A new me! (hopefully, with some help)

Aw Kate i missed so much on your life....

Im so happy for you!!!!Things happen for reasson i really do belive that!!!And you are a great person good things have come and are still coming your way!!!!!

You are going to get your little behind right back on track please from Monday?yes you are (so am i) and you are going to exercise aswell.(so am i)

you are going to be even more fit and stronger than you are plus you aregoing to reach your goal and go on to Maintainance!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!WHOOOOOOOOHOOOOOO!!!!!
 
ADAY 269

Warning!!!! CAKE filled food day!!!!!

Breakfast: 2 slices of wholemeal toast with light spread and jam
Lunch: Ham & cheese panini
Dinner: Party food including larger, cake, cake, cake and yep, more cake!!!!!
Snacks: 3 coffee's, german friendship cake!!!
Calories = I dread to think!!!!!!!

Exercise: Ummmm...........
Spent the morning doing jobs and shopping and was chaparone for the boys during the show in the afternoon then went to the after show party in the evening (hence the beer and CAKE!!!) I had loads of comments on my weight, one from someone i haven't seen for ages and she said that she was so blown away and pleased for me with how amazing i looked it made her want to cry!!!! She said that twice she was going to come up and talk to me but still wasn't sure if it was me!!

My food is getting way out of control!!!! I had decided that i was going to be a good girl from monday basically so i could eat the massive wedge of cake i brought home from the theatre on sunday but......... I had a message from Cate on saturday night and it really made me realise how totally slack i have been and i reckon i am taking that slippery path back to fatness so i decided that monday was not good enough!!!!! I could say NO to yummy cake and goodies before I can and will do it again!!!!!
 
ADAY 270

A new beginning!

Breakfast: 2 small slices of wholemeal toast, light spread and marmite (147 cals)
Lunch: Cous cous, salad and coleslaw (222 cals)
Dinner: 3 strips of breaded chicken, salad, new potatoes and a bit of coleslaw (368 cals)
Snacks: Granola bar, 3 kiwi's, melon and a special K cereal bar (407 cals)
Total calories eaten = 1144

Exercise: 5.74 mile interval run and 3 hours gardening.
Total calories burnt = 1686 According to MFP

Cate you are an absolute bloody wonder woman. I don't know why but the message you sent me on saturday night really flicked that switch in my head back to 'lets get this done'!!!! And i am so grateful to you. I hope you getting me back in the zone gives you the insentive and motivation you want my lovely :)
I woke up this morning knowing that i would NOT be eating any of that amazing wedge (and i mean mega wedge, it will keep Mark & Jack going all week!!!) of cake or any of the german friendship cake i made yesterday either. I am in the zone and am on a mission!!!!!

I have to admit that the scales (in the bathroom) have me weighing up about 5lb!!!! I don't know if you have noticed that i haven't done an official weigh in for weeks now....Well, that's because i've gained :( I am going to weigh next sunday...no matter what it will say and i will change my ticker accordingly!

Went and did my usual sunday morning run with Jane but we did 2 min walk, 4 min run intervals. we were doing it for 1hr,15 mins. I was horrified with how much i noticed my bum, belly, arms, basically everything wobbled!!!!!!!!! I have been so so slack with the exercise lately.....well, no more!!!!
When i got home i changed and went up to the allotment where i planted potatoes, put up all the canes for the peas and beans, planted peas, sowed parsnip & swede seeds and generally pottered too. Came home, had a bath, made dinner and am sat ready to catch up with everyones diaries.

I have had no cake :hurray: :hurray: I cut some for Jack!!!! and when we were up the allotment i had my healthy lunch while Mark ate chocolate and crisps and i was totally cool with it too. I didn't sulk :) :hurray: :hurray:

Cate....You rock :beating:

Cate Thank you for your lovely comments. I suppose i didn't cheat getting the job, they have known me for years so they know what i can do work wise. It just feels weird when i get congratulations :blush5: Since i got offered the job i have realised that i am going to be able to be me, tattoo's and all. I don't have to try and be anyone else 'to fit in' Rachel really knows me, 'warts and all' as they say, so no front needed :)
I am 'beyond words' proud of my boy :beating: he is a great kid. I have learnt from what made me feel insecure etc as a child and have made sure I have not been the same with him. My mum would always mention my weight and i have never done that with him and he doesn't have a bad relationship with food like i did, and still do. He isn't self concious and is happy with the person he is. I am so happy that we have managed to raise him to be like that :)

Jess Aww don't worry about it my lovely. You've been ill. I hope you are feeling better now :)
I am still really blown away with how things have worked out with my job. I am so so relieved, i had been getting myself really worked up with it all. Thank you so so much for your lovely kind words sweetie :blush5:
Come on girl we ARE going to do this. We will reach target and we will maintain!!!!!!! Both or us, and Cate too. We are gonna drag her kicking and screaming along too :)


Here's looking to a new beginning :) let's get this done......NOW!!!!!!!

