Team UK - May 2010

:drinker: Happy Hump Day everyone!

I'm having a good week so far and I am LOVING it! I'm really looking forward to my fast jog tonight, I'm doing week four of the Race for Life 10k training plan...hmm wish me luck!

Hope everyone is good!

Mimi

Ooh, good job you reminded me hun. I get paid on Friday so will get some sponsor money over to you then! :flowerforyou:

:drinker: Happy Hump Day everyone!

I'm having a good week so far and I am LOVING it! I'm really looking forward to my fast jog tonight, I'm doing week four of the Race for Life 10k training plan...hmm wish me luck!

Hope everyone is good!

Mimi

Now that's a reminder I really did need!!

Evening All!!

I've not been around much other than to maintain my diary.. It's been a tough few weeks, with a mild bout of depression and the sheer lack of motivation to keep having to watch what I eat. Saying that, I'm still losing weight at a steady 0.5 - 1lb a week - even when I want to throw in the towel and eat like a pig, I'm managing not to. Though I am giving in to temptations like chocolate, which I have to watch because a little bit is never enough.

It's great seeing so many people posting here regularly, both old and new faces.

I'm hoping to get out of my mood sooner rather than later, if just to stay on the wagon!!

So, untill the next time, all of you take care and b'bye for now.
Kxxx

Hang in there Kendra! You are doing great and I hope it gets easier again soon. Well done for not giving in!

Hi everyone,

It's been a little while since I posted, busy busy with the new job. In Australia I'd been used to living walking distance from where I worked so commuting kills me! Not to mention I have to walk past the McVities factory on my way to and from work and it smells delicious - like chocolate brownies baking - it's such a tease!!

I've been to the gym a few times since I started the job and loving it. I tend to go at the beginning of the week but it gets me home so late that when I'm getting tired at the end of the week I tend to come straight home. I always have about an hour walking just to get to and from train stations anyway so I don't worry too much.

In general I find it much easier when I'm working to be good with food, although yesterday my weight loss clinic was way stressful so I had some chocolate when I got home :P

Lost 1.2kg last week and hoping for some more this week

Take care everyone x

Kendra wrote:

Now that's a reminder I really did need!!

Evening All!!

I've not been around much other than to maintain my diary.. It's been a tough few weeks, with a mild bout of depression and the sheer lack of motivation to keep having to watch what I eat. Saying that, I'm still losing weight at a steady 0.5 - 1lb a week - even when I want to throw in the towel and eat like a pig, I'm managing not to. Though I am giving in to temptations like chocolate, which I have to watch because a little bit is never enough.

It's great seeing so many people posting here regularly, both old and new faces.

I'm hoping to get out of my mood sooner rather than later, if just to stay on the wagon!!

So, untill the next time, all of you take care and b'bye for now.
Kxxx

You can do it hun, I have every faith that you will back strong!

Take it easy

Lee.

Hi, I'm new to this, just wanted to say hi. Glad to see people from the uk. I've lost 2 stone and would like to loose another ready for my wedding in December, but it seems to be getting much harder now! :-) it's amazing seeing how much everyones loosing!! X

Welcome matey.. well done on the previous loss that's superb! Hopefully we can all keep each other motivated when we need it..

Nice to see some sun, huh?

Hope everyone had a good weekend.

We went paddle-boating on the Serpentine in Hyde Park, it was fun and surprisingly quite the workout! So I guess that was a bonus :P Unfortunately I didn't realise how pasty I had become in 6 months of winter-y weather and am now very sunburnt... who knew you could burn on your arms? (certainly not Australians! hehe).

Take care
x

It's been a gorgeous weekend. I like the sunshine :glasses:

Unfortunately the weather does not stop me from eating! Went to Brighton yesterday and ended up going to GBK for lunch (gotta love those 2 4 1 vouchers). I had a chicken burger with babaganoush - it was bloody lovely! I bought some new running shoes, but didn't actually manage to do any running - just ended up vegging on the the sofa with homemade pizza and cadbury caramel biscuits :sad: After playing 'guess the calories in th eburger' I think I ended up about 250 over, so not the end of the world.

Today I did manage a run. I went early, but it was HOT! Fortunately some of it was through the woods, so that was a bit cooler. Had rehearsal this afternoon, and kept feeling a bit weird...probably just the heat. Hubby made a lovely spag bol for tea. I DID manage to avoid the vino this weekend, which is good!!! Just as well as we had a bit of an unscheduled after worker on Monday...oops!

