I was in the shower this morning, and I was thinking about something that could get me motivated. I was still thinking when I was looking through my wardrobe for something to wear today. Then I saw a glittery top out the corner of my eye. That's it!
I still have the outfit I wore on my first date with Matt. A pair of size 16 jeans, a cute glittery top and a woolen bolero. I've decided, that I want to look as good in that outfit, if not better, by our 18-month anniversary, which is on September 12. I was 92kg then (I'd lost 8kg on my own - without exercise!), and I felt pretty damn good about myself. I've recently started wearing the jeans again, although they're fairly tight now, but over Christmas I wasn't able to get into them at all. The top fits, but it's pretty clingy, which isn't good. To get to 92kg by September 12, I'd have to lose 7kg in exactly 9 weeks. Not sure if I can do that, but if I can get close enough to look hot in that outfit, then I'll be very happy. (I have a full length pic of me on that night somewhere - I will find and post!)
Oh, and at 92kg, I'll be at 202.4 pounds. VERY close to Onderland.
Hopefully I can do it, or come very close to it, especially since I'm aiming to go to the gym 5 days a week.
I'll be going 4 times this week, though, because this afternoon I need to go to the doctor, and find out why the hell I'm slightly experiencing TOM when I'm on the depo injection. On depo, you're not supposed to get TOM at all. Hmm...
Anyway, yesterday I ate 1370 calories out of my daily limit of 1680, but went to the gym and burned off 412, so I had 722 calories left. Is that bad?
I went straight to the gym after work today, and did the following:
5 min on the treadmill - 25 calories
20 min on the cross-trainer (elliptical) - 212 calories
10 min on the stationery bike - 130 calories
10 min on weights (stomach crunches & leg presses) - 45 calories
That's a total of 412 calories that I burned off today! I did the full 20 min on the cross-trainer for the first time in quite awhile. I end up staring at the clock and when I get to 10 or 15 minutes, I think "ah, I've had enough now". Today I threw the towel over the clock, focused on the music and just kept going. I only stopped when the machine beeped that the time was up. How awesome is that?
Now, fellow EPers, I have a question for you. How many of you have regular blogs outside of EP (I already know you do, Aly!)? And how many of you have placed a link to your EP blog on your everyday blog? I ask because I recently got a new blog, and updated all my links, and I was considering linking back to this page, but I hesitated. Why is that? Probably because we're so ashamed of the size we've let ourselves get to. But then, shouldn't we all be proud that we've made the committment to improve ourselves? Shouldn't we show off our triumphs with pride? I'm not sure. If you've got an opinion on this, please comment, because I think it's something that could cause a bit of interest (and I want to see your blog! Mwhaha!)
I stopped snacking for awhile there, because I got sick of the hungry feeling. How stupid, right? Anyhoo, I am now back on the snacking wagon. I had a chocolate chip muesli bar at around 10:30 this morning, added it into CalorieKing, and it's 130 calories, apparently. Is that ok for a snack?
I've entered everything I plan to eat up to and including lunch. A vegemite sandwich, the muesli bar, and my WW frozen meal. And up until lunch, I'm only on 639 calories. I've got just over 1000 left for the rest of the day, plus whatever I burn off this afternoon. That's pretty good, I hope.
I chucked my gym clothes in the back of my car today, and after work I'm going to go to the gym (instead of driving past it like I have been) and attempt C25K again. I'm really encouraged, after having a crack at it on Sunday, and jogging properly for the first time in... ever, really.
As of this week, I intend to go to the gym 5 days a week. Yes, that's right. Five days a week. I'll give myself Saturdays and Mondays off, but other than that, I want to get moving.That's 3 days for C25K, and two days for weights and other cardio. I'm due for a reassessment at the start of August... and I'd really like there to be some sort of change!
I might not be able to make the 5 days this week, because I think I'll have to go back to the doctor tomorrow, having some problems with the depo injection. But I can still make it 4 days!
Since I'm going to be going to the gym so often, I treated myself to a new gym towel. It's one of those microfibre towels, which is supposed to absorb sweat quicker. Yep, I'm gonna need that. I got it from the shop I used to work at (I was a checkout chick for 3 years), and I got served by one of the girls I used to work with, and when she saw me, she was like "wow, you look really good!" That made me feel good!
I was also thinking of getting some new gym clothes in my current size, because currently I have 2 pairs of three-quarter pants, and 3 singlets (plus the singlet the gym gave me which is 2 sizes too small!). But when I went on Sunday, I was constantly hiking up my pants. I might have to look for some size 16 gym pants soon! Wouldn't that be exciting?
Also, I cleaned out all my shelves on Sunday, refolded all my clothes and sorted them into workwear and weekend wear (I don't have a work uniform), and as I went through the (massive!) pile, I noticed that all my purchases in the past 2 months or so have been size 16's, not 18's. Some of them fit really well, some of them, not so well. Yet. I guess that's a good sign?
Anyway. That's all the goss I have at this minute. I might think of something else... I might not!
No folks, you don't need to adjust your monitor, the title is correct!
I had to go into the college today for my class, and you get lunch for free, because they have their own cafe. You only get about 7 things to choose from, and most of them aren't that healthy. Well today, I ordered the chicken open grill (chicken, avocado, onion and cheese, grilled, obviously) and a garden salad. Yay me! Turns out though, that everyone else at the table had ordered chips. I felt really good about my decision, until all the chips came out! I stuck with my salad, but I only ate about half of it... it was just so... leafy and stuff. I've never been a salad person, but I tried!!! I'm still proud of myself for sticking with the salad...
I'm up 200g for this week. I was expecting a gain though, because of eating out a couple of times, and not really making the best decisions... but at least I'm not back into triple digits. I've decided that I'm also going to start taking measurements again, because I know I'm shrinking, I just don't know by how much. So I bought myself a new notebook, and I'm going to keep a hard copy of all my weekly WI's and also keep track of my measurements.
Onto the other part of my title, C25K. I actually started it today!!! Yay for me! Unfortunately, I only got to around the 8 minute mark and I had to stop, because my asthma flared up and I couldn't breathe. When I get sick (like I have been lately) my asthma kicks in, and likes to hang around and cause trouble for a few weeks after the cold/flu/whatever has gone. So even though my sinus infection is just about gone, I'm now coughing up stuff. Trying to cough up stuff while running on the treadmill = very bad. So I had to stop. I did get two 60 second bursts of jogging in though, which was amazing, because I'm not a runner or jogger of any kind, and it was a big confidence boost to be able to jog, and not feel too uncomfortable doing it...
Today, I start afresh. I went to the gym and was there for at least an hour. I did all my weights, then did the stint on the treadmill and jumped on a bike for 10min. It felt good to get a sweat going... I would have gone longer, but my asthma was really playing up and my chest was getting really tight... I didn't want to keel over or anything!
I think that's all the goss I have for now. You guys probably won't see me around tomorrow, because I have to head into the college for a day of classes. But I'll be thinking of you!
I've lost track of how often I've eaten out lately... and it's got to stop. I decided this today when DF took me to the Coffee Club for brunch (I slept in, ok?).
After careful examination of the menu, I ordered a grilled chicken burger, with salad. But, it arrived with a side serving of chips. Which I devoured, of course. I did my best to leave them alone and concentrate on the burger, but no. I couldn't leave them alone.
I'm putting a self-imposed ban on eating out. I need to learn to be creative with what's in the cupboard. And if I must eat out, I'm going to (ergh, can't believe I'm going to say this!) skip the chips and order vegetables. Which will be a first, because I never order vegetables when I eat out. Well, there's a first for everything.
Tomorrow, I head to the gym. Another week has passed and it's time to weigh in. I'm not looking forward to it, after eating out at least twice this week, but I'm going to start working my butt off again. Literally!
I've found a new diet trick for myself and everyone else in my office. It probably won't work for anyone else (unless you know someone like this).
My boss is trying to kill us. He just made his lunch - sardines in tomato sauce, and stunk out the entire office. Oh my god, the stench is horrible... it's worse than when we had new cupboards fitted and the industrial strength glue got circulated through the aircon.
Damn.
And this man comes over to my desk and dictates emails to me. Good Lord.
The upside is, to quell my hunger pangs, I just have to breathe in his general direction.
So, I'm currently experiencing a mini visit from TOM. This is both unexpected and unwanted, because I've been having depo injections since December last year. I am less than impressed. I wonder if this will affect Sunday's weigh in at all.
I know what will affect my weigh in. DF took me out to dinner last night. I haven't been to Sizzler before, so guess where we went? One mega bacon burger later... I felt like I was about to explode. Ergh. But, I'm still recovering from this whole sinus episode, and since I still don't feel 100%, I'm not going to beat myself up over it.
So that's it for now! Nothing overly exciting, is it?
