09/28/2008 06:48
Day 1 of 21 (27 days til wedding)
Today I walked 15 mins and did 13 minutes wii fit boxing. Was going to do more on wii fit but my Mum arrived! But I at least exercised today!
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09/27/2008 18:51
Fiona fell asleep - Day 1 of 21 again
Last night I went to sit down for a few minutes after dinner.. next thing I knew I was being woken up by Ian and sent to bed at 10pm.
So NO EXERCISE 
So today I am back to day 1 of 21.
I am so sorry to let you down girls! I WILL complete the challenge!!
Will blog again after I exercise.
09/27/2008 02:59
Fiona's Saturday
Having a great day!
I got some new tops the other week. They are for our honeymoon... but I have started to wear a couple as the weather has warmed up.
The one I have on today is so perfect for me!! It is sort of baby doll style. It flatters my breasts, floats over my stomach and is short enough to show off my legs. My fiance has told me 3 times today how much it suits me!!!
So dressed in my new top I went first to the solarium... 8 minutes of heaven!
Then to the nail technician where she redid the bad gel nails I had from another place 2 weeks ago. They are so much better now!!
Then we found a vest/waistcoat for Ian to wear at the wedding.
We did a bit more shopping without really buying anything. Ian has very large feet (size14) and even the 'high and mighty' store didn't have anything he liked that was wedding suitable. The wonderful sales lady is going to get their bigger city store to send EVERY size 14 black dress shoe they have so Ian can try them all on next weekend. How awesome is that for service??
Now I am home (was gone 7 hours!) and relaxed. Mum is finishing off the place cards tonight and starting on the guest book pages (we are doing loose pages with questions etc that she will make into a book later).
We finished off our vows. I have emailed the florist with colours for buttonholes and corsages.
Must be almost time to exercise!
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09/26/2008 10:09
Day 5 of 21 day challenge
Was a close call tonight! I realised at 11:50pm that I had not exercised (other than walking at lunch time etc but that was only 5 minutes at a time).
So I did 13 mins wii fit boxing.
Yay for the challenge!!!!!
Now it is Bed TIme!
09/25/2008 17:24
Day 4 of 21 exercise
Oops - I forgot to post yesterdays exercise:
- 10 minutes walking
- 15 minutes exercise bike
- 2 minutes dancing round the house excited because it is only 30 days until our wedding day!
09/24/2008 23:43
Emotion Man
A Tatumsmum inspired blog again!
One thing I realised many years ago that I did was to 'eat my emotions'. What I mean is that I ate instead of 'feeling'. Stuffed the hurt down with food.
I was seeing a psycholgist and she suggested my emotions needed to at least be acknowledged. Given how rusty I was at this she suggested I picture a teddy bear or doll and see what emotion it was feeling. Well I took this idea and let my imagination have its way!
I came up with something like this:
What he (yes I have male emotions apparently) does is changes colours and mimes how he feels. It actualy took me a while to work out what colour equalled what emotion!
And guess what? By acknowledging how I felt I took away the need to eat my emotions.
Simple solution!
Oh and he makes me laugh too, one day my jeans were too tight... so as I was leaving I did an 'emotion check' there was my emotion man in bright yellow but with waist the size of a needle! And looking very uncomfortable! I actually laughed out loud and changed my jeans!
Hmmm ok, now you all know just how odd I am!
09/24/2008 20:34
Day 3 of 21 (exercise challenge) AND 30 days til wedding!
Last night I did 1 hour dancing. In my new shoes and they were great!!! No soreness at all!
The wedding is 1 month today!!!
I am living the challenge - and as always getting exercise in is helping immensely with my eating!!
Wow I had so much to say and it is all gone... I am guessing I will be back later with an update!
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09/23/2008 19:35
Inspired
Sometimes your head is just 'in the right place'. Then you read a blog or two where light bulbs go off all over your brain. That is when you know you are ready to focus again.
Two areas for me that I always treat separately:
Exercise: I am doing Missy Belle's 21 day challenge. I have set myself a 30 minute minimum per day but I can do that in 10 minute chunks if required. This has already paid off - I would NOT have exercised yesterday if not for the challenge. I certainly would not have dragged (literally) my exercise bike from the spare bedroom.
Food: As you know I am 'not dieting'. What I should be doing though is eating only when I am hungry. I can eat WHATEVER I want if I am hungry. It really is not hard to do. But for the past few weeks I have eaten like food is going to be taken away from me forever in just a few weeks. That is I have been eating everything in sight. Mainly chocolate. AND I have not felt hungry in weeks. I have not stopped eating long enough.
Last night I read a blog by Tatumsmum. It really spoke to me. So I started with a bubble bath where I sat quietly and spoke sternly to myself. Out loud. "My name is Fiona Cathryn Tibballs, soon to be Fiona Cathryn Whitehead and I eat only when I am hungry. I will be slim. I will be healthy." I repeated this numerous times. I did some cleansing of my chakras. I got out of the bath and listened to my hypnotherapy CD. I had twitchy legs so was not able to be 'hypnotised'. But that was fine - I still listened.
I woke up this morning just KNOWING that I would only eat when I was hungry. Quite simply that is what I do. Even better I woke up feeling hungry! I have actually not eaten yet (even though it has been over 2 hours) due to running late for work... but I am really enjoying the sensation of real hunger. Stomach rumbling. I am planning in my head what food I will choose to satisfy my hunger.
Today I am grateful:
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update 30 minutes later:
I went to the supermarket to get my breakfast. I got nuts, almond and apricot bars, a banana, a chocolate bar and an apricot bar. NOT all for breakfast! Then when I got to my desk I lay out a small portion of the nuts, the apricot bar and the chocolate bar. Guess what? I did not need even that much! I ate about 10 cashews and the chocolate bar and I am very satisfied! I probably did not need the chocolate bar to be honest, that was a want. But what I am proud of is that firstly I chose how much of the food I purchased I thought would satisfy me and then put away half of it when I realised I did not need that much! This is a huge win for me after the past few weeks of eating EVERYTHING.
PS: I know a chocolate bar for breakfast is not a healthy choice - I am mastering eating only when hungry first. Healthy choices will be more important when I stop eating so often for non hungry reasons. This is a conscious decision as I want to make sure I do not feel I am missing out on anything during this stage of change. I have a tendency because no gluten already restricts my food choices to not cope well with further restrictions. So baby steps it is. Eat what I want as long as a) I am hungry and b) I do not eat more than I need to feel 'satisfied'.
PPS:
11:43am: I am going to update this blog every time I want to eat but I am not hungry. I know it is boredom. Sadly my ability to alleviate the boredom while at work is severely limited! Blogging should help.
09/23/2008 06:47
Exercise Challenge Day 2 of 21
Today I did a mix of things: a 10 minute walk, 10 minutes of dance practice and 15 minutes on exercise bike.
Still feels good!
I got good news financially too! (I hope I didn't mention this already yesterday lol) I was expecting a tax bill and instead am getting a refund!
We installed a cat door today... I have been endlessly amused watching the kitten get used to it. I especially love how she turns and glares at it when the flap hits her butt on her way through!!
I went back to the solarium. Back to 10 minutes on the 12 minute machine. I have no pink this time so I will take a small step up on Thursday to 12 minutes on the same bed.
The wedding is more 'real' by the day. 32 days to go. We made changes to our dance tonight. I hope our instructor approves!!
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09/22/2008 07:54
Exercise Challenge Day 1 of 21
I did 31 minutes on my wii fit tonight.
10 minutes boxing, 2 minutes hula hooping, 5 minutes step aerobics and various balance exercises.
Feels great!