The only naughty bits in the food were the chocolate and cake. I can't see a main meal there though. You need to have a main meal - preferably with meat and veg. Not only would you get lots of protein but lots of other nutrients that the body needs to work properly.

The best way to make sure that you do not lose your pedometer is to do what I do and wear it all the time.

I hope that things go well at the scales for you.

Take care
Love
Margaret

hmmm yeh i know.yesterday was such a busy day i jus didnt have time for a meal but. will hav a good meal today though. i hav had chocolate agen today and i m having crimbo dinner at shool tomorrow. hmm. not good but as long as my weight stays stable until i start excercising agen i dont mynd. I found my pedometer lol. it wos in the toilets at skool?!?!?!?!?! lol.

thanx

;-)

x

Week: 1
Start weight: 164
Goal weight: 163
Weight: 161.5
Total Loss:2.5

Week: 2
Start weight: 161.5
Goal weight: 160.5
Weight: 159
Total Loss:2.5

Week: 3
Start weight: 159
Goal weight: 158
Weight: -
Total Loss:-

Average weight loss/week: 2.5
total weight loss: see ticker

hmmmm so weight slowly making its way back up again. can't really blame it seeing as my eating habits hav been all ova da place and my excercise has been non existent!!! jus hope it cums down from sunday!! i'm not gonna bother recording what im eatin seeing as its not any good but i will hav a good day tomorrow and b bak wid my daily list lol!

hav a good day

;-)

x

Part of the crimbo dinner will be pretty healthy - the turkey and veg. I hope that you enjoyed it. We have roast chicken a couple of times most weeks. Tescos do a great offer on fresh chickens - two for £5.50 so we get two most weeks. I recently started not doing any potatoes for me but doing tons of vegetables. You really get a huge plateful.

You will be on your hols now.

I am pleased that you found your pedometer. The best way not to lose it is to wear it all the time.

Take care
Love
Margaret

true true the dinner was pretty healthy. it was the pudding which wasn't very healthy at all. lol! m glad ive got hols. cant w8 to get the gym room sorted tomorrow and start excercising. ive actually missed pushing myself and feeling good after a workout. im gonna start wearin the pedometer aswell tomorrow and have to clean the house so will have a good day hopefully. im gonna get sum fish tomorrow aswell. i luv fish and it is really good for protein. and bananas. hmm im writing my thinkin now lol! i suppose thats what diaries are for. lol.

;-)

x

Diaries are absolutely great for writing what you are thinking.

Fish is absolutely brilliant.

I keep a spreadsheet with everything connected in any way to my weight. I capture things like the day, date, weight, stepcount, miles, other exercise, all the things I ate, health info, toilet info, period info etc.

It helps me spot patterns and work out how my body behaves the way it does and try to explain how my weight moves up and down.

Anyway - it is amazimg how often my weight goes down the morning after I had fish for my main meal.

Take care
Love
Margaret

That is a good idea!! me im jus too lazy to enter all the info into a spreadsheet and look at i..but i hav noticed my weight going down after green tea. onli slightly but still goes down lol. i will try the fish!!!

;-)

x

ive lost count of what day it is seeing as i havent updated in awyl. i think it is day 17. not bad. ive been losing the same lbs the last 10 days. hope i can get bak down to 158 and start losing some more. today has been good food wys. ive had a main meal, brekkie and sum healthy snacks. didn't so any excercise mostly because i have ben realy busy. did a lot of moving around all day though. cleaned the house including my room which was a mission in itself. lol. had to get ready for the hols hehe. also got my gym room as i lyk to call it sorted.got all my equipment ready, got of all the junk and cant wait to use it tomorrow!! i am sorted 4 da hols so shud hav sum tym 2 excercise evryday. i hope!!! hav to get a lot of wurk dun as well dese hols. final year is sooo tuf man!!! cant wait till it is all ova. anyways m of to bed soon.

have a gud day

;-)

x

Hi Angel

I remember wishing the years away when I was your age. Now I wonder where the years went. I cant believe that I am middle aged. I really dont feel like I am supposed to feel. It is all a giant con.

Well done on the food. Moving around all day would be good exercise. Remember - you do not have to go to the gym to be doing exercise that helps you lose weight.

I cant believe that you are too lazy to enter a few things into a spreadsheet. It must take me all of a few seconds to do it each day. I am honestly as lazy as the next girl!!! I am pleased that you have noticed that you lose weight with the green tea. Maybe you find it easier to keep all the info in your head. I couldnt do that.

