Lissa's live journal

Finding it hard to get motivated

2009-01-15T10:13:37Z

I’m finding it really hard to get back into exercise.
I sprained my thumb in October and haven’t really done much since.
It shouldn’t have effected my exercise routine that much, other then netball, but I used it as an excuse not to do anything.

So far this year I’ve played netball once and went for lots of walks. I was running 5k 2-3times a week and swimming and playing netball and going to the gym before I got injured so it isn’t enough.
I love exercising and I actually enjoy the gym so I don’t know what’s stopping me from getting back into it.

So I’m off to the gym tonight and dreading it. I’ve got the 5k training plan back out and going to start working my way through that then move back onto the 10k plan I was following end of last year. I’m also thinking about getting a bike.

Weight Watchers

2009-01-15T10:12:15Z

Weight in 13/1/09

I lost half a pound last night, which I’m happy about because I found it very hard last week to get back on track.
I’ve decided what I need to do is Core this week, I’m going to weight and point like a good little (big) discovery girl but I’ve redone my weeks menu plan back to what I used to eat on core.
There wasn’t that many changes really, got rid of the bread and cheese I’d put down just because I had points to use that day and if I have chips they will be core chips.
I feel better just looking at my plan for the week now.
I’m back to 9lbs from goal again and trying to stay positive that I will make it to goal this time!

10lbs to goal weight – I’m going to do it this time!

2008-10-02T08:54:28Z

Wed 1st October 2008
My first day back on track went well. I felt in control and stuck to the plan.
Helen, Emma and Ethan came for dinner (Ethan didn’t eat anything with him only being 7months old but he did give some nice cuddles).
I made a potato bake type of thing made with potatoes, mushrooms, ham and passata. With that I served mixed veg and a veggie burger for Emma and Helen. I did add cheese to the potatoes, 5 points all together. I put down that I had 2.5 points for the meal even though I was good and put most of the cheese onto Helen and Emma’s plate.

Thu 2nd October 2008
Second day of being good and its going to be a hard one.
I’ve got netball tonight and would normally grab a sandwich but instead I have fruit to eat on the way to netball and will make something to eat when I get in. I’ve got some leftovers from last night so just have to heat it up when I get home.
That’s the plan, now I just have to stick to it!

I hate netball!!!!!

2008-09-10T14:56:57Z

Or I hate sorting the affiliations out anyway.
My cousin was secretary but left because she was pregnant and I took over the role. Affiliations were supposed to be easy, just copy what was last years form.

We had 12 players initially but 2 days before I need to send the forms off I’m down to 9 and there is a 10-player minimum!

A few of the others are helping but there is nothing I can do until the affiliation lady gets back to me about what my options are.

There is one woman who wants to play for us but she is affiliated to another team and they wont say if she will be playing on the A or B team. If it’s the B team then they are in the same group as us so she cant play for both teams. If they would just make a decision it could solve all my problems!

Weight Watchers and Netball

2008-09-04T07:50:00Z

I had to miss weight watchers on Tuesday because I had a meeting with the netball team which I usually wouldn’t mind but my auntie who has been coming to weight watchers with me got to goal and I wasn’t there!!!

I only have 9.5lbs to go which should be easy after losing 60.5lbs right?
Wrong
Been stuck at this weight for a year now!

This week should be a good one. Off to the gym then swimming tonight, I’m out Friday night for a mates birthday but I have a netball tournament on Saturday which should help me get some points back. Planning on going for a run on Sunday and the gym Monday and if I do all that and don’t eat rubbish I should have a good loss next week.

I also have to sort the affiliations out for netball club at some point over the weekend. This should be easy but still waiting for a few people to confirm if they even want to play for us and try to get the money off a few others.
It will sort itself out in the end, it always does. I’m just panicking right now because its my first year as club secretary and I want everything to run smoothly.

Swimming

2008-08-29T12:28:22Z

I managed 36 lengths last night at swimming and feel like I’m getting somewhere. Its still not my favourite activity and I doubt it ever will be but I don’t hate it as much as I did a few weeks ago.

