ABBAgirl's Diary

I suspect that people have been used to feeling good about their figure next to us (you know the idea - "I carry a few extra pounds but can never look fat if Margaret is there too - she makes me look slim next to her"). They may not be aware that they think like that - but I suspect that it is something like that. The very notion of me weighing the same as them or even possibly less than them is something that they are not keen on. I really dont think that it is on purpose or they know that they are doing it though!!!

The funny thing is that the same people who tell you not to lose any more weight will I am sure tell you how brilliant you look when you lose some more weight. People that were telling me that I shouldnt lose any more a stone ago are telling me that I look great now! Where is the logic???

I can fully understand your desire to become a WW leader - and you know the weight that you need to attain to do this. You have become quite an expert in weightloss over the time - and your experience will inspire people like we were to make their dreams come true. Although I suspect that it would never provide a major income stream - I think that it would be enjoyable and provide a definite element of job satisfaction. You know how important it is for us all to feel comfortable with our bodies.

It is great that you have devoted much of yesterday to "you". I suspect that will be your last opportunity for "me-time" for the summer. Well done for determining to force yourself into your exercise routine. This is the attitude that is making your dreams come true.

It is Friday - so good luck at the WW scales for this week.
 
Well, I have been consciously trying to increase my protein intake, as per my bootcamp instructor's suggestion. Imagine my sheer delight when, after my incredibly hot and sweaty treadmill routine today, my scale said 152 lbs!!!
Now I have no idea what my weight will be when I go in on Friday. I could not bring myself to go in this past Friday, as my scale showed 2+ over. I believe this was sodium related, however.

:party:Tomorrow is CANADA DAY!:eh: Yay and amen! How very thankful I am to be able to live in such a glorious land, with freedom to worship and even a decent, affordable health care system! Canada is beautiful indeed, and a country which has enjoyed God's great blessing for 141 years.

Cheers to you all *but especially to my fellow Canucks* :eh::eh:
 
:eh:HAPPY CANADA DAY!!!:eh:


Our weather is ridiculous lately. It cannot decide to be sunny & blisteringly hot or overcast and muggy with thunderheads all around. I just hope we have decent weather for the fireworks tonight!

Just finished housecleaning, going out for a nonfat latte with bootcamp instructor soon. Then we are off to visit DH's family, who have moved ever closer to us, as was inevitable. *sigh* Oh well. I had better make the best of it. I do want our girls to grow up knowing their extended family, even as they slowly drive me insane.

Tonight is bootcamp at 5:30. :ack2: until you have done a brutal workout in the blistering heat, you just don't know how truly awful it is!!! I'd better take extra water bottles...

Cheers
ABBA
 
Happy Canada Day! :eh:

The heat can sometimes hamper your workout (i've felt the effects of it before), good luck!

V
 
Well, a visit from the in-laws thwarted my plans to go to bootcamp on Tues, but I will definitely be going tomorrow night. In the heat.:nopity: BLAAH! Today I did a really long and sweaty workout on the mill. Evenings I have also been trying to use my yoga ball, remembering the evil bootcamp exercises and doing them the best I can. I have to remember to buy a good resistance band! Yeesh my memory sure ain't what it used to be...perhaps I can blame the heat! Or nearly being 40. Or having two kids. Or ____________. hee hee:Angel_anim:

Best wishes to everyone
ABBA
 
Enjoying my last hour or so before heading off to evil/wonderful bootcamp. We will actually be using our yoga balls tonight, and I am determined not to roll off of mine and give everyone such a laugh as I did last time! :blush5:LOL Tomorrow is weigh-in day at WW, and I have no idea how I will do. I haven't looked at my scale in a couple of days. I have been consciously trying to get in more protein, and have started using my protein shakes again.

today I did my usual time on the mill and with the juice jugs, and tonight bootcamp for an hour. It has to be paying off!

cheers:waving:
ABBA
 
:ack2:HOT. SWEATY. TIGHT ABS. TIRED. FEELS GOOD.:biggrinjester:
It would be nice if the scales show a loss tomorrow, but if not, I feel that I have been trying.

ABBA
 
Hey ABBA! You sure have been kicking it up! I'm definitely impressed. You have inspired me to try out some of the fitness classes at my apartment complex. :) I think I might start out simple with water aerobics and work my way up. . . .I'd love to do kickboxing or something but I'm afraid of looking like an overweight, uncoordinated moron! :smilielol5: I'm sure you'll see a loss this week. And even if you don't, you've certainly been kicking butt!!!
 
Good luck at the WW scales! I am sure that you will see a loss.

You are still doing great with all the exercise. It really is paying off for you. Trust your in-laws to thwart your exercise plans! I laughed when I read that you rolled off your ball! I thought that I was the only one that did things like that (not that I do gruelling exercise classes with big balls!)

