My weight report for this week :)
Your current weight is 99.8 kg, when you updated your weight 7 days ago, you were 101.1 kg.
You have lost 1.3 kg in the last 7 days.
Your goal in the last 7 days was to lose 750 g.
Give yourself a treat for achieving your goal!
And that's after pancakes last night :) If this keeps up for next week, I will be changing my activity to mod active and seeing how it goes :)
I've also managed to lose 5cm off my chest and 4 off my waist. My hips appear to have gained 3cm but I'm not too worried - I always find it difficult to remember where exactly I measure on my hips!! :)
It has been a good few days and today's fasting and abstinence will only help matters I think. I may include a weekly fast in my Lenten observances as well.......but I'm not sure on that one yet!! :)
Wednesday, 17 February 2010
Ash Wednesday the first day of Lent
I weill do a more practical post in a min re: cals for the last few days and weight loss this week, but I want to get a few thoughts out on Lent and Ash Wednesday and all the rest of it.
I am a practising Catholic so Lent is important to me. As such, as a child, I always did the obligatory giving up sweets for Lent etc. This year I didn't just want to fall back on that. I am taking the opportunity to weed out chocolate and crisps for a month and a bit but I wanted to do something more, something that would help me grow as a person as well as shrink as a physical entity.
So I've ordered a book on Catholic Devotions from the internet and this Lent, once the book arrives, I'm giong to devote some of my day to prayer and thought of the bigger world. OK so no immediate direct benefit to my weight loss path, but I think by taking this time and thinking of something other than myself, I might actually grow in spirit. And if nothing else it is a means to aportion some of the day as definite non-eating time.
I'm not sure how it will work, not even sure what form it will take - but I will keep ye updated :)
I am a practising Catholic so Lent is important to me. As such, as a child, I always did the obligatory giving up sweets for Lent etc. This year I didn't just want to fall back on that. I am taking the opportunity to weed out chocolate and crisps for a month and a bit but I wanted to do something more, something that would help me grow as a person as well as shrink as a physical entity.
So I've ordered a book on Catholic Devotions from the internet and this Lent, once the book arrives, I'm giong to devote some of my day to prayer and thought of the bigger world. OK so no immediate direct benefit to my weight loss path, but I think by taking this time and thinking of something other than myself, I might actually grow in spirit. And if nothing else it is a means to aportion some of the day as definite non-eating time.
I'm not sure how it will work, not even sure what form it will take - but I will keep ye updated :)
Monday, 15 February 2010
It's not a good time to be awake!
Well if it were time to be awake I'm sure it would be good, but seriously? 3am is not normally a good thing to be seeing when there's work in the morning.
This sleeplessness thing is going to affect my weight - I know it will. It's leading me to the tendency to eat too much. Added to the extra exercise inherent with the running around in work, this is causing some problems. I'm finding the helpteam on wlr a little less helpful than usual but how much of that is my mental state and how much is the quality of their advice? I'm not sure!!
I have to tackle this but bitter experience lets me know that attempting to force myself to sleep will only lead to more sleeplessness. So we're back to the painstaking steps. Get more fresh air, eat properly, use my body and mind so both of them are tired when I want to sleep.....it's like I'm talking about a different entity when I'm talking about 'me' and 'my body & mind'. Weird isn't it? It's one whole being but I'm segregating it...........
I think when I'm tired I will go back to sleep........but until then, I'm awake and suffering :)
This sleeplessness thing is going to affect my weight - I know it will. It's leading me to the tendency to eat too much. Added to the extra exercise inherent with the running around in work, this is causing some problems. I'm finding the helpteam on wlr a little less helpful than usual but how much of that is my mental state and how much is the quality of their advice? I'm not sure!!
I have to tackle this but bitter experience lets me know that attempting to force myself to sleep will only lead to more sleeplessness. So we're back to the painstaking steps. Get more fresh air, eat properly, use my body and mind so both of them are tired when I want to sleep.....it's like I'm talking about a different entity when I'm talking about 'me' and 'my body & mind'. Weird isn't it? It's one whole being but I'm segregating it...........
I think when I'm tired I will go back to sleep........but until then, I'm awake and suffering :)
Saturday, 13 February 2010
I'm back
Today is the first day of the rest of my life.
It's such a cliched phrase at this point that I nearly always groan when I hear it!!
But it's true. And each and every day we get up it is the first day of the rest of our lives. And each and every day we make decisions that will affect the rest of our lives.
For me today, the decision is to not to allow work to get on top of me, to stay in here for another 20mins so the lads can sort themselves out and let me know of any problems and then to go home and get ready for the day. The decision is also to look at how this latest project has changed my activity levels, my energy levels and make adjustments to suit.
I figured out today that if I lose 750g a week, I will be merely overweight by the time I turn thirty instead of obese. I turn 30 in June. I could be overweight by June!!! Equally, I could be a healthy weight by Christmas. A normal, fitter, healthier BMI by Christmas.
