It doesn't seem to matter whether I have a no plans weekend or a hectic one - they all go by too fast.
Had quite a busy weekend as it happens. Got home from work on Friday feeling knackered and shivery and was out for the count by 9pm. Hello TOTM - you snuck up on me this month. Got a STS at weigh in which I'm fine with - the odds on a loss this week were already poor thanks to Hovis thick white slice and Cadburys...............and of course my over-indulging in both of these products!!!
Anyhow, I went on a fairly heavy going 13 mile bike ride on Saturday with hubby and friends. Its amazing how everyone is chatty at the start of a ride and how quickly the chat falls off as concentrating on ignoring how tired you are takes over. It was really hot on Saturday and I found myself wishing for a bit of an arctic blast at one point!
Sunday was all about the "Keep Johnny Walker in Kilmarnock" March & Rally. The day was to kick off at noon at one of the local parks and it had been hoped that many thousands of people would turn out in support. Got to the park just before noon - it was bucketing down with rain and OMG there's only about 100 people there. Looked like it was going to be a total non-event. Anyhow, the plan was to leave the park at 1.00pm and march around the town to finish at another park where the rally was being held. Well I have to say I am very proud of my home town - around 20 thousand did turn out, the weather brightened and if it makes no difference to the final outcome, at the very least no-one will ever be able to say that Kilmarnock didn't care and went out with a whimper. (Got a bit of a lump going just typing this)
Plans for this week are straightforward - best points behaviour! I have been invited to a wedding reception on 22nd August and I have a gorgeous dress that is about 1/2 a stone off of fitting me perfectly. It fits already, but I reckon another few pounds (or a bit of a tone up) will give me a better comfort factor. So that, my friends, is my next mini goal.
Monday, 27 July 2009
Wednesday, 22 July 2009
Just needed to share..............
Well after having achieved my nice 3 stone target on Saturday, I found myself celebrating with lots of thick white (nutritionally derelict)bread - toasted. And then just for laughs I set about a hunk of Cadburys chocolate. How smart and non self destructive am I? In all I went 16 points over my allowance at the weekend and have spent all this week so far clawing them back in points saved and activity points earned. I have 6 more to save/earn before Saturday.
I have to say I am only mildly annoyed with myself. I don't blow out often - I think I needed to indulge those 2 food groups and now I have it out of my system, its back on the straight and narrow for me.
Remind me of this if I am bemoaning a gain or sts this weekend.
Encouraging news on the holiday front though. My good friend and fellow WW buddy has just returned from a lavish 2 week Med cruise with Royal Carribbean. OOOOh the strategising that we had done in advance of her going to minimise the expected gain upon return:
1. Weigh yourself at home before you go so you will know your "home scales weight" if not the ww ones
2. Make use of the on board gym
3. Join in all the pool activities
4. Try to exercise restraint with the food - at the very worst have a good day after a bad day.
5. Have a really good week in the lead up to going on holiday - you won't be weighed in that week so you will hopefully have a couple of pounds lost that WW won't really know about.
6. The promenade deck is a mile long - walk the circuit at least once after dinner.
7. You will have a full week to be a WW angel before you have to face the music and officially weigh in again.
Well all good intentions went to pot on day 2 (having been only 6 points over on day 1). The upshot is her home scales were showing a 9.5lb gain as at Saturday night, and she reckons she has lost 5.5lbs just by behaving herself since then. Of course, this is all semantics and the real results can only be revealed this Saturday at class. But good to know that a rapid gain can be followed by a fairly rapid loss.
All the same, I do not want a gain that big when I get my own holiday in November.
Caught part of an episode of Biggest Loser US on Sky last night - looked like the 1st weigh in. Have to say I'm hooked already - even if I can't quite condone the methods, you'd have to be a rock or something not to feel the joy and despair of these individuals as they battle the bulge.
I have to say I am only mildly annoyed with myself. I don't blow out often - I think I needed to indulge those 2 food groups and now I have it out of my system, its back on the straight and narrow for me.
