My quiet journey to a glorious body

Today's food:

*2 ham, double cheese and tomato brevilles on dark rye bread;
*orange;
*~5 almonds;
*fried piece of fish, steamed broccoli;
*peeled green apple.

Exercise:

*low impact C25K Week 7 Day 2 (25 mins);
*20 push-ups on knees;
*50 upper ab crunches;
*15 lower abs (leg extensions).

The C25K really tired me tonight even though I had a rest day yesterday and didn't move for most of today. Put it down to standing on my feet for 3 hours making biscuits just beforehand. Sprinted the last 2.5 mins and felt horrible (HR 200) but could keep going without popping like a balloon so I'm grateful. Just want this fuckin fat to MOVE and the same goes for YOU, stubborn scale with your smart-ass numbers that get stuck when they feel like it and then decide to move the day after I go carb-ballistic with 12 slices of bread!!! I'm onto you DEAR! You can just do what I'm doing and bloody well keep moving your ass! :flame: :boxing:

And now, for something to make us smile :Angel_anim:

HEALTH BENEFITS OF BEING OVERWEIGHT A new report suggests that being overweight is not as harmful as is commonly believed, and actually confers some surprising benefits.

Being five to ten pounds overweight could protect people from ailments ranging from tuberculosis to Alzheimer's disease, research indicates. Those carrying 15 to 25 extra pounds are better able to recover from adverse conditions such as emphysema, pneumonia, and various injuries and infections, states the report.

Thirty to forty pounds of flab could help fend off breast, kidney, pancreatic, prostate, and colon cancer. And an extra fifty pounds on the scale may improve eyesight, reverse baldness, cure the common cold, and reduce global warming.

In general, the report concludes, overweight people are happier, more successful in business, smarter, and friendlier.

The study was funded by a research grant from McDonald's, Burger King, Jack in the Box, Taco Bell, Domino's Pizza, Starbucks, Haagen Dazs, Sara Lee, and Krispy Kreme. :biggrinjester:
 
:party:!!!!!! YAY hun! I am so happy that you are feeling much better!...You sounded like you were going into a downward spiral there...for a quick minute!!THANK the HEAVENS you SNAPPED OUT OF IT!...:...I almost had to go down to your neck of the woods...to REAL YOU TO A MIRROR...and show you the FANTASTIC, QUALIFIED, BEAUTIFUL, DETERMINED, CARING, BLESSED soul that I see before MY EYES!......

....you have GREAT things coming to you!!!...beleive me....!!!...

...you know what I told my friend the other day, in respects to finding a job...and IT WORKED...and the first day she got an interview...was the same way I have ever found any of my jobs in the past... is:

"Instead of looking for a job, where everyone else is looking, because they are now competition to you....do it simply...look where others AREN'T looking...so for example her...she wanted to work at a vet clinic cause she loves animals right. So I told her...go to google (my best friend ;) )...and type in Veterinarian clinics...and a HUGE list will pop up...now you call them all and ask...more like tell them... CONFIDENTLY and SWEETLY that a nice co-worker in their company had said that they would be possibly hiring..and that you couldn't quite remeber who they were, BUT if they are hiring...would they be so kind as to transfer you to the correct department...and if and when they say no (which a lot will...BUT ONE OR TWO WON'T) then kindly ask, whether any companies which they are affiliated with and or work with would be hiring at this point and if they could be so kind as to help you get their information....and BAM!!!....SOMETHING WILL COME!

...it did for her...and I'm sure it can work for yoU!....just do it with every type of industry you would be interested in!....:D!!!...I HAVE FAITH!

....no more stressing ok!!!!....YOU ARE AMAZING...and GREAT THINGS are in store for you!!! ;)!!! I JUST KNOW IT!
 
