Kate's 2017 effort!

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Hi Everyone :seeya:I'm Kate.

I've been on this forum before, many times. :( My first time, Many years ago was awesome, I was totally in the zone and posted every day, it became my life and I got down to the weight I wanted (even though I still felt fat) and even took up running and ran a half marathon............then it all went to shite!! I've tried on other occasions to start again and have failed over and over again and am back to my original (if not a bit higher) and don't do any exercise.
Over these years I have kept in touch with Cate a bit and due to that amazing woman I am going to give it another go. So, here I am. I'm back to work tomorrow and I've got a 'Nutribullet' for Christmas (well, I bought it for us from our son lol) and I've made my breakfast and lunch 'smoothie' for tomorrow too so ready to try and kick arse. I help out at Weight Watchers on a Tuesday evening so I will weigh then :eek: and face the carnage that Christmas has caused, draw a line under it and move forward. I will measure myself when I get back too.

My other half, Mark, is going on about entering me into the Great South Run, which is a 10 mile race at the end of October. I did it back when I was slim and super fit and loved it so I actually really want to do it :)
He keeps telling me I should start running again as that was when I was my happiest with myself.
Don't get me wrong, I was only slim and fit for about 6 months, the rest of my life I have been anything from a size 16 to a size 22 (uk sizes) at the moment I'm just about fitting into 18.

So, wish me luck.

Kate
Xoxo
 
Ohhh great south run is a fab idea Kate! I've been to watch it a few times..that almost counts doesn't it?! You are the same as me - lost all my weight and then maintained it for about 6 months and put it all back on! Here for you all the way and so glad you're back!
 
Another yo-yo victim here, looking for a way forward that isn´t about depriving myself and beating myself up but about doing healthy things I actually like. Welcome back!
 
I am so glad you have come back hon! Mark is a smart cookie. You were so happy when you were running. It is so good for your mood & you were so proud of your achievement. It was wonderful. I know you can do this. Remember to be kind to yourself sweets. Go Kate! xoxoxo
 
OMFG!!!!! I told Mark what you said Cate and he has registered me for the race!! :eek::eek: I've now got to go from feeling like I'm gonna die after running for 2 minutes to having to run 10 miles by 21st October.
I know it's ages away but i'm bloody massive and soooooo unfit o_O
BUT............I want to beat the time I did it in 6 years ago of 1hr46mins so i'd better get my fat arse out there and get it smaller!
 
Hi Kate! Welcome back - I'm not a new member anymore (sorry, that just changed from new member to active member today and I'm rather proud of that) but have been here just a few months.

I signed myself up for a bunch of races this summer (including 2 mud runs and a foam run) to get my butt in shape. What better way to motivate myself than with a challenge and if your races are anything like ours (Canada), they aren't cheap!! I don't want to waste the money by not going because I didn't train! eeek. It really is a kick-butt motivator.

Also, I made a goal to jog 250 miles this year. So far, I'm at about 7. Barring an injury, it's possible and would be really cool. Weirdest thing I'm doing is keeping a pebble in a glass vase from every run. Be it long, short or in-between, I pick up one rock and each rock reminds me that I'm one step further to my goal. It may not seem like much right now and it may feel insignificant but that vase will fill up...someday.

Take care and hope to hear more from you :)
 
Kate! I actually laughed so much I had tears. I read that out to G & he said tell Kate that's AGES away. OMFG indeed. :D :D :D Well done Mark! GO KATE!!!!!
 
Hello Peoples :D

DAY ONE and it's my first day back at work after the Christmas break. I work in a dental practice and seeing as we spend our days telling people all about how bad sugar is for you teeth the place is full of biscuits, chocolates and bloody Haribo!!! I know its mainly Christmas stuff but they are terrible for having that sort of shit in the staff room all the time and it's really hard to ignore it all. BUT, today I didn't even want any......not even a little bit, get me :D
I had made a breakfast smoothie thing last night which I had this morning (I can't remember the last time I had any breakfast before work!) it was porridge oats, flax seeds, berries and almond milk and it was surprisingly yummy :) I went for a 40 minute walk during my lunch break and had most of my lunch smoothie (spinach, carrot, apple, kiwi and berries. Random I know huh but it was nice) then had the rest as a snack in the afternoon. I had a egg and ham salad for dinner, drank 2 litres of water today and did my 10,000 steps :cool: Feeling really good and positive :D

I weighed at fat club and I've hopefully managed to get the tracker thing right at the bottom of this post. I've also measured :eek:

So, here it is:-
weight 221lb
boobs 117cm
waist 108cm
hips 129cm
thigh 72cm
calf 47cm
arm 36cm

Thank you all so so much for your great encouragement and lovely comments.
Sam The little stones and aiming for a yearly distance to run is a great idea, I'm going to have a think on what I can do to mark my progress.
Cate I knew that would make you laugh. :p:p

Here's looking forward to another positive day tomorrow. I start work a bit later on a Wednesday so I'm aiming to get up at the same time and take the dogs for a nice long walk and I finish at 1pm and aim to go for my first effort at a run/walk/crawl lol. Oooo, just remembered that there is a local running club doing a beginners group starting on 19th for free and I'm going to join. I know a few people who go and they will know how to help me train for my idiot run. I also got messaged by a friend who wants to come with me to the club. Yay!!!



