This is the time

felici said:
I do need to do something different, but as long as I can continue to eat carefully and keep the attitude of seeking to exercise daily I think I will be ok.

I love your new ticker!
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Thanx - now we just gotta get it moving agian :):):) How has it been going ???
 
things are changing for you and off course you feel them both physically and mentally. the energy level will eventually change and you'll be back to yourself. have a week off from working out and then start again. it will be a wonderful boost for you.
 
Juliette said:
I hope you're having a great Tuesday!
A break in exercise is good, if you ask me. The point is wanting to exercise again and again, for the rest of our lives. Forcing isn't the way to get there. The natural breaks come from need, and you're so right about the attitude of trying to exercise.
Julie (who just went from Fri to Sun without moving a muscle, and has rediscovered the joys of exercise yesterday and today.. ;))
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I think a break can be good but this is too long for me - as well as being unintended!

TomO said:
Hi, Felici. Funny how you are gearing up for teaching full time, when so many others are days away from their summer off. Hope you get a good class!
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This is full-time but temporary. I have spent time with the class before. They're lovely. (Hehe - I hope I'm still saying that in 6 week's time.)

cinderelly said:
Thanx - now we just gotta get it moving agian :):):) How has it been going ???
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From what I've seen the ticker will have good reason to behave. I am having a low week. Time to get in more sleep I think.

lena410 said:
things are changing for you and off course you feel them both physically and mentally. the energy level will eventually change and you'll be back to yourself. have a week off from working out and then start again. it will be a wonderful boost for you.
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Thanks for that Lena. Well I'm sure you're right about things eventually evening out. This was a night where the benefits of my online contact have certainly made a difference to help me keep to the path as far as food goes.



Breakfast 7:30 2 weetbix 107, 1/3 C diced peaches 40 , 1C low fat soy milk 122. 1 slice wholemeal toast 70 with minimal margarine 18 and plum and cinnamon jam 12. Boiled egg 71 . 1/2 glass tomato juice 25. 2 C coffee with 40 ml Hilo milk 40.

Lunch: 12:30 Toasted crumpet, margarine, vegemite. Handful of almonds and cashews. Coffee and milk 20

Snack: 4:15 Capeseed, fruit and nut roll (ie a low GI but slightly sweet bakery item). Banana.

Dinner: 120 gm sweetlip snapper, EVO oil. Salad with balsimic vinegar: rocket, tomato, capsicum, mushroom, bean sprouts. Salad veges with 1 dessertspoon light french onion dip: celery, carrot, zucchini, broccoli, mushroom. 1 dessertspoon honeycomb/chocolate icecream.


No exercise

I'm sure that there are exercise programs that it's good to take time off from. I don't think what I was doing was so extreme though - and I could at least walk. I think the lack of exercise is bringing me down mentally. Perhaps if I had decided to take time off it would be ok, but actually I am just not managing my time well enough and not pushing myself hard enough that I can make up for it.

I also think I am better off posting my food here every day. It is a pity I have broken the sense of obligation to do that. I haven't eaten badly when I haven't posted, I just feel like it would be best to have the safety net. I'm hoping to regain that, though knowing that I'm not over the patch of pressure with time, I will give myself leave to not always hunt up the calories.

And I need to get to bed earlier, so I'm going to give that a try right now.

Nope not true, in a minute will do.

I see that when I deleted a long muddle about what's going on with me I left out some pertinent information.

I haven't exercised since Sunday. I have eaten ok calories. I went out last night and ate what I felt like as I'd intended - the available food was mostly not all that unhealthy though!! This afternoon and this evening, eating right was more difficult for me to manage than usual and I'm still feeling stressed. I'm going to have to toughen up about the way I use my time.

Thanks for the posts. :)
 
Hi Felici!!

*waves*

I was looking for your diary yesterday and wondering where you'd got to. I hope your doing OK, don't stress too much about the exercise, is it just a matter of prioritising and motivation?

I am kinda doing the opposite at the mo, great with exercise but bad with food!

