Byebye Big Bum!

heya guys.

LOL Flumes - Forbes - I don't think so!! I'm still a couple of steps below making partner!!

Sorry I've not updated over the last couple of days - it has been so so busy. Well up and down here. Been averaging around 1500-1700 cals a day which should still be a good 500 cals below my maintenance but no weight loss. I need to get back to 1400ish range I think.

Not had time to run since Thursday and too many dinners out - so difficult to make choices that are even near to the 300-400 cal dinner that I'd have at home. I spent the day sailign yesterday (and am about to leave to do the same again today) - I'd forgotten how physical it is - jumping in and out, dragging boats around to launch them, hoisting sails, not to mention squatting and all the moving you do when you are actually sailing!! All my muscles hurt from my toes to my shoulders!! I wanted to go for a run when I got back last night but I literally just flopped out on the sofa exhausted and it was all I could do to get up to go and meet some friends for a quick drink who were on holiday nearby.

I'm quite frustrated that I'm still showing up as 191 but I guess its just a reflection of the food choices I've made in the last week. I really want to get down to the 180s for the end of this month and mid 180s for the 2nd week of July so here's the plan:

Mon 28th - 5k run in the evening, venison stew and salad (i.e. NO CHIPS) when we go out to the pie pub for lunch, take in cakes for promotion to work and eat 1/2 of white chocolate cookie
Tues 29th - salad for lunch and out in the evening so try to chose healthily for dinner
Weds 30th - salad for lunch and 5k run in the evening
Thur 1st - salad for lunch and tennis in the evening
Fri 2nd - run in the morning, salad for lunch, promotion drinks in the evening so going to drive in so I can't drink mojitos - just seems the easiest way to avoid the extra alcohol cals and solves my problem of how to get home if drunk!!
Sat & Sun - sailing so not gonna be snacking! Relatively easy to stick to cals because I am too busy to do much else.

However, I have to say that the pounds might not be going down but I'm down an extra 2 holes on my belt and jeans are getting baggy so I think I must be toning up somewhat. I think so much of it is down to confidence - you feel good = you look good (obviously this has its limits LOL, I guess I mean, you look the best you can look!!). How I'm feeling has a lot to do with how I stand, how I act etc...and I think these things all contribute to how other people subconsciously view you.
 
Welcome back bud!

Just a suggestion....with the additional protein you're eating, you might want to increase the water intake a bit. (At least thats what I was told.)
My weight didnt go down either this past week and if I look back, my water intake was looowwww.

Have a great day and enjoy the rest of your weekend!

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Hey jjjay, WOOH about the promotion, huge gratz. In this day and age that's amazing, you must be so proud of yourself!

And wow about the sailing...I keep reading in other people's journals all this fun stuff they're doing. I think as soon as I can drop another 20-30lbs so I'm able to get around I'm going to plan a day trip somewhere.
 
Hey guys, sorry I've been a bit AWOL - work is massively busy again. It's 9pm here at home and I've got to go and do a couple more hours work before bed...yikes.

So...spent the weekend sailing - I forgot just how physically demanding this is! My muscles are only just starting to recover but I'm spending this weekend doing the same all over again!!!

Monday was cakes to celebrate promotion day - I ate two white chocolate cookies (yikes) but a few less calories for lunch and dinner so I think I evened out around 1600 cals for the day...just more bad cals than good ones.

Tuesday - ran 5km in the morning before work as I was due in late to take my car to the garage. Ate salad for lunch (140 cals!w00t!) and a subway wrap for dinner, but as I was out at a music concert, I was so hungry on my journey home at 12am that I crumpled and bought a filet o'fish from McDonalds on the way home - threw away 1/2 the bun and scraped off all the tartar sauce, so I guess that probably reduced it from 350 cals to around 280? Overall I hit around 1400 cals for the day.