 
Excellent first day Kate! Those smoothies sound yum & are a good way to kick start the new year. Seeing as you rarely eat breakfast before work, they will be really good to have. Yay on ignoring the sweets in the staffroom. Yay all 'round :D xoxo
 
Sweets in the staff room ought to be illegal. And clients should just put something into the communal piggy bank if they want to be nice. You're starting off great though!
 
Brilliant first day babe! So many good choices made :D running club sounds great. I did that couch to 5k to train for a 5k fun run I did in the summer but I tried running again after a few months off and was back to square one which made me not want to try again. Having a friend do it with you will be motivating!
 
Hi Kate,

Welcome back! Running did it for you before and it will do it for you again. It did it for me again as well. I know the feeling of sucking wind just running around down the street and I used to run 15 miles pretty easily-lol. You will get back to where you were and it will come pretty quickly - at least it did for me. Running clubs work great to get you back to running regularly. You have already run down this road (lol) makes it easier the second time.
 
Hi All

DAY TWO has been a bit of an odd one.

I did as I said and got up and took the dogs for a good 30 minute brisk walk. Usually their walk is either gentle or only about 10 minutes or so because one of them is a Dachshund and they have tiny legs and the other one is a rescue dog who spent the first five years of her life in a shed, malnourished and has arthritis in all her joints because of this (she had it already when I got her) a long walk is hard for her, don't get me wrong, she is totally up for keeping going as she totally loves it but struggles after a while and is on pain meds daily. Millie (no legs!) was a bit 'Whoa mum, what's going on?' and she was falling behind towards the end but Sky (broken but doesn't care) loved it! But, when I got home I had the shakes and felt really weird, I do get it very occasionally and everyone says it's low blood sugar but I'd had a coffee in bed, with sugar :eek: (I know, I know!) before I got up. I drank my porridge smoothie slop and by the time I got to work I felt loads better and then was fine. I had made double amount of porridge slop so I had the rest at about 12 and at 1pm when I finished work off I went for my first interval running session. It went ok but I think I expected too much of myself I was out for 1 hour 15 minutes and I reckon I ran for a good third of that time. BUT......by the time I finished I was sooooooo hungry and all I could think about on drive home was food. I had egg and salmon on wholemeal 'thins' (they are like tinny low cal bread sandwich things) but then had a small slice of Christmas cake......I REALLY REALLY WANTED IT!!:( I then had a hot bath for my poor achy legs. My right knee wasn't happy either (I've got psoriatic arthritis). I then grabbed a mince pie as I went out to an appointment :( But had a healthy dinner of low fat sausage, veg and half a potato when I got home. Normally I would be really pissed off with eating the cake and little pie BUT........I thought, I've spent the last two weeks doing nothing but eat a lot of high fat, sugar foods, drink alcohol, sleep and slob on the sofa so my body has probably gone into a bit of shock especially with the amount of exercise I have done over the last two days. 11,243 steps yesterday and 15,929 steps today. One day last week I didn't even reach 1000 steps :rolleyes: so Cate you will be pleased that I'm ok with this :)

I think that today has taught me to not expect my body to instantly be capable of coping with lots of exercise, when I haven't done anything at all for months and months.......years really, to be honest!!!
So, now I am going to go back to starting small, I have 10 months to get super fit and that's a long way away. I am going to stick to my C25K until I start the beginners running club when it starts on 19th and I've got two friends who are going to start it with me :D

I totally agree that sweets etc should be banned in the staff room but there is always something there. usually biscuits!!!! I can stay strong. I can :);):eek:




 
YAY for being kind to yourself Kate. You are on the right track lovely :) 10 months to get fit? SO doable! Go you xoxo
 
hello there! i totally enjoy reading you.
im new here, but not new at "starting over" cause i always quit and go back on the bad habits... so i know what you mean.
oh and thumbs up for having a wiener dog cause they are the best and even more thumbs up for having a rescue dog, they have the biggest hearts :)
 
Good for you! Sometimes we just want the cake. Do you keep the sweets around or keep them for a day or two and toss? I tend to have sweets in the house for one day and then, they're in the trash. I don't always have the willpower to say no especially when it's homemade cookies. YUM!


For your knee, have you tried KT tape? It's just skin tape but holds everything in place better. I use it for almost any ache, strain etc. It's friggin' amazing and keeps me running most days. I have rolls of it all over my house (including my kitchen cupboards, bathroom, kids rooms, my room, etc).
 
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