Sunday again folks! How's your week been? Anything special for this week?
I am finding (again, no surprise) that it's all about clean eating, low fat, smart carbs ... Making sure cardio actually is heart rate raising exercise ... Weight lifting that's strenuous ... You know ... the basics duh!
I should have my own mantra tattoo'd on my palms or something.

I have made a plan - thank goodness. The week before last I drifted badly and put on some weight. Last week I ate Italy and based on how I feel (can't face weighing myself) I am probably back to where I started at the beginning of January 158 ish. I'm going to focus short term on the UK fat chicks Easter challenge which gives me 7 weeks to get to 145 which seemed emminently achievable back at the beginning of January but now it's looking like I need to buck up my ideas.

Anyway the plan is 5 days at 1300 calories and 2 at 1400. 45 mins exercise on at least 4 days. Back on my chocolate ban. Come here everyday and try to learn a bit more. I'm glad that I've got my head back in the game - just need to see those numbers moving down on the scale.

I've started a new goal this month. Now that I have a HRM I've told myself that I need to burn a minimum of 500 calories a day. It's working out that I'm actually burning a lot more than that on most days because I find it so motivational. Yesterday I burned 806 calories through exercise. Today I plan to go to the gym in time to watch my favorite tv shows on the elliptical so that I can be working out when I would otherwise be watching tv on the couch. Here's hoping the scale moves again after my January hiatus.

I got my menu for the week done and have bought all the ingredients for all the recipes. I went out today and bought a digital food scale so I can be sure I'm eating the right sized portions and so I can keep those calories in control!!! I didn't make it on my walk this morning, but I did buy a stability ball and can't wait to use it tomorrow with some of DD's dumbbells.

goals: stop eating needless sweets! No more cookies mostly. I'm doing pretty good with everything else...I should be getting more exercise, but I have lots of work to do before reading break.

More veggies, too.

Last week was terrible for me; I had a small party on Saturday night and of course there were leftovers so I ate leftover cake and Indian food all week then capped the week off with another party (thrown by someone else, thankfully, so I don't have any leftovers from this one) on Friday night. But this week I am starting fresh. All the tempting food that I've been having trouble resisting is gone (except the chocolate covered espresso beans, but those are my SO's so I can't get rid of them), I'm back to logging everything, and I've planned out all my meals.

One bright spot is that I added one day of swimming back to my exercise routine. I had stopped doing this for a variety of reasons. I has horribly sick with some virus in early January and couldn't leave the house, much less work out, for a week and my cardio still hasn't come back completely. I think the swimming last week helped so I have hopes that if I keep it up I'll finally get back to where I was before. I've also added a mile to my weekend run, so I'm up to six miles now.

I've pumped up my new stability ball and moved DD's dumbbells into our extra bedroom so I'm all set for a workout tomorrow morning!!! I'm excited about the new digital food scale--DS has learned the basics so he can help me if he wants (he's secretly loving a new healthy lifestyle--he won't even salt his broccoli let alone drown it in Ranch dressing like DH and DD!!!).

Morning! (well for me it is anyway!)
New here but thought I'd start as I mean to continue and that means getting on the forums for a bit of support!
I have 4 deadlines at university this week, so my goal is to stay reasonably healthy, keep within WW points despite the stress thats going to pile on and the late nights to come! Will tackle my diet coke addiction next week cos I think I'll need it for the next few days.
I am also aiming for 4 gym visits this week... as in visiting to actually workout, not just going to sit in the spa!
Hope you all have a great week!

Hello all!

Did a 10K run on Saturday and surprised myself by getting my usual time even though I hadn't run AT ALL since My half marathon in October '06 Things are looking optimistic for the full marathon in October '07

Ate pretty well on Saturday, DH bought chips (fries) on Saturday lunch and I couldn't stand them They were REALLY greasy, but in reality they were just chips! I just haven't had them in such a long time!

Yesterday became a carb-fest Unfortunately we went out for lunch and I made healthy but unwise decisions. Hummous and vegetable sandwich and some mozzarella salad and a big sticky flapjack/caramel bar thing for afters Then I promptly crashed and had an egg on toast when I got home. I made cheesy rock buns for dinner and nibbled my way through the baking stages then ate a huge bowl of cereal in the evening However I was ROASTING while we were in bed, so one can only hope that was my metabolism roaring away to burn off the calories! I'm sure I did ok though even though the scales have crept up a couple of pounds since Friday. I haven't been 100% but I'm cutting back the zig-zagging calories this week to see if it will help. I'm pretty thirsty today so I hope the couple of pounds this morning is water weight!

Also my knee is grumbling at me since Saturday, so I might just take it easy for a day or two. I know I need new trainers, so no more running till the end of the month

Morning everyone. Oh I had a lovely dreamless sleep later this morning and feel good!
I think I'll go shopping this morning and buy some lovely protein to bag into individual servings.

I didn't see this thread yesterday!! I've done good last, although I had wine and nuts, and through the weekend with only some minor mishaps... the good news is that after a weekend I am still in the 140's although HIGH 40's but nonetheless NOT in the 50's...

This weeks plan is the same as last week's : exercise, clean foods, water, "the basics, duh" ... so easily said than done, but I'm gonna do it .... My soup of the week is made, minestrone again, it was so good that we all liked it... I have 4 days of stell cut oats made, so that's a no brainer also...

Ok off to the gym for a Bosu leg workout TTFN

2F -- Was the 10k a race? ... Lucky you you did so well even after no running , I wish!!

Hello, Everyone.
I'm new here and was directed by alinnell (thank you very much!) to this forum as I don't have a lot to lose, but...
I've become very aware that if I continue down the path I've been on, I have excellent potential to get very large, very quickly.
(See my original post, on the Introductions forum for more about me, if you're really interested. )

I've always struggled with my weight and it's very depressing to realize that I can't eat whatever I want for the rest of my life, unless I become a marathon runner. But please understand that "whatever I want" usually means an entire frozen pizza!! Not one or two pieces- the ENTIRE thing! And I DO. NOT. run. I can walk for miles and I love the elliptical, but my body balks the minute I try to step it up and run and I pay attention to what my body tells me. Some of us are runners, some are not. Maybe some day I can teach myself to run, but for now I'm going to work on walking regularly. One thing at at time!

I've tried Atkins and the low fat thing and hated them. Right now, I'm just trying to teach myself to eat healthy. I find it amazing how quickly I forget, but it doesn't help that the entire country seems to be against intelligent eating. Serving sizes at restaurants are huge, organic food is so expensive, etc. I want to eat well, I really do. It's just hard to avoid convenient, chemical-filled junk when you're stressed and in a hurry. Sigh.

So, my goals for the week:
1. I will go to the gym three days this week. I WILL go. I will not accept any excuses from myself on why I can't make it to the gym today.

2. I will pay attention to what I'm eating and make good decisions about what I put in my body.

3. I will go to bed at 10:00 every night. No excuses. I can't face the day tired anymore!

Have a good week, all.

Georgie

Hi georgie!

Ilene - yes it was a 10K I'm pretty impressed with myself even though I was beating myself up at about the 8k mark for not doing any training. I was about crying and quitting but erm... Well, the Spice Girls came on my shuffle And we had a little jog together! I think if I'd remembered to start my stopwatch at the start, rather than at the 1k mark I would've pushed my self a little harder and maybe got a pb! I was 2 or 3 minutes slower than my pb I'm accounting it to 1) Starting to squat REALLY heavy and 2) keeping fit doing HIIT and kickboxing.

Oh yeah and it was COLD! Man was it cold! All my saliva turned to goo and I couldn't breathe for the first lap, but there you go! I made it though!