Riestrella – Thanks for the new May thread!

Hey Dani86, Vertigoskyy, Sugardown and Thinkfit!

Welcome back Nayshal! You’ve done great, congrats on the teens! I can’t wait till I join you there.

Pink – Good luck with your garden! We’re starting one too this year. I’m really looking forward to having some fresh produce. DH and I had a porch garden a few years ago when we were renting an apartment and the tomatoes that we grew were out of this world good. I’m hoping that this year we can be as successful with our “real” garden.

Sun – Ooo, a new DSLR? Nice! I have an analogue SLR and a crappy old digital. I’d love to get a new camera, but as of right now I don’t have the funds to invest in something like that. How are you liking it? What brand did you go with?

Stripe – Good luck with the move! Oh man, I know exactly how you feel with socializing/eating. This week I hit a nice low of 133.4, but due to socializing/hubby’s birthday/eating out my weekly WI was total crap. I’m really not happy with myself. More on that below.

SweetScrumptious – Good luck next week! I find that being “on a diet” is challenging not because it’s difficult to eat “healthy food” (actually that’s pretty easy for me, I love fruits, veggies, whole foods, etc) but because food is such a huge part of our culture and social lives, and it’s EVRYWHERE!

So…… This week has not been great. DH had his birthday (the big 3-0) and other social events lead to the scale reading… 135.8 for my weekly WI. Which is sadly up one pound from last week. Which really sucks because before all the festivities I was down to 133.4. Arg! I mean, I know I’m not making completely horrible choices, but I hate not making progress. I’m ready to be out of the 130’s (I’m a shortie, and very small boned, so for me I still feel pudgy in the 130’s).

Busy busy day today. I gotta get to it, will try to report back later!

Have a great day all!

Hugs for all. I am in a bit of a rush because I have two appointments today, I just needed to come on and change my weight. Today was my weigh in. I lost 4 pounds and have done fairly well in telling myself 'no' to certain foods. We are running low on groceries and can't shop until the seventh so now I have to find ways to get creative. My son is officially turning two next Friday but it feels like we have been in the terrible twos for a little while now. I am nervous because he's having cake, ice cream, and pizza at his party. Oh the temptation! I will be on again later to post!

Congrats on the loss rinsmommy!!!

Hi to you too, Missy Krissy :D I often wonder what my end goal is because I have NO idea what my body will look like when I get down to the 130-140ish zone... it's so hard to know where I should expect to be..

Missy I hate bad weigh ins. It feels like all that restriction for nothing. I bought a nikon d3100. I love it but I realized I need strong zoom lenses to do the nature pics I want. but it takes really nice pics.


rinsmom woohoo great job on the weight loss!


So I ran for 2 miles and felt great! I love how everytime you run it gets better and better. Just have to remind myself that I will get to where I need to be eventually.

Howdy!

Well, today I...WORKED OUT! BOOYAH! Haha, sorry, I'm just so happy with myself because I really didn't feel like it, but I had told myself and mentioned it in front of the boyfriend that I wanted to workout tomorrow so I DID IT. I did Body Revolution and it sucked so much because I CAN'T DO PLANKS! Which means I FAIL at pushups too. I feel like such a weakling!

As for food...well that went completely downhill haha. I had Mexican food (we had walked around for an hour trying to find a festival that turned out just to be food stands with a giant queue, so we just went to a restaurant instead!) - chips and salsa and a burger. The burger wasn't Mexican at all but I figured with the fainting spells I've been having getting a good intake of iron was probably a good thing. Also got myself a little tub of ice cream on the way home =/. So I ended up having 2 meals today and a little treat. No excuses, should have gone for healthier options, but I was so annoyed with getting lost that I just wanted food that I wanted!

Tomorrow I'm going to workout again, I know I should go running but I'm kinda scared of my area haha. But I might as well figure out where this river is that I want to run by and see if it's ok. Might ask the boyfriend to walk with me until I find it so I don't look silly on my own.

I went shopping like I said, got myself a few more t-shirts. Nothing fancy, just basic tops that I liked. I was also in a bad mood so I didn't really feel like shopping so just headed home. Went out for my friends birthday yesterday, ended up eating quite a bit and drinking a few drinks. I really need to slow down when I eat...I end up chewing my food and reaching for more.

