Tuesday 25/03/08

Went all day without having any honey shreddies. This is a desperate attempt to try and bring my weight down.

General Data:

Morning walk = 7.3 miles
Round the block = 5 times
Extra exercises = none
Weight = 10st 12.6 lbs (i.e. 152.6 pounds)
Steps = 28,597
Distance = 11.05 miles
Remembered to take normal vitamin / supplements
Continued my creaming regime – missed one bio-oil massages
Continued ankle exercises

My Food / Drink:

Basic eating plan

1 banana
3 weetabix, sweetener, 350 ml skimmed milk
1 clementine
1 clementine
1 pear
1 pear
1 apple
80 grapes
2.5 litres of cold water
some diet cola

This brings my fresh salmon total for the week to 12 ounces.

6 ounces salmon fillet, 3 new potatoes, sweetcorn, peas, small amount of olive spread
2 plums

Your still going for it even with yr injury! Just keep yr motivation going and you'll be fine!

Tab x

Didnt know that I was injured! Did you post this in the wrong diary by any chance?

Congratulations on the further weight decreases you've had since I was last here!

I like your plot to make the most out of WW too!! I totally agree that managing maintenance will be a big challenge for those of us who reach out goal weights and it's really reassuring to think you will be there managing it ahead of me and sticking around talking about it before I have to handle it!!

I do agree with you about it being likely that there'll be fewer obvious rewards to maintaining than to losing weight. I think it's quite possible that people will keep complimenting you on the lost weight for some time after you reach maintenance though. I have been about the same weight for some months now (though not due to anything good like reaching goal), and it still seems to be a bit of a talking point for other people. One person who'd only met me once before was quite sure I looked smaller 3 months on. She was so sure that I went and measured myself!! Nope. I'm the same!!

Your steady application to the job at hand is good to see though. I thoroughly agree with you about how valuable this place and the members here are for us all.

I'm sure you could cut back your walking to 28miles a week and do a few of your classes and still maintain.

I agree that a maintenance section would be a nice addition to the forum. Not only for us, but for the owners as well so they can keep members coming here once they reach goal.

Did your shreddie fast pay off? lol It looks like your weight is down from yesterday.

Felici--I've had the same thing happen. I've barely lost any weight over the last 3 months, yet I get people telling me at least once a week that I look thinner. Nope. Some of these people are co-workers that I see at least once a week.

haha oh no! perhaps you should recheck just in case!

Nah, ive posted in the wrong journal before .. its kinda embarassing... though at least i can remove it if its too bad lol :O

Thanks for visiting.

Felici

Thanks for your congratulations. Weightloss - no matter the speed - is always too slow for our liking. We would all like it to be happening faster. I also have a noticeable amount to lose before I get to goal - but the fact is that I have lost so much - I cannot afford not to maintain whenever I stop. You may well get to goal long before me - but however it works out - I am sure that a whole crowd of us will be annexing the forum for maintenance support.

Kimberly

It would be nice to get to the point where there is time to do other things too - at the minute there really isnt a great deal left of the day once the walking and weight loss project is done. Things tend to get a little out of hand and things that once were necessities are now ignored or put onto the back burner.

The shreddie fast did pay off and I got a new low today - 10st11.4 or 151.4 pounds. I just hope that I can get a decent weighing tomorrow or Friday.

Wishes

I think that we all have those absent-minded moments when we post something in the wrong place. It certainly is embarrassing. So that is why you decided to become a moderator! I thought that it was just your desire to help and inspire fellow travellers on this journey.

Take care
Love
Margaret

Hi Margaret
Wow, you are almost into the 140s!!! That is so exciting! Can I ask what sizes you are currently wearing? I guess sizes are different between the UK and Canada. Your pics sure look like you are getting mighty tiny!!!

Keep it up, my friend
ABBA

Congratulations on the new low! Do you know that I was looking for them every time I went shopping. I want to try them out of curiousity but for some reason I couldn't find them yet. They seem to be so important for you!

