This is the time

Breakfast ~ 9:00 2 weetbix, 1/3 C diced peaches. 1C lowfat soy milk. 1 boiled egg. 1 slice wholemeal toast with minimal margarine and strawberry jam. ½ glass tomato juice. 1 C coffee with 40 ml Hilo milk

Snack 10:30 Coffee with Hilo milk.

Lunch 12:00 2 slices wholemeal bread. ½ grilled chicken thigh. Box of V8 vege juice. 1 plum.

Snack 3:30 ½ Salada cracker. 5 almonds.
5:30 ½ Salada cracker. (Because I was hungry again)

Dinner 8:00 ~160 gm fresh sea bream, pan fried in flour and ~ 1 tbspn olive oil. Salad with 100 gm tinned corn, celery carrot, broccoli, mushroom, capsicum , sugar snap peas, cucumber and 2 black olives.

Exercise 10:47 pm 25 minutes aerobics.

I wasn’t looking to extend myself tonight but would have liked to do something a bit more interesting than this. However, I was a lot busier than I'd expected earlier on and this was all I could reasonably do considering the time, and the fact that the TV room is taken up by mattresses from people who haven’t gotten over hiding out from the heat in there, where it’s air conditioned.

I wasn’t altogether unhappy about what I did either. Though I wasn’t quite ready to try and do the aerobics without the DVD I remembered enough to fill in the time properly I think, and that was pretty much my aim. I didn’t try to do it to music – maybe some other time when I am preparing for a busy night instead of having a busy night!

Water: 2250 Yesterday’s Bedtime: 11:30

On plan:98 days. Achieved food target: 81 days. Exercised: 82 days. All goals: 7 days.
 
Hi Felici,
I love how consistent your days are - and the exercise might not have been what you planned but you did something!! Trust me, I've only exercised once since 20 Feb - it's easy to fall off the wagon ;)
 
Woohoo to looking slimmer and noticing it - I amaze myself when I wear clothes that fit - LOL - funny how big clothes make you look bigger and clothes that fit make you look slimmer and actually show off your weight loss!!! Your doing great and I am glad you jumped aboard and that we crossed paths
 
M2M.

I'm sure in your circumstances I would have been off the exercise wagon too. There are some times that just have to be counted as emergencies pure and simple.

I am really trying to at least fit something in, because although I'm much busier now than I was a little while ago, this is just normal and I want my normal life to have exercise in it for sure.

I keep thinking that if having a busy day means I can't always fit in the exercise then it will end up disappearing for long periods and I will end up feeling decrepit!!
 
That's my biggest fear too.

OMG I have only exercised once in the last 17 days. Does that mean it's gone FOREVER??? ;)

I don't think it is - I'm missing my walks too much (hence my down right bitchy moods lately!)
 
cinderelly said:
Woohoo to looking slimmer and noticing it - I amaze myself when I wear clothes that fit - LOL - funny how big clothes make you look bigger and clothes that fit make you look slimmer and actually show off your weight loss!!! Your doing great and I am glad you jumped aboard and that we crossed paths
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Thanks Cerella. I bought clothes that were too big for a long time before I started losing this weight. I don't know if I really thought they fitted or not. I just didn't like to show off all the lumps!

M2M said:
That's my biggest fear too.

OMG I have only exercised once in the last 17 days. Does that mean it's gone FOREVER??? ;)

I don't think it is - I'm missing my walks too much (hence my down right bitchy moods lately!)
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Yep. I bet you are hanging out to get back on your trails. It is going to feel soooo good when you get there! :D
 
You should make sure to let that skinny chick in the window at work know you think she's doing a great job! :p
I kinda like hot days, as long as I have a fan of some kind and plenty of cool liquid refreshment; I like water, tonic water, and beer. Mm... beer...

For me, heat is usually no big deal, I have worked in a warehouse hauling bags of flour all day long at the temperature you folks are at, but it didn't last for more than a couple of weeks at a time; unfortunately I seem to have lost some of that heat tolerance these days. Last summer, when it hit 100 Fahrenheit, I was miserable unless I was just laying in front of the fan sucking on ice water.
I still went out and did stuff, and all of that, I just didn't enjoy it very much. Normally I love a hot day, so I am kinda hoping it gets hot like that again this year. :D
 
Qjay

I pretty much like summers here. Mostly, even the hot days cool off after a while and the nights are ok. We just get 2-3 patches each year in which a few days in a row are very hot and the nights are also.

Summer's more comfortable these days as there is a lot more air conditoning around than when I was a kid. One of my old, crummy holiday jobs was in a laundry folding nappies, during a hot spell. On the way home I had so much salt on my face that it felt scratched it when I rubbed my hand over it. I wasn't too impressed. Mercifully, it was a very brief crummy holiday job.

