Less and less, day by day

The state of things

tinyjo — Tue, 20 Jul 2004 10:38:51 GMT

Val was nagging us to keep a diary last week. She's desparate for someone from one of her groups to be a sucess story in the magazine. She tried to sell it on how motivating it would be for us to see someone from our area suceed but really she just wants there to be some story saying "Yeah, my leader was Val, she helped me loads". As you might have guessed, I'm not desparately enamoured with her at the minute. The stories she occasionally tells us are really annoying and sickly. I'm not very good with inspirational stories - too cynical I guess.

Anyway, as part of that she was trying to get us to keep diaries about how we're feeling about our weightloss so that when we write our sucess stories we can look back on them and that reminded me of here. I think that I am going to start writing here a bit more again. Not trackers but miscellaneous thoughts. So, where are we now?

Well, we're where we were about 3 months ago. I'm still hovering around 11st (actually 11'4" at the moment) and well, I just don't want it enough right now. There's too much other stuff going on and I just don't have time to focus on dieting. I'm still going along to WW for a couple of reasons though, even though it costs. Partly, I just don't want to give up where I've got to so far. It's a bit achievement for me to be hovering just above 11 and I don't want to let that slide. And then I know that I'm going to want to get the other stone off eventually - I'm not satisfied with my weight/body shape as I am right now. When the summer passes (and I've been there a year) things will quieten down for me again. I'll hopefully have more energy and perhaps more inclination to be disiplined about exercise again. I'll come back to it, I guess is what I'm saying. I'm not giving up and I'll come back to it.

tinyjo — Thu, 08 Jul 2004 14:52:57 GMT

Curses! Afternoon lassitude at work, combined with the leftovers from the training lunch in the kitchen have caused me to eat

- a handful of M&S tortilla chips
- an M&S cheesy puff thing
- an Eccles cake
- a chocolate marshmallow thing

Probably about 6 points right there! I guess I'll have to skip a bit this evening to try and make up for it.

Lunch stats

tinyjo — Wed, 30 Jun 2004 13:12:10 GMT

Chilli beef wrap: 260 kcal, 1.1 sfat
Salt and vinegar fries: 85 kcal, 0.1 sfat
Choc muffin dessert: 150 kcal, 1.1 sfat

Still going

tinyjo — Tue, 23 Mar 2004 17:17:10 GMT

Well, I haven't updated this for a while, but I just have to today because I weigh 10'13''! How cool is that - a number with a 10 in front! And only 13lb to go until goal! That's still a while of dieting - I seem to be losing about 1-1.5lb a week at the minute so it might not be until June but still - nearly there! I was particularly good last week (no wine or caffine) so that probably contributed. I might try to cut back on wine a bit more in general and see how that does.

tinyjo — Tue, 03 Feb 2004 15:27:46 GMT

Yay! I got 1.5lb off this week which means that I've lost 2 whole stone now! I'm on the home straight - only 1st2.5lb to go :) In the next few weeks I should get to under 11st too which will be fantastic. I'm not treating myself to anything specific for this milestone because I've got my birthday presents and all but I do feel really chuffed. I can do this.

Belt!

tinyjo — Tue, 27 Jan 2004 14:38:45 GMT

OK, so first up I lost another pound this week. It's a case of slowly and surely right now. I could be losing faster, but it's more important to me at the minute to not be denying myself stuff but still be enjoying my food. I was really pleased that I got another pound off this week. And, I went into Next on the way to the meeting to buy a belt to wear with my jeans. And I bought a size 12-14 one! It fits and everything! It's on the first hole at the minute, true, but it'll be fun to watch the inches drop off by counting down belt holes :)

tinyjo — Tue, 20 Jan 2004 14:53:38 GMT

I managed to lose another pound this week, which I'm pretty pleased with. Friday night was drink and snacks at Jeremy's and then Saturday was dinner out *and* extra drink at the OCC delayed Xmas do. I did get a reasonable amount of exercise done though - I went to aerobics for the first time on Friday which was a bit of a killer! I'm a bit annoyed with the gym atm for mucking up the boxercise class which I'd really had to drag myself to because my cold was really bad yesterday. Lets see if they can get synergise right. I very nearly got a pasty on the way back as a treat but then I decided that I might make it along to the pub this evening in which case I'll need those extra points for drinking :) Alex isn't eating at home tonight so I get to have seafood pasta stew stuff again, which should be nice, although I think it needs a bit more soy sauce to really make it work.

tinyjo — Wed, 14 Jan 2004 21:34:15 GMT

So, I'm finding it difficult to rein back in after my Christmas break - I'm just feeling tempted a lot at the moment. I've been given a diary for Christmas so I'm using it to keep my trackers in and I'm just going to post random thoughts here and weight loss progress.

