Kez tries again!!!

Masses of good luck for tomora Kez, sure you'll do fab you have put tons of work in. N i so know what you mean about dreaming of it being over!!

Kato x
 
I really wish I could remember my food lists from undergrad finals time. Let's say large pizza, bag of doritos, bag of M&Ms and that was between 9:00 and bedtime. You're doing great. Just think how easy its going to be when exams are behind you.
 
Hey everyone! Thanks for all the support :)

I have FOUR pieces of good news for you all!

1)
I am 153lbs as of this morning! :jump: (And I REFUSE to moan about how 'it's only a pound'! I am so HAPPY that that one pound of fat is off my body-I worked damn hard for it!)

2)
My exam went great! In one or two of the essays I spent too long waffling at the beginning, and didn't leave enough time for detail at the end, and I forgot a couple of little details about things, but apart from that it really couldn't have gone much better!

3)
I have (so far) resisted the temptation to 'treat myself' to food as a reward for finishing the exam. I was feeling REALLY hungry afterwards (had breakfast stupidly early coz was up cramming!) and I wanted doughnuts, crisps, chocolate, ice cream, all the baddies... I had to drag myself through the high street, full of tempting shops, to get home, but I did and I ate my nice, big HEALTHY lunch as planned, and the cravings are still there but much less and I intend to keep it that way!

4)
It has FINALLY stopped raining! It's been raining, LOTS, for DAYS here (I had to sit through my exam with freezing cold, soaking wet shoes and socks lol! :p) But the sun is just starting to come out :jump:

Strategy for resisting cravings for the rest of the day:

Probably some of my hunger feelings are actually thirst, I haven't had a
drink since before my exam- ie 5 hours :eek: so step 1 in defeating
cravings = drink lots of water, and a cup of tea! (I'm drinking water as I
type!)

Step 2) eat an apple, a handful of trail mix and a cereal bar to make sure
I'm nice and full!

Step 3) Then I'll brush my teeth! That always helps.

Step 4) I might have a nap! I've got time and I'm less likely to eat if I'm
not sleepy.

Step 5) If, after all that, the cravings are still crazy (which I don't think
they will be-I think it's mostly psychological) I will go and get something,
but I'll make it fairly good! Like, half a bar organic dark choc, something
like that... :drooling:
 
Here is my weekly post for the summer fitness challenge:

Week 2

This week has been OK, but not nearly as good as week 1, as my exams are now on top of me! Meaning precious little time for anything apart from revision (so exercise, and buying and cooking healthy food has bumped down the list of priorities, I have mainly been living on tinned soup and breakfast cereal!) I have still lost 1lb this week though :)

MONDAY weights 30 mins, walk 30 mins
TUESDAY week 1 session 3 couch to 5k, walk 1 hour
WEDNESDAY water aerobics class
THURSDAY None
FRIDAY Workout dvd 20 mins, walk 30 mins
SATURDAY Walk 1 hour
SUNDAY None

Calorie intake for this week = 1805 + 1622 + 1750 + 2008 + 1892 + 1669 + 1718

Average = 1781

Total calorie deficit this week = 381 + 774 + 460 + 0 + 351 + 562 + 282 = 2810

Start Weight: 154lbs
Beginning Measurements:
Bust:37.5ins
Waist (thinest part, relaxed): 31ins
Hips (widest part): 41.5ins
Thigh (m relaxed): 23.5ins
Calf (widest part): 17ins
Upper Arm: 11.5ins
Neck: 13ins
Wrist: 6ins


5/7/07- 154
5/14/07-153
5/21/07-
5/28/07-
Measurements for 5/28/07
6/4/07-
6/11/07-
6/18/07-
6/25/07-
Measurements for 6/25/07
7/2/07-
7/9/07-
7/16/07-
7/23/07-
7/30/07-
Measurements for 7/30/07
8/6/07-
8/13/07-
8/20/07-
8/27/07-

Final weigh in 9/1/07:
Final Measurements:
 
Yay kez!!!!!!!!!!! :jump:

You are doing so great. I totally relate to that "exams over - time to relax/reward/go crazy" sensation. Fantastic set of techniques you're using to deal with it. You so deserve to celebrate that 1 pound loss! Well done!! Keep going! :D :D :D
 
That's Great friend, another pound BYE BYE!!! Oh that is such a glorious feeling, enjoy every minute of your success!! Looks like your on the right path, I'll have to follow you!! :) I hope your week is another good one!!
Kim
 
YAY Kez, what a fabulously positive thread, sounds like everything is going great for you, one down two to go eh??! And there is nothing better than getting off to a flying start and having tht bit of extra confidence for the rest.

