Category Archives: Eating Plan

Back On Weight Watchers

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As the title says, I am following Weight Watchers again.  Not going to meetings, just online.

You see, when I did the program online about 8 or 9 years ago I was very successful at it.  I lost a ton of weight.  And then it started creeping back on so I started to go to meetings.  And didn’t lose a pound.

So for some reason it really only works for me online.

I’ve been seriously following it for about 2 weeks, with a break for my Manchester trip, and have lost about 2 lbs.  Which is a step in the right direction.

I have nearly 50 pounds to lose to get to where I want to be.

Let the meal planning begin…

That Felt Good

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Yes, I am actually enjoying my exercise.  Don’t tell my mother, she’ll only say ‘told you so.’

I haven’t recieved my next Yoga video from Love Film yet (I am still looking for the ‘perfect’ one) so instead I did the abs & back and the stretchy cool down parts of my aerobics vid.  Felt really good.  Got some good muscle work in.

The scale isn’t showing any weight loss at the moment, but trousers that were getting a bit snug are no longer snug.  And I feel great.  So I am definitely doing something right!

Really looking forward to my long weekend.  Tomorrow I will hit the Farmer’s Market.  Saturday I get my hair cut and coloured.  After that? Who knows!!!!

Today I Preformed Major Surgery

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On our old laptop.  We replaced it because it was having a severe overheating problem.  It kept shutting itself off, it was that bad.

So today, I took it apart. Completely.  From stem to stern.  From hard drive to mother board.

And found? Enough dust and other crap in it to make my own golem.  It was really really gross.

And then I put it back together.  And it works!  And its running much cooler!

So now it is defraging.  And then it will get a disk check.  And then maybe a fresh load of Windows.

And now we have two computers that work.  One is brand new and is good for *everything*.  And the other one is more or less refurbished and cruises the ‘net and can do word processing and such.

Also? I have my work laptop.  So really, we have three.  And the work laptop? Has Adobe CS.  So, when I bring it home, which I don’t always, I can do graphics on it.

And we have a wireless network at  home now.

So come on over, use a laptop.  Its here if you need it!

in other news, I’ve been doing a bit of freelancing, with my SMTs approval, on Belfast Rotary Club’s website.  My CEO is a member and he asked me to help them out.  The same company that did NISP’s site did that one, but I’m the overall web girl for it.  And I’ll be getting paid a bit to do it.

And i didn’t wind up actually losing any weight this week after all.  But I will.  Maybe this week.

So life is pretty good, technology wise.  If only I could sleep…

So I Am Four Days Into

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My new exercise goals.  Here’s how I’m doing: –

Monday – Aerobics for 30 min

Tuesday – crunches etc

Wednesday – Aerobics for 20 min

Thursday – Yoga for 30 min

And I have decided that strength training bores me to tears, but yoga is awesome, so, even though SparkPeople counts that as cardio, I am going to do that instead of crunches and such.  The same muscles get used, but in a much more interesting way for me.  And that’s what counts.

I stepped on the scale today, even though it is not my official weigh in day.  And I’ve lost 2 lbs.  So its working!!!

Another Day. Another Bad Night.

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This is just getting old.  And I’m exhausted.  And I had a headache today.  And my CEO lectured me that if I didn’t drink so much (yeah, right) I would sleep.  I explained to him that I barely drink, and it doesn’t matter.  I just don’t sleep.  Drunk, sober, doesn’t matter.

I did do my aerobics this morning, so I feel pretty good about that.  And it did give me a bit of energy.

So what god do I pray to for sleep?

I RULE!

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Despite the evening of drunken debauchery, and the cake and ice cream Friday, I lost 2lbs this week!!!!

I RULE!

Last night was really good craic.  It was great to spend some time with Simon’s sister and to see her friends, some of whom I haven’t seen in donkeys years.

Had an absolutely fabulous dinner at a teppiaki place, that’s those places that cook on a grill in front of you.  So its basically dinner and a show as the chef throws spatulas and sets things on fire and such.  It was a lot of fun.

Then we went to a pub with dancing and did a bit of that.  So once again, I hurt like hell, but it was so worth it.

Got home about 0130.  And, thanks to my insomnia, here I am up at 0641.

Some of the girls from last night are coming around sometime later this morning to see our flat and then we are, maybe, going to take a bus tour of the city and then come back here for copious amounts of bacon sandwiches.  Which my wonderful husband will cook us.  I hope!

Don’t seem to be too badly hung over, just a bit dehydrated, but I think that is mostly from the incredible heat from the club we were dancing at.  Why oh why are those places always so roasting? TURN UP THE AIR!!!

My Weekend Plans and Other Tales of Drunken Debauchery

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So this weekend is Simon’s Sister’s Hen Weekend.  I am only joining the girls for part of it, dinner tomorrow night, but I imagine there will be much booze and fun to be had.

Next week is our Building Manager’s leaving do.  She doesn’t actually leave until 15th August, but the only day most of us could go out was the 8th, so that’s what we are doing!  Will be another night of much booze and fun.

Tonight Simon and I are indulging in some Cava and cake and ice cream, as he was given his permanent contract at work this week.

Diet?  What diet?

Sunday Weigh In…

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Darn.  Gained 2lbs.  But lost a teeny tiny bit in both my hips and my waist.

I knew I wasn’t going to lose this week, as I have not been able to exercise *at all*.  The cyst is right around my shoulder blade, so any movement pulls on it and it hurts.  And I tried to do my crunches/adductors/etc but that either made me have to lie on the cyst or really move my shoulder for position.  So no exercise this week.

Today it is feeling much better, albeit ITCHY, and I am hoping to do some aerobics and strength today.  I have a new DVD I am wanting to try, which has low impact and some abs/back work on it.

So its another week and hopefully I’ll do better.  Don’t think I’ll make my first goal of 10lbs gone by 31st July, however.  Oh well!

First of All

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A big thank you to my brother, Jeff, for helping me get Google Analytics to work on this here blog. Now I not only know how many people are hitting here, but what part of the world they are from and which posts they are reading!

In other news, as part of my get fit and healthy plan, I’ve been cutting down on caffeine.  And starting today, removing it more or less from my life.  I am drinking my first cup of decaffeinated coffee.  I am not really sure what the point of decaf is, other than the taste of coffee (and it does taste like coffee, thank god), but I am not quite ready to give up coffee altogether!

And I doubt I will never have another cup with caffeine in it.  Just not nearly as much as I used to!

Next on my list of things to dump from my life is refined sugar.  Yeah, that ones not going to be quite so easy…