Hi tsots

I only had a couple of Oh My Gods, but it was worth it! A few people didn't recognise me! Ha!

I went shopping for wedding dresses and almost all the samples that were a size 12 (US8) fit I didn't find one I liked though.

Managed a clean eating day on Saturday, but Sunday tripped me up since I was tired and people were talking weddings which stresses me out because we haven't even registered our intent yet!!!! Argh!

I'm back to kickboxing today. I think I will reintroduce exercise slowly. I'll be kickboxing this week, then I'll add weights or running in next week and see how it goes from there.

Feeling slow today, still a bit tired but will cope!

Tsots!

2frus, try not to stress over your wedding plans. Everything ALWAYS comes together in the end. Even if something goes awry on the big day (although it probably won't!) you are still married when it is all said and done!

Well, I've finally bitten the bullet and dropped my calories to 1200-1300. I've gotten a few days under my belt and am starting to redefine my comfort zone once again. I'd forgotten how good it felt to have that empty (not hungry, just empty) feeling. I get an overwhelming sense of control that I absolutley love. Also, I'm eating much better food. 1600-1800 calories a day leaves a little room for junk every now and them. But, if I want to be satisfied on 1200-1300 I have to pay special attention to the quality of my food. I've still been horribly inconsistent where exercise is concerned. I haven't gone to the gym since I've had pink eye but there is no reason I couldn't have taken a walk/jog around the neighborhood. My eyes are clear now, though, so I have no excuses not to get my butt back to the gym. I am in desperate need of some weight work. I feel like such a weakling if I go too long without them. Our weather has been awesome so I'll be taking walks in the mornings and evenings in addition to my actual mid-day workout. Summers in the South are killer but I love that spring comes so early!

Here is to a great day!

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I'm not really stressing out about wedding plans but I got SMS messages from DF on Saturday night talking about the bar and how much we could spend and whether we would buy people drinks. All while I was out clubbing with friends, which was a BIT annoying, then on Sunday I had the 'rents trying to get me to scrimp and save. Like I'm going to splash out a grand for a dress or anything. I'm looking for something cheap, but these flamin things cost money! And the fact that the dress I want is proving so hard to find, oh and THEN today I tried to put a hold on the dates we want and there's other people with a hold on those dates. Gah!

I know it will all work out in the end, and I'm not going to be really anal and want things just so, I just want to have a flamin party with lots of flowing wine and a pretty dress. Is that too much to ask?

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2frus~~I feel for you on the wedding plans. It's been almost 10 years and I still have nightmares. Our big issues though were dealing with two different religions. I bought my dress from a rental place. I got it cheap because it had been rented before. It didn't bother me at all because it looked brand new and the only people that knew it wasn't were myself and my mom. Just an idea. It's not for everyone.

Hope everyone else is doing well. I'm still at ticker weight after the weekend which is progress for me. I usually come out of the weekend a pound or two heavier. Hope to see a loss this week.

Gaylyn

I wouldn't mind getting a rental dress, but I don't think there are many places that rent them out over here. It seems to be that people buy their dress and that's it. I've even started keeping an eye out in charity shops or just ordinary pretty white dresses!! Anyway, I've seen a reasonably cheap one that I will have to try on some time.

Our main problem is the drinks, I'd like to treat everyone to a drink without being stingy but the drinks prices are obscene at the place we've chosen. I really want to have the reception there and the food isn't bad value, but they are averaging the equivalent of $6 per drink! Anywho, we kinda decided that we would do a first drink paid for by us, then free champers with the cake and that's enough.

Anyway enough about weddings! I've still got the scales hidden and hidden they will stay! They are staying hidden because... This time last year I weighed about the same as I do now. At the weekend I managed to get hold of some trousers that I wore to work. They were a size 18 (US 14) and they were slightly baggy, but wearable. I sometimes put a pin in them, but most times the belt thingy held them up. So I tried them on last night and they fell to the floor

Also a dress (of my mum's from the 70s) That I had to be squeezed into in December zips up perfectly now. Hooray! So inches not pounds It's all good.

Went over calories a little bit yesterday, but am cutting back today to zig zag, so it should be ok.

Hope everyone's having a good day

Have you all been to www.stumptuous.com
Click on 'iron' and enjoy!

I was there yesterday looking for a 2 day whole body workout. I am rearranging my workouts so I burn out less!

