Byebye Big Bum!

[ecky1]

ha. Thanks for the k?nd words guys but I wouldn't be too qu?ck to congratulate me...I th?nk I've managed to stay on the s?de of over?ndulg?ng w?th?n reason rather than mass?vely splurg?ng. I reakon I'll come home around 3-5lbs heav?er and then w?th some sharp?sh runn?ng and healthy eat?ng, drop that qu?te qu?ckly. I'm def?n?tely feel?ng l?ke I've expanded a b?t. Oh well, never m?nd...?ts all a matter of balance.

I am 100% sure that I will put on weight when I go on holiday so you won't make me feel so bad if you put on a couple of lbs on yours.

 

[Flumes]

Yeah...just like the rest of our lovely motley crue are sayin.....enjoy yourself!

Now get out there and have fun!!!!!!

 

[Tigpuppy]

Hope you are having a good time! Have you been able to squeeze in any running into your relaxation?

 

[jjjay]

Hey guys thanks for all the reassurance and sorry not to be going through quoting and replying to everyones comments like I would normally, I'm on the phone on free wifi whilst having a very cold and icy diet coke at the burger king in town so not the easiest post to write lol!!

I think I'll feel ok as long as I'm still in the 180s or low 190s when I get back. I figure 7 lbs is probably fair enough for 2 weeks of indulging.

As for running, I've not been since my early foray to the gym. It's just too darn hot. Been walking in the evenings and swimming a lot during the day - bizarrely the hotel pool is too deep to touch the bottom...anywhere so whilst my daughter is fine with waterwings, I end up treading water for hours whilst swimming with her!!

I definitely feel a renewed enthusiasm for getting back into the swing of things when I get back. I miss my long runs around my home town and I'm going to get down the gym in work lunchbreaks. I'd like to aim to be in the 170s by october/November. Ha depends on my weight when I get home. There are a pair of faulty scales in the hotel apartment. I say faulty because they weighed me in at 190 lbs when I arrived and I was 185 when I left the uk! So now they have me at 193-5lbs so who knows!!

Anyhows got to go but promise to catch up on everyones journals as soon as I can - I feel very remiss in not posting on them and in the challenge that I'm meant to be taking part in. Will have to make up for it when I get back!

 

[Flumes]

Hey Jjjay Jjjay!

Hope you are havin a great time. It started coolin off here, but I'm still in vacation mode. I still aven't tried the new scarpettos 'yet'. I'm itchin but my neck isnt in agreement . Maybe next week.

No worries about checkin in on our journals...mine at least. Its the same-o same-o.

Your daughter must be havin a blast in the pool. Kids+Sun+water=happy happy!

Have a great day and enjoy your Turkey! <big grin>

 

[JanaNanner]

Hey guys thanks for all the reassurance and sorry not to be going through quoting and replying to everyones comments like I would normally, I'm on the phone on free wifi whilst having a very cold and icy diet coke at the burger king in town so not the easiest post to write lol!!

I think I'll feel ok as long as I'm still in the 180s or low 190s when I get back. I figure 7 lbs is probably fair enough for 2 weeks of indulging.

As for running, I've not been since my early foray to the gym. It's just too darn hot. Been walking in the evenings and swimming a lot during the day - bizarrely the hotel pool is too deep to touch the bottom...anywhere so whilst my daughter is fine with waterwings, I end up treading water for hours whilst swimming with her!!

I definitely feel a renewed enthusiasm for getting back into the swing of things when I get back. I miss my long runs around my home town and I'm going to get down the gym in work lunchbreaks. I'd like to aim to be in the 170s by october/November. Ha depends on my weight when I get home. There are a pair of faulty scales in the hotel apartment. I say faulty because they weighed me in at 190 lbs when I arrived and I was 185 when I left the uk! So now they have me at 193-5lbs so who knows!!

Anyhows got to go but promise to catch up on everyones journals as soon as I can - I feel very remiss in not posting on them and in the challenge that I'm meant to be taking part in. Will have to make up for it when I get back!

It sounds like you're having a fantastic, relaxing time. Don't be too hard on yourself-- it's hard to keep on track when you're on vacation. I know that and I haven't even been in that situation yet but I can imagine how hard it is just from the challenges presented by simply eating somewhere other than at home. If that is difficult, I can only imagine how difficult vacation would be on eating!

