ForRealThisTime
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good morning!
sounds like you are blasting away the lbs, well done
sounds like you are blasting away the lbs, well done
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JanaNanner
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Thank you very much.
Hehe, here's hoping there are more big whooshes to come because they put me in a very entertaining mood, apparently. Haha, I know. I've had this container of salted peanuts sitting in my pantry, dejected and unloved because I won't touch them since I started paying attention to sodium. They are very sad now and likely to waste away their remaining time with no attention at all.
But yes, I did check to see if they had them in bulk containers, but no. That's okay. I'll find them eventually, no matter what it takes.
Haha, I can almost hear you say that and I've never even heard your voice. Thanks Jay.
It's weird but in a strange way I feel almost jealous of you that you are at the beginning part where it is so exciting to see the big whooshes. Not that I ever want to be there again and don't intend to be but I found it so much fun to see the weight dropping off week by week. I think that is why I am concentrating on the getting fit now as that is much more motivating than trying to shift the last few stubborn lbs. I'm glad that I found these forums so that I can live it all again through other people
Aww, and I'm jealous of where you are, too. I would give up the whoosh to be magically further ahead in the process any day. Let's trade! YES.
But hey, a whoosh here and there is keeping me going strong and motivating me, so I'll take it. good morning!
sounds like you are blasting away the lbs, well done
I am certainly trying my best! Thanks.
Verobc1
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Sorry to hijack the thread but ...My hubby does this and it drives me nuts!!! God job on not doing it anymore!!!
Verobc1
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Hey I finnaly got all caught up reading your diary and I am very much enjoying it. You have a way with words and I love your sense of humour and how positive you are...I was feeling kinda low this week since i just came back from holiday and my brain and body are just not following my usuall routine, but after reading this I want to work out! I feel like just getting on the pc here at work and start that kick boxing video but since I am at the front desk I will wait till I get home!!! Thank you for the motivation and Congrats on the loss so far....I will be joining you on this journey if you don't mind!!!!
JanaNanner
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Hehe, what's a little kickboxing session in front of your co-workers and any complete strangers that happen to wander by the front desk, right?
No, I suppose it would be a good idea to wait until you're at home.I'm really, really happy that you felt your motivation returning. I know how that is... so many people here at the forum have helped me to stay motivated and encouraged. I'm sure I could not have been as successful as I have been without all the support.
I am thrilled to have you join me on this journey and hope we can continue to motivate each other. Thank you! It's good to have you pop by every now and then, even though you're busy at your cottage.
jjjay
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LOL Jana...I actually have quite a pronounced english accent so "Get your mojo rattlin'" wouldn't sound QUITE the same in real life heheheh
I'm just so glad that you are feeling so positive and motivated - that will carry you a LONG way through any blips and tough bits. So, stay strong, think of how great you are feeling in the WHOOOSH and continue to make the right choices in all those everyday little moments thatmake the difference
hehehehI'm just so glad that you are feeling so positive and motivated - that will carry you a LONG way through any blips and tough bits. So, stay strong, think of how great you are feeling in the WHOOOSH and continue to make the right choices in all those everyday little moments thatmake the difference
JanaNanner
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It's 2 AM in the morning and I'm obviously still awake... or I'm typing in my sleep and in that case I am more talented than I gave myself credit for. I'm not usually awake this late at night but I'm just not really in the mood to sleep yet tonight, even though I feel a bit tired beneath the surface. I'm not sure what I'm staying awake for other than to scare myself watching Medium reruns in the middle of the night all by myself (and yes, I am a little bit scared... ). Perhaps I was just waiting for the right words to come to me to write here. I wanted to write but to be honest I didn't really have much to say related to weight loss tonight. Ever since I've started writing here I've wanted to write more in general...