I still don’t get how its suppose to be relaxing and enjoyable to go swimming, its hard work and frustrating that everyone one else glides peacefully through the water while I have to work so hard just to stay a float. (I’m not that bad but it feels like it at times)

Then again I think running is relaxing and enjoyable and most people seem to think I’m crazy for that.

lissafoss @ 2008-08-27T08:37:00

2008-08-27T07:38:20Z

I stayed the same weight at weight watchers at last night weight in.
It was expected after bank holiday Monday. My flat mates brought in KFC and I was weak and had some instead of going for a run.
Nothing I can do about it now though apart from draw a line under last week and start a fresh.

So the plan this week is go to the gym Wednesday and Monday, swim on Thursday and go for a run on Saturday.
Stick to the weight watchers core plan and don’t go over my points this week (no junk food) and make sure I get my 5 portions of fruit and veg a day.

I’ve got 9 weeks until I meet up with my mates from uni for a little reunion and 9.5lbs to lose to get to goal weight. That’s just over a pound a week, I should be able to do that!

Bad gym session

2008-08-21T14:37:15Z

Had a really bad gym session last night.
The bike went ok but it took me just over 5min to do 1000meters on the rowing machine then after less the 5 minutes on the treadmill I got cramp in my leg.
Stormed out the gym in a complete huff and a slight limp!

Got to go swimming tonight, not my favourite form of exercise and it’s really boring and I’m not that good at it. But my auntie loves it and I’m trying to be supportive. She joined weight watchers a couple of months ago and is doing really well but if I don’t go I don’t think she will.

first 5k timed run tomorrow

2008-03-14T09:41:00Z

Doing my first proper timed 5k run on Saturday. I’ve done a couple of 5k’s recently but not really pushed myself or bothered timing them so tomorrows the day I find out where I’m at.
What I plan on happening is a slowish start and then picking up the pace at the end. What will probably happen is I start off too fast and have noting left at the end and have to slow right down or even walk.

What I really want to know is where I’m at for starting a 10k training program. I’ll have a better idea after the weekend and will then pick a training program.

My cousin is supposed to be coming out for a run on Sunday with me. She’s just starting off but it is nice to have someone tot train with.

I’ve also realised that since none of my family are doing the RFL this year I can get all of them to sponsor me! The past 2 years there has been about 4 of us so we have split the family between us fro sponsorship, this year I get them all!!!!!

I lost half a pound at weight watchers last night taking me to a total loss of 64.5lbs. Only 5.5lbs from goal!!!!!

Netball make me hurt in funny places

2008-03-13T12:39:36Z

I love waking up the morning after a netball match and seeing which muscles hurt this time.
This morning it was my bum and stomach. My neck also hurts but thats an injury I picked up last night so not a fun hurt like my belly is. I will have a flat stomach one day!!!!

We won as well, was a good game and we got a nice lead then held it. They were a good team so we had to keep pushing but I like a competitive game, its boring when you are winning by loads and not even trying.
Wish I’d pushed to play out of position as it would have been good experience for me but no one else really plays GK so it might have weakened us in defence a bit. If I’d asked they would have let me so I need to speak up next time.

Got my weight in tonight then i need to do two runs over the weekend, I’m thinking a little one tomorrow and then 5k on Saturday. Might be training with my cousin on Sunday but not sure how far yet as it will depend on her.

And it starts all over again!

2008-03-11T16:11:33Z

After signing up for the Race for Life again I realise how much I slacked off over the winter with my training.
At the end of last year I was running 3-4 times a week and at least 2 of those runs were 5k+

I did a 5k run at the weekend in 40minutes and it killed me. I was doing the same run in 30minutes at the end of last year and it didn’t hurt in the morning.
And my little 2.5k runs I do when I cant be bothered used to take under 15minutes but now take 18minutes and kill me.

The good thing is this time last year I wouldn’t have managed 5k without at least one walk in the middle so I am still fitter then the same time last year.
This means it shouldn’t take as long to get to back to running 5k in 30minutes again.

The difference is this year I want to take part in my first 10krace (cancer research run again) so I need to double the distance I can run in 6months. So i need to up the miles i do each week by increasing the length of my runs and I must go out for at least 3 runs a week if I want to be ready by September.

