Elaine's diary

[laineyob]

Well, since I wrote last...
Tuesday was Wii workout day, as well as this I got in a 3 mile walk along the seafront
Weds I was working, set the alarm for 5.30 but couldn't drag myself out of bed to workout so gave it a miss.
Back on it today - workout, walk to work and a half hour (ish) walk after work too.
Diet wise I have been very very good - until I ate 2 small pieces of Chloe's pizza this evening So cross with myself - grrrr!
100% for the next few days.....

 

[laineyob]

Having estimated the weight of the pizza (after I ate it!!) and synned it, I'm now on Saturday morning and had 66.5 syns since Monday. I usually try to stick to around 10 syns a day, but as long as I keep my syns down over the weekend I can be close to the weekly limit of 70, and definately under 105
I certainly feel more in control by keeping a food diary this week, it has been a big help - hopefully it'll show on the scales on Monday!
I was going to try and catch up with one of my missed workouts today, but doing my scheduled workout yesterday was really hard work, so I'm going to give it a miss today and have my rest day - though I may go for a walk later on.....

 

[Rainbow-Diane]

Just saying Hi. You seem motivated on your Body Magic, I need to step mine up! Since moving house beginning of November my WII has not even been set up! Did manage to walk for 20 minutes when I got in from work last night and I have just been out for 30 minutes again this morning

 

[laineyob]

Just saying Hi. You seem motivated on your Body Magic, I need to step mine up! Since moving house beginning of November my WII has not even been set up! Did manage to walk for 20 minutes when I got in from work last night and I have just been out for 30 minutes again this morning

Hi, thanks for popping by!
Well done with the walking - anything is better than nothing!
I never used to do any exercise at all but started with the Wii Active about a month after joining SW. Only did 3 weeks before having an operation which rendered me useless for a while
Couldn't do any workouts and couldn't drive either, so I decided the only way I was going to get out of the house was to walk....
Started by visiting my village shop - 6 weeks later I was going there most days (they probably thought I was deranged!), and if I needed to go into town on the bus I was also walking the promenade, which is about 3 miles end to end and back
And once I was able to start the workouts again I kind of went from there really, though I did miss several up to and over Christmas
However, I'm still persevering.

 

[laineyob]

Nooooo!!
All fell apart yesterday. I had used about 6 syns during the day, went to mother in laws for dinner and she served up sausages in hot dog rolls! No salad, no nothing, so I couldn't even leave the bread...
I reckon that put me up to about 35 syns for the day :O
Extra good now til I weigh in tomorrow night, see if I can do some damage limitation

 

[laineyob]

Well I did something right this week - whether it was keeping the food diary making me more aware of what I've eaten and keeping me in the right frame of mind, or whether it's the exercise kicking in I don't know. Whatever it is I must keep doing it - 2lbs off at WI tonight! Very very happy

 

[laineyob]

I'm keeping on track again do far this week - apart from the custard slice on Tuesday!! Though I have synned it (18.5 - ouch!) and although I generally aim for 10 a day/70 a week, I'm currently averaging 13/day so far this week, but as long as I keep them down over the next few days I should get back to an average of 10/day by the next weigh-in!
I'm keeping a food diary again this week - hopefully it'll pay off again on the scales on Monday
Very pleased with myself on the Body Magic front, still keeping up with my Wii Active workouts 4 times a week, and on Wednesday I even walked the prom and then to work (3.5miles in total!) all before I started work at 8am!!!!
I think I'm going mad..... Lol

 

[laineyob]

Oh oh - those pesky Maltesers jumped into my mouth again last night
I had managed to get my syns down to average 12/day - back up again now! But I think I can finish the weekend at no more than 15/day (despite the Maltesers!) More than I normally try to have, but at least still within the limits - just!!
Dusted off OH's slow cooker yesterday, going to make a sausage & bean casserole today - that'll be my work lunch tomorrow. Then going to prepare a chicken curry to stick on in the morning
Roast chicken dinner tonight. All in all, a busy day in the kitchen for me! Must get my backside into gear, have a workout to do today as well - can't skip it, WI tomorrow...!!!

 

[laineyob]

Ok, so I finished the week on 111 syns - less than the maximum 15/day, but only just! Anyhow, not at all happy, WI tonight and I STS - very disappointed. I've had lots of fruit & veg, cooked all meals from scratch and been very honest with all my syns. I've also had nearly 7 hours Body Magic this week, and yet I still stayed the same - what's all that about????
Moving on, plan for the week ahead is: same as last week, but cut down on the syns - see where we go from here.....
On the plus side, I took my measurements on 10/1/12 (wish I had done them at the beginning, but better late than never!), and I feel as though I've lost inches, so I re-took them on Sunday, 12 days later. The body magic must be doing something even if I'm not losing pounds - seems I've lost 5.5" That made me feel a bit better!

 

[laineyob]

Noooo!! Not less than the maximum syns for the week!! I had it in my head that it was a max of 115 (don't know where that came from?), but it's 105 - so I was over on syns too

 

[laineyob]

Oh dear, this week is going all to pot :s
Had half a dozen Roses in work on Tuesday, planned on being good for the rest of the week. Went to work yesterday with plenty of free & superfree foods - no need to go to the canteen and get tempted by desserts & chocolate - and I knew there would be no chocs left when I got in!!
All well and good, until I went for my coffee break and a rep turned up laden with bags of cakes and doughnuts!!! Aargh
So, I now need to be practically syn free til WI Monday night, best behaviour now....

 

[laineyob]

That just didn't happen My little boy went into hospital on Saturday with appendicitis, soooo I ended up living in the hospital for 2 or 3 days, and it became very much a case of eat what you can, when you can! Though I did try to go for the better options from the canteen, they weren't always brilliant! And when the canteen wasn't open, it was chocolate....
I did have the forethought to take fruit with me when we went to A&E (amazingly!) but that didn't last long, and to be fair, when I was stressed and exhausted (2 nights/days with a total of about 3 hours sleep) fruit just doesn't cut it! I was craving chocolate big time!
Needless to say, I had a 2lb gain on Monday, and I've really been off plan all week this week too. I'm expecting a gain again this week - am back on plan today, but WI Monday and I don't think I'll be able to undo my damage by then!