...like the way that I felt as I was driving home tonight, peering out the windshield at the beautiful clear sky full of stars above. It was gorgeous and nights like that always make me wish that there was someone to share it with. I know that the reason I don't have that someone is indirectly related to the extra weight. It's not that I think men don't want me because I'm overweight. I've dated and been wanted, but I think in the last couple years I used the weight as an excuse to avoid getting hurt. I just concluded that as long as I was overweight, I might as well not try to meet anyone but it was more than that. I didn't want to get hurt because I'd been badly hurt before.
I know that losing the weight isn't the cure-all, but it's a step in a positive direction. The wall is going to come down, one stone at a time.
And now, since that was a little depressing, here is some good news! One of the really great things that has happened in the last month is that I am cooking dinner almost every night. I was really a terrible cook for a long time because I'd never really learned much about it. I've been experimenting a lot lately and having such a good time. I've discovered that I really like it.
It's interesting that I actually have more stamina for it now. I can stand in a kitchen for an hour or two working on a meal and I am certain I couldn't do that before without wanting to pull up a chair and sit while I watched the stove. Actually, overall, I have so, so much more stamina on my feet than I used to.
Because I am terribly proud of myself, I started photographing some of my meals since the beginning of this week. I even created an album for them on photobucket. I just wanted to be able to keep track of my progress and thought this was the best way.
Okay, I really need to sleep now. It's time to step awaaaay from the forum, self. I am borderline addicted to this place.
I'm not usually awake this late at night but I'm just not really in the mood to sleep yet tonight, even though I feel a bit tired beneath the surface. I'm not sure what I'm staying awake for other than to scare myself watching Medium reruns in the middle of the night all by myself (and yes, I am a little bit scared... ). Perhaps I was just waiting for the right words to come to me to write here. I wanted to write but to be honest I didn't really have much to say related to weight loss tonight. Ever since I've started writing here I've wanted to write more in general......like the way that I felt as I was driving home tonight, peering out the windshield at the beautiful clear sky full of stars above. It was gorgeous and nights like that always make me wish that there was someone to share it with. I know that the reason I don't have that someone is indirectly related to the extra weight. It's not that I think men don't want me because I'm overweight. I've dated and been wanted, but I think in the last couple years I used the weight as an excuse to avoid getting hurt. I just concluded that as long as I was overweight, I might as well not try to meet anyone but it was more than that. I didn't want to get hurt because I'd been badly hurt before.
I know that losing the weight isn't the cure-all, but it's a step in a positive direction. The wall is going to come down, one stone at a time.
And now, since that was a little depressing, here is some good news! One of the really great things that has happened in the last month is that I am cooking dinner almost every night. I was really a terrible cook for a long time because I'd never really learned much about it. I've been experimenting a lot lately and having such a good time. I've discovered that I really like it.
It's interesting that I actually have more stamina for it now. I can stand in a kitchen for an hour or two working on a meal and I am certain I couldn't do that before without wanting to pull up a chair and sit while I watched the stove. Actually, overall, I have so, so much more stamina on my feet than I used to.
Because I am terribly proud of myself, I started photographing some of my meals since the beginning of this week. I even created an album for them on photobucket.
I just wanted to be able to keep track of my progress and thought this was the best way. Okay, I really need to sleep now. It's time to step awaaaay from the forum, self. I am borderline addicted to this place.
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JanaNanner
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LOL Jana...I actually have quite a pronounced english accent so "Get your mojo rattlin'" wouldn't sound QUITE the same in real life
I'm just so glad that you are feeling so positive and motivated - that will carry you a LONG way through any blips and tough bits. So, stay strong, think of how great you are feeling in the WHOOOSH and continue to make the right choices in all those everyday little moments thatmake the difference
Do you know what? I used to have an English accent. I was born in Bedfordshire, England. I moved to the United States when I was 9 years old and lost the accent and now I sound just like every other American.
Where were you born? I was born and lived the first 25 years of my life in Luton, Bedfordshire.Do you know what? I used to have an English accent. I was born in Bedfordshire, England. I moved to the United States when I was 9 years old and lost the accent and now I sound just like every other American.
Your meals look lovely. It's amazing what delicious meals you can make with so few calories.
