Just had a fab day as a volunteer at the Race for Life event at York racecourse.
Wonderful day, great weather and most of all around 5000 women and children raising money for a good cause :O)
I was at the 2km point and hope i helped people round with support and encouragement. It got very warm for the 2nd race and I think those taking part did a brilliant job.
Well done girls! x
Sunday 28 June 2009
Thursday 25 June 2009
R4L & Fabby NSV
Did my Race for Life last night in Harrogate.
Excellent event, this was my third time of doing it and I am very pleased to say i beat my previous best time :O)
Last year I did it in 56m 43s, this year, wait for it....... 51m 17s!!!!!!!!!!!
Woooooo Hoooooooo I couldn't believe it! So very very chuffed, a steady walk, no puffin and panting and no red face at the end, might actually try to join the joggers next year!
Also walking with me was my mum, she is stick thin and walks across Wales for fun, however she said she had trouble keeping up, excellent! In addition that was the first time I had seen my mum since joining and I hadn't told her about my 4st loss, (mum has always been thin and doesn't understand how people get to be as fat as i reached, plus she obsesses about how much weight I lose every week whenever I tell her I'm on a diet), anyway the look on her face when she saw me was priceless! She is dead proud of me - which is fab :O)
BTW good luck to everyone walking/jogging/running their R4L, especially anyone who is taking part in the York event on Sunday, I shall be there cheering you on as I am a volunteer marshall for the day!
Excellent event, this was my third time of doing it and I am very pleased to say i beat my previous best time :O)
Last year I did it in 56m 43s, this year, wait for it....... 51m 17s!!!!!!!!!!!
Woooooo Hoooooooo I couldn't believe it! So very very chuffed, a steady walk, no puffin and panting and no red face at the end, might actually try to join the joggers next year!
Also walking with me was my mum, she is stick thin and walks across Wales for fun, however she said she had trouble keeping up, excellent! In addition that was the first time I had seen my mum since joining and I hadn't told her about my 4st loss, (mum has always been thin and doesn't understand how people get to be as fat as i reached, plus she obsesses about how much weight I lose every week whenever I tell her I'm on a diet), anyway the look on her face when she saw me was priceless! She is dead proud of me - which is fab :O)
BTW good luck to everyone walking/jogging/running their R4L, especially anyone who is taking part in the York event on Sunday, I shall be there cheering you on as I am a volunteer marshall for the day!
Monday 22 June 2009
Maddening!
What is it with the human body eh?? eh?? I swear mine is out to get me!
Most weekends i suffer from LKD's, however this w/end I felt fab, you know the sort of thing - I'd been to the gym, one of the pupils parents said I was looking slimmer, walking on clouds all the way home, felt about 12ft tall!
so...... headed off to WI thinking that's gotta be 3 or 4lbs gone, gotta be. Yea right! stepped on the scales (was going to say jumped but that would just be a lie!) and I'd lost 1lb. OK OK i know that's good and steady but I mean, when I feel like a lump I seem to lose more, ggrrrrrrr
So I'm now hoping for LKD's every weekend and then a good loss!
But, stay positive, it's 1lb closer to goal :O)
Good luck everyone x
Most weekends i suffer from LKD's, however this w/end I felt fab, you know the sort of thing - I'd been to the gym, one of the pupils parents said I was looking slimmer, walking on clouds all the way home, felt about 12ft tall!
so...... headed off to WI thinking that's gotta be 3 or 4lbs gone, gotta be. Yea right! stepped on the scales (was going to say jumped but that would just be a lie!) and I'd lost 1lb. OK OK i know that's good and steady but I mean, when I feel like a lump I seem to lose more, ggrrrrrrr
So I'm now hoping for LKD's every weekend and then a good loss!
But, stay positive, it's 1lb closer to goal :O)
Good luck everyone x
Monday 15 June 2009
Sunday 14 June 2009
practice makes perfect!
so my R4L is now looming over the horizon and I thought i should probably get some sustained walking practice in as i want to beat my plodding time of last year - 56m. i mean i usually manage to clock up 6miles a day at work but that is just puddling about over 8 hrs, it's a long time (last years R4L) since i did any sustained walking!
90 mins in the gym and i managed the 3.3 miles in 53 mins! yay lets hope i can repeat that on the day :O)
90 mins in the gym and i managed the 3.3 miles in 53 mins! yay lets hope i can repeat that on the day :O)
Saturday 13 June 2009
not sure i can take the pressure!
it's within the reach, not goal you understand but the 4 stone mark, only 1.5lbs to go and i am obsessing about reaching it on Monday! I've done extra exercise, stayed a point or two below every day and yet all week i have the feeling of impending doom and am CONVINCED i am going to have a gain this week
aarrrgggghhhhhhh omg I'm becoming totally unreasonable
normally i have an LKD (lead knicker day) but blimey it has been a LKW, everyday since last weigh in i have felt like I'm dragging myself around the place. i know i really shouldn't moan, i have done really well and had a fab NSV this week when an ex-pupil came into school and was shocked by how thin i looked! what an excellent job teaching can be :O)
OK, OK i am going to be rational and sane, but not until after weight in! lol
good luck everyone, just had to share :O)
aarrrgggghhhhhhh omg I'm becoming totally unreasonable
normally i have an LKD (lead knicker day) but blimey it has been a LKW, everyday since last weigh in i have felt like I'm dragging myself around the place. i know i really shouldn't moan, i have done really well and had a fab NSV this week when an ex-pupil came into school and was shocked by how thin i looked! what an excellent job teaching can be :O)
OK, OK i am going to be rational and sane, but not until after weight in! lol
good luck everyone, just had to share :O)
Monday 8 June 2009
another monday, another WI
so another 1.5lb off this week and another 1.5lb closer to my four stone!
went to the gym yesterday and obviously over worked cos my arms are killing me today! anyway it was worth it for the loss. fingers crossed for next week and hitting the next stone mark!
good luck everyone x
went to the gym yesterday and obviously over worked cos my arms are killing me today! anyway it was worth it for the loss. fingers crossed for next week and hitting the next stone mark!
good luck everyone x
Monday 1 June 2009
i'm a 50lb-der :O)
oh yes oh yes (doing little dance) passed the 50lb mark tonight and slipped into the 18st bracket aaaarrrggggghhhhhhh I'm so happy i can't even begin to tell you!
hope i get my certificate next week cos i am photographing it and sticking it on here, i really really would never have believed it at Chrimbo if someone had told me I could and can do this. You know what it's like, you've been fat forever and it kinda becomes your default state of being, certainly for me anyway. But here i am 50lb lighter and still loving it!!
have a good week everyone :O) x
hope i get my certificate next week cos i am photographing it and sticking it on here, i really really would never have believed it at Chrimbo if someone had told me I could and can do this. You know what it's like, you've been fat forever and it kinda becomes your default state of being, certainly for me anyway. But here i am 50lb lighter and still loving it!!
have a good week everyone :O) x
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