Take care
Love
Margaret
 
:toetap05:Well, the WW scales showed NO loss - but also no gain, so I guess that is okay. I have lately just been learning how much of a role sodium can play in thwarting my WL efforts, so am being more aware of how much is in the things that I am eating.

I did some retail therapy yesterday :biggrinjester: and is it ever nice to fit into nice clothes right off the rack! when I bought a belt, I had to search until I found a SMALL! Now that was a treat. I also bought a new dress for my reunion next week, in case the first one is now too big (and too formal). I don't feel too badly about spending the $ as the majority of my purchases through the years have definitely come from thrifting! To have some "brand new" is all right. I may get DH to take yet another pic of me in this dress for show and tell ;P though you are probably getting sick of all my pics! LOL

We finally found a new drummer, so hope to get the ball rolling with our band for next week again. It is so frustrating working with musicians!!! They are notoriously unreliable! :banghead:

:party:
My girls are gone for the afternoon and ALL NIGHT to a friend's! However shall I make use of all this time (she asks, trying to ignore the mountain of laundry, piles of craft supplies, and large yoga ball occupying the living room)? I think I will start by watching the rest of Elizabeth (great show staring Cate Blanchett), then get on the 'mill, have a loooooong bubble bath, phone people, and ...?

All for now
ABBA
 
:smash:Bootcamp rocks! Just 3 more sessions and then we are done. I will miss it! I still love/hate it, but feel that I get SUCH a good workout from it!

My 20th reunion is this Saturday, and I feel GREAT! I bought a new little (and I mean little) dress and I think it looks simply stunning on me :coolgleamA: I will take a pic and show you. It is pretty stretching for me, shorter in the leg and lower cut in the bosom (great word, eh) than I usually wear, but hey! I actually look better 20 yrs later than I did at my own grad! so I am going to live it up and enjoy every minute.

Chat with you later
ABBA:seeya:
 
:hurray:Yay for me! Another successful boot camp. And does my gut ever feel it! Wow, she worked our abs tonight. Tomorrow morning is my WW weigh in. I have not weighed myself this week, but can feel that Aunt flow is getting ready to make her appearance again, meaning that I may be up rather than down :angelsad2: As much as I don't want to go and get THAT news, I will go anyway. As my mother would say, "It builds character!"

All for now
ABBA
 
:party:WW scale said down to 153, so I am still moving...

Today is crazy. Already took mumsy out for her b-day brkfst & then looked at 2 properties. Next off to hairdresser. Then drop off kids at sitter and off to band practice. Then finally my big reunion! no wonder i am so tired...

all for now
ABBA
 
It is great that the scales were down - despite Aunt Flo. How low would they have been if you werent carrying that water-weight!!!?

I hope that you have had a brilliant reunion. It is great that you know that you look better than you did 20 years ago. That is a brilliant way to know that things are when you go to something like that.

I for one am looking forward to seeing the photos - so dont be shy about posting them - especially with the legs and bosom on show (in a nice respectable way of course).
 
:party:My reunion was AMAZING!!! Talk about good for the self esteem - every single person commented on my weight loss and how good I was looking! It was crazy! It was almost embarrassing - but not quite ;) I felt absolutely stunning in my dress, and when I saw my reflection in a window I asked DH "Is that really ME? Where did I go?" to which he laughed and gave me a hug. He was a good sport to come to a reunion where he knew virtually no one - and had to sit at a table beside my former longterm boyfriend! :angel:

And the best part - the very best, most wonderful part actually occurred the morning after, when I GOT ON MY SCALE AND IT READ 150 LBS!!!
Fantastic!! I don't know if it will stay that way, but it sure did feel tremendous! That means that I can apply to work at WW very soon, which will be a good help in launching my public speaking career! I feel like my life has changed so much over the past year. I CAN DO ANYTHING!

Well, time to hit that treadmill...
ABBA
 
It is great that the reunion went so well.

Wonderful also that your weight was down.

Congratulations!

When are we going to see the photos?
 
Here I am in my ooh-la-la reunion dress, down from 211 lbs last July to 150 lbs this July! I have lost over 60 lbs so far, and have no intention of stopping yet!!! I have included my original "fat pic" for comparison.

Thanks for all of your encouragement. XXXX Janice

 
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:cuss:A big THUMBS DOWN to that unwelcome monthly visitor, just before weigh-in. Also tonight I am supposed to get measured for my end-of-bootcamp success story! :ack2: My instructor will surely wonder how I am now pudgier than when I started! LOL Well, whatchugonnado? Can't fight TOM and her nasty water retention ways.

cheers
ABBA
 
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