YAY…. 112.9kg this week *does happy dance*. I am sure if I wouldn’t have been sick I could have lost a whole lot more… Oh well, let’s not be ungrateful . Next stop 110 or no, I shall be ambitious and go for 109kg by the end of the month. Now that I am a bit better I should be able to work out again and get onto my beloved rowing machine, without collapsing in a heap. So hell yeah, bring it on!!!
It’s only Thursday and already I am dying for it to be Monday (weigh-in day). Why? Because I know that when I step on the scales I will be at least another pound lighter, which is going to bring me down to 113.whatever. I can’t remember the last time I weighed that. Maybe when I started Uni or something.
So yeah, I can’t wait and I would love to cheat a bit and get on the damn things right now. But I shall be a good girl (for a change) and wait til at least tomorrow morning haha.
Surprises, as well as anticipation, rock too. Today was a particularly difficult day for this whole weight loss thing, as I am down with Tonsillitis and really do crave comfort food. But I got some surprise motivation sent today when I logged into my Facebook and found a message of a rather hot guy who thought I was cute. So if that doesn’t mean I am moving in the right direction then I really don’t know.
And on that note, I am going to curl up in bed with a little satisfied smile on my face and watch Blade (Can’t beat a bit of Wesley).
Finally, my first real mile stone has been reached. Today I have fit into my first size 20 pair of trousers 🙂 This does wonders for motivation and for my mood, which has been a little down lately. I have about another 10 pairs of jeans and trousers in my wardrobe in which I have not fit for over four years and I can’t wait to get back into them one by one.
It seems to me that the low carbohydrate way is the way for me to go. I have tried it many other ways but this, as we see, is working well. So I will stick to that for now.
Next mini goal 109kg, which is 10lbs away… ten lbs in a month should be doable if I increase my working out a little, but if it takes six weeks then so be it. I just want to get there, but now I know I will 🙂
Ok, so I have been back on the Celebrity Slim for a week now. I started off at 117.8kg and am now weighing in at 115.6kg, which I am most pleased about. Yes it’s nowhere near the 7 lbs I lost in the first week when I did CS in December, but it’s definitely all moving into the right direction. After all, this is the lowest I have weighed in about three years, maybe even four. Mr. W. ( yes he is back on the scene) is all worried that I will weigh less than him in a couple of weeks, which makes me giggle. It’s been years since I weighed less than my partner.
I really need to start working out more regularly. Now that my anaemia is much better, not 100% gone but a lot better, I really should commit a bit more to my workouts. Going to do some Yoga I think, this might just help my knackered rotator cuff too, as swimming is becoming a bit of a nightmare because of it. I enjoy the swims, but Christ are they painful and the night after it is particularly painful despite heat treatment etc..  Other than that I am fine healthwise. I have a lot more energy, now that I actually have some blood to pump around my body and I feel really motivated. Let’s hope everything stays as well as it is going now 🙂
I bet you are wondering, if I love it so much, why did I stop? Three years ago I got diagnosed with pernicious anaemia after a long time of feeling really, really crap. Like normal anaemia it makes you feel tired but this one also affects your nervous system, which resulted in me not even being able to walk across an open field or go swimming, because my balance was so poor and I got really disorientated and panicky because of it. Life was pretty grim and after a few incidents in the pool where I had really bad palpitations (another symptom) and dizziness, I began getting really anxious just at the thought of having to get into the pool. This anxiety got worse and worse over the years but lately the desire of wanting to get fit and healthy again kind of made me think about swimming again.
For months and months I planned on going and never ended up going, making all sorts of excuses until today while I was working it kind of clicked in my head and I thought, if I don’t go right now I will never go, ever! So, thankfully I work from home which gives me a little flexibility and I told my boss I would take an early lunch and I went. My heart was pounding and I was feeling dizzy again, this time I knew that it was more the anxiety that made me feel like that than the little bit of hay fever that made my head feel all squishy. So I ignored it. Luckily I thought of this scenario so many times that I came prepared and  I had put my swim suit under my clothes so I just had to walk in, take my stuff off and get in there. No thinking required.
When my body hit the water it was the most amazing feeling ever, stretching my body as much as I could as I pushed off the pool wall, I felt alive again, a feeling that has been absent for a long time. I am so glad I went. Fingers crossed things stay like that.