Ladies, I am reading carefully your advises and comments. I think I have a rough plan now. In my opinion the key to maintenance is to stick to certain plan - whether it is a relaxed exercise routine or a nice amount of food + controlled junk treats, it shouldn't be left to the chance... at least first 6 months to 1 year of the maintenance. I might start a diary myslef but I am not very strict in writing and I don't want to let my readers down.

Thanks for visiting.

Janice

My clothes size is currently varying - but that is no real problem because I am not buying too many clothes because I am nowhere near where I want to be. I wear UK sizes which are different from your sizes.

Women's Clothing Size Conversions

Here is something that claims to convert the sizes. I presume that in Canada - the sizes are the same as the USA.

For a general idea - the photos of me when young had me wearing a UK size 12.

Anyway - what am I wearing now?
I can wear pretty much anything in size 16 - although skirts with a fixed waistband, zips and buttons etc tend to feel a bit tight. They are a bit of a squeeze. This is basically because of this bulge at the front of my waist - which requires investigation.
I am wearing a size 14 jacket and both lots of my size 14 elasticated waist trousers are quite loose - and I will probably be getting some size 12 yoga pants when I see some that I like. I am wearing size 12 knickers. Size 12/14 nightie. Size 36J bra.

Basically - I would probably be easily a size 14 across the board if it wasnt for the bulge - but the bulge is there and I am a very long way from feeling like trying on some size 14 jeans basically because of it. I have never seen a pair of size 16 jeans that I wanted to try to wear.

It certainly is a lot better than size 30 to 32.

Wulsk

You dont need a new low. Every time I see you I think that you always have a beautiful one of your own already. Indeed - one that most of us would envy.

I a pleased that you have a plan - because it is important not to leave maintenance to chance. We have all in the past displayed a tendency to behave in a way that makes us bigger than we would like to be.

I think that it is a good idea for you to start a diary. You honestly can update it as often as you like. I know a number of people who only tend to update once a week. Becky (Ilikemyusername) tends to update once a week - and Sarah (rah) updates often maybe a couple of times a week. Dont feel pressurised that you have to update all the time to have a diary. Use it as a tool and update it as often as you want. Regular visitors will get used to about how often you check in.

One major benefit to starting a diary is that it gives a means for people to contact you without filling up everyones PM box. When you are maintaining you will probably not be as keen to enter challenges based on weightloss. If you are not trying to lose weight you could be quickly eliminated. You currently often contact people through the challenge / team threads.

Take care
Love
Margaret

Wednesday 26/03/08

General Data:

Morning walk = 6.4 miles
Round the block = 5 times
Extra exercises = none
Weight = 10st 11.4 lbs (i.e. 151.4 pounds)
Steps = 26,228
Distance = 10.14 miles
Remembered to take normal vitamin / supplements
Continued my creaming regime – missed one bio-oil massages
Continued ankle exercises

My Food / Drink:

This brings my fresh salmon total for the week to 14 ounces.

Basic eating plan

1 banana
3 weetabix, sweetener, 350 ml skimmed milk
2 ounces salmon fillet baked in small amount of olive spread, 2 tomatoes, ½ cucumber, 1 stick celery, lettuce
1 clementine
1 clementine
1 pear
1 pear
1 apple
80 small grapes
2.5 litres of cold water
some diet cola

Pork loin steak, tin of baked beans
2 plums

Hello

Not just wrong thread, also wrong site! That's how tired I was yesterday!

Sorry

Tab

Tabitha - You poor thing. I am sorry that you are getting so exhausted. Try and find some time for you - we all need it.

Take care
Love
Margaret

Hey Margaret,

Its been a while, how is life treating ya? I see your moving down to the 140's soon! Congrats!

Trevor

Hi Trevor

Things are fine here - I hope that they are for you too. Thanks for your congratulations.

Take care
Love
Margaret