Day 1 - 15st 9lbs
Got up at 7 am this morning - don't usually get up until 8 am (as it's only a 10 min drive to work) and 9 am at weekends. Don't need to get up an hour earlier until Saturday but I've already done it! I'll still need to do it Saturday too though to stick with the rule book
Had a shower and washed my hair after getting on the scales to see what my starting weight was. Really no surprise there as shower and scales are my daily routine - I'm a regular on those scales testing wether they will one day stop shouting gerroff!!!!!!! I am 12lbs lighter than I was this time last year (16st 7lbs at my heaviest) but, as I've been going to a rather famous fat (sorry slimming!) class for quite some time this is really not that great. However, as the No Diet Diet book says - slimming classes are great ways of keeping you fat and now is the time to embrace something different (o:
Did my body brushing - something that I should do every day to help control the lymphoedema in my left arm but I confess that I haven't done it for quite a while. Don't know why I stopped because it only takes a few minutes but I suppose it just goes to show that you can lose new habits almost as quickly as you learn new ones. My arm has been a little more swollen of late so starting this again should show results here too.
It's only 7.15 am and I've already done two things differently!
Had cereal for breakfast - something I don't usually do. I don't generally eat until around lunch time, and sometimes even miss that.
I rarely put the TV on in the morning - only sometimes if I've got up exceptionally early and want to sit with a cup of coffee and catch up on the news. However, this morning I mustn't put the TV on at all so instead I wash the breakfast pots and potter around tidying up. I put some boxes of stuff in my car to take to the Age Concern charity shop that have been under the stairs for months - wow can't believe I've actually gotten round to doing that at last !!! I also checked some emails and did some bits of planning for work before I went in - it's always busy when we've been off for bank holiday but checking my emails first meant that I know more about what to expect before I get there.
Dried my hair - HAVE to tame the mane otherwise I look like I've been dragged through a hedge backwards. Then also put on some mascara. Don't do this often enough - and again don't really know why as it only takes a couple of minutes. I don't have great eyelashes and my eyes always look much better when I put mascara on. I used to wear mascara and eyeshadow every day for work (and make more of an effort with foundation, blusher etc if I'm going out anywhere) but gave up on that years ago. Haven't bothered with the eyeshadow today but I do feel better with the mascara on and will try and do this every day from now on.
Then trogged off to work feeling quite positive.
9pm - Didn't manage the No TV bit today. Noel invited friend Rachel for tea so I cooked a nice curry but then we all ended up in the room watching the Department Store documentary about Peters in Huddersfield. We had a great laugh watching it - particularly as it's local and we know people who shop there including Rachel's mum.
I was going to go see Claire's garden as they have spent the weekend doing it up but it was too late to go up when Rachel left so I'll pop up tomorrow. I WILL do the no TV bit at some point this week (probably tomorrow) but I don't feel too bad about not managing it as I've already done most of the other things that were on my plan for this week.
All in all I think I've done well today and already planning the things I need to do to keep on track. I've made a very positive start and I'm ready for tomorrow! (o:
Got up at 7 am this morning - don't usually get up until 8 am (as it's only a 10 min drive to work) and 9 am at weekends. Don't need to get up an hour earlier until Saturday but I've already done it! I'll still need to do it Saturday too though to stick with the rule book
Had a shower and washed my hair after getting on the scales to see what my starting weight was. Really no surprise there as shower and scales are my daily routine - I'm a regular on those scales testing wether they will one day stop shouting gerroff!!!!!!! I am 12lbs lighter than I was this time last year (16st 7lbs at my heaviest) but, as I've been going to a rather famous fat (sorry slimming!) class for quite some time this is really not that great. However, as the No Diet Diet book says - slimming classes are great ways of keeping you fat and now is the time to embrace something different (o:
Did my body brushing - something that I should do every day to help control the lymphoedema in my left arm but I confess that I haven't done it for quite a while. Don't know why I stopped because it only takes a few minutes but I suppose it just goes to show that you can lose new habits almost as quickly as you learn new ones. My arm has been a little more swollen of late so starting this again should show results here too.
It's only 7.15 am and I've already done two things differently!
Had cereal for breakfast - something I don't usually do. I don't generally eat until around lunch time, and sometimes even miss that.
I rarely put the TV on in the morning - only sometimes if I've got up exceptionally early and want to sit with a cup of coffee and catch up on the news. However, this morning I mustn't put the TV on at all so instead I wash the breakfast pots and potter around tidying up. I put some boxes of stuff in my car to take to the Age Concern charity shop that have been under the stairs for months - wow can't believe I've actually gotten round to doing that at last !!! I also checked some emails and did some bits of planning for work before I went in - it's always busy when we've been off for bank holiday but checking my emails first meant that I know more about what to expect before I get there.
Dried my hair - HAVE to tame the mane otherwise I look like I've been dragged through a hedge backwards. Then also put on some mascara. Don't do this often enough - and again don't really know why as it only takes a couple of minutes. I don't have great eyelashes and my eyes always look much better when I put mascara on. I used to wear mascara and eyeshadow every day for work (and make more of an effort with foundation, blusher etc if I'm going out anywhere) but gave up on that years ago. Haven't bothered with the eyeshadow today but I do feel better with the mascara on and will try and do this every day from now on.
Then trogged off to work feeling quite positive.
9pm - Didn't manage the No TV bit today. Noel invited friend Rachel for tea so I cooked a nice curry but then we all ended up in the room watching the Department Store documentary about Peters in Huddersfield. We had a great laugh watching it - particularly as it's local and we know people who shop there including Rachel's mum.
I was going to go see Claire's garden as they have spent the weekend doing it up but it was too late to go up when Rachel left so I'll pop up tomorrow. I WILL do the no TV bit at some point this week (probably tomorrow) but I don't feel too bad about not managing it as I've already done most of the other things that were on my plan for this week.
All in all I think I've done well today and already planning the things I need to do to keep on track. I've made a very positive start and I'm ready for tomorrow! (o:
