If only that meant I didn't have to go to work, but unfortunately all it represents is a day off from exercising. I am 'supposed' to be following a training programme which has the longest run on a Sunday and then suggests you rest the day after. So I am happy to go along with that
I thought I would be really stiff today after yesterday, well I am, just a little, but not as bad as I was after Davina
Have you seen the photo in my previous blog ? It's me and Harry-J in the snow, you can see by his face he is NOT impressed. My DD added it for me, ha! surely you didn't think I was clever enough to do that ?? It's lovely though, thank you DD xx
I am going to have a light breakfast today, a WW yoghurt and kiwi fruit, infact I hope to have a 'light' day. Tomorrow will be the same, but I will go to the gym and see if I can do another couple of miles, before dance-fit and WI on Wednesday.
To be very honest I have started to get a little 'cocky' with my diet now. Not being so careful with weighing things out and writing it down. Although as I have been doing this since August I don't think thats bad going. Once upon a time my idea of a food diary was filling it in for the first week or so, so I reckon I haven't done too badly this time round.
I will get myself back into it though, it is better to weigh and write it all down, so after this WI I will do just that
There's a dusting of snow outside today, I am so pleased my car is outside this week
Have a lovely day, I'll catch up with you all later
Jxx
PS - What is going on with this Shannon abduction business on the TV ?? It just gets worsel !!
It started off with a Dance Fit class at 9am on Saturday. It's such good fun, the trainer is a dead ringer for my son, but you wouldn't get my son taking a room full of woman (and one bloke - bless) for an hours worth of dance class
Once he'd taught us the routine, he then explained that we would be dancing to a Christina Aguilera track which has a short intro, so during the intro he got us doing all these sexy, seductive moves ready to go straight into the routine.
It was so funny, there is no other place you'd get me doing something like that
Then I shot off to pick Harry-J up. Once grumpy grandad went off to golf the heavens opened, and Nana did her best not to laugh out loud Then the pair of us went to visit my sister and my 2 nephews. It was great to see the boys all together. We have my nephew, 'big' Harry, he's 8, my grandson 'little' Harry (otherwise known as Harry-J) he's 17 months, and my little nephew Albie who had his first birthday on March 31st. This is where the dare I set on Friday went out the window - well what do you expect being left with 2 under 2s There was no surprise a bottle of vino found it's way out the fridge was there ??
When the OH's got back from golf, grandad wasn't so grumpy, which we were all pleased about and then I dished up chicken fahita's - yum yum
H-J had a lovely time with his cousins, and once we got home he went straight to bed no problem. So I was right in with-holding that information after all
We woke up this morning to about 6" of snow, it was beautiful !!!
H-J wasn't as impressed as I'd have thought he would be, infact by the time we got the chance to get out side and see what he really thought, it had started to melt away, which turned out to be just what H-J wanted, he wasn't happy at all, and was much more concerned with getting back in the warm. I made grandad take a photo of us and then my little grandson's wish was granted
After lunch Harry got his things together (OK, I did!) and I took him back to mummy. She was pleased to see him, and he looked quite upset to see me go, which was sweet.....
Then I set off to accomplish my mission.................
Just as I dared you lot on Friday not to indulge in any alcoholic beverages over the weekend, a 'friend' of mine dared me to do some running
Well, to my amazement (as well as your's no doubt!) I managed FIVE miles !!!!
Yes, '5', that's 1, 2, 3, 4, FIVE !!!!!