Remind me of this if I am bemoaning a gain or sts this weekend.
Encouraging news on the holiday front though. My good friend and fellow WW buddy has just returned from a lavish 2 week Med cruise with Royal Carribbean. OOOOh the strategising that we had done in advance of her going to minimise the expected gain upon return:
1. Weigh yourself at home before you go so you will know your "home scales weight" if not the ww ones
2. Make use of the on board gym
3. Join in all the pool activities
4. Try to exercise restraint with the food - at the very worst have a good day after a bad day.
5. Have a really good week in the lead up to going on holiday - you won't be weighed in that week so you will hopefully have a couple of pounds lost that WW won't really know about.
6. The promenade deck is a mile long - walk the circuit at least once after dinner.
7. You will have a full week to be a WW angel before you have to face the music and officially weigh in again.
Well all good intentions went to pot on day 2 (having been only 6 points over on day 1). The upshot is her home scales were showing a 9.5lb gain as at Saturday night, and she reckons she has lost 5.5lbs just by behaving herself since then. Of course, this is all semantics and the real results can only be revealed this Saturday at class. But good to know that a rapid gain can be followed by a fairly rapid loss.
All the same, I do not want a gain that big when I get my own holiday in November.
Caught part of an episode of Biggest Loser US on Sky last night - looked like the 1st weigh in. Have to say I'm hooked already - even if I can't quite condone the methods, you'd have to be a rock or something not to feel the joy and despair of these individuals as they battle the bulge.
Saturday, 18 July 2009
Hip Hip Hooray - 3 Stone Lost Today
Or at least 2.5lbs lost today taking me to 3 stone lost in total. This loss is quite significant to me as my last 2 losses have both been a 1/2 lb. Now, I know all losses are good but still........................
I got singled out a bit in class this morning, being that I am the epitome of greatness of course, to tell the class how I was feeling, what I'd done differently this week etc. I got a round of applause too! I told the class I am feeling great, but as to what I've done differently?? I haven't done anything differently except I have eaten all my points (as ususal) and most of my activity ones too. In the past I have had an odd one or two activity points to boost my food ones - but probably less than a quarter of those earned. This week I ate at least half of my activity points. Maybe thats the trick, but I don't know if I'm ready to test that theory week in week out.
It is the Glasgow Fair weekend, meaning that I am on holiday on Monday. Weather is a bit cack but I'm hoping to squeeze in a couple of bike rides between showers. Was considering visiting the Next sale, but as I spent a bomb at Monsoon mid week I might give it a miss - don't want to melt the plastic. Hope to see Harry Potter at some stage this weekend - might try the latest possible showing in order to avoid the over-excited kids.
Lastly - I have finally added a picture of me to my profile. Have to say that was taken about 20 minutes ago. Sadly, I seem to have pretty much avoided the camera for the last number of years - speaks volumes doesn't it? I do have some fatter photos though - I just need to find them.
Have a great weekend everyone!
I got singled out a bit in class this morning, being that I am the epitome of greatness of course, to tell the class how I was feeling, what I'd done differently this week etc. I got a round of applause too! I told the class I am feeling great, but as to what I've done differently?? I haven't done anything differently except I have eaten all my points (as ususal) and most of my activity ones too. In the past I have had an odd one or two activity points to boost my food ones - but probably less than a quarter of those earned. This week I ate at least half of my activity points. Maybe thats the trick, but I don't know if I'm ready to test that theory week in week out.
It is the Glasgow Fair weekend, meaning that I am on holiday on Monday. Weather is a bit cack but I'm hoping to squeeze in a couple of bike rides between showers. Was considering visiting the Next sale, but as I spent a bomb at Monsoon mid week I might give it a miss - don't want to melt the plastic. Hope to see Harry Potter at some stage this weekend - might try the latest possible showing in order to avoid the over-excited kids.
Lastly - I have finally added a picture of me to my profile. Have to say that was taken about 20 minutes ago. Sadly, I seem to have pretty much avoided the camera for the last number of years - speaks volumes doesn't it? I do have some fatter photos though - I just need to find them.