I know you'll be right back on really good track once you return home. Keep having fun and thanks for keeping us updated as much as you are able to.

 

[jjjay]

Hola amigos!
Still hot hot hot here! Another few days and then it's time to head for home. Starting to snack a bit too much now so looking forward to getting back to a strict routine. Really really missing long runs now. Walked for three hours yesterday evening through town and back out to the hills where our hotel is. Very tired this morning with achey legs!! Also went shopping yesterday and bought a couple of great t shirts in a mens small size - I don't think i've been a mens small before!
Looking forward to catching up with everyone when I get back and re-engaging with the 6 week challenge as I have some catching up to do!

 

[Tigpuppy]

Hola amigos!
Still hot hot hot here! Another few days and then it's time to head for home. Starting to snack a bit too much now so looking forward to getting back to a strict routine. Really really missing long runs now. Walked for three hours yesterday evening through town and back out to the hills where our hotel is. Very tired this morning with achey legs!! Also went shopping yesterday and bought a couple of great t shirts in a mens small size - I don't think i've been a mens small before!
Looking forward to catching up with everyone when I get back and re-engaging with the 6 week challenge as I have some catching up to do!

Sounds like you might need a vacation from your vacation so you can rest up and get ready for going back to real life. Have a safe trip back!

 

[ecky1]

Enjoy your last few days

 

[Tigpuppy]

Hope all is well in your part of the world! We miss you!!!

 

[Funny Fruit]

Hi jjjay!

You seem to be really well! I just wanted to say hello. So far, I'm down two kilos - not bad for the first month, I guess. But, I'm really doing it in the kind of "lifestyle altering" way, no crash-diets or easy-fixes. I plan to start working out next week. Best to you!!

Funny Fruit

 

[jjjay]

Hey guys! I'm back!

Thanks for the post Funny Fruit and welcome to the site - well done on the 2kilos - GREAT START! It might take a month or two to get moving when you are doing it the life-style way but once that momentum starts going, its well worth it so keep it up!

I've got to head for work in a minute but thought it was about time I checked in and started upkeeping my diary again! I've been back on teh straight and narrow since coming home over the last few days - managed a 4km run (oh my goodness it was a struggle though!! Have to get that stamina back up as I haven't really run for 3 weeks at least). Been eating healthier in the main part = salads and small dinners etc...but come back from holiday with a real chocolate habit that I'm finding hard to kick. I've managed to make space in my daily calories for a chocolate bar a day but I REALLY don't want to be eating it going forward so workign on that! Still hitting arond 1200 - 1500 cals a day though.

Good news is, I was 185.2kg when I went on hols, came back as 187, now I'm down to 184.4 which I'M REALLY CHUFFED WITH. I can't believe I'm within 8lbs of my first big target 176, which when I started my journey at 238 seemed like somewhere SO FAR OFF that I'd never reach....and now I'm so nearly there.

Going to have to think carefully about what the next target is!

Other good news is I'm brown...ahhhh its SO nice and makes such a difference about how I feel about how I look. I'm half greek so by the end of my holiday, looked turkish and people were speaking turkish to me in the shops and stuff thinking I lived out there LOL. I didn't really go about sun bathing and trying to tan (not healthy now days to do so!) but I do just kind of turn brown anyhow. Interestingly though, I feel really really good about how I look without clothes on (and NO, I won't be posting a pic!!! LOL) - my legs look longer and thinner, my stomach is getting less flabby and the biggest thing, I'm not afraid of showing my upper arms.

The big news hahahaa for all those girls out there in the same place, is that yesterday, for the first time in years, I went out in knickers that WEREN'T big mama-hold-em-all-in jobbies. i.e. I ditched the "stomach flattening" bottom holding-in big knickers and wore a flimsy little pair - NO PROBLEMO! I mean ok, so I'm no lingerie model but this means I think that I can wear matching lingerie for the first time in years as opposed to nice frilly interesting bra...and black hold-me-in knickers.

