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Weight Loss the Old Style Way! Part 8. Please read posts 1 and 2 before posting.

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  • Morning all and welcome jaxjax :)

    WelshWoofer good luck for today...cheering you along....

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    Got a bit side tracked yesterday :o

    B - weetbic and banana with sk milk
    L - bacon and egg roll
    D - franky & benny chicken cheese & bacon with fries, onion rings, corn on cob and coleslaw
    1/2 bottle of wine and 2 x smirnoff ice

    exercise - 4 hours of decorating

    As I dont drink very often I am surprised I dont have a hangover this morning. Plans for today

    B - crumpet & 1/2 tsp utter butter
    L - chicken liver with bacon & sage
    D - spicy pork with stir fry

    Snacks will be fruit
    Exercise will be another 4 hours decorating

    Have a good sunday x
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  • jaxjax123
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    Good Morning

    I'm back again for another day :j

    I was pleased how it went yesterday.

    Today will be testing we are off to the cinema we usually stuff our faces with sweets and popcorn. The boys still will but I will concentrate on the film.

    Food for today will be
    B: Weetabix and Banana
    L: Soup (which is in the slow cooker already) and seeded bread
    D: lean pork casserole and mash.
    S: Banana and apple if needed. Didn't need it yesterday.
    E: We are geo-caching today so we will be walking around in the woods for a while.
  • Molly41
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    Good Morning x
    Good Luck Welsh Woofer:T:T:T

    Im off to Center Parcs next week which will involve lots of yummy food. I will try and be careful:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

    So will be back in time for the next challenge and will really focus so I can look stunning for christmas :eek:
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  • chelle
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    I have only managed that twice before in the past 6 months.

    A confidence boost for my running as sometimes feels like I'm not getting anywhere!

    Hope everyone has a great Sunday x
  • jaxjax123
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    chelle wrote: »
    I have only managed that twice before in the past 6 months.

    A confidence boost for my running as sometimes feels like I'm not getting anywhere!

    Hope everyone has a great Sunday x

    Well done.

    Before I has my 3yo I used to love cycling and running. Most weekend I could be found doing an event somewhere. since I have put on weight I'm finding it really hard to get back into. I have now enrolled my 10yo help. We are on week 2 of couch to 5k.
  • DundeeDoll
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    Omg first trip to gym for 8 days. Rather han 45kg for adductor /abductors decided should go down to 40. Easy peasy so back up to 45 for repeat set. Pride comes before a fall. My thighs are certainly letting me know about it. Hobble hobble...
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    DundeeDoll wrote: »
    Omg first trip to gym for 8 days. Rather han 45kg for adductor /abductors decided should go down to 40. Easy peasy so back up to 45 for repeat set. Pride comes before a fall. My thighs are certainly letting me know about it. Hobble hobble...

    I'm so :o, been going to the gym for 3 months and I manage to 5/7.5/10kg on the various pieces of equipment in my routine. They all started at 2.5/5 though, so I'll keep pushing (and pulling, and treading, and rowing...) . Treadmill, am supposed to do 10 mins at 3kmh which drives me mad, so do 15 at 5...makes me puff a bit but my DF was only 7 years older than I am now when he died of same disease so I'm determined to beat him, both in years and cantankerousness, and boy could he be cantankerous!! :p. All above with pt's approval, of course. Have just taken 2 days off and lungs not at all happy so will treat them to a good workout this morning to try and clear them.

    B - spicy, fruity porridge, sk milk
    D - chicken drumsticks, leeks, courgette, parsnip, broad beans, gravy. Apple for pud, if I need one after that lot!
    T - crackerbread w/rf cream cheese, vegemite
    S - melon, nana, apricot, nectarine
    E - 1 hour gym

    Have a sunny Sunday :)
  • Jogs panting into the room......

    I DID IT!!! My first 5K race is over - hurrah! I managed to run all the way, took 1 min off my best practice time and finished in the middle of the pack (not the puffing tailender I thought I'd be!).:j:j
    Now my time will never be brilliant, I'm not the right shape for a runner (big hips, short legs, sound gorgeous don't I!) but I'm focussing on doing the distance and keeping going for as long as I can not breaking world records;) Onwards and upwards!
    The next goal is 6K on a training run, should be quite doable as I've done 5.2K already, just another couple of minutes to plod.
    Don't tell anyone but I actually quite enjoyed it :p, running used to be thought of as torture and only to be endured when being chased by a lion (not that you get many of those in South Manchester:rotfl:).


    Back to work tomorrow:eek:. I have done loads of work to prepare but there's always more that could have been done, at least its INSET tomorrow to find my feet a bit before the screaming hordes arrive on Tuesday (and that's just the 6th form!).
    The rest of the day will be spent doing a little bit of work, taking the dog for a nice long walk somewhere, he only had a 15 min stroll this morning as I didn't want to wear out my legs before the run!), popping to the supermarket for some packed lunch bits and general faffing about.

    Hope everyone else had a good day!

    PS Thanks for all of your good wishes!
  • slowlyfading
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    *skulks back in* please can I come back? :o I have fallen off the wagon big time, but need to get back on asap! That's if you'll let me :o:o

    WelshWoofer - well done, that's fantastic :j I'm back at work too tomorrow, don't want to go... :(
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  • LAM2011
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    :TGosh well done Welshwoofer :T

    I feel exhausted just thinking about it.
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