Get me being all positive and bossy :smilielol5:
 
AI am such a proud mummy that i thought i would share some photo's of Jack in his show. I have had to crop some cos i don't think i am aloud to show any of the other kids.

The show was called 'Score' and all the numbers where from films.

http://weight-loss.fitness.com/image/id/353596/width/350/height/233 How angelic does my baby look :) This was the first time he wore a mic. (musical theatre)
http://weight-loss.fitness.com/image/id/353597/width/350/height/145 He is the one in the jeans, this was in rehersals (acro)
http://weight-loss.fitness.com/image/id/353598/width/350/height/278 He's the one in the very middle (acro)
http://weight-loss.fitness.com/image/id/353599/width/350/height/250 The one in the middle (acro)
http://weight-loss.fitness.com/image/id/353600/width/230/height/534 Let's go crazy!!! from Purple Rain. (open Jazz)
http://weight-loss.fitness.com/image/id/353601/width/330/height/556 (tap)
http://weight-loss.fitness.com/image/id/353612/width/199/height/491 (musical theatre)
http://weight-loss.fitness.com/image/id/353603/width/290/height/566 (again, musical theatre)

Ok, proud mummy moment done :)



 
Crap I have some catching up to do!!! I think I will go backwards just because those pictures of Jack are so awesome! Quite the handsome young man you have there, you should be very proud! I wish there was video, would love to see some of the act!


That is so incredible about the job opening up just like that!! And I know how much you love Rachel so it's so cool that you guys will get to stay in touch! Aww so freakin pleased for you, you deserve it so much!!!!!!!!!


Glad to hear you are full of motivation today! I think I have been just getting kind of comfortable too, but no more!! Good luck with your week, so happy with how well everything is going for you! :D
 
I just came out in goose-bumps!! I had woken up determined to re-focus & kick butt too & had said to myself "Day 1 of the next stage"!!

WE CAN DO THIS!!!! This may be the hardest part you realise. I have gone up & down for the last few years but what we both need to do is get to goal & maintain healthy habits & stay at goal. WE CAN DO IT, WE CAN DO IT!! You're gorgeous Kate. I love your enthusiasm & I had woken up with it too. SNAP! xoxo Cate.

PS Your son looks so sweet & lovable! You have lots of reasons to be very proud! xo
 
ADAY 271 New beginning day 2 :)

Breakfast: 50g porridge (180 cals)
Lunch: Cous cous, salad and a bit of coleslaw, yoghurt, grapes and a 97 cal bag of crisps (368 cals)
Dinner: Cous cous, salad, new potatoes and light salad cream (208 cals)
Snacks: 3 kiwi's, bag of rice cake snacks and a ryvita (296 cals)
Total calories eaten = 1052

Exercise: 30 min aerobics
Total calories burnt = 228

Still mega motivated when i woke up this morning :hurray: :hurray: Even though it was my first day back at work after over a week off.....I sooooo didn't wanna get out of bed :sleeping:

Everyone at work was so lovely and really pleased for me about my new job. I was quite overwelmed with how chuffed they were for me, i didn't think they were really bothered.
I worked with Ali this morning. He is one of the dentists and i haven't worked with him before or worked in his surgery. I was a bit nervous but i thought 'Hang on, when i leave i am going to have to work with other dentists in a completely different place, i am going to have to get use to it' And i had a lovely morning :) and he was really impressed with me :) I didn't have to ask anyone where anything was or for any help :) Yay me!!!

I told one of our long standing patients this afternoon that i was leaving very soon and she was gutted, she gave me a huge hug and told me that her husband would be gutted :( There are so many of them that i will miss. I am really excited about my new job but on the other hand i am going to miss my patients, Mo and everyone at work so much. It is going to be a really hard month.

I did an aerobic workout when i got home from work and OMG it was just a wobble fest!!! lol That's all i noticed while i was doing it.....Wobble, wobble, wobble...my belly was awful!!! :smilielol5: I am going to get rid of that ASAP!!!!

No cake for me today :hurray: :hurray: Mark had some of the german friendship cake and i cut a peice of the awesome cake that we brought home from the after show party for Jacks packed lunch tomorrow and managed to not have any :hurray:

Rosie They did video it and there will be a DVD i will try and figure out how to get some on here, if not i will post you a copy. Proud mum is happy to send it to anyone :)
I still can't believe my luck about the job :) I can't wait to start there. A whole new chapter of my life :) Thank you so much for your lovely words. And we will get some serious fat busting done now ALL OF US!!!

