98.6kg this morning (down from 100.8kg last month)
A level of demoralization has set in - I am finding things hard going. I am keeping things pretty intense at the gym (and have started jogging the 1/2 mile to and from the gym) and I think I am trading more fat for muscle - my belt is loose and I can see changes round my sides. I should be happy but I’m not.
On the other hand, my wedding band (which I had cut off and sized up 3 years ago) is now seriously at risk of falling down a drain when I wash my hands.
I’ll keep on keeping on - I still need to be fitter. About midmonth I should be ready to add some more intensity to my cardio work. If I wasn’t having to grab a short kip in the car over my lunchbreak (I’m only getting 5.5hours sleep at night with 2 hours driving during the day, so need to fix that), I’d look at going for a bit of a run/stagger during my lunchbreak. I think I’d like to eventually be able to run 10km.
I’m on SparkPeople (same username as here) but I find it a bit of a faf - I don’t really do social networking (unsurprisingly, I have no friends). But I’d join an SMDB group.
Me too, Trouble - friend me when you work out how, as I don’t know either!
I just want to lose a few pounds for my wedding day. I’ve been dieting for nearly 3 weeks, bar two or three “bad” days, and have lost 5 pounds. I know I need to do some exercise too, but damn it, it’s been so miserable and wet here recently it’s extremely hard to motivate myself.
I can’t find si_blakely either. Have you set up a Spark page? I added anu-la1979 and Jennyrosity.
Welcome, exclamation!
If there is enough interest in having an SDMB Spark team, I would volunteer to be a team leader if one or two others would want to be team leaders with me.
Well, here’s a change. Cat got run over today, and it really felt like it would be an effort to comfort-eat… so I didn’t. A worthwhile mental adjustment, I guess.
Really sorry to read about the kitteh, Malacandra. They leave a very big hole when they go, don’t they? I didn’t fall into comfort-eating after I lost Orly but that’s because I was too busy wallowing in misery. I don’t recommend that either!
Yeah - I got a Sparkpage set up now. I’ll add you guys.
Malacandra, sorry about the kitty. We had to give our cat away last year due to my daughters allergies. That was really hard.
But props for not taking refuge in food - well done. I feel bad because I ate a pack of crisps (Riceworks so lo-fat, but no excuse) the other day when I was bored (and a bit down), first time in ages. So, back on the wagon. It’s the bank holiday, so I get to the gym over the weekend. That will help.
Go to Community, SparkPages, Edit Your SparkPage, then you can Add Friends. Then, you type in the username and it will search for the page.
On the main Sparkpage, you can also view all recent blog posts. It freaked me out at first that these people I didn’t know were replying to my blogs until I figured it out.
I can personally attest to Anu-la’s muffins being mighty tasty.
No, that wasn’t a euphemism.
I just pulled a muscle (or perhaps tore, not sure) in my leg on Wednesday night so my usual 5-days-a-week gym habit is on hiatus. I spent all day yesterday on the couch with my leg elevated. Which was boring. When I am bored, I eat. How do y’all keep from eating when you’re bored? Usually, I get up and do something, but when you’re couch-ridden…
Thanks! So catch me up, what’s this SparkPeople thing you’re all talking about?
I’ve promised myself all weekend that I’m eating right and exercising from TODAY onwards, so deep breath… I’m gonna do it. Should I post up a starting weight (eek!)? My BMI? My pants size and credit card number?
210 pounds, a pound down from last week, 33½ this year. The scales briefly thought about reading a pound lower but decided not to in the end. So I’ll have to wait another week to see a reading of 14 stone X.
Current weight: 82.7kg (that’s about 182 pounds- blergh, sounds a lot better in kilos!).
Initial goal weight: 75kg (165 pounds).
I suppose if (I mean WHEN) I hit my initial goal weight, I’ll set the next goal.
So, is everyone just eating healthy and exercising a bit more? Any special diets (Low GI, etc)? I find that if I have time to plan ahead eating well is fairly easy, but I’ve got major motivation issues when it comes to exercise.
This was a great weekend for me. My boyfriend is also a fitness buff and never ruins my routine when he’s here. We got in two workouts at our mutual gym (he lives in NorCal and I’m in SoCal so we keep 2 gym memberships each for this reason). Saturday’s workout was more hardcore-50 minutes of intervals. I only really did 30 minutes today and then a whole lot of walking.
Plus, we went out to Whole Paycheck and he bought me overpriced salads. Yum. Dinners were ultra-healthy Indian food that I made since he’s on the road during the week and wants homecooking when we’re together.
I’m feeling very excited and positive about Project Bikini. I’m positive I’ll drop a pants size by the end of the month-June I’m going to get a trainer and continue with the cardio and 7 weeks from now I should be admiring myself in my newly ordered VS bikinis in the mirror.