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felici said:
I'm sure that there are exercise programs that it's good to take time off from. I don't think what I was doing was so extreme though - and I could at least walk. I think the lack of exercise is bringing me down mentally. Perhaps if I had decided to take time off it would be ok, but actually I am just not managing my time well enough and not pushing myself hard enough that I can make up for it.
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1. It's not only your body that needs a break from the exercise. It's the mind also. :)
2. I agree with the mental consequenses of lack of exercise.
The balance between these two is the aim for all of us. In situations when I have very little time I try to squeeze in a 15 minute walk or something, and that keeps me going and makes it easier both physically and mentally to return to normal exercise schedule when I have the time/have made the time for it.
Don't give up to the bad feelings!
I hope you had a restful night and are back as your wonderfully enthusiastic and motivated self! :)
Julie
 
I'm sure that there are exercise programs that it's good to take time off from. I don't think what I was doing was so extreme though - and I could at least walk. I think the lack of exercise is bringing me down mentally. Perhaps if I had decided to take time off it would be ok, but actually I am just not managing my time well enough and not pushing myself hard enough that I can make up for it.
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Felici, I know exactly what you're talking about WRT the mental aspect. I have a very difficult time with rest periods for exactly the same reason. I've come to realize that there's absolutely no way I'll be able to keep the weight off once I get to my target without a thorough exercise program -- I would just come apart mentally without it.
 
OK. Well I found out part of the reason I was feeling so lousy - I woke up with a bit of a bug this morning. I went to work but by the time I came home I had a bit of a temperature. I did a couple of very high priority things then jumped into bed for 3-4 hours - mostly sleeping. I'm feeling a bit better just now, but will go back to lying down again soon.

maleficent said:
sweet dreams to you .. hope you get a good nights sleep and get to recharge :D
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Thank you. Well I got the sleep and lucky I did. :)

kezzypear said:
Hi Felici!!

*waves*

I was looking for your diary yesterday and wondering where you'd got to. I hope your doing OK, don't stress too much about the exercise, is it just a matter of prioritising and motivation?

I am kinda doing the opposite at the mo, great with exercise but bad with food!

:hug2:
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Thanks. I am not sure about exactly what's been going on with me. Those things have been significant.

You have been managing to keep things going well overall and good on you for that - those pounds off have made you even prettier.

Juliette said:
1. It's not only your body that needs a break from the exercise. It's the mind also. :)
2. I agree with the mental consequenses of lack of exercise.
The balance between these two is the aim for all of us. In situations when I have very little time I try to squeeze in a 15 minute walk or something, and that keeps me going and makes it easier both physically and mentally to return to normal exercise schedule when I have the time/have made the time for it.
Don't give up to the bad feelings!
I hope you had a restful night and are back as your wonderfully enthusiastic and motivated self! :)
Julie
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That makes a lot of sense Juliette. Even though I mostly have felt good about this whole process there is a certain amount of strain involved and I can see that a rest from that would be rejuvenating. The way you expressed that was helpful. The fifteen minutes sounds like a good idea too. Since I started this, making the time to exercise has been more of a challenge than eating right, for me (though that seems a bit strange - something I would not have expected if I'd been contemplating this a year ago). So I will still have to be careful to maintain the attitude I need in order to make this change permanent.


TomO said:
Felici, I know exactly what you're talking about WRT the mental aspect. I have a very difficult time with rest periods for exactly the same reason. I've come to realize that there's absolutely no way I'll be able to keep the weight off once I get to my target without a thorough exercise program -- I would just come apart mentally without it.
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That's right. Actually I was reading something yesterday in line with that and which I think we should all be aware of. Though it's no surprise to see these ideas I think the information is going to be relevant to all of us. I chased this up because Cannon mentioned the National Weightloss Registry. I expect there is more of interest available but I thought this seemed like a worthwhile summary when I saw it.
 
Friday
Breakfast 7:30 2 weetbix 107, 1/3 C diced peaches 40 , 1C low fat soy milk 122. 1 slice wholemeal toast 70 with minimal margarine 18 and plum and cinnamon jam 12. Boiled egg 71 . C coffee with 40 ml Hilo milk 40.

Lunch: 12:30 3/4 wholemeal bread roll. 1 cheese stringer. 1 medium Pink Lady apple.

Snack: 5:00 1 C tinned pumpkin and leek soup. 2 sesame/honey snaps.

Dinner: 7:30 Tbone steak, potato, asparagus, cheese.

So my tummy was a bit off most of the day - but I see here that it didn't exactly stop me eating!


