On my way to 63kgs

Great to hear you got out to the gym finally. I bet you felt fabulous.

I got to get back in there myself. September probably. Weather is just tooo nice here lol.

As far as your plateau goes...try eating 500 cals a day more just for a few days . See if that gets your system goin again.

Anyways, great catchin up with you on here. Hope you have a great day!
 
I have upped my calories slightly and I think that I have lost a little bit this week even without so much exercise but will need to go to weight watchers on Wednesday to confirm it. My scales vary a lot but within that variety the trend seems to be a couple of pounds lower.
Enjoy your weekend :)
 
Great to hear that you are back at it! Now if I could get my behind moving... Haven't felt like doing much the last couple of days. Hopefully some of your exercise vibes rub off on me!

Oh, and crossing my fingers for a good weigh in on Wednesday!
 
eyckmans said:
Had a bit of lazy day again today. I'm a bit listless this week so have had to force myself to exercise because of the challenge. It's a good thing though because if it wasn't for the challenge I probably wouldn't bother. I get like this occasionally but get my energy back after a few days. I also find it more difficult to eat right when I'm feeling like this. Probably still worn out from my 4 and a half hours on Saturday :)
I'll probably go to Weightwatchers tomorrow to get a proper weigh in but I'm not holding out much hope of good results.
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I understand those lazy days and yes, the challenge is so helpful for that. It provides a really, really effective push to get moving when you don't want to because you don't want to let anyone down even when you're ready to let your own body down. I'm sorry it was such a low-energy time for you.

eyckmans said:
Well after a week of utter laziness I finally went to the gym. Last night we had a thunder storm and now the temp has dropped by about 10ºC and the humidity isn't so bad now. I woke up feeling a lot more energetic and at the gym I did 2 1/2 kms cycling followed by 4 kms running and then did some resistant training. I feel so much better now. I hated feeling so lethargic like I used to feel most of the time 6 months ago.
I will try and fit something else in later in the day at home and it will make up for the lack of effort put in for the challenge this week.
I don't know if the lethargy was making me feel a bit depressed or if I was a bit depressed and it was making me lethargic but I feel a lot happier now. :D
Just had a lovely lunch of salmon, potato and peas. I mashed it all up together and poured some vinegar on. Lovely :)
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Wonderful! This makes me so happy for you! :) I completely understand that feeling during the moments where you feel just a little bit like you used to. It's disheartening. But I knew that you'd be back to your new self soon enough. Also, your lunch sounds so, so very tasty and I'm jealous and hungry now. :D
 
I'm definitely back to normal now :) It was quite frightening to start to slip back into my old ways even though it was nowhere near as bad as before and I knew that it was probably caused by the weather. It had made me realize that I can't let myself slip and that I feel so much better when I exercise and eat properly. :D
 
eyckmans said:
I'm definitely back to normal now :) It was quite frightening to start to slip back into my old ways even though it was nowhere near as bad as before and I knew that it was probably caused by the weather. It had made me realize that I can't let myself slip and that I feel so much better when I exercise and eat properly. :D
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I know what you mean. Even the guilt alone about not working out and eating properly is enough to ruin the day, let alone the lethargy from being so inactive. I'm so happy things are back to normal for you! I think when you slip, even permanently, it makes you wonder and worry that, well, what if one day the little slip turns into a bigger slip and before you know it... it's been months. You know? That's really concerning. But that's what we're all here for, right? To help each other through and try to make sure that doesn't happen. :)
 
eyckmans said:
I'm definitely back to normal now :) It was quite frightening to start to slip back into my old ways even though it was nowhere near as bad as before and I knew that it was probably caused by the weather. It had made me realize that I can't let myself slip and that I feel so much better when I exercise and eat properly. :D
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That's so great to hear! I know what you mean about it being scary to slip back. I feel like I've had to struggle and claw my way up this steep mountain of fitness/weight loss and it would be WAY too easy to to start sliding back and then just end up tumbling back down that big old mountian into an oblivion of fatness again. For me sometimes I think it would be better not to let myself slip at all just in case it leads to somethign worse, but I have to wonder really how realistic that is?

After all - Even mountain climbers sometimes have to back track a bit to get a better hold or find a safer path so that they can finally get to the top, right?
 
Thanks for the support girls :D
Today I planned to go to the gym and then my daughter had a group of friends come round to have a party for the first birthday of one of their children. I sort of decided not to bother and then one of the girls needed a lift home before the others went home and without even thinking I said that I would drop her home on the way to the gym. I feel so much better now that I've been and am so glad that I decided to go. I really need to hold onto that good feeling and remember it if I feel myself not being bothered to go.
The air con wasn't working yet again so I did a 4 km run on the treadmill and was sweating too much to continue. I then did an hour on the resistance machines and will probably not be able to move tomorrow.
I went to weight watchers this morning even though I woke up weighing 3 lbs more than I did yesterday. The result was an 800g weight gain which I was a bit annoyed about. I know that I am slimmer than when I was last officially weighed 5 weeks ago so am probably retaining water and have gained muscle.
 