Wow Alta, thank you for that! :hug2: :hug2: :hug2:

You gave me some great advice and those kind words... they are exactly what I would use to describe you! :) You are a very dynamic, intelligent, courageous and positive person and if I may say, one of this website's greatest assets. :D I'm sure many people on this board would join with me in blessing you for your generous spirit and golden heart, which are rarities in this world. :angel:

Here's to a beautiful individual! :cheers2:
 
So now I feel kind of bad to report my doings for today, since I can't stand to disappoint people who put their faith in me, but...

I can't shy away from the hard-nosed facts because I promised myself I would be honest here, after all, that's the whole point of this diary. So let me start by saying that I have 2 big problems which I need to remedy quick-smart:

1. I have no job and being at home all day contributes to inactivity and a slowing of my weight loss.

2. I have gotten into the habit of getting up late which means I miss my early morning walk and I've found that the walking is what keeps me in shape, even more than the little 'jogs' I do for my "Gay C25K".

Number one I can't fix right away because it depends on the employer as well and also, to get a job I really want I need to go back to uni for a few years (more HECS, whooo-hoooo! This government is gonna LAUGH at my funeral :biggrinjester: ). Still, I can find something part-time or keep hounding my present job for on-call type work; again, it's all down to timing.

Number 2 requires that I bloody well get off my fat ass, brave that morning chill, throw off those blasted covers and wear down those new sneakers.

So it's obvious I've got to start with number 2, especially as I have more time now. Maybe if I get serious about one thing in my life, the Work Fairy will get the message I'm ready for her magic wand to strike!

So now... today was failure in every sense of the word. Firstly, aforementioned late start and missed walk. Then, I didn't eat any fruit. Thirdly, I bought crackers, chocolate and a croissant. And finally, I didn't enjoy eating ANY of this!!! From the first bite that entered my mouth I was thinking, "WHY am I eating this? I don't like it. WHY is it making me feel sick of it just from the first bite? (Usually it takes half a night of bingeing to get to that point!) Why is my stomach feeling so revolted?" etc etc...

Perhaps this is a blessing. I was kind of sad when I bought this junk food that I was falling right back into my old ways. Well, now it seems that I can't go back to those ways and that is a bloody GOOD thing! So - erm - YAYYYY! I should be celebrating this as a milestone!!! :hurray:

Tomorrow is a new day. Half day of work, getting paid... there's something to look forward to. Thank God! :)
 
Gosh the rich have great lives...

Drove to the beach yesterday and went for a 2+ hour walk. Saw so many joggers - and mansions!! A lot of the walkers had mobile phones to their ears, discussing business. One guy in his 40s was rollerblading - total pro. :coolgleamA:

Hmmm, I think I'll go back to the beach this weekend... I could get used to this lifestyle... no traffic - just waves... and ducks! :D

Food intake is okay but I've been irresistibly attracted to Mum's biscuits. I know I gotta wean, but ... there's always a big BUT! (Literally too, haha).

Exercise today was a 60+ min walk in the lovely drizzle among the gum trees (*SIGH!*), 75 mins of aerobics in my room, 20 knee push-ups, 52 upper ab crunches, 15 lower abs.




I think I want to be an aerobics instructor.

:party:
 
Well I have a job interview tomorrow... finally! :hurray: Hopefully something will come of it.

Food today:
*2 ham, cheese and tomato brevilles on dark rye;
*steak, spuds and peas (2 tsp butter) & 2 slices of toast with Nuttelex marg and French blueberry sucrose-free conserve. :drool5:
*cup of cocoa, 1 tsp natural honey, 5.5 dry egg biscuits.

Exercise:
*90 min walk;
*21 push-ups (hard), 52 upper ab & 15 lower ab crunches;
*28 min jogging (Wk8 Day2 of C25K).

Issues:
*Feeling very hungry for carbs;
*Bloating;
*Right foot arch very sore since last night;
*Hair falling out faster and iron levels seem lower;
*Getting older, never younger.


:biggrinjester:

LOVEMAKING TIPS FOR OLDER PERSONS

- Put bifocals on. Double check that you're with the right partner.

- Set alarm on your clock for 2 minutes... in case you doze off in the middle.

- Set the mood with lighting. Turn 'em ALL OFF !