Had a GREAT kickboxing class last night, I really pushed myself and managed to nail some more back kicks. Albeit slowly, but they still rock! Hurrah!

Had a great eating day yesterday, DF brought toffee pecan danish pastries home from Tesco and I had 2 bites of the two pastries he bought. He is taking the other one to work today Oh bless, and he also bought me some miniature daffodils. Although there is a pepperoni pizza in the fridge, so that's one of my free meals of the week tonight!

Calories are looking good so far, had a slight slip on Monday to 2150, but down to 1450 yesterday and probably about 1500 today. Hurrah! It might all even out.

Keep on keepin on everyone

2frus~~ Good for you on only having two bites!

I have company coming tomorrow so today I baked a pecan pie, apple pie, strawberry cheesecake squares and tonight my dd and I are going to do the chocolate chip cookies. I've went and figured out calorie counts on everything so I'll know what I'm getting into if I decide to have some. Did you know that 1/8 of Pecan pie is 500Cals??? A whole pie is 4000. Wow!!

Gaylyn

I had a piece of pecan pie while we were south and it was bigger than 1/8th. oooooooo!


Oh I forgot what I came here to say. I actually, honestly did a decent 25 minutes of weights today. I did!

Since I'm forever tellin' folks that it's cardio, weights and eating less that works ... I figured I'd better get about it.

If someone came to you and asked you how to 'kick it up a notch' to lose the last few pounds ... what would you tell them?

Ugh. My eating has been terrible - not overall calories but too much junk. I've been busting my rear end around the house. Our new furniture was delivered yesterday so I had to do some rearranging. An antique rocking chair of DH grandmother didn't match the new stuff so I got busy refinishing it, that lead to me refinishing our front door (still in progress). The twins are at my mother's house spending the night so my oldest son and I went and bought some new accessories for the den and front porch. I found the furniture I want to put on the porch but can't find the swing I'm looking for.

Anyway, all that to say that I haven't taken the time that I should between projects to eat like I should or exercise. I actually forgot about dinner last night and so we had to order pizza and tonight we took DS out to his favorite Mexican place for a little one on one dinner. I made good choices and ate reasonable portions, but blech, even small portions of that stuff is so heavy these days.

Spring Break starts next week and DH will be off of work. That means plenty of "me" time. I may just see if they will let me spend the night at the gym. I have some catching up to do there. If I'm MIA next week you know where I am!

Hello!

I have learned that pizza is not filling... I saved myself for pizza yesterday. Had a quarter, then another quarter an hour later, then was still hungry, so had a happy apple, 2 ryvitas and an oatcake with honey and peanut butter. Oh crap and I remembered I had the last of my Ben and Jerry's frozen yoghurt!

It seems that my calories are naturally going up and down, eg 2150 Mon, 1500 Tues, 2150 Wed, approx 1500 Thurs... How crazy is that?! Also I seem to be eating less on crazy workout days, which makes sense because I find exercise reduces my appetite, but I think I should be eating more on an exercise day to fuel me through, but (I'm going to start talking deficits and things) surely, if I have a small defecit (if any) on Mon & Wed, then a HUGE (about 1000kcals or more) defecit on Tues and Thurs, well that's going to keep my body guessing isn't it? Well I'll see what happens

Hmmm yes, so anyway, what would I recommend to someone wanting to get the last few lbs off? Eat clean and do HIIT! Is that going to work for me? Yes. Is that going to happen? Probably not... I'm trying to nix free days and have "free meals" eg the pizza last night. I really don't have a workout day free for HIIT, but a Thursday circuit class is about as good

Oh I'm reading a women's boxing book at the moment, I started it in the bath last night... It's enlightening but not as good (yet) as the other boxing book I read. It hasn't made me want to hit people yet!

Okay off to fuel myself with orange squash and start the day - :

What's orange squash?

I think you guys call it Kool Aid It's a concentrated juice drink, you put about half and inch in the bottom of a glass and add water. It's better than plain water, and the non-added sugar ones are still tasty!

I woke up to a very nice scale this morning!!

150!!!!

After a month of bouncing around 155-153. WHOOHOO!!! AND my waist measurement is in the 20's for the first time. Now hopefully I can keep my food in check while my company is here.

Susan~~I have no idea what I'd tell them. Maybe just to keep it going and keep a close eye on your food intake. It's so easy to slip in a few extra bites here and there and they really add up.

Have a great day ladies!!

Gaylyn

Woooohoooo! Well done Gaylyn