When they were up they were up, and when they were down they were down. Oi vey! Right now I guess you can really say that all positivity has gone right out of the window.
Yesterday was a slip up, I'll admit that right now. Had 2 slices of toast for lunch, and didn't eat them consciously. If I had of done I would have stopped half way through the first slice and chucked the rest in the bin. Consequently I felt bloated and quite sluggish afterwards. Dinner was exactly the same as I didn't chew the food slowly enough, and then I had the cheek to have a couple of slices of toast for supper. Ok, so my daily food intake is in reality less than what was the norm, but still, it doesn't take away the fact that I over filled my body unnecessarily.
The key to my self presumed failure yesterday I believe was actually not drinking enough water. Usually I'm sipping all day, but yesterday I only had one 750ml bottle. No where near enough! I'm used to having two or three of these! And on that note, I've just gone and grabbed my bottle and had a couple of sips.
On top of all this, I didn't fill in my success journey either - arrrgggghhhhhh what is going on with me!! I refuse to let myself self sabotage as I am doing so well!! I've lost almost half a stone already and it's only the 1st week! Breathing deeply, and getting a grip now.
When you're down, your brain really does start to come up with some crazy stuff. For example, I told myself that I had lost control over the house and haven't 'settled into country living as well as I hoped to'. More precisely, I'm not spending nearly enough time in the 'farmers wife' roll. You know, wearing my apron, baking, pottering in the garden, chasing the dog up the garden waving my rolling pin because he's stolen something freshly baked off the window sill whilst cooling. I have quite a romantic ideal of country life, and now I'm here, I don't find myself living it! It's not life how I imagined it to be, but that being said, It's up to me to live and take those actions which is in keeping with the life I want, and at the moment, simply I am not.
When a negative thought or emotion comes your way, you must grab your rolling pin and bash back a positive one. Sort of like the saying, when life gives you lemons, make lemonade!
As I am here, I may as well deal with my own demons!
1. Yesterdays slip up. Ok, so bread intake was a little higher than normal, but that's ok. PM did say we were bound to have slip ups. The thing to do is to forgive ourselves, and move on. Well, ok. I have forgiven myself for yesterday, and am now more determined to keep on the right track. Just keep in mind that my first YouTube weigh in is in three weeks and I want it to be phenomenal! Besides which, I am feeling a huge difference in my eating habits, and portion sizes now. I don't need or want to eat so much, and I feel fuller and more satisfied a lot quicker. I have begun to actually enjoy food and think of it in a positive light. It has begun not to be in control of me, which frees my mind up to concentrate on other things - the void is a wonderful thing! We know what we did incorrectly yesterday, which is great because at least we really do know! Today, we just get back on the horse, and ride of into the sunset once more :D
2. Didn't drink enough yesterday? This is an easy peasy one! Yes ok so you didn't, just make sure you always have a bottle of water to hand again today and hey presto! problem solved :D
3. Didn't fill in the success journal - do it now then!...... Done!! Well that was easy. Oh and just remember you DID listen to the CD, so you haven't fallen off the wagon by any means!
4. The country life. So what do I really want from it? This isn't one for the blog, this is something I need to do on pen and paper, which I will do after I've finished blogging.
As you can see, the process is actually quite a simple one. Identify the negative, turn it into a positive and take the necessary action. Ok, so I didn't fill the journal in, BUT I listened to the CD, AND I can fill the journal in now (and I really honestly did! I put the laptop down, went upstairs and grabbed the journal, came back downstairs, filled it in, then carried on blogging). It really is that simple!!
Hey I'm feeling a lot better already :)
Showing posts with label routine. Show all posts
Showing posts with label routine. Show all posts
Tuesday, 24 August 2010
Saturday, 21 August 2010
Weight Loss Challenge - Day Twenty Five
I think I'll begin this morning by saying that the scales have now been put behind the TV! Obsession wise, I was fine until I woke up this morning, then I had an argument in my head about should I shouldn't I, and eventually the 'ah go on just a peak' won. Not a happy bunny in that respect so have put the blasted thing out of sight and hopefully out of mind.
I should point out though that today is day four of PM's programme, and the scales this morning show that I have lost a total of 5lbs. Bugga me! What gets me is that I haven't been starving myself, when I've felt (or thought I felt) hungry I ate what I fancied and to top it all off, I haven't actually managed to get back to my exercise routine yet (which I will kick start again this morning).
The problem I am having at the moment is that I can't quite get my head around the fact that my current eating habits are showing so far the easiest weight loss results in my life! I'm not 'on a diet', and yet it appears I've lost 5lbs in 4 days. Very weird.
So what did I do yesterday? Well for starters, I kept a bottle of water with me at all times which I drank from regularly throughout the day. I made a conscious effort to ask myself 'where am I on the hunger scale', and when I thought I was in the 'hungry zone' I ate. I chewed each mouthful slowly, put knife and fork down in between bites, and stopped when I felt comfortably full - throwing out what I couldn't eat, and only feeling a tiny bit guilty about it!
