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Darn It

jacquie — Fri, 02 May 2008 04:53:54 +0000

I had to change my weight in the weight ticker thats to the right. I’ve gained 5 kgs this year. That totally sucks.

On Wednesday is a WW meeting. Looks like I’m going…

…and going to the gym today. Gotta burn those kjs.

It’s been a couple of months and I want to start posting again.

jacquie — Thu, 01 May 2008 05:35:38 +0000

What have I been up too?

I still eat crap and I still eat well. Usually both in the same day. For example, today I had a healthy lunch and breakfast and totally stuffed up the morning and afternoon snacks. Please someone, make chocolate illegal and take it off the shelves.
I’ve been going to see my personal trainer twice a week now for a few months now. Love it. LOVE IT! Really. She kicks my butt and I think it’s fab.
I can now do full push ups…I have never been able to do that before.
I feel pretty fit. The extra weight is hard to carry and I notice that it’s there but otherwise I feel pretty good.
Chocolate gives me insomnia now. Darn it. So when I have it (like today) I feel guilty for giving in and can’t sleep to boot, extending the guilt.
I can jog for 10 minutes without stopping. Whoo Hoo!
I’ve gained weight, about 4kgs which is a real bummer. I’m pretty sure it’s all muscle though as my eating is no different and I’m way stronger. Underneath a thick layer of flab my stomach muscles are rock hard.
My 6 yr old told me last night I needed to go on the Biggest Loser…thanks honey, your honesty is always appreciated

Sometimes writing a readable post is too hard

jacquie — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 11:20:37 +0000

So let’s do a list.

1. There was no exercise for me today, even though I had a good night’s sleep I’m so sleep deprived I was nodding off at 11am. An hour of sleep really helped

2. I also ate chocolate today…oooh it tasted so good, and so awful as well. How is that? I loved the taste and was disgusted by it at the same time. I think I’m actually going off chocolate, what I really love is its effect on me and the memories of loving the taste.

3. I also didn’t have any yoghurt; I mean literally, there wasn’t any in the house. So I’m getting some tomorrow, I really am determined to keep up with the February challenge.

4. It’s my first meeting with my personal trainer tomorrow; I hope she kicks my butt.

5. Mini goal starting tomorrow is to go one day acting like a fit healthy person. That would be getting up at a normal time, eating a healthy 6 small meals, feeding the kids only healthy food, going to the gym and getting sweaty and generally doing what needs to be done. Just one day…surely I can do one day!!

6. There’s an hour left till bed time, so I’m off to clean the house…I love a clean house in the morning.

Gaining is good

jacquie — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 05:14:57 +0000

Sooooo yesterday was pretty good. I ate chocolate. I didn’t do dessert though and it was very tempting.

Danielle and I are starting a new February challenge.

The February Freedom Challenge.

Drop a bad habit and pick up a good one.

Sounds good huh? It’s easy, get rid of one bad, like eating take away (that’s the bad habit I’m ditching) and take up a healthy habit every day (like eating yoghurt every day, my good new habit).

Easy! Don’t kill yourself to eat perfectly the whole month, just do the best you can but for the whole week really work on eliminating that one bad habit and gaining that one healthy habit.

If you want to join:

1) Comment me or Danielle with the bad habit that you’re ditching

2) Write about the good habit you will be gaining

3) Comment once a week to let us know how you’re going

Tomorrow is a new day

jacquie — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 14:05:47 +0000

Right?

Tomorrow, my new, clean day will not include chocolate, cool drink, KFC, negative thoughts or a ‘I’ve slipped up so the rest of the day doesn’t matter’ thought.

Things are nicer around here.

jacquie — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 20:27:28 +0000

After a horror few days of almost no sleep I feel ready to get back into things. In fact I am back at it. Every morning I have a bowl of fruit, morning snack is yoghurt, lunch is cereal (this takes away the ‘what to have’ dilemma and means I can portion control), afternoon snack is still being worked on although it needs to be substantial or I binge for tea and tea is fish and salad for the moment.

Mmmm how yum does that sound? And I’m enjoying it.

