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i'm so jealous
i never get better because i manage to get like, 10-12 days tops a season, and spread out usually
Sometimes you just gotta sleep.
Shaz it is super easy. Grind yourself into dust working for six months and saving as much as possible. Then quit your job, whittle your life down to a 20kg pack and get on a plane.
I'm seriously tempted to come back and do a full season here. Working in a bar or on a lift or something and riding on days off. It's such an awesome spot.
Dear Canadians - your country is beautiful and you should feel beautiful.
When I started the job, I was at 122.6k.
Last weekend, I was at 121.1kg
Today, I was at 120.4kg.
Take THAT desk job. And lack of standing desks.
I am only 4kgs heavier than i was at my lowest weight in my adult life. Which was about 3 years ago, just before mom was diagnosed with her colon cancer. She's now going in for some heart surgery and I've been doing pretty good about not guilt eating everything in sight. Or buying ice cream pops or anything like that.
I have, on the other hand, caught myself NOT eating, which is just as bad. But I'm doing my best to keep myself on the straight path without completely sabotaging myself. That is a lot harder than it sounds like it should be.
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Keep it up, and keep some of those WW jelly sachets in the cupboard for the bad days. They're good for the mood/stress side of things.
And yeah, i've known for a while now that it was going to come down to my eating changing. having the routine with the job makes it so much easier to handle. I can bring all my food with me and not have to worry about dodging around the mother in law i the kitchen.
although i swear to god if she doesn't stop touching my food I will stab a person. It's gotten marginally better now that we've plugged in our fridge in the garage. but there are times. lord there are times....
I managed to find a muesli that fits into every criteria of the plan, and i can have the rare 1/4cup serving of it with my yogurt and protein powder. I went up to have some today... it's not where I put it! where is it/ Oh! It's on the counter and oh look, almost half of what was left in there is gone! There's just enough for me to have a serving. isn't that.... wonderful. *stab stab stab stab*
also, i like 'food plan' better than 'diet'. because I say 'diet' and everybody at work is all like "OH TRY THIS IDEA", where if I say 'food plan' they just kinda nod and smile.
I literally got recommended to do the banana stem diet, drink fennel seed tea, and eat rice that has been cooked and then rinsed and drained.
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Haha, this is exactly what I was doing (occasionally though I would actually make jelly). Especially with the blackberry flavour. Shit is magic at sending me to bed in a good mood.
And spot on with the 'food plan'/'diet' point. Every man and his mum has an opinion on weight loss and fitness and it's fucking tiring to hear them all. I did my cut last year pretty much in secret, only telling those people whose opinions I genuinely valued (or who I needed for support). A lot of people just straight up didn't notice, which suited me just fine.
also, healtheries or red seal or one of those companies has some new 'dessert' inspired teas. Ginger Kiss and Lemon Meringue and Strawberry pavlova. Might see if I can grab one of those. Quite possibly the ginger kiss one. mmm ginger kisses.... Also, I'm allowed a mug of diet hot cocoa and Jarrah makes a pretty tasty one. That's for one of those nights where it's just "FUCK YOU GIMME CHOCOLATE NOW".
Although those nights are becoming more and more few and far between.
I'm actually pleased with how the WW stuff is down here. It just seems so much less.... disgusting than it is in the states.
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I don't even know what jelly packet is. I keep envisioning you running around slurping down those packets of Smuckers they bring in a cozy at breakfast diners.
they're little individual serving sized Jello pouches that are made by Weight watchers down here.
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Had to do the last mile and a half today in my Luna sandals. Im hoping it gets a little easier as I build up to more distance and lose another 20-30 pounds. Still, I had a great run, and I'm well on my way to running my first 10k in April.
Realized that I had forgotten gym shoes and was wearing heels.
Did abs for a while and came home. Oh well!
"Sandra has a good solid anti-murderer vibe. My skin felt very secure and sufficiently attached to my body when I met her. Also my organs." HAIL SATAN
What shoes are you wearing when you run, out of curiousity?
"Sandra has a good solid anti-murderer vibe. My skin felt very secure and sufficiently attached to my body when I met her. Also my organs." HAIL SATAN
I gotta start running again.
I'm angry at myself for being so lazy but the truth is my new job is sucking my energy right out.
"Sandra has a good solid anti-murderer vibe. My skin felt very secure and sufficiently attached to my body when I met her. Also my organs." HAIL SATAN
Anyway. New year. New outlook on life and what I want out of it. And that includes putting myself in front of my job.
Tomorrow is the rest day for Insanity anyway, but I'm anxious to see how I feel Monday. There's a lot of bending and squatting and jumping in Insanity...and that's just in the warm-up.
so since didn't go to the gym on Friday because I slept, went today instead.
But of course before going to the gym, I got a text from my trainer. Now Tom and I met while I was going to this gym. he was one of the guys at the desk and ridiculously super helpful. he finished up his schooling and got his license and stuff as a PT and decided to go on his own as a trainer. He's like my obnoxious little brother and we beat each other constantly but without his help and assistance there's no way that I would have really gotten myself this far, or had a map of how far I can keep going.
Tom is having some issues with the current gym, they're charging too much for him to rent the 'area' for his clients to train in and such. So he's looking at moving to a different gym, start over on their desk/area as well as do some Training on the side. The gym that he's moving to is about 10-15 minute walk for me from my new office, so infinitely more convenient for me than getting on the bus, going back up home, getting into the car, driving back down to the gym and then back again. Instead, I'd be able to leave work, walk to the gym, and do my training and then get on the bus and go home. Probably saving myself time and petrol and stress.
My big question for myself is that if I do this, It'll basically be starting all over. Nobody at this new gym, aside from Tom, will know how far I have managed to come. To everybody around I'll just be another fat lady trying to get healthy. Whereas at the current gym, There are people that I know, that I recognize. Other trainers who give me encouragement and other clients who stop occasionally to tell me how great I look. Went in this morning and the girl working the desk I hadn't seen in a few months, and she made a point of coming up to me and telling me just how fantastic I looked and to keep doing whatever it is I'm doing.
So, I'm most likely going to follow my Trainer, and start over at the new gym. Which looks kinda snazzy and stuff, with lots of equipment. But I just need to get myself into the mental state where after a year and a half, I'm basically going to be starting all over again.
On the other hand, my weight is still where it should be. so yay.
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http://www.neverstopexploring.com/
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and if you need a confidence boost, drop into your old gym in a few months so you can strut around showing off your wicked gains
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this is bonkers
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Hey. I don't make you watch videos of bulldogging and tractor pulls. We go down that path and we'll be watching videos of the turkish oil wrestling championships because someone has an interest in it.
DID YOU JUST SEE THAT LAST GIRL ON THE VOLUMES?
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yes. that was most bonkers
as someone who can't climb for shit, these people are wizards
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Gym climbing to me is eh.
I mean its social, and convenient but it's not outdoors
Indoor climbing competitions on the other hand I fucking get behind.
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they're like spiderpeople.
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And the route setters did a great job too.
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THAT DYNO
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