MOTIVATION through the power of non scales victories

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All welcome :) losing weight and being healthy through the power of motivation (particularly on Mondays)

Have just put a pavlova in the oven to make a special easter pud with mini eggs on. It's going to end badly isn't it - I'm going to eat it all . MUST shred this afternoon to make up for it.

OK, pavlova problem diverted, I managed to have a slither of it and, tbh didn't really enjoy it that much, all I could taste was sugar. I think my taste buds must've changed or something

I've been looking at exercise dvds online to try something different as I'm a bit fed up of the shred. I've found a clair nazir (probably spelt that all wrong) workout which has really good reviews on amazon. Read up on it and it's 3 20 minute workouts but you can do them as 20 min workouts or a full 1 hour workout. Apparently they worked out doing the full hour burns 1000 kcals . Might try it but wondered if anyone else had? Lousy claim to fame also - the trainer on the dvd (she does loads of exercise dvds) is an instructor at my gym - I used to go to her step aerobics classes and she is truly one of the best instructors I've had. She's far meaner and harder on you in the RL classes (in a good way) than on her DVDs though where she's very polite and kind in comparison

Well I suppose from a nigella point of view that must make you sad but from a calorie perspective.... YES!![bugrin]

A full hour = 1000 cals. Really? Wow!

Thanks tober . I know to 1000 kcals in an hour (but if they say thats what it is then I'm going with it!). It's a bootcamp type workout so I'm imagining similar to shred (only without shouty Jillian). Wondering whether to buy it

1000 cals

Pleased to report after a day off yesterday I am firmly back on it today. :) Kato, love the "body and scales are on speaking terms again" taht's how I feel but the opposite :o Well done on 148 though, that;s brilliant!
Am of those with changing tastebuds. Mine haven't changed at all since I was a sweetie obsessed six year old

Reastie, you've got me on amazon now perusing alternative work out DVDs.
Found Claire Nasir and also wondering about davina Intense?

SPB, am a little [buenvy] at you bring firmly on the wagon. I'm eating a chocolate rabbit!
My only excuse is that I've not really eaten since Thursday night so have catching up to do [buhmm]

Yes I have just finished "being" the Easter bunny, there are a lot of chocolates left over and they are looking at me with their little bunny eyes saying eat me eat me.
For now I am resisting, but by the morning my mind and body will be weak.
Especially when DD tells me that if the easter bunny hasn't brought me anything, I can have some of hers!

Seriously, I have you lot to thank for managing another day btw. The only thing that stopped me thinking screw the diet today was having to come back and tell you I'd yet again been inhaling chocolate.

Awwww.

How will you possibly resist the double whammy of generosity of a lovely sounding daughter and the lure of chocolate?!!

Ha, it's funny isn't it.
How faceless individuals, people you've never met and probably never will can affect your actions.
I went jogging last week. The first time in 20+ years, mostly because I told eightytwenty that I would.

Well done. Another day on the wagon is a fab achievement!

stealth good to hear positivity, here's to a Strong willed Easter Sunday for all of us!

tober yes I saw the Davina one too. I'm only put off by it as my only experience of a Davina DVD is terrible backache after every time I attempted one of her DVDs. Not sure if I was doing something wrong or if it was just me but I now have a mental fear of her dvds!

Apparently around here there's been a shortage of easter eggs. Lots of panicked mothers asking on our local fb group where to find easter eggs as lots of places run out - can't blame it on my excessive chocolate eating this year

Happy Easter, I'm currently pretending I'm still asleep so the PILs can deal with the DCs' Easter egg hunt-fuelled excitement.
DH got me some Lindor eggs, just a small pack, that should keep me in chocolate for a while.
Hope you all have a great day, eat a little bit of chocolate and then stop. Easier said than done, but we can do it .

Happy Easter everyone!
Well done for jogging Tober, and glad the power of the tread is working for you too. I maybe should make an effort to come on and confess when I'm having a bad diet time but tbh I put ot out of my mind to avoid the guilt, which is part of the problem.
reatie I did hear something similar on the news (love the idea it was previously your fault) doesn't this happen every year though followed by millions of dirt cheap eggs for the next few weeks? Good point actually, remind me not to step foot in a supermarket until they're all gone.
IMST are they the red ones with the truffly insides? They're my favourites. Not keen since they've brought out the other varieties, just like the red eggs/balls.

stealth I"m not sure - never heard of actual local places running out of eggs, more news hyping up nothing

tober am hovering over the 'buy' button on this dvd

Happy easter! Should I spin?

I deffo didn't go...

Happy Easter all, think ill be really testing my resolve today.

I found a davina DVD in and amongst our DVD stash, i have never watched t, think that prob says quite a lot about my old attitude to fitness !! So had a go, small DCs really wanted to help/join in, which is a bit restricting, so didn't get to the end but think it'll keep me quiet for a few weeks!

Reastie..... Is it bought yet?

Kato.... Major religious holiday, surely that gets you a free pass with no guilt attached?!

tober yes it's bought. Will be delivered on Wednesday . How was Davina?

Will someone please kick me into doing the shred today please? I really need to push myself.

Kato one day off won't hurt, just make sure you go to the next one

Reastie, do your shred, you know you want to.
Stealth, yes it's the red truffly Lindor, I had two today (after breakfast and lunch).
I have been wire brushing the paint off a cloche for the PILs today (don't ask) so I'm exhausted now. I'm hiding out now in case they find me more jobs to do!
Happy Easter everyone.

Thanks IMST I did indeed shred. 2 level 2 workouts in 2 days . I weighed myself this morning and 2 lbs on, but I'm putting my fingers in my ears (or should I say over my eyes) about it as I'm sure it's an odd blip of a reading.

IMST PILS sound like they're being rather slave driver ish there

PILs are definitely on form this weekend. They wrote a list of jobs they don't have time to do (they have been retired for a decade), such as "wash all the plant pots", "mend, paint and glaze the cloche", "sort through padded envelopes", "put up a towel holder". I swear some of the jobs must have taken longer to write than to do, and most of them they haven't done simply because they are dull jobs. MIL this afternoon sat with her cup of tea while I picked the putty off her cloche, and the only comment she made was "you're making the sitting room dusty, some of us have lung problems".
Er, yes, one of us has lung problems, it's me, I have asthma. She had pneumonia 12 years ago.
And breathe...

Reastie, well done on 2 days on the bounce.

IMST your PILs sound slave drivers, lucky you have nothing you need to do for you, eh?

Zumba tonight for me, to burn off last nights excess and today's bad choices. Could probably do with double Zumba!

I'm down 2lbs, well i was when i weiighed in yesterday morning, but don't think I'll stand on the scales for quite a few days!

IMST . My MIL has just friended me on fb. It's a bit too close for comfort tbh. I wanted to say no but am too weak didn't feel I could.

Tober well done on the 2 lbs AND the zumba.

1 lb down this week

Luckily MIL can't understand facebook so I'm safe there.
Lots of exercise today, climbed a snow-covered hill and visited a printing press. Ruined all my efforts with carrot cake though.
I promise I'll be back on it once I'm home, but I can't cope with MIL without at least the chance of cake!
Today she wanted us all to walk to visit a hill fort, then complained that it was too steep a hill.
She has been making snidey comments about the jobs we've done. We could have apparently got more done yesterday, and we'll need to go over some jobs again to "do them properly", but it's alright, we still have tomorrow. Just to add, while we're redoing these jobs to her standard she'll be on the computer.
I am so cross, and I am normally very placid. I don't like the way she gets under my skin.
Hope you lot are having a better weekend.