Kay's journey to health and happiness
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Kay003
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Good afternoon everyone 
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Thank you all for your kind wishes regarding my aunt, I'm happy to say, she is making good progress. I had my hospital appointment yesterday, fingers crossed my Op will go ahead end of this month, I really want to get that out of the way so I can move on with my life.
I went to group in the morning. Yes I have gained 3lbs this week, and no I'm not to going change my stats or take my shinny sticker off, because I know by next Tuesday I will have lost that and some !! I'm a woman on a mission !!! :superwoman:
Once I got to my aunts, I broke down in tears :cry:, was quite frustrated with myself and then received a text message from one of the personal trainers at the gym. I am very close to her, we are more like friends. She said she was worried that she has not seen me at the gym the last few days. So I decided to call her and told her how my week went. I told her I was good up to Friday, did gym for 5 days and the scales showed a 2lb gain and so I thought screw it and pigged out on Sunday with the onion rings and more crappy carbs ! She told me I was stupid to have pigged out and I should have been patient with the exercise and the weight would have dropped off !
Anyway to put a long story short, I find it really sweet of her that she has taken time out for me to help me even though I can't afford PT lessons with her at the mo. She's sorted my head out and explained what exercises I should be doing on my own to help me with the losses. We must have spoke for about 15 mins ! I love her to bits, she's so generous and such a kind person. I got back home early this morning, had a protein shake and went straight back out to the gym and powered away on those machines. It felt good to release all that energy !
Today at the gym
Cardio
240 cals treadmill
100 cals cross trainer
160 cals rowing machine
TOTAL CALS BURNED = 500 cals
Weights
Andrea Orbecks 10 minute Arm Circuit (boy did that burn ! for the bingo wings )
My next mini goals
- to get back to 11st 13 by next week (if not more)
- to get my 4.5 stone award by the end of April
After next week I will be doing 2 challenges plus the gym, to turbo charge my losses. The thread for the Soup Challenge will be up tomorrow, it will start on Tuesday 15th April. The week after will be the Salad Challenge which starts on Tuesday 22nd April. I'm hoping all this combined together will get me my next award.
After my Op
I hope to maintain during my recovery/rest period which will be about 4 weeks, month of May (I will pop in and out of mins to see how you are all getting on). I hopefully will be able to resume group from June. My C knows about my Op and has me off for the month of May. I haven't decided if I will weigh from home yet for that period of time. So from June onwards I will work towards getting rid of the other 2.5 stones to get me to target. By then I hope to be working and I will take up PT lessons with my friend at the gym to help me get there.
NSV Moment
Since losing 4 stones, believe it or not, I still wear a lot of my large clothes. Call me stubborn or just tight lol, but I don't want to spend money on stuff when I am still going down in size. The girls were mentioning in group how my clothes seriously don't look right and their falling off me, they said if I don't go buy some new ones, then their all going to drag me for a shopping spree ! hehe Even at the gym I wear an over sized gym kit and my trainer friend laughed as well last week, my bottoms look like mc hammers trousers ! :giggle: So I have a really nice nike gym kit in a size 14, I had it a long time but never worn it, its new and still has the tags. I got it out this morning and dared to see if I fit in it, and boom ! It fit ! 
Oh I'm such a happy bunny ! You won't believe this but I was going around wearing a size 18 lol ! I think the realisation of what I've achieved hit me in that moment with a thud ! Just looking at myself in the mirror, I know this sounds silly but I smiled thinking a year ago if someone had told me I would lose 4 stones I would never believe it !
Starting to believe in my own ability a bit more now and appreciating that if I set my mind to something I can do it and I'm not a failure. So many years I wasted talking down to myself thinking good things only happened to other people because their lucky. There is a quote which I really love and really picks me up when I'm down, I know I've shared it with some of you.
`Failure does not come from falling, but it comes from not picking ourselves up again. '
I will remember this whenever I have a bad week. My journey is not over, it will be over when I'm done !
Now sorry for this long therapy session, hehe, if I haven't bored you all to death and put you all to sleep already lol, I must pop over to your diaries soon and see how you lovely ladies have been getting on ! Excited !
But first ...