I also listened to PM's CD (twice!) to try and reinforce these habits and keep on the wagon so to speak. Both times I will fully admit to actually drifting off, so I still have no idea what he's saying!
All in all, I am really pleased at how yesterday went, despite not getting around to doing the mirror thing which I will have a go at after I've done my exercises. At least way i can say I've started doing it and can tick it off the list!!
I should point out though that today is day four of PM's programme, and the scales this morning show that I have lost a total of 5lbs. Bugga me! What gets me is that I haven't been starving myself, when I've felt (or thought I felt) hungry I ate what I fancied and to top it all off, I haven't actually managed to get back to my exercise routine yet (which I will kick start again this morning).
The problem I am having at the moment is that I can't quite get my head around the fact that my current eating habits are showing so far the easiest weight loss results in my life! I'm not 'on a diet', and yet it appears I've lost 5lbs in 4 days. Very weird.
So what did I do yesterday? Well for starters, I kept a bottle of water with me at all times which I drank from regularly throughout the day. I made a conscious effort to ask myself 'where am I on the hunger scale', and when I thought I was in the 'hungry zone' I ate. I chewed each mouthful slowly, put knife and fork down in between bites, and stopped when I felt comfortably full - throwing out what I couldn't eat, and only feeling a tiny bit guilty about it!
I also listened to PM's CD (twice!) to try and reinforce these habits and keep on the wagon so to speak. Both times I will fully admit to actually drifting off, so I still have no idea what he's saying!
All in all, I am really pleased at how yesterday went, despite not getting around to doing the mirror thing which I will have a go at after I've done my exercises. At least way i can say I've started doing it and can tick it off the list!!
Thursday, 29 July 2010
Weight Loss Challenge - Day Four
Yesterday I really amazed myself.
It started off with 32 minutes on the treadmill. Then I spend an hour in the front garden shovelling and sweeping shingle (which isn't easy as we have quite a bit I want moving!). Then the other half tells me we'll be having visitors in a couple of hours, so then next two hours were spent tidying, cleaning, and generally carrying all the bits and pieces that were being 'stored' in the living room, upstairs to their rightful places. After the guests had gone, I had tuna on toast for dinner, followed by a little sit down in front of the TV.
After the dog was taken for his evening constitution, I couldn't really settle. Tried to watch TV, but frankly there was nothing on worth watching so turned the box off and sat outside in the garden watching the chickens.
They weren't doing much, so then decided it'd be a good idea to have another go on the treadmill, for which I completed yet another 30 minutes!
After all that activity yesterday, I thought I would be quite achey this morning, but I'm not. Yes, I can feel my limbs quite lethargic, but I don't know if that is due to the time of the morning it is, or because of yesterday's exercises.
One saving grace is that at least I am not sore, or experienced and cramping yet!!
As for this mornings workout, I have completed my toning routine and without thinking did twice as many ab crunches than normal. My brain was off on other thoughts whilst doing the crunches and I forgot to stop!
No Cardio this morning, trying to give body at least a little bit of a chance to catch up. However I may do some tonight - see how it goes.
Food wise, lost slight control last night so now worried this is will affect my 7lbs weight loss goal for Saturday. Only time will tell on that one. I'll be a little disappointed if I do a video, and not record my weight as 7lbs lighter.
For the next 2 days, it's heads down and eye on the prize time.
It started off with 32 minutes on the treadmill. Then I spend an hour in the front garden shovelling and sweeping shingle (which isn't easy as we have quite a bit I want moving!). Then the other half tells me we'll be having visitors in a couple of hours, so then next two hours were spent tidying, cleaning, and generally carrying all the bits and pieces that were being 'stored' in the living room, upstairs to their rightful places. After the guests had gone, I had tuna on toast for dinner, followed by a little sit down in front of the TV.
After the dog was taken for his evening constitution, I couldn't really settle. Tried to watch TV, but frankly there was nothing on worth watching so turned the box off and sat outside in the garden watching the chickens.
They weren't doing much, so then decided it'd be a good idea to have another go on the treadmill, for which I completed yet another 30 minutes!
After all that activity yesterday, I thought I would be quite achey this morning, but I'm not. Yes, I can feel my limbs quite lethargic, but I don't know if that is due to the time of the morning it is, or because of yesterday's exercises.
One saving grace is that at least I am not sore, or experienced and cramping yet!!
As for this mornings workout, I have completed my toning routine and without thinking did twice as many ab crunches than normal. My brain was off on other thoughts whilst doing the crunches and I forgot to stop!
No Cardio this morning, trying to give body at least a little bit of a chance to catch up. However I may do some tonight - see how it goes.
Food wise, lost slight control last night so now worried this is will affect my 7lbs weight loss goal for Saturday. Only time will tell on that one. I'll be a little disappointed if I do a video, and not record my weight as 7lbs lighter.
For the next 2 days, it's heads down and eye on the prize time.
Monday, 26 July 2010
Weight Loss Challenge - Day 1
As with most things, it starts with 'I have a dream', and that dream always has been weight related. Sometimes this 'dream' was forgotten, and life, complete with unhealthy eating, drinking, and little or no exercise continued.