Also, I really want to get to goal weight before the summer, I’ve got about 7lbs left to lose but have been at this weight for 6months now and need a good kick to get me going again.
I don’t think the yummy pizza I eat at the weekend is going to help me lose weight at this weeks weigh in hehe

Goal weight

2007-10-05T11:46:09Z

I’m picking my goal weight with my leader next week.

I know it supposed to be 11st 6lbs for my height but I’m hoping she will let me have a higher one like Sarah (my old leader) was going to.

I was thinking 11st 13.5lbs, that way I get my 75lbs certificate.
Its just over a stone so it should put me comfortably into a size 12 as well.
And it drops me down to the next stone. (technically 2 down because I’m 13st 0.5lbs right now)

Hehe, what would happen if i was a leader

2007-10-05T11:35:30Z

Hehe, I was just imagining me as a leader and Helen (my cousin) as my helper at a weight watchers meeting.
(i'm bored at work ok!)

Me: Now class, drinking beer and eating pizza is bad. Don’t do it or you will get fat!
Helen: You should know, how much beer did you have last night!
Me: Not the point Miss Gill (that’s Helen by the way) and I drank less then you!
Helen: But you ordered the pizza!
Me: That’s cos you were to drunk to do it and you eat half of it!
Helen: That’s true
Me: Now back to the lesson, pizza means weight gain
Helen: You stayed the same this week!
Me: I also ran a 10k race at the weekend
Helen: Not fair!
Me: The point is unless you are prepared to run a marathon, don’t do it!
Helen: Watching someone go for a run doesn’t earn extra points apparently
Me: It actually uses points if you eat a burger while waiting at the finish line

I’m injured!

2007-10-03T10:12:29Z

Stupid 5k run last night

I wasn’t even going that fast

I wasn’t going fast at all

It was a nice easy run and I get hurt!

Stupid foot!

I didn’t even fall over or trip, it just started to hurt

And i was halfway around so i had to walk 2.5k to get home

Why couldnt it have happend when i was closer to home

This is what I get for deciding to do the GNR next year

Stupid head

Great North Run 2008!

2007-10-01T12:44:48Z

After watching the Great north run I’ve decided I’m defiantly doing it next year.

I’ve requested a notification e-mail to be sent to me when entries open but I’m starting training straight away. No more excuses, I’m the only one that can make this happen and I’m determined to do it!

I’ve been running 5k for a few months now and I’ve done 10k a couple of times but I’ve not really been pushing myself to go further or improve my 10k time.
Like my weight loss my running has hit a plateau

I’m going to look at what I’m doing now, what I want to achieve in both the year and some smaller mini goals and what I have to do to get there.

Goal 1
To be able to run 10k without stopping by Christmas and 15k with walk breaks.
I would like my 10k time to be about 1hour 10minutes
The 15k with walk brakes are to build up my distance

Goal 2
Lose 14lbs by Christmas.
I want to be able to enjoy Christmas and not worry about putting on a few pounds. The stone will drop me down a dress size and give me that leeway for a good, guilt free Christmas.

Goal 3
Run a 10k race in January
I need to find one first.
This is a big one for me as the RFL is like a fun run. Lots of people walk and although I push myself most people do it for fun. A 10k race is a race. I know not everyone runs it competitively but you don’t sign up for a 10k unless you are a runner. Or that’s the way I see it.

In January I will re-evaluate my position and set new goal for April. Hopefully I will have achieved all the goals I’ve set myself and I’ll be ready to move onto the next stage.

CHILLI CON CARNE

2007-10-01T10:58:12Z

Never made this before so I think i'll give it ago.
Cant be that hard right?

So I’m thinking mince (corn mince since its all I’ve got in hehe), onions, mushrooms (i add mushrooms to everything, i love them), chilli (got garlic and chill sauce stuff I’m going to use), paprika, maybe some other spice if I think it needs it, kidney beans, chopped tomatoes and for some reason I keep thinking it needs a tin a baked beans but I dont know why!

Cook it all and serve with some rice.

