Time For a Change!

Bleh

2005-09-07T11:11:04Z

My eating has been a bit dodgy! Oh well ... I have been exercising a fair bit, and just enjoying myself so I am happy with that.

I think I've lost a little weight ...

I haven't been well the last few days, so haven't gone to the gym yet this week. Might just go two times this week, no need to push myself unduly when feeling a bit off. There is a little travelling bug up our end of the floor :|

As long as I just hang in there, it will all be right as rain :)

Hello All!

2005-09-02T00:38:37Z

Well, I'm still busy as a busy little bee! Working insane hours and all that.

Been good, and have been going to the gym regularly for TEN STRAIGHT WEEKS. Everyone says I'm looking slimmer. I managed to squeeze into some size 12 pants (what the) so they must be right!

I think my eating is the only thing slowing things down just a tad ... working shift work does make it hard to eat well, that is for sure! I just need to get back into the habit of a weekly shop, and taking good food to work to munch on.

Next week, I am on the graveyard shift. That will make going to the gym somewhat difficult...

Other than that, nothing really to report on. Just plugging along ...

Herrrrrooooo

2005-08-21T08:31:44Z

Whew! Been a busy bee! Just got back from a mammoth 10 hour shift at work (starting at 6.a.m) ... and still felt energised enough to walk home after work!

I have been pleased with my gym attendance. 3 times last week, some hard core work outs in there, and FIVE times the week before! Awesome! I am very pleased with my exercise. I think back, to how it was, and realise how much progress I have made (despite lungs that have 20% reduced capacity) ... 14 months ago, I'd be lucky to last 5 minutes on the cross-trainer without a break. Now, I do over an HOUR with no break!

I think I may have lost a little weight, but I'm not terribly worried ... I am content to just have a squizz at the gym scales every now and then ...

The new jeans I bought right before I kicked off again fall off me now, I can take them off without even undoing them :P so I must be doing something right!

I am pretty content with it all, just will try to eat a little better but at least the enormous amounts of exercise I've been doing lately more than cover it!! Haha!!

It is soooo nice to have my energy back though! I am nagging the boyfriend to take me on a bush walk on our day off on Friday, will be nice!

Another Post from LTW...

2005-08-10T08:43:42Z

Good Morning/Afternoon/Evening (whichever is applicable) everyone!

Stepped on the scales today at the gym. 77 kilos ... these scales had me as 2 kilograms heavier than the home scales, Seeing as though my scales are broken, the gym scales will be the new gauge for my weight. Yes, it shows me as heavier (yuck!!), but I must have an accurate yard stick! According to these scales my heaviest was 87-88 (puke!!) so it's all relative, really.

I'm not liking the scales at the moment, so I'm just going to avoid them for a few weeks. I honestly believe that the scales can be a detriment to ones weightloss, a reason and an excuse for teary binge-eating of the most calorie-laden cheese pizzas out there. I know it's tricky to avoid the sweet siren song of the scales, "please sweet-cakes, step on me, STEEEEEEEEP ONNNNNN MEE!!!" ... only for it to reward you with "Hahahaha, you haven't lost any weight, Garfield!!" ... So, if your scale is being mean just kick it (hard), put it in the cupboard and focus on your weight-loss goals. And it will soon be eating humble pie! Revenge sure is sweet.

Now, you probably wonder why my scales are broken ... Well, a girl's gotta have *some* secrets!

So, in my world I'm just focusing on burning those calories and taking it day by day.

Tam's Wise Words ... well, wise-ish words
I used to go by the mantra that one should never be hungry ... so I ate little things constantly. Recently, I read somewhere that just before your next meal/snack is due, you should start to feel a bit peckish. After all, it is natural for one to feel a touch hungry, before the next meal. If you don't find yourself feeling peckish at all during your day, maybe you may be eating just a tad too much? Something to think about ...

And a word about MAINTENANCE. I was thinking about it today, and I think that part of the reason for my rapid gain (following a huge loss) earlier in the year, was that I felt that I had reached a good weight, so it was carte-blanch for crappy eating and lackadaisical exercising. It was ALL SYSTEMS GO on the Maccas and couch-dwelling. Not good. So, as great as it feels to be approaching goal, keep up the hard work and when you DO reach your goal, MAINTAIN your weightloss and enjoy it for ever and ever!!

FRIENDS ONLY!! Comment to be added

2004-05-24T12:51:47Z

SOME PUBLIC INFORMATION:

THIS A DIET/ EXERCISE JOURNAL

In the Beginning .... there was a young woman, only 22 years of age who felt like she was a million years old. She had aches and pains. She suffered from acute IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome), battled chronic fatigue, couldn't concentrate, felt terribly unfit and was always catching the latest virus doing the rounds. She hated her apperance because it was the embodiment of all her suffering.

She decided, "enough was enough." It was time for a change. A lifestyle change. Not just a foolish fad diet, not just a Gym membership bought but then forgotten, not just the good intentions which were paving the way to long-term health problems and poor self esteem issues.

This young woman is I, and this journal will follow the changes in my health and body as I begin my healthier diet and stringent exercise routines. I am an (amateur) artist and fascinated by human biology - this will be both a scientific experiment to see how quickly changes begin to manifest themselves, and an aesthetic undertaking, with my body being the canvass.

My Entries will take the following format:

1) Exercise undertaken
2) Food eaten for the day (if I can remember)
3) General thoughts
4) Random progress & program change entries. Some will include pictures, which won't be available to begin with to prying public eyes because I am a little bit shy about my flabby carcass.

So, here goes.....