Camy's diary

Hey, here I am,
today I am very motivated and I will go to the gym. I will go a lot this week I hope. It is really time to, and otherwise my membership doesn't work out right!! And if that is not motivating I don't know what is!! Oh and Omega's amazing weight loss makes me want to lose more weight and be so proud of myself.
I have been eating "normally" and maintained for 3 weeks, so this is definitely a great sign, but now I need to eat rnomally (and maybe restrict a few cals, just the sweets and unneeded cals) and get some exercise in, so that I can lose the rest of this annoying weight!

Yesterday I went to Camden market and bought me the top part of my "skinny-outfit". It is white and has an elmo-monster on it, in blue. It fits me alright now, but it is tight and I want it to be a bit lose. I obviously can't buy the bottom parts of my skinny outfit yet because I would not be able to fit it :)!
My skinny outfit is a soft blue jeans, that is 1.) real jean material and 2.) not too tight, my elmo shirt (also a bit lose), and new converse (I am a converse addict, have 3 pairs and want to buy at least 1 more for my skinny outfit). I am still debating myself over the colour of these new converse (the ones I have are green, orange and black/white... so I am thinking either red, or purple or multicoloured).
My skinny outfit is what I want to wear on August 3rd when we go to the latin festival, by the way, and I would love to have reached target... however if I haven't, I would like to be close enough to it to be able to pull of my outfit anyhow!

I also bought myself a sweater which fits now, as a little present to myself for losing a stone. That is a great accomplishment and it only dawned on me the other day when my friend pointed out it was a whole STONE I had lost! I am wearing the sweater now, it is amazing! I love it. It's a hoodie and black and white.
I do not usually shop for clothes ever... because 1.) it depresses me, nothing ever looks the way it is supposed to look, 2.) I don;t have much money to spend, so nice things tend to be out of reach and 3.) I just do not enjoy clothes shopping like other girls do. I'd much rather watch a movie, or go for a stroll in the park, or play a game, or go swimming or... well there are about 7 gazillion things I'd prefer to do.

Ok now yesterday's food:
Breakfast: banana and kiwi
Lunch: made sunday roast, but only had 2 pieces of chicken, some potatoes and carrots and a lot of greens (the other guys had stuffing, gravy and donuts on top of that)
Dinner: we had tapas so it was not too much food but a very varied mix of foods, some potatoes, olives, octopus, spanish sausage, 1 lamb cutlet plus some chicoree (my favourite snack) and a handful of pistachios.

Exercise: I walked about 4 miles (from my house to camden, plus stroling around camden and then to the tapas place).

I will update today's food and exercise this evening, Camy
 
I'm pleased that things seem a bit more sorted with your friend.

Well done for doing the walking and not having fattening things when your friends had doughnuts. It can be tempting to have a treat if friends are having a treat - even if you cannot have the same treat as they are having.

The stone lost is a definite achievement and it is a good idea to have rewarded yourself with something for now. It is also a good idea to reward yourself with some skinny clothes for the future too. Now you can try them on and see the fit getting better and better.

I'm pleased that you have renewed motivation.

Take care
Love
Margaret
 
Thank you OMega for visiting and for your kind words!

Food of the day:
Breakfast: 1 banana, 1 kiwi
Lunch: brown rice, some chilli, a few potatoes and bean salad
Snack: tiny bit of sushi (about 100 cal worth of it)
Dinner: 100 g of fillet steak, big salad, 100 g of vanilla yogurt (low fat, 80 cals per 100 g)

Exercise:
25 Minutes elliptical
20 lanes swimming
100 sit ups

Camy
 
I think my "friend" wants to talk this afternoon... I am nervous, but at the same time I am ok. It is like if she is angry she should tell me and I can learn from it and I will try to be a better friend to the people I will meet after her... if she wants to patch things up, great!
Then I will go swimming for a whole hour! I am thinking 40 lanes, but we will see how it goes! I love how well I can think while I swim. I am writing my imaginary book about my weight loss journey while swimming! IT will be a bestseller I tell you guys!

Ok now I am going to study a bit, Camy
 
Hi Camy, just stopping in to say hi! This is the first time I've been to your diary. Love the Toddler diet lol! I may try that one if I get desperate! ;)
Looks like you are doing awesome! Keep it up!
 