Saturday
Breakfast 8:30 2 weetbix 107, 1/3 C diced peaches 40 , 1C low fat soy milk 122. 1 slice wholemeal toast 70 with minimal margarine 18 and plum and cinnamon jam 12. Boiled egg 71 . C coffee with 40 ml Hilo milk 40.

Lunch: 12:30 1/2 slice egg/ham/cheese/vege pie.

Snack: 3:30 "Cappucino" from a packet.

Dinner: 140 gm roast lamb. ~ 120 gm roast potato. Microwaved broccoli and carrots. Mint sauce and gravy.


I wasn't quite back to normal today as far as feeling well goes, but still woke up this morning feeling heaps better - and heaps better mentally, too. I finally woke up feeling rested which was very nice.

Today is normally my weigh day so I checked my shopping centre but the scales are still not back, and I still can't really check my weight properly compared to before. I never was able to be very sure of how much difference there is between the rough idea I get from my home scales and what the others said. However comparing the home scales this week to last week and the week before I'm guessing I'm down at least 1 kg from what I have in my signature. Certainly in their own bounce-around-way they are trending down! This week, I finally wore the smaller trousers I bought several weeks back and had a few comments from my friends about how I'm again slimmer than I was.

Even better, this afternoon I decided to tidy my wardrobe, and ended up trying on every old thing I still had in there, and that was very nice because virtually everything fits! This means I have plenty to wear to school when I start going to the same school every day, and also it was great to just see those clothes fitting nicely. I think because I was rather down this week I had the idea that I hadn't changed as much, as I'd previously been feeling. The clothes are showing something different. Some of them I had tried on fairly recently (I don't know when? 78-79 kg?) and they still looked wrong then. Today my slinky long summer dress fitted, and also my last wedding dress!! My husband said "Oh you're slimmer than when we got married!" Which is true - because I remember that dress was a little too tight at the time. Now it isn't. :) That was 14 years (oops just did the math, 16 years) ago. I think there was one time in between then and now when I may have weighed a little less than I do right now. I lost weight overall while I was having my daughter who is now 11. I think I got down to about 72 kg then and I'm still more than that.
 
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what can I say? you are so eloquent and precise in keeping and focussing on your objectives.I am very impressed as I lack that kind if attitude.
At first I read your food diary because we weigh9well used to as you have lost it!) and want to achieve he same weight.
Well done on your efforts and successful lossof weight. You are an inspiration!
 
Hi sandrine! I tried to find your diary but see that is still coming. Thank you for the kind words. I have not found myself all that inspiring lately! Though I'm starting to feel I'm getting myself back together now.

It's funny you should mention objectives because I rarely think of myself as having objectives with my weight loss, though I do. Mostly they're just the things I'm trying to make happen each day. I have a fuzzy idea of where I'd like my weight to end up. I have a clear idea of what constitutes good food for me and what doesn't and how much is ok - though I can still get some surprises if I add up calories at the end of the day! I hesitate to say I'm aiming to exercise every day as I spent last week not doing that, but that was an unusual week.

I saw that you started out trying to just do a little walking when you joined. So did I!! So that's something else we have in common. I had no idea I would become so committed to including exercise in my life. I just ended up gradually increasing what I did and I do think it has made a phenomenal difference. I'm sure I've looked and felt better at each weight on the way down than I did on the way up and I believe exercise had a lot to do with that. I expect there are specific ways of exercising that would reduce my weight more quickly but for now I'm thinking that anything that gets me moving is good and anything that gets me puffing is even better! I like to add in body weight exercises too. I have found the exercise thing a bit of an adventure really. Finding new things to try and finding that I can do things I couldn't previously, has kept this process new and evolving for me despite my diet not changing too much over time. Having started life as a slow running, short limbed kid in a sports mad country, it's amazing to me that after so long I am finally becoming acquainted with exercise like this.

Thank you for inspiring me to think about these issues again! I think it makes a real difference to me to spend a bit of time considering what's going on with my weight loss every day, and sometimes thinking beyond that day - which is one of the many, many reasons I love having my diary here!!

I hope you have found some things to do that you like too. :)
 
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Hey you - Im sorry you've been stressed and not sleeping well and yes not exercisign regularly when use to exercising routinely can make you down...

That is excellent about the wardrobe and all those clothes fitting it is also geaty that hubby notices :):):)
 
Hi Cannon and Cerella. Yes. It's time to amp up! Maybe not as much on my end as yours but at least I can get back to doing some exercise every day.