Also I’m back at the gym with a vengeance. I’ve made space for the gym three days a week and in a couple of weeks I’ll be able to add another day. Wednesdays at the gym is also with a personal trainer. We’re having our first session next Wednesday and I can’t wait. Fridays is spin class and Tuesdays is boxing. If I feel up to it I’m also running on the treadmill, trying to get my running legs back. I’m doing the couch to 5k program and this first week went well. I can’t wait to get back to running.

Here’s to a more positive February.

Dear Cool Drink

jacquie — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 20:06:40 +0000

I’ve really loved our relationship. Right from the start I knew you were something special. You were there for me on hot days and cold days and was even my chocolate substitute on occasion. However I’ve began to realise that you are not Mr Perfect; in fact I think you may have been abusing me, abusing my body and my mind.

I’ve come to realise that I’ll never get over Mr Chocolate until I have you out of my system, because being with you makes me want him even more and I’ve also been told that you are partly responsible for my low serotonin levels every time you go all diet on me.

So I’m sorry, we can’t be together anymore. I’ve met someone else I really like and want to develop the relationship, his name is Bottled Water and I think we could have a future together.

I’ll really miss you, I’m sure we’ll meet again but only as casual acquaintances.

Oh my

jacquie — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 10:40:40 +0000

I posted progress pics. Nobody look at them. Roni says it’s empowering but really I just feel like the naked kid at the school assembly.

I’ve lost 7.5 and I can’t see any difference. I need to lose more weight. And get my sight checked, I thought I was looking pretty good but my oh my.

12 week body blitz:

Day 1, week 1

Exercise – 5km bike ride, 10mins doing Gillian Michaels dvd (I could only do that, she really does kick butt)

Eating – great, except for dinner. I was so tired and just got drive through.

Ok I give up

jacquie — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 02:53:15 +0000

This 30 day makeover is not going to happen to me.

Instead I’m going to throw myself under another bandwagon and started the 12 week BodyBlitz Challenge. This is just eating well and exercising for 12 weeks. I can do that.

Starting today:

Day 1, week 1

Exercise – 5km bike ride, 10mins doing Gillian Michaels dvd (I could only do that, she really does kick butt)

Eating – no crap so far J

On another note, I’m considering posting in progress pics…too scared. Not too sure yet.

Two Weeks Later

jacquie — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 07:06:09 +0000

It’s been two weeks since I began taking Saint John’s Wort and I’m pleased to report that a new Sugarboom is typing this today. I thought I’d just list all the changes I’ve seen in myself.

1. Getting angry and taking it out on Big B and the kids? Did I really used to do that? Wow! Because the new me is calm and hasn’t been cranky let alone raging in two weeks now. Big B spent all week saying how nice the week has been.

2. Eating up to two family blocks of chocolate a day? I can’t believe I used to do that. I have almost NO desire to eat chocolate. Yesterday I bought a family block to eat, ate two rows and then threw the rest in the bin…I was bored with it. Last Monday after 4 days of not thinking about or eating chocolate I bought a family block as a treat…I finished it off today, five days after buying it.

3. Eating carbs till I want to chuck? Nope, although carbs are hard to control I’ve only ate extra carbs on two days this week and half. But because I’m not thinking about what I eat anymore I’ve been eating more bread with Big B and that has shown up on the scales (as in not dropping a huge amount of weight because bread makes me balloon). Although this week I’m gluten free and the scales will definitely respond.

4. Eating everything on my plate and the kids as well? About two thirds less these days. Although some days I’m just really hungry and some days I’m doing a mini mini binge. I’m slowly listening to my body and stopping when full…again the carbs are tricky to control.

5. Waking up every hour at night? Well Little C made that possible for me most of the week as she’s cutting a tooth but on days she slept, I slept. It feels wonderful.

6. Feeling like a failure? Me a failure? No way, I’ve embraced my crafting with vigour and even have two future sales in the works. I’m loving my new found confidence.

7. So tired of being around my kids? This is the biggest surprise. I just thought I was a lousy mum. Funny how these things, which you think are the result of a poor personality, are actually symptoms of deeper problems. I love hanging with my kids now, nothing is too much trouble.

I’m finally the girl Big B always knew I was, and the girl I knew I was. It feels nice to be calm all the time and I feel at last I can go on and stay on a diet.

So let’s start…day zero

Makeover tasks by Weight Online

Makeover day: 0

Tasks: Clean bathroom mirror.

Mood: Calm.