Losing Weight in the Land of Chocolate and Cheese!

Ankle update: Went to the physio who discovered so many problems it's ridiculous. Apparently just the bone bruise alone will take at least another four months to heal. And all other rehabilitation is massively slowed because of that... she just did five minutes of manipulations and stretching today and it was SO sore and was HUGELY swollen, so I had to ice it for hours afterwards.

She wants to see me tomorrow too. Pretty much every day for a while I think. But that's good... on the slow bumpy road to recovery.
 
Hope you are feeling better! Take it easy and make sure you recover fully before starting too much. Looks like you are doing good with your eating! Love the anti-plateau dance!!!
 
So... I don't want to get too excited because it's not a weigh in day, and I know I fluctuate daily (though lately it has been same same same same, gain, same same, gain), but I woke up 0.3kg less than yesterday morning... which hasn't happened in forEVER...

RAINBOW!!!!!!! :party: DANCE, IT, BABY!
 
HOORAY, TOLD YOU IT WOULD WORK!!!!

Glad your seeing the physio every day, not glad about how long its going to take for the bone bruise to heal tho :( Have you got any idea what caused it? Have you got an ankle support? x
 
Yeah I had an accident while playing netball during our tournament in Paris at the end of March - after ten games, I did it in the last two minutes of our grand final. Seroiusly. I thought (and everyone thought, even the doctor) that I had broken it, and I was in excrutiating pain (I'll attach a lovely picture for you all! This was five days after I did it too...). My ankle has been causing major problems since then, but I was told that, seeing as the x-ray showed no break, I should just use crutches for a few days, and then the best thing for it to heal is to begin to weight-bear again. WRONG!

So yeah... over three months now. My netball girls have said that, seeing as I have a lot of coaching experience too, I can come along and help out with that when I'm feeling a bit down. So that's awesome.

Thanks for the sympathy. Actually, here is really the only place where I can whine about it. I got a message on facebook yesterday from a 'friend' that said they are sick of updates about it. And I have probably only said something about it once every three weeks? :reddevil:
 
Woah, not cool of that "friend" of yours. Seriously, it's a serious thing and of course it's going to be occupying your mind. Who died and made them the Facebook police?
 
I know, right? I really should block them - not sure if they ever say anything positive to me, and often make me feel like shite. Actually, summarising it like that, I will. Right now.
 
Excellent. If anywhere should be a safe whining space, I think Facebook (and places like this) rank pretty bloody highly.
 
What a bitch, I'm glad you've blocked her.

SHEEEE-YAT! Your ankle looked awful :( And that is so bloody typical that you did it in the last minute of the grand final :( x
 
Yup. Blocked. :) Feel better already!

Went to my friends place to discuss some editing work and she'd made some mini cheesecakes that she was so proud of... what to DO?! So I had 2/3 of one...

So I took my man on a very slow wander through the old town of Zurich this evening at sunset... I'll show you a pic I took - I've played around with it a bit, obviously. But it was SOOO nice to just wander and chat with my hubby. He's been working past midnight all week, and going to work before I get up, so it's like he's been away.

FOOD TODAY: 1435
- Skinny latte (90)
- 100g cooked brown rice (106)with some veggie curry (thai, with a little light coconut milk) (320)
- 2/3 slice strawberry cheesecake (?315)
- potato rosti with steamed veg and a fried egg (334)
- skinny white chocolate mocha (270: un-freaking-believable. Never again!)
 
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Facebook can be evil...I haven't talked to my sister in law in over a year because of some posts.....you did the right thing..Block her before it gets out of hand....I now "hide" so many people...I forget I am FB friends with them...haha.

..and the ankle looks so so painful...I hope it all gets sorted out soon :)
 
Today is a day of grazing. So freaking dangerous... There's a festival in the centre of town that we have been planning to go to, but my man's huge project is due on Tuesday... he said this morning that he just wanted to finish it off for a couple of hours before we headed off... so I've been waiting.

And eating.

Don't want to make him feel too guilty though... it's his first huge project with the big G and he really needs to prove himself, so I understand.

FOOD SO FAR TODAY (it's 5.50pm):
- 2 slices French toast
- milk coffee
- small bowl veggie stir-fry with a little tofu and a couple of rice noodles
- 10 pistachios,
- 4 olives
- 50g fresh mozzarella
- lemon sorbet
- one passionfruit (that's right, some fruit!)
 