Bought some nice clothes in Turkey too - great to walk into a shop and have a L fit me in women's sizes or in a couple of the men's t-shirts that I bought, a SMALL!!! WoohOOO.

What else has beeen going on? Went sailing on Weds - in a really small 1-man lightweight racing boat which basically means you have to squat all the time and move about in a squatting positing...yikes my thighs hurt!!! Great fun though.

I had a bit of a horrible shock yesterday. There was an article in the paper the announced Mr X's firm was cutting a large number of jobs...and mentioned his department - depressing thought as I wouldn't get to see/talk him anymore. Got to call him on business anyhow so I guess I'll find out. Haven't spoken to him for nearly 2 months now...I've done very well!! Talked to a close colleague of his this week (and could just imagine him sitting nearby overhearing this guy saying my name and going "Huh"?).

So cheerio and have a good Friday guys!!

 

[ecky1]

Good news is, I was 185.2kg when I went on hols

185.2 KILOS, I hope not that is a step in the wrong direction
Seriously though, well done. Incredible achievement that you can go on holiday and put on so little weight that you managed to lose the little bit and more in just a few days. The pressure is really on for me when I go. It will help to know that everybody else has done so well and I'll keep that in the back of my mind. Don't need to worry about that until January.
I love your new confidence in yourself. I think that people probably notice that as much as the weight loss.
Some of the knickers that I have been buying lately have a bit of hold but are so much more feminine. Can't wait to get some decent bras to go with them. It's amazing how much better nice underwear makes you feel.
I'm also only managing to run 4 kms lately as the air conditioning has been broken for 2 weeks to coincide with the hottest most humid 2 weeks of this summer but the good news is I've been doing a lot of strength training.
I hope that you don't lose contact with Mr X. Next time you ring chat about your holiday and get it all onto a more personal level and see how he reacts. If you can get chatting more as friends then maybe even if he does lose his job you can keep up the contact.
Great to have you back.

 

[Alta818]

JJ!!!! That's AMAZING!!! !!! I missed you!!! !!! You have such a great spirit!!!

Feeling NAKED and GOOD is so SWEEEET!!! That's fantastic!!! It's always the best when you can BooOOoWWWcccCchiiiiCCCAaaBoooWOoW yourself in the mirror!!! ....I mean...Hey, if we don't do it first, how can we expect the rest to follow right?! LOL!!! !! hahaha....!!! I hope you have been wonderful lately, beautiful!!! ~~Sending you WONDERFUL cosmic waves of ABUNDANCE, LOVE, AND PROSPERITY filled with SUCCESS!!!~~~ xoxox Take care!! Big hugs!!

 

[Xenon1]

jjjay ! ! !

Just stopping in quickly to say hello and wow what a hell of a job you've done these past months!

 

[Tigpuppy]

Hey there! It's so GREAT to have you back!!! Lots of folks sure missed you while you were away, me included!

I'm curious to see how your weight loss goes over the next little while. I was off for just a few days and gained a few pounds, but after getting back on track it seems to have kicked my weight loss back into gear. I think we were both really slowing down, so I can't wait to see if you see the same thing that I have. WWWHHHHOOOOOSSSHHHHHHHH!!!!!!

 

[Sunflower2]

You've done so well! Post some pictures of that tan! I'm so jealous, I just melt under the sun and then peel and am just as pale as ever Damn being fair!! Bet you look lovelyyyy.

Hope you get to speak to Mr X soon--Keep us updated! Well done on being so close to your first goal as well!!! *cuddles*

 

[njoyabl]

Hey, just checking you out, I see that you are still making lots of progress, how wonderful to feel good naked! Yes, I am looking forward to that as I hop back on my journey. I'm so happy for you!

 

[jjjay]

185.2 KILOS, I hope not that is a step in the wrong direction

LOL!!! You can tell it was 6am in the morning then when i posted?!?! hehehe POUNDS!!! I didn't put on that much over the holiday! And thank you for the lovely comment about my confidence - I really am starting to even out and feel a nice bit of general confidence all the time as opposed to leaping madly from "I don't care how fat I am, I'm great and I know it" to "OMG I am so ashamed of myself and feel so awful" every 5 mins...

[]BooOOoWWWcccCchiiiiCCCAaaBoooWOoW yourself in the mirror!!