MellyP

I hope I see you up on a stage one day. I bet the kids love seeing you guys!
 
Breakfast ~ 9:00 2 weetbix, 1/3 C diced peaches. 1C lowfat soy milk. 1 boiled egg. 1 slice wholemeal toast with minimal margarine and strawberry jam. ½ glass tomato juice. 1 C coffee with 40 ml Hilo milk

Snack 10:30 Coffee with Hilo milk.

Lunch 12:00 2 slices toasted wholemeal bread. 30 gm lite, hard cheese, 15 gm shaved ham. 1 carrot.

Snack 5:30 ½ Salada cracker.

Dinner 8:45 Spaghetti marinara. ¾ C Fettuccini marinara. Probably 180 gm fish, squid, prawns, mussels. Olive oil spray. 1/3 tin tomato. 60 ml light and creamy evaporated milk. Salad with baby spinach, cucumber, no-fat semi dried tomato, fresh tomato, ~ 1/8th avocado, 1 nice kalamata olive. A spray of olive oil and some balsamic vinegar.

Exercise 7:00 pm 30 minutes walk. Fast and slower intervals.

I was pushing it, but not as much as the other day.

Water: 2000 Yesterday’s Bedtime: 12:00

On plan:99 days. Achieved food target: 82 days. Exercised: 83 days. All goals: 7 days.
 
Good weight loss news today. I weigh 85.2 kg (187 5 lb). That’s down 1.2 kg (2.5 lb) from last week. I like losing more than a kilo. I think last week’s weigh probably showed a bit higher than it should. My food and exercise didn’t differ particularly, the way the weight loss did.

Tomorrow is my daughter’s actual birthday. I expect to take her to a little fair in the morning, then hopefully my mum will make it here briefly at lunch time and my sister in law will probably come over later and stay for a while in the afternoon/evening.

I do need to do a fair bit of stuff today to be ready for that and for next week. I had a great night off last night, fooling around on the computer, and a big chunk of time out today at a movie, now it should be time to start moving again.

However, I have been feeling very sad and I have no energy. My mum and stepdad are both over 70. My step dad’s health has been very poor for a long time. Now Mum says he had more bad news last week. My mum isn’t 100% either but together they have managed with little outside help until now. They will know a bit more late Monday.

Breakfast ~ 9:00 2 weetbix, 1/3 C diced peaches. 1C lowfat soy milk. 1 boiled egg. 1 slice wholemeal toast with minimal margarine and strawberry jam. ½ glass tomato juice. 2 C coffee with 40 ml Hilo milk each.

Lunch 1:40 1 half brandy and dry. 4 little chicken satay sticks with a little peanut sauce. 1 cappuccino.

I went to the Gold Club movie place. I was given tickets for it nearly a year ago. They’re very expensive but have nearly expired, so finally today I went to see a movie with my husband. Part of what’s supposed to be special about it, is that you can order food and alcohol and have them brought to you by a waiter during the movie. They have special chairs and tables.

I didn’t think the food would be good but I didn’t want to skip it altogether since I thought that was what the place was supposed to be about. I did actually choose the least fatty thing on the menu. So anyway. It is a pretty money wasting place. However the movie was excellent – really engrossing for both my husband and I, despite the fact that I like character driven movies and he likes thrillers. We saw “Notes on a Scandal”.

Exercise 7:00 pm 1 hour walk. I have no energy to walk harder, so I just walked longer. I took the route towards Carine again, which is a little hilly compared with what I normally do and I did feel nicely tired by the end of it.

Dinner 8:10 120gm roast lamb (minus fat). Microwaved potato, carrots, broccoli. Instant gravy.

Water: 2250 Yesterday’s Bedtime: 1:00

On plan:100 days. Achieved food target: 83 days. Exercised: 84 days. All goals: 7 days.
 
Oooo, congrats on the weight lost this week!
And best of luck to your mom and step dad - I know how hard it is when it's not 100% for aging parents :(
 
Excellent on 2.5 lbs you go girl !!! Happy Bday to your daughter :):):) and I am sorry to hear abt your parents - I hope things work out for them or that whatever it is they are goign to be battling will be within their fighting means...Have fun today
 
M2M said:
Oooo, congrats on the weight lost this week!
And best of luck to your mom and step dad - I know how hard it is when it's not 100% for aging parents :(
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Thank you.

It does feel hard - and yet I am doing nothing - there is nothing for me to do right now except worry.

I am sure you have already dealt with much worse situations yourself. :)
cinderelly said:
Excellent on 2.5 lbs you go girl !!! Happy Bday to your daughter :):):) and I am sorry to hear abt your parents - I hope things work out for them or that whatever it is they are goign to be battling will be within their fighting means...Have fun today
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Thanks Cerella.

