Saturday 22 December 2007

Day 237 - 22 Charms & 14 Spacers

Day's Summary

Day maximum: 28,0 points
Day´s Bonuspoints used/saved:0,0/0,0
Week´s Bonuspoints needed/saved: 0,0/0,0
Day´s excercise: 0 minutes

(REQUIRED 6) water/tea: 0
(REQUIRED 3) vegetables: 0
(REQUIRED 2) fruit: 0
(REQUIRED 2) fat: 0
(REQUIRED 2) calcium: 0

(T0tal weightloss 85,9 lbs) Next Pandora charm at 92.6 lbs
(Total exercise: 2112 minutes) Next Pandora spacer at 2120 min

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First and foremost, as today is Christmas eve, I wish all of you a very merry Christmas! I hope you enjoy it with friends, family, loved ones, and I hope you enjoy it in the true spirit of christmas that teaches us there is foregiveness for all our flaws and insecurities.

I hope each and every one of you finds the strength to forgive yourself, to like, love and adore yourself. Because only if you achieve that can you truly love another. Have a ball, and BE CHRISTMAS itself!

BAH, HUMBUG!

Now back to the regular program: as all of you can see I have been tweaking my blog. All essential information is now at the top. Followed by the blog entry for the day.; every funny, exciting, crappy or gut wrenching detail I wish to share with you. Below that will be my daily food intake. I know there are some who could not care less what I eat, but are interested in how I am doing and feeling. And so I have moved that up, and the dietary details down.

I have not been blogging much, mainly because my dietary intake is messy, my days were extremely busy, and I just could not get the motivation going to write. Diet wise it has all been about damage control And I am not doing too bad. I have a new scale (YES I ACTUALLY ALLOWED MYSELF TO BUY ONE!). And as I did not have time to weigh myself last week, for convenience sake I will stick to what my own scales says. I intend to weigh myself only in the evenings, as that is my regular weighing moment for Weight Watchers. Yesterday evening the scales told me I weighed 295.1 lbs.

What has been going very well is my excercising. Yesterday I enjoyed a bicycle ride clear accross town to pick up a bottle of perfume I had ordered about 4 months ago. This shop is actually 5 minutes walk from my work, but I just could not find the time to pick it up. There was always a reason! So I cycled overthere, about 35 minutes of leisurely cycling. I went to the movies in the city, as in Bee Movie and I am Legend (The first funny and worth seeing, the second intense and a MUST. Will Smith has blossomed into a grand actor I must say). Then I cycled back home, going for a mug of tea on the way at Margreet's house. In short a very active day.

The day before I started to feel guilt about not even getting out of the house. *grins* Yes it has come to that, I miss going outside! So at 09:45 PM I dressed for a blizzard, double T shirt, double training pants, double winter scarf, coat and thermo gloves to find out it was not cold at all! *grins* By then I was already outside, so I undid one scarf, stuffed my gloves in my pocket and walked for about 1 hour and 20 minutes. On the way I enjoyed all the Christmas decorations, and decided to make photographs (yay for my cell phone) and share them with you all as a sort of photographic travel blog.

HOPE YOU ENJOY IT!

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A quiet house, a welcome door and lots of lights

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I pass this shop on my walks, it always makes me silent reminding me a moment of how fragile life is . On this particular day, there was so much joy and peace in me, I just smile and thought with deep affection about my deceased mother.

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Window decoration, with bows and ribbons, lights and tinsel, even a glimps at some Christmas tree in all its illuminated splendor

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This window display is not blue, just the light refraction of my camera made it thatw ay, but it does look NICE. Has an icy feeling too it, very wintery!

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These two I would call stylish and elegant. And again with the light refraction so different in the two, a completely different "feel" to them. I think I like the blue one best of all, thought the red one is extremely inviting: makes me think of hot chocolate and cookies!

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A simple star, quiet, a silent reminder of Christmas.

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Again the left traditional, with small candles in the windowsill. The right less traditional, two illuminated branches, and I kept seeing more and more of this kind, sort of a trend setting?.
(I like the bike too, the tyred reflecting my flash light!)

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A traditional tree in all its splendor

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Another tree, large robust, proud to be on display. And a balcon, very bright, very loud, and it made me wonder if these people needed any light indoors?