Cate How awesome that we both woke up with mega motivation :) i am so glad that we are both really up for this. I think it will really keep us both going :) That is so cool that you are going to weigh on a sunday too......Do i sence a little healthy compertition here? ;) I'm up for that..........Oooooh, we will have to set ourselves a little goal and a treat when we get there. Any ideas?
I know it is going to be hard. So near our target, it is going to be a lot of work for slow weight loss but.....we can do this!!! I am so pleased you are up for this with me, it will definately keep me going :) You're awesome, love you Xxx
 
Kate your son is so hansome!!!!!Of course you are proud of him!!!!Is this something he does for school?or a hobby?

WELL DONE ON GETTING THE MOTIVATION BACK~~~~~~working out as well!!!!!!eating well andNOMORE CAKE FOR ANY OF US!!!!


I want to also get my weigh days back.Can i share Sundays>?i will weigh no matter what i have eaten or how much i have exercised.I need to feel the presure a bit!


You are a loved person Kate by many people even some you have never even met :grouphug: and you will do fine even though it might be a bit hard at start with your new job.getting used to new scenary.
 
ADAY 272 New beginning day 3

Breakfast: 50g porridge (180 cals)
Lunch: Granola bar, yoghurt, grapes & 97 cal crisps (402 cals)
Dinner: Quiche, salad with light salad cream and cous cous (310 cals)
Snacks: 3 kiwi's, go ahead snacks and a special K cereal bar (319 cals)
Total calories eaten = 1211 Very slightly over!!

Exercise: 30 min aerobics
Total calories burnt = 228

Still mega motivated :hurray: :hurray: Rachel is off today as she has got a new puppy :) I went in and sorted stock etc so it is easy for the others to find stuff when i leave! It feels really odd making sure that they manage without me, really odd. There were others in work today who wern't in yesterday and they were so excited for me too. Julie, the practice manager was just gushing about how pleased she was for me :)

I went to Rachel's when i finished at work to meet her little puppy.....Awwwww she is just the cutest!!! Chris was there, he was home on his lunch break and we had a chat about work. I did tell him that i was a bit worried what the other girls would think about the fact that i got the job because i was close friends with Rach and he said that he thinks that they are just really chuffed that i am going to be working there as they know i will be nice and also the fact that i will be able to just go in and get on with the job, which makes it easier or them as i wont need anyone to shadow or train me. I have to admit that that was a bit of a relief. I was worried about what they would think. So i am just sooooooooo excited now!!! Can't wait. I know i will have days when i am mentally all over the place because i am leaving Mo but i am really going to try and look forward and be excited rather than sad....We'll see how i get on.

I have an Ann Summers party to do tomorrow and thursday night so i won't get to the gym (today was manic too and only had time to do a 30 min session) but my aim is to have non of the nibbles that will be at each of these.......I CAN RESIST!!!!!!

Jess Awwww thank you sweetie :blush5: I think he is good looking but any mother would say that about their child lol.
Ooooh yay! weigh on a sunday with us! That will be so cool. It will motivate us all to keep on track during the week when we have to face what each other has done too :)
:hurray: No cake for either of us!!!!
 
Wow, you're on a roll girl! What a difference a week makes! So happy for you...and keep up the great work, and attitude!!

Sarah
 
ADAY 273 New beginning day 4

Breakfast: 50g porridge (180 cals)
Lunch: Ham, lettuce and light mayo wholemeal sandwich, 97 cal crisps, yoghurt and grapes (399 cals)
Dinner: Quiche, salad, light salad cream and 3 flatbread (404 cals)
Snacks: 2 kiwi's and a go-ahead snack (193 cals)
Total calories eaten = 1176

Exercise: none :(
Total calories burnt = 0

Another good food day :)

I'm in a rush as i have a party to do tonight so just posting my food.

Sarah & Irish Aww thanks guys. I am feeling really good. I think that knowing everything is right in my world has made such a massive difference. I still can't get over how lucky i am.

Love and hugs to all :grouphug:
 
ADAY 274 New beginning day 5

Breakfast: 50g porridge (180 cals)
Lunch: Ham, lettuce and light mayo wholemeal sandwich, 97 cal crisps, a yoghurt and grapes (399 cals)
Dinner: Tin of soup & 2 small slices of wholemeal toast with light spread (317 cals)
Snacks: 2 kiwi's, go-ahead snacks, 97 cal crisps and cake :( (450 cals)
Total calories eaten = 1346

Exercise: None :(
Total calories burnt = 0

I had a bit of a cake fail today :( I couldn't help it......i was going to put the last bit of the awesome cake we brought home on saturday into Jacks lunchbox for tomorrow but when i opened the tin it was in bits and not much there so i kinda had to eat it really :eek: It didn't take me too much over my calories but i wasn't going to go over 1200. Rather annoyed with myself :cuss:

On the plus side, i did manage to NOT have any of the crisps, nuts or sausage rolls at the party i did last night. Now i just have to make sure i don't have anything at the party i am doing tonight.
Another short one cos i am in a rush. I will try and catch up with everyone over the weekend.

