Hey hey!

Well went to gym last night... fumbled around a bit with gym equipment, but at least got a feel for what my next workout will be like

I went to my weekly weigh in last night and lost 1.3 pounds... proudness!! Even after my birthday weekend! Will be doing another running session this evening, hopefully I can fit it in before my boyfriend gets to my place.

Speaking of fitting in exercise, what a juggle! And I don't even have my own house and kids.... I went from weigh in to gym to belly dancing last night, all in heavy traffic. I made it all on time, a miracle I swear. I usually ride my scooter around, but yesterday it was pouring so UI had to borrow my mom's car. It sucks coz I can cut past traffic with the scooter

Aaanyway, another day, another challenge, woohoo!

Ankebuzz,
You seem to be doing great! Wicked awesome! Fitting in running and dancing, keep trecking girl! Before you know it you will have lost your first goal weight!

ttylater
always
natalie jo

Well the rest of last week went beautifully exercise wise. I eventually did another run, plus a full body weight workout on the Thursday, plus one more run on Sunday. I'm counting the Sunday one as Week 1's first run again, as last week wasn't too consistent.

My energy has practically doubled since the exercise! And I lost another 1.4 pounds at my weigh in last night. I've signed up for like 4 challenges on the forum, hopefully I can keep up, hehe. But that should keep me motivated!

Later!

Well done on your loss!
Not long to go now Is 165 your ultimate goal?

Well, my diet clubs leader set this as my goal weight. It's more of a "see how it looks and how I feel when I get there". When I was last at that weight, I did some modelling (I was still considered larger than other models).

I may go down to a minimum of 130 pounds, depending on all the above and on muscle mass. I am really enjoying weight training, so I rate I wanna get all toned and athletic looking!

Thanks for your visit to my diary! I'm gonna try do the pics tonight. Cheers!

Yeah that's what I am doing. My goal is 140 but if I get to 150 and think I look good I'll stop, or if I get to 140 and wanna lose a bit more then I'll maybe go down to 135, etc. So yeah I get what you're saying

Oh, I made the most amazing soup for supper....

It was:

Butternut
Sweet potatoes
Onions
Garlic
Butter Beans
Milk
Olive oil
Sea salt
Black pepper

Cooked that all soft in a pot and then blended in a food processor. It is so divine!!! Also made salmon fillets.

They were

2 fresh salmon fillets
lemon juice
parsley and garlic

Grilled in the oven, goes crispy, yum!!!

Served with a slice of wholewheat bread for the soup.

Ah, I was feeling decadent... so glad I could do it in a healthy way!

So I really should go on this forum more after work... I was going to skip gym, but now I am going! And that after just reading 3 or 4 posts...

DAMN, YOU GUYS, EVERYONE ON THIS FORUM, YOU'RE INSPIRING!!!

I'm off to gym

I was going to post my before and current pics last night... but I got caught up in nostalgia and created a timeline of my life up until now... And then I had to go resize all the pics and rename them and everything and next thing I knew it was 1am. So they're still not uploaded (also figured out how to do that last night )

So my question is, do you think I should put my "sort of life story" in my journal or in the before and afters section??? I think I should rather keep it here... maybe do another before and after for when I'm at my goal.

Anyway, I'll be finishing that off tonight and posting it

Oh, today our work is taking us out for lunch to an "all you can eat" buffet restaurant, with the "all you can drink" option included. Wish me strength!

The before and after forum handles pictures a lot better than the diary forum does -that is - it handles links from image hosting sites like photobucket - and that way youdon't have to worry about resizing them...

you can also update your posts at regular intervals -that's what most folks who do the pictures do -you don't need to wait til you're at an after - before and inbetween are always good to see...

Alright, thanks for the tips mal!

I will be starting a thread in the before and afters section then.

As I said, we went to an "all you can eat" place, and here's what I had:

The big buffet meal:

Plate 1:

Lettuce, cucumber, tomatoes, carrots (all salad stuff)

Plate 2:

Stirfry with green peppers, mushrooms, onions, 2 prawns. Cooked in 1 tblspn garlic butter, and chilli and sweet and sour sauce(2 tblspns).

Plate 3:

Half a cup rice, 1 chicken thigh (skin not eaten) and one slice of beef roast (visible fat not eaten). Plus 2 roast potato wedges.