So yeah, I'm starting to turn to bad habits with food but exercise seems to be coming back into my life. Guess I just need to find the right balance for the scales, but right now it seems to be one or the other.

I've been relatively alone in my apartment block since September last year, but now out of no where all the apartments seem to be taken up. So now I can hear people and it's freaking me out a bit! Haha. Well, I don't mind talking, but every now and then I'll hear a door slam and it will make me jump because I'm not used to it!

That's about all I have to rant about.

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PinkH - Veggie garden sounds ace! My Mum grows her own vegetables and she's always so proud of it and finds so much use for them, so I wish you the same enthusiasm! Insanity is awesome, I hope you like it.

sun - Well that's just it, I don't think I was eating/drinking enough on all 3 occasions that I've fainted =/. Just need to be extra careful I guess. Definitely keep it up with running! Congrats on 2 miles!

rainbow - Whenever I type your username I always type raindbow. I have no idea why! Well I'm in a bit of confusion since my health insurance bills just stopped coming through so I'm guessing the city office has cancelled it thinking I would leave the country. So I have to get that sorted first before I can go to the doctor. Which I should have done this week but never got around to so eep =/.
We're like sisters in terms of eating socially...we just go for it! But moderation is important, chewing food, slowing down. Wish I could just take my own advice though! Congrats on the run! And hope the move went ok.

MissyK - You look so different in your new profile pic!! Sorry about the gain, festivities have that effect on weight =(. Drink lots of water!

Rinsmommy – You sound busy! But busy is good. It keeps you from eating out of boredom, LOL.

Dani – Yeah, it’s good to have a “ballpark” goal, but I’m pretty sure I want to take mine lower. My body is a lot different after having my son, skin and fat have migrated!

Sun – Great job on the run! Yes, that’s pretty much what it feels like (but rationally I know that it wasn’t all for nothing, that if I didn’t make good choices my WI would have been even worse).

So yesterday I’m not sure exactly how many calories I ate, but I was “good” and stayed on plan. My best friend had a bbq, and I ate lots of fresh veggies with a little dip, fresh fruit, one small burger with cheese and only one glass of wine. I had 1000 calories remaining when I went over there, and I’m estimating the wine at around 150, burger around 400. I doubt I ate 450 calories in dip! This morning’s WI was better than yesterday, 135.0, so it’s on it’s way back down.

In a few minutes DH DS and I are going to walk down to the farmer’s market and then we’ve got to go to the store and do grocery shopping. Normally we go on Fridays, but yesterday was too busy (we had the plumber come and he was here for 5 hours, DH had a doctor’s appointment, DS had swimming, and we all went to the bbq, so there just wasn’t time). I gotta say I’m loving this nice weather! I actually WANT to get outside and move!

Well, yesterday was a terrible day... it was my rest day AND i made some awkward food choices (not the worst day... but definitely not the best)... I'm hoping I can pull out of it and get back on plan, but I already know I'm hanging out with people today and there is no telling what might happen. lol. I'm going to do my best to be good and I'm definitely going to do some cardio today so we'll see how it goes. Wish me luck!!

holy crap! how are there already 2 pages in the May chat thread?!

Sorry I've been awol-y guys... been busy, and tired, and spending lotsa time with the bf so less time on my computer! lol. it's a holiday now in Japan... and even though it's called "Golden Week", it's basically just a long weekend, but still, time off! I'm too poor to do anything though, so it kinda sucks... well anyhow. here i am!

