Byebye Big Bum!

hmmm lets just say it wasn't exactly a roaring success...she survived for 20 mins before the request to go back onshore turned into a demand!! Sigh. She wasn't crying or scared, just a bit bored and wanted to be swimming in the lake rather than sailing on it.

The afternoon was salvaged though by my friend who was the duty officer that afternoon (he helped me rig, launch and pack away the sail boat - I was very grateful), as he came up, saw we'd come in really early and asked her if she wanted a ride in the powerboat. She could not have been MORE enthusiastic!! So he whizzed us around the lake, up and down, some terrifying turns and round and round all the kayak students!! They all like a good laugh down there at the center and the kayak instructer was trying to splash us each time we circled them making big waves! My daughter thought this was all hillarious. Then I took her for a paddle / swim in the water in all our gear and she was happy bobbing around in her life jacket until we got a bit cold and went in. So the afternoon was ok, just not much sailing!! No big deal though, will just plan to go on my own for a few more years.

Hmm, scales show me at somewhere between 184 and 186lbs this morning which I am a bit narked at a) because I didn't have that much to eat yesterday so can't see what's changed and b) because they couldn't make up their mind. I'm irritated that a good pair of accurate electronic scales are becoming unreliable. But it has made me determined to eat less and do some more exercise this week once this horrible cough has gone.

I also made a decision to sign up for a competant crew course when there is next one scheduled in at the sailing school I picked, which is a 5 day sailing course and then I can crew in yacht cruising and racing weekends. This is going to be my reward system for losing weight - first the CC course, then a couple of training weekends, then a couple of proper coastal races, then ultimately something offshore!! Long term though!!

Right, off to work for me!! Got some serious meetings today and a load of prep work for an all day VERY serious meeting tomorrow! Plus, need to call Mr X on a client matter so got that to look forward to as well!
 
I'm glad that you managed to salvage the day and ended up having fun. I've got 'good' electronic scales which can vary by about 2 - 3 kgs depending on how you stand on them. It's really annoying.
Looking forward to hearing about your phone call with Mr X :)
 
hmm. I kind of misjudged it a bit and called him right at the end of the day as I had to get this client matter sorted before going home tonight, but I caught him just as he was about to go I think. Bless him, we agreed he'd look it up tomorrow and call me then, but he must have logged back in as he called me on my mobile 10 mins later. We chatted for like 2 mins but both of us sort of had to go so it wasn't one of our long conversations. I've now not really got a reason to get back in touch for ages...at least I don't want to as I don't want it to seem like I call him every week. He's meant to be fixing up a meeting between me and his department so I guess the ball is in his court to do that and get in touch with me. I think I'm going to get my head down and lose some more weight and go another 4 weeks or so without speaking to him! Then I'll suggest we meet up for a coffee again to catch up as it will have been a good few months since the last one.

Sorry, not much of a post about weight loss...
 
Hey, Just thought I'd pop by and take a looksie, looks like everything has really changed for you since you started :D That's wonderful!

Keep going! And goodluck with Mr X!

And who cares if your entry isn't about weightloss, it's YOUR diary to write what you want :)
 
Thanks for stopped by Knyt - nice to see you! I know I can write whatever I like in my diary, but I have to hold myself back from just typing a mixture of complete rubbish and Mr X files hahahah.

Urgh. Eycky, dodgey scales or no dodgey scales, looks like a combo of holiday and being ill (so no running) has caught up with me...186lbs this morning. Such a step backwards. I know its only 3-4lbs but I was SO chuffed with being 182. I'm going to have to get my arse in gear and shift it! I WILL NOT go upwards. I refuse. Kind of my own fault though - I have been a bit slack on the old chocolate front. Cold turkey might be the only way forward! Going to try and do at least 20 mins on the exercise bike each night - that aught to kick start things.

I'm still kind of lingering with this illness though - sore throat this morning, muzzy head and I feel like I've been smoking 40 a day my whole life (or rather I'm coughing so much I sound like it!! Never really smoked at all though!!). Its frustrating because I miss running and I know its going to be hard to get the miles back up to where I was before. PLus, the evenings are getting darker and its just raining at the moment. Not making excuses, just realising how good I had it in the summer! I might have to head back to the gym in a month or two.