I'm hoping to get a few more runs and gym in during the week, because we're off to the mother in laws for bank holiday, and when we were there for a few days at Christmas I put on 5 pounds. :noway: Hopefully there won't be quite so many goodies, but she's not exactly known for small portions if you know what I mean!!!

Have a great week everyone,

Erika x

Hey everyone! My first post on the Team UK thread! Woooo!!!

This weekend has been a right off for me completely, the gorgeous lay in the garden doing nothing weather combined with the ooo lets have another beer to keep cool mentality has thrown me right out the water!

Saying that I've not kept my food diary for ages!!!!! Really must get on and do it!

Hey everyone... and welcome to the new peeps!

Just thought I'd say Hi, still doing pretty good here been exercising every day & still eating better.. weigh day tomorrow

Had a bit of an odd day on Saturday.. I had nearly my total daily calorie allowance in pints of Guinness at the pub! Still I only went over my calories by a few hundred & I reckon I'm allowed to be bad once a month hahaha.

If we were never bad, how could we ever reward ourselves for being so good!

Hi everyone!! :flowerforyou:

Right, I am back on here logging again as of now!!! Been a little bit naughty of late and getting out of the habbit!!! Dont want lb's to start sneaking back on!!!

Got my 30th :sad: :sad: birthday party in 3 weeks and want to try an loose a few more lb's if possible so I look good for that!!

Hope everyone is doing well and you have all been enjoying the sunshiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiine (said in a Manchester Liam Gallagher style!! :laugh: :laugh: )!!!!

x

It's been a little while since I posted, busy busy with the new job. In Australia I'd been used to living walking distance from where I worked so commuting kills me! Not to mention I have to walk past the McVities factory on my way to and from work and it smells delicious - like chocolate brownies baking - it's such a tease!!

I know EXACTLY what you mean, I live less than a ten minute walk from the Nestlé factory in York. If the wind is blowing our way you can smell it all through our house even with the windows closed. Then you open the door or something and the smell just HITS you.

I swear I gain a lb just from breathing in!

Imagine what it is like working there :laugh: There are always Kit Kats in the snack room so it is really hard to lose weight when you are surrounded by chocolate. I wasn't at the front of the queue either when willpower was been given out :bigsmile: I have no chance smelling it and eating it What is that saying Just say No just say No Just say No - Oh go on then if you insist.

Viv

Hi lovely UK-ers! Glad that we have all been enjoying the nice weather! Let's hope it comes back for the bank holiday!!

Just thought I'd pop by and give you all a code for some free snacks! The company is Graze Box and using the code WJ5K48K you can get a FREE box of snacks - and your second one half price!! You can cancel at ANY time though - so get your free snacks and cancel if you like

I've just got my first one and I'm really excited about it haha! They come with all the nutritional details and everything, I'm so impressed!! Individual packs too so you can have them on different days if you fancy!

Hope some of you can get some good use of the code and enjoy your snacks!
-x-x-x-

Good afternoon

I'm laughing at all the posts about the chocolate factory! Fortunately (or unfortunately depending on which way you look at it) I live in the country, so the only smell we get now and again is that good old country smell (moo poo) :sick:

I've been so good over the last few weeks I rewarded myself last night with some new pants (I say rewarded, but honestly, my old ones were too big!) and a new pair of jogging bottoms.

My boss is turning us all into fitness freaks, and has signed us all up for the Ballygowan Pink/Action Cancer Moonlight Walk next month. It's a night time walk from Stormont into Belfast City centre and back, so that should be fun. I need to get back to my walking properly though, as I've slipped slightly over the last month.

Evening everyone - so the rain and the cold have turned my bed in to a much harder place to get out of in the morning!!!
I'm still on daily exercise (all 44 days out of the last 46) and feel so much better for it - I can't believe I can actually still function without my morning lie in (usually til 7.30) - but it appears I can!!!
Hope everyone's having a great week - we've got half term next week so temptation will be rife for 2 weeks!!!!

Your "lie in" is till 7:30? :huh:
Please tell me you mean in the evening! :laugh:

Hi Everyone..

25 days into my cheesy American Power 90 workout & healthy eating, haven't missed a day of exercise yet and still feeling good most of the time

I had a sneaky peak at my weight this morning even though I'm not due to weigh myself for another 4 days... I've gone from 14st 9lb to 13st 13lb! Woooot.

I am really proud of myself as I've never stuck to exercising, its good to hear everyone is doing really well too.

Take care all, Tim