Oh YEAH!!! I am going to (attempt) to make that noise at myself in the mirror before I go out from now on!!

jjjay ! ! !
Just stopping in quickly to say hello and wow what a hell of a job you've done these past months!

Oh WOW oh WOW oh WOW!! Xenon you are back!! Please don't disappear again!!! I've missed you!! HUGS!!!

Hey there! It's so GREAT to have you back!!! Lots of folks sure missed you while you were away, me included!

...I can't wait to see if you see the same thing that I have. WWWHHHHOOOOOSSSHHHHHHHH!!!!!!

Awww thanks Tigpuppy, nice to be wanted I really missed you all too!!! And I can't wait to WHHOOOOOSHSHHHSHSHSH!!!

You've done so well! Post some pictures of that tan! I'm so jealous, I just melt under the sun and then peel and am just as pale as ever Damn being fair!! Bet you look lovelyyyy.

Hope you get to speak to Mr X soon--Keep us updated! Well done on being so close to your first goal as well!!! *cuddles*

hehehe I just don't want it to fade! I love being brown! Am wearing all the white tops I own just to make it stand out even more - will try and get a picture taken . X-update coming right back atcha...see below...

Hey, just checking you out, I see that you are still making lots of progress, how wonderful to feel good naked! Yes, I am looking forward to that as I hop back on my journey. I'm so happy for you!

Thanks hon I never thought I'd start to feel this ok about how I look - so take it from me, it will come....slowly...surely...and with hard work...but I can actually believe it will happen now.

I hope that you don't lose contact with Mr X. Next time you ring chat about your holiday and get it all onto a more personal level and see how he reacts. If you can get chatting more as friends then maybe even if he does lose his job you can keep up the contact.
Great to have you back.

Thanks for the advice. I was feeling kind of disconnected after our last meeting, as although it was wonderful to see him, it was very professional rather than social. However, I called him today for a couple of minor work things and he was really pleased to hear from me (in fact recognised my voice before I even said who I was). No-one at his place was at risk of the job cuts...PHEW!! He also said that they'd been talking about me over the last few days (since I spoke to his colleague!!!) and we just had a lovely chat for an hour...yes...on the phone in work time for an hour. Mostly about other stuff that we have in common. I had to kick him off the phone and tell him to get on with some work. Only because I had a client due to call me - but literally, he was happy to carry on talking all day long. It was back to like before - flirty, chatty, social, insider info, made me feel kind of special. I had said I might need to ask him something work-wise in the near future so he made a point of going through when he'd be available next week and when he was out of the office and why!

I then phoned him back later on in the afternoon as I had a quick question to run by him (in a professional capacity) and again we could have talked for ages but I told him that we did things the wrong way round and should talk socially when we meet for coffee and work when I phone! Which he laughed at and it was just kind of taken for granted that we would meet for coffee again. We also agreed that it would be a good idea for me to come to his office and meet with his other senior colleagues there and his boss - he was really enthusiastic about this idea. Career-wise this is SO helpful for me - a big sellign point with my clients. I mentioned another guy I was due to call in another of their offices who turned out to be a close friend of his and he told me all about him and then said to call him next week after I'd spoken to this guy as he wanted to know what I thought of him. So...I guess he wants me to phone again...soon....hahaha

Big grin on my face for the rest of the day! Plus I now want to lose another 7-14lbs before I meet with him again. But the nicest thing is I am actually starting to feel like I could pick up the phone and call him without him thinking it is weird at all.

Sorry for the big huge post!!! Food intake was ok today - no snacking at work at all...chocolate bar when I got home but had fish and salad at the restaurant when out for dinner and didn't even eat the bread roll that came with it. Going for a big old run tomorrow.

HUGZ TO YOUZ ALL!!

 

[douknowjello]

whew! come by to check up and you've lost more weight, had a huge vacation and gotten a fab tan PLUS sounds like you've got this guy at work on the hook! Loved reading that last post and I'm so excited for you And very impressed how you handled the whole thing so cool and casual. Can't wait to find out how this all turns out *fingers crossed*

Anyway I've missed our fun convos and so appreciate you being supportive. *hugz* talk to ya soon ~Lisa