Diary of a desperate girl...

Really want to start going to the gym too, I find embarrassment puts me off, I'm always thinking people will be judging how unfit I am, even though I know it's silly because I see people much bigger than myself going! I think I'll pluck up the courage this week! Xxx
 
Hey Molly - if I could give one piece of advice to anyone it would be honestly don't worry about people looking at you in the gym ... Everyone is just too absorbed in what they're doing that they don't care about anyone else at all. They will have no clue as to when you got on a certain machine, how long you've been on it, what level you're doing it on, how fast you're going etc. I really, really recommend going, especially if it's just the embarrassment that's holding you back.

Today's been quite a good day so far! Have been well behaved on the food front and will *probably* hit the gym again later. And only a couple of days until until I can swim every day of the week in our lovely hotel pool in Turkey ... YEAH!!
 
PS Does anybody know where lass321 has got to?!
 
Urghhhh ... Just got back from the gym. It hurt!! R&R until holiday now tho ... Well, except all the many things that need to be done tomorrow eve, but still - awoohoooooooo!
 
Well done you! How long are you away for? I think I will do my final weigh in on Friday morning and then I sign off for just over a week. Have you packed yet? :D
 
Good work Molly! Hardest step = done! I hope you'll enjoy it as much as me. You just going to do your own thing in the actual gym or head to a class or something?

I'm away for a week Jody! I'm going to need to bring my weigh in a day early this week, but hopefully it'll still be a loss. I'd love to have gotten down to 15st11 (where I thought I originally started) but I can't see that happening, the weekend was just too full of naughtiness! Yeeeesh.

I've semi packed! Basically done all the bits I can do and the rest I'll do tomorrow evening ... Shouldn't take too long. Can't believe holiday is nearly hereeee!
 
Saruk88 said:
Good work Molly! Hardest step = done! I hope you'll enjoy it as much as me. You just going to do your own thing in the actual gym or head to a class or something?
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Weird and all as it sounds that he's stuck it out with my overweight self for 5 years my OH is a fitness freak, so I asked him to devise a little plan and show me the ropes!
 
Ohhhh hi lass! Glad to see you're back, I had wondered where you had got to.

Sooo, today I succumbed. But I succumbed to something I just don't think I could ever say no to. Nandos. OH YUM. I'm a veggie tho so I had a mushroom and halloumi pitta with mash - kept off the chips. But you know what? I sooooo don't care because I'M ON HOLIDAY TOMORROW!

I've got to leave for the airport at 4.30am so I don't know if I'll get the opportunity to even check my weight, let alone post! If not, everyone have a FAB week - I hope you have great losses!

Saruk
 
Have a fab holiday my love! Think of me fast asleep when you are getting up, holiday is the only time that anything before 6.30am even exists for me! Luckily we don't need to leave home until about 9am on Saturday so no rising at the crack of dawn.

Don't go too crazy out there, lots of walking and swimming ;)
 
So, I'm homeeeeee! Had a really amazing week, it was just gorgeous. Had a few little mishaps that involved a wasp flying in my mouth and stinging my tongue (WTF?!), upset stomach for the last 4 days and worst of all ...impetigo :( I suffered from it's out 3 or 4 times a year but once I got my acne sorted (the impetigo is only ever on my chin for some reason) it stopped and I hadn't had it for nearly three years. But now it's come out in full force and I got me sooo forlorn. I know that's vain and pretty pathetic I just was so sure I was shot of it but then it came back, halfway through my lovely jungly hol.

Anyway, enough self pity, tomorrow is weigh in after two weeks since my last! In all realism I should see a gain but hopefully not a big one ... Maybe the dodgy tum has helped me :) haha.

That's me over and out tonight - TIRED! Will report in tomorrow. Hope everyone is doing well!
 
Just weighed in and the scales showed 16st 0.75lbs - up one pound! So I'm pretty happy with that, won't take long to get rid of that at all and then I'll be back on track.

Woooooop.
 
It's been sooo hard getting back into the swing of things since the holiday! Bad, bad, bad few days. But I just got back from the gym and I'm hoping I'm on my way back to my motivated and relatively well behaved self. Time to start entering everything into MFP again to get me well and truly back on track.

Now to get into the PJs! After two weeks off from exercise, combined with plenty of bad food and alcohol, that gym sesh took it out of me somewhat! Zzzzz.
 
I've been a lot better today which I'm happy about - not perfect as by the end of today I'll have had about 1500 calories minimum (haven't entered everything into MFP yet), but that's still less than my body wants and better than I've been doing the past couple of weeks! At least it's on the right track and if I can get better day by day, I'll be a happy chappy. By Monday, I'll be on the straight and narrow, I'm sure of it!

I have also decided to set myself a challenge ... 40lbs by Valentine's Day. I've never set myself a target date before so I'm eager to see how I'll do with it. It's completely manageable and I'm planning on putting money aside as I lose so I can reward myself with something nice. If anyone's interested, I've posted in the challenge forum here: http://www.minimins.com/challenges-weight-loss-otherwise/328528-40lbs-14th-feb.html

So, I'm feeling good! Maybe more so than I deserve but I feel like my head is getting back into it which, to be honest, is really the most important thing.
 
Hey hun,

Glad to hear you had a lovely holiday despite the mishaps! Only putting on a pound is also a great result. I like the sound of your challenge, I can't believe we are already in October, the rest of this year is going to go so quickly now. Any ideas what you will treat yourself to?
 
Hey Jody! Gather, I know! Where the hell has this year gone?! Well I was thinking maybe a really lovely dress that I feel really good in or something, but I think I'll see how I feel at the time you know? I'll let my treat be whatever I want it to be when the time comes.

Thanks lass! I hope I do too, but it's something nice to work towards,even if it doesn't happen. How are you getting on?

Trying to work up the enthusiasm to go to the gym! It's proving tricky when all I want to do is have a glass or two of vino!
 
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