2012's hopeful diary

Thank you :D

Just the October goal to shoot for.... I should make it, but I am not really concentrating this week, lots of fun lunch invitations at work and the new job means I can accept them :)

Still, my bounce seems to be about 2lbs at the end of a piggling day, so I can't complain. I'll weigh in again next Thursday ish and see how it looks then!
 
I have to go clothes shopping! My last pair of trousers, bought 10 years ago for an interview, fell off my hips today. I have 2 dresses and 2 skirts that fit, one cardi and no tops to go with the skirts!

I do however have loads and loads of thick tights!

So one pair of trousers, 2 tops and another cardi are on the 'to buy' list. Charity shop first....
 
Oh yes! Come back and tell all. Sorry, I forgot all about logging in!!!!

No, I didn't make October's goal, but I did buy a cardi and a jumper - it got cold, so I had too :)

I think I am almost ready to give it my full attention again. The job has settled down and I am feeling more 'together'. I'll reset my targets in a moment! At least I only gained a pound and a little bit, I am definitely not complaining.

Thanks for asking :D
 
Ooh! I haven't been in for a while... new job got interesting and I have just been working , working, working.

So I leaped on the scales this morning and seem to have lost 2lbs. So I will log 'em and will admit I missed my November target and won't make my Christmas one either, but I am more interested in the fact that this is another month when I haven't been giving what I eat even a fifth or sixth thought and I haven't gained anything!

So, new targets, a re-start date and a happy dance :bliss:
 
Have I really not posted on this thing this year? Ooops!

I have just been out in the sales and bought a dress and a skirt and a jumper... the jumper is a size 14 :wee:

I am re-starting with the Slimfasts tomorrow. I need a proper kick to get back on track. I'd love my weight to start with a 12 by February 17th - when I see mum and dad in Spain! It should easily be doable over 3 weeks.

So here we go again :)

Read you all soon xx
 
Ah bugger it!

I have no idea what I weigh now... probably about the same. But we are now in the middle of buying a house... so everything is on hold, diet, crafting, setting up small business, everything.

So I am officially not dieting... not at all, not thinking about it, not wondering, not weighing... I'll be back some time in April :)
 
OK. Make that June!

T'is the first of the month tomorrow, I shall weigh in and then start DDs and exercise days.

I still have no idea what I weigh, have just dug out the scales and will have a look tomorrow... scary :eek:

I may even change my signature :)
 
Right. New start.

the good news is I am still in size 16 clothes, still in the 13s and haven't massacred my diet. So I am setting myself a mini goal from now until then end of August.

6 weeks = 9lb loss (which should get me back to the Current Weight in my Stats).
Overall I now have 2 stones to lose.

Tomorrow: up early, walk and a liquid Down Day:)
 
OK. I have never typed this out before. I think I have always just 'coped'. But I need to do more to get myself back on track. So if I may, I'll just blurt it all out and see how it goes.

My tale of woe:

At 20 years old I was diagnosed with ME/yuppy flu what is now CFS. I slept for about 2 years, woke up a bit, got married. Struggled but held down a full time office job and gained weight.

At 33 I got a bit of grip, was made redundant, went to University and specialised in physical activity and health. I wanted to work out how to get myself fitter and healthier and my GP, whilst really helpful was not knowledgeable. I was 14+ stones in weight and struggled to exercise because of the CFS. Also dad was diagnosed with Metabolic Syndrome, so I spent a lot of time researching physiology and endocrinology.

I also qualified as a specialist fitness instructor - to be honest working with older people and medical populations meant I didn't have to move too much [smile]. But I earned a living teaching aerobics and working with the NHS with super obese patients. I taught 15 lessons per week in commercial gyms. I lost a stone and many inches, muscled up and felt great.

Then I started to feel sleepy. I assumed my CFS was rebelling so I cut out all alcohol and reduced exercise intensity but upped the duration, which had always worked before. But it got worse and I was sent home for falling asleep at my desk. I felt narcoleptic and was eventually driven to my GP who took less than 5 minutes to get me into the Practice Nurse for bloods and B12 injections. I was massively anaemic, pernicious anaemia, so I needed lost more injections! And that started my downfall.

I just couldn't exercise. It was like having the CFS back at full tilt, if I moved I fell asleep. So I took up more lecturing hours and stopped instructing and gained another 2 stones... life went on and eventually any incline made me start breathing like Darth Vader, though I feel fine, not tired, my body just doesn't do oxygen. I did more reading and had more bloods, megablastic anaemia means my red blood cells can't carry all 4 oxygen molecules... so that's it, I am broken, I will never be as fit as I was.

Then I read up about IF, back then Dr Mosley hadn't done his thing, so I started JUDDDing and lost a lot of weight and feel much better. So what now? Well, I want to try exercise again. I miss it. My avatar gives you a hint of my passion, I love kickboxing - I have a certificate in Boxercise - and I own a bag like the one in my avatar and love to use it, but have not been very successful! So I am making this my focus: very gradual re-entry to exercise and HIT as my goal.

Sadly my timing is awful, DH is off next week for our wedding anniversary, but it gives me time to write up a doable programme and to get myself properly sorted.

Oh and I have lost 4lbs, 5 to go to get back to my Current Weight :)
 
Thanks :)

I'm setting myself an October half term short term goal, starting in 2 weeks, that's about 12 weeks @ 1lb per week, which should get me about half way to my goal weight :)
 
:happy036:Happy New Year to me

And everyone else :D

I will leave that 13st 5lb there, so I know when I have got back to it!!!

I had a weir 2014. Bought a house, gained weight, handed in my notice. Lost 4 lbs. So I am using my notice period as a kickstart.

April 31st I will weigh 13st 5lb or less.

Should be doable at a pound a week. Ideally I'd like to get into the 12s....

So, here we go again :bliss:
 
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