10/12/2009 09:04
Monday morning blues - or not!
Hi everyone - well the scales are showing a loss incredibly - not sure if this is because my legs are down after a very lazy Sunday, or the extra exercise. Felt bloody aweful yesterday with a sore throat and cold, so wasnt particularly energetic. I will know for sure after my weigh in at teatime.
The weather is lovely - bright, sunny and crisp. Perfect! Just work to cope with.
I am in and out of meetings all day and have a meeting tommorow with my manager, and have to have an outline of the new staff structure planned and thought through including the budget plan to support it. Think i will be working at home tonight till midnight!
10/10/2009 18:42
Saturday
Well -i fitted in the cossie alot better than expected - my shape is definately improving. I was nervous putting my body on public display - but it was OK.
Swimming was a scream. I cant believe how good a swimmersmy girls are, they were dead motivational. Swam about 20lengths and had a game of water tag - really good fun.
After went shopping and to buy a birthday present for a friend of the girls.
Home, washing, tidying up and cleaning.
Then the girls had a birthday party at the local bowling alley, then a party tea at Frankie and Benny's.
Spent about 45mins straightening their hair for them - Oh crikey i can seethose teenage years getting ever closer....
A good day
10/05/2009 20:19
Weigh in
Weigh in today - i've lost another 4 lbs - not too bad. Had some pizza after weigh in - which probably will slow things down but heh - i felt i deserved a treat.
OOOh - so delicious.
I also had an appointment at the lymphoedema clinic this morning. They were really pleased with my weight loss - and the reduction in the size of my legs. I had to get measured for new support stockings - i know - i know - brings on thoughts of Norah batty!! Anyway they said if i continue to lose weight they will put me forward for some intensive wrapping treatments which should really help reduce my legs further and improve the general shape of them.
A good day overall.
10/02/2009 07:25
Early Exercising
Couldnt sleep so got up early and did my exercises to make up for not doing them last night. Jumped onthe scales and it looks like i have lost a pound. Is that all...
Titaniastar has just made me think about Christmas after reading her blog.
A few weeks ago Lynton and me decided we would HAVE to tell the girls the truth about Santa - they will be going to High School next year.
As we explained to them - they sat with heads bowed, tears in their eyes, then cracked the biggest grins youve ever seen - they laughed and said they've known for at least the last 2 years but diddnt wantto upset us!
How ironic!
Anyway Christmas - my mum and dad come to our house, as do my sons and Daniels girlfriend, who grew up in care and dosent get on with her parents, and my grandaughter Brooke - so 10 of us . My Dad cooks theTurkey Christmas eve and brings it with him on Christmas morning and i do the rest.
We usually endup getting up about 5am with the kids, even my sons at age 20 still have a sack of pressies, and the lads andEmma and Brooke come over xmas eve bringing all their pressies too - to open Christmas morning. Then we have bacon butties for breakfast and then Christmas lunch about 3pm then dont bother with tea.
Exhausting, Chaotic. But i wouldnt have it any other way.
Christmas will probably be "smaller" this year - we havent got the money we have had in the past. We have shredded all our plastic in a bid to get our debt cleared, which is going well. So smaller scalethisyear- but with all the people i love most in the world.
09/30/2009 07:23
Reassess and move on
Why is it that one little slip makes the slope even slippier. Over the last couple of weeks i have have many many slip ups - Great all day and them wham - i fall flat on my face and sabatage all my efforts. Decided in the end that i would inroduce a little healthy food with the shakes.
Last Friday decided that Lipotrim just wasnt working and so i am going to try the cambridge diet which offers so many more varieties - wonderful.
So - this week - Monday great day - porridge for breakfast, veg soup for lunch and then a bannana shake for tea - no problems. Tues set off ok with breakfast and lunch, then went awol at tea time - so again today is day 1 - im never going to get back into ketosis at this rate. And my weight loss will continue to be slow.
Send me positive thoughts please...
09/11/2009 20:33
Friday Day 25
Well - ive fallen off the wagon so to speak.
I read on one of the lipotrim forums that you can make it up with a reduced amount of boiling water and sweetener and then microwabve to produce a delicious chololate muffin.
So....what had i got to lose. I waited expectantly for the bell on the microwave to ping - nothing having passed my lips in 31/2 weeks.
Yuuck! Which meant i diddnt have anything for breakfast. Later i forgot to take my shake to work and was absoloutley starving. My stomache was warbling incessantly despite loads of water.
In the end i gave in whilst picking up some flowers from Asda.
I ate a chicken and stuffing sandwich - which was delicious. I couldnt finish the full sandwich and was amazed how strange it felt to be eating. It even made the inside of my mouth feel sore....how strange.
Bloody lovely though.
I came home from work tonight feeling terribly guilty but have reflected and decided that its fine. Under the circumstances it was understandable. Put a line under it and move on. Day 25 Done.
Ive been peeing foe England this week - hope this is a good sign!
