Lilly's journey...this time it will happen!

Well, had a good day today, food went well, I don't seem to have a problem managing my cravings at the moment and have surprisingly good willpower. Had about 1500cal restriction today, now just need the scale to move downwards:willy_nilly:
 
Well I worked my butt off again today, planned to do 1hr but ended up only doing 50min, I was just exhausted and couldn't move another muscle to another 10min in. I think I better do a lighter workout on one of my machines tomorrow as my body is crying out for a rest and I just realised I have not had a rest day for a couple of weeks.

Stepped on the scale and the number is coming down a little...will wait and see if this is consistent over the next few days before I get too excited.

I was thinking a lot about my weight yesterday and realised just how big I've let myself get I mean I'm only 7kg lighter than my husband who is 6ft...yes I am 5ft 8 but I still find it disgusting that I have let myself go this much!

Oh well, no more dwelling on that!
 
Well just checking in before bed...had a good day with the eating, and exercise was definitely great...today is the first day I have had sore abs, so must have worked those more than a little today!

I can't believe this is already week 3 in the challenge and I've lost a measily pound.....oh well, let's hope the weight just starts melting off :)
 
:hurray: awesome for the exercising. its great finding something you like..so stick to it. it will probably help you in moving those scale numbers down :smash::smash:
and don't worry the weight WILL come off. bodies just react weird sometimes :)
 
Wowwwwwwwwww!!!!!!!!!!! ur one motivated excersize machine... good job!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:party:

Yeah the scale sometimes lags a little to drop.. oh well but I see it coming.. no doubt in my mind.. good for you girly.. keep that shit up!!!!!!!!!!!!:smash:
 
Well I said I'd do an easy workout today....got onto my elliptical intending to do 30 min of going through the levels up to level 8, however felt so good ended up doing 1hour on the elliptical, up to level 8 at 4-5 min intervals and then back down to level 1 at 3 -4 min intervals:party:. Was exhausted by the end, but it is amazing that I can do an hour on there when only a couple of weeks ago 20min was alot.

Oh well may as well make the most of the time I have to exercise, another week of school holidays and then I'm back to work, it is going to be harder to find the time then.
 
Well things are ticking along nicely...burned 604 calories with my elliptical workout this morning and restricted about 1400cals today total.

I even treated myself to some low fat ice cream tonight...savoured every moment, but still within my calories...it only had 92cals in it, so that is good. So much better when it is a treat and not an everyday thing.

Thought I might have a rest day tomorrow, but am kind of keen to try some sprint training on my bike, just 2 minutes normal, 1 minute sprint for about 20 minutes or so...so probably will end up throwing that into my morning tomorrow rather than a rest day.

I feel really good, I know I'm fat, but I feel healthy, my face is looking great, and my hair is shiny...so something must be working!
 
Well as I predicted I couldn't bring myself to have a rest day when I had time to spare in my morning, so ended up doing sprint training on my bike for 20 min, 2 min regular, 1 min sprint....and my gawd does a minute feel like a long time when your lungs are bursting and your legs are burning...hee hee my poor feet were fair flying off the pedals. I almost reduced the sprint time to 30secs after the first two sprints almost killed me, but told myself to harden up and kept the 1min intervals. did 10 min of swiss ball exercises for my upper body as well afterwards.

Lovely day here, and it is Saturday, so looking forward to spending the weekend hanging with hubby and the kids....maybe I'll have that rest day tomorrow...hee hee
 
O.K, so I went an bought a proper new digital scale the other day. Was very upset to see that I was actually HEAVIER than I thought....:( I have not bothered to change my starting weight, but it is amazing to think that I was actually heavier than I thought and according to my old scale.

But the bright news is that over the last 4 days I have lost 1.3kg that is 2.8lbs pretty good really, so finally proves that I am losing weight. But the sad thing is that I am still .3kg heavier than I thought so any weight loss I am able to record at the end of this week is going to be minimal by the time I get under the weight I thought I was...if I do really well I might be able to record a lbs loss....fingers crossed!
 
O.K, so according to my new scales (that read correctly) I am now at the weight I thought I was...yipee, that means I have actually lost 1.6kg in the last five days, that's almost 4lb.

Anyway it feels great to know I am actually losing weight, and now I can start losing from where I THOUGHT I was according to my old scale. I am going to change my ticker though, to reflect the actual weight I was, and weight lost.
 
lovelylilly said:
Well as I predicted I couldn't bring myself to have a rest day when I had time to spare in my morning, so ended up doing sprint training on my bike for 20 min, 2 min regular, 1 min sprint...
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That;s so awesome! You are so determined! There are definitely days I want to just rest but I somehow end up talking myself into working out. I'm sure you felt accomplished after you did it! :)

AND YAY congrats on the weight loss! Keep up the good work!

PS - our team is going to dominate!
 
Well today went really well, it has been stinking hot here, so getting motivated is quite hard. I had decided that today was a rest day, since I have not had one in over two weeks, however once again I got the guilts at not exercising and went and did 30 minutes. This included some sprint training (suppose you would call it hiit) on my bike, and some on my elliptical as well as some swiss ball work, and some work on my arms with the light weights. I have come to the conclusion that it is a lot harder to sprint on the elliptical than on the bike...but both get my heart feeling like it will burst and the sweat just streams off me. I do 1 min relaxed speed, 20 sec fast, 20 sec faster, 20 seconds fastest and then back to the 1 min relaxed. I repeat that until I don't feel I can go at the fastest speed any longer. For the last fastest interval I stretch it out as long as I can.

Eating was great today, about 1220 so that means a restriction of 1500. I am feeling pretty confident about the fact that I can lose this weight now, at a healthy pace, while setting up habits that are achievable on a daily basis. I am really getting excited about all the cool winter clothes I am going to be able to buy, as by the time May comes I will 'fingers crossed' be at my goal weight.:party:
 
great going, your proper blitzing the exersize out, congrats

and on that note im off to do a little myself, you gave me that littlr bit of motivation to do it , as i was umiongand r'ing to do it or not

these diarys are great to read and keep you on track, keep it up
 
Another good day here, made the kids pancakes and didn't even have one...then went out of a dinner picnic, but didn't eat any because it wasn't in my plan for the day...feel like I am forming some good habits now, but most of all I am thinking before I put food in my mouth, something I didn't do before.

Did 30min of pilates/swiss ball/strength today, gave my body a break from the cardio, but had forgotten just how hard pilates is, and man is it good to really stretch your muscles out!
 
Wow!!! Good job with the eating habits. No pancakes.. Thats a good one.. Hey it's all gonna come i know it is..

Cool!!! I'm so excited for us.. This time u will do it and for good.. Good job lilly!!!
 
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Wow!!! Good job with the eating habits. No pancakes.. Thats a good one.. Hey it's all gonna come i know it is..

Cool!!! I'm so excited for us.. This time u will do it and for good.. Good job lilly!!!
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Yeah totally, it is great to have control back!

A little more weight loss today, so that is good, will do final weigh in for the week tomorrow. My actual weight loss (because of my higher number on my new scales) is 2kg, about 4lbs I think...however for the challenge I won't measure until I actually started going under what I recorded as my starting weight in the beginning.

I am starting to buy into this philosophy of eating your calories...I have always been a person that thought the less I ate, the more I lose...well I am proving that philosophy wrong at the moment as I have been weighing myself daily, my weight has been going down slightly every morning, but always goes down more after a day of eating my requirement of calories 1400 - 1600 rather than when I have had a 1200 day. As long as it is good food of course.....so now I realise, as long as I eat well, and stick within my calorie range that will give me the restriction I need, I will lose weight more efficiently and definitely in a more healthy way.
 
Well beginning of week 4 of the 6 week challenge for me...just clocked in an hours worth of circuit which included that stair running I love so much, and 2 sets of skipping....feels good now, but I had to absolutely force myself to exercise, I just felt blah....couldn't be bothered, but got changed into my workout gear, got my but downstairs to my gym and got started...the further I got into my workout I got, the more energy I seemed to have, actually when the 60min mark came I felt like doing more...however my shaking muscles told me otherwise...:)

I am feeling a little overwhelmed at the moment, I go back to work next week after summer holiday...I am a teaching principal, I teach 3 days a week and get two office days to run the school...that does not daunt me, but fitting my exercise and good eating habits into my working life does...I know I can do it!
 
Well I ate dinner and realised I was only at 800cal for the day...so I ate a couple of snacks, only at 1100 now, but too full to eat any more.

That means my calorie restriction for today is about 2000, far to high...here's hoping I lose a little tomorrow for weigh in.
 
O.K so a pound done...but I'll take it, it's better than nothing...:)

I am feeling really strong and confident at the moment about my new lifestyle...

Ate 1300 cals today so that is a 1700 restriction...still a little high, but burned 640cal in my hours exercise today.

40 min circuit in the morning
20 min hard on elliptical in afternoon

So that is 2 hours down for the exercise so far in two day....:party:
 
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