And losing a pound is bril news as well, and I am so gonna take away from your beating the cravings points, I must learn to do that!

Welldone!!!

Kato x
 
Thanks guys!

I had planned to spend a few hours this afternoon/evening revising for Thursday's exam, but I can easily squeeze it all into two days, so I've given myself the day off! :p
 
Journal for 14/05

Breakfast (7am)
Muesli and milk, quarter charentais melon, coffee 290

Lunch (2pm)
Sardines on toast, with salad (as yesterday) with 15g lo cal cheese 397

Snacks (4pm)
Small handful trail mix (unsweetened dried fruit, unsalted nuts and seeds) 88
Apple 50
Choc chip cereal bar 95
Coffee 7

Dinner (6pm)
Tin veg soup 110
Banana 100

Supper (9.30pm)
Omelette (2 large eggs, splash milk, 15g lo cal cheese, chopped spring onion), with veg in spicy tomato sauce 324
Mug tea 7

Calorie intake today = 1468

Exercise
1 hour walk -278
1 hour water aerobics -278

Total calories burned today 2556

Calorie deficit = 1468 - 2556 = -1008

Verdict
Pretty darn good! Best health day I've had for AGES!!! And it wasn't even much of an effort, AND it was the day of my first exam! :rotflmao:
 
I got a kick out of you saying waffling. When I studied at Oxford back in 1987, a professor told me a paper I wrote was full of waffling. I didn't want to act ignorant so I told him I'd revise it. It took me 2 days to learn what that expression meant. Even dropping a pound at exam time is amazing Kezzy. Be proud. We're all proud of you.
 
Journal 15/05

Breakfast (9am)
Fruit and fibre with milk, and coffee 237

Green tea
Usual supplements (multivits, iron, fish oil, Kalms, and echinacea (I'm worried my immune system is getting run down with stress :p)

Snack (11.30)
Quarter melon, small amount trail mix 118
Cereal bar 95

Lunch (2pm)
Omelette (as yesterday) with salad and dressing 324
Tea 7

Snack 4.30pm
Small bowl muesli 250
Choc bar 235 :mad:
Coffee 7

Dinner (8.30pm)
Haddock in breadcrumbs, with lo salt baked beans, and veg 371

Total calories in = 1644

Exercise
Walk 20 mins -88 cals
(I normally would not have included such a small amount in my journal, but seeing as it was all I could manage today I thought I would!)

Calorie deficit = 1644 - 2088 = -444

Verdict
Not bad!
 
I agree with your verdict. Well, I agree, if you mean "Excellent - considering the snowed-under-by-exams situation" you're in! :)

Lots of luck with the rest of the exams!
 
Journal for 16/05

Breakfast
Big bowl muesli with strawberries and coffee 327

Green tea, supplements, and lots of water

Tea 7

Snack
Quarter melon, portion trail mix, coffee 125

Lunch
2x wholemeal toast with lo cal cheese, and salad 286
Choc chip cereal bar 95

Snack
Banana 100
Dark choc bar 220
Coffee with sugar 25

Cup a soup 60

Dinner
Haddock in breadcrumbs, whole tin baked beans 510
Aero mint bubbles 193
Muller rice 220

Total calorie intake = 2168

Exercise
Walk 30 mins -132 cals

Total calories burned=2132

Today I had 36 calorie surplus

Verdict
Bad, :( but not very, very bad.

My second exam tomorrow and I am bricking it, to be honest! :eek:

BUT once this is over, I have only one more (Tuesday) and that isn't a 'proper' exam, on the stuff we have been studying. It is a general 'medicine in society' type paper, that is apparently easy to pass even with no revision! and it's only worth half what the others are. So I can breathe a big sigh of relief tomorrow lunch time. I just gotta hold out til then, it's hard, I am STRESSING!!!!!!
 
Take some deep breaths - put your hand on your stomach and feel your stomach move in and out with your breathing - drop your shoulders - make long, loose fingers....count five slow breaths... remember the proper summer coming so soon. Don't be scared of relaxing a bit - optimum performance comes with moderate stress.

Good luck. :)
 
Hey sweetie I'm really diggin on your posts and support of others and glad to see you're doing so well. Have a wonderful night/day, whatever it is over there right now!
 
Before taking your test find something that will make you laugh. Laughter causes your brain to secrete a stress blocking chemical supposedly. I always tell my students a joke before they take a test.
 
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