Good as Gold
So far so good. Yesterday I ended the day with 1182 calories, and that was a big workout and an hour and a half of walking under my belt! I have been good today. I’ve had about 700 calories so far and it is 5pm. I even went back to the gym this morning.
Every bone in my body told me not to go from the moment I woke up but I defied logic (albeit my own logic) and went. I didn’t do a full workout as I was shattered from yesterday, and my muscles are hardcore hurting from my new weights session, but I wanted to do some running as that really sets me up for the day and helps me to control my food intake. So I did 10 minute warm up on the bike, 35 minutes on the tready and then another 10 mins cooldown on the bike. With stretches. Then I left! On the tready I started off with a 5 min fit test and it come up at 36.5, which is about one higher than my highest to date, yay! In total I did 6km’s on the bike and 3km’s on the tready. ****pleased****
Right now I am cooking my very own home made curry! :S I have never done that before but I have wanted to try it for a while. I bought a Butternut Squash and courgette and parsnips and onions and many other things. I can’t wait!
Another food I have started eating is natural bio yogurt. I always bought flavoured yogurts before but I have started eating a natural one with a bit of honey in it and o.m.g! D.i.v.i.n.e!
I have been driving myself crazy without the scales at home, it is TORTURE! LOL. I went to the doctor’s surgery today to make an appointment and they saw me immediately (I was rather impressed!). It was for a weightloss session. I came in at 99.40kg’s but I had clothes on, I’d eaten breakfast and I really needed a #2 (sorry!) So I think it should have been 98, which is about 15.6 I think. Yay! (I also weighed in at the gym and that showed 15.8 but was even later in the day and I’d done a workout and had water retention in my hands) The weightloss nurse also took my BP and it came back at 120/70 so I was rather pleased that it was completely normal now, yay!
T’is all good!
November 7th, 2007 at 6:52 pm
I’m proud of you for going to the gym even when you didn’t want to do it. That’s not easy. Way to go! And it sounds like you’re doing good with the food choices, too.
So, you like veggies, eh? I hate ‘em. I need to figure out a way to prepare them in an appetizing way. My whole family needs more vegetables in their diet.
Keep up the good work!!!
November 7th, 2007 at 7:09 pm
YAHOO about your blood pressure! I am always thrilled when I find out that numbers like that are good. It’s so easy to get caught up in what’s going on on the scales, and forget that our bodies are making changes internally, too.
I think moving the scales out is a good plan, even if it is torturous. I get way too obsessed with them sometimes, too, and that cycle can get scary.
November 7th, 2007 at 7:37 pm
Susan
Thanks! I didn’t want to and I didn’t need to really but I did it anyway because I want to see results! It wasn’t easy but I was glad I did it!
I love veggies! I cannot get enough of them! The curry was absolutely delicious! I wasn’t sure it would be but OMG! Even my son who just point blank refuses to eat most vegetables at every last bit of it! It was so low cal too, I think it came to about 180 cals per portion!
Marianne
Thanks, I was pretty pleased too. I plan on making a post at some point about all the good things that have happened with weightloss, things you wouldn’t normally think of… like when I was at my biggest I suffered with terrible cracked heels. They really hurt at one point the cracks were so deep. I’d file them and moisterise them and everything but nothing worked. Since weightloss they’ve cleared up without any work from me. I watched a programme the other week that said oily fish can help heel the heels lol so it is probably my nutrition that has helped rather than weightloss per sae but still!
November 7th, 2007 at 9:36 pm
So I just have to say how glad I am that are reinfused with excitement. This sounds very much like the eradication of your next fifty pounds!
November 7th, 2007 at 11:10 pm
Thanks Rachel! I really really really REALLY hope you’re right! I just have to keep giving myself the mantra I did in the early days: yesterday was simple so today will be no different, which means tomorrow will take care of itself. It’s a variation on the ‘look after the pennies (cents) and the pounds (dollars) will look after themselves!
November 8th, 2007 at 1:55 am
I am so inspired after reading this post! I’m so glad your mojo is back full force!! You ROCK!!