New beginnings, new journey

AHeya sweetie

Sorry you had a crappy day, hope you have an awesome weekend to make up for your shite day.

Love and hugs. Xx
 
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Yep, what Kate said! Hope you're able to relax and relieve that stress soon, Luz!


Be well!
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I just typed out a massive rant, and then decided to delete it rather than posting it. I'll just say I'm not in a good mood today, I'm feeling really crowded at home and Wade is really starting to do my head in (my husbands too), and I ate way more than planned today (420cal deficit for the day). I'm going to crawl under my doona and reappear when I'm in a better mood.
 
Funny how the simplest thing can bring me back to a good mood. My husband wanted to go and grab the new Zelda game, so we went out to the other shopping center when he knocked off work. I went into the supermarket which is a fairly long walk from where we parked, and by the time I got to where I wanted I was hobbling pretty bad (think it was mostly muscle tightness since I hadn't really been up and about today) Anyway... It was really busy and I was hobbling down the freezer section squeezing past people and someone must've seen that I was having trouble walking, and she kind of blocked a few other people and told me to walk around her as there was heaps of water on the ground where I was about to walk. It was just a completely out of the blue random act of kindness... funny how something like that can make my day. Have to say that shopping up here is bad enough normally, freakin Christmas is making it impossible! Got some new food to try, I bought Syndian curried pumpkin bites and lentil burgers. Love that they are all natural products! Wish our supermarket would hurry up and catch up with the health food!!!


Having a lazy chilled one this arvo, Wade is going to a party tonight so got the house to ourselves for most of the day (which rarely happens anymore!) Got some tv shows/movies to catch up on... and just general laziness I guess! I got up this morning and did the dishes and cleaned a bit so don't really have any reason to not be lazy. Feeling a bit bla from all the food I ate this morning but stepping back and looking at the week I'll still manage a 5500cal deficit, so not really a fail.


Hope everyone has a good weekend!
 
Woke up feeling really sluggish and blah this morning. Had a quick look over my food diary for the week and feel like I've lost my way a bit- to me it looks like I haven't really got my health in mind anymore (where are all the fruit and veg!?) So guess I'm allowed an off week every now and then, but in my healthy lifestyle I'd like to make both fruit and veg a daily habit. I've deccided that for the next couple of days I'll just keep doing my thing, just because I don't have anything except tomatoes left in the house... lol! Going to do a shop tomorrow night after work... then I'm planning for the last fortnight of this weigh month to have veg at every main meal, and to keep all processed food to a minimum. Will probably mean it's going to look like I'm eating a shitload more to make up the calories doing this too, that's ok with me!!


Food today

Breakfast: Rice pudding with brown rice and almond milk

Snack: Coconut water

Lunch: 2 slices of gluten free grain bread, lentil burger patty, cheese, tomato

Snack: Scoop of Amazing grass powder in a cup of coconut milk/rice milk blend


For a deficit of 1017 today.


So I've been thinking hard about how I'm going to get veg into EVERY meal while still being lazy... think I might make big green shakes for brekki with fruit and protein powder, have my raw sunflower slices with hummus and tomato for lunch, big slow cooker veg and meat stews for dinner, and for snacks I'll have my coconut water and raw chocolate. And if I want to lash out a bit on weekends I can have homemade spinach pizzas, and lentil burgers... Really got to cut down on the dried fruit too. Hopefully my two weeks of awesomeness will turn into a habit!
 
Had a bit of a win today- I bought a few size 10 dresses that arrived just before we went away, and they were too small on my boobs... well I ended up having to go out today, and seriously had nothing to wear (lol legs were a bit too prickly today to be wearing a short dress and everything else was in the wash) so I went to the cupboard and decided to try one on... It fit!!!!!!!!! I fully fit into a surf shop size 10!! I'm a freakin size 10!! WOOT!!!! I'll be more excited if I ever get into an 8, but hey... One size at a time :p Some pics! Just so you know, the tie part under the bust wouldn't even go over my boobs when I first got it and tried it on- lost 3-4kgs since then though.





Bought a Christmas tree today and put it up, feeling really festive now. I LOVE Christmas!!! Sucks so much I won't be sharing it with my family this year.


My lentil burger was FREAKIN AMAZING. I toasted it in the toasted sandwich maker after majorly loading it with tomato and pepper... YUM!! That was a big win!


Food plan for tomorrow

Breakfast: Rice pudding with brown rice and coconut milk/rice milk blend

Snack: Coconut water

Lunch: 2 pieces gluten free grain bread, lentil burger patty, tomato, homemade hummus

Dinner: Coconut milk/rice milk blend with a scoop of vanilla brown rice protein powder


Working 4-7 tomorrow, so eating everything before I go to work. Looking forward to my burger already!! 977cal deficit planned for tomorrow, then weigh day the next day!
 
Luz, you look stellar! :biggrin:


So happy you're feeling better and that size 10 victory is just excellent! :hurray: I'm sure you'll get into an 8 in no time!


