It's Monday! Time to start anew, again; rid ourselves of last weeks stresses, ups and downs and start all over again - for 7 days. Hah.
Ok guys, seriously...it's Monday. I feel like this year is already starting to quicken it's pace and scurry along! I know, it's only the second week of the year, but still! I have stuff I want to do this year and I don't want to waste it like I wasted a lot of last year.
KawaiiI'm awake! Awake! It's nearly 2.30pm here, I just haven't been online yet because of work and stuff...still at work, but here I am. You seem to have lots of social outings, it's a good thing!!
TheBunneh Go you for realising that one night slightly off plan isn't the end of things. It's a step I think a lot of us have to overcome - it's also often a lot easier to just blow it all out of proportion and say that since that's happened, you may as well go the whole way and eat whatever whenever. So you're doing well!
tara Congrats on the bagel resistance! I was craving bagels in the weekend, we had none. I was sure I'd frozen mini ones for that exact kind of circumstance but I feel that my mum might have thrown them out when cleaning out the freezer - I guess it's just as well!
Sorry if I missed anything else anyone had said after I last posted in the other thread, I tried to remember it all.
I weighed in slightly lower today, 148.8 pound, 67.5kg. That's the lowest weight I saw at all in December, but it was only once and at least a week before Christmas, so I'm glad to see it again. I feel like 65kg will be a milestone for me, so I'm looking forward to that point.
I slept TERRIBLY last night, I woke up sweaty all over (gross, I know) and I just couldn't seem to get comfortable or fall asleep for longer than what seemed like about 20 minutes at a time. It was horrible, I never sleep that badly. Needless to say, I woke up hating the world and not wanting to go anywhere. I'm at work now and I know that today I promised myself I would get back into the exercise after work, starting with a jog...can you all sense I totally am not feeling it? I can't remember how I used to do it..I know, I went home from work, got changed and just did it - but now I feel so much more like going home from work and veging out. Even going for a walk is more appealing than a jog, so I think that might be my saviour - I'll start out walking, and knowing me it will feel too slow for exercise, so hopefully I'll jog.
I hope your Sundays are ending well if you're still that way inclined :P And welcome to the new week everyone!
rainbow, aww, sorry you slept all crappy! are you sure you're not coming down with something? weirdly enough, i've been sleeping really well recently! i usually wake up several times a night and i've been waking up only once or twice, or none at all til like 7am or something! that is so huge for me! i mean, you can't really understand what it's like to NOT be able to get a full night of sleep ever!
oh yeah, this weekend did end up filling up with social events didn't it? lol. it sure didn't feel like that on saturday when i was sitting alone going insane cuz no one was answering my calls! lol. but i feel like i am making progress on my "friends" resolution, as my friend i met yesterday also wants to hang out more, and decreed that, since he has a class near my house, we should hang out every friday from now on. lol. i think he was also upset because i told him i was moving to tokyo in the summer! i thought for sure i had told him before, but i guess i didn't! he was like "noooo!" lol. which is sweet i guess.
Kawaii Ah yay, yay for new friends and old friends and seeing friends more. I'm starting off slow with mine, attempting to actually make an effort first off to see the friends I do have - was meant to see my close friend/person I share my painting studio with this week on my days off, but already it's been postponed til next week - my mum is the worst sick person ever and doesn't seem to understand the meaning of bedrest, so I'm going home to sort her out haha. I will force her to lie down, even if it's on the couch. I can't imagine not sleeping properly most nights, I'm glad you're experiencing some good sleep for once! Hopefully last night was just a one off - I tell you, over New Years on holiday, my boyfriend and I were sharing a super king sized bed, and I'm almost thinking that last night has something to do with sharing with him again, but in a double bed...the size difference is ridiculous. Anyway I am so looking forward to bed. OH and I just saw your photos over in the photo thread!! YOU ARE SO PRETTY!! You look great! And damn, I want cake.
taragettingthin I'm not on a specific plan, just calorie counting with a focus on eating mostly non processed foods (but I'm not %100 clean eating).
Great job on the workouts!