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On my own street, illuminated abundance, celebrating the Christmas season.

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These arched set of electric candles are the most common kind of christmas window illumination in my country. There was a time, abut 20 years ago EVERY ONE had them. And you know what? I think they still look nice!

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The final One.
Up the stairs, a peek into my livingroom. The angel on the brocante cabinet, the photograph of my mother, and in the back my christmas tree. I like it!

Leave me a comment tell me which one you liked best? PLEASE???

Thursday 13 December 2007

Day 228 - 22 Charms & 14 Spacers (Weightloss 1.1 lb)

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Next Charm 92.6 lbs

A hard struggle, and it still is. But i have managed to lose some weight this week. I am actually very proud of myself!

Realisations

I attended a workshop today, and I realised several things.
  • Travelling is so much easier carrying 80+ lbs less.
  • I feel colder now, as I have actually shed quite a layer of insulation. This means that where winter was once my favorite season as summer and even the onset of autumn was just too warm, I have to really dress to be warm enough when it is near freezing.
  • People smile at me a lot, and I think because I smile much more. I have much more self confidence
  • I am actually starting to believe I am pretty, and have alluring qualities.
  • Because I take up so much less space when I sit in trains, and trams, people will actually sit next to me, instead of avoiding to do so, because they have to small a place to sit in.

Major transgressions!

What does not change is the fact that I will have to make up for today's transgression of chocolate and cookies. It means I have to save 4 points every day. But I feel much better, and confident I will continue the road I have chose into the next year, and be finished sometime next year!

It is getting colder and walking in the morning is a cold task, but tomorrow morning I will do it again!

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Breakfast
7,0 points
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4,0 p - 6 tbs rye (organic), oats (organic), raisins, pumpkinseeds
2,0 p - 200 ml semi skimmed milk
0,0 p - 2 tangerines
1,0 p - small piece of camembert
2 water

Lunch
9,0 points
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9,0 - 500 ml tomato soup
2 water

Diner
16,0 points
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11,0 p - 200 gr. cheesefondue
5, 0 p - 20 gr. french bread
2 water

Various
20,0 points
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20,0 p - chocloate and cookies
2 water

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Day maximum: 28,0 points
7 water/tea 10:00 PM), 2 vegetable, 2 fruit, 2 fat, 1 calcium
1. Total bonuspoints used/saved:52,0/0,0
2. Bonuspoints needed/saved: 24,0/0,0
3. Exercise total: 2042 minutes/0 min cycling + 0 mins walking (next spacer 2120 minutes)


***SUMMARY: water OK; Points needed 24,0; Extra excercise: 00 mins***

Monday 10 December 2007

Day 225 - 22 Charms & 14 Spacers

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Next Charm 92.6 lbs

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Breakfast
5,75 points
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4,0 p - 6 tbs rye (organic), oats (organic), raisins, pumpkinseeds
1,25 p - 250 ml skimmed milk
1,0 p - 1 tbs maple syrup (organic)
2 water

Lunch
10,0 points
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2,0 p - 100 gr. cottage cheese
8,0 p - 200 gr. smoked salmon
0,0 p - tomoatoes, cucumber
1 water

Diner
9,0 points
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1,0 p - 2 tbs Finesse cream
1,0 p - 10 green olives
4,0 p - 4 tbs bacon bits
2,0 p - 200 potatoes
1,0 p - 1 cs olive oil
1 water

Various
11,0 points
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11,0 p - 3 oliebollen & maple syrup
0,0 p - 2 tangerines
0,0 p - 1 apple
2 water

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Day maximum: 28,0 points
5 water/tea 19:45 PM), 3 vegetable, 2 fruit, 2 fat, 2 calcium
1. Total bonuspoints used/saved:35,75/7,75
2. Bonuspoints needed/saved: 7,75/0,0
3. Exercise total: 2042 minutes/0 min cycling + 0 mins walking (next spacer 2120 minutes)


***SUMMARY: water OK; Points needed 0,0; Extra excercise: 00 mins***

Sunday 9 December 2007

Day 224 - 22 Charms & 14 Spacers

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Can you see the disaster happening? It is like trying to stop a freight train with just your bare hands, and it feels like You're not in the driverseat but outside, staring it in the face, waiting for a head on collision. It feels like i have lost all control. I could not even be bothered to drink my water. And when I found out I have eaten to little, I went for the easy way, and just had three oliebollen (which is much like breaddough with currants, formed to a ball and fried). I t makes up for the loss in point, but can hardly be said to be nutrional.

