The Diary ;-)

[a-n-g-e-l]

Horseback riding--how fun! That is great exercise all over, ya know. It's really good for your thighs and strengthens your core.

horse riding is fun. i thought it must be because my thighs were stiff for 2 days after. can't wait for the next lesson. i'll know what to expect this time.

Sorry your feet are sore from all that walking today. I wanted to bring some cool black shoes with me to London so I wouldn't look like such a tourist running about in my tennis shoes. But I realized that spending the week in blistered agony wouldn't be worth looking cool. haha I don't mean to imply that you were trying to be cool (you are cool no matter what your shoes look like), but that I'll bet next time you think you might be doing some serious walking you'll think to wear more comfortable shoes.

lol...i did wear the shoes to look cool. hehe. they are nice shoes. not anymore though. if i had known i was gonna be walking i definetly wouldn't have worn them. i am gonna buy good walking shoes as soonas i can because i think i'll be doing that walk again sometime soon and i really want to enjoy it next time not worry about my feet.

I'll keep my fingers crossed on the measurements.

must have helped. down by 1/2 cm.

Have a great week, Beautiful. Oh, yeah, that instructor that said you were pretty knows what they're talking about.

haha i hope so! have a good week x

 

[a-n-g-e-l]

Wow well done on the 8 mile walk! Thats fantastic, sounds like you had a great day! Keep it up!

hey thanx for visiting! it was amazing if only i had good walking shoes it would have been better. i am gonna do it again this time properly equipped with good shoes and water.

have a good week x

 

[a-n-g-e-l]

Sunday 13 July

calories = 1700-1800
water = 3 litres
excercise = 8mile walk/3.5 hours - for anyone who may be interested -

Monday 14 July

calories 1400-1500
water = 3 litres
excercise = treadmill - 30mins/3.7km/2.3miles
waist = 77.5cm (-0.5cm)

a brilliant day today looking at that. i think lack of calories is mostly due to busy doing housework and watching LOST. i am halfway through the 3rd season and it just gets better and better.
just finished with the my walk/jog/run on the treadmill. it felt really good. i have missed excercising and feeling like i have worked out and the heart rate going up. it feels riiliant during and after. i need to work on my running though. i used to be better than what i've doen today so i think i'm going to look to improve that. hopefully be able to do double that in a few months time. heres wishing...
hope you all had a good day and have a good week.

 

[bikinibound]

That walk looks fantastic! I'd go with ya in a heartbeat if I was still over there. Those pics on the website made me sad that I'm not in the UK anymore.

Great job today! Exercising makes one feel so much better, imo.

Congrats on losing the 1/2 cm!

Lost is so good, I totally agree. Wait until you watch season 4.

 

[daiseeangel]

Love, LOve, LOVE Lost!

I'm glad you re-found your love of exercise! Exercise and I have a love/hate relationship!

 

[maleficent]

Happy birthday!!!

 

[Omega]

Happy 21st Birthday!!!

Congratulations on the half centimeter reduction. That is great.

The place where you were walking looks really nice. You can take it from me that comfortable supportive footware is vital if you are going to go out walking.

I guess that I probably am fitter than people would imagine - but in reality anyone could do it. As our stamina builds up we can manage more and more without feeling that we are being all that stretched. We just get used to doing something if we do it every day.

You will be feeling the same if you go back to doing your exercise routine every day. After a little while it will be like you never stopped - even though we (reading your diary) may think "that sounds like a lot".

 

[daiseeangel]

happy birthday!!!!

 

[brunettegoddess]

Thanks for stopping by my diary. So good to see you back at it now that you're done with uni stuff... HAPPY BIRTHDAY as well!

 

[bikinibound]

HAPPPY 21ST BIRTHDAY BEAUTIFUL!!

If you were American you would've gone out with your friends and gotten so wasted you would've awoken the next morning on a park bench with a pile of vomit next to you or something like that.

My 21st bday sucked (and I didn't even wake up on a park bench with my face in vomit--I woke up alone in my own bed without a hangover). I hope yours was much better.

 

[a-n-g-e-l]

Hey Mal, Margaret, Kimberly, Tyly, brunettegoddess - thanx for your birthday wishes!!!! - i had a great one!!

Bikinibound - maybe next time you come down wer can go for the walk. it is amazing! i want to go again. maybe this weekend coming up. will have to see. i can't wait for season 4 of LOST. its not out on dvd here yet but as soon as it is i'm watching it. and i did wake up this morning with lack of hangover and in my own bed so must have been one crappy birthday

Daiseeangel - i LOVE lost. i used to hate excercise. i never thought i would actually miss it and come to even love it. but the feeling after is great adn during actually. its just getting enough motivation to start that lets me down.

Brunettegoddess - it is so good to be back and finished with uni. it feels like an end of an era. no more studying but i am so excited about starting teaching and having my own class.