So, I've lost 1.5lb this week which puts me on 11st 5.5lb which is a new low. Which is good considering I indulged myself quite a lot this week. I've been spending my exercise points, which I don't normally do, but I am having a bit of a post Xmas blues so I figure I could do with cheering up. I bought some Tesco healthy living sponge puddings last week which were quite nice and I've got some weightwatchers yoghurts now, so at least if I treat myself I won't go to far over or anything.

tinyjo — Wed, 14 Jan 2004 10:21:26 GMT

For some reason, I am seized by a horrible temptation to eat my lunch now. This would be a bad idea.

tinyjo — Wed, 24 Dec 2003 10:24:14 GMT

Hmmm. I keep forgetting to post up the trackers, so I guess I'm going to forget that for now and restart tracking in the New Year. Or at least, restart posting trackers - I have been tracking, just on the back of the shopping list and so on. I weighed in yesterday and I had lost a pound this week, despite going to Adrian's party, which I was pretty pleased with. I'd planned for the party and saved up lots of points for it, but I wasn't quite sure how it had all balanced out. I'm now on a new low of 11'6" :) Less than 1.5 stone to go :) I'm hoping to do OK over Christmas, but I'm not going to worry about it too much.

tinyjo — Fri, 19 Dec 2003 14:05:52 GMT

Points for today	20
Bonus Points	1 - cycling 3 - gym

Breakfast	1.5 - special k bar
Lunch	3 - ham sarnie
Dinner
Any time

Points used
Points saved

tinyjo — Thu, 18 Dec 2003 14:58:02 GMT

Points for today	20
Bonus Points	3 - gym 1 - cycling

Breakfast	1.5 - special k bar
Lunch	3 - ham sandwich
Dinner	8.5 - Spaghetti bolagnaise 2 - salad 1.5 - wine
Any time	1 - crackerbread with ham & philadelphia

Points used	17.5
Points saved	5.5

Hmmm. Bit of a lapse in the tracking there, so I'll just fill in. I put on 1lb last week, which is rather annoying but not entirely unexpected. I had the buffet lunch at St Aldates on Thurs (with cheesecake), dinner out on Saturday, fish and chips on Sunday which would have been OK if they hadn't been accompanied by a lot of wine. So yeah, unsurprising really. This week has been OK. I distinctly remember writing an entry for Tuesday, but it's not there, so goodness knows what happened to it. Anyway, I had two toasties for dinner because I was feeling poo, but didn't go to the pub and ended up on about 15 points! Wednesday was a chilli jacket potato, and I probably ended up on about 18 points (I've got it on a piece of paper somewhere, but goodness knows where).

tinyjo — Fri, 12 Dec 2003 07:52:47 GMT

Points for today	20
Bonus Points

Breakfast	1.5 - Special K bar
Lunch	4.5 - jacket with chilli
Dinner	6 - chilli jacket 2 - salad 3 - wine
Any time

Points used	17
Points saved

Between feeling really ill and having lunch at the workshop I didn't track for Thursday at all. My suspicion is that having cheesecake for pudding at lunch pushed me over into negative points, but to be honest, I was feeling bad enough that I forgive myself for it. I am going to try to be good today though because I'm going out to dinner on Saturday night.

tinyjo — Wed, 10 Dec 2003 06:28:23 GMT

Points for today	20
Bonus Points	1 - cycling 3 - synergise

Breakfast
Lunch	1.5 - salad
Dinner	9 - 2 pork and leek sausages 2 - potatoes 0.5 - marg to mash them 0.5 - salad
Any time	1 - misc grapes 3 - chocolate mousse

Points used	17.5
Points saved	6.5

tinyjo — Tue, 09 Dec 2003 07:55:17 GMT

Points for today	20
Bonus Points	2 - cycling (work, pub)

Breakfast
Lunch	3 - ham sandwich 1.5 - banana
Dinner	2.5 - jacket potato 2.5 - chilli 1 - butter 2 - salad
Any time	1 - picking bits of fruit at work 6 - mulled wine 1 - misc pickings.