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JanaNanner
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I was born in Bedford.
Also, from 2004 to 2009 my father had moved back to England, though he's back in the US now. During that time he was in North Yorkshire, so even though that is a good few hours drive from Bedford, it was lovely having the opportunity to go back and visit him there and I even had the opportunity to visit Bedford a couple of times and see the places that I went to as a small child. My Dad took me to the hospital where I was born, and even though it has been closed down for some years, he was able to pick out what he believed was the window to the room where I came into the world. It was really fascinating, knowing that I experienced my first day there and then to witness it completely derelict, like a ghost town.It's funny; even though I've been living in the US now for 21 years, some things have lingered. For instance, when I say herb, I fluctuate back and forth between the American and English pronunciation, with and without the hard 'h' sound.
I remember an incident when I was 12 years old, three years after we'd left England, where an Australian boy began attending my school. Apparently his accent triggered mine. I hadn't even noticed but for a few brief seconds I had reverted back into full English accent and everyone thought I was just being mean, trying to make fun of the poor new boy's accent.
Edit: And let's not forgot my first year in school in the US, when I requested a rubber from my teacher. She was, needless to say, quite devastated believing I was asking for a condom, until I gestured at her eraser and she very firmly explained that I was never to call it a rubber ever again. It took me a while to figure out why it had upset her so much.
I live in Luton, Bedfordshire for half the year going to uni, small world
Keep up the good work!!
Yes it is a very small world.
Thanks!
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Tigpuppy
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Because I am terribly proud of myself, I started photographing some of my meals since the beginning of this week. I even created an album for them on photobucket.
Oh, YUM! The asparagus looks to die for! Will you share your recipe?
ROFLMAO!!! Too funny! I have a male friend who got a job teaching history at an all girl's school just a few years out of college (about 30 years ago) and he said a girl came up to his desk one day and told him she was bleeding. So he reaches into his desk and hands her a band aid from his little first aid kit. She just looked at it and said that's not going to work - I got my period! He was a very sheltered single child and did not know anything about stuff like that. He said he was never so mortified in his entire life and thought that they really needed to include stuff like that in a college course or something when you are studying to be a teacher!
JanaNanner
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If you can call it a recipe. I was just like "Hmmm... there's a lot of asparagus in the fridge. What should I do with it?" and essentially tossed spices at random upon it.
Ingredients:
300 g of Fresh Asparagus
20 g Extra Virgin Olive Oil
1 oz Parmesan Cheese
5 g Lemon Juice (which I actually incorrectly wrote down as 5oz of lemon juice, but I know there's no way I drowned it in that much lemon juice.
)About a tablespoon mixture of thyme, rosemary, sage, oregano, and basil (like I said, I really was just tossing them in there so I'm not exactly sure how much
)Instructions:
I began by steaming the asparagus. I like my asparagus soft so I steamed it longer, but you can steam it as long as you want really, until it is the right texture for you.
When the asparagus was nearly done, I began heating up the olive oil and spices in a medium-sized skillet. Once the asparagus was done steaming, I dropped it into the skillet with the oil and spices. Then I toppled it about in there, letting it brown some. I can't really tell you how long I did that for; really just until it looked good? Heh.
I then slid it out of the skillet, onto a plate, and sprinkled the parmesan and some pepper onto it. Keep in mind this is a preference thing and you could easily use less parmesan. I'm a cheese fiend, so I used a lot of it. The good thing is that Parmesan is one of the lower sodium cheeses out there. You could probably even cut the olive oil in half, too. It would cook just fine and be less greasy.
And there is my attempt at communicating the recipe to you. Good luck. It's really easy to make anyway so I think you'll be just fine.
Also, I recently graduated with my masters in teaching and I promise you that, to this day, there are no such classes taught to us.
We continue to learn the hard way, right in the middle of a classroom surrounded by 25 kids giggling wholeheartedly at our expense.