Sounds about right I think

Acceptance

2007-09-26T09:30:47Z

I’ve changed a lot in the past 18months and although I’ve been in a plateau for the past 6months I’m determined to stay positive. Not losing weight hasn’t been the only problem. Accepting the new me is just as hard. Trying to get it into my head that I’m not a size 20 anymore has taken a while and the fact I continually change my body shape for a year didn’t help. The past 6 months has giving me an opportunity to accept some of the changes and get ready for what’s to come.

Acceptance

I’m a size 12-14 but in my head I’m a 16. This is better then the size 20 I actually was but not quite the size I am yet.
I’ve had a hard year and I’m basically the same weight I was back in March but I think this has been good for me. I have a bit to go but I’m ok with where I am and this plateau has giving me time to get used to the new me before I change again.
Clothes wise I now have it in my head I’m a size 12-14 and pick these sizes off the rail but they look tiny and I’m always surprised when they fit.
But its more then not having to shop in the plus size section of the clothes shops anymore, I’ve changed inside as well.
I’m a lot more confident now, I walk into a room and I don’t worry as much about what people will think if they look at me.
Running has helped a lot with my confidence. The first time I remember noticing this was on Boxing Day when I went for a jog. Now I’d only just started running outside and I was only running about 1 mile (which was going to kill me) but rather then wondering if people were going to laugh at the fat girl trying to run I was thinking “These people think I’m nuts for going for a run on boxing day” and smiling. I never once during that run thought that people would question why I was running because of my size. They might question my sanity for going for a run that day when most people were still in bed or eating turkey, but not if I was skinny enough or fit enough to be out there.
I held my head high and smiled the whole way around.
Well that was the start of running for me. I now run 5k at least once a week and I’ve just started running a 10k route (its killing me but I’m getting there)
When I’m out running nothing else matters, it really is just me and the road.
I smile at people as I pass them, especially other runners. A non runner thinks I’m nuts for running in the rain and other running know I am because they are out there with me. They don’t question your speed or the distance you are running because that doest matter. You don’t have to go far or fast to be a runner, you just have to go.
No one cares that I was over 17st and no one questions if I’m good enough to be out there. Most importantly I don’t question if I’m good enough to be there anymore.
When I pass another runner I wonder where they started from and where they are going. I wonder if they wonder the same thing about me.

lissafoss @ 2007-05-03T10:22:00

2007-05-03T09:23:00Z

Lost ½ a pound again, I know ½ off is better then a gain, but I was feeling down about it last night and this morning.

I’m switching plans so I’m hoping that’s going help and trying to keep busy and keep myself motivated.

My meeting has decided to do a sponsored walk so I’m looking into charities and fundraising for next weeks meeting (any idea you have will be much appreciated, looking to do a 5k walk possible in fancy dress) so that should keep me busy and motivated and I’ve got training for the race for life as well.

lissafoss @ 2007-04-17T16:13:00

2007-04-17T15:20:14Z

Look how close i am to goal!

lissafoss @ 2007-03-18T21:55:00

2007-03-18T22:01:29Z

Just in i ever need a pick me up.

http://community.livejournal.com/ww_uk/352205.html

I didnt think posting before and after pics would get the kind of response it just has in WW_UK community,
People saying my weight loss is motivating and inspiring is so amazing. With some of my friends and family weight watchers has became such a taboo subject I don’t know what I’d do with the support I get from my meetings, weight watchers online and WW_UK in LJ

Clothes size against BMI

2007-03-16T13:47:29Z

20 Weight watchers clothes size against their BMI

Might try and get some more data and see what it looks like

I used BMI because it was the only way I could plot weight and height against clothes size.
If anyone posted between sizes I used the middle number. So a 14-16 becomes a 15.
I do know there is no such size, but it how I decided to deal with the between size problem I had.

If anyone is interested in this I will get more data for a more data to make it more accurate and possible show more.

Good week!

2007-03-11T20:49:39Z

Its been a good few weeks for me.

I got my 8th silver seven, taken me to 4stone total loss, which was huge for me.
I then went shopping on Saturday and decided to try on some size 12 jeans, I didn’t think they would fit but wanted to see how close I was.

THEY FIT!