I will now be honest and explain how I achieved it
(No ! I didn't use the car !! )
I did a mile, and found it hard going. I tend to try to up the speed to 'get it over with' quicker but it seems, as soon as I start running (on the treadmill) my body thinks it's time to find the nearest loo
I was wondering whether my mind was playing games with me, and the feeling may pass, but it didn't. So after the first mile I went off to 'powder my nose' - my brain wasn't playing games, which I was delighted about
So, back to the treadmill I went. I then tried to find a more comfortable pace, to try to ease me into it a little. 5.5 seems to suit me, which is a 10.54 mile. I did 2 miles in one go, which also works out to approx 100 calories per mile - marvellous
I gave myself another little break by doing some upper body weights, not for too long at all, I wanted to get back on the same treadmill and carry on watching the film Big which was on TV. So off I went again, and managed another 2 miles
Blimey, I have NEVER run 5 miles in one day before, I was sooooo proud of myself, and so please that my 'friend' dared me like she did
I say the word friend in inverted coma's because what sort of 'friend' would dare you to do something so awful ???? But to be fair, I needed a dare like that to get my mojo back, and it really helped, so THANK YOU FRIEND
OK, time to get the spuds in, if my legs will allow me to get up from the sofa
I hope you managed to achieve something this weekend, even if it was a rotten hang over after a brilliant night out
Especially when your DH calls you just as your leaving work and suggests meeting him for a drink in the local pub, and the weather is still gorgeous enough to put the roof down on the little car and sit out in the sun shine with your sun glasses on (and your big winter boots ??) and enjoy a sneaky Bacardi n Coke - Marvellous
This is the life
Because, I now have a WW curry in the oven, my lap top in position, and DH has gone out with his mates - I love having the sofa and TV to myself
Not all the time to be fair, it is nice when we spend some time together, but 2 days in a row can be a little detrimental to our happy marriage
Wait til tomorrow when we have our little grandson over to stay, I have been warned that he is out of his routine and not as angelic as usual. I haven't mentioned this to grandad yet, infact I think I will withhold this information on a 'need to know' basis, and grandad doesn't need to know
So, I will now find something that 'I' want to watch on the TV, and completely enjoy the peace and quiet, before he falls through the door at some ungodly hour
Oh, just thought I would let you know, I am till suffering from stomach cramps after those blinking WW sweets. I still have a couple of packets in my drawer at work, but when I saw them sitting there I closed the drawer real quick !
OK, time for me to dish my curry up, you lot have a lovely evening and a great weekend, lets see if we can get through this one without alcohol - "dare ya"
That is what it says in itzy bitzy print on the side of the packet of WW Caramel & Chocolate Melts, it must say it on the side of the mint one's as well, cos I had a whole pack of them too
Terrible thing is, when I read things like that I emphasise the word 'MAY', which means I don't truely believe it will act as a laxative, and that they are just covering themselves.
Well, to stop my over indulgence never happening again I think it best I refrain from buying these products from now on
If they aren't here I can't eat them
I do buy their chocolate bars, Rich Toffee Bar and Berry Bar, but I don't eat more than one, perhaps 2 in a day, so I don't notice a problem with those - thankfully !! Rich Toffee Bar's have helped me through this healthy eating life style, I couldn't do with out them - ooooo and their biscuits, they're lovely too
Well with all this talk of food I think it is time I got my breakfast, no idea what I'm gonna have yet, but it won't involve Caramel & Chocolate Melts I can tell you !!
Have a lovely day everyone - it's FRIDAY - WOO HOO !!
Neither have I, but after 2 packets of WW sweets I reckon I have found an alternative, and god is it horrible
I guess if you are really desperate this would be a good thing to do the day before your WI, but considering I got weighed yesterday, and today I could pig out with the hope I got away with it, I guess eating 2 packets of WW sweets wasn't the best option today
When I first started WW I was so pleased that they provided some form of 'heaven' that we could eat without too much worry (ie the sweets they do) I used to buy them and they would last a whole week. I'd occasionally have a sweet here and a sweet there, and thoroughly enjoy them.
Now, I just shovel them in, like I used to with 'normal' sweets, until they have all gone, so no-one else gets a look in (not that anyone wants to share my WW sweets to be honest) except 'normal' sweets haven't got the laxative content these things seems to have - although 'normal' sweets haven't got the point value WW one's have either come to think of it
Last December I went to see Michael Buble and I had an horrendous stomach ache, which spoilt most of my evening, and the only thing I could put it own to were the WW sweets.