Rie: oh god, girl... Melon soda is the evilest of them all!! i think you'd have been better off with a pepsi! (plus one once in a while won't kill ya), but what's done is done. no point in fussing over it :p lol about getting lost while running... i wanna try to explore my neighbourhood like that, but i know that streets run everywhichway here and it's sooo easy to get lost, so i always try to just go in a straight line. lol. but yay for extra calories burned? :p and about your fainting spells... i think maybe you should check in with a doctor... just to be sure? i mean, you're really eating that little so it might be something else... it wouldn't hurt either way. hang in there! and enjoy the rest of GW! ;) and yay for starting BR again! which level are you on? i'm not very good at planks/push-ups either, but i'm definitely better than i used to be. so hang in there!!

pinkhurricane: hey girl! gardening sounds fun :) i'm excited to hear your progress about Insanity!! cuz as you know, i'm looking into starting too!

sun: congrats on sticking with it! i hope you find something cute to wear! you know, you can always adjust something that's a bit too big with a cute belt or a jacket/cardi over it... ;)

rainbow: omg girl, don't start counting weeks on me cuz it'll make me do it too! i've only got about 3 months left with the bf :( but good luck on the move! and boo, no loss, but at least you're keeping up with your workouts!

sweetscrumptious: oh god! shouldn't nurse's apprieciation day have something to do with health?? lol. good luck!

krissy: aww, i know how you feel, but don't get yourself down!! you know, life keeps happening while we are on a diet and you can't stop living!! just get back on track from here and you'll see that 133 again in no time ;)

Dani: good luck! it always feels hard to get back on track after a cheat day, (or a binge day), but you can do it and you must! one bad day isn't gonna ruin a diet. ;)

and welcome to all the new people!! there seems to be a lot of you! :)

ok, so now that i'm done with personals, here's what's been going on with me. I had a couple of days where i didn't do too good food-wise last week, because of period-y stuff and migraines, blergh (remember the cadbury eggs? they are gone... lol) but then things got back to normal, and yesterday, i even saw 74.6 on the scale! woohoo! It's probably up now though since yesterday was a cheat day with the bf, and i pigged out pretty bad on Doritos and Oreos after he was gone... but oh well!!

speaking of the bf, i mentioned earlier that i'd been seeing a lot of him, and you might find it weird, but i usually see him only once a week... twice if i'm lucky. people in japan often live with their parents and it makes things super awkward for couples... and he almost never sleeps over at my place and so it makes things kinda sucky, but whatever, i'm used to it i guess, i've lived here so long... lol. well anyways, i saw him last monday cuz it was a holiday, whole day. and then on thursday night he just randomly messaged me "i was drinking with my friends in Shinjuku, so i'm coming to see you". like, what, now?!? lol. indeed. so he came over on thursday night, ended up spending the night, (which he never does) and left rather late on Friday morning so there were plenty of cuddles. and then we were supposed to hang out on saturday, and so i saw him a 4th time! lol. i know y'all don't care and i sound like a teenager but i was really happy about it :p we've been watching the older Ironman movies in preparation of going to see Ironman 3, cuz he hadn't seen them, and the weather's been really lovely so we went to the park and walking about... he's also being really cute/supportive about my diet and just randomly told me that he was proud of me (and he is NOT big on compliments) and he was like "yeah, last time you went on a diet, it lasted for 3 days." lol. oh baby...

so today i feel a bit lethargic. i took forever getting up and feel all bloated and definitely procrastinating on my workout... it's really amazing how eating crap really does make you feel like crap... but i guess i'll eventually get my butt into gear, because my workouts are the one thing that i will not let myself abandon! lol. heck, i even did it through a migraine last week! (lol. i actually can't believe that i did... but i'd missed the day before and i was like "cant...not...workout... two days... in a row!!!") lol. i am now officially one of those crazy people... i still don't like working out though. oh and, funny story, my workout pants are now too big for me, and they fall off my as$ everytime i jump, which is very very annoying!!! (even though it makes me happy that i lost weight! lol)

sorry for the novel!

SweetScrumptious That sounds like a challenging week foodwise! Stay strong!

Dani86 Vancouver! I've never actually been at all, so moving will be a big step! That's awesome you've been enjoying the PT, I always thought about paying for one but never could really afford it.

sun I was strong-ish with the food haha. Ugh, treadmill. It's just not the same, right?

Missy Sorry to hear about the weigh in - maybe just sodium/water retention? Sounds like me after the weekend sometimes, and its usually mostly gone in a day or so! I am also pudgy well into the 130s. I think even in the 120s I'll be pudgy. Damn my height!!

rinsmommy Good luck and happy birthday to your son for next week!