- Make sure you put 9-1-1 on your speed dial before you begin... just in case!

- Write partner's name on your hand in case you can't remember what to scream out at the end.
-From unwind.com
 
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So frustrated right now. I've been at the same weight since the start of July; keep yo-yoing between 84 and 85kg. Even though I've been more active and more demanding on my body than I can ever remember. It could be muscle... but then why has my waist measurement not changed either?

Waist as of 14th July: 86cm.
Waist measurement today: 88cm.

The problem is that the more exercise I do, the more cravings I get for CARBS. I can't seem to control my hunger as I used to. I need to find something to eat that will satisfy me!

Had my job interview, thought it went well, was told I'd get a call today. No call.

I'm over my stupid life!!! :cuss:
 
Okay, I refuse to leave my diary today on a negative note...

I have some great things going for me! For one, my right foot is much better and tomorrow I will get back into the C25K... Day 3 of Week 8!!! Then it's one more week and I've finished the program! I will then keep jogging half-hour sessions and maybe build up to about 45 mins and try to increase the impact factor, hugh hugh hgurgh!! (Tim the Toolman Taylor grunt :) ).

Secondly, I was online today and realised quite a few places offer the Certificate III in Fitness Training (Aerobics Instruction) for less than $2,000, unlike the Australian Institute of Fitness which has it up near $6K!! :eek2:
Reading over the timetables today I realised I can do it part-time on the weekends and still go to work (er - when I get a job, that is). So I am very happy about that and I am definitely confident I can be a better aerobics instructor than the job I am doing right now (not), which mostly involves an ongoing tumultuous affair with several flighty photocopiers. (Or maybe I'm the flighty one, going from one copier to the other, trying to get some action).

Another thing is that I've met some wonderful people on this forum who have truly inspired and encouraged me. You know who you are. I thank you from the bottom of my heart! :hug2: I honestly don't think I'd still be trying if it wasn't for you. Amazing how people you've never even sat down to have a coffee with can be an even more transforming element in your life than your mates, who you see and have a drink with all the time!! (Does this make me sound like an introverted computer nerd? Ok - that's fine, as long as the nerd keeps shrinking in her shorts :) ).

Finally, tonight I tried some commercial chocolates (little box bite-sized ones from Nestlé and Cadbury) and AGAIN I felt sickened by them. Rick Stein, my friend, you were RIGHT! God bless ya. After months of eating only good quality dark chocolate my palate has indeed been 'educated' and the old crap seems like rubbish to me now. A good thing. A great thing! Bring on the Callebaut, Lindt and Valrhona!!! :drool5:

Post-script: I * LOVE * my * new * car!!! :driving:
 
Shinsplint said:
Gosh the rich have great lives...

Drove to the beach yesterday and went for a 2+ hour walk. Saw so many joggers - and mansions!! A lot of the walkers had mobile phones to their ears, discussing business. One guy in his 40s was rollerblading - total pro. :coolgleamA:

Hmmm, I think I'll go back to the beach this weekend... I could get used to this lifestyle... no traffic - just waves... and ducks! :D

Food intake is okay but I've been irresistibly attracted to Mum's biscuits. I know I gotta wean, but ... there's always a big BUT! (Literally too, haha).

Exercise today was a 60+ min walk in the lovely drizzle among the gum trees (*SIGH!*), 75 mins of aerobics in my room, 20 knee push-ups, 52 upper ab crunches, 15 lower abs.




I think I want to be an aerobics instructor.

:party:
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Ohhhh..the beach ...I LOVE IT!...it's funny that you say that about going and the rich....cause I purposely try to go for that same reason. I beleive that people should take the time to absorb themselves at least if not for just a little bit...around the enviroments and the people they want to be around.

It's so tranquil there...I'm glad you enjoyed it!...I always run and think there, and tell myself ....I can live just like this!! :D!.....and the more and more I go run by those areas...I find that the more and more sometimes I feel like I belong.

Kinda crazy huh!??!....hahahah....