Points used	20.5
Points saved	1.5

Weight today: 11st 6.5lb
Total weight lost: 24lb

I can't believe that I've lost 3lb after the weekend I've had! I just can't believe it! That has definitely made my day :)

tinyjo — Tue, 09 Dec 2003 01:40:26 GMT

Points for today	20
Bonus Points	1 - cycling 4 - combat

Breakfast
Lunch	0.5 - salad
Dinner	8.5 - spaghetti bolagnaise 2 - salad 2.5 - cheese 4 - wine
Any time	1.5 - prawn cracker

Points used	19
Points saved	6

I'm not going to try to track the weekend - between the random amounts of drink and the catering being done by someone else, who knows how much I had. I think that I went over by 5-10 points on both Friday and Saturday, but that Sunday was OK.

tinyjo — Fri, 05 Dec 2003 06:26:28 GMT

Points for today	20
Bonus Points

Breakfast	1.5 - special K
Lunch	5.5 - cheese and ham toastie
Dinner
Any time

Points used
Points saved

tinyjo — Fri, 05 Dec 2003 06:24:52 GMT

Points for today	20
Bonus Points	1 - cycling 3 - workout 1 - dancing

Breakfast	1.5 - special K
Lunch	1 - salad
Dinner	9 - anchovy pasta 2 - salad 2.5 - cheese 1.5 - wine
Any time	3 - gin

Points used	20.5
Points saved	4.5

tinyjo — Fri, 05 Dec 2003 06:21:52 GMT

Points for today	20
Bonus Points	3 - workout 2 - cycling (work, ousfg)

Breakfast	1.5 - banana
Lunch	4 - M&S chilli wrap
Dinner	5.5 - steak 2.5 - oil 1.5 - potatos 0.5 - marg 0 - green beans 4 - wine
Any time

Points used	19.5
Points saved	5.5

tinyjo — Tue, 02 Dec 2003 06:48:14 GMT

Points for today	20
Bonus Points	2 - cycling (work, pub)

Breakfast	1.5 - special K
Lunch	3.5 - Boots chicken flatbread.
Dinner	8.5 - Spaghetti bolagnaise 0.5 - Salad (low fat dressing)
Any time	6 - Wine @ pub

Points used	20
Points saved	2

Weight today: 11st 9 1/2lb
Total weight loss: 21lb

Not a huge amount off this week, but going in the right direction, which is always good. I hit my silver seven dead on, so I've now lost exactly 1 1/2 stone since I joined.

tinyjo — Mon, 01 Dec 2003 09:04:33 GMT

Points for today	20
Bonus Points	cycling - 3 (work, PC world, party)

Breakfast
Lunch	3 - ham sarnie
Dinner	4.5 - chicken & soy pasta 2 - salad
Any time	7 - wine (xmas party :) ) 9 - chocolate (approx)

Points used	25.5
Points saved	-1.5

tinyjo — Mon, 01 Dec 2003 09:00:52 GMT

Points for today	20
Bonus Points	2 - exercise :)

Breakfast
Lunch	6 - ham sarnies
Dinner	3 - jacket potato 2.5 - tuna & sweetcorn mayo 2.5 - cheese 1 - butter 1.5 - wine
Any time	1.5 - wine 0.5 - yoghurt

Points used	18.5
Points saved	4.5

tinyjo — Mon, 01 Dec 2003 08:58:22 GMT

Points for today	20
Bonus Points

Breakfast
Lunch	4.5 - ham sarnies
Dinner	10.5 - chicken, brocolli & macaroni cheese 2 - salad 1 - gin & tonic
Any time	1 - gin & tonic 1 - slice of bread 1.5 - hobnob

Points used	21.5
Points saved	-1.5

tinyjo — Mon, 01 Dec 2003 08:55:26 GMT

Points for today	20
Bonus Points	4 - combat class

Breakfast	1.5 - special K
Lunch	3 - ham sandwich 1.5 - banana
Dinner	4.5 - chicken & soy pasta 2 - salad 1.5 - wine
Any time	4 - bread and honey

Points used	18
Points saved	6

tinyjo — Thu, 27 Nov 2003 15:29:40 GMT

Points for today	20
Bonus Points	2 - cycling

Breakfast
Lunch	1.5 - salad
Dinner	14 - burger & chips 1.5 - wine
Any time	3 - wine 1.5 - special k bar

Points used	21.5
Points saved	0.5