Big serious meeting all day today. Although, I'm pleased that the director at work who is in charge of this client has gone from plannign to be there the whole day, to just coming for the first 2 hours, to wondering if he needs to be there at all and to just leave the whole thing to me. He's the kind of guy who normally leads things from the front so to speak and so I feel very flattered that he thinks he would be leaving the client in capable hands for what is a very important meeting. I hope it goes ok.

Sigh. Feeling not so great this morning - combo of the disappointing weigh in and yesterday's call. Not sure why I feel like that - he went out of his way to get me some information that I needed that he shouldn't have at a time that was probably inconvenient to him, and was friendly and chatty whilst he did. I just have this funny sinking feeling that although he's in for setting up this meeting, his boss won't be...not sure why - probably because he's delayed talking to her about it and I dunno, sometimes I just get feelings about things...like somethings I feel like someone is going to cancel a meeting with me - no indication that they might at all, but then they do cancel it..out of the blue! And I've just got this gut feeling that he's regretting being all enthusiastic about it and not sure how he's going to swing it.

Rightyo, off to work for me!! Have a great day guys and girls.
 
I know we shouldn't let those temporarily little blips upward in our weight bother us so much, but DANG! They really tick me off! Good thing to remember is that we know what we have to do to get the numbers going back the other way, right? Right!

Hope your big meeting goes well!
 
aww I am sorry you are still feeling ill hun.
but nice to hear you are doing great on your job!

but don't get disappointed on the weight in. you are basically over the hill with your weight loss and it is just normal that things slow down a bit.
xoxo!
 
Thanks for the cheerleading posts Tig and Amiba...they cheered me up and made me think I should step back and focus on the long term plan rather than the everyday fluctuations.

Ok....I am refocusing on the essentials! Food diary each day and I WILL grade myself out of 10 as to whether I've made good choices or dreadful ones.

Food:
bagel with small serving of pate - 220+100 = 320
3/4 of sandwich = 350
handful of tortilla chips - 120 cals
2 mini blueberry muffins - 200 cals
plain salad and ham snack - 13+90 = 103 cals
Lucozade drink - 50 cals
3 cups of tea - 30 cals
2 slices of plain ham - 60 cals
WW lemon resotto meal - 320 cals
Pack of iced gems - 100 cals

Total = 1653

6km run - so around 400-500 cals burned

Great day for exercise, not so great on the corporate buffet!! So overall, a 6 out of 10!

Great day workwise though - in an all day client meeting (I cost a fortune at my hourly rate!!!) and I feel it was money well spent by the client! More importantly, so do they! Felt pretty snazzy in a black suit with tight black trousers and a stripey shirt tucked in!! Yes...I have started to wear formal women's shirts TUCKED INTO MY TROUSERS. I feel that good about my waistline! Gone are the baggy shirts that hangout and over! Ok, so its not a perfect waist and hip silouette (or however you spell it) but I am definitely subscribing to the "wear it tight and flaunt what you got" school of thought rather than the "go baggy and hide underneath" principle.

hmm, off for my bath now.
 
my pleasure hun!
of course you should focus on the long therm because let me tell you, it is amazing!!
I only wish I could lose that much weight right now. but I know eventually I will.
congratulations on eating right and exercising still, I think it is great you are still focused. by the way how long did it take you to lose all the weight?
 
6 outta 10 is a passing grade in my books! And well done on the run! That should boost your grade to at least a 7.5!!

Take care and enjoy your bath!!
 
jjjay said:
Great day workwise though - in an all day client meeting (I cost a fortune at my hourly rate!!!) and I feel it was money well spent by the client! More importantly, so do they! Felt pretty snazzy in a black suit with tight black trousers and a stripey shirt tucked in!! Yes...I have started to wear formal women's shirts TUCKED INTO MY TROUSERS. I feel that good about my waistline! Gone are the baggy shirts that hangout and over! Ok, so its not a perfect waist and hip silouette (or however you spell it) but I am definitely subscribing to the "wear it tight and flaunt what you got" school of thought rather than the "go baggy and hide underneath" principle.
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Now that you've changed your dress style, do you find more people are noticing your weight loss and commenting on it? I found that when I finally gave up the baggy clothes and startes wearing more form fitting stuff people really took notice. In fact, many swore that I had dropped the weight practicly overnight. I think it was just the fact that I just started to dress differently one day and everyone was finally able to really notice the difference.
 
