Losing the pounds: going it DFW style

mumto2monkeys_2

Morning all and happy Saturday!! :j

Good luck with your target Snowdonlily. I don't blame you avoiding the Xenical - it works through fear, which is a fantastic motivator, but not the best way to do it. What it doesn't take into account is that a lot of us more padded people become this way because we comfort eat. I'm bad if I'm stressed... or tired... or sad... or, for that matter, happy.... Anyway, the drive to turn to a little something nice after a rubbish day overrides the fear of Xenical, and then you wake up the next day, remebering that you did something BAD the night before, and then you worry about getting ingto work whilst maintaining your dignity. I read an American advice site about the drug which suggested taking a change of clothes in case of accidents. At any one time, I'm in front of thirty teenagers. It does not bear thinking about. :eek: Suffice to say, when I felt the urge to eat junk, I stopped taking them so as not to put myself in that position. Thus proving, I had learned nothing about changing my bad habits and I regained 10 pounds over Christmas. It was as though I had been unleashed after weeks of Xenical oppression. This time, I'm going back to basics.

Hi true! My hubby bought me the strictly come dancing DVD last year (there's nothing like a novelty spin-off:D). That lasted all of about ten minutes when I realised you needed at least ten years of dance training to manage that one. Admire your attempt at PCD. Just looking at them being fabulous, and bendy I'm sure, would have made me sulk.

Thanks savingholmes.

So, I wimped out in Friday evening laziness last night. Guilt being my motivator, I got up and decided to go for a "power walk" (translated: I'm too fat to jog and it would probably kill me). However, my ipod (another rash purchase two years ago) was flat as a pancake, and it's cold , so I decided to exercise indoors instead. Right, I need cardio - but I can't face Davina's power of 3 (My thighs still remember the weeks before my wedding, three years ago), so I went on the hunt for her postnatal aerobics one instead. It has a pregnancy workout as well, which is tempting for the days I'm feeling very lazy .

But. HORROR.

As you know, I am a raging DFW. I had amazoned it and forgotten. So no gentle postnatal workout for me. Curses that I did that one and not the horrendous Power of 3.

Anyway, I ended up doing Yogalates instead. An Australian hybrid of yoga and pilates which is pretty good. The workout is 30 minutes - which fits in better when you have an entire house to get in order whilst taming a baby monkey who has got the bum-shuffle down to an art this week (I must lose weight chasing him around the house). It also has relaxation. Fab! It does have a second routine so I can alternate them, or even put them together (yeah, right, it's Saturday :rotfl:). It was good, but I really hurt from Darcey the other evening.

This weekend I must find the Wii Fit game. I also pledge to crack open the Davina Power of 3 this week. I will pick a day when I don't have to teach much as I dounbt my legs will still be able to hold me upright afterwards.

It's hubby's Christmas do tonight. Posh hotel, 3 course meal, and a free bar all night. Give me strength. :A OR :beer: ?!!!!!!!

Have a fantastic weekend all.

mumto2monkeys_2

True - I was thinking that if you want a pilates DVD, I would check out those by Lynne Robinson. I've never done any, but I really want one. She is the Queen of Pilates. I would buy one, but I have pledged to spend no more money! In fact, there might be footage on Youtube of her, might see if that would work instead. How DFW of me .

mumto2monkeys_2

Evening all! This weekend has gone alarmingly fast.

This evening the plan is to do some time on the Wii Fit now that I've found the game (which Baby Monkey had hidden under the sofa).

But, the real challenge is that I'm contemplating getting up substantially earlier in order to go for a "power walk" with a view to building up my stamina to a point where I can run.

The only obstacles to this are:

• It is dark.
• It is cold.
• It will be about 5.30am :eek: (I normally get up at 6.20am)
• Will it be scary out there, all by myself, in the dark?
• I honestly don't know if I can get up to do it.

I will be attempting this in the morning. Watch this space.

Pinky15

Just wanted to say hi there!:wave: Your diary really made me giggle:rotfl:. I have 3 little ones and also a job I am not that keen on. I am focussing on paying off my debt so I can get shot of the job lol! But I have to learn to live within my means first. I too need to lose some weigh bout a stone in fact but find it hard to get motivated this time of the year and for me too jogging is a no no - would give the village a good laugh or may scare them lol! Maybe we could keep one another on track! I am going to try the davina fitness dvd a friend lent me and see how I get on.

mumto2monkeys_2

Good luck with it Pinky - I'm building up to Davina . I'm with you where the job is concerned. If I could pay off my debts, my monthly outgoings would drop by £800 and take a lot of the pressure off hubby and I. I could take a drop in pay if I decided to, which would open up many choices.

This evening I have spent an hour on the Wii. To say it is supposed to be low impact, I'm shattered! May be rethinking the 5.30am get up for more in the morning. I did lots of step, some boxercise, strengthing exercises and some balancing ones.

My Wii Mii's gut was still sticking out from under her t-shirt, as it was 354 days ago when I last used it . The game remains unused, but always counting, so that the day you decide to dust it off and step back on, it can remind you how slack you are by telling you how long since you last used it, thus beating you with a great big guilt stick. Add to this the humiliation of putting on a little weight since the last go. It asks you to tell it why you have gained weight. Hubby suggested 'eaten too many pies', but it was not an option. I admitted that I "have eaten too much". It then tells me to be careful about what I eat in order to lose weight. Really. Genius that. Who'd have thought it?...!!!!!!!!:rotfl:.

