Thursday Report

Yesterday I was not good with eating, but did do an abs workout which was good. I spent 50 minutes pedalling on the exercise bike but overate. My weight went down a tint bit to 9 stone 12.4 pounds.

Wednesday Report

I ate loads yesterday, I had PMT I think. My weight was up to 9 stone 12.6 pounds which is not good. I am hoping I find the energy to do a workout tonight - as I certainly need to!

Hmmm Tuesday....

Well it has not been a good start today. I put on weight yesterday, like I feared I would and am now 9 stone 11.2 pounds. Today has started with bad eating too - lots of chocolate and dried mango. I am pretty sure it is PMT, not that that is a good excuse, just the reason.

Monday News

My weight was back down to 9 stone 10.8 pounds today which was good. I was hoping to have lost a bit more, but with the coffee and cookie I had this morning, it is unlikely that I will lose a lot more today. I will have to get working on that exercise machine later!

Sunday news

I was really pleased that I only put on 0.4 pounds yesterday making my weight this morning 9 stone 11.2 pounds. Obviously I want to be lighter but this is a minor glitch. I am working hard today with a workout first thing and eating healthily so if all goes to plan I should take that back off again and hopefully a bit more.

Saturday

This morning my weight was the same at 9 stone 10.8 pounds which I was pleased with, but ate out today....

Breakfast - porridge 150
Elevenses - skinny latte with whipped cream 150
Lunch - Pizza Hut individual vegetarian supreme with a pot of tea - 650
Afternoon - Thorntons diabetic fudge bar, fruitus bar, wallaby bar - 375
Tea - boiled egg sandwich, apple, grapes, carrot, dried apricots, pot of tea - 450

So already 1775 without anything this evening. We did stroll around a lot of the day but not enough to burn many calories I doubt and my feet are too sore to exercise this evening.

I was pleased with my choice at the restaurant though, I chose a low calorie option (by guesswork having looked it up when I got home) and the children left some of their food and I only ate a few of their carrot sticks and not the leftover pizza. I am wondering just how much weight I have put on....!

Friday News

My wieght was down to 9 stone 10.8 pounds this morning which was good. I was happy with that as I did not do a workout again. I did play football with the children though and ate sensibly. Today I have not been so good having eaten a chocolate bar this morning and then having fish and chips for tea because it was what the children wanted. I am not happy today and feel like I could eat everything in site so I am trying my hardest to be restrained.

Thursday news

I worked hard yesterday again, eating sensibly and doing 30 minutes jog in the evening as well as 30 minutes cycling during the day, an abs workout and my normal walking. My weight went down to 9 stone 11.2 pounds which was great. My son did tell me he thought I had a fat stomach and he didn't like it which was not nice but as he is only four I ignored it and will use it as motivation to keep going at things.

Enjoying Food

I think that if you do not want to overeat you need to be careful with your attitude towards enjoying food. I think that you either need to savour every mouthful and make the effort to enjoy every bit so you feel completely satisfied or you need to have the attitude that food is fuel and enjoyment is not important. My viewpoint tends to change depending on many things but I just have to keep in mind that I do not have to eat tonnes of something to enjoy it and in fact a smaller amount is more enjoyable than having enough to feel stuffed and sick.

Weight Loss

Yesterday my weight was down to 9 stone 12.6 pounds which means I lost 1.8 pounds in the day which is pretty amazing. I did eat sensibly, do 1 hour on the exercise bike, 20 mins running on it and my normal walking as well as an abs workout. Yesterday I ate a couple of chocolates and too many dried apricots but I did half an hour cycling, 25 minutes jogging and the abs workout as well as my normal walking and this morning my weight was down a tiny bit to 9 stone 12.4 pounds. I am still determined and have little appetite now I am getting used to eating sensibly again which is great. I think the exercise, extra drinking and getting used to having smaller portions is helping where that is concerned and I have not been having cravings either. I would really like to be below 9.5 stone before the 13th March which means losing half a pound a day on average which I think is achievable, especially as I am so determined at the moment.

Exercise and Pain

Years ago there was a phrase which was used when exercising 'No pain, no gain'. But nowadays the advice tends to be that you should stop when it hurts. Having just taken up doing sit-ups again, it certainly hurts when I am doing them but to me it is a good hurt. I can feel that my muscles are working hard. I feel like I am experienced enough about exercising to know how much is too much. I can tell the difference between muscle aches and damage and so I know how hard to push myself. I suppose the best thing to do is to stop if you are not sure whether the pain is because you are doing damage or because you are stretching your muscles.

Update

I was determined on Friday to do well and I lost 0.8lb which was fantastic. The next day I was out and had lunch out and my weight was back up again. Yesterday I worked pretty hard but put on weight - probably due to a lack of exercise, so it stands at 10 stone 0.4 pounds at the moment.

I have renewed determination today, possibly because of the sunshine and I have decided to have a run on the exercise machine this evening. I also have a serious of stomach flattening exercises from a magazine which I intend to have a go at and hopefully by the time I have a family get together in a few weeks time, I will be feeling great about my body again.