Riestrella Yay exercise! Sorry to hear about the habits creeping up on you - but at least you're aware of stuff like eating slower, that's awesome!! Oh yup, totally with you on social eating. It may mean that I lose my weight SUPER slow, but I need to enjoy my life too, and there aren't always the best options - make do with what's around, right? But to be honest, I really do think I need to cut back a bit haha. That's so odd about your insurance, hope you can get it sorted!

Kawaii I need to stop counting haha, I start freaking out when I know things are happening in certain amounts of time, depending on what they are haha. Yup, I'm not so sad about no loss, because I was consistent with my running at least! That's cool about spending the extra time with your bf! It doesn't sound silly, it just sounds like you love him :)

~Hey all, I'm exhausted! Just a quick personal check in from me, we got all moved yesterday. It poured with rain, which was pretty horrendous, but not the end of the world. We gave our keys to our old place to our flatmates who are staying on and I spent today unpacking and getting comfy.

It's weird sleeping in a different bed in a different room, but I'll get used to it.

Haven't weighed this weekend, guess we'll see tomorrow! I did...averagely at the social gatherings, but don't think I went over the top so I'm feeling ok.

About to eat dinner and get an early night - hope you're all having good weekends!

rie Way to go on the exercise. The food will follow. Glad you are feeling better. I love buying tops even basic ones :)

missy way to go on the eating. The weather is so nice right now I love it. Although it gets hot really fast where I live.

dani Good luck!

kawaii My pants are getting loose too! Don't you love it? Glad you had some nice time with your BF. Way to go on the exercise. That is what I am trying to do stick to a routine.

rainbowYay the move is over! Treadmills are so boring!

So I took the weekend off and didn't run, will do that tomorrow. I am looking foward to it. Eating is going ok today,not great. iTs kinda hard on weekends for me. Lets see how my weigh in goes tomorrow.

Rie – Hmm, I can do planks but push-ups are another story! A very sad story actually. I can barely do “girl” push-ups, it’s ridiculous. What can I say? I’m a master of disguise! LOL, actually it’s probably just my glasses and my hair pulled back that makes it look different.

Dani – Did you hop back on the bandwagon? How has your eating been yesterday and today?

Kawaii – Your time with BF sounds sweet <3. It feels good when they’re supportive/proud of you doesn’t it! That’s great, that means that your effort really shows! You’re doing C25K right? How is that going, do you like it? I looked it up and I’m thinking of trying it. I’ve always wanted to be a runner but I’ve always sucked at it. I’m thinking that maybe with the way my mood has been lately and the phenomenal weather we’ve been having I might be motivated to give it a shot.

Stripe – Shorties in the house! I swear although my body is only 5’2”, I have the stomach of someone who’s 6’2”! I’m glad you got all moved, you must be relieved. New places always feel strange, but change is good.

Sun - Good luck on your WI!

So yesterday was another beautiful and on plan day! (And this morning’s WI was down to 134.2, Hallelujah!) DH, DS and I went for two long walks, checked out two farmer’s markets, and went to the library’s used book sale. We christened the grill I bought him for his birthday with some nice juicy porterhouse steaks, Portobello mushrooms and zucchini, and washed it down with some freshly squeezed lemonade sweetened with agave nectar. Dessert was watermelon. It was soooo good! I love love love this warm weather, and I love food on the grill. It might just be in my head, but I feel like it’s easier to eat low carb with a grill. I’m not exactly on low carb, but I’ve greatly reduced the amount of bread and pasta that I would “normally” eat, simply because it’s high in calories and low in volume. There’s just nothing like some freshly grilled veggies! Today we grilled again, this time brats with sauerkraut, mushrooms, zucchini and tomatoes, with an apple for dessert. Granted, brats aren’t the healthiest meat ever, but I only had one and it was 200 calories, so it fit into my plan just fine. I’m thinking maybe grilled chicken and peppers tomorrow! Can you tell I love to eat? :eating2:

DH got most of the space we’re going to use for our veggie garden torn up, so hopefully we’ll be ready to plant in the next day or two. Also I bought some flowers for around our house – previous residents planted a lot of daffodils and some tulips, but there’s not much rhyme or reason to it. We went for another nice long walk this evening and FIL joined us. I just feel so rejuvenated and want to walk walk walk! They were getting tired and I was like, “Let’s go another block!” “Let’s take the long way!” which is somewhat uncharacteristic of me. I think the sunshine has done me a world of good. I’ve been in a great mood and just want to get moving! Here’s hoping tomorrow is another great day for everyone.

