Amy I reckon your body is screaming at you to put some healthy food into it. At stressful and emotionally tough times our bodies hate the added pressure of trying to metabolise crap food. It's hard to deal with family crises, and awful when things are happening to friends - but don't punish yourself by eating rubbish and undoing the awesome work you've done .
Julia you go girl! I'm really happy to see you working to your plan.
All is good here - I'm just chipping away slowly, and hoping to see the scales go below 73kg before the end of the year.
180 minutes walking
1488 food calories
took multi
6 glasses of water
goals for tommorow..
walk again.. stick to cals .. up the water to at least 8 glasses
sorry about the pity party last night .. i was sitting here alone worrying about everything and crying.. but it has made me feel a bit better to just vent .. was too busy to think today and got my soapys coming on tv tonight so no time to think..
I had a great day yesterday. Was slightly over my points but I evened that out by having an awesome workout - ran for 40 minutes then walked for 15.
Goals for today are to stick to 20 points and to go hard at the gym tonight. The gym won't be a problem because I've got my personal trainer tonight and we're going through a new circuit programme and it looks HARD!
Quick question: What motivates you to drag your bum out of bed at an un-godly hour and go to the gym? I'm really struggling - I keep going 'tomorrow' and of course we know how that will end.
kylie - gym motivation
-if you go in the morning you dont have to go at night
-if you go you will build muscle and if you have muscle it eats your fat while you are doing nothing during the day
-if you are eating good going to the gym will accelerate weight loss
-once you get to the gym you will wake your body up and feel refreshed
-you will have half an hour to think about "stuff" and start sorting out your day before you have to get into it
amy - i was reading your post and letting jemima play with my camera at the same time... and she has a photo of me when i got to the part about your friend - i can not believe it! i honestly dont know how you stay so strong, i guess you just have to, i guess seeing all the things that can happen, happen so close to home it really makes you realise how lucky you are and makes you make the most of what you have
hungry jacks sucks for taking the baguettes off the menu, i had same problem a couple of weeks ago!
Kylie - Get a gym buddy, if you tell them your going then you will because they'll be there too and even if they don't show your already there so you may as well stay!
I am around, just in Virginia training a hospital with hot married guy. Well I was, he just left to go home. Now I'm staying with my aussie friend in Arlington for the holiday (it's Thanksgiving tomorrow) and heading back probably Sat. Then may have to go out of town again to North Carolina for an implant on Monday. Plus, my final paper is due for one of my classes next week - busy!!
Kylie I don't go to the gym. I'm a firm believer that you have to find exercise that you enjoy and look forward to, and for me it has always been walking and gardening.
If you're able to find something you actually like, it will make a lot of difference to your motivation.
Gen - good to hear from you. You do sound very busy!
I spent eight hours in the garden yesterday, and I created a new outdoor living area. I enclosed my fish pond with bricks, put bags of potting mix around, and planted ferns. Then I made a "verandah" with shadecloth and rope, and moved plants around - and then I mowed and fertilised the lawn. Slept well last night .
Today will be much more boring. Cleaning, shopping…
But am on plan with the weight loss, and working on earning that money for my spending frenzy!
Kylie, I am not a morning person so there is no way that I will drag myself out of bed to go to the gym! I do go most nights after work though and what makes me go is that I've made it my routine.
A couple of things that help to keep me motivated are: I keep a star chart on my fridge. All it's got is a box for each day of the week and the days I go to the gym, I put a star in the box. I hate seeing empty boxes so that encourages me to go!
My trainer has set me the goal of doing 240 minutes cardio each week and I know that the only way I'll achieve that is to exercise about 5 times a week. I keep a running total in my diary and that keeps me active too.
This morning was very unusual for me in that I woke up at 5am and couldn't get back to sleep so I got up and went for a 60 minute walk Feeling very virtuous now!
I'm on a course today and that's likely to finish at around 4pm so I'll look forward to being able to go straight home to relax and not have to think about having to go to the gym.
hey guys weigh in day for me.. and i have actuially lost weight this week.. my 111.7 is now 111.6 LMAO.. but im happy becuase it has moved in the right direction.
Having john home has made me very happy.. we went fishing yesterday kiddo free and enjoyed ourselves.. we caught some reeds.. a few leaves and then some rain and we went to the shops instead. .. but it was still fun.. .. we bought a movie while p the shops and watched it with the kids last night .. we were all asleep early after that .. 9 pm my eyes were shut..
Anyway got playgroup today then the school disco tonight .. tommorow Cameron has a birthday party to go to at the picture theatre. that chiuaua film.. and sunday we plan on dumping the kids off somewhere and going to watch a film ourselves. ..
. cya guys later..
oh yeah and kylie i agree with ani you have to find something you enjoy.. I love swimming.. so i do that and aqua .. i also like walking .. which is good.. the walk to and from school is 60 minutes . so if i do that 2/3 times in a day or even once there is my exercise.. and then at home i have wiifit.. and the elliptical.. ( which is fun if i have something good to watch whilst on it.... bring back the biggest loser !! lol) .. ok im off gotta get the kidlets ready for school.. cya later
Thanks for your ideas. I guess I've joined the gym because it's convenient, and it was easy. It's not the right season for hockey, so I wont be playing that.
It's just the 'early' part that isn't great. If I had a choice, I would be a morning person. I love mornings. They are just really hard to get up for!
I lost the plot completely over the weekend in regards to my food intake. Was bad, bad, bad!
Back on track today though and looking forward to a good week. It's that time of the month and I'm feeling pretty blah. No gym tonight as I'm getting my tattoo finished.
I had 2 days off work to attend a course last week and it was really good. It was all about "realising your potential" and it's given me a lot to think about. Both in my personal life and my work.
That course sounds interesting Julia, I hope you get some long-term benefit from it.
Where is everyone? I know Lindor is in Darwin, but where's everyone else?
All is good here, and I'm still feeling motivated. My goal for this month is to try and find some balance. I had a look back over the past few months, and realised that I seem to have two good weeks and then two bad ones - so I am constantly undoing the damage of the bad weeks. If I can just be a little more consistent I will be happy.
I'm not sure how I will go but I have re-set my goal for December and I am going to work hard and try to get below 72kg by the end of this month.
In all honesty I don't feel like I am close to my goal. I am still carrying a lot of fat on my body, and I can't see how another 5kg is going to make a significant difference.I'm not aiming to get skinny - just to a healthy weight - but I would be disappointed if I get to goal and I still have a lot of fat on me.
Am I doing something wrong? Am I being impatient or unrealistic? I guess the next six months is going to be an adventure, and a bit of a journey of discovery for me. Hmmm…
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.. but it was still fun.. .. we bought a movie while p the shops and watched it with the kids last night .. we were all asleep early after that .. 9 pm my eyes were shut.. 
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