KawaiiCandie Thank you for the input and I do think what you said is right. But after thinking about it and going back and forth several more times I decided not to reset it, because while my legs fell off the wagon and got scraped on the road a bit I held on tight with both hands and didn't let myself go even though I really really wanted to. The ticker is counting from the day I decided I was going to get back on track and never let myself get derailed by one slip up again (because a slip up always turned into weeks of binging and punishing myself). So that is my plan, not to get lost in days and weeks of "it doesn't matter anymore." And I stayed on that plan. It might be deceiving for other people because they could get the impression it means I haven't gone over my calories in that long. But it's for me to remind myself of what I promised in November - that getting back up immediately no matter what is what counts.
ETA: Ha! I just remembered I can change the text. Doh! *hits head* So now it more clearly reflects what it's counting. Though I'm not happy with the wording it will do for now.
rainbowstripe So sorry you had a bad nights sleep. Good luck on your walk/jog!
Rainbow: I'm sorry about your bad sleep. I also do that alot. It has to be freezing in my house w/ some warm blankets for me to sleep well. That way I have an option of being warm or cold lol. I know I told you this on the 140-150's thread but yay for the scale lowering Kawaii: Awesome making progress on your making new friends resolution.
As for me..I'm glad it's a new week. This past week has kind of been a sucky one with my family ...or in particular my younger sister who gets herself into a lot of trouble. But it's over now. I start school this which and although I'm only going 2 days a week. I still have a full time schedule with 4 classes (2 online and 2 at my college). I have read a few of the syllabus and already feel overwhelemed and it doesn't help that the bookstore that sends me my online class books has yet to ship them to me so I will be getting the late. It sucks bad. But fingers crossed tomorrow goes good.
As for my weight.. this morning so a lower number 158.4! Very happy about that I don't remember when I last saw that number but can't wait until it goes away and I can see a lower number lol. My calorie range these past few weeks has been on the higher side which I'm not happy about. I feel like if I controlled my snacking a little bit thhat it would get under control...so I'm going to start that this week. As for exercise I have still been getting it in daily between 20-30 minutes a day. I know I could do more but my body has been feeling a little drained this past week.
Well I'm going to end this! I hope everyone has a swell beginning of the week and has had an awesome weekend!
JL Hah I'm the same, I'd rather it be cold so I could snuggle up in blankets than hot where I don't want blankets - but have to because I can't sleep properly without their weight! I hope you enjoy your first week back in school! What are you studying? Congrats on the new low as well!
rainbow I had a bad night last night too... a nightmare that felt so real. My house was robbed and I was at a gunpoint... but the "story" didn't make sense at all...of course.
JL Awesome on the new low! And good luck with classes. I originally registered for 3 classes but dropped the one that starts at the end of the month because I realized I will be very overwhelmed.
TheBunneh Way to go girl! Be strong! It's not about what others think but it's really all about you.
tara Creepy, I hate those sorts of dreams. I think I dreamt as well, but as often happens, I can't remember.
So I just realised that I made it so this week is going to be 8 days long :P I have REALLY good mathematical/calendar skills (sarcasmmmmm). Anyone know if I can edit the thread title so it says 16 instead of 17? Don't know about you but I like my weeks to be 7 days long
Rainbow Your sleep sounds like me the week before my scores and probably for the next month or so while I submit applications. If you can get yourself to do some work out though do! You'll appreciate it I wish I would get off my butt and do more working out. Hopefully this week now that test stress has passed.
JL Syllabus are meant to be overwhelming it's one way they kick out the kids who don't want to try. You should be fine since you're smart and dedicated. What are you getting your degree in? I miss college
Kawaii I feel like I might need a friend resolution too I never see anyone.
Alright girlies one good week on Weight Watchers almost down!!! I have 22 weekly points left and my week starts over tuesday morning. That is totally on plan and I am REALLY happy hopefully it will show up in the numbers too.
mybigwish I came home totally ready to go ...and when I got here my boyfriend was hanging out with a friend of ours and another friend who has just returned from nearly 2 years in China...so it has kind of gone out the window. At least I know I have a date with Zumba tomorrow night after work, and I never break my Zumba dates.