Amiba - I started in Nov 2007 and went from 240 to 194 in 6 months (so...around 46lbs), then I stayed kind of the same for the rest of 2008 and some of 2009, then realised I had crept back up to 210 by Xmas 2009. So I kicked my butt in gear and have lost 28lbs since then - mostly between Feb and July 2010.

I've had 176lbs as my target ever since I started at 240 so not sure what I'm going to do when I get there!! Ideally I think I'll keep going into the 150s as I think I'll be a UK 10-12 at that size and at 5ft 6 that's fine with me!

Off to work for me! Sailing tonight so no running...only if the weather is ok though...torrential rain and wind yesterday so I don't want to go out on the lake (even in a wetsuit!!) if its blowing old boots!
 
jjjay said:
Amiba - I started in Nov 2007 and went from 240 to 194 in 6 months (so...around 46lbs), then I stayed kind of the same for the rest of 2008 and some of 2009, then realised I had crept back up to 210 by Xmas 2009. So I kicked my butt in gear and have lost 28lbs since then - mostly between Feb and July 2010.

I've had 176lbs as my target ever since I started at 240 so not sure what I'm going to do when I get there!! Ideally I think I'll keep going into the 150s as I think I'll be a UK 10-12 at that size and at 5ft 6 that's fine with me!

Off to work for me! Sailing tonight so no running...only if the weather is ok though...torrential rain and wind yesterday so I don't want to go out on the lake (even in a wetsuit!!) if its blowing old boots!
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Hey hun!
oh wow that is good! I want to drop 30 pounds in 3-4 months but I don't know if my body is going to react as quickly .
I was 150ish but gained around 15 pounds this past year -sigh- well it isn't a lot considering I've been eating poorly. but that sets me back on my goal of my 120's. I am a small girl so that's around the weight I should have.
always been curvy so I am used to looking for the jeans in the bottom of all the other jeans and praying there's a US size 12 around. my my!
 
Tigpuppy said:
Now that you've changed your dress style, do you find more people are noticing your weight loss and commenting on it? I found that when I finally gave up the baggy clothes and startes wearing more form fitting stuff people really took notice. In fact, many swore that I had dropped the weight practicly overnight. I think it was just the fact that I just started to dress differently one day and everyone was finally able to really notice the difference.
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Yeah, people definitely comment if I am wearing something fitted and tight as I guess they can see my shape more. I'm less worried about having visible bulges around my tummy now - i.e. the rolls have mostly gone unless I'm slouched sitting down, so I wear stuff that emphasises where I go in at the waist as compared to my hips and bust it goes in a lot.

Amiba, I have always been the same - praying that they'll have my size and then being either disappointed because they don't , or disappointed because although it looks great in a size 8 or 10, by the time they size it up, it looks rubbish!!! However, now I am able to walk into a store and find my size...it means I am spending far too much money on clothes!!! LOL!

Food:
bagel with small serving of pate - 220+100 = 320
1 skinny latte - 75 cals
1 tiny square of brownie - 50 cals
plain salad and ham lunch - 13+90 = 103 cals
1 small apple - 60 cals
2 cups of tea - 20 cals
3 slices of plain ham - 90 cals
Subway club wrap with no sauce or anything - 400 cals
1 small chocolate bar - 137 cals
Small bunch of grapes - 50 cals

Total = 1305

3 hours of sailing including rigging, hoiking masts all over the place, carrying gear, de-rigging, hauling and launching boats, plus the actual sailing itself! Great fun but really tiring after a days work!

Great day for exercise and food even if I did crumble a bit on the chocolate/brownie front - at least I kept it small-scale!! So overall, a 9 out of 10!

What else? Great day at work...nothing from Mr X, but my friend has bet me that he will contact me in the next two weeks, so I am determined to leave alone and see if he does to win or lose the bet with her!