Sigh.... Zurich looks so beautiful. I love the moody feel to the photo with the overcast sky and sepia tones. What a romantic place to catch up with your hubby.

Well done on just having 2/3rds of the mini cheesecake.

Has the 0.3 loss lasted till today?
 
:) Yeah, it really is gorgeous.

Of COURSE the 0.3 hasn't lasted until today! Haha, you're learning that I weigh everyday because I'm bad... so I put on 0.2, but I still am happy that this means a loss. Even if it's only perhaps because I slept in an extra hour and managed to wee an extra 100ml (oh, too much info? perhaps ;))

I'm waiting for someone to tell me off for the cheesecake... hasn't happened... You're all so darn supportive! haha
 
:) That's it, girl. :) Be mean! Hehe.

So... Well, I had a 'fuckit' moment. But I think I've managed to undo it... I had a brownie, which, for the specific one I had, is apparently is 340calories. Felt like I just lot all control... Too bad I couldn't undo the WHOLE STUPID DAY.

I had a spaghetti bolognese on the boil since 3pm, and instead of having pasta for dinner, I had some of the sauce (packed with veg and not much meat) with some steamed cauli and broccoli. So... that saved me about 210Cal. And then after dinner I spent an hour doing some yoga (well... the bits I can do), some strength training and some stretching. So... Well, yeah. Nowhere near enough to undo such a disaster of a day though...

Haven't counted up my calories yet, but won't be surprised if it's about 2200.
Okay... the time has come... for the big count...

FOOD TODAY: 1957
- French toast (400) with a milk coffee (130)
- small bowl veggie stir-fry with a little tofu and a couple of rice noodles (220)
- lemon sorbet (too much - 160)
- Chocolate brownie (340)
- 20 pistachios (85), 6 olives (30), 50g fresh mozzarella (130)
- Natural yoghurt (107) and one passionfruit (17 -that's right, some fruit!)
- Bolognese sauce (320) with steamed veg (35)

:piggy:

One little thing, though, is that I'm getting used to not eating anything after dinner. This used to be a MAJOR problem for me, so that's good. I feel like an idiot for saying something positive after such a day.
 
Just caught up with a week's worth of your diary. You don't seem to eat much at all really & def. not much protein, except for cheese. If ever you really want to boot a few kgs you know that doing Cohen's, even without weighing your food and being obsessive, would do the trick. If you think it would mess with your mind & your good intentions then forget it of course, but I don't think it's evil or anything.
I think you're gorgeous, but you are so hard on yourself. If I was 10kg lighter than I am now I would still have big legs. I was built that way. I don't like my legs but they are strong so I try to see the benefit in them.
You will make such a lovely mother & have such a strong base to come from. Your family seems so loving & supportive. I can relate to your relationship with your sister. Share everything with her sweets. You have something special there! How exciting that your pares will soon be there! Lovely :beating:
Sending you lots of love & a baby dance(not that you have either confirmed or denied the rumour ;)) xoxo Cate
 
Cate - you are absolutely right, of course. I don't know what I would have done if I hadn't had cohens to help me out in the beginning. I'd probably still be 105kg, that's what. And I know that I can always turn to Cohens for a few weeks if I want to dramatically lose some... but I'm trying to get into the mindset where I feel like I don't NEED to dramatically lose weight. I just want to be healthy, and doing it this way is, I think, better for me (mind, spirit, body) in the long run.

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TODAY
We went to a little Alpine festival today with lots of funny little Swiss traditions, like Schwingen wresting, yodelling competitions, Alp-horns, etc. Was great! Of course, there is food everywhere. I brought a couple of snacks with me (A+ for organisation!) so I wouldn't fall into the doughnut pit... So I actually had a decent day, I think.

Achievement:
- bringing snacks
- saying no to free brownies and free strawberry ice cream
- not feeling left out when everyone else was drinking a lot
- not eating the chips that they put on my plate with the chicken wrap
- not agreeing to share half a chocolate bar wiht my husband when he only wanted half, and not taking a bite when he offered me some again later on (though he got told off for that, haha).

FOOD: 1554
- small bowl of porridge made with 2% milk, with 1tsp brown sugar and 5 tinned cherries (340)
- Milk coffee (130)
- 20g dried apple chips (72)
- Grilled bratwurst with 1tsp mustard, (310), 350ml Alcohol Free beer (90)
- trail mix bar - almond and cranberry (152)
- Spicy chicken and veg wrap (320)with Schweppes bitter lemon (140)
 
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