One step at a time...

Haha thanks ecky, that's a good idea. It'd be interesting to see what it would weigh in my hands as opposed to on my hips lol.

I feel better today, more focused, more...ready I guess. It's annoying but you can't force motivation, it has to come naturally. Well I woke up this morning and couldn't really face the gym so I took my dog on a nice long walk instead. I am going to meet a friend for lunch but will definitely choose something healthy, to follow the delicious orange I had for brekky. I weighed myself this morning after an okayish day yesterday and have lost 2 of the 7 lbs I put back on already. Those 5lbs are gonna disappear super fast if I have anything to do with it. Which I DO!! lol. X
 
Going to the gym gives you a great buzz and I totally understand that you hate not having sufficient time to go. But you know, we-re not athlethes or actresses who have plenty of time to work out. Life happens and sometimes you simply cant make it. That is not the end of the world.

Keep in mind that the biggest part of weight loss is achieved by eating right. For that, you dont need the gym.

As for getting up insanely early to go the gym, I wouldnt mess up my rythmn for a very short period. That being said, I decided that the only way to ensure that nothing comes between me and my gym time is to go to the gym insanely early. So I get up at 5am every day. It gives me a great buzz and a lot of energy at the start of the day. I-ve been doing it for about 2 years now and it was actually not that difficult to get used to. You just have to ensure that you go to bed early enough. It also helps having a partner who is crazy enough to do the same.

Good luck
 
Thanks sweat daily, not sure I could cope with 5am starts mind! That sound like torture to me hehe. I know what I need to do, it's just bloody doing it! I'm sure I'll get back in the swing of it, thank you for your support xx
 
Sorry lochmond, it's been my birthday this week and in my world...a birthday lasts a week lol. I had the week off work, ate loads, went ice skating, got drunk, had a party...and am paying for it now. I daren't weigh myself, girls I really need your help. I need to find my motivation, I was doing so well and I've thrown it all away. I know I could get this weight off in two weeks, but the thought of it just seems incomprehensible at the moment. HELP please xxx
 
p.s. I've had this shitty cold, sore throat and chesty cough for nearly two weeks now...it's getting me down! x
 
I found that when I restarted a week ago, I just began to track everything I was eating and the calories all over again. It helped me to figure out what I was doing wrong (yep... too many of the chocolate hobnobs), and I'm just envying summer .... :p
 
i know that once i get started i'll be ok but can't seem to muster the energy lol. i don't know what it's gonna take, what it is that i'm looking for....

hmmmmmm i am officially fed up x
 
Hang in there, get over your cold and then think about getting back on track, Don't panic while your feeling sick !!
 
Thanks for your kind message Trusylver. I am no further forward I'm afraid. I'm still at the same weight, having put back on 6lbs. I know that in reality that isn't the end of the world and that it could easily be gone in two weeks or so if I put my mind to it. I think what I shall do tomorrow is go to the gym and have a mega session, actually, scrap that I'll do it today (must remember not to put things off) to get me kickstarted back into exercise mode. I have done NONE since christmas which seems like forever ago.

I look back to my posts and how positive I was that christmas would not destroy my efforts. I am desperately anygry with myself. Not feeling sorry for myself, just disappointed. What is it gonna take to get me back on track? I can't wait for this cold and cough to disappear, it's hanging on in there like a guddun. My aspirations to become a jogger are still strong, I don't want a gym membership if you catch my drift? I want to be able to simply put on my trainers (sneakers) and feel the freedom of pounding the streets...how I long for those days. It's ironic that it's my least favourite activity, but in primary school I ran for my county (sprinting, granted).

Today's food has consisted of a large bowl of cereal and 2 yes 2 beefburgers and a salad. I took my dog on an hour long countryside walk this afternoon and am just about to take him on a shorter walk now, followed by the gym...maybe I am slowly but surely getting back into it afterall. x
 
I ran for my school when I was in high school--Funny how we kinda..forget how to do it! I've also put on weight (not weighed in yet--too scared!!) but we can do this! Let's start again :) Keep positive, lady!
 
Happy Birthday it was my birthday last week as well. Don't beat yourself up about putting weight on. Most of us did over the holidays and it's to be expected. If you hadn't lost the weight before then you would have got even bigger over the holidays so it wasn't for nothing. You have proved that you know how to do it so just try and get back to how you were before. If you can't lose weight at the moment then concentrate on staying the same weight for a while until you are feeling better and ready to lose weight again.
 
