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MOTIVATION through the power of non scales victories

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SPBInDisguise · 12/02/2013 19:10

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

OP posts:
reastie · 02/04/2013 18:42

I know there are some Manchester people here so just linking as spotted this thread about a Manchester event to test out a George Foreman grill (and keeping it Grin )

IMST your MIL sounds like a nightmare

InMySpareTime · 02/04/2013 18:54

I'm actually quite proud of how well the cloche turned out.
MIL almost complimented me, then caught herself and commented how the putty made the house smell funny, and how the fumes gave her a headache. She put lots of air fresheners round the house to make the point too. How sad.
I only had one Lindor egg today, I'm counting that as restrainedSmile.
Home tomorrowGrin.

KatoPotato · 02/04/2013 22:06

IMST they sound like very hard work, you must be very restrained (which must wind her up more!)

Well done everyone, nsv time here... I order ed some stuff online in the sale and am sporting a size 10 superdry hoodie!

InMySpareTime · 02/04/2013 22:09

WooHoo Kato, Superdry too, very trendySmile.

Tobermory · 02/04/2013 23:37

Well done kato, size 10 fab.

Mist, well done on, excellent cloche cleaning?!! Grin

I'm feeling quite despondent. I've fallen off the wagon quite a few times over last couple of days. I can feel my hardened resolve slipping. I've said 'sod it' too many times in the last few days and that scares me as that's what I always used to do when trying to diet.
I went to Zumba last night... Hurray. Had to stop on way home for milk, also bought bag of haribo ..... And ate a lot. Blush

I need someone to give me a bit of a talking to.

reastie · 03/04/2013 07:12

tober don't give up just because of a few rubbish days. This is a marathon not a sprint (who on this thread gave me that saying? it's an ace one!). Just start afresh today and forget about what's done. You realise what you've done in the past and why it hasn't worked for you so now you need to change the pattern.

kato that is amazing. Size 10, that's enviably slim Envy

KatoPotato · 03/04/2013 09:17

Hmmm... It's a hoodie, so sizing most likely skewed I'm not going shopping for anything else size 10 yet! It was the only size left at £20 instead of £45 (for a hoodie!?)

reastie · 03/04/2013 18:36

Well, my xtrain fit dvd set arrived today . I did my first workout - an hour of cardio. One of the workouts is a circuit class of 1 hour 20 mins . I'm going to try and give it a couple of weeks of every day whilst I'm on holiday from school and then tone it down to a few times a week. Hopefully it will make a good impact on my weight and fitness. Each workout is 45 mins - 1 hour 20 and are targeted to different objectives, looks like it'll be ahrd work but hopefully in a good way.

And, suprising NSV yesterday - I actually got a headache and leg ache from needing to exercise! Shock . I used to get that when I went to the gym all the time but haven't had it in over 3 years! I know it sounds weird though.

kato £45 for a hoodie?!

Tobermory · 03/04/2013 18:43

Thanks Reastie.
I've found the last few days so hard, the hardest to far. No motivation at all.
I've stopped logging onto myfitnesspal too, which I was doing religiously. It started off with being unwell then a bad Saturday and then ....excuses.

So, trying to get back on it today. Logged everything today. Had a creme egg but will burn it off later when I Shred/davina.

reastie · 03/04/2013 18:48

glad you;re back on in tober Grin

InMySpareTime · 03/04/2013 18:54

You lot with your exercise success stories are pricking my conscience. I'm back home now, so tomorrow I'll get out bike riding with the DCs, and face the scales. I can't see it going well, with cake and chocolate etc and MIL issuesHmm. At least I don't need to visit them until next Easter now.

Tobermory · 03/04/2013 21:42

Ok done.
Davinas power of 3 all the way through is sooooo hard and it doesn't burn off as many as Zumba!
But I've burned off that creme egg! Grin

reastie · 04/04/2013 07:19

well done tober . I think that was the Davina DVD that really made me ache so hope the muscles are OK today for you. My legs are achey from the cardio dvd I did yesterday, but onwards and upwards with an hour of upper body conditioning ( Shock ) today.

IMST any gain this week will be completely understood given MIL issues. Cake was most definitely required for you to get through.

InMySpareTime · 04/04/2013 13:08

Maintain again this week, which is a miracle given the week I've had. I'm very glad it's sunny as I now have wash number 3 on the line, and today's penultimate wash in the machineShock. It was so cold everyone got through 4 or 5 layers of clothes a day. No pictures were taken of me, as I looked more like my old self than my new self under all those clothes.
A good day today food-wise: muesli for breakfast, sweet potato cottage pie for lunch, no snacking. I've got date night tonight so want to save calories for a takeaway later.