Thanx guys!! Love the visiting people!! Gives me so much motivations!!
I swam 40 lanes... man am I tired! I can barely type, but it was good. I feel very proud of myself! the first 20 lanes were alright, the next 10 were ok, the last 10 were hard work! But I did it and I am so proud! Well done me!

Food of the day:
Breakfast: pear, plum and grapes
Lunch: brown rice, ratatouille (very little of it), broccoli, tomato salad
Snack: 1/3 of a nut bar, a little bit of sushi
Dinner: Nicoise salad (freshly grilled tuna, lettuce, tomatoes, beans)

Exercise:
40 lanes (1 mile) swimming
100 sit ups

Camy
 
Today should have been a purely studious day, but I am so inefficient... now I am actually afraid of exams and still not doing much... ahhhhhhh bad bad me!

I will go on the elliptical for 25 minutes and do my stretches and sit ups and stuff before lunch, so after lunch I can properly study. Tonight we may or may not go and see Les Miserables... I really fancy seeing it!

I am really hoping this week will show soem progress... in the weight department at least! I have this irrational fear that even though I work hard I will put on weight! But I have decided I would only weigh once a week (although I do weigh before the gym and after, but since this is after breakfast etc... it doesn't really count! ONly sunday mornings, after peeing and in my jamas counts!).

Will update everything later, Camy

P/s: updated my avatar, that is me with the man, I will post a bigger version of this pic in the next post!
 
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Camy said:
So this is me and the man, for you all to see!
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absolutely adorable pic!!!!!

How do you manage weight loss and schooling together? I'm find it hard to make a transition between the two (I'm only doing high school at home, but still).

And that's a lot of swimming! I can't do that, I have a hard time swimming, and the costant fear of slipping under the water and drowning! So my eyes always google over the people who can swim well :)
 
Hey low! Thanx for the comments, I find it hard too, but I have developed a very good multitasking ability. We are by no means rich and I started working part time when I was 14 to be able to pay for some luxury (like going to the movies), so I have always been doing more than 1 thing at a time. I used to go to school from 8 to 2:30 and then work from 3 to 7 and then go home and do homework.
Now I still study full time, work between 25 and 30 hours a week as a nanny, and sing in a band... oh yeah and lose weight obviously! Some days are very long and hard and some days are a-ok! This year I have to say I have been a bit lacking in the study department. I would love to be able to study, like the man, for hours on end, but I have the attention span of a gold-fish, so I can only do like 2 or 3 hours max and then I need at least an hour rest! Therefore, I can study a couple of hours and then go to the gym for an hour or so, to "relax".
Today I am working 1 to 6, studying before and after that...

Yesterday's food:
Breakfast: 1 banana, 1 kiwi, 15 grapes
Lunch: brown rice, chilli, salad (quinoa salad and some lettuce salad)
Snack: 1/2 cucumber, 1 slice of dried mango
Later on snack: 1 nut bar
Dinner: nil (was feeling sick... I think my period is going to come... I hope that is what caused the sickness)

Exercise:
25 minutes elliptical
100 sit ups
stretches
walked a few miles instead of taking the bus!

I am feeling much better today, so I am drinking some digestive teas to keep my tummy happy! And eating lightly, just in case!
Camy
 
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Holy crap nutrition! That's a lot of fruit and veggies!
Sit-ups. Blargh! I swear I don't want to do another one as long as I live!

I haven't held a job before. I've gone to school then volunteered at a store, but I didn't ever have homework from school so I guess that's different. Good for you for being able to manage all that! I'd die.
 
Thanx low as usual for stopping by!

Had the day from hell, one of my kiddos fell of the side of the slide and hit his head on a wooden block, another one of them hurt her lip on a book and bled all over her PJs, I found out my exams are in a different order than I thought and I am totally unprepared for them and I will be in this library until midnight trying to study... Life sucks! And it will continue to suck for about 15 more days. Then I am done and life will be good again.