I wish I could share your sentiments about Christmas though, lol! To me, it's all stress, heavy workload, and dangerous road conditions. But hey - when others on this forum are happy or in a good mood, it makes me happy!
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Congrats again!! :biggrin:
 
Good morning all... I have absolutely NO IDEA what I'm going to do with myself today, as I don't start work until 4pm! Which is just craziness, and I think it's just a big waste of time going in for only 3 hours. I better have longer days for the rest of the week, need money for our holiday!!!!!


Going to start planning a bit of shopping for tonight after work too for what I'm going to be eating for the next week. Bring on the veg!!!!!
 
So I've worked out a really simple food plan for tomorrow, it probably won't change much till the weekend as the dinner I'm making will be 4 serves. Plus the lunch is just simple and I can just put it together in 2 seconds at night. Made some more hummus today to get me through the week!

Tomorrows plan (day 1 of 14 to get veg in at every main meal!)

Breakfast: Smoothie with 1 cup water, 1tbsp hemp seed butter, 1 scoop amazing grass choc powder, 1 large frozen banana, 1 cup frozen berries, 1 cup spinach leaves, cinnamon, vanilla essence

Snack: 1 row of raw almond chocolate

Lunch: Raw sesame seed slices with homemade hummus, tomato, pepper

Snack: Coconut water

Dinner: Slow cooked stew with lean beef, cauliflower, broccoli, carrot, lentils, tinned tomato, herbs (was thinking thyme, oregano)


For a deficit of 892cals.


Weigh day tomorrow, don't know if I've lost much this week though... still have that sluggish heavy feeling today, so hopefully pushing the veg right up this week will help with that! Would really just love to see flat 64kg tomorrow, that would make me happy!


Edited to add: Anyone looking for inspiration for healthy food- desserts, dinner, snacks, etc. check out these blogs, they have amazing recipes!

http://chocolatecoveredkatie.com/

http://ohsheglows.com/

http://www.charskitchen.ca/
 
Wow, you're killin it in that dress! An AUS 10 is like my dream goal, well done, you'll surely drop some jaws when you see your family again!
 
AOMG!!!! look at you!!!! You look friggin stunning!!!!

Mark's loving the boobs (aparantly i dont have any anymore, just nipples!!!) but i am soooooooo jealous of your teeny tinny waist!!!

Honest darling you look stunning :hurray: :hurray: :hurray:

I am heading for a 12 but secretly wanna get into a 10, oh my god that would just blow my world!!!

Congrats sexy :) :)
 
Aw thanks ladies! I went straight into the cupboard after this and tried on my other size 10 dresses and they all fit too!! Big win! Lol Katie I think I'm stuck with boobs forever, they're refusing to disappear. Pretty sure they shrunk a bit this month though!

So today was weigh in day, I weighed 64.2kg... so only lost half a kg this week. Means I really need to push it the next fortnight to get to my goal this month!! Hoping to lose 900g this week!!


Edited to add: My first juice/smoothie experiment was a big success, the spinach makes it taste so smooth and the hemp seed butter makes it really rich... did you know just a tablespoon of that stuff has 9g of protein? It makes heaps too, definitely a filling breakfast!
 
Quickly posting planned food for tomorrow as I may end up working late tonight, working 1pm- to 7pm but have a feeling I'll be there longer...


Food for tomorrow

Breakfast: Smoothie with Amazing grass choc powder, 1 tbsp hemp seed butter, 1 large banana, 1 cup frozen berries, 1 cup spinach, vanilla essence, cinnamon

Snack: Row of raw dark choc with almonds

Lunch: Raw sunflower seed slices with homemade hummus, tomato, pepper

Snack: Coconut water

Dinner: Toasted sandwich with curried pumpkin bites, tomato, spinach on gluten free wild grain bread


for a deficit of 884cals.
 
Got out of work at 7.... what a long afternoon!! I had to do checkouts as there are no other seated jobs for me to do anymore, for some reason they don't want me to keep learning invoice. The checkouts aren't designed for people to sit at them, so I was in a really awkward position and had to reach a heap so my back started to get sore... had to keep standing up for 10-15mins of every hour. And the air con at work is broken, and it was 37 degrees today... was absolutely DYING in the heat. Blah. Glad it's over!! Unsure when/if I'm working tomorrow, my husband might have the day off and if he does I'm taking it off with him as he won't have any other days off this week. I have a really annoying twitch that started a few hours ago on my inner thigh, it's SOOO annoying. From what I got from Google, it's a repetitive strain thing to do with sitting for long periods of time. Awesome.


Perfect day today, finished with around a 900cal deficit... and I got veg in every meal!! 1 day down, 13 to go!
 
Ack :)


No more injuries, Luz! Please take it easy (if you can)!
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Are there any stretches you can do to specifically pinpoint your inner thigh area to relieve that strain? Maybe a light exercise or massage?


Hope it feels better soon! And congrats on a perfect day! :hurray:
 
No day off for me today, unfortunately I'm not that lucky. Neither is my husband lol... thinks he might have his day off on Fri now! I'm doing the same shift today as yesterday, 1pm-7pm. I'm assuming I'll be on checkouts again... boo! It's soooooooo incredibly hot at the front end of the store!! My legs have been pretty good this week (aside from that really annoying twitch) so I think I might see if I can do something on my feet for a little while (at the air conditioned end of the store!)


