Where is everyone? Have you all gone into winter hibernation or something?
I am going to need to be a little more disciplined if I am to lose any more weight. So I'm going right back to the basics, and I'll try to get myself in the right head space to drop the next few kilos.
I realised this morning that I don't have a routine anymore. Ever since I started shift work I have been really struggling to find a routine, and that needs to change. I also don't drink anywhere near enough water (it is 3.3ºC here at the moment - not very inspiring weather for water consumption). And I eat too many carbs since I have been working, and more processed food than ever… all bad habits that have crept back in to my life.
So it's back to the drawing board for me, and the first thing I need to challenge is my mindset. I need to STOP taking this stuff for granted, and get my head around the fact that I still need discipline, planning and routine in order to be successful.
i have set a new goal weight buit decided to make it a small one lol 20 pounds took so damn long so.. 2.4 sounds alot easier lol.. yeah i know mini mini goal lol but that will bring me down to 265.8 so .. im happy with that after that i will go for 270.8 and so on.. 5 pounds at a time from here on out.. at least that way it wont feel so huge.. i have been 100% op for about 3 weeks now i think so im doing great and feeling great .. working out most days and ive also joined a 100 push up challenge on the boards lol.. what a laugh that is im on the weakest level doing pushups on my knees but.. i am working hard so i dont mind.. its good fun ..
I'm here. Put on a few hundred grams. Too scared to look properly. Will do a better weigh in next week. And starting tomorrow I am going back to counting my calories. I am not going to do anything different, just watch whats happening for a couple of weeks. Then streamline everything.
Amy I'm a big believer in small, reachable goals - and I think five pounds is an excellent idea!
Vonni how is everything going with you? Are you coping?
I had an OK day yesterday - some things were good, some not so good, but today is a new day and hopefully I will reach all my goals. If I can just learn to drink enough water…
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hey ani - lack of routine i think is screwing with my weightloss world also, monday night i had to ditch two things just to have a night at home the first one in a week or so
i keep telling myself that will change in a couple of weeks but i have been getting more on my plate not less
my brother said that the pills i am taking would increase my appetite but they seem to be doing the oppposite - i am just not interested in food or hungry at strange times -
this week i think i lost the kilo i put on last week i am 88.4ish whateva it was it was less than 89 - jemima is 10.6kg, her helping is what meant i dont remember what i weighed and am not tortoring myself with an after brekky weigh in
amy - u go girl - goal weight carrot carrot woo hoo and your kitchen looks awesome all white - looks like u have a fancy smancy stove too!
vonni - you got to get facebook! how is your granddaughter??
It's my last day of working with the statue - yay! I was going to ring in sick, just to give myself the pleasure of never having to see her again, but I decided that would be poor form. So I will suck it up for the last few hours…
I'm really struggling with my weight loss at the moment. I don't know why, I just can't get my head right though - so I have made myself a promise that even if I can't lose anything I will NOT let myself go back over 78kg. That is the upper limit I have set myself, because if I can't lose anything I do not want to gain weight either.
My challenge here is to be patient with myself. I know I am gaining some muscle, and that I am adjusting to a completely different way of life. And I will find the answers - I just need some time.
But this is my firm promise to you girls, and to myself: while I'm sorting this stuff out, and learning to adapt to my new way of life I will NOT go back to old habits, I will NOT gain more than a kilo or so, and I will NOT quit.
One of the side-effects of losing all this weight is that I am freezing cold. I never used to feel the winter too much, and I don't even OWN enough jumpers and warm clothes… but without my extra layers of fat I am really feeling it. Maybe my body wants to hang on to some of this fat for winter - I just don't know .
hey i killed my elliptical.. it was a cheapy off of ebay with a max weight of 110 and i have been using it for a long time now and i aint no 110 lol .. so i have murdered it.. and at my top weight i must have been about 25 kilos above the top limit i reckon.. see before i got my scales i had already done 6-8 weeks of exercise so i had already lost weight .. and i di it all on that poor machine .. lol.. i have used it nearly every day for the last 6 months.. and they strain has well and truely got ot it now..