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Brunch
6,75 points
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4,0 p - 6 tbs rye (organic), oats (organic), raisins, pumpkinseeds
1,25 p - 250 ml skimmed milk
2,0 p - 2 tbs maple syrup (organic)
1 apple


Diner
9,5 points
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2,0 p - 2 tbs olive oil
3,0 p - 150 gr. chicken (organic)
0,0 p - 200 gr. bellpeppers, garlic, onion
2,0 p - 2 tbs Mayo light
2,5 p - 250 potatoes
2 water

Various
9,0 points
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9,0 p - 3 oliebollen
0,0 p - 2 tangerines

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Day maximum: 28,0 points + 4 points (excercise - 5p)
2 water/tea 23:45 PM), 3 vegetable, 2 fruit, 2 fat, 2 calcium
1. Total bonuspoints used/saved:25,25/3,75
2. Bonuspoints needed/saved: 0,0/0,0
3. Exercise total: 2042 minutes/0 min cycling + 30 mins walking (next spacer 2120 minutes)


***SUMMARY: water very very bad!; Points needed 0,0; Extra excercise: 30 mins***

Tuesday 4 December 2007

Day 219 - 22 Charms & 15 Spacers

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Breakfast
6,5 points
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4,0 p - 6 tbs rye (organic), oats (organic), raisins, pumpkinseeds
1,5 p - 250 ml skimmed milk
0,0 p - cinnamon
1,0 p - 1 tbs maple syrup (organic)
1 water

Lunch
10,5 points

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10,5 p - 300 gr. sushi
3 water

Diner (intended)
8,5 points
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2,0 p - 2 tbs olive oil
2,0 p - 100 gr. chicke (organic)
0,0 p - 300 gr. bellpeppers, garlic, onion, eggplant, mushrooms, tomato
2,5 p - 15 rice crackers
2.0 p - 200 gr. pears on sirop
2 water

Various
1,0 points
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1,0 p - 1 slice of pumpernickel (ontbijtkoek)
0,0 p - 2 apples
2 water

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Day maximum: 27,0 points + 4 points (excercise - 10p)
6 water/tea 20:00 PM), 3 vegetable, 0 fruit, 2 fat, 2 calcium
1. Total bonuspoints used/saved:26,5/0,0
2. Bonuspoints needed/saved: 0,0/0,0
3. Exercise total: 2012 minutes/60 min cycling + 60 mins walking (next spacer 2120 minutes)


***SUMMARY: water OK; Points needed 0,0; Extra excercise: 120 mins***

Monday 3 December 2007

Day 216 - 22 Charms & 14 Spacers (weightloss 1.1 lbs)

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Next Charm 92.6 lbs
I crashed!

Don't ask me exactly why or how, and I have been trying to analyse it for some days now, and getting more and more annoyed with myself. And it is not as if i was doing so badly. Actually come weighing day I had lost another 1.1 lbs/0,5 kg.

I have had some days off, preparing for a party I was throwing, and I guess I just put too much emphasis on it. It is my annual Thanksgiving party. We do not celebrate it here in Holland at all. But I do. I celebrate the many good and warm close friendships I have, and invite a select group of people to join me for a party. I make a lot of work of it. It is usually heaps of fun. But now as time progressed one by one the group got smaller and smaller, untill only 3 out of 7 close friends were actually coming.

For a while there I felt like cancelling it all. But I did not, invited one more friend, and we had a lovely evening playing Colonists of Catan. It was really very very enjoyable.

I have put much of the food items in the freezer, and all the fresh produce I will use in the week to come. But I guess I felt "taken for granted", it left a bitter taste. Now, I am positive none of my wonderful friends meant it that way, but well it is just how my mind works; highly irrational, completely loopy.

So I have been eating all the things I should not! *sighs a lