trying to resist the Girl Scout cookie temptation- my step dad bought us 5 boxes (thin mints, tagalongs, dosidos) and I put them above the cabiniets so that if I want them I actually have to climb on the counter to get them- hopefully that will work- when they are easy to reach they are "easy" so the harder I make them to reach mayber the less likely I will be to eat them :huh: maybe . . . so far so good though- only had 3 on Monday

Good run this morning- great ab work last night (reg. plank: 1:15 side planks: 30sec each side and 100 bicycle crunches)

Welcome to the middle of the week Ravenclaws! I hope you have all had a good week so far and the rest of the week is even better. :flowerforyou:

It's Wednesday which is my longest day where I work both jobs. The part time job (Civilian Instructor with an Air Cadet Squadron) though goes from September to the middle of June so only a few more weeks of that one. It is the 70th anniversary of the squadron so than Annual Review is a much bigger deal this year which means more work. Next year we have a new Commanding Officer who is big on providing training not just for cadets but for staff too so that means I will get some official training in what I am doing. I am definitely looking forward to that. Plus I won't just be doing office work, I will also be running the effective speaking team and developing a web site for them. Woot!

One of the reasons I want to get fit and lose weight is so that I can apply to the Officer Cadet training program which has a demanding physical activity portion to it.

Take care,
Datenshi

@datenshi... are you with Civil Air Patrol?

Something good. Hmm... well, people have started to "ask" if I've lost weight. Which is interesting to me because after 65 pounds I'm like "duh" mentally. But, I'm watching my progress and they're not so I let it slide.

I think I will be excited when that stop "asking" and start "telling" me that I've lost weight. Then I'll know it's noticeable.

Datenshi, your job sounds pretty cool, do you enjoy it?

Hmm, something good which has happened! I have found in the last two weeks, lots of people have suddenly noticed I've lost weight. Mainly friends, which is awesome, but it's their job to be nice to me. But the other day, one of my bosses, who is an absolute d&*k, gruffly said 'you look great by the way, really trim', which was awesome! He's been my boss three years and it's the only compliment I've ever had from him, so it meant a lot!

Another one is that I bought clothes from the market recently. This might not sound amazing, but I live in Thailand. The average size of a Thai woman is a UK 6, which i think is a US 4. A UK 12 is considered XXL. Being a UK 16, (US 14) until recently, I've very, very rarely been able to buy clothes here. And in Thailand, it's not considered rude to comment on weight, so in the past I've had comments from shop assistants along the lines of 'no fat clothes here', 'you're too big for these clothes' and 'you're too fat'. Those comments hurt! And they're very common. But in the past week I've bought a few normal Thai clothes, had no comments and even asked for a smaller size on one stall! Woot!

In other news, I am struggling with exercise at the moment. In the gym on Tuesday I had to stop after twenty minutes on the elliptical because I thought I was going to faint. I hadn't eaten much so I presumed it was a lack of carbs. But yesterday I got very dizzy during a run and had to stop again. I'd eaten potato and tuna an hour before, so I really doubt it was food based. Same thing happened again during circuit training today. I've now decided it's either hyponatremia or low blood pressure. For the hyponatremia I'm going to try and increase the amount of sodium in my diet probably through isotonic sports drinks, and not drink as much water (hyponatremia is lack of sodium, usually due to too much water diluting it), as I typically drink about 14 cups a day, so cutting back won't hurt. Hopefully that won't help because I've no idea what to do about low blood pressure! Have any of you guys ever experienced anything like this? If so, any advice?

Wow this is an essay! I'll stop now!

@lottee - I have low blood pressure as well and frequently get dizzy spells. It is one of my concerns about losing weight because when I was a teen and skinny, I used to faint a lot. I am worried that will start happening again. Right now my average is about 94/60. When I was giving birth to my kids the doctor had to inject me with something to increase my blood pressure since it dropped dangerously low. It might be finding the right balance of sodium for yourself as you mentioned but I would consult a doctor or dietician as well.

Well, I hope we see you sooner, rather than later!

Hi Everyone,

I can't say anyone has commented on my progress (except my mother, and that doesn't count), but I did try on a pair of pants that were loose last year, but still wearable. They basically fell off :-) Then I tried on some shorts and jeans that I thought were too tight, and was surprised to discover they fit (the jeans were snug, and I still need to lose 2-3 more pounds for them to be comfy, but the shorts all fit well). So those were nice surprises, and I have a new wardrobe, which is great because its the bottoms I desperately need :-)

I'm headed out for a conference tomorrow morning, gone through Tuesday, and this will be a challenge - I'll be doing plenty of walking, but finding healthy food is going to be tough. I think my goal will be to stay away from junk food, and if I go over, at least do it on 'real' food. then again, it may be such a pain to find food that I don't eat much at all, which I tend to do when traveling abroad.

So I made a personal goal to run 100 miles in June . . . I'm a bit worried about not reaching it so I figured the more accountablity the better right? So here ya go- only did 2 miles today because Little Miss woke up at 5:15am and just had to be held for 2 hours. Oh well, I probably needed the cuddle time as much as she did :flowerforyou:

Is it Friday again? Wow...

Morning all!

Today, with the start of June, I'm taking public transportation to work. And with that comes walking. I walked my daily goal of 5,000 steps by 8:30am. :bigsmile: June is going to be a good month.

Not sure the scales will be kind to me this weekend. I went out a few times this week, and even though I stayed close to my daily caloric allowance, my schedule is off. It's okay, though, because I'm going to kick booty with the commuting thing.

Happy Saturday, peeps!

So I finished moving all my stuff today to where I'm staying for summer school and my roommate had baked me cupcakes and left me a card. I felt really bad about not eating one so I broke down and ate it. It was really good and one shouldn't hurt me.

Good morning and happy Sunday Ravenclaws! I have some sad news for me and some good news for our house: I know I gained this week, but my scale is broken. I can't actually weigh myself and report how much, so I'm going to leave it the same as last week. Yay for everyone's good news! Keep up the great work!

I can't seem to find the challenges for the week- were they posted and I missed them? Thanks in advance.

Tracy