Great Job on those workouts! Way to kill it!! :party:!!!...and way to nip it in the BUTTTTTTTT WITH MUM'S BISCUITS!! hahah!
 
Shinsplint said:
Well I have a job interview tomorrow... finally! :hurray: Hopefully something will come of it.

Food today:
*2 ham, cheese and tomato brevilles on dark rye;
*steak, spuds and peas (2 tsp butter) & 2 slices of toast with Nuttelex marg and French blueberry sucrose-free conserve. :drool5:
*cup of cocoa, 1 tsp natural honey, 5.5 dry egg biscuits.

Exercise:
*90 min walk;
*21 push-ups (hard), 52 upper ab & 15 lower ab crunches;
*28 min jogging (Wk8 Day2 of C25K).

Issues:
*Feeling very hungry for carbs;
*Bloating;
*Right foot arch very sore since last night;
*Hair falling out faster and iron levels seem lower;
*Getting older, never younger.


:biggrinjester:

LOVEMAKING TIPS FOR OLDER PERSONS

- Put bifocals on. Double check that you're with the right partner.

- Set alarm on your clock for 2 minutes... in case you doze off in the middle.

- Set the mood with lighting. Turn 'em ALL OFF !

- Make sure you put 9-1-1 on your speed dial before you begin... just in case!

- Write partner's name on your hand in case you can't remember what to scream out at the end.
-From unwind.com
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:smilielol5: :smilielol5: :smilielol5:.........hahahha.....YOU MAKE ME DIE HERE!

....if that's what I got to look forward to later....shitttt I'm skurred!!! :D!
 
Shinsplint said:
So frustrated right now. I've been at the same weight since the start of July; keep yo-yoing between 84 and 85kg. Even though I've been more active and more demanding on my body than I can ever remember. It could be muscle... but then why has my waist measurement not changed either?

Waist as of 14th July: 86cm.
Waist measurement today: 88cm.

The problem is that the more exercise I do, the more cravings I get for CARBS. I can't seem to control my hunger as I used to. I need to find something to eat that will satisfy me!

Had my job interview, thought it went well, was told I'd get a call today. No call.

I'm over my stupid life!!! :cuss:
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....there we go again!....YOU AND ME BOTH!!!...complaining about our freakin' stumps!....At least yours isn't that bad!!...One month...mine?!?!?! 7 months!...that is KILLING ME SOFTLY!!!!!!!.....

...but the point is that the day where you felt like that has PASSED!...it's gone now...and we are back to the fight!!!....WE CAN AND WILL DO THIS because every weak day we have only means that we are that much closer to our STRONG DAYS!!!

...it always happens like that...have you noticed in movies, while running up a hill, in love stories, in business, in interviews, in LIFE period....if we were to have just kept going for just a little bit more....WE WOULD HAVE REACHED THE LIGHT!...THE DESTINATION!...THE GLODEN INTERVIEW!...THE AMAZING LOVE STORY!.....THE TOP OF THE HILL!....THE $100 bill LYING ON THE FLOOR!...:smilielol5:!....my point being...

...that we both had these crappy days last week, this week, whatever week....it doesn't matter...because even if our waist hasn't changed, our clothes looks the same, this and that hasn't changed......YOU KNOW WHAT HAS CHANGED?!?!?.......YOUR MIND! YOUR THOUGHTS! YOUR DESIRES! YOUR AMBITIONS!.....basically....EVERYTHING THAT MATTERS!!!!!! :iagree:!

...so fuck those negative days when we feel like no change has come from all the hard work....!!....WE KEEP ON GOING.........regardless!
 
Shinsplint said:
Okay, I refuse to leave my diary today on a negative note...

I have some great things going for me! For one, my right foot is much better and tomorrow I will get back into the C25K... Day 3 of Week 8!!! Then it's one more week and I've finished the program! I will then keep jogging half-hour sessions and maybe build up to about 45 mins and try to increase the impact factor, hugh hugh hgurgh!! (Tim the Toolman Taylor grunt :) ).