I'm going to do a Skype call now to my sister in Texas, its her birthday today ! You won't believe this but since she left at Christmas last year I haven't let her see me on Skype, we just do voice calls because I want to surprise her with my loss. Well she will see me in a mo, I'm 2 stone lighter , can't wait to see her reaction. I will be back later to catch up with your all. Hope your all having a lovely day !
Kay xx
. Thank you all for your kind wishes regarding my aunt, I'm happy to say, she is making good progress. I had my hospital appointment yesterday, fingers crossed my Op will go ahead end of this month, I really want to get that out of the way so I can move on with my life.
I went to group in the morning. Yes I have gained 3lbs this week, and no I'm not to going change my stats or take my shinny sticker off, because I know by next Tuesday I will have lost that and some !! I'm a woman on a mission !!! :superwoman:
Once I got to my aunts, I broke down in tears :cry:, was quite frustrated with myself and then received a text message from one of the personal trainers at the gym. I am very close to her, we are more like friends. She said she was worried that she has not seen me at the gym the last few days. So I decided to call her and told her how my week went. I told her I was good up to Friday, did gym for 5 days and the scales showed a 2lb gain and so I thought screw it and pigged out on Sunday with the onion rings and more crappy carbs ! She told me I was stupid to have pigged out and I should have been patient with the exercise and the weight would have dropped off !
Anyway to put a long story short, I find it really sweet of her that she has taken time out for me to help me even though I can't afford PT lessons with her at the mo. She's sorted my head out and explained what exercises I should be doing on my own to help me with the losses. We must have spoke for about 15 mins ! I love her to bits, she's so generous and such a kind person. I got back home early this morning, had a protein shake and went straight back out to the gym and powered away on those machines. It felt good to release all that energy !
Today at the gym
Cardio
240 cals treadmill
100 cals cross trainer
160 cals rowing machine
TOTAL CALS BURNED = 500 cals
Weights
Andrea Orbecks 10 minute Arm Circuit (boy did that burn ! for the bingo wings
)My next mini goals
- to get back to 11st 13 by next week (if not more)
- to get my 4.5 stone award by the end of April
After next week I will be doing 2 challenges plus the gym, to turbo charge my losses. The thread for the Soup Challenge will be up tomorrow, it will start on Tuesday 15th April. The week after will be the Salad Challenge which starts on Tuesday 22nd April. I'm hoping all this combined together will get me my next award.
After my Op
I hope to maintain during my recovery/rest period which will be about 4 weeks, month of May (I will pop in and out of mins to see how you are all getting on
). I hopefully will be able to resume group from June. My C knows about my Op and has me off for the month of May. I haven't decided if I will weigh from home yet for that period of time. So from June onwards I will work towards getting rid of the other 2.5 stones to get me to target. By then I hope to be working and I will take up PT lessons with my friend at the gym to help me get there. NSV Moment
Since losing 4 stones, believe it or not, I still wear a lot of my large clothes. Call me stubborn or just tight lol, but I don't want to spend money on stuff when I am still going down in size. The girls were mentioning in group how my clothes seriously don't look right and their falling off me
, they said if I don't go buy some new ones, then their all going to drag me for a shopping spree ! hehe Even at the gym I wear an over sized gym kit and my trainer friend laughed as well last week, my bottoms look like mc hammers trousers ! :giggle: So I have a really nice nike gym kit in a size 14, I had it a long time but never worn it, its new and still has the tags. I got it out this morning and dared to see if I fit in it, and boom ! It fit ! Oh I'm such a happy bunny ! You won't believe this but I was going around wearing a size 18 lol ! I think the realisation of what I've achieved hit me in that moment with a thud ! Just looking at myself in the mirror, I know this sounds silly but I smiled thinking a year ago if someone had told me I would lose 4 stones I would never believe it !Starting to believe in my own ability a bit more now and appreciating that if I set my mind to something I can do it and I'm not a failure. So many years I wasted talking down to myself thinking good things only happened to other people because their lucky. There is a quote which I really love and really picks me up when I'm down, I know I've shared it with some of you.
`Failure does not come from falling, but it comes from not picking ourselves up again. '
I will remember this whenever I have a bad week. My journey is not over, it will be over when I'm done !
Now sorry for this long therapy session, hehe, if I haven't bored you all to death and put you all to sleep already lol, I must pop over to your diaries soon and see how you lovely ladies have been getting on ! Excited !