Love to all :grouphug:
 
"but when i opened the tin it was in bits and not much there so i kinda had to eat it really":smilielol5:

It's great that you are feeling so good about yourself again sweetie & your future is much more certain. I have trouble even pretending to get crabby :cuss: with you so won't even try! I was going to say what sort of excuse was that to eat cake, but I know, for a fact, that cake talks to you- "EAT ME, EAT ME!!!!" I'm not having cake in my house for quite a while! Much too dangerous! Lots of love to you sweetie, xoxo Cate
 
Wait but if it's in smaller pieces that means it's less calories right?? ;) Hey, I'm just impressed that you've still got some decent looking calories there even with the cake! Sorry, I haven't been posting much, I have been completely swamped! But, I'm always thinking of you, hope you're having a great day, Kate!
 
ADAY 275 New beginning day 6

Breakfast: 50g porridge (180 cals)
Lunch: Flat bread with brie (138 cals)
Dinner: Chicken sticks, chips and salad (373 cals)
Snacks: 97 cal crisps, banana, granola bar, 2 rice cakes, cereal bar (515 cals)
Total calories eaten = 1206

Exercise: None :(
Total calories burnt = 0

Last night i failed a bit......I had a few dorito's and dip at the party and then when i got home i had a go ahead snack bar a 4 biscuits!!!!! I am determined to be super good from now on :)

I have had a crazy day and didn't get time to go to the gym GGrrrrrrrrrrr :mad: I am organising a suprise retirement party for Mo on 5th may and i spent all afternoon on the phone sorting stuff out. Quite a few of the people i spoke to said 'i hear you have lost alot of weight' or 'i hear you are half the woman you use to be' so now i am really nervous about the party!!! I'm kinda worried that they will expect me to be smaller or more different than i am.
Then a friend of mine came round in the evening and..........I gave her all my clothes!!!!! Well, all the ones that are too big!!!!! So......i can't gain any weight now cos i will not have any clothes to fall back on.
We had a lovely evening, her trying them all on, she was really chuffed with her new wardrobe and me realising how much i have actually lost. I still dont see myself as slim cos my clothes ain't baggy. Does that make sence? It was great holding old jeans up against myself, they made my legs looks really thin and i held up one pair and i thought 'shit my arse was huge' It was great therapy :) it did make me feel better about myself :)

Cate You are suppose to shout at me lol Why cant i resist cake anymore!!! I use to be able to say no to everything! Cake really does say 'eat me, eat me, eat me' and it waves and says 'cooooeeeee' too!!!
I would have no cake in the house but i have Herman the German friendship cake to make on sunday! My ain is to have none of it at all (yeah, right lol like i have the willpower for that) We are going on holiday next weekend and i want to try and get to the weight i got to before by then, then i have the big party the following saturday and i am going to see alot of people that i haven't seen since i lost weight. That should be an insentive to keep me away from Herman!!!

Rosie Yes, it must me less calories! Also, seeing as it had broken up, wouldn't all the calories have fallen out anyway? Don't worry about not posting my lovely. We know how busy you are hun. I haven't had chance to check out other diaries for days now either. Life kinda gets in the way....Alot these days huh. Hope everything's going well sweetie Xx
 
ADAY 276 New beginning day 7

Breakfast: 2 small slices of wholemeal toast with light spread and marmite (147 cals)
Lunch: Ham, lettuce and coleslaw wholemeal sandwich, 97 cal crisps and grapes (367 cals)
Dinner: Lasagne and salad (388 cals)
Snacks: Granola bar & grapes (230 cals)
Total calories eaten = 1132

Exercise: Again NONE :(
Total calories burnt = 0

Again i didn't get chance to do any exercise!!!!! :mad: I AM going running tomorrow. Even if the weather is shite, i'll go to the gym. Hopefully i'll get more chance to go next week as i hope to be not so busy.

Check out me being brave and actually putting a photo of me now as my avatar!!!!!

Lots of housework and running around doing jobs and seeing others today.

There was something else i was going to say but i can't remember what it was now..........

I will catch up with everyone tomorrow.



Edit....... I've remembered lol.........It is weight day tomorrow. I am going to have gained, i know i have but i will be chuffed if it is only about 5lb cos last weekend i had been up 7lb!!!!!! I will be a good girl and change my ticker accordingly. Cate & Jess...Can't wait to see how you guys have done this week too.
 
AMorning all :)

I weighed and i have gaine 4lb! I'm actually really ok with that cos at one point i was 10lb up!!!!

Off for my run in a minute :)
 
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