The stormy humid weather is back and left me feeling lethargic again. Have lazed about today so went out for a walk but have come back really overheated. I think we will probably get a thunderstorm tonight which should clear the air. I've never known such unpredictable weather here in August. I hope it's cooler tomorrow as I want to go to the gym and I don't know if the air con is mended yet.
 
Yesterday I had food cravings all day. At weight watchers the leader gave me some free cereal bars and I ate one mid morning. I have always suspected that the WW sweet products made me unable to control my eating and I think I am probably right. I don't know what they put in it that can have that effect but I ended up eating 3 and had cravings all the rest of the day. I had stopped buying them and when she gave them to me I had totally forgotten but when I woke up this morning and started to think about what went wrong yesterday I remembered about the bars. It's been months since I had that happen. Although to be fair it probably isn't just WW products but processed foods in general as I eat almost 100% natural foods now. Has anybody else experienced this ?
 
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Has anybody else experienced this ?
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Yes I have forsure! I used to buy the 1 point bars from WW and I would sometimes eat three or I would have one of those and then go looking for my hunnie's granola bars. I'm not sure why either but it's good to know and just stay away from them.
 
It's getting lonely around here lately . Nobody is writing in their diaries:( Lots are on holidays and lots just seem to have dissapeared. I'll be glad when most people start to drift back. I miss the daily banter.
 
Good Morning Eycky!!

Do I count?? lol I'm here, (lurkin') but I'm back in the groove of things. My summer vacation, (the best that I can remember) has just about come to an end.
And its great to be back :)

So smile!

Before you know it, this place will be back to its old self...full of losers!

Hope you have a great weekend! (Workin nites here :( )

Take care!
 
eyckmans said:
It's getting lonely around here lately . Nobody is writing in their diaries:( Lots are on holidays and lots just seem to have dissapeared. I'll be glad when most people start to drift back. I miss the daily banter.
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Come over to the Cohen's section & see what lonely looks like! If it wasn't for you & Stacy in my motivational thread I would be tragically lonely! I often feel like I'm talking to myself.
I read an article about Mallorca in the travel section of a paper that I get on Saturday's, that comes from Melbourne. It was a great article & it sounds like a beautiful place.
I love your quote today.
"The jump is so frightening between where I am and where I want to be…because of all I may become, I will close my eyes and leap!"
~ Mary Anne Radmacher
Well done on your leap, xo Cate
 
Flumes said:
Good Morning Eycky!!

Do I count?? lol I'm here, (lurkin') but I'm back in the groove of things. My summer vacation, (the best that I can remember) has just about come to an end.
And its great to be back :)



Take care!
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Nice to see you back and I'm so glad that you are having such a great summer. Jay will be back soon as well. Lots of others have gone missing which worries me a bit. I hope that they are all just having too much fun to post.

cate said:
Come over to the Cohen's section & see what lonely looks like! If it wasn't for you & Stacy in my motivational thread I would be tragically lonely! I often feel like I'm talking to myself.
I read an article about Mallorca in the travel section of a paper that I get on Saturday's, that comes from Melbourne. It was a great article & it sounds like a beautiful place.
I love your quote today.
"The jump is so frightening between where I am and where I want to be…because of all I may become, I will close my eyes and leap!"
~ Mary Anne Radmacher
Well done on your leap, xo Cate
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Mallorca is a beautiful island. Every morning I get up to lovely sea views. It's difficult to let things get you down while living here.
The quote was actually Stacy's but I agree with it being great quote. :)

Well today I realized how far I have come with my eating. I went to Ikea and while I was there treated myself to a small shrimp salad, a fruit salad and a small diet coke. I could barely finish it and felt over full. A few months ago when I went there that is exactly what I would have eaten but I would have considered it to be a small snack to whet my appetite ready for my main meal when I got home. :D
 
eyckmans said:
It's getting lonely around here lately . Nobody is writing in their diaries:( Lots are on holidays and lots just seem to have dissapeared. I'll be glad when most people start to drift back. I miss the daily banter.
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I'm here. I have been busier lately and I'm sorry I haven't been commenting as much but I promise I have still been reading and keeping up with what's going on with you.

But I guess that's summer for you... there's so much to do, so many places to go to, so the internet gets a little lonely sometimes. It's that darn summer sun, I tell you. :p Soon enough winter will come, there will be snow storms, and we will all be shut in our homes and you'll have so much of everyone around all the time you won't know what to do. :)
 
Sunflower said:
I'm back too!!! With a new diary and everything! Missed you :D Hope you're well :D :D xxx
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Great to see you back.:D
I've missed reading everybodies diaries. I didn't realize how much until just about everybody except for Jana stopped updating.
It seems that lots of people chose yesterday to finally update :)
Well I'm not expecting a good day for eating today. I am having a BBQ at my house and I have had requests for me to make rhubarb and apple crumble and millionaires shortbread. Both have loads of calories and are my favoutites!!!! Better get cooking and I'll finish off reading everybodies diaries when I get a minute later on.
 
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