Take care
Love
Margaret

haha my mum keeps sayin that about wishin the years away. i think v always luk up at older ppl and thinkthey must b reaaly old. i can memba doing that when i was at skul and finkin bout ppl in uni but i dont feel old now so i agree it is a giant con lol.

its onli this year i feel i reaaly want it to end. im tryin to do a lot i think and i jus want to see the results.

m back upto 162 today which is about a 1lb a week which is my goal so still not discouraged. if it goes above 162 im going to hav to rethink my weight loss programme. and im not soo sure bout the green tea anymor because i did hav sum yesterday . it may b all the weight im puting on because ov my bad week last week. want to c it go down now.

m gonna do sum gym excercise today. or try to do sum anyway lol. i do keep a lot in my head but i also ryt sum things down in a notebook especially wheneva i try summit different but i def cudnt do it everyday.

;-)

x

Hi Angel

I know that you will be busy - I remember doing my degree. You want to do as well as you can - but you also want to spend some time having fun with your friends. I remember feeling stretched in more than one direction.

I am pleased that you are not discouraged about your weight. We all experience times when weight goes up as well as down. That is the nasty thing about succumbing when tempted by things like cake and biscuits. We all get tempted at times - but it is silly really because the taste of them is not nearly as good as the pleasure when we can wear something nice and feel like we look good. We are going to look so slim for our birthdays!!!

Doing some exercise is a good idea. Go to your gym room and do some exercise. Or put your pedometer on and go out for a walk. I have just been out and walked 6.3 miles.

There's a lot to be said for an excel spreadsheet for capturing all this type of stuff. I know that you dont like the idea - but humour me for a second.

Think lots of columns headed stuff like cheese, chocolate, fish, butter, eggs etc. It only takes a minute in the morning to think - what did I have yesterday and put y in some boxes.
also box labelled main meal and capture the gist of it - e.g. pork chops & beans.

I cope so much easier with that than I could with trying to look for patterns in a notebook.

Take care
Love
Margaret

Quote:

Originally Posted by Omega Hi Angel I am pleased that you are not discouraged about your weight. We all experience times when weight goes up as well as down. That is the nasty thing about succumbing when tempted by things like cake and biscuits. We all get tempted at times - but it is silly really because the taste of them is not nearly as good as the pleasure when we can wear something nice and feel like we look good. We are going to look so slim for our birthdays!!!

i aynt discouraged yet. i myt if i dont reach my 1lb a week goal. but i hope i do. lyk u sed wanna luk gr8 for the birthday. was jus about to eat a chocolate and thought about wot u sed so left it. thanx hon.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Omega Doing some exercise is a good idea. Go to your gym room and do some exercise. Or put your pedometer on and go out for a walk. I have just been out and walked 6.3 miles.

ive jus been lol. i luv it i have my own space and tym to excercise. i did an hour and 15 mins and i feel gr8. how long dus it take u to walk 6.3miles???

Quote:

Originally Posted by Omega There's a lot to be said for an excel spreadsheet for capturing all this type of stuff. I know that you dont like the idea - but humour me for a second. Think lots of columns headed stuff like cheese, chocolate, fish, butter, eggs etc. It only takes a minute in the morning to think - what did I have yesterday and put y in some boxes. also box labelled main meal and capture the gist of it - e.g. pork chops & beans.

hehe seeing as uve been soo gr8 to me. ill giv it a go. i will try and set it up soon. what r all da columns u hav. cud u post me all da details please.

;-)

x

DAY 18 - 16 dec 07

woohoo apart from the weight gain in the mornin today has been good.

i havnt had any naughty foods and i have excecised aswell for 1 hour 15mins.
i aynt gonna list the foods. this week im gonna concentrate on excercise. so:

5 mins bike
5 crosstrainer
15 mins treadmill
15 mins waist workout
10 mins arms workout
15 mins step aerobic
100 sit ups
3 mins bike (cool down)

average heart rate (128)- max heart rate (228)

my heart rate range needs to be within 110 and 170 whyl excercisin. i keep it above 160 durin cardio (25 mins) and then above 110 for the rest.

i feel gr8 but i knw my muscles r gonna b killin tomorrow. it may sound wierd but i do njoy dat feelin. makes me feel dat ive dun sum hard wurk.

ive gotta go in to scholl tomorrow. well i dont hav to but im choosin to so i may not get much excercise in tomorrow but iam gonna keep away from the chocs in the staff room. well im gonna try. as long as i keep my 1lb a week goal thru this holiday season im happy.

hav a good week ppl

;-)

x

DAY 19 - 17 dec 07

2lbs down. the excercise worked. woohooo!! but i haven't done any today because have been in school all day and am going out again at 7. sooo hopefully tomorrow i should have no excuse. it relly feels good. i want to get atleast 5 days of excercise a week. so far this week 1 day. :-(. 5 days to go!! Food has been reaaly good though. have tried to have protein and keep my calories up.
How much protein should i be having?? i think im having about 40-50%. is that ok??

so hopefully my weight doesn't go up again. i don't care if i stay at the same weight as long as i don't put any on.

;-)

x