LittleFlower

Starting day 5 of the Dukan diet tomorrow….definately the last day of the attack phase for me. My energy is rock bottom…ROCK bottom. I tried to go out for a jog today and after only 10 minutes, I had to drag my sorry ass home. On the plus note, it s working. I’ve gone from 67.7kg to 65.6kg. That’s good going for me because it’s almost impossible for me to lose weight. I know the lethargy is from lack of calories, so I’m looking forward to injecting a few more into my diet via vegtables.

I did fall down BIG time on the diet today though. I was really upset in the morning and ate 3 cherry bakewells and 4 digestive cream biscuits….creeeeeeeaaaaap. All it did was make me feel really ill, so I actually wasnt able to eat anything else all day. I cant even look at the burgers my boyfriend made just there….but he was really good and made me two to eat tomorrow night after work….without the bun of course!

So……..looking forward to tomorrow being done with and moving onto the next stage. Cant wait to see 63kg….havent seen that number since 2007! 55kg is my 1st proper goal though…bit to go yet!

Hope yer all having a great weekend!

Please help!! This never used to happen to me!

So I’ve completed day one of the Attack Phase of the Dukan Diet. It was hard. I’m not going to lie….pure protein is not only hard to plan for the entire day when you’re working a 13 hour shift….but it’s also expensive! Meat and fish over here in Ireland is ridiculosly expensive….I could do the diet on tesco value chicken and farmed salmon…and tinned sardines and eggs….but theres no way I can afford to eat the 72 proteins thats on the 1st phase. Veal, mullet, monkfish, lobster, scallops, oysters…are not within my price range. I just need to figure out how to get through the next few days with the limited meats I can eat and stay full…and then I can start adding veg and really getting into it!

I did lose .4kg in one day though. I’ve gone from 67.7kg to 67.3kg. I did go to bed feeling hungry last night and I did wake up in the middle of the night hungry as well. I just need to get through these next 4 days.

Hope you all did ok yesterday…and if you didnt, so what….todays a new day. Make today better.

Talk to you later!

B

So I’m starting the Dukan diet tomorrow. I went shopping today to stock up and prepare for the “attack” phase which I’m going to do for 5 days before moving onto the next one. I bought lots of salmon, chicken, lean beef and tinned fish….and eggs! Is anyone else out there doing the diet? Anyone doing the diet with a significant other in the house who doesnt support weightloss or diets?!

I’ve got bootcamp tonight. Going with my boyfriend’s sister who moved up here a month ago. I’m also back running. My sister got me to sign up for a 10 mile run with her…its on the 20th August. We went out for an 8 mile run last Saturday and managed it in 1hr 18 min….happy days!

I’m working in a new job as well now. I’m now only working as a nursing agency booker once a week (every Sunday), and then work 2 other 13 hour shifts as a health care assistant in a hospital close to home. Loving my new job as a carer. Even getting used to giving blanket baths and cleaning dirty bums. Love the craic with the patients and staff. So much better than working in an office.

So thats a quick catch up with me. I dont see many people that were here when last I was realy active on the site, so theres no point in giving a full run down on my life right now! I’ll just stick to the diet and exercise!

Later ppl!

Heya check out a new forum thread! http://www.weight-loss-forums.buddyslim.com/weight-loss-motivation/7155-no-more-excuses.html#post358121

Heya everyone! I used to be a really active member on this site…but then I kinda slipped off.

I’m starting this thread for all you hard core weightloss activists out there who are not afraid to man-up, accept your own role in your weightloss journey, and just get down to it….be accountable….NO EXCUSES.

If you mess up, you mess up. Not because you had a bad day, not because work was stressful, not because life is hard….accept accountability and move onwards and downwards on the scale.

This thread is to celebrate and embrace accountability and to learn to avoid blaming others for what we actually can control.

Let me start…………

Today I ate ben & jerrys. I ate half a tub of ben & jerrys.

BUT!!!