Have a great weekend everyone!
Thursday, 16 July 2009
A Blog? Me? With my reputation?
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
Seriously, me with a blog? How 21st century and therefore so not me. I am the least IT savvy person I know, but hey, I'm prepared to give it a go. This from a girl who still finds a calculator with a back button on it a revolution! Will enlist the help of the hubster to make it fancy with photographs and stuff, so more to come on that later.
So after reading the blogs of others, I have a rough idea of how I'd like this blog to go.
I started Weightwatchers (with my friend Marion) for the 1st time in 2007, stuck at it for about 2-3 months and lost a little over a stone (from memory). Then I went on holiday in the November, and by the time I came back I had just lost the impetus to count points, track and basically get on with losing the weight - also Christmas and all the feasting that brings was approaching........................
I quit and can honestly say that I didn't even step foot on a set of scales for the whole of 2008.
Then 2009 came around. My good friend, Marion, decided that she was going to sort herself out and rejoin Weightwatchers and asked if I wanted to come along again. I was not persuaded. And then a mixture of panic, bloody mindedness and determination set in. I knew I couldn't sit back and watch her lose the weight and continue to get bigger myself, cos I knew I would be kicking myself for not getting the proverbial finger out! It was inevitable to me that I would have to do something about my weight "one of these days" so why not just get it done? As a result, I re-joined the week after Marion, on 14th January. We keep each other going, share WW friendly food, swap tips and exercise together.
So, are you wondering why I am only just starting this blogging malarkey this far in? Well, I'm just over the halfway mark now in terms of the weight I want to lose. I am feeling a bit chuffed with my appearance, I am enjoying clothes again, I am fitter and healthier BUT I wanna go all the way. I am hoping that the blog will keep me focussed and add a new element to my journey, and to be honest I think it will help stop complacency setting in.
As for my Blog name? If you know the AC/DC track that this pays homage to, Rosie's vital statistics are 42-39-56 - probably not that far off my own starting measurements.
Here's to success everyone!
Seriously, me with a blog? How 21st century and therefore so not me. I am the least IT savvy person I know, but hey, I'm prepared to give it a go. This from a girl who still finds a calculator with a back button on it a revolution! Will enlist the help of the hubster to make it fancy with photographs and stuff, so more to come on that later.
So after reading the blogs of others, I have a rough idea of how I'd like this blog to go.
I started Weightwatchers (with my friend Marion) for the 1st time in 2007, stuck at it for about 2-3 months and lost a little over a stone (from memory). Then I went on holiday in the November, and by the time I came back I had just lost the impetus to count points, track and basically get on with losing the weight - also Christmas and all the feasting that brings was approaching........................
I quit and can honestly say that I didn't even step foot on a set of scales for the whole of 2008.
Then 2009 came around. My good friend, Marion, decided that she was going to sort herself out and rejoin Weightwatchers and asked if I wanted to come along again. I was not persuaded. And then a mixture of panic, bloody mindedness and determination set in. I knew I couldn't sit back and watch her lose the weight and continue to get bigger myself, cos I knew I would be kicking myself for not getting the proverbial finger out! It was inevitable to me that I would have to do something about my weight "one of these days" so why not just get it done? As a result, I re-joined the week after Marion, on 14th January. We keep each other going, share WW friendly food, swap tips and exercise together.
So, are you wondering why I am only just starting this blogging malarkey this far in? Well, I'm just over the halfway mark now in terms of the weight I want to lose. I am feeling a bit chuffed with my appearance, I am enjoying clothes again, I am fitter and healthier BUT I wanna go all the way. I am hoping that the blog will keep me focussed and add a new element to my journey, and to be honest I think it will help stop complacency setting in.
As for my Blog name? If you know the AC/DC track that this pays homage to, Rosie's vital statistics are 42-39-56 - probably not that far off my own starting measurements.
Here's to success everyone!
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