My food was a mess, I am going to have to count calories... so let's see
Breakfast: 1 banana (80 kcal), 1 kiwi (70 kcal?? that is what the pack said), 15 grapes (30 kcal)
Lunch: green salad (lettuce (25 kcal), cucumber (25 kcal), artichokes (100 kcal), dressing (100 kcal), total 250 kcal
Various snacks: 3 cheese sticks (210 kcal), 1 slice of ham (35 kcal), 1 bag of teddies (100 kcal), nuts (200ish kcal), raisins (80 kcal), 1 hershey kiss (25 kcal)
Dinner: soup (200 kcal)

Let's see what I am totalling at... 1280 kcal. Ok that wasn't too bad, but that is just because my meals are so light, because I am getting more than half of that from the snacks!!!! Crazy! At least I have managed to even it out by eating very light meals. And the salad really filled me up good and I always struggle finishing that soup!

Exercise: almost nil
100 sit ups

Tomorrow, weather permitting I will take the little mouse out for a jog in the park and then lunch with the man. I love playing family. I would love it more if we had a baby (wouldn't have to play family then, we would actually be one) but I can wait 2 years. 2 years is not that much in human years (it would be an eternity in dog years though, 2 eternities in hamster years!). And I will only be 25 then, which is a great age to start reproducing!

OK I am back to study... argh!!! Camy
 
You know spring is here when people are wanting babies ;)

You ate so little today :O, I don't know how you people can do it--unless it's exceptionally filling food.

Sounds like you've had a looooooooooooooooooooonggggg day. Just wait for those exams to be over, and maybe you'll get some time to chill out! Hopefully! Take care :)
 
Today was much better and I am sooo proud of myself! I jogged 3k! With a jogging stroller and the little girl in it (Ella). I wasn't sure I would be able to handle it, but I did. I did have to walk briskly twoce for a few metres because my legs were giving out, but recuparetade pretty quickly and then jogged on!!
I wonder how many calories you burn if you not just jog but push the jogger with you at the same time.. I am going to google it! Well couldn't find anything, anyhow...

My food of the day:
Breakfast: 1 banana, 1 kiwi, 15 grapes
Lunch: caesar salad with grilled chicken (without croutons)
Snack: blackberries, a gf roll of bread with a tad of marmalade
Dinner: singaporean food... probably singapore noodles... I love them!

Exercise:
3 k jogging
100 sit ups (50 of which I did with the baby in my lap, I think they should count extra!)

Camy
 
Heya Camy, sorry i havnt been by (still sick as a dog with food poisoning).

Yeah you really dont want to have kids, if you think you are busy now lol! :)
 
Yeah the thing about kids is, they will never be the way I imagine them to be!
If I could have a baby like Ella I wouldn't even think about it, I would say, let's do it! I have had her from the time she was 10 hours old. She was placed in my arms with the words "I am exhausted, there you go!" ad we didn't see the mom again until that evening! I was her day and night nurse for the first 8 weeks, and then I moved to be their twice a week nanny, and she is just soooo good! I took her to class with me and she just sleeps, and looks around and coos. And that is 24 hours... I have been there and seen it! Of course she cries somtimes... but very rarely and she is easily entertained.
But I know that my children are going to be whiney, annoying, high maintenance...

Got my period today, so no exercise because I ache and I don't feel like it.
Yesterday the singaporean food was... hmm well I wasn't too fond of it, then I had 3 choc balls... oh Lindt, bad bad people! No, of course I love them! And 1 ball, or 2 would have been ok, but the third one was a mistake!

Tomorrow is weigh in day... I am really really curious... and a bit afraid, that nothing will have moved and I worked so hard this week. Well, we will see!
Camy
 
Total food disaster... I mean a mess of food, this is what I ate in the order I ate it. There was no actual meal, just random food at random times, so I can't even begin to structure it:
1 banana, 1 tin of artichoke hearts, 1 lindt ball, 10 chocolate covered raisins, 1/2 red pepper, about 50 grapes, 1 medium sized portion of popcorn, 2 cheese sticks, 1 orange capri sun, 2 slices of salami, 1 cashew nut, 100 g of tinned white asparagus.

No exercise... I am still trying to make up my mind if I ate enough-just right-too many calories... I will try to count, ok my total count (guestimating) is around 900 calories... clearly not enough! Who'd have thunk! I thought I was way over!

No exercise... tomorrow is the big day!!! Weigh in!!!! I weighed in now and I definitely have lost weight, but I don't know yet if we are talking 1 pound or 2 pounds... drumrolls... til tomorrow!
Camy
 
good luck for tomorrow :)
I understand totally about working out when you got your monthly - blerg it feels aweful!
 
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