It was playing up a week ago the chain was slipping and i would just drop like a sack of spuds half way through the motion on the right leg.. So Joh pulled it apart and tightens the chain and it was ok.. for a week.. it was still making awful noises and clunking a bit.. but i stayed on it .. not much else i can do really.. so as the week has gone on it has got worse and worse.. now the flywheel is loose and is scraping againest the body of the machine and something else is sticking and the grindign and clunking.. well anyway.. last night there was an all mighty bang about 40 minutes into my ride .. and i looked down.. it was carrying on the whole time and very stiff.. .. There was metal shavings all over the floor and grease and grime.. and the elliptical can hardly move now.. the chain is still on.. but the wheel is flopping around as it turns and it looks as if it has snapped off its mount at the end.. so yeah no more elliptical .
I spent hours last night lookin on the net for another cheap one.. NO LUCK.. so then i decided to look at other machines like treadmills and bikes.. thereis even one of those strider things on there for $15 but since its 15 im guessing maybe its no good ..
I remembered that last time i went into kmart they had a fitness section.. and since i dont have 1000 to buy something in a sports shop i thought id go have a look..
and guess what.. they have a treadmill in there that supports 120kg (close enough im 121.. i can loose that before i get it) goes upto 13 kms an hour and was 399 minus 30% off this week.. $280... woohoo.. ( the lady said when they first got them they were 799) so if any of you guys want a treadmill go to kmart .. cant get them any cheaper then that.. im very happy and they let me put it on layby.. so even better .. I dont have the money till next week so im gonna pick it up then..
meanwhile i will have to get my aerobics and pilates out ..
Ani im glad statue is going i bet you held your head high knowing she was going lol I would have.. i would have got up thinking it was a victory not want to call in sick.. lol
Kel i hope you get some me time soon.. cant be easy running around so much .. i hope everything settles down and you can get back on track again.. you know you can do it you already lost 14.5 kg .. so there is your proof thats more then 30 pounds.. nothing wrong with that..
Vonni how you going? have you still got all 7 kids with you or did his kids move with him?
Amy what a bargain - how often were you using the elliptical? Last year I seriously looked into getting a treadmill, but realised I am one of those people who would madly use it for a month and then let it sit in a corner for years gathering dust.
I've had a shocker of a week, but I have a plan to get back on track tomorrow. I've just been feeling a bit overwhelmed by everything, and frustrated.
I've come to realise that my life is way out of balance; work is good, finances are tight, socially I'm as much a hermit as ever, and intellectually I am starved of challenges. Emotionally I haven't let myself feel or take risks for a long time… so it might be time to try and find a better balance.
Anyway, I start work at 6am so I had better start to get ready.
The elliptical i used most days.. on averrage 4-6 times a week .. for 20 40 or 60 minutes sometimes longer . i started out with 20-30 minutes and worked my way up to 60 minutes fairly quickly .. then i got stupid and tried to go further in that hour then i was .. and pissed myself off stopped using it for a week .. and then got back on and have used it pretty much for 40 minutes a day most days of the week ever since. I loved that machine and it loved me back it took away 20 pounds lol .. so heres hoping the treadmill will have the same loving relationship with me.. lol
Amy I got my elliptical from Kmart it cost me $160 on a hlaf price clearnace. No trouble with it -But then, it's been keeping Ani's past equip company colelcting the dust :-b
they elluiptical i saw in kmart was a good price too but max weight was 100 .. and im about 122 so i didnt want to risk it again .. We have just got home from Camerons school disco.. it waas great i spent most of the time dancing.. lol chicken dance, bus stop, macarana ,chicken dance again.. limbo.. and then leah wanted me to dance with her .. so .. 1 hour 30 minutes dance exercise for me today lol.. i was one of the only fools to get up and dance with the kids.. and when i left one of the mums called out cya party animal.. lol .. stuff them i had fun.. my friends got up and danced but my friends got up to so i wasnt alone..
its was great ..
anywa im off to go and watch bigbrother friday night.. cya later
My boss sent me home sick today (I'd already been there seven hours), but she got to work at 1.30pm, took one look at me and said: Go home - NOW! I was feeling pretty awful, and I got home and flopped on the lounge at 2pm. I woke up six hours later .
I never sleep during the day, so I must have been sick. But I think I may have overdone it a bit, because I lifted and shifted a lot of heavy bags of fertiliser and potting mix - more than 4000kg - by myself. I've only been awake an hour and I'm ready to go to bed again.
Tomorrow morning I start my newest food plan. After a shocker of a week it's time for me to pull my head in and get back to doing the things that I know will work.
carrot carrot woo hoo and your kitchen looks awesome all white - looks like u have a fancy smancy stove too!
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lol I would have.. i would have got up thinking it was a victory not want to call in sick.. lol
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