The other month again I had a tremendous stomach ache, I thought it might be the sweets, but it might also be the TOM. Then today as I munched my way through sweet after sweet, I was telling myself I was heading for a stomach ache, but this time it seems to have attacked me in the form of a colonic irrigation
How stupid am I ???
I am such a pig !!!! But they only cost me 2 points, they lasted all day and I reckon I have lost 2lb since I got home from work
Oh, the "only" (ha !!) down side to this is, I didn't think it best I went to my Salsa-cise class tonight, for obvious reason
The day started not so good, cos as I walked to work 2 colleagues drove past me, leaving me to continue walking for another 20 minutes
If I hadn't have seen them I would have been fine, but to be fair I am glad I did the walk in the end, even though it plays havoc with my hair do
First miracle was the fact my lil car got better, and I was able to pick her up Thankfully the problems were covered by the warranty, so it wasn't so bad. My lovely dad picked me up from work to get my car.
Second miracle was I managed to collect my car, get home, changed and to the gym just in time for my dance-fit class - marvellous
Then, the biggest miracle of all was my WI. As I stood guiltily on the scales (I never look down !!) I made my excuses "I am not expecting anything this week, cos I had a 'good' weekend" well, it seems I was better than I thought, I lost a pound
Straight away, this blinking WW leader said "well you better be careful, cos you could put it on next week" - see what I mean about her ?? so inspiring isn't she, OK she may be right, but she just doesn't seem to have the 'patter' a leader should have if you ask me !!
Anyway, after she said that I touched wood, so that'll be OK then
The thing with a loss is that I find it SO inspiring, I came home and dished myself up a lovely dinner, with lots of salad to fill me up, along with pizza and garlic bread to be honest, but all within my daily points, and I am now the proud owner of a new exercise DVD 'Turbo Jam'. It was recommended by another EP'er. I have 'watched' a bit of it, and it looks like good fun, hopefully it won't end up with Davina I don't think it will though, this is dance based, which you know I love, so I am looking forward to giving it a go
Anyway, I have got away with 'it' by the skin of my teeth again this week, and am still amazingly 10 stone something - THANK GOD !!
Actually, I am not a religious person so I shouldn't really say that, but I am sure there is some devine intervention here, it can't all be me surely ??
I hope you are all doing fine
Bye for now
Jxx
Oh yeah -
My BMI was 32, it's now 26 - just one point over what it should be - fantastic
My lil car is still not better, so I am walking to work again today. Well, so long as it isn't raining I don't mind, it's not a bad walk.
I still LOVE my old scales at home, they weighed me in under the 11 stone mark, which is very sweet of them
I made spaghetti bolognaise last night, I cheated with a jar of 'light' sauce, and was so looking forward to a big, filling meal. I did some garlic bread to go with it, but as I am partial to garlic bread I only cooked half a baguette, so there wouldn't be lots left for me to pig-out on
I really enjoyed my meal, and ate it all up, but god, did I feel YUK afterwards My body hasn't felt so stuffed in months n months, probably since before I started this diet. It wasn't a nice feeling, so perhaps that tells me I can't eat like I used to - which is definitely a good thing !
I may not be able to actually 'eat' the way I used to, but my brain is still the glutton it used to be. Even though I was uncomfortably 'full' last night, I was still craving chocolate It really got me down, I did try to take myself away from the temptation for a while, but in the end I gave myself a WW chocolate bar, well at least I could count it, and I still had some points left.
Anyway, it seems to me that I won't be able to get to my dance fit class tonight, because I have to pick my car up but I will be able to get to my WW class to find out if I have gone up a stone marker after my lovely weekend away
We have a new WW leader, she is new to it, and she is nervous. We are not enjoying her classes yet, she doesn't seem to be a 'naturally' inspiring person. She has lost 5 stone herself with WW, but she doesn't seem to have the knack to make you feel better when things aren't going so well, infact she has a bit of a script which she uses every blinking week, I will see if I can continue to attend the same class up until I get to goal, but I may have a word with some of the other girls and see if there is another class nearby, cos this woman is beginning to drive me mad !! The original lady was like a 'mate' to me, I really miss her, she was lovely.