I counted it (I’m on weightwatchers), I accepted it…..I’m still within my allowence…AND I was able to say no to potatoe wedges that I realllly wanted to put in the oven and eat.

hey everyone!! Ive been checking in as much as possible with ye…but those bloody spammers are annoying! Just a quick one to say my rib is still not healed….I can just about breath now without pain…all I’ve been able to do is walk…and not even that fast because I cant breath deep. I think I might be able to try a gym session tomorrow, but will take it easy so as not to undue the healing.

Food-wise, I have been doing really well. My weight went up massively after the accident, but that was due to comfort eating and not being able to move much. But now it’s all fruit, home-made lunches and home-made dinners. If I dont feel like cooking, then cathal cooks. He’s 100% on board with my weightloss finally. He said he’ll help me out as much as he can. It kinda helps that he wants to get fit again himself. He told me tonight he’s thinking about trying out for the guards next year when they re-open applications. That’ll be interesting. He said that if he got into the guards we’d pretty much be apart for the 1st 2 years of his training because he’d be based in Templemore (where they train Irish guards). Ah sure, its a long way off yet, and he mightnt make it in because of his heart condition anyway. I didnt tell him that…but I might get him to talk to his GP about it so that he can break the news to him.

Started a new job last Monday. Its so busy……you dont get breaks! You get 30 minutes at lunch and thats it! I worked an 11 hour shift on Monday with only one break…it’s crazy busy! But the best thing is….no snacking!!!! No biscuits….No chocolate…it’s fantastic!!!

Right…sín sín….later Buddies!!!

So I joined the new gym yesterday. The instructor who signed me up was no more interested in his job than the man in the moon, but sure, it’s closer to home.

So this morning I was all psyched to do a great session in the gym. Had a lovely lie-in with Cathal (I’m on a weeks hols and he’s a scondary school teacher, so all he has to do at the minute is correct tests!), good, healthy breakfast (bananas on wholewheat toast and some honey) and then hopped on my bike for the 15 minute cycle to the gym.

Then I got hit by a car. A woman pulled out in front of me without checking her mirror, and I hit the mirror and went out over the car, hitting my elbow and head (I was wearing a helmet thank God) and landed on the road with my bike tangled up around me. I was helped off the road, got all dizzy and then realised my rib was broken. The woman who hit me claimed responsibility and offered to pay my doctor’s bills, but I knew there wouldnt be any cuz there’s nothing to do with a broken rib. So she stayed with me until Cathal came to collect my bike and myself.

After a bath (he had to help me get undressed…ehm…. getting a sports bra off with a broken rib is NOT easy!) I felt a lot better and actually spent the afternoon helping Cathal correct his Irish papers…….

Ugh…… what am I going to do?! I feel fat…and sore…..Im actually afraid to eat in case it turns out to a binge. Like about an hour ago I made baked, stuffed chicken and veggies…and the next thing that went through my head was “I was icecream”. I dont have any in the house, and I am not leaving the house until this craving goes. I’m so afraid of gaining even MORE weight now that I cant exercise for a while…..what a pain in the arse eh? Just when I’m motivated, I get hit by a car!

Ha!!!! Well, it could have been worse. At least I can come on here and moan at ye about my little injury!

 Let it be a lesson and a warning tho to any of ye casual cyclists….WEAR YOUR HELMETS!!!! Make sure your kids wear their helmets….I wouldnt be here tonight if I wasnt wearing mine.

So, I had my last day at work today. It was kinda sad. I didnt think it would be. I was so happy to be leaving all that crappy work behind me…but the people there….are so nice. One of the Directors came up to me and told me to contact him if I ever needed a reference. He even offered to put me in touch with his sister who’s a neurologist to help me on the road to becoming a neuropsychologist if I decided to go down that route. One of the surveyors told me I was one of the most competent people he has ever worked with (guess thats where OCD and perfectionism comes in really handy!). I sent an email around before I left (it’s kinda the done thing in that company) just to wish everyone well. The company’s been hit really hard by the recession (it’s a construction company) so I told them it was the people who made the company the way it is today, not the work.