Secondly, I was online today and realised quite a few places offer the Certificate III in Fitness Training (Aerobics Instruction) for less than $2,000, unlike the Australian Institute of Fitness which has it up near $6K!!
Reading over the timetables today I realised I can do it part-time on weekends and still go to work (er - when I get a job, that is). So I am very happy about that and I am definitely confident I can be a better aerobics instructor than the job I am doing right now (not), which mostly involves an ongoing tumultuous affair with several flighty photocopiers. (Or maybe I'm the flighty one, going from one copier to the other, trying to get some action).

Another thing is that I've met some wonderful people on this forum who have truly inspired and encouraged me. You know who you are. I thank you from the bottom of my heart! I honestly don't think I'd still be trying if it wasn't for you. Amazing how people you've never even sat down to have a coffee with can be an even more transforming element in your life than your mates, who you see and have a drink with all the time!! (Does this make me sound like an introverted computer nerd? Ok - that's fine, as long as the nerd keeps shrinking in her shorts ).

Finally, tonight I tried some commercial chocolates (little box bite-sized ones from Nestlé and Cadbury) and AGAIN I felt sickened by them. Rick Stein, my friend, you were RIGHT! God bless ya. After months of eating only good quality dark chocolate my palate has indeed been 'educated' and the old crap seems like rubbish to me now. A good thing. A great thing! Bring on the Callebaut, Lindt and Valrhona!!!

Post-script: I * LOVE * my * new * car!!! :driving:
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...First)....I'm glad for your interview!!...Just the fact of going...puts you in the path of nature to allow yourself to receive!!!...Getting out there, gets things moving your way!! Way to go on that!!!

...Second)...That is so amazing to want to be an aerobics instructor!!! haha...I used to want to be a personal trainer....:blush5:...though I'm the one who needs training! :smilielol5:....You can definitely pull off those night courses!! ...That's exactly how I am doing it right now and have been for this past year...with my Hypnotherapy courses and certification degree. I LOVE IT!...the time schedules for some programs are tailored for the working individual which is so much more motivating. :iagree:...they make it do able!!....WAY TO GO!!....especially for getting your mind rolling in the direction of change....the reality is that ..like Jim Rohn says "If we want things to change, WE HAVE TO CHANGE!".....very true...follow your passion!!!

...Third)...I know exactly what you mean, about having some people on the internet touch your lives more than the ones who directly interact with you. The reality is that I think a lot of people feel like that. I try and explain it to my bf all the time...the profound effect that "not judging someone" can have on you. It can lead to you create the deepest relationships that are like you said....sometimes more profound and more meaningful than the ones that are in our current enviroment.

I mean.....it's amazing here....we can all meet each other...not judge each other ..and get right to the point of our fears, our emotions, the TRUE us...and all of a sudden no one judges you, and only embraces you!!!...I mean come on?!?!? What planet are we on in here right?!?!....It's so AMAZING in here...so unlike the real world where people are judgemental at first sight, closed to display of immediate emotion, scrutinizing one's motives, judging someone by their past actions....lack of listening, lack of true caring for the advancement of another individual, jealousy....ALL OF IT..:(

......so when you say, that people mean more to you on here!!...I DO UNDERSTAND!!!...it doesn't make you a computer nerd....;)...it just makes you a person with a HUGE KIND HEART!! :beating:...that has a desire to help and be helped...and surrounded with love and happiness!!....THAT'S ALL!! :D!!!

...I mean are we weird or something for liking that ?!?!? :smilielol5:....

I'm happy for you and your car!
 
Alta818 said:
....there we go again!....YOU AND ME BOTH!!!...complaining about our freakin' stumps!....At least yours isn't that bad!!...One month...mine?!?!?! 7 months!...that is KILLING ME SOFTLY!!!!!!!.....

...but the point is that the day where you felt like that has PASSED!...it's gone now...and we are back to the fight!!!....WE CAN AND WILL DO THIS because every weak day we have only means that we are that much closer to our STRONG DAYS!!!