I am more concerned about this issue than I have been about any my parents have faced before and I think that's being realistic. Yet no one knows anything for sure yet.
 
felici said:
Thanks Cerella.

I am more concerned about this issue than I have been about any my parents have faced before and I think that's being realistic. Yet no one knows anything for sure yet.
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Just know you are always in my thoughts and if I can every do anyhtign I am here for ya :):):)
 
You and your family are in my thoughts Felici. I cared for my mother while she was sick (she died at age 48 when I was 24) and I now care for my 84 y/o mother-in-law. It's not always easy!
 
Happychubette said:
Congratulations on those two pounds. I liike your breakfasts, it looks like your largest meal of the day.
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I love my breakfasts! I have had almost the same thing every day for ages and I'm not in the least sick of it! :D I don't think it's usually my biggest meal - though it might have been on that day.

cinderelly said:
Just know you are always in my thoughts and if I can every do anyhtign I am here for ya :):):)
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Thanks Cerella. I know I can count on you and that's a great help.

M2M said:
You and your family are in my thoughts Felici. I cared for my mother while she was sick (she died at age 48 when I was 24) and I now care for my 84 y/o mother-in-law. It's not always easy!
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Your mother's illness must have been an enormous thing for you to deal with at that young age. She left us a wonderful legacy.
 
Finally I found a story that relates to the TV news article I was interested in back in late January. I thought it was time I looked for more info about HIIT and this came up in the list. I swear I did a search on this exact site at the time too. I must have used the wrong words.

I thought this one was interesting too for more of an overview.

If I’ve read this stuff right it is the extent to which the high effort sections are intense that has the most impact on how useful this is. Also this seems to be saying that there is no magic number of seconds/minutes to do it for, more that changing it around helps rather than sticking to any set routine.
 
Today was busy but pleasant. Mum seems good. She’s always been good at making the most of her lot. Having thought through all my issues yesterday I have decided to wait for proper news again now before letting it get to me again.

We found a swimsuit for Feligirl at the fair! We have been looking for 3-4 weeks and visited 8 stores. It is still summer but the clothes have changed over and there was nothing suitable in them.

She talked me into going on a ride with her. The “Cobra”. I hate all those rides these days. I just sit there waiting for it to be over. LOL. This one made me feel like I wanted to throw up afterwards! Too much spinning.

As we had people here for a long time, and ate takeaway, my food is a bit different to usual. I don’t feel anxious about it though. I figured it would be different because of the birthday, but it wasn’t really bad, and it’s not as though this is an ongoing issue.

I baked and iced a birthday cake and bought some cookies and a chocolate slice at a cake stall at the fair. I had a sliver of the cake. Sis in law’s partner said “Could you cut that any thinner?” I said “I hope not – but I could have cut it in half again.” It was ok.

I forgot what I was doing and had 2 potato chips though. That surprised me. I didn’t especially want them. It was just absent mindedness. I didn’t think I could do that without thinking by now.

I find my water bottle helps heaps at times like this. I did feel a little as though it would have been easy to eat more cake. Drinking plenty of water washes the taste away though and stops the idea from nagging.

Breakfast ~ 7:00 2 weetbix, 1/3 C diced peaches. 1C lowfat soy milk. 1 boiled egg. 1 slice wholemeal toast with minimal margarine and strawberry jam. ½ glass tomato juice. 2 C coffee with 40 ml Hilo milk each.

Snack 10:30 5 almonds, ½ Salada cracker.

Fortunately I noticed that I was a little hungry before I got to the fair and smelt all the smells of fair food. I wouldn’t have eaten any but I prefer it to not even be an issue.

Lunch 1:30 A lamb sandwich with wholemeal bread. A coffee with milk.

Snack. 4:30 2 Jatz crackers. 2 pieces low fat cheese and gherkin. 2 rice crackers. 5 smokehouse almonds, 5 macadamia nuts, 2 potato chips, 1 kalamata olive. 1 sliver chocolate cake. 1 coffee with milk.

Exercise 7:00 pm 1/2 hour walk. I walked intervals again but for a change I made them much longer. I pretty much did the same distance in the same time as before. I included 4 strenuous sections in the walk. By the last one my breathing was REALLY noisy! That was what I wanted.

Dinner 7:30 1 chicken thigh and 1 drumstick – Portugese skin free from Red Rooster. 1 carrot, 6 sugar snap peas, 1 capsicum.

Water: 2250 Yesterday’s Bedtime: 1:00 (?)

On plan:101 days. Achieved food target: 83 days. Exercised: 85 days. All goals: 7
 
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