Heather - I love going to concerts also! My music taste is a little different than yours but regardless, a concert is a concert and they are the best way to spend an evening! There's nothing like it! That's really cool that you got to meet one of the band members!! Good luck with your goals for this week!
Faerie - Don't apologize at all! That's what we're here for, you know! I think you have the right idea with giving the Wendy Plan a try. My aunt plateaued for nearly a month and as soon as she switched it up and changed her habits the weight started coming off again. It's so weird how our bodies work eh? I can't really offer any advice on your "other" problem, lol, but maybe if you drink more water or, as Faerie mentioned, try to get in some more good oils, they might help everything sort of uh... pass through better. I really don't know.
Kelijpa - Wow, I need to take a page out of your book! Doing that well while you're on vacation and eating out constantly is something you should be incredibly proud of. After losing this much weight
for my cruise I don't want to go on it and splurge and put some of it back on, though I guess now that I know I am capable of losing it, I know it will come back off, but it still worries me a lot! I hope that once I am faced with the dessert bar and multiple buffets that I will remember how much effort I have put into this and not go haywire. I always get sick when I travel. Have you ever tried Cold FX? Personally I don't believe in it because it's never worked for me before, but when I got back to school in January I was feeling a little under the weather the next day so I took it for three days (which was all I had) and it made me feel better, whether it actually was a cold I was getting or not. Maybe it's a psychological thing. I hope you feel better! I think you definitely have the right idea, curling up with some tea and not doing anything too stressful. Get well soon!
I've been doing quite well this week. I think now that the cruise is getting so close (less than a month!) I know I want to look and feel my best so I am even more willing to put the effort in. I'm even surprising myself at my choices these days. Like, for instance, yesterday we had a debate on 'A' (mainstream) films vs. 'B' (independent) films in my Exile Cinema class and there was a big box of chocolate for the winning team and I had just one while everyone else took a huge handful! Also, we had a society meeting at the pub last night (as you do, when in England!) and everyone was eating burgers and bangers & mash and creamy pasta dishes and I had a Diet Coke and came home to my frozen WW meal that I had planned to eat for dinner. Usually I would have chosen something moderately healthy, like a pasta with a tomato sauce, but I actually said no! I find the longer that I am doing this, and getting into the mindframe of being healthier, and seeing the results on the scale and in NSVs, that I am far more willing to work to make it happen. This is one of the best parts of my new lifestyle. As I said, I am even surprising myself!
Speaking of surprises, I hopped on the scale this morning and it said 153.6! My Easter goal was to see 153 on the scale so I am really close already! I don't weigh in until Tuesday so I may even be able to make it next week, which would be amazing. It got my day off to a good start!
I'm still piled under essays and I have to pack to go home and do laundry and everything before next Friday (we don't have a dryer, so I have to hang everything to dry, which is why I have to think about this 3-4 days ahead of time at least!) and sometimes it just seems like there's no way I'm going to get it all done.
I'm quite organized when it comes to deadlines but there's just so much to do! I can't wait, though, to be able to go visit my aunts/home/on a cruise and not have to worry about writing essays! I swear thinking about that is the only thing keeping me going!
Oh, I did finally purchase a bathing suit! I tried on so many, and as always seems to be the case, the one I bought was the most expensive. It's the most money I have ever spent on an article of clothing. I paid the same amount for a bathing suit that my housemate paid for a dress to wear to her friend's wedding. I do love it though. It's black with sort of a tropical paisley print on the bikini top (it's a tankini, but the "tank" part is solid black) and on the bottoms, and it has red ties. It's a halter top, so even though I burn like toast, maybe because it is only March I might get a bit of a colour that isn't red! Like what you said, Suite, about spending more on it because it's something you wouldn't mind wearing over and over again... yep, that's what I did. And I sure hope that it lasts me a long time for that amount of money! It did make me feel good, though, to put it on in the changing room and really notice how different I look compared to the last tankini I wore!
Okay, enough rambling from me. I know you all have far better things to do than read my silly post. I'm rarely the type of person to be openly proud about my accomplishments, but when it comes to NSVs and such like yesterday's pub outings, I can't even believe I have the willpower to say no! I really hope it continues for the rest of the week. I know I wouldn't have lasted this long without all of you guys sharing your goals and your successes and your problems so I really do owe a lot of my own success to the support that I have received here.
Thanks so much!!!
Heather! it's a long haul, so you have to pace yourself. We were talking about that walking today, lifestyle changes are becoming habits, we're all ahead of the game getting off to a good start this year and sticking with it. How many people have totally ditched their resolutions, just think if you let it go and then waited to start 'til next Jan. scares the bejeepers out of me.
. OH well. I'm making a more conscious effort to make better choices and that's more than I can say about myself about a month ago.