But first ...
I'm going to do a Skype call now to my sister in Texas, its her birthday today !
You won't believe this but since she left at Christmas last year I haven't let her see me on Skype, we just do voice calls because I want to surprise her with my loss. Well she will see me in a mo, I'm 2 stone lighter , can't wait to see her reaction. I will be back later to catch up with your all. Hope your all having a lovely day ! Kay xx
KMD
Silver Member
Good afternoon everyone
Thank you all for your kind wishes regarding my aunt, I'm happy to say, she is making good progress. I had my hospital appointment yesterday, fingers crossed my Op will go ahead end of this month, I really want to get that out of the way so I can move on with my life.
I went to group in the morning. Yes I have gained 3lbs this week, and no I'm not to going change my stats or take my shinny sticker off, because I know by next Tuesday I will have lost that and some !! I'm a woman on a mission !!! :superwoman:
Once I got to my aunts, I broke down in tears :cry:, was quite frustrated with myself and then received a text message from one of the personal trainers at the gym. I am very close to her, we are more like friends. She said she was worried that she has not seen me at the gym the last few days. So I decided to call her and told her how my week went. I told her I was good up to Friday, did gym for 5 days and the scales showed a 2lb gain and so I thought screw it and pigged out on Sunday with the onion rings and more crappy carbs ! She told me I was stupid to have pigged out and I should have been patient with the exercise and the weight would have dropped off !
Anyway to put a long story short, I find it really sweet of her that she has taken time out for me to help me even though I can't afford PT lessons with her at the mo. She's sorted my head out and explained what exercises I should be doing on my own to help me with the losses. We must have spoke for about 15 mins ! I love her to bits, she's so generous and such a kind person. I got back home early this morning, had a protein shake and went straight back out to the gym and powered away on those machines. It felt good to release all that energy !
Today at the gym
Cardio
240 cals treadmill
100 cals cross trainer
160 cals rowing machine
TOTAL CALS BURNED = 500 cals
Weights
Andrea Orbecks 10 minute Arm Circuit (boy did that burn ! for the bingo wings
My next mini goals
- to get back to 11st 13 by next week (if not more)
- to get my 4.5 stone award by the end of April
After next week I will be doing 2 challenges plus the gym, to turbo charge my losses. The thread for the Soup Challenge will be up tomorrow, it will start on Tuesday 15th April. The week after will be the Salad Challenge which starts on Tuesday 22nd April. I'm hoping all this combined together will get me my next award.
After my Op
I hope to maintain during my recovery/rest period which will be about 4 weeks, month of May (I will pop in and out of mins to see how you are all getting on
NSV Moment
Since losing 4 stones, believe it or not, I still wear a lot of my large clothes. Call me stubborn or just tight lol, but I don't want to spend money on stuff when I am still going down in size. The girls were mentioning in group how my clothes seriously don't look right and their falling off me
Starting to believe in my own ability a bit more now and appreciating that if I set my mind to something I can do it and I'm not a failure. So many years I wasted talking down to myself thinking good things only happened to other people because their lucky. There is a quote which I really love and really picks me up when I'm down, I know I've shared it with some of you.
`Failure does not come from falling, but it comes from not picking ourselves up again. '
I will remember this whenever I have a bad week. My journey is not over, it will be over when I'm done !
Now sorry for this long therapy session, hehe, if I haven't bored you all to death and put you all to sleep already lol, I must pop over to your diaries soon and see how you lovely ladies have been getting on ! Excited !
But first ...
I'm going to do a Skype call now to my sister in Texas, its her birthday today !
Kay xx
Sorry to hear about your gain but I am so pleased you aren't feeling disheartened and that you have got straight back on it with a vengeance!!!! Yay! So well done you! You are going to have a fab loss next weekend and then we're starting the salad challenge! We can do this Kay! xxxxx
mariavon
Gold Member
Well done Kay on being so positive, was lovely of the PT to ring you and give you some advice,I giggled at the clothes , oh my I'm so like that I was signed off work on 27 dec, and my uniform I was still wearing was a size 22 blouse , same wiv my clothes I still buy xxl tops , haven't got my head round I need smaller ones ,
I'm so glad your feeling really fired up ready for the challenges , I'd live to see your sisters face wen she sees you on Skype
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I'm so glad your feeling really fired up ready for the challenges , I'd live to see your sisters face wen she sees you on Skype
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Princess_Stevie
Gold Member
Sorry about the gain Kay, but what a fab attitude!! As I said earlier, we can both turn it around this week and get rid of our gains next Tuesday. Have a great day xxx
Cheese Thief
Gold Member
Kay you little superstar! Loved your super positive post, and how awesome about the PT calling you and giving you loads of advice. What a lovely lady!