Walking 2.5 miles to work cos my lil car failed her 1st MOT yesterday and will be ready to collect tonight instead
So I have to leave an hour earlier to be able to walk to work, I could get a cab, but I have chosen to walk, so I think I am being quite good
Anyway, I'll finish my porridge and off I'll trott
Have a lovely April Fools Day
Jxx
WALK TO WORK UPDATE ...
Lunch time now, and I am a prisoner at work, cos my car is still being fixed, under warranty apparenlty (blinking hope so !)
It wasn't raining when I left for work this morning, but about a mile into the journey it did start spitting, thankfully I had a battered old brolly in my bag, more a wind break than an umberella, my hair looks like I've just got out of bed
I didn't look at my watch until I got to work, and I beat my previous time for walking to work by 10 minutes and I didn't even think I was pushing myself - double
Anyway, gonna stop myself from working by reading my WW magazine after having my WW soup & WW bread, I hope your day is going OK
We went to see The Jersey Boys at the Prince Edwards Theatre in London and had a meal in J Sheeky's fish restaurant afterwards. We even got to stay over night in a hotel in Mayfair
We were celebrating DHs birthday, it was lovely getting all dressed up, I felt fantastic in my lovely new dress, which I have only worn once before.
I did not let my diet make me feel guilty, I just enjoyed my weekend, and the Japanese lunch time meal we had the next day, Oh and the fizzy stuff we finished the weekend off with at my dad's club last night - it was great
We are off work today as it is our nephews 1st birthday and my sisters birthday tomorrow, a busy old time for our family.
Then tomorrow I will be back on it, up at 6am and hoping to do an hour of my DVD before work. Well, if I want to enjoy weekends like that I need to work them off
I was hoping to be at target by 19th April, my birthday, but I think I will move the goal post slightly and aim for May 5th our wedding anniversary.
OK must dash, got to do DH and I some brekkie
Oh I have 'won' a DVD off Ebay = Turbo Jam = god help me !!
DH is my saboteur at the moment. I got this word from a recent WW meeting, talking about who can help to ruin all your good work, and my DH is offering me temptations I am finding difficult to resist
When he asks what's for dinner, I know what I have in mind is that last thing he wants to come home to
So far this week I wanted to do a WW beef stir fry with noodles, but he doesn't like noodles, so we had fish and chips instead (I had very little chips, but lots of salad with my fish) Last night I wanted to do WW lamb casserole, which I was going to prepare and dish up after doing my salsa-cise, but DH didn't fancy that either, so we went out for a meal instead, which meant no exercise and no WW meal
We already have 2 meals booked for the weekend, so to go out last night as well was very naughty, and once there I became my own saboteur, by not choosing 'wisely'
For starters I chose the chef's special Japanese Won Tons and sweet chilli sauce. They were not what I expected, infact if that was the chefs special, then I'm a chef, and thats saying something !! For main I chose red snapper, on mash potatoe. The potatoe being the naughty bit, but I love mashed potatoe, I really find that hard to resist. We even went on to share a desert, although I did feed most of it to my DH. BUT we shared a bottle of fizzy stuff, DH was using the excuse that it's his birthday on Sunday, and that something else I find hard to resist.
So, I woke up this morning thinking 'what's the point?' I felt guilty about last night, disappointed I didn't get to my salsa-cise and know I am away the weekend so I won't be able to get to the gym until Monday.
I couldn't be bothered to go to the gym like yesterday, but I did get up at 6.30am and do half hour of my DVD. I am glad I did, because I know I would be cross with myself all day if I hadn't.
So, as you can see, this is getting harder. I have come this far, and have lost this weight, and yet I have been on lots of evenings out, so I know I can loose weight and go out, but I am starting to make the wrong choices, I hope the little devil on my shoulder isn't planning on coming with us this weekend
It really got me down, I did try to take myself away from the temptation for a while, but in the end I gave myself a WW chocolate bar, well at least I could count it, and I still had some points left.