Down to 184-185 again today...hmph, getting closer to back to 182 but not fast enough!
 
I'm starting to get really fed up with these scales...I know my bathroom floor is a bit uneven, but they ranged from 185.4 to 182.6lbs this morning, often giving different readings whilst in the same place. If I could be sure that its the scales themselves going all funky, I'd go and buy a new set today but I'm dubious incase I get a new pair home and have the same problem. But if that's the case, these would have been like this from the start....hmm...

Someone at work was a real aSS to me yesterday - I didnt have time to write about it last night as I was so tired from sailing but it has REALLY annoyed me. He came along to a meeting I had (that I was brought in as a specialist to run and he was told he could come for a "learning experience" as he'd not been to a meeting like that before - we are the same grade but he's been stuck at that grade for a few years now and I've just been promoted) and when we got back to the office, came to me and "gave me his opinion on the situation" - which is fine, interesting to hear and happy to talk it through. He then told me that we didn't need another meeting to negotiate this deal...at this point I thought EH? Firstly, everythign I'd been working for strategically was leading towards another meeting as the way to resolve it and I couldn't believe that he "didn't get this" and secondly, it was my decision and I'd already agreed it with all the involved parties. To just write a letter would have pushed the other side right back to a adversarial position rather than towards negotiating a deal.

So I said (and I'm not normal confrontational at work...more diplomatic) "Yes we do need another meeting, its the right way to go" and he said "No we don't" and I said "Hmm.....We do need another meeting and we're having another meeting" - which is about as close as I'd get to "F you, let me make the specialist strategic decisions". I couldn't believe it though - he was really humpy about it - he doesn't even head up the client team and I have been pussyfooting around diplomatically trying to keep him happy. The big boss who does has handed over the deal to me and told me I'm the specialist for closing deals so to run with it. So if the director on the client (like a Vice P, or Junior Partner) and the client themselves (head of a big company) are looking to me to advise/lead, why on earth does he think he can tell me what is the right strategic direction?!?! I'm not getting on my high horse here - saying I'm better than him or anything, but I am the specialist in this area - I would happily talk through any suggestions or points that he has and debate them, but not be told what to do. If his strategic suggestion was right, even with his complete lack of experience, I'd have no problems turning around and going "hmm, yes, I think you have a point, lets think about it", BUT he has such a complete lack of understanding of the wider picture and context!! URRRRRRRRRRRRGHHGHGHHGH. Ok, rant over! :rant:

On the other hand, another client was such a sweetie yesterday in a meeting so that sent me home with a smile.

Sailing was great as usual - no wind which made it a bit difficult but means you really have to concentrate on your technique and trimming the sail to catch any kind of wind. A very experienced instructor was at the club and he was very very useful to talk to - really knew his stuff and I learnt a lot. I'm going to miss it during the winter - not sure at what point I'll stop the evening sailing but its lacrosse season again from next week so I'll have weekly practice and a match most weekends.

As usual...off to work with me! Have a good day peeps
 
Don't you just HATE people like that??? I have no use for them. I've had to deal with jerks often in my career - especially at the beginning. I moved up the ranks fast and was very focused on my career when I first started. I was the youngest person in my level, and a girl to boot! I had to prove time and again that I was in my position for a reason - I had EARNED it because I was good at my job! Now that I've been here for 15 years things are a lot easier. I've moved up almost as far as I can go - only 1 level left and then I've topped out. Now I'm the go to person for a lot of things and people respect what I say - probably because they are all now younger than me! HA!

Even with all that experience I still run into situations like you described. Not long ago we had a rush request from a customer for an enhancement to their software. I met with them, figured out what they needed to solve their problems and had the changes designed and ready to go. Just had to implement the changes. But another rush came thru and my boss asked me to hand off the other project since the hard part was done in order to pick up the new one. The guy she asked me to hand it off to had worked here about 6 years longer than me, but I had been promoted over him. He had a huge problem with that. Plus he had a huge problem with any woman who happened to be taller than him - which was a LOT of women since he was only 5'2" with shoes on! Anyway, I told him all he needed to do and made it very easy for him. Instead he went back and set up meetings with the customer and re-did EVERYTHING, but came up with the same design change that I had given to him in the first place. I was SO MAD!!! He wasted time and money because he didn't think my work could be trusted because I was such a 'young girl' (yes, those were his words!). We ended up having to give the customer a refund for the time he billed for doing the work I had already done.

