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Message to Myself ... diary to remind me where I have been and where I am going
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flutterby1966
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Back to normality almost. Trauma of working in banking now over ... after 12 days x 12+ hours per day worked on the trot. And contrary to media coverage, NO, not all bankers do get paid overtime and bonuses. I am ssoooooooooo tired!
Not always 100% the best food choices over the past week or so, but all measured and tracked and honestly recorded in MFP. I am a firm believer that if we are not honest, we are kidding ourselves...and that is why I am almost anal about logging my food still, even though I have reached my target. I dont rely on restriction in my band. My head is in control. I really do think that 50 weeks down the line, I understand how much I should be eating but its very, very easy if you do not weigh/log food/drink for portion sizes to creep up and more and more poorer food/drink choices to appear and stick to our backsides. Protein and veg-led ALWAYS (even if I do have some less healthy stuff as well). c 1400 calories per day average again and maintained, so I am in a very happy place.
Bring on the week. Only two and a half weeks till my hubby is back from the States again and I have to admit I am missing him LOADS
OK, a little bit, at least. I always know when he is away. The dogs are not overfed. The house is so tidy. Loo seats are kept DOWN and there is a not a loo roll left out at each loo he has visited :sad0071: Bless him, ya gotta love him. Well no-one else has, just me.
Signing off for the week now. Miss Perfect
Not always 100% the best food choices over the past week or so, but all measured and tracked and honestly recorded in MFP. I am a firm believer that if we are not honest, we are kidding ourselves...and that is why I am almost anal about logging my food still, even though I have reached my target. I dont rely on restriction in my band. My head is in control. I really do think that 50 weeks down the line, I understand how much I should be eating but its very, very easy if you do not weigh/log food/drink for portion sizes to creep up and more and more poorer food/drink choices to appear and stick to our backsides. Protein and veg-led ALWAYS (even if I do have some less healthy stuff as well). c 1400 calories per day average again and maintained, so I am in a very happy place.
Bring on the week. Only two and a half weeks till my hubby is back from the States again and I have to admit I am missing him LOADS
OK, a little bit, at least. I always know when he is away. The dogs are not overfed. The house is so tidy. Loo seats are kept DOWN and there is a not a loo roll left out at each loo he has visited :sad0071: Bless him, ya gotta love him. Well no-one else has, just me.Signing off for the week now. Miss Perfect
Sharonimo
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Do you work in one of those banks where the computer systems went kaputt about 10 days ago?
flutterby1966
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Mmmm I do. And despite everything, I still love working for them and with the people I work with and looking after our customers. Would you believe, I am a manager specialising in dealing with complaints. I would like to confirm that I did not create an issue to keep myself in a job however LOL
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flutterby1966
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Went to Devon size 14 and came back size 12
Been away for a girlie 3 days. Fantastic. Lots of treats enjoyed balanced by exercise. Friend took me shopping. Sometimes it's good to have someone with a different eye for things to pick clothes for you. Everyones been telling me my clothes were too big for me, but I knew best I was adamant I was a 14 still and she picked the tiniest skinny jeans off a rail for me. Omg I fitted in a size 12. No more baggy clothes for me anymore :bliss:
Size 26 to 12. Whoop whoop!!! 12 month surgiversary next weekend so new "after" photos to be posted.
Been away for a girlie 3 days. Fantastic. Lots of treats enjoyed balanced by exercise. Friend took me shopping. Sometimes it's good to have someone with a different eye for things to pick clothes for you. Everyones been telling me my clothes were too big for me, but I knew best
I was adamant I was a 14 still and she picked the tiniest skinny jeans off a rail for me. Omg I fitted in a size 12. No more baggy clothes for me anymore :bliss:Size 26 to 12. Whoop whoop!!! 12 month surgiversary next weekend so new "after" photos to be posted.
flutterby1966
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I think I have been in denial of my thinness LOL
Its an expensive shopping trip when u have a best friend who prefers posh little boutiques rather than primarni. Blown my boobie fund savings for this month!
WOW ... We will have your target weight bikini piccies too next week ... Oh to be so young and slim
I gotta feeling I will have to have a sunbed session, have a haircut and buy an extra extra padded bra before I get in front of the camera need to find the soft focus button too :sigh:
Its an expensive shopping trip when u have a best friend who prefers posh little boutiques rather than primarni. Blown my boobie fund savings for this month!