JanaNanner
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I just added another meal to my food album. I have this salad just about every other day (except today I added chopped walnut to it). It's really sweet and so healthy because it is loaded with fiber. Spinach + gala apple + walnut + cheddar + raspberry vinaigrette = Yummy. It was 350 calories total and 200 of those calories alone were the apple and walnut. All the spinach was only 20 calories. It was sooooo good. 
Edit: I'm making dinner for my Mom and a friend tonight. I'm really excited to make something healthy and tasty for them.
Edit: I'm making dinner for my Mom and a friend tonight. I'm really excited to make something healthy and tasty for them.
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Tigpuppy
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If you can call it a recipe. I was just like "Hmmm... there's a lot of asparagus in the fridge. What should I do with it?" and essentially tossed spices at random upon it.
Ingredients:
300 g of Fresh Asparagus
20 g Extra Virgin Olive Oil
1 oz Parmesan Cheese
5 g Lemon Juice (which I actually incorrectly wrote down as 5oz of lemon juice, but I know there's no way I drowned it in that much lemon juice.
About a tablespoon mixture of thyme, rosemary, sage, oregano, and basil (like I said, I really was just tossing them in there so I'm not exactly sure how much
Instructions: ..... (deleted to shorten quote)
THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!!! Guess what we are having with supper tonight?
Except I will use green beans for the kids (they hate asparagus) and prepare it the same way as the asparagus which my husband and I will have. I'll be making my outside on the grill though (I have a grilling wok) because it's way too hot to cook indoors the last few days!
JanaNanner
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THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!!! Guess what we are having with supper tonight?
Wonderful! I really, really hope it turns out well and that you like it.
If not, forgive me. But I liked it? Haha.
JanaNanner
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It really amuses me lately how much I want to workout all the time. I actually have to restrain myself sometimes because I realize that I shouldn't work out too much. Just now I finished my favorite 10-minute kickboxing video for a final total of 850 calories burned today. Then I discovered my favorite belly dancing workout beginning on FitTV and I was actually pining for it. I was longing to belly dance and had to stop myself from jumping up right away to sway and shimmy my little heart out. Even now, as I type this, it's running on the television here in the room and I swear that it is pleading with me to belly dance.
I love it. It's actually a lot of fun to be so active. I think that so many people who are not active enough view exercise and activity as hard work but they don't realize that once your body adjusts it is a tremendous amount of fun. And who doesn't like fun?
I love it.
It's actually a lot of fun to be so active. I think that so many people who are not active enough view exercise and activity as hard work but they don't realize that once your body adjusts it is a tremendous amount of fun. And who doesn't like fun? ForRealThisTime
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Loving your dinner pics they all look very tasty, I would like some of that chicken right now I love to cook too, its something that really allowed me to express myself in a non-verbal form. I am not very artistic but I can make nice things to eat
Your late night post was interesting. I find it useful to dump random thoughts in to my diary on here too. I find it helps me not forget what was on my mind at the time which in turn makes me more likely to deal with it then forget about it. Having someone to share those things in life with is a unique thing and it can make a beautiful sunset even more beautiful. Right now I am single and when I experience certain things I find myself wanting to tell someone but there is nobody there anymore to tell. It is a weird feeling but its teaching me to be more at peace with myself.
It is good to hear that you have identified deeper meaning to your weight and relationship status. Sometimes when you think about things and join the dots up it is very illuminating and explains a lot.
I love to cook too, its something that really allowed me to express myself in a non-verbal form. I am not very artistic but I can make nice things to eat Your late night post was interesting. I find it useful to dump random thoughts in to my diary on here too. I find it helps me not forget what was on my mind at the time which in turn makes me more likely to deal with it then forget about it. Having someone to share those things in life with is a unique thing and it can make a beautiful sunset even more beautiful. Right now I am single and when I experience certain things I find myself wanting to tell someone but there is nobody there anymore to tell. It is a weird feeling but its teaching me to be more at peace with myself.
It is good to hear that you have identified deeper meaning to your weight and relationship status. Sometimes when you think about things and join the dots up it is very illuminating and explains a lot.