Mmmm those pumpkin bites are YUMMY! I just had my toasted sandwich with them in it. Was good! Here's the food plan for tomorrow:


Breakfast: Smoothie with tbsp of hemp seed butter, scoop of Amazing grass choc powder, 1 large banana, cup frozen berries, cup of spinach, cinnamon, vanilla essence

Snack: Coconut water

Lunch: 1 piece of gluten free pumpkin seed bread topped with an egg, a lentil burger patty, carrot, tomato, and a lettuce leaf

Snack: 1 row of raw orange and gubinge chocolate

Dinner: 2 raw sesame seed slices with homemade hummus, tomato, pepper


For a deficit of 864cals.


Thinking about Christmas dinner the past couple days... and dessert... and what I'm going to make!! Getting excited, it's pretty cool I'm in charge of the food. Means I know what's in everything and I can make heaps of random healthi-fied sides and desserts that I can eat without worrying about it! Actually did a little bit of online Christmas shopping yesterday too, getting excited!!
 
Haha, online shopping, yeah? You and about a billion other people I'd say! :biggrin:


Sooooo many damn packages lately! It's making my head spin.. ahhh! :willy_nilly: I sure hope whatever you ordered wasn't too big for the sake of your mail carrier, lol :p


That's great you can control everything that goes into the food you prep! It will certainly give you more confidence about maintaining a good number on the scale after the dust settles from the holidays!
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Oh, and that meal plan sounds so yummy! I'm getting a little tired of my cereal bars after reading that :]
 
Haha, my burger was AMAZING in case you were wondering!! I had the worst sleep ever last night (actually DIDN'T sleep, was one of the longest nights of my life) then worked 7-2. I was so tired when I finished that I really really REALLY wanted comfort food, and that so totally hit the spot. 3 days in a row of veg at every meal!! And I am already feeling a lot better than the weekend. Feel all light and healthy again! Oh and I didn't realise it, but the bread I used wasn't just pumpkin seed bread- it was pumpkin bread WITH seeds. And It was fully nom-worthy!! Aw do you just not have the time to cook Frog? Or do you like being more in control with eating bars? I'd get bored lol. As for Christmas... I ordered Christmas cake, Christmas pudding, and fruit mince pies... all gluten free and only sweetened with fruit, no added sugar OR nastiness of any kind!! Going to put out fruit mince pies and cake for brekki, along with masses of summer fruit- nectarines, peaches, cherries, grapes etc... and I'll make pancakes too for the boys. So a massive feast for brekki... Then dinner will be a massive assortment of things, I'm thinking of roasting a chicken and a small beef roast, a couple of salads, some summer rolls (like spring rolls but cold and full o veg!) and I might make a cheesecake or something to have with the Christmas pudding. Don't think I'm going to worry about lunch, we are doing Christmas stockings this year so the boys will probably be nomming chocolate all day!! (LOL I've already told them they aren't allowed to put naughty stuff in mine!! They're so sweet though, they still want to give me chocolate so they're going to order the raw stuff I normally eat!)


I have Fri and Sat off work this week, and planning on a really long work day Sun. So glad, it means I don't have to hurry out of bed tomorrow. Soooooooooooooo tired!! My husband has the day off tomorrow too.


Food plan for tomorrow

Breakfast: Smoothie with 1 tbsp hemp seed butter, scoop of Amazing grass choc powder, large banana, cup of frozen berries, cup of spinach, cinnamon, vanilla essence

Snack: Row of raw orange and gubinge chocolate (this stuff is amazing, it tastes like jaffa!)

Lunch: 2 raw sunflower seed slices with homemade hummus, tomatoes, pepper
Snack: Coconut water

Dinner: Curried pumpkin bites and a homemade summer roll with- lo cal bean wok noodles, spinach, carrot, bean sprouts, and smoked salmon


For a deficit of 954 cals.


Also planning on trying to go for a walk tomorrow! If I can manage walking around the supermarket for 1-2 hours before sitting down I think I should be able to manage a slow 30min walk. We shall see!!
 
AHeya sweetie

Hope all is good with you. Your plans for food on christmas day sounds awesome :)
I have had trouble sleeping the last few days too......I have no idea why, i'm not worried or stressing! Weird huh Maybe that time of year or something. So tired all day and then can't sleep.
 
Hey Kate! Yea it was the weirdest thing, I used to get insomnia a lot but that was mostly anxiety related, I'm not anxious at the moment. And I wasn't even thinking about anything in particular, just couldn't sleep and thinking about random stuff, like grocery shopping I needed to do the next day etc. It was really frustrating!!


Just had to post to say... I went for a walk!!! It was the old walk I used to do that used to take me 30mins... it took me 45 because I went super slow, but I did it and my knees don't feel any dodgier than they did before!! I stretched them really well and iced them just in case. Hopefully I won't have any probs throughout the day and I can walk again tomorrow!!
 
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