Today! Walked the 2 miles to and from the station, food as follows:

1 weight watchers toasted bagel with 20 g of melted cheese = 160 + 60 cals = 220
3 cups of tea = 30 cals
1 skinny latte = 135 cals
110 cals of strawberries (waaaaa my salad in the work fridge had gone mouldy so nothing else to eat for lunch) - 110 cals
1 low cal bq chicken wrap with salad - 280 cals
1 low cal cheese and onion crisp sticks - 80 cals
2 pieces of red liquorice - 40 cals
1 low cal chicken and stir fried veg meal - 303 cals (I don't really feel this hungry but if I don't eat something further then its seems a very low calorie count for the day so going to try and eat some of this now)

Total = 1198 cals

I'm 189 on the scales tonight and have been chugging water down all day as per teh instructions from Flumes. Planning to go for another run tomorrow morning...only 12 more days to go before the big lunch so got to maximise my efforts!

over and OUT!
jjjjjjjjjjay
 
Welcome back Bud! I was just about ready to call Her Majesty's Secret (Weigh Loss) Service :willy_nilly::willy_nilly: Worried about ya.

Well done on the food and a steady 189 is great! Specially after cakes and celebratin!

Your sailing sounds so tranquil....very nice you!

Hope you have a great remainder of the week and good luck with the progress!
 
You are doing great and managing to keep it all together even though you have such a hectic life at the moment. The sailing sounds like fun and a great way for you to unwind. Have fun this weekend.
 
OK...
4.5km run this morning before work...weighed 188lbs on the dot when I got back - w00t!! That's my 50lb mark!!!!

Food so far today:

6 cups of tea - 60 cals
3 crab sticks - 55 cals
1 WW bagel toasted with 35g of low fat pate - 229 cals
Low fat/low cal chicken and steamed veg noodles meal - 303
5 pieces of red liquorice - 100 cals
2 slices of ham at 35 cals each - 70 cals
6oz lean grilled steak - 252 cals
peas and salad - 40 cals
homemade chips/potato (kind of halfway between the two so not massively fried) - 300 cals?
small biscuit with tea in restaurant - 50 cals

Total so far - 1459

I'm now in my "new month, new focus, feeling darn fine" phase!!! hahah I'm so cyclical!!

Gonna call Mr X today I think on a small issue that's come up. Our lunch is less than two weeks away!! But I'm nearly 1/2 stone lighter than when I last saw him so its happening...slowly...

I wore a shirt to work the other day that has sat in my wardrobe ever since I bought it - I think I've worn it once...and got so many compliements on how it looked - completely unexpectedly - I hadn't even given it a second thought when I threw it on in the morning apart from "oh that fits better now".
 
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heheh yep!! Absolutely.

Actually one of my closer friends at work even went as far to say I should wear it to lunch with X...so it must have looked pretty darn good if its in contention for that kind of occasion!

Now got to sort out the clown pants situation hahahah I'm putting a load of my jeans in a really really hot wash in the hope that they will shrink - lucky most of them are long/over your trainers/drag on the floor kind of jeans anyhow so I don't just need them to shrink sideways...I won't end up with jeans above my ankles if they shrink all over!

Ok I've been thinking about exercise over the next 14 days and this is my plan:

Today - run *DONE*
Fri - going to be out all day and night so nothing!
Sat/Sun - sailing
Mon - bike
Tues - run (4-5km)
Wed - bike
Thurs - run (4-5km)
Fri - bike
Sat - out all day and night - maybe try and get the long run in early in the morning
Sun - bike or long run (7-8km), possibly some kayaking

hehe can you tell I'm working from home today? Tempted to read all of the forum!
 
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Welcome back Bud! I was just about ready to call Her Majesty's Secret (Weigh Loss) Service :willy_nilly::willy_nilly: Worried about ya.
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Forgot to add - this really made me laugh Flumes...especially as I deal with one of HM's services every day at work! Been giggling every time I call them so far thinking about a hidden secret department monitoring us fatties disguising ourselves as thinnies!

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oooooh just spoke to Mr X (first time in weeks!) and he said he had been thinking about me this morning and here I am calling him this afternoon...He's going to jump right on the issue I have and give me a call tomorrow to apologise to me profusely!! (despite being important and having a whole team of minions who should be looking into it and calling me back instead). I wouldn't like to be the person on his team that's caused this issue - gonna get a rollicking I think...
 