Sunday

Breakfast 9:30 2 weetbix,. 1C lowfat soy milk. 1/3 C tinned peaches. 1 slice wholemeal toast with minimal margarine (70% no fat Proactive) and plum and cinnamon jam. Boiled egg. 1 C coffee with 40 ml Hilo.

Snack: 4:00 1 slice wholemeal toast, margarine a/a, vegemite.
5:30 ~ ¼ vegetable foccaccia.

Dinner 7:30 120 gm cold roast lamb. Salad veges with low fat french onion dip – 2 stalks celery, 1 carrot, 3 florets broccoli, 1/3 capsicum, 2 mushrooms, 1 cup snow pea sprouts.

I didn't feel well most of the day – hence skipped lunch, but finally went out in the afternoon and picked up an extra computer, which was cheering. It helps me feel more organized and in control of what I'm doing. Also I have things set up here in a way that's physically more comfortable, I think I was making my back ache at the other computer.

Monday

Breakfast 7:30 2 weetbix,. 1C lowfat soy milk. 1/3 C tinned peaches. 1 slice wholemeal toast with minimal margarine (70% no-fat Proactive) and plum and cinnamon jam. Boiled egg. 1 C coffee with 40 ml Hilo.

Lunch 2:00 A toasted multigrain bread roll with about 30 gm low fat hard cheese and 6 cherry tomatoes.

Dinner 7:00 Salad and low fat french onion dressing- carrot, baby squash, mushrooms, capsicum, sugar snap peas, broccoli. 130 gm grilled lean lamb steak. A sliver of persimmon. 5 fresh dates.

Exercise(Finally): 9:00 am. 40 minute walk at Carine.

I was feeling physically a lot better and it was great to actually get out for some deliberate exercise again. I have been sufficiently uncomfortable lately that I wondered whether I would enjoy walking but that was fine. Unfortunately it was still rather a lousy walk as my dog disappeared after 5 minutes, so the next 40 minutes I spent walking rapidly back and forth in the general vicinity of where I last saw her, trying to get her back. I gave in after that and started looking by car and after an hour and half was convinced someone else had her. Luckily that turned out to be true and I was most relieved to see a black nose poking under the gate when I got home. A man rang shortly afterwards to say he had seen her on a street near (not near enough – bad dog), where I was walking and delivered her home.

Boo hoo I started feeling ill again later in the day. I'm not very sick, but I'm starting to wonder how long this bug will take to go.

On the brighter side, I found where they had put my scales, as I was leaving the shopping centre tonight, and they are showing me at 75 kg (165 lb), which is about what I guessed I might be.
 
I feel for you; I've got a rather tenacious bug in my lungs right now. I don't like it. I hope you get to feeling better, and I am glad your walking partner made it home again!
 
Qjay said:
I feel for you; I've got a rather tenacious bug in my lungs right now. I don't like it. I hope you get to feeling better, and I am glad your walking partner made it home again!
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I am very sorry to hear about your bug! Mine is definitely not in that league. Take lots of care.

I was not very happy with that little black and white ! But I was enormously relieved to see the .

Cannon 2006 said:
I hope you feel better soon. I think I made myself sick this weekend eating garbage and with the intense heat here.
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I hope your weather is treating you better now - though I have an idea it isn't yet. At least you are over the garbage and getting on with your walking!! Good luck for today! :)

Tuesday

Breakfast 9:30 2 weetbix,. 1C lowfat soy milk. 1/3 C tinned peaches. 1 slice wholemeal toast with minimal margarine (70% no fat Proactive) and plum and cinnamon jam. Boiled egg. 1 C coffee with 40 ml Hilo.

Lunch: 12:30 Toasted sandwich: 2 slices wholemeal toast, 12 gm low fat hard cheese, 1 slice ham, ½ tomato, 1 mushroom, olives.

Snack: 5:00 1 diet apricot yoghurt.

Dinner 8:30 60 gm grilled lean rump steak 120 gm microwaved potato, broccoli, carrots, lots of red cabbage, gravy. Salad veges with low fat french onion dip – 1/3 capsicum, 2 mushrooms, snow peas. 7 almonds.

Exercise: 40 minutes, walking girl to school and dog (on lead) to shops and back.
 
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