I very nearly didn't weigh in as I knew it would be bad but I think it's important to do it Sunflower, to keep us accountable. Change that ticker lady! Be honest to yourself, I did, and I nearly cried lol. But it's all good...now I know how easy it is to slip and how hard it will be to get back to where I was, and damn sure won't be doing it again.

Gym was good, glad I went, get back into the rhythm of it now. Walked for 30 mins at 6kph on a level 3 incline. Rowed for 2000m, did some weights machine exercises on my arms and then I was out of there. Haha, I never stay past an hour, usually 45 mins. If I do more than that I walk out thinking...never again! lol. x
 
Sorry Val, I didn't see your post...thanks for the wise words, I feel like I'm slowly getting back on track.

Been to the gym this morning again, same workout as yesterday except I added some sit ups and other abs exercises. Weighed myself this morning and am at 17st9 as opposed to 17st13 that I got back up to! OUCH. My lowest was 17st5 so another four pounds shouldn't be too difficult to shift right? I will be so happy to be back to 17st5, then I want to rev it up and see the number 16...it's been a dream for a long time...I can't wait for that day. Going from seeing 19st something to 16st something....whoaaaa x
 
I can't decide whether or not to stop posting at the moment as my posts are going backwards and forwards content wise. I've slipped up diet wise again...pizza, puddings, ice creams...the worst of the worst. Exercise has been ok, working a lot, hell of a lot of walking etc but still, totally out of balance. When will it end? I seem to be telling myself 'oh i'll just get past wednesday as i know i have a friend up and we will go out for a nice dinner' or 'mum's starting rosemary connely next thursday so i'll just start when she does'. Argh help pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee x
 
Don't give up, If you stop posting then nobody here can support you !

Despite the diet slip up you DID still get your exercise in so it is not as bad as it first seem.

Hang in there !!
 
Hey guys,

My thread seems to have gone a little quiet, which is mostly down to me I suppose so I'd better step up my game really lol. Yesterday my friend Hayley from Uni came to stay for the night and we gorged on chinese food. It was great fun, watched a good film, caught up, had a couple of drinkies and too much food. The consequence of this? Really gassy all night (sorry) and soooo thirsty I woulda killed someone for a drink on the train journey home.

More positive consequences included having an amazing catch up with one of my best friends, having a good laugh and most importantly, drawing a line under my bad food spell. Tadaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa....my wake up moment has come, I knew it would.

I woke up this morning and was thinking....Hayley looks so good. She's got her career on track now, her figure back (she had put on a little weight last time I saw her) and she has started seeing someone really really hot lol. Now I'm not meaning to come across like a green eyed monster, but it's more sort of envy than jealousy. I realised that I have been bobbing along, thinking that my weight loss had been a great achievement. Realistically I've lost 2stone in a year, my friend has lost 2stone in 6 weeks on Slimming World. I'm not taking it seriously, I'm really not. I have a serious weight loss infront of me and I need to focus more on that aswell as getting my life in a bit more order.

To this end, today has been spent very productively:

1. I have eaten healthily (ish - haven't eaten much at all).

2. Not only is my food attitude back on track...I have a new found desire to improve my life in other ways (namely my finances).

3. To that end, I closed 2 bank accounts, opened a new, better one and sorted out all of my incomings and outgoings, making my financial prospects look much brighter.

4. Looked for new jobs and applied for one really good one. I'm qualified for it and it would mean a huge payrise, so I'm gonna keep my fingers crossed. And in the meantime, apply for loads of other jobs (it's time to get out of my current one!).

Pretty good day eh? I've asked mum to make my fave soup to take to work with me. It's broccoli and spinach made with low fat cream cheese and milk....delicious and really low calorie per portion. It's time to get serious...kickstart my weight loss again, get these few pounds off that I've put back on. Here we go...again!
 
Great work on getting back to it! I've been reading just haven't been posting - sorry I tend to do that often. Glad you got out of your funk and your ready to work for it again!! A good friend told me once that you can't fail if you never give up! We know you can do it!! Time to stick with it!
 
The way you've been losing is far more healthy than the way your friend lost hers. I wouldn't mind betting that your friend will put the weight back on quite quickly whereas you will continue to lose.
Well done on getting back on the wagon. You'll soon find those scales going back down :)
 
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