Well, this move from this company means another move away from the place I lived in for 9 years. I lived in this area since I moved up to Dublin for college and only moved away in September last when I moved in with Cathal. I still really miss the last area I lived in. But I realise I have to move on. My gym is in that area, and my membership is up this month. Instead of renewing it, I’m going to get a new membership in a different gym, but one thats closer to where I live now. I have to let go of my past, and that includes the places I used to live in. This is the gym I’m planning on joining today / Sunday: http://www.bendunnegyms.com/carlisle.php it looks really nice and Cathals been there a few times and says it’s massive. I might even try out the pool! Need to tone up BIG time!

Was talkng to a friend of mine on Facebook there and both of us have gained some serious weight in the past year. I told her I was getting no support from Cathal to lose weight (because he doesnt want me to!) so the 2 of us are buddying up and will support each other to lose weight and keep each other on track. She’s one of my best friends and I’m really looking forward to it! She’s getting pins out from her ankle soon (she broke it last year and needed surgery…but the pins are coming out now) so the two of us will start rehab running a few weeks after her surgery. We’re both crocked from injuries, so starting off slow and steady will suit us both!

Well, I’ve the weekend to myself this weekend with Cathal gone home to Kerry, so no doubt I’ll be checking in here over the weekend so. Hope yer having a great Friday!!! I’m just settling in now to watch “2010″ tonight and then “Alice in Wonderland” tomorrow after my run…I’m aiming for 10K!!!

Later Buddies!!!!

So, this evening I wasnt really in the mood for the gym. It was hot outside. My gym doesnt have air conditioning. I knew it would be sticky….but thanks (Nancy) for telling me I “like” working out…so I went anyway and burned 1030cal in an hour and 20 minutes. It was tough. Because of my hamstring (it still cramps after I tore it 9 months ago!)…. I couldnt stay running or on the cross trainer for too long. So I alternated….20 min cross trainer, 20 minutes treadmill and then back to the cross trainer etc. It was tough. My legs felt so tight. I had to stretch out for about 20 minutes after just so I could cycle the 20 minutes uphill home after the gym….ugh.

But when I got home, I saw what Cathal had left me….a home made burger in the fridge!! He makes them without any egg or flour. Just tomatoe pureé and onion. Mmmmmmmmm and you bake them in the oven instead of frying them! So I made it with oven baked chips and peas….mmmmmm and 50% less fat cheese (only 37 cal a slice) and low fat mayo (15 cal a tablespoon!). Mmmmmmmmmmm the whole meal was under 550cal. And, it cost less than €6.00…..AND there’s enough ingrediants left in the fridge for the same dinner for the next 4 days! It wont happen…I’ll find something else to do with the mince…but TAKE THAT TAKEAWAYS!!!!!!!!! Cooking from home is more cost-worthy and healthy than ordering in. And it was delicious. I knew every single thing that was put into it and I loved every single mouthful..mmmmmmm

So for those of you who fancy a takeaway….. the pictures below show what I cooked up in 20 minutes…… probably the same amount of time it takes for a takeaway to be delivered, and probably for half the price….mmmmmmmmmm

See how much space the peas take up? The burger is actually resting on a layer of peas…I am ADICTED to frozen peas. They have become my new comfort food because they are so succulent and sweet and they are nom…nom….. get yourself some!!!!

 Right so… think I’ve made my point….enjoy Buddies!!!!

I just sent my Mom an email….. short, to the point, and distant enough hopefully for her to realise that although I’ll know what’s going on at home, I wont be there to physically or psychologically support her anymore.

It went like this: 

“I just wanted to drop you a short email to wish you well with your therapy/recovery over the summer and sincerely hope that this time, you will get to where you need to be, to be a happy and healthy person.

Blaithin”

There may be some fall-out from this from her (anger….resentment…..try to control me and the situation again) and from my Dad and sisters, but I dont care. For once, I get my say….

I actually looked into how to divorce a parent online today. I’m thinking about doing this with her. I think I need to in order to get healthy.