Tobermory · 04/04/2013 13:52

Reastie not too bad. Last week was much much worse though. I started it last week but didn't complete so just bum and thighs and I didn't really cool down much. I could barely walk the next day. Lesson painfully learnt Grin

How's your new DVD purchase... Would you recommend.

IMST trying v hard to copy 'no snacking' today. Excellent start..... Can I keep it up though?!

reastie · 04/04/2013 14:48

tober glad you can walk today Grin . I've done day 2 of the x train dvd. SO far I'm quite impressed with it. It's quite a cheap looking dvd compared to others I've seen but I like that you can play it with no music so you can stick on your own music in the background. It's a bit like just going to an exercise class type of DVD - nothing fancy but enough to be quite good. I feel like I'm working hard but there are different levels to pace yourself to. There's also a 'normal' looking person on the cardio dvd who does actually do quite easy options so it's not set too high to follow (although I somehow managed to do the step harder than the basic one) so it's not too off-putting having amazing 6 pack people in the background who look like they have been running marathons all their lives. It's a bit circuits in how it's organised - this morning there was 20 mins of different weights/push up type exercises and then repeated them again 2 more times but each time they got harder by slowing the speed/doing different reps. It does feel like it should work and there's alot of workout time for the money, it's just I'm not sure I will be able to do the full and proper programme once I'm back from easter holidays every day (it's pretty much a workout a day (sometimes 2) which is very approx an hour on the proper program, but you can just do it as you want I suppose. Tomorrow I'm suppose to do an 80 minute long 'circuit burnout' . Not sure I have the stamina Confused

IMST great news on the maintain.

Tobermory · 04/04/2013 15:26

Yes being able o walk the day after is always a bonus!

80 minutes? Wow, I think 80 minutes at home woud be quite a challenge for me. Though I reckon I could've attempted back to back zumba on Monday had I been able to get to class number 1 early enough, motivation of working out with others.

It's funny you say that about music, that was one of the things that irritated me on the davina DVD. She was sooooo enthusiastic about "great tooon" and bobbing her head madly to quite annoying music.

StealthPolarBear · 04/04/2013 17:48

HELP MEEEEEEE
I am crap
Lost all motivation
I really want to do this but can't seem to fire up the motivation
I know it will be KO when I get started again but the first week will be so so hard
I am undoing all my good work :(

reastie · 04/04/2013 18:24

Stealth I'm not going to kick you this time into gear but I have got my beady eye on you. What can you do to get the motivation back? Could you do a diet 'lite' for a week - not be strict but equally not go overboard to get yourself back on the wagon? If you've been overindulging and then going on your 1200 kcals it might be too much of a stock to the system to stick to initially - maybe working the intake down slowly would be more manageable on the long term view? I've always found it's the exercise that makes a difference to me - could you do some more and not worry about what you eat until you are in good exercise habits and then work on diet?

StealthPolarBear · 04/04/2013 20:12

You're def right about exercise, I've decided tomorrow is shred. If nothing else it makes me feel s though I shouldn't then binge. Ahem
I WILL BE DOING THE SHRED TOMORROW
interesting thought about the diet and you're prob right. If I could stick to say 1600 for a few days it might give me that "back on it" feeling without the struggle to deprive myself. Thank you.

TheOneWithTheHair · 04/04/2013 21:20

Hi everyone. Can I sneak back in? It's all been a bit crap since Christmas if I'm really honest. I think it's mainly comfort eating due to the SAD. This last week has been dry and sunny all week and I can sort of feel the fug lifting.

I do really want to do this but I've had no will power. It's been even worse since I started lurking and not posting as I didn't have to fess up to you all.

I definitely need to keep tabs on myself but I haven't weighed for about 3 weeks. I will tomorrow I think. I need to know how bad the damage is.

Glad to read everyone's doing so well. Some of your NSVs have been fab!!

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KatoPotato · 04/04/2013 23:35

Kate... Why have you just eaten three mini rolls???

TheOneWithTheHair · 05/04/2013 00:10

I bet you only enjoyed the first one!!

StealthPolarBear · 05/04/2013 07:55

I don't know, how do you know about that??
(I'm a Kate too :o)

Hair, eighty, welcome back. Have done shred. No idea if I'm going to be able to manage today, I always start off with good intentions then lose them :(