Plate 4:

1 tblspn peppermint crisp tart
1 tblspn chocolate mousse
Half a cup fruit salad
1 tblspn hot chocolate sauce

Drinks:

1 small brown sherry
7 glasses of wine
4 shooters

Phew, so ye, it's off to the gym today! I want to run and do a full strength workout.

Now I am going to tell you a story.

My mother has suffered from depression, anxiety and mood swings all her life. As a result of this she has always been on some or other cocktail of head meds (antidepressants, antipsychotics, anticonvulsants, sleeping pills, mood stabilisers).

She has also tried to commit suicide numerous times (I really lost count) from when I was about 4 until now (I'm 20). So she has her good patches and bad patches... My brother and I spent way too much time visiting my mother in mental institutions for the month or two long stay she ended up having once or twice a year. As time went on, measures were put in place to manage her condition better. It's just a way of life for us to always wonder "when will she get it right?" (suicide)

My mother takes these sleeping pills that if you don't go to sleep when you take them, they just put on a total trip. So she didn't fall asleep and started going a bit psychotic.

At some stage (about 3am) she decides she needs to get to the doctor for this really strong kinda injection that puts her out for a day or two when she's in really bad shape. She drove out, while tripping on those pills. We figure she must have realised she wasn't ok to drive, because it seems she only got to the end of the road we live on and then turned around. She then promptly drove off the side of the road into a ditch. The car is a write off.

My mother got a deep cut on her face into the muscle and her knee was injured and bleeding in some way. She WALKED about halfway back home before patrolling security guards picked her up and brought her home. My dad took her toi the hospital at 4am. She is being operated on to close the wounds, and she should be fine.

We only got this car 5 months ago, sigh. The meds obviously made my mom very disoriented and confused. The worst part is one of the side effects - anti-retrograde amnesia - you forget everything that happens from the moment you take the pill. So she won't even know what happened... drove past the car this morning. I had to stop and take pictures, it was so bad. I guess I should be glad she won't remember, because the thing that upset me the most was that she was all alone and must have been so afraid and freaking out.

WHY IS THIS MY PROBLEM NOW???!!!

I sometimes wish I could pick and choose the things I want to deal with in life, but unfortunately there aren't such choices. I can only handle HOW I deal with it... and I'm not sure how.

Hey! I'm just posting this to see how the picture comes out before I go post in the right thread.

Here's me at age 3!

EDIT: Nevermind, I eventually figured the picture thing out

Hope it came out okay!

So, here I am. Still eating healthy, still sticking to my exercise, relationships are good, finances are good, hobbies are good.

So, here are areas I'd like to focus on getting up to scratch as well:

Career - I would like to focus on working during work time, and doing work-related activities mainly. Currently I am browing and foruming ALL day!

Spirituality - I learned how to do "transcendental meditation" when I was younger, and I would like to incorporate meditation into my daily routine.

So there we go! That's my update Hope everyone else is well too!

Hey, wooww I hope your mum gets better, bless her *hugs*

You're doing so well

Going fo my weigh in tonight. I am planning on a well-balanced, exercise filled week from today.

You know, the kind of week where you absolutely KNOW you're going to see a lower number on that scale. That is my goal for this week!

Basically, with the "Accountability Contest" I'm doing, these are the other things I'm focussing on this week:

• 3 litres water a day
• 30 grams fibre a day
• 3-5 fruits and/or vegetables a day
• 6 hours exercise by the end of the week
• 3 runs with the couch to 5k program

So, here goes a FABULOUS WEEK!

Ok!

Yesterday I went to my weigh in and I gained 1.3 pounds. I am entirely accepting that this is due to me overeating on 3 days out of 7. I have been weight training for 3 weeks now, so I have a feeling that weight I picked up was all muscle... so it is therefore heavier

My logic seems to make sense, as I have lost according to my measuring tape. Yay! I'm going to stick with the exercise, make sure I eat healthy and the right amounts this week, and next week will bring me a sweet loss!

So yesterday:

Eating wise everything went great. I stayed within my calories and got in 35 grams of fibre, as well as 2-3 litres water. I also had 4 servings of fruit and veg. My dad brought home Lindt dark chilli chocolate which I had one square of, and I got him belgian chocolate for fathers day

Exercise wise I went to belly dancing for an hour, then jogged/walked week 2 of Couch to 5k, and did upper body strength training. So that's 2 hours of exercise!

I'm feeling good and strong for the week!