Thanks to everyone for all of your support! I'm glad to report that I did really good with my eating for the rest of the weekend.. Looking forward to getting back to work and back into my routine - I learned this weekend that one day is not enough to break me... in the past, it has been. I just need to get back up and back into the game.

Rainbow - Canada is great! I've never been to Vancouver but I've heard great things! You'll love it. I live near Toronto - best country ever! :D

Hello again! I'm back after about 6 months of being off. I know, I know, off and on, off and on...I always intend to stick around, but somehow just kind of disappear. I am glad to see some names I recognize (<b>rainbow</b>, <b>kawaii</b>, <b>sun</b>), but also glad to see new ones :o) After doing pretty well with my weight loss about 6 months ago it's all kind of piled itself back on. I'm not sure what I weigh right now, but my pants are getting tight. They still fit, but definitely not happy about *how* they fit. Today is day 1 of medifast again. And I need to buy a scale tonight so I can track this, so don't mind my ticker right now. Too many posts for personals so hopefully I can catch up later. Happy Monday :o)

sun Hope you got your run in, taking a weekend off every now and then is ok I think!

Missy So with you on the stomach, though I feel like if I was 6'2" it would at least be stretched out and not a pouch of fat that hangs. I hate the hanging stomach. I also hate that because I'm not super huge, people see me with clothes and just think I'm crazy when I say I want to lose at least another 10kg (22 lbs). They can't see the stomach on a day to day basis! Yum, grilled food. I'm sad that summer is over here and we didn't get to barbecue much! Good work on the walking :)

Dani Thanks! I am really looking forward to it, I just wish I could have at least visited before I committed to moving there for four years (I might have said that already haha)

jmko Hello and welcome back, nice to see you around again!

~So I probably haven't had the best two weeks weightwise in retrospect. I haven't seen below 63kg in that time. I'm close, but it seems not quite there. I'ts unrealistic to expect to see that weight this week with the stuff going on. I am going to a fine dining type restaurant tomorrow night and to be honest, calorie counting is the last thing I'm going to be thinking about. It's my sister's 30th birthday and it's really not everyday you get to go to a restaurant like this, so I'm going to enjoy myself. An entree, a main and a dessert and then straight back on plan. I will eat a lower calorie lunch and try to run before (depending on what time the reservation is for).

My run last night was so awesome!! I loved it and can't wait to go again after work today. My new route goes right by the ocean and then down a main-ish road, so I get the best of both worlds - nature and shops! I get a kick out of running past bars and restaurants, knowing there are people that may take a glance at someone running spurs me on!!
The route is 4.8km, so just under 5km and it's a lot more even in terrain than at my previous house, so I can run a lot more of it. It will now be my basic route I think, for weeknights. Last night I completed it in 35 minutes, which I didn't think was horrible, especially considering I had to wait for a few minutes at some traffic lights.
Yay running!!

jmko Welcome back! It's nice to meet you - I'm new and also struggle to keep up with personals but I'm sure we'll both get there!

rainbow Vancouver is definitely no NZ, but it has the ocean, a moderate climate, and very few animals that are on a mission to scare the crap out of humans. And 4 years is nothing! I feel like I blinked and my 4 years of University were over. Also - good job with the running, I can't wait until I have the strength/energy to run outside.

Everyone who didn't judge me when I had a bad day Thanks so much, it is so good to be in a place where I can be honest and let people know when I've been bad and have a safe place to remotivate myself to go back on plan.

I've had an awesome day - very much on plan and this week is going to be great. I'm proud of myself for not letting one day turn into a week and then a month and then forgetting my goals completely.

I hope you all have successful weeks!!