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I wore a shirt to work the other day that has sat in my wardrobe ever since I bought it - I think I've worn it once...and got so many compliements on how it looked - completely unexpectedly - I hadn't even given it a second thought when I threw it on in the morning apart from "oh that fits better now".
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OH! Me too!!! I wore a shirt today that I bought eons ago. It was the last one on the rack, super cute, and on SALE so I bought it and never really looked at the size (impulse buy). It appeared to be my size, but when I got it home and looked closer it wasn't even close. I couldn't even get it on completely because my arms were too fat to fit in the sleeves, and when I tried to button it there were big gaps between the buttons and they appeared ready to pop at any second. I wanted to return it but it was a discontinued item and all sales were final, so I was stuck with it. Dug it out this morning from the back of my closet and it slipped right on! Even have extra room in the sleeves! And no strain at all on the buttons! I got lots of compliments too - Isn't that fun? :coolgleamA: I think they thought it looked so good because it actually fit. Most of the clothes I'm wearing right now don't fit very well because they are too big and just hang on me, as your clown pants do on you too I'm sure.

You are doing awesome! Just think of the new wardrobe you'll get to buy soon because you'll be SO SKINNY!!!
 
heya Tigpuppy! Yep, that's the "oh my goodness it does fit me now" moment!!

I've just put on another shirt this morning that I stopped wearing ages ago because it was a bit too tight and its now positively baggy!! On the other hand, my favourite new top (that looked SMASHING) has shrunk in the first wash its been in and is now a little too tight when it fitted perfectly 2 weeks ago - its definitely shrunk as its like a crinkled cotton hippy thing, however did I freak?!? Did I wail?!? Did I stomp my feet?!? Nahh. I just thought "OH ok, I'll have shrunk too in a month or two and I'll wear it again then".
LOL!!!

188 on the scales again this morning - it hover on 187 for a while and then went up - so I got all excited over nothing! Hehehehe better than bouncing back into the 190s though. I am a 180s girl for good now - I am drawing a NEW LINE under 190 and saying NEVER AGAIN.

I woke up thinking this morning about how I can't believe I've lost 50lbs....and how much my life has changed since then. Not just externally but how I feel about myself and how I was so sad back then that I wasn't the person I used to be when I was less heavy. I almost can't believe how far I've come - I mean, I'm gobsmacked that I am now the sort of person that gets up at 6am and runs 5km before work...not just once in a while but 3-4 days a week. That's the kind of race distance that people train for and I could now just rock up and run one without thinking twice. I even now run up hills (!!!) rather than just planning my running route around a flat park. When I look at the progression over the last 6 months - I think that's what suprises me - you don't notice when its happening bit by bit.

Anyhows, got to get off to work - lots to do today but hey, its dress down day and big drinks out to celebrate end of financial year and promotions - I'm driving in though especially so that I am not tempted to drink lots of champagne or cocktails - I have to be sailing at 8.30am tomorrow!!!
 
You are a 180's woman now for sure! You're well under now and the only way is downnnnn for you! (in a good way!!!) You'll look AWESOME when you see Mr X next :) Have a nice day working at home my lovely.
 
Thanks Sunflower *hugz*

I'm feeling goooooood!!

Food today:

1 low cal ham and salad sandwich for brekkie - 285
3 cups of tea - 30
1 ginger biscuit - 40
1/2 chocolate bar - 105
Box of strawberries - 100
1 burger in a bun - 500?
salad, 3 new potatoes - 60
1 corn on cob - 80
3 pieces of liquorice - 60

Total - 1260

Didn't have time for lunch - hence the chocolate and biscuit...naughty! After work was drinks and a BBQ that the company paid for so I ate a small serving. I'm kind of hungry though so I might have a snack before bed...might not...Walked 6000 steps today into the city centre and back - upping this bit by bit!

Mr X called me this morning and then we exchanged some emails this afternoon - much more jokey and casual which was nice as he's usually very very formal on his employer's email (signed off with the shortened version of his name too which is very casual for him as its not the kind of name that is typically shortened!). Its funny, we don't chat on the phone so much now that we've arranged to meet for lunch - its like we've both gone "ok we don't have to make the MOST of every call because we know that we're going to meet up and get the chance to talk then so we can stick to business now..."

