Anja's Up & Down Diary

[bakerfa]

Hi Barb

I don't know whether mine was JUDDDing or whether it's stress with the funeral/assignment but until I get completely unblocked, which hasn't yet happened, everything's just piling up on what's already stuck.

11,8 this morning again - am off to have activia yoghurt, weetabix, banana & cherries for breakfast in the vain hope that something will yield!

 

[bakerfa]

Today's been okay. ID/UD I suppose.

B: activia yoghurt with cherries, weetabix with banana & milk
No lunch - was busy with Maths
D: spaghetti bolognese, fondant fancy cake, strawberries with spray cream & later ice cream

Will be 1,380 for today. 4.4 fruit & veg. Will also aim for an ID rather than a UD tomorrow although I'll eat a couple of hours before aqua as I need the energy!

My Mum said she wouldn't have realised it was me if I'd just sent the photos of my new hair, my cheekbones & jawline seem more obvious with that colour.

 

[bakerfa]

Down to 11,7 again this morning. I have 1,200 cals planned today as well as a 388cal burning session of aqua so maybe I can be 11,6 in the morning for weigh in. That would be lovely, but I'll wait & see!

Should be interesting to see what reactions I get at work about my hair! Have got my swimming hat all ready for tonight - don't want to come out green!

 

[Barb]

Fingers crossed Anja, 11.6 would be great! Glad your Mum liked your hair, I agree with her it certainly suits you lighter.

Have a good DD/ID.

Love

 

[clairejen]

You're doing so well now Anja, sounds like you are getting back in the swing of things again. When you get your second colour done will you be changing your avatar?

 

[bakerfa]

I didn't say she liked it!
She simply said she wouldn't have recognised me. She was very "Oh my God!" when I said I was going blonde as she LOVES my hair natural whereas I think it makes me look anaemic, so I usually put quite a vibrant red in it so that it glows red in the sun but still looks dark. I think she's waiting until she actually sees it & then I'm positive she'd prefer it dark. Her first comment was "if you were meant to have blonde hair you'd have been born with it!"

EVERYONE at work commented on it. Some of the blokes even said I shouldn't go blonder as they like it as it is now (all married!). However it's much too ginger for me to consider that even if it is going to be really expensive. I won't be going back to my hairdresser for any more colours, maybe just cuts. We had a misunderstanding about the price, it turns out the price she quoted was PER session so it's going to be twice the price I thought, i.e. VERY expensive! Will be doing my roots with shop-bought root touchup not paying £50 plus for her to do it.

Haven't thought about the avatar. We'll see!

 

[Barb]

OOpss - sorry Anja, Mums, they can be a bit, well, negative at times, can't they? Anyhoo, I like it and I am sure the comments you are getting at work are a good indicator. I didn't think it looked that gingery in the pics, but I guess if you are going to try blonde properly it needs to be BLONDE!!!

Love

 

[bakerfa]

Well, this week has been fairly poor.:break_diet: 4UDs, 2IDs & 1DD. Today has been an ID. 1,322 cals, 10.1 fruit & veg, 12,326 steps & an hour of aqua, so reasonable.

B: 3 apricots & melon
L: Asda mighty noodle soup sachet (lovely & low cal!), grapes, cherries, fondant fancy
Snack: mini jaffa cakes pod
D: 1/2 tin baked beans on 2 x toast with butter, 1 fondant fancy
Oops: 1/2 galaxy (yes - only 3 pieces! How's that for control!?)
Supper: 1 little pot fruit compote

Will see what tomorrow's weigh & measure brings. Have got a major headache so off to bed now.

How quickly to roots grow back normally? I can already see a mm of dark at the top of each hair. Surely it's not supposed to grow that quickly? It definitely wasn't there before! Will get her to sort it next Saturday when I go back!

 

[IreneH]

What a complete change. It looks great
Irene xx

 

[Barb]

Interesting Anja that you and I tend to have good weeks together and not so good weeks together. Its all more fun with a buddy though, especiallya Judddie Budddie!
Hope you have a good week this week, I plan to, need to get on with this, really don;t want to lose momentum and with you there to kick my bottom(thanks for that yesterday)
I should be ok and so should you.

Night night,

Love

 

[kandy]

Hiya Anja,
Just wanted to say hi and love your hair it really suits you !
XXX

 

[bakerfa]

Thank you!

Weigh in results: 11,7 1lb down, have now lost 20% of my total starting weight. 1/2 an inch off, 1/4 each off waist & bum. All other measurements the same as last week. Target for this 4 weeks was 13lbs but I have only managed 8, which is still tonnes better than when I wasn't JUDDDing.

Right - final push. I have 11 days until my holiday & I would like to lose 3lbs between now & the 10th so today will be a DD. I will also aim for 1lb in the final 4 days so I want my holiday weight to be 11,3.

 

[clairejen]

That's a respectable loss for a week like that, I'm sure you'll get your 3lbs loss before you go away. Roots do start to show pretty quickly, but they don't expand very fast so aren't too noticeable except on partings.

 

[Barb]

Thats BRILLIANT Anja, so pleased for you, as you say 8lbs is really good and ok it's not 13 but it is OFF not ON! Another 2-3 is very do-able in the next week, but I know your head is in the right place and if it is only 1 or 2 you will still be pleased. Thats the joy of Juddding!

Love

 

[bakerfa]

God I'm hungry! There's no hungry mood otherwise I might actually have changed my mood for a change. I know I'm not really but it's a psychological thing as I know I have 3 DDs this week for a change the way things are going! (Also not helped by my breakfast melon being fairly unripe & crunchy!) Have got salad, cheese & salad cream with grapes & cherries planned for lunch, cottage pie for dinner and then strawberries & raspberries with low cal ice cream.

I recently bought Patsy Palmer's Ibiza workout DVD so may give that a go as it still has the cellophane on at the minute! Definitely will do some sort of exercise tonight & will also tidy my room which is a total tip. I may try some clothes on to try & decide what to take to Spain.

Tu DD, W UD, Th DD, F UD, Sa DD, Su UD M UD/ID depending how close I am to 3lb target. Friday will be takeaway of some sort, possibly Indian, Saturday I'm at hairdressers for several hours and then the Live Earth concert is on, Sunday my Dad is home for a change so I suspect it will be roast dinner & wine.

 

[Barb]

I'm hungry too!!!!!! I just said to my OH that this diet would be perfect if it wasn't for the down days! He sagely replied that it would n't work then. Bugger, guess we are stuck with the hunger then.

 

[clairejen]

I think you actually get hungrier on this diet than most. Usually you kind of get used to eating less eventually, but because we keep changing quantities we never can get accustomed to it. I keep telling myself "hunger is my body's way of telling me it is losing weight".

 

[Barb]

Nice one Claire - that is a very positive attitude!

Love

 

[Kitteh]

hey.. long time no speak.. made me laugh about the dog fitting through the cat flap..
how did all your exams go..? although im sure they went fine.. hehe..
love love..
x x x

 

[bakerfa]

Hi Cat! Yep she still does! We know it's time for her to go on a diet when she breaks it - which she's done twice now but not recently!

Am on the 5th of 7 assignments currently - my exams are always October as all my courses have been January - October except the last one which is September - October. Damnit! That means my graduation won't be June it'll be the one after! I'd always thought it was September - June for some reason!

How are you getting on hon?