...it always happens like that...have you noticed in movies, while running up a hill, in love stories, in business, in interviews, in LIFE period....if we were to have just kept going for just a little bit more....WE WOULD HAVE REACHED THE LIGHT!...THE DESTINATION!...THE GLODEN INTERVIEW!...THE AMAZING LOVE STORY!.....THE TOP OF THE HILL!....THE $100 bill LYING ON THE FLOOR!...:smilielol5:!....my point being...

...that we both had these crappy days last week, this week, whatever week....it doesn't matter...because even if our waist hasn't changed, our clothes looks the same, this and that hasn't changed......YOU KNOW WHAT HAS CHANGED?!?!?.......YOUR MIND! YOUR THOUGHTS! YOUR DESIRES! YOUR AMBITIONS!.....basically....EVERYTHING THAT MATTERS!!!!!! :iagree:!

...so fuck those negative days when we feel like no change has come from all the hard work....!!....WE KEEP ON GOING.........regardless!
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Wow, that's amazing, I was just thinking something like that the other day! And this quote popped into my head, I've forgotten who said it, but they said: "The last dejected effort becomes the winning stroke."

Unfortunately this means becoming used to the feeling of - well - dejectedness!! And this is going to sound bad but I am a pretty negative person most of the time. I'm always thinking of things going wrong, rather than right, and I don't like feeling uncomfortable. I'm acting like an 80-year-old in a 30-year-old's body!!! Someone once told me I couldn't change this, that it was in my horoscope or genes or whatever, and this may have stuck too firmly in my head. I need to get rid of this thought because it is a LIE! Deep down I can feel the truth and it runs something like this: Genes are soldiers, waiting for your command!!! So bring on that 100 billion buckeroos please, and I'll take it with a round-the-world trip beginning in Paris!!! *hehehe*

Alta818 said:
...First)....I'm glad for your interview!!...Just the fact of going...puts you in the path of nature to allow yourself to receive!!!...Getting out there, gets things moving your way!! Way to go on that!!!

...Second)...That is so amazing to want to be an aerobics instructor!!! haha...I used to want to be a personal trainer....:blush5:...though I'm the one who needs training! :smilielol5:....You can definitely pull off those night courses!! ...That's exactly how I am doing it right now and have been for this past year...with my Hypnotherapy courses and certification degree. I LOVE IT!...the time schedules for some programs are tailored for the working individual which is so much more motivating. :iagree:...they make it do able!!....WAY TO GO!!....especially for getting your mind rolling in the direction of change....the reality is that ..like Jim Rohn says "If we want things to change, WE HAVE TO CHANGE!".....very true...follow your passion!!!

...Third)...I know exactly what you mean, about having some people on the internet touch your lives more than the ones who directly interact with you. The reality is that I think a lot of people feel like that. I try and explain it to my bf all the time...the profound effect that "not judging someone" can have on you. It can lead to you create the deepest relationships that are like you said....sometimes more profound and more meaningful than the ones that are in our current enviroment.

I mean.....it's amazing here....we can all meet each other...not judge each other ..and get right to the point of our fears, our emotions, the TRUE us...and all of a sudden no one judges you, and only embraces you!!!...I mean come on?!?!? What planet are we on in here right?!?!....It's so AMAZING in here...so unlike the real world where people are judgemental at first sight, closed to display of immediate emotion, scrutinizing one's motives, judging someone by their past actions....lack of listening, lack of true caring for the advancement of another individual, jealousy....ALL OF IT..:(

......so when you say, that people mean more to you on here!!...I DO UNDERSTAND!!!...it doesn't make you a computer nerd....;)...it just makes you a person with a HUGE KIND HEART!! :beating:...that has a desire to help and be helped...and surrounded with love and happiness!!....THAT'S ALL!! :D!!!

...I mean are we weird or something for liking that ?!?!? :smilielol5:....