Is this the year I lose those 35kg? or will it be the same as the last years where I'ev lost for the first month or so then played around with the same 10kg for the yr? I know what I want it to be............
It's such a cliched phrase at this point that I nearly always groan when I hear it!!
But it's true. And each and every day we get up it is the first day of the rest of our lives. And each and every day we make decisions that will affect the rest of our lives.
For me today, the decision is to not to allow work to get on top of me, to stay in here for another 20mins so the lads can sort themselves out and let me know of any problems and then to go home and get ready for the day. The decision is also to look at how this latest project has changed my activity levels, my energy levels and make adjustments to suit.
I figured out today that if I lose 750g a week, I will be merely overweight by the time I turn thirty instead of obese. I turn 30 in June. I could be overweight by June!!! Equally, I could be a healthy weight by Christmas. A normal, fitter, healthier BMI by Christmas.
Is this the year I lose those 35kg? or will it be the same as the last years where I'ev lost for the first month or so then played around with the same 10kg for the yr? I know what I want it to be............
Thursday, 11 February 2010
Why I haven't posted in a week
I just posted the below on my weight loss site. I've been given charge of a major project at work and it's affecting me. I still lost 1kg this week though :) If I'm honest, I haven't posted all week cos things have been getting on top of me and I haven't been happy. I'm taking steps today to correct that but I'm not sure how it's going to work yet!!
So I'm writing it all out and seeing where it takes me :)
.....I had a serious aversion to posting on here today. I don't know why, but I have 5mins to spare and for some weird reason I just didn't want anyone to know I was alive......
So I figured I was better off posting and seeing why I didn't want to post.
First things first - well, yesterday food was consumed. A lot of food was consumed. 1000cals in Green and Black's alone. I need to tot that up.
I have spent a lot of time on my feet and walking but no formal exercise. That will hopefully be resolved this evening.
F&V has remained high and above the 5 a day line, but I feel like it's not in control anymore - it's more by accident than design I reach the 5 portions.
I'm guzzling water like there's a drought coming but I'm also guzzling coffee in a similar fashion and last night was the first night this week I didn't have magners. This isn't usual behaviour for me anymore!!!
Second - work. Well it's manic, but I have a meeting in half an hour that should provide clarification on several matters and I have managed to gouge out some interesting little bits to keep me sane while the project comes to fruition.
Third - sleep - it's not going well. I slept last night but I'm back to waking and feeling like I haven't slept at all. I think this is related to the lack of fresh air and exercise but I'm not sure. It could be because my body didn't get a rest last night cos my mind was churning and I'm back to (relatively low level) nightmares again. Will get my body exhausted through exercise tonight.
Fourth - generally - I feel myself wanting to retreat into myself again and not have contact with people in a social context. Al is still calling round most days but I'm not talking to friends or family like I normally do. I'm starting to use 'should' a lot in conversation again and the guilt is back - the constant anxiety that something isn't right or isn't going well or I've forgotten something.
I've taken some steps to adress the above - the meeting @ 11 is one of them - but I need to do something else as well.
It's the 11th February and I've yet to make it to the gym this year. The bag is in the car and ready to go but I allowed myself to drift into staying in work til 6 last night so I felt too tired to go..........
Not sure what the point of all this is but I feel better for having written it and this can count as social interaction right?
So I'm writing it all out and seeing where it takes me :)
.....I had a serious aversion to posting on here today. I don't know why, but I have 5mins to spare and for some weird reason I just didn't want anyone to know I was alive......
So I figured I was better off posting and seeing why I didn't want to post.
First things first - well, yesterday food was consumed. A lot of food was consumed. 1000cals in Green and Black's alone. I need to tot that up.
I have spent a lot of time on my feet and walking but no formal exercise. That will hopefully be resolved this evening.
F&V has remained high and above the 5 a day line, but I feel like it's not in control anymore - it's more by accident than design I reach the 5 portions.
I'm guzzling water like there's a drought coming but I'm also guzzling coffee in a similar fashion and last night was the first night this week I didn't have magners. This isn't usual behaviour for me anymore!!!
Second - work. Well it's manic, but I have a meeting in half an hour that should provide clarification on several matters and I have managed to gouge out some interesting little bits to keep me sane while the project comes to fruition.
Third - sleep - it's not going well. I slept last night but I'm back to waking and feeling like I haven't slept at all. I think this is related to the lack of fresh air and exercise but I'm not sure. It could be because my body didn't get a rest last night cos my mind was churning and I'm back to (relatively low level) nightmares again. Will get my body exhausted through exercise tonight.
Fourth - generally - I feel myself wanting to retreat into myself again and not have contact with people in a social context. Al is still calling round most days but I'm not talking to friends or family like I normally do. I'm starting to use 'should' a lot in conversation again and the guilt is back - the constant anxiety that something isn't right or isn't going well or I've forgotten something.
I've taken some steps to adress the above - the meeting @ 11 is one of them - but I need to do something else as well.