For those incensed by hubby's pie comment in relation to his darling wife, I would like to share the image of him playing the 'tightrope' balancing game on the Wii as I type this, arms splayed. He is a tall man, he has to concentrate to balance....
.... that was me ticking his armpits. Revenge is sweet. There goes his high score. That will learn him.

I'm planning to drag out Darcey again tomorrow evening so it might be best not to take on too much too soon with regards to 5.30am. This is my approach to life - I suddenly decide change must happen, then I push it as much as possible until I burn out. The money could take 7 years to go; the weight could take six months :j. I don't want to do too much and injure myself or lose momentum.

I might leave the early starts for a couple of weeks until I'm fitter and able to cope with them.

Given that trying to keep up with 5 minutes of boxercise on the Wii nearly resulted in my arms falling off, it might be better to take it steady.

Do I sound like I'm making excuses?

Cialilerin

I am loving your diary! I've started a debt free one and while I am tryingto lose weight, I haven't set any goals or braved a DVD
I love the Wii Fit Plus (bought it for dd for Christmas - it was for me really :rotfl:)It's got all Wii Fit stuff and more! I do my own yoga routine and then play games on multi-player and me and the kids challenge each other. It's especially good when dh joins in cos the kids laugh at him instead of me!!!
With regards to jogging/walking etc, I do try and walk the dog each night - I pretend it's to give dh a break so I get brownie points for that, but it's more about the exercise. At weekend I take little one with me (she's 2) and try and tire her out for bed time! - there's a method in the madness!

Good Luck!

Pinky15

The other day I was getting into the shower and chatting about going to the gym - my oldest DD piped up 'Ooh mummy I love your wobbly belly tho - it's like jelly' - - That said it all really - kids you have to love em!

mumto2monkeys_2

Hi Cialilerin - it sounds like you are really active and busy already. What is Wii Fit plus like? I am asking because we were given a £40 voucher for the family for Christmas so I'm thinking of getting it as daughter and hubby use it too. There's also the Just Dance game that looks interesting, though hubby might be less impressed with that one . I don't know whether this goes against my pledge to just use what is already available to me to lose weight though.

LOL Pinky - kids are so kind :rotfl:. If it's any consolation, my belly is jelly with a double helping of ice cream, whipped cream and a flake. It is the mother of all bellies. This is what happens after eating a lot, not really exercising, having two gigantic babies, two c-sections for aforesaid gigantic babies, and not having the approximate 25k it would cost to make me look vaguely human again without clothes. I am on a damage limitation exercise - no amount of Davina's Power of 3 would give me a flat stomach. I would just like to fit in slightly smaller pants.

So, 37lbs to go. This would not return me to my slinkiest weight. But my weight control programme back then consisted of copius cigarettes, diet coke and 200 calorie microwave meals. Life was very different. (Ah, memories.)

I am a poster girl for yo-yo diets. I was a large child who lost a bit, put back on a lot, lost a lot more, maintained (see above) for about five years, met husband, put on quite a bit again and now I am here. I have been on a diet for most of my life. I had a doctor's note to allow me to join Weight Watchers at 15. I've Carol Voderman Detoxed, I've Gillain McKeithed, I've supplemented and drunk funny drinks, I've Xenicaled, I've Slimming Worlded, I've Weight Watched, I've "Apple Shaped", "Food Doctored", "Skinny !!!!!ed" and GI-d.

I actually weigh about 7lbs now more than when I started, all those years ago.

All of those diets work. I think most of them are reasonably good for you. I just think I'm rubbish at sticking to anything. I lost 6st at one point. I still put it back on.
Curse you pizza and your evil cheesy goodness. They say no food should be called evil. They haven't seen what it has done to my waistline.

So, now I'm eating sensibly. And yes, sensible is boring. But, if I get to wear fabulous clothes (obviously that I can afford without CC, this is DFW after all ) then sensible will hopefully be worth it.

Anyway, I haven't had pilates on again. I did another session of Wii Fit last night as preteen monkey wanted to play. I didn't do anything tonight as I have a stressful thing to sort out that is happening in work in a couple of days, and by the time I'd done some of that, I simply couldn't be bothered. Note how I've managed to find twenty minutes to update my diary though :rotfl:.

I need to do something tomorrow, but I've already decided to be kind to myself if I don't manage it in the circumstances. If I bring on the guilt, that will only result in one thing - crisps. So, Thursday is a definite. It will probably be pilates, though I haven't forgotten my Davina promise (writing these things down where other people can bear witness can be very, very foolish) yet this might be best saved until Friday in case of injury.

Weigh in will be Saturday. Please, please, please let me have lost something. (Hopefully about half a stone and start with a real bang. I'm pretty fat, I should be able to offload a bit in the first week. We all know it's water weight, but it's still 7lbs less water weight than you were hauling onto the scales the week before.)

Unrealistic? Moi?

I'll be happy with a couple of pounds. Really.

It's like the debt. Years to build up, but I still want rid of it in a fortnight.

Cialilerin

I made the decision today to join the Race for Life this year, following some bad news from afriend. I've asked my sister to join me and maybe our children and a couple of others. Hoping to use this as my motivation to keep fit - and do some good on the way

Pinky15

LOL :rotfl:love the tummy description. I always used to be really skinny but the 3 little sproglets put paid to that. What is spurring me on to lose weight is that I will be able to fit into my old clothes and jeans and wont need to buy new ones - hence being a money saver. I will weigh myself at MIL this weekend and will update from here. Keep up the good work tho:)