I had to buy them, but they were only £9 from Newlook, so it wasn’t that bad and well worth it.
This time last year it would have been a size 20 I’d have tried on, and now I can get a size 14 knowing they will fit, with the option of chancing a size 12!
I was that happy I couldn’t get the smile off my face! I decide I needed a top to go with my size 12 jeans. The top was a little more expensive (£60) but it is Henri Lloyd.
This just put me in an even better mood so I got some boots as well. (I need the boots for work so not really a treat)

Went to aqua aerobics this morning for the second time and loved it. It feels great to get up and do something on a Sunday morning, and the instructor is right, we have the rest of the day to sit around doing nothing.
Went for a run on Saturday and I really feel like I’m getting somewhere, it still kills me, but I love it!

I think that’s me all caught up, I’m positive and motivated and up for another week of exercise and weight loss.

Not forgetting that blade is on tomorrow and I cant wait to see Kavan Smith as a vampire!

Long term goals

2007-03-01T10:26:05Z

Start weight 17st 4.5lbs
Current weight 13st 6.5lbs
Goal weight 11st 10lb (ish)

· Next silver seven (2lbs to go)
· Drop to next stone (7lbs)
· Size 12 jeans
· Run 5k without stopping
· Run for 30 mins without stopping
· Start using the pool at the gym

Weigh in 28.2.07

2007-03-01T09:19:33Z

Went to weight watchers last night feeling great

I’m down another notch on my belt and have had a really good week. Been to the gym 3 times and out for a run once. My back is feeling better and my sessions at the gym are getting longer and are almost back to normal.

Got on the scales smiling, I lost 3.5lbs last week so I wasn’t expecting a big loss, but I was expecting to lose.

Then the weight flashed up, 13st 6.5lbs, I’d stayed the same.

After almost a year at weight watchers I know staying the same is better then putting on, and a big loss can affect the next weeks results.

But I felt thin!!!!!!!

I was more confused then anything, but my weight loss has always fluctuated and there’s nothing I can do about it.

I didn’t pig out when I got home, I had a little whinge and the WW pizza I’d planed on having (not impressed, the oval bites are so much better) and went to bed.

Its still playing on my mind a bit, but I’m trying to use it to make me more determined to do well this week.

Targets this week
- Stay within point over the weekend
- 1 x run outdoors
- 2 x gym sessions
- 1 x netball match
- 1 x swim
- Follow week 2 of run easy RFL training plan when at gym and out for run.

lissafoss @ 2007-02-23T09:23:00

2007-02-23T09:23:48Z

I’ve decided I don’t post to my journal enough. I post in different communities, but not in here. So all that changes today.

Ok, lets get everything up to date.

Weight watchers

Start weight 17st 4.5lbs
Weight as of 21/2/07 13st 6.5lbs
Goal weight I think its around 11st 10lbs. But I’ve not been given one yet, its too far away and scary.
Date joined 24/3/06
Clothe size then 20
Clothe size now 14

Current mood when it comes to weight watcher – optimistic.

Race for Life

The first race for life I took part in was 2 years ago and I walked most of it. After I signed
up last year I joined weight watchers. I’d lost about 2.5st by the time of the race and I was going to the gym regularly but didn’t really train for a 5k run but was a lot fitter. I jogged most of it but did walk a few times.

So this year I’m running all of it!!!!

I don’t care about the time really, as long as I don’t stop.

I’ve been out for a few jogs, only little ones and I’ve just started the run easy training plan from race for life.

Training

Walk 4, run 4, do 3 times Done! 22/3/07 – (1.85miles)
Walk 3, run 10, do twice
Walk 2, run 8, do twice

Holidays

Cant wait for my holiday, even if it is only a long weekend in Benidorm.

Not smoking

I forgot I quit, which is probably a good sign that I don’t think about it much anymore. I will admit I do take my friends cigarettes off them when I’m drunk and have one off, but its only been at the weekends and only once or twice at a weekend. Its not good I know, but I’m all for looking on the bright side, I’ve never asked them for a cigarette, after one puff I remember I don’t like smoking anymore. And I don’t thin about it during the week at all.