got them both on over my body!!! It put me in the best mood ever. I will get Mark to take some pictures tomorrow.

I did a party tonight so got in proper late, i'll read your diaries tomorrow.

Lucy Thank you sweetie, i hope you are right about not hitting a plateau. Fingers crossed that i actually manage to lose on sunday. To be honest i would be happy with just 1lb!

Silash I think you're right, i normally eat when i get back from the gym, i did feel really slow and everything was such a effort. I will make sure i go before i eat from now on. My scales are definatly EVIL too and i love the little picture you put on, that is so so true!!!!
 
I agree about having a big meal before exercising... it doesn't work. I used to get up early in the mornings and train before work, and I'd have 2 breakfasts... one really light one before exercise (usually it was crackers and cottage cheese and a piece of fruit) and a second one to get me through the morning.


How exciting about the dresses!!!!!!!!!! Won't be long until you're able to zip them up!! :hurray:
 
Hi Kate, I started off today thinking I would read just some of your diary & have just finished it! I have laughed out loud, shed a few tears, cheered you on but mostly I want to say that I have enjoyed each & every bit of it. So much of your feelings about yourself I can totally relate to, especially about accepting compliments. I felt like commenting as I went but your forum friends did it & did it so well. You have transformed yourself Kate, with loads & loads of support along the way. You seem lovely. I am really lost for words(unusual for me :blush5:) & so impressed. You have made me think about trying the Couch to 5k program, whereas no-one else has, even though I have been hearing about it for ages. I have downloaded My Fitness Pal onto my phone & will give that another go. These are mere details though. By transforming your mental attitude you have changed your life & how you feel about yourself. By doing so you have made many people, me included, feel better about themselves. You are inspiring in the real meaning of the word. Thanks Kate! I am still smiling at you apologising for becoming so keen on becoming fit & healthy. If you're a freak, the world should be full of freaks! From now on, you're on my list of diaries that MUST be read! xoxo Cate
 
im sorry i was away from your diary a couple of days katie.I was reading you,i was really pissed off about stuff.

YOu rock!i know that lovely feeling that even though it doesnt fit,youre happy to get it over your body~~~~~~~!!!

You are going to wear those dresses in no time i am sure of it!Cause you are amazingly(how ever you spell that) determined and succesfull!!!

Cant wait for the photos!I love photos!!!!

I was wondwring is it possible you take a pic of your "sandwich" you have for lunch and the ham salad?if you can please do it.I really want to see it,the size and stuff so maybe i can alos have something like that every day cause i love it!
 
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