As summer got into full swing, suddenly things started to become more 'uncomfortable'. Clothes, the heat, the sheer act of moving, all became hard work. So what do you do? sit there and take your beatings? Tell yourself that this is how it is, this is how it always has, and will always be?
Really?
For those who believe this is my chosen fate, well, then I am afraid you don't know me at all. But you will, I promise you that.
When life gets so psychologically painful, and you are about as low as you have ever been, remember; this is your brain telling you that something is seriously wrong, and it is already looking for answers as to how to rectify the problem! It really is! All you have to do is give your brilliant mind a helping hand and start taking positive actions, no matter how small!
So the dream transforms itself into 'the plan' - and this now becomes the start of my own story.
I am forever 'starting' weight loss regimes, maybe go about a week, see fantastic results, and then celebrate my success by undoing all my previous hardwork. Bit silly really.
So what makes this time around so different? For well over a year, I have had this plan about publically recording my weight loss progress via diaries on youtube, so not only can everyone see the results I am achieving, but also makes me publically acountable. Now, there is one thing saying this, it is totally different doing it! After all this time just 'talking' about it, and recording the odd diary but not actually uploding it, yesterday I finally followed through, and have my first diary uploaded in the public domain (scary stuff!).
That's number one. Secondly, yesterday I dug out my old routine schedule, made a couple of tweaks so that it was relevant for what I enjoy doing right now in my life and have vowed to follow it to the letter. It will be interesting to see what results I do get from it as I have never actually followed through with the whole seven days.
As for exercise (which is also including in the overall routine I will be following), I will be doing both Rosemary conellys 28 day inch loss plan - following the exercises for each day only, not the the diet, doing the exercise routines as set out on the biggest loser for both the Nintendo Wii & Ds, and if that wasn't enough, I will also be recording my progress vie My Health Coach, also on the Ds. The latter focuses more on encouraging you to walk more as a safe and easy way to exercise, and to be perfectly honest it adds a little more variety (which I love!).
This morning, the routine appears to be going rather well. I woke up at 6am (with the alarm), have taken my tablet, recorded my starting weight and have done both RC's and Ds exercise routines.
The overall plan is to not only blog on here every day recording my progress, but to also record a little snippet each evening as to how each day has gone on the web cam, then combine the weeks recordings together, adding in the starting weight clip (recorded this morning) and offical weigh in clip (to be recorded Saturday) to make the final video which will be uploaded onto Youtube Saturday afternoon.
Right, that's more or less it from me until this evening! xx
As summer got into full swing, suddenly things started to become more 'uncomfortable'. Clothes, the heat, the sheer act of moving, all became hard work. So what do you do? sit there and take your beatings? Tell yourself that this is how it is, this is how it always has, and will always be?
Really?
For those who believe this is my chosen fate, well, then I am afraid you don't know me at all. But you will, I promise you that.
When life gets so psychologically painful, and you are about as low as you have ever been, remember; this is your brain telling you that something is seriously wrong, and it is already looking for answers as to how to rectify the problem! It really is! All you have to do is give your brilliant mind a helping hand and start taking positive actions, no matter how small!
So the dream transforms itself into 'the plan' - and this now becomes the start of my own story.
I am forever 'starting' weight loss regimes, maybe go about a week, see fantastic results, and then celebrate my success by undoing all my previous hardwork. Bit silly really.
So what makes this time around so different? For well over a year, I have had this plan about publically recording my weight loss progress via diaries on youtube, so not only can everyone see the results I am achieving, but also makes me publically acountable. Now, there is one thing saying this, it is totally different doing it! After all this time just 'talking' about it, and recording the odd diary but not actually uploding it, yesterday I finally followed through, and have my first diary uploaded in the public domain (scary stuff!).
That's number one. Secondly, yesterday I dug out my old routine schedule, made a couple of tweaks so that it was relevant for what I enjoy doing right now in my life and have vowed to follow it to the letter. It will be interesting to see what results I do get from it as I have never actually followed through with the whole seven days.
As for exercise (which is also including in the overall routine I will be following), I will be doing both Rosemary conellys 28 day inch loss plan - following the exercises for each day only, not the the diet, doing the exercise routines as set out on the biggest loser for both the Nintendo Wii & Ds, and if that wasn't enough, I will also be recording my progress vie My Health Coach, also on the Ds. The latter focuses more on encouraging you to walk more as a safe and easy way to exercise, and to be perfectly honest it adds a little more variety (which I love!).
This morning, the routine appears to be going rather well. I woke up at 6am (with the alarm), have taken my tablet, recorded my starting weight and have done both RC's and Ds exercise routines.
The overall plan is to not only blog on here every day recording my progress, but to also record a little snippet each evening as to how each day has gone on the web cam, then combine the weeks recordings together, adding in the starting weight clip (recorded this morning) and offical weigh in clip (to be recorded Saturday) to make the final video which will be uploaded onto Youtube Saturday afternoon.
Right, that's more or less it from me until this evening! xx
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