I'm happy for you and your car!
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Thanks for that Alta!! Isn't it amazing how we seem to be on the same wavelength? I was just thinking TODAY about relationships on the internet. I was thinking, as you say, how much more uplifting and helpful friendships are online, without all the judgemental bullshit. I truly believe non-judgemental people have great power; the power to change us and free us to be the best people we can be, without self-doubting or insecurity issues. I was also thinking, in my typical negative fashion, how fragile this web of internet friendships can be; if you don't see someone online for a while, you don't know what's happened to them! I was once part of a great online community, we were family, we had so much fun together... and then one day there was no longer free access, the "plug was pulled" if you like, and hardly anyone came back... a whole community was destroyed just like that! Talk about downer. Am I being too negative? I'll stop then, and just say thank you for visiting my diary (sorry I posted in yours before I saw your replies here) and for your always-appreciated words of wisdom and encouragement!! *big smile*
 
So lazy days are back again. Back into the rhythm of sleeping late, getting up late, missing out on walks and gaining weight. Some good things are happening though. Firstly, I don't know why this happened, but I desperately got a craving for M&Ms yesterday and today, and I haven't eaten or wanted to eat them for years. Tonight I was halfway to getting dressed and driving to Coles, made my mind up and everything. While unwrapping a chewie I prayed for help without really meaning it or expecting help. And a miracle happened: I fought the craving and stayed home!! :party: Yay - amen my friends!! Prayer really does move the hand that moves the world!! I believe it now!! :)

UP - dates: (you heard me: UP! is the word)

Weight is still at 84.5kg.

Right foot is still sore so I haven't been jogging for the last few days BUT getting better all the time.

*Any males reading my diary, please tune out here and skip to next point* Cycles are - well, existent! Have started ovulating for the first time in oh, say 15 years!! gawsh, is it the iodine? :smilielol5:

Went for a one hour walk today. Slow.

Ate 2 brevilles, some bickies, yucky cocoa made from Lindt choc I didn't finish, and a banana.

Still no job or calls and I'm at that "getting-less-fussy" stage where I'll bloody apply for anything, even real estate.

Except for the last part, life is rolling smoothly on and with rain to boot. :)
 
Back again after over a month

Since my last post the following have happened:

*I got work;
*I stopped walking;
*I went off my diet;
*I gained weight;
*I started getting headaches;
*I started hating work;
*I stopped working.

In a nutshell. I blame myself but at the same time I don't really know how to change myself. I feel like the universe is constantly against me and that I'll never win.

I'm taking the next month to hopefully get back on track with exercise and diet. Foot is better but not in time to train up for the Melbourne Marathon. If I can keep my head together and stop worrying about the shit society I live in I hope to get through this summer a slimmer person!
 
Well! When I typed that last line in my last post, I wasn't feeling at all hopeful. Well, I had a teeny weeny glimmer of hope, no more. But since then, I'm glad to say, I have started to lose weight again!!!

Finally! I managed to cut out sugar completely! I'm sorry to blow my own trumpet but I'm so happy because I've lost all the extra weight I gained and more, in less than 3 weeks!

*Headaches gone
*Dizziness gone
*Irritability gone
*Body slimming!!!

But looking at the overall picture, I'm ashamed to say, I am appalled at myself that it's taken this long. I'm already 30 and just about past my use by date!!!! (In this society anyway... maybe I should move to Italy).

Seriously, if you're reading this and you're in your teens or twenties, take my advice and don't delay starting your health and weight-loss journey!! Those years pass like a lightning flash!!!! Before you know it you're seeing lines on your face, white hairs on your head, your knees don't function like they used to and you can't put away as much alcohol and crappy food like once upon a youthful time. Don't put it off, do it now and you will enjoy many happy young years of health and happiness!!!

Of course we're only as young as we feel, right? But if we eat crap our whole lives we will be 80 years old every day of our lives. !! :troll:

A happy and healthy week to all! :iagree: :waving:
 
Yay! Good to hear that things are going great for you! :)
Good thing I'm working out right now while I'm 20. I want to be in the best shape by 21! :coolgleamA:

Keep up the awesome work!
 
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