At least I don't have to deal with him any more though. He started stalking one of our co-workers (she even had a restraining order put against him) and he ended up getting fired for sexual harrassment.

Hope your work situation works out - just remember that you got where you are today for a good reason - you worked hard and YOU DESERVED IT!

I've been having the same scale issues as you too - lots of fluctuations. My current theory is that the center of gravity for the earth must be constantly moving, and therefore my scale will never read the same from minute to minute!
 
huh>?
I typed a whole post last night in response and posted it and now its not here!!

PAH!

To summarise:
Tig, sounds like you know exactly what I mean!! Although I think framing him for sexual harrassment might have been a step too far to get revenge ;) :smilielol5:This guy at my work is by accounts good at his job and I would go to him for more general knowledge in that area but there is a reason why I am a negotiation/settlement specialist and the fact that we charge clients nearly twice as much per hour for that reflects it for good reason!!

I like the scales theory!! I'm sure it has somethign to do with the moons pull and the tides, which fits in with why we are "appear" heavier at ToM too!! It must be the scales!

I can't be bothered to type out my food AGAIN for yesterday, suffice to say:
1300 cals
Bad thing: cupcake for someone's leaving do
Good thing: fruit throughout the day and drank lots of water, no snacking at home
Exercise: none...eek!

So, a 7/10 day!

What else....dress down day today at work - w00h00!! Its odd, when in jeans, I am a bit cheekier, so therefore I do more telephone calls to make deals when dress down...because I tend to get better results LOL! (note: only if dealing with men. I call women during the rest of the week when in smart work clothes...) strange eh?! We're now dress down every friday unless you have a client meeting.

I stopped off at the shops on my way home yesterday (TK Maxx - a kind of american-like designer discount store where they have a lot of labels from last season and before all mixed up in funny sizes) and found the Musto sailing jacket that I have been drooling over for the last year, in my size (but not baggy at all...in a quite fitted tight size), reduced from £275 (so what, $400 plus) down to £99, then down again to £49. I nearly fainted in the shop. IT IS MINE! Its not a "designer/fashion" label, but a very very good technical yachting/sailing waterproof thing...Needless to say, I was very happy!

I was thinking yesterday about my temporary stall on the scales - which I am sure is my one-month knock on from holiday! And the main difference is although the lbs are a good measure month on month of where I am headed, I feel very different lately. I feel more "tight" around the core - so stretched and toned...even though I KNOW that I'm not toned - that's not what I am trying to say...I guess when I put trousers on or look in the mirror, I don't feel flabby and dumpy with overhanging rolls. I instead feel a bit like you do when you put your arms way above your head and yawn - does that make sense?!? Or sound like completely mad ramblings? In the greater pattern of things, I still have a long way to go - at least another 2 stone but I like this feeling!

I think I am going to aim for 154lbs - this feels like a good medium weight for my height, plus will put me at around 25-26 BMI.
 
Sorry to hear about the work issues. I hate things like that.

But it's exciting to hear about the jacket you found. Got to love finding just want you want and at a huge discount to boot!

I know exactly what you mean about feeling "tighter", although I'm not feeling that way right now. I have though, when I was doing better at my exercise routine. Now I'm feeling dumpy and flabby. :ack2:
 
Congrats on getting such a good bargain on the sailing jacket and well done on standing up to your work colleague. :)
It's amazing how clothes can change your personality. If I am dressed up and got my hair done nice I seem to walk taller and feel so much more confident and definitely I'm much more flirty.
 
WOW! Can't beat a deal like that now, can you?

I like how you described what it feels like to be more fit - it DOES feel good to put your arms over your head and stretch. And being fit feels kind of like that all the time, except without having to actually DO the stretch.

I wonder if that's how a lean, sleak, sexy black panther feels? Maybe if I visualize myself as that sexy black panther it will be easier to stick to my calorie budget and fit in some exercise every day?

Hmmm... Might be worth a try....
 
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