Margaret - i really need to get some good walking shoes and a raincoat/mac or something. i think i'm planning on going on that walk more often whatever the weather so i need some protection hehe. i hope i can be as good as some of you lot one day. it will take time but i'll get there hopefully.

have a good day peeps x

 

[a-n-g-e-l]

Sunday 13 July

calories = 1700-1800
water = 3 litres
excercise = 8mile walk/3.5 hours

Monday 14 July

calories 1400-1500
water = 3 litres
excercise = treadmill - 30mins/3.7km/2.3miles
waist = 77.5cm (-0.5cm)

Tuesday 15 July

calories = 1500-1600
water = 2500 ml
excercise = 75 mins walk

so for it being my birthday and all yesterday was brilliant. morning was mega busy. i was visiting my placement school for the year just gone and my school for next year and the morning disappeared on about 200 cals like that. got home at around 4ish. it was a good day so we took the George Foreman grill out and grilled some meat and had a mini barbecue style outside with close family and friends. it was healthy and tasted good! i love that grill. was supposed to do a half hour on the treadmill but instead went for a walk with one of my good friends who is also my cousin. it was good to catch up with her. she is also into walking and excercising so it was good fun. i am meeting up with some other friends tomorrow and friday so i will have a busy but good week. hope you all are having a good one. x

 

[Syren]

Happy Birthday!

 

[a-n-g-e-l]

Happy Birthday!

Thanx! have a good week x

 

[Omega]

You have certainly been getting back into the swing of things with lots of water, grilled food and going on a walk. It sounds like your birthday was pretty enjoyable really. I would rather do what you did than a park bench fiasco as Kimberly described having heard of others doing.

 

[a-n-g-e-l]

You have certainly been getting back into the swing of things with lots of water, grilled food and going on a walk. It sounds like your birthday was pretty enjoyable really. I would rather do what you did than a park bench fiasco as Kimberly described having heard of others doing.

thanx! i feel alot better and it only bin a few days but i swear my skin looks better. i loved my birthday. one of the best ones ive had. i'm a person who has more fun in small gatherings of close people rather than big loud gatherings. hehe. not that waking on a park bench wouldn't be enjoyable lol.

 

[LovelyLadyHumps]

so for it being my birthday and all yesterday was brilliant. morning was mega busy. i was visiting my placement school for the year just gone and my school for next year and the morning disappeared on about 200 cals like that. got home at around 4ish. it was a good day so we took the George Foreman grill out and grilled some meat and had a mini barbecue style outside with close family and friends. it was healthy and tasted good! i love that grill. was supposed to do a half hour on the treadmill but instead went for a walk with one of my good friends who is also my cousin. it was good to catch up with her. she is also into walking and excercising so it was good fun. i am meeting up with some other friends tomorrow and friday so i will have a busy but good week. hope you all are having a good one. x

Girl!! That is fantastic that you were able to entertain the healthy way and ON your birthday!! You know what this means?? You truly have made it a lifestyle change when you can follow a healthy regime while still enjoying your birthday. Way to go!!! Great job on the exercise to

 

[a-n-g-e-l]

Girl!! That is fantastic that you were able to entertain the healthy way and ON your birthday!! You know what this means?? You truly have made it a lifestyle change when you can follow a healthy regime while still enjoying your birthday. Way to go!!! Great job on the exercise to

thanx sweety! it feels good to know that i can control what i eat and how much. the worst is going to be going out with friends tomorrow and friday. starbucks and nandos. gonna have to pik my foods wisely...

 

[a-n-g-e-l]

Sunday 13 July

calories = 1700-1800
water = 3 litres
excercise = 8mile walk/3.5 hours

Monday 14 July

calories 1400-1500
water = 3 litres
excercise = treadmill - 30mins/3.7km/2.3miles
waist = 77.5cm (-0.5cm)

Tuesday 15 July

calories = 1500-1600
water = 2500 ml
excercise = 75 mins walk

Wednesday 16 July

calories = 1500-1600
water = 2500 ml
excercise = 70 mins walk

similar to yesterday only the walk took less time. it wasn't shorter...we were faster. it was a lot colder today than yesterday. i think that made us walk faster. need to go earlier in the day not in the late evening hehe. i am having a good week so far. the real test is tomorrow and friday when i get together with friends, some of who i haven't seen for 3 years and food is gonna be on the menu. have to pik carefully especially in starbucks where everything seems to have double the calories it should. it'll be good to see everyone again and see how they have changed since school. uni does change a person.
x

 

[bikinibound]

So glad you had a happy and healthy birthday. At Starbucks if you stick to regular coffee with skim milk you should be fine. Also, they have their entire menu's nutritional info online, so you can check it out before you go so you'll know ahead of time what you'll have and how many cals it has. I think it's starbucks.com.

Have fun with your friends!

My birthday didn't suck b/c I didn't wake up in the scenario described. It sucked b/c I found out that night that the guy I had a serious crush on didn't return my feelings. Also, I had to drive (so I couldn't drink much) for reasons I can't remember--not b/c I had too much to drink. And then to top it off, one of my tires went flat..lol And it was cold and snowing heavily. That's why it sucked.

Your bday sounded like a lot of fun.