Rainbow- i am feeling you on the sleep. I think last night was the first night in a week that it was cool enough to sleep ok. And on the exercise too! Im easing back into it, I think half of it isnt the intensity, its getting back into the routine and not going "hmm hmm should i go today" but just being like, this is what I do at this time of day so I just do it without thinking
kawaii- that is sweet of him! And its nice to have set days to meet with friends I totally want a coffee buddy for 2011 well, we'll prob bring our own coffee since the economy is **** and a coffee is like half your pay check but still!
JL- glad the family stuff seems to be over for now Are you able to find the books online anywhere? Sometimes google books does preview chapters of things that can be useful, just until yours arrive.
JL and Rainbow- you are both nuts. I'd rather have a sleepless summer all year round than any kind of winter ever :P
I'm getting kinda excited about uni this year, which i know is kinda geeky but whatever. I still have the dilemma of what to do about my job, so I'm going to call my friend tomorrow who did the programme last year and see how it was for her and whether she thinks it would be manageable to work or not at the same time. It would suck to leave but I might have to fight the bullet.
In other news, I think my martial arts class starts up again for the year tomorrow so I'm excited about that. My resolution this year was to attend more classes more regularly and I'm going to try and stick to it. My boyfriend has started cycling and we write down his times and distances on the calendar so maybe i'll do something like that to keep me going.
Had an ok monday, got to the gym, did chores at home, called people I needed to call etc etc made good progress on paperworky stuff at work. nice. now to track my calories, update the 30 day on track challenge and have a rest!
Also i totally heart lisbeth salander at the moment. A bit through the third book (no spoilers please!) and she is totally my hero
Icon It felt cool enough, but turns out the reason I ended up sweating my brains out was because I stole all the blankets during the night - my boyfriend just told me he woke up to find me in a ball of duvet and sheet. Bleh. I hope you manage to work out your uni/work/life situation! I remember I struggled in my undergrad when I finally did get a job, and even then I was only working 1 day a week. Hah. I am pathetic. I did my Post Grad Diploma working Saturdays and Sundays and intended on just working Sundays through my Masters (which I didn't complete). What are you studying?
Rainbow- haha! We call that "spaghetti forking the blankets" in our house :P Not something to do in summer but something I do all the time in winter xD You should really stop that before you have heat stroke. I just did notetaking (for my own courses lol!) during my undergrad and PGDipSci, then for my masters I worked in some research places casually part time. Next year I'm doing my PGDipHealthPsych so I can get registered. I think note taking is probably the way to go again but i dunno what my schedule is going to even remotely look like. It might be better to stay at my current job and do one midnight 5 hr shift a week or something.
rainbow, thank you for the compliments on my pictures and yeah, haha, not sleeping well is not fun. i guess i'm just used to it, but people don't understand that i can't sleep less than 8 hours a night or i pass out... but it's because those 8 hours are interrupted sleep! and yeah, the friends thing, i'm trying to be better with the ones that i do have before i try and make new ones too! haha, good luck with your mom
bunneh, well that's good. it's all about how you see things in your head. you don't wanna make yourself miserable by feeling like you are lying to yourself.
JL, aaaah, school.... i SO don't miss it. lol. good luck with everything, and don't stress it too much!
well, just came back from my outing with my friend, and i think i did ok with my food, although it's kinda hard to know how many calories i ingested... we ran into these two guys we know at starbucks and ended up chatting with them and dragging them to take purikura with us, which was really funny. i also bought tix for an upcoming Miyavi concert for me and my friend, so now i am poor again!!
icon, i'm reading the first book now! lol. and i'm gonna go and curl up in bed with that and a mug of tea now! night all!
I had such a good weekend and I am SO sad to see it go!
I only made it to the gym 3x's last week so I need to step it up to atleast 4-5x's- that's my goal. I did paint our bedroom/bathroom yesterday so that helped burn SOME extra calories. I didn't do stellar with my eating over this past weekend, but back at it today! Hope everyone has a good Monday....or almost Tuesday depending!
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Good luck on your walk/jog!
well, we'll prob bring our own coffee since the economy is **** and a coffee is like half your pay check but still!