I have been living the “new” life style for two months now. Over those two months a lot has changed I find. It’s not all about my weight and how I look, though that has changed a bit too, it’s also very much about how I feel and little behaviour changes which appeared all by themselves.
Today I went shopping, just a quick in and out job because my eldest wanted to go out and he was minding the other two, so as I had to go the doctors first I had to take a cab (yes I know I should have walked anyway lol). Anyway, as I got out of the taxi I quickly wanted to go to the cash machine but there were lots of people coming from my left walking towards the cashpoint, so for the first time in at least two years I actually ran somewhere lol even if it was only to the cash machine. It was only once I was sat in the taxi again, after I have rushed through the shops carrying alsorts of bits, paid for them and then sprinted back to the taxi, that I noticed what I did and that I was not even out of breath.
Also, my heart rate doesn’t shoot up anymore when I climb some stairs or do some cleaning, thanks to the cardio I aim to do at least four times a week. One of the best ones though, yes it’s a shallow superficial one but I don’t care, my legs are so much stronger and firmer now it’s great. They still are big but got a bit more shape to them than before.
Foodwise, I do try and be good, honestly. But in the last few days that hasn’t really worked for me it being the week before the week etc.. I have changed to wholemeal pasta and bread, so I am trying to make the right choices but sweets keep distracting me, though I have to say, I have cut down lots on them and can only eat a few these days as I find them far too sweet now.
Will have a week of Celebrity slim to get things in order again I think, just to get things moving and my mind focused. Will keep you posted.
As previously mentioned, I am trying various workouts at the moment, to find the one that I really like and would like to stick with. All sounds a lot easier than it is, as I am a terrible fuss pot. I think you can put the challenge up there with finding the man for life… So yes, maybe it’s even impossible, haha.
Anyhow, I have got this Yoga DVD of a friend of mine and have sat down and watched this. Up until then I thought, Yoga was something more chilled out, meant for relaxation. I never thought you could actually get a really good workout from it. But yes, after having a close look, it’s a bit like Pilates and I like the whole idea of developing body strength slowly and not by jumping around like mad. Yes I know I still have a bit of a couch potato attitude, but I want to start working out slowly and not over do it and put myself off again for a long time.
So, I have ordered a yoga mat and blocks and hopefully I will become a bit of a yogi 🙂 will tell you more once I have tried it….
Oh and one totally off topic…. I dyed my hair bright red… Look 🙂
THE RED SIDE OF LIFE
This Christmas me and my friend Saru have decided to only give each other hand-made pressies, as we did not get to see each other over Christmas ours will be this Saturday. Saru has only started with crochet about a year ago so she is not all that well equipped yet, therefore I decided to make her a bag for her hooks. When I started, I had no idea what it was supposed to look like once it was finished, but then I came across a really nice piece of fabric and it kind of all happened from there.
I first wanted to make the closing mechanism (would you still call it a mechanism when it comes to items like this? Oh well you know what I mean) out of ribbons which I wanted to sew at the back of the square bit, soon realised it would be too fiddly if you wanted to quickly put something away, so I went for buttons instead. But once they were on they looked really boring, so I decided to make flowers as their button holes to brighten the whole thing up ( as if the colours wouldn’t be bright enough already).
My sewing, as you can see on the close-ups really could do with refining, but I guess for my first attempt as a grown up (a grown up with terrible eye sight I may add) I don’t think it’s all that bad. But there is definitely some practice needed ( or maybe just more light when I work). Anyhow, there it is… another pressie for Saru! I hope she likes it 🙂
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As I am getting more and more into the whole idea of working out, I am exploring different ways of working out. Yesterday I tried Pilates, because it looked like one of those “easy going” workouts. You know, not one of those where arms and legs are flying as my shoulder is giving me a lot of trouble lately and I also thought it would be a nice easy way of settling into a routine.
Oh my god, how wrong I was! While doing it, it managed to get my heart rate up to 135 and now, a day later, I hurt, I hurt bad! My abs are screaming for a hot bath and a massage not to mention my butt and my legs. And honestly, while I was doing it it really didn’t seem all that bad. So yeah, thumbs up for Pilates I say!
A real crafty one 
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