It's so inspirational how you've handled the gain this week, I know hand on heart it'll be gone next week. You sound so motivated and ready to kick ass. How was your gym session today?
So pleased for you with your clothes too. What a brilliant NSV, you must be feeling so psyched now you're into a size 14! can't believe you were going around in massive clothes before, haha!
Hope your sister has a lovely birthday and you enjoyed the Skype sesh, bet she couldn't believe her eyes when she saw skinny Kay! xxx
It's so inspirational how you've handled the gain this week, I know hand on heart it'll be gone next week. You sound so motivated and ready to kick ass. How was your gym session today?
So pleased for you with your clothes too. What a brilliant NSV, you must be feeling so psyched now you're into a size 14! can't believe you were going around in massive clothes before, haha!
Hope your sister has a lovely birthday and you enjoyed the Skype sesh, bet she couldn't believe her eyes when she saw skinny Kay! xxx
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La Parisienne
Silver Member
Sounding so positive Kay! I'm glad to hear you've changed your mind about the gym! I'm sure the trainer is right and it'll show on the scales next week!
Well done!xxx
Well done!xxx
Kay003
Gold Member
Kay003
Gold Member
Well done Kay on being so positive, was lovely of the PT to ring you and give you some advice,I giggled at the clothes , oh my I'm so like that I was signed off work on 27 dec, and my uniform I was still wearing was a size 22 blouse , same wiv my clothes I still buy xxl tops , haven't got my head round I need smaller ones ,
I'm so glad your feeling really fired up ready for the challenges , I'd live to see your sisters face wen she sees you on Skype
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Aww thanks Von
. Yep the clothes thing is really funny, don't know why but never thought I would fit into smaller clothes . My sister was well happy to see me, she was shocked by my loss , it felt good getting positive feedback from her. I hope you've had a good day, will pop over to your diary in a mo hun. I'm so looking forward to starting those challenges with you now next week ! Kay xx
Kay003
Gold Member
Hey PS, sorry for your gain too, but your so right hun, were both gonna change this around next week !
Fingers crossed for both of us ! Kay xx
Kay003
Gold Member
Aww thanks bubbly one, I got inspired by your positive mood this week
, I'm loving it. Its so important for us to be in a happy place, I think that's when the losses start to come off naturally with no added pressure. Hope your well lovely, will pop over to your diary in a bit to see how your getting on. Kay xx
Kay003
Gold Member
Kay you little superstar! Loved your super positive post, and how awesome about the PT calling you and giving you loads of advice. What a lovely lady!
It's so inspirational how you've handled the gain this week, I know hand on heart it'll be gone next week. You sound so motivated and ready to kick ass. How was your gym session today?
So pleased for you with your clothes too. What a brilliant NSV, you must be feeling so psyched now you're into a size 14! can't believe you were going around in massive clothes before, haha!
Hope your sister has a lovely birthday and you enjoyed the Skype sesh, bet she couldn't believe her eyes when she saw skinny Kay! xxx
Thanks Bev hun
, you always lift my spirits up ! I'm actually ok now, I think its important for us to remember NSV moments, sometimes they can be more rewarding than a number. It's funny how I put off trying a smaller size for so long, don't know if I had enough faith that I had lost that much and that anything small would fit me. That moment has really made me forget about the gain. I am super charged for the week ahead and thanks to my lovely trainer, my head is focused now for a loss ! I'm going to continue with my 5 days at the gym, I'm back there tomorrow morning and looking forward to it already. She has told me to start running on the treadmill, I'm a bit scared, I've not run in ages but I'm going to give it a go to bring my heart rate up and burn more .I hope your feeling better hun, I know you've been poorly, silly tabs, hope your up and well soon and back at the gym.
I will pop over to your diary in a mo for a good catch up !Kay xx
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