Booked an appointment to get my hair coloured and cut next week, plus going shopping for a new evening dress for our company black tie do - its going to be a good one! I feel so much more confident about going now I'm down to this size. If I feel like this this year, just think how I'm going to feel NEXT year when I'm another 2-3 stone lighter!
 
jjjay, great progress. you are soooooo gonna look smashing in that black dress. your entries are so positive and fun to read. congratulations on 50lbs gone. that is a huuuge achievement. you are so totally gonna rock those 12lbs and more...have a good weekend, hun.
 
Thanks Juni :D 50lbs is a big marker for me and 190 is the NEW line. Not going up above that again. N E V E R! I mean, I might redraw the line at 180...then 170 lol...but at the moment, the do not cross line is at 190! Dress buying might actually be fun this week!!

I'm getting ready for sailing here - waking up with my morning cup of tea and workign out if I have time to dash to the phone store to get a new iphone 4 because they have new stock coming in early this morning! I really really want one hehehe - if there's no queue at the store and I can dash in, sign up and dash out, I'll only be 15 mins or so late for sailing....It'll make up for spending 90 mins in my lunch hour queuing for one yesterday (oh why oh why did I bother?) only to get to the front and them tell me that the information that I'd been given over the phone was wrong and they couldn't upgrade me, I could only do it through the specific dealership that I did it with last time :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: I was SO mad but they physically couldn't do it so it wasn't the lady's fault - no point having a go at her.

Awwww I saw a guy I know last night and he was so sweet - the first thing he said was that I looked fantastic and like I'd lost a lot of weight and I was looking really really good - not in a come-on kind of way (I know him and his girlfriend) but in a really nice "friends" sort of way. I'd forgotten that I hadn't seen him for a good 3 or 4 months so he would see quite a change - its just unusual for guys to notice like that and comment...:)

Another thing that seems to be working is my new skincare regime. I haven't got any more acne kind of spots since I started following it rigidly every night and morning - we'll see what happens in the rest of the month but its definitely going to be better than before even if its not cleared up completely. Probably related to drinking more water too and eating healthily.

Will make some time this evening to go through everyone's diaries and get up to date with me posting!!!
 
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I'm glad that you are managing to get rid of the spots. Must be frustating to have a hot new body and then the spots let you down. Nice to get compliments from men when you know that they aren't just coming on to you :)
Have a great time sailing.
 
OMG everything hurts - I forgot how 7 hours of crouching in a boat, hauling ropes, launching and pulling boats out of the water, trying to control sailings and...unfortunately...capsize drill....REALLY takes it out on your body.

Heheh we were in a racing boat yesterday with racing sails on it (really speedy and high concentration needed!!) and capsized once :( it was actually not as bad as I thought - the water was warm and once we realised we were going over and couldn't do anything about it, you just have to go "oh hey, I guess its happening...arghhhhhhhHH!!! splash!"

It took some welly to get the thing upright again and climb back in!!! But I guess its not somethign I'm worried about any more...if we capsize, we capsize and I know what to do.

Ate really healthily whilst at the sail club...around 700 cals in total for breakfast, lunch and snacks, but then went to a friend's house straight afterwards for her baby shower and ate:
2 cupcakes
around 6 biscuits
2 small cheese and spinach samosas
3 fallafals
2 pieces/chunks of cucumber stuffed with spicy peanut couscous

Then a 300 cals weight watchers meal when I got back
No idea on the calories for the party - must be at least 1000 though so I reakon I was somewhere between 2000 -2500 for the day. Not the end of the world but I should have been more conscious and not eaten it!!

188lbs this morning on the scales though so I'm still a happy bunny.

I WANT TO BE 185lbs by this time next week - that's the target girls (and Flumesboy). Then I would feel fandabidosy in time for my lunch meeting (Mr X is stressing out because he's been invited to a meeting on monday morning and he's worried about what time he'll finish and what time he'll be able to meet me...aww bless...I'll just sit in the cafe and work for a couple of hours - I'm flexible!)
 
Hi Jjjay

I have just been reading some of your posts and let me say congratulatuions on losing 50lbs you sound so positive and pleased......

I know I should be asking you how you did it, how you stay motivated etc, but at the moment I am waiting with baited breath to see how you get on with Mr X on your lunch date!!!:coolgleamA:

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Lys x
 
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