Archive for April, 2007

My twitching eye

Posted April 23, 2007 * Comments(5)

Sadly, this in not a beginning of a cute joke. It

Jelly constriction

Posted April 21, 2007 * Comments(2)

It’s my day 20. It was my morning-jog-after-only-coffee day and I did 3 miles  (jogging all the way, no walking… mind you, not running… … actually, jog-dragging - run the whole time, no walking, but really slowly, every other runner overtaking me… but I did overtake all the walking people ).
On the way back, I decided to stop by the gym and, well, I weighed in, TOM and all, sweaty clothes and all… and I’m half a pound down. Not a whole pound, but I figured 151.2 is 151 . Back home I tried my ‘goal’ size 8 Theory pants and I still look embarassing, but the ‘muffin effect’ seems smaller, you know what I mean?
It’s going to be a really slow one for me… I am 20 days into strictly following the plan, daily exercise and I see my body is slowly changing. For example, the tummy has become more flat. There’s plenty of stuff there, like there was before, but it has sort of flattened itself, no bulges…
I will see where I am definitely in a few days, when Tommy is gone… but, honestly, I hoped for a bigger loss…
Thinking of you buddies.

Here she goes all canine again … but seriously…

Posted April 19, 2007 * Comments(3)

I sure would like a sandwich before I go to bed … but there’s no more certain way of getting thin than going to bed hungry. I can pre-plan my meals to be wholesome and low on calories, but sometimes my mind wonders off and oops, there I am munching on a wonderful cheese sandwich (the bread is between the two thick slices of cheese) before I can realise what I’m doing. The cheese called to me! The cheese hypnotised me and made me eat it!  I can’t even remember why I went for the fridge

The ass that keeps the appointment with the veterinarian

Posted April 18, 2007 * Comments(4)

Dear buddies,

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It’s now been two weeks since I joined this crew, this little dysfunctional family of ours. I must admit, I was a bit in disbelief about whether joining Buddy Slim would do any good, but I guess the joke about the ass at the veterinarian applies to me as well . The joke goes:

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A man comes to see a doctor and when he is received, the first things he says is: ‘I’ve come to see you but you should know that I don’t believe in medicine or that you could really do anything for me.‘ To that, the doctor calmly replies: ‘Well, that’s quite alright. An ass that is brought to see the veterinarian also doesn’t believe in medicine, yet the veterinarian will still be able to cure the dumb beast.‘

Well, I also keep my appointment with my veterinarian at the Buddy Slim clinic every day . You may have noticed that I come on line a lot . I have the laptop near me the whole day, so I diligently put in all my food intake and exercise and in spite of disbelief I have found it much to my liking. I also love to read your blogs and follow up on you progress, yet I just didn’t feel compelled to write a proper blog of my own. The forums are a great source of motivation and I just cannot give enough praise to this site. It’s a keeper, it is.

It has created a wonderful environment, where we can all find understanding, sympathy, some comic relief, are allowed to fantasize and also share our life experience. Read the blogs and you will understand that weight loss is not just about dropping pounds, it’s about redesigning our ways. It’s such a lonely battle, as the enemy is no one but ourselves and our old ways . On this site, it’s for the first time that I don’t feel lonely in this battle. That is such a great relief. Thank you all for this. Thank you for being my buddies.

So what have I been doing for the past two weeks, apart from hanging out with y’all? Except for the first three days, I kept myself STRICTLY on plan. For the last week, I

Still pregnant after 6 years…

Posted April 7, 2007 * Comments(3)

I was thinking of writing something supportive, however, I don

Darn

Posted April 7, 2007 * Comments(0)

First slip up already, darn it. Wasn’t a rabbit. A can of tuna (in oil) and toast got me.   The thing is, I notice, if I eat a little too much at lunch, I get very hungry at dinner time as well. Are you buddies keeping up and chasing those Easter rabbits away? 

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Anyway, I wish you all a   h a p p y    E a s t e r  !!!

Is the food jurnal kidding?!?!

Posted April 5, 2007 * Comments(3)

It’s now three days into my new Buddy Slim addiction and I’m ever so dilligently feeding my food and excercise log with all the data on what I eat. And do. I wouldn’t think of even letting out the 0-calory coffees and spinach out, just in case. And through the machine, the ‘alknowing god of dieting’ is telling me I don’t eat enough and will loose huge amounts of weight if I keep it up.

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Only… my regimen is almost the same as for the last few months (I’m just trying to skip dinners, now) and I’m still, well, not a siren…

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Have any of you been keeping a strict food log - and was it correct about whether you would loose weight? I’m so going to dare the machine :) These calories that my food jurnal is reporting better be right. Or I’m going to be so dissapointed.

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 Hear her go all crazy after three days. Yes, I know. Three days is nothing. Except my expectations have risen to the sky. I’ve decided not to weigh in until 2 weeks have passed.

I started yesterday

Posted April 4, 2007 * Comments(0)

I came across the Buddy slim site by accident yesterday and it just so happens that I’m curently a week into a more stringent diet to get me into shape. I’ve lost around 10 pounds last year and kept the new weight until recently, when the clothes all of a sudden didn’t seem to fit me as well as before.Last week, I bought these wonderful Theory tailored pants on Ebay that were a size 8 and I knew they would be just a little to tight. So, while I was waiting for my new apparel to come from accross the ocean, I started preparing my body to be able to put it on.

They arrived yesterday. I can fit myself in them but could use a little extra space in there….

I eat a very healthy diet in terms of what I eat, but not it terms of when I choose to do it. I get very hungry in the evening and if I stay up too late, my will succumbs and I eat right before I go to bed. That’s what I’m trying to avoid now…