WOW ... We will have your target weight bikini piccies too next week ... Oh to be so young and slim
I gotta feeling I will have to have a sunbed session, have a haircut and buy an extra extra padded bra before I get in front of the camera
need to find the soft focus button too :sigh:
JO28172
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Hahaha not sure on the young bit though....I've hit 40 so it's all downhill now (well....for a certain pair of assetts anyway)
I still think its weird if I chat to people and I find they're heavier than me, yet I look at them and think they look lovely and slim....guess we just need a bit of time to get used to being models
not sure on the young bit though....I've hit 40 so it's all downhill now (well....for a certain pair of assetts anyway) I still think its weird if I chat to people and I find they're heavier than me, yet I look at them and think they look lovely and slim....guess we just need a bit of time to get used to being models
flutterby1966
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A year down the line .... Tomorrow
Upped the cals a little more again. 1532 average a day over last eight days. Lost three pounds, but some of that likely to pop back on again next week ... As per normal monthly fluctuations...so not gonna worry that I lost. Some chocolate eating gone on - so this week going to try to eat more, but of the right stuff rather than the 'treats'. It's only at work, not at home, so I am not on the slippery slope!
Spa night last night. Lovely to have ME time. There's a little more of that going on nowadays so tempted to take membership. I would love to have personal training session and go to gym two or three mornings a week before work. Maybe one day...
Benefit of having a lovely friend who is one size bigger than me, who is stunning and has impeccable taste in clothes ... Is I have a whole new wardrobe of clothes this morning. Had a clothes trying-on session before spa, of clothes she had outgrown, and I now have 12 fantastic 'new to me' outfits. I love my friend! And my band. And my husband ... Who is back home on Friday. Cannot wait. Missed him sooooooo much. Yippeeee
Going to get some new photos this weekend for my surgiversary
Upped the cals a little more again. 1532 average a day over last eight days. Lost three pounds, but some of that likely to pop back on again next week ... As per normal monthly fluctuations...so not gonna worry that I lost. Some chocolate eating gone on - so this week going to try to eat more, but of the right stuff rather than the 'treats'. It's only at work, not at home, so I am not on the slippery slope!
Spa night last night. Lovely to have ME time. There's a little more of that going on nowadays
so tempted to take membership. I would love to have personal training session and go to gym two or three mornings a week before work. Maybe one day...Benefit of having a lovely friend who is one size bigger than me, who is stunning and has impeccable taste in clothes ... Is I have a whole new wardrobe of clothes this morning. Had a clothes trying-on session before spa, of clothes she had outgrown, and I now have 12 fantastic 'new to me' outfits. I love my friend! And my band. And my husband ... Who is back home on Friday. Cannot wait. Missed him sooooooo much. Yippeeee
Going to get some new photos this weekend for my surgiversary
flutterby1966
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One Year Down The Line
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flutterby1966
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So it's been hottest few days of year and my band has felt the tightest it's felt. Water retention internally makes the band feel tighter. Note to self, really must try to drink more water. I don't like the stuff tho. Yuk
Off for a 'romantic' break with my hubby before he jets off again. No weighing / calorie counting ... So will probably pop a pound or two on again. Benefits of hot weather, dropped a pound this week in preparation. Balance :devilangel:
Off for a 'romantic'
break with my hubby before he jets off again. No weighing / calorie counting ... So will probably pop a pound or two on again. Benefits of hot weather, dropped a pound this week in preparation. Balance :devilangel:
flutterby1966
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I lied. I have been enjoying trying lots of different food, but have been counting what I have been eating. Still not prepared to let go of that control. Based on last few days ... I reckon relying on the band alone, i would eat 1800 to 2000 calories a day, which would not be tight enough for me to maintain. So I am likely to want to go up by quarter of a mil to 10.5 mils in my 14 mil band eventually, so I can ditch the calorie counting/measuring.
Got to have a full defill in three weeks time as I have an op on 6 September, then have to be refilled again a couple of weeks after. Mmm gonna be really strange with my little band as back up.
Got to have a full defill in three weeks time as I have an op on 6 September, then have to be refilled again a couple of weeks after. Mmm gonna be really strange with my little band as back up.
flutterby1966
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Yep it's the booby one. Uplift and implants. Only weeny ones because its not the size thats important for me. My husband thinks otherwise LOL he wants the jordan zsize ones. Scared tbh. But I think I will regret it If I wait a few years. No fill, v scarey too. I know the portion sizes I should I but sticking to its more difficult. They remove the fill otherwise if you restrict what you eat it's going to hamper recovery. Heh, if I have to eat for my health, I will eat more, but just focus on trying to make sure they are protein led still.
flutterby1966
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Pound off last week regained this week. No problems. 1550 cals a day, so next week gonna stick to 1500 average. Had a fantastic break with hubby with really fabulous food. More than normally, including deserts, but far less than pre-band. Lots of sleep too. Exercise by proxy watching the Olympics. He is back away to USA tomorrow evening for three weeks. Boo hoo ... So off to cinema today to see TED ... Always good to have a laugh and a nandos :bliss:
Yvessa
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Ooh Nandos...but I promised my daughter La Tasca. Life sucks lol. It is so nice that you're still updating as although bands are obviously a different ball game I've always wondered how you cope when the aim is no longer to lose the pounds but to keep them about the same.
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