It's the 11th February and I've yet to make it to the gym this year. The bag is in the car and ready to go but I allowed myself to drift into staying in work til 6 last night so I felt too tired to go..........
Not sure what the point of all this is but I feel better for having written it and this can count as social interaction right?
Wednesday, 3 February 2010
Today was a good day :)
I lost 2.4kg in the last 3 weeks :D I am very happy about this!!!
I came in under cals for last week and for today and I made it to an average of 5.4 f&v a day :)
I did an aerobic workout today for 20mins AND 30mins toning.
I'm feeling tired but good.
I'm hoping to make it to the pool tomorrow - we'll see. It was meant to be last night but was in work til 5 so wasn't going to happen!!! lol
here's to a good week and another loss next week :)
Today's results:
Daily Cal Quota: 1589
+ Exercise Cals: 339
Total Cal Quota: 1928
Calories Consumed: 1801
Calories Left: 128
Cals to Maintain Weight: 2589
Portions of f&v: 6.4
So a good day, despite messing up with lunch - it stank to high heaven so boss did a quick run to McD's........and I *still* came in under cals today :)
I came in under cals for last week and for today and I made it to an average of 5.4 f&v a day :)
I did an aerobic workout today for 20mins AND 30mins toning.
I'm feeling tired but good.
I'm hoping to make it to the pool tomorrow - we'll see. It was meant to be last night but was in work til 5 so wasn't going to happen!!! lol
here's to a good week and another loss next week :)
Today's results:
Daily Cal Quota: 1589
+ Exercise Cals: 339
Total Cal Quota: 1928
Calories Consumed: 1801
Calories Left: 128
Cals to Maintain Weight: 2589
Portions of f&v: 6.4
So a good day, despite messing up with lunch - it stank to high heaven so boss did a quick run to McD's........and I *still* came in under cals today :)
Tuesday, 2 February 2010
New month, new me :)
Well ok, not quite a new me, but a new facet to the weight loss journey. This month I'm going to be focussing on dressing up and looking nice. Far too often I wander into work with trackies or dodgy jeans and there's really no need for it. So following a wonderful course run by WES at the weekend, I popped into Debenhams and bought myself a pair of new work trousers. So I now have 2 pairs of black trousers to wear so I look smart for work.
I also bought myself a new top so i could start off yesterday feeling great :) But it turns out that my old V-necks are fitting me again so I can wear those as well. I'm feeling pretty damn good about this I have to say!!!
The numbers for teh last few days are pretty good as well:
Saturday:
Daily Cal Quota: 1492
+ Exercise Cals: 811
Total Cal Quota: 2303
Calories Consumed: 2219
Calories Left: 85
Only 2 portions f&v but not the end of the world considering I spent a fair whack of time on a train :)
Sunday:
Daily Cal Quota: 1492
+ Exercise Cals: 328
Total Cal Quota: 1820
Calories Consumed: 1775
Calories Left: 46
Cals to Maintain Weight: 2492
F&V a bit better at 3 portions but again, understandable :)
Yesterday was a quite good day:
Daily Cal Quota: 1492
+ Exercise Cals: 0
Total Cal Quota: 1492
Calories Consumed: 1409
Calories Left: 83
Cals to Maintain Weight: 2492
And 8 portions F&V so all in all it's quite a good week. I was 550cal under for the week last night and I'm averaging 4.9 portions f&v a day :) seeing as how I've had 8 portions already today, that looks set to tip over the 5 mark for the week.
Feeling quite happy and my sleep has improved which is all good. Now I need to get back into the exercise lark :) I'm planning a trip to the pool this afternoon so hopefully that will kickstart the exercise regime again :)
I also bought myself a new top so i could start off yesterday feeling great :) But it turns out that my old V-necks are fitting me again so I can wear those as well. I'm feeling pretty damn good about this I have to say!!!
The numbers for teh last few days are pretty good as well:
Saturday:
Daily Cal Quota: 1492
+ Exercise Cals: 811
Total Cal Quota: 2303
Calories Consumed: 2219
Calories Left: 85
Only 2 portions f&v but not the end of the world considering I spent a fair whack of time on a train :)
Sunday:
Daily Cal Quota: 1492
+ Exercise Cals: 328
Total Cal Quota: 1820
Calories Consumed: 1775
Calories Left: 46
Cals to Maintain Weight: 2492
F&V a bit better at 3 portions but again, understandable :)
Yesterday was a quite good day:
Daily Cal Quota: 1492
+ Exercise Cals: 0
Total Cal Quota: 1492
Calories Consumed: 1409
Calories Left: 83
Cals to Maintain Weight: 2492
And 8 portions F&V so all in all it's quite a good week. I was 550cal under for the week last night and I'm averaging 4.9 portions f&v a day :) seeing as how I've had 8 portions already today, that looks set to tip over the 5 mark for the week.
Feeling quite happy and my sleep has improved which is all good. Now I need to get back into the exercise lark :) I'm planning a trip to the pool this afternoon so hopefully that will kickstart the exercise regime again :)
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