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By Groovybabe • Jul 2nd, 2007 • Category: being motivated, diet, eating healthily, exercise, gym, water, weightlossI think I may have solved the water issue. I have a jug on my desk filled with water (it carries 2.5pints) and I have a pint glass that is initially filled with water too, so as long as I finish all of that in a day it should be okay. My problem is that I don’t get thirsty as such. I only realise I am dehydrated when I have a massive headache and the saliva dries up in my mouth!! But filling the jug and drinking that should help with that. I might see if they have a 2litre jug in town today…
I stayed back on track yesterday, I did really good, which goes to show me that I can have something happen like a small slip up and not have it ruin my whole dieting plan. In fact, I have just weighed in today and have lost that pound I put on yesterday + I lost another 1/4 lb too!
I am right at the bottom of my current stone (18.2) and I really can’t wait to get into the 17’s, especially as I was 19 when I started! If we’re talking in pounds, I had 130lbs to lose when I started and I now have 118lbs to lose. I really can’t wait until, firstly, I get to need 115lbs because that is half of the 30lbs above 100lbs that I need to lose and then I really can’t wait until I no longer have 100+ lbs to lose - even if I still need to lose 99lbs!
I am off to the gym in a minute. I haven’t managed to get there since last Wednesday so I am really looking forward to it. I have done a couple of long walks but walking doesn’t hit you in the same cardio-vascular way that a gym workout does.
Groovybabe is 14.9 stones today and has lost 2lbs at her last weigh in.
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Hope you enjoy the gym!
Having a jug is a great idea. I’m weaning myself off bottle water (slightly flavoured) and I have a water filter jug in the fridge. I’m still adding a little squash, but hopefully in a week or so I’ll be able to just drink water. If you are in a hard water area like me, it might be worth looking into afilter jug. Tesco or asda do them for £10 and the filters only cost £2 a month. Its a saving for me as I was drink 3-4 litres of flavoured water a day!
Well done on not letting the blip keep you down. We’ve got to make sure that we don’t let lapses turn in to relapses - if they do, they end up becoming collapses!
hello there, water is very important as part of a diet/workout routine. Im glad that you found a way to get some water in your system. good Luck!!!
So keeping the water in the fridge was good for the water, it got to stay there! It was out of sight, out of mind, I think and It was seriously the last thought in my mind! So my jug, as inspired by this post, is sitting right in front of me now.
I agree about the gym thing. I push myself harder at the gym, and always feel super exhausted afterward!
You’re doing so well! This seems so different than the other times, doesn’t it?
Heh, when you said about putting water in the fridge I did think I couldn’t do that, I’d just ignore it! LOL. It’s great that you’ve got it in front of you though, I know its the only way I can do it. It’s still a struggle.
I thought I always was knackered coz I’m so overweight, it’s nice to know it hits us all like that, LOL.
Do you think it is different to other times? My best friend said (quite early on) that I am more motivated than she has ever seen me. I don’t know if it is different or not. One time I think it definitely is and then another (hungry) time I think gah I must not give in! I think when I have lost more than 2 stones then I will relax into it more as I have lost up to 2 stones before - although it did happen much more quickly before.
I am down a top size and down two trouser sizes and that is what I am trying to keep in mind. The longer I stick at this the healthier I get and the slimmer I get.
I think it may be different in that the last time I did this I didn’t have panic attacks - which has me on a constant state of alarm about my health failings, and my weight is a huge part of this. Plus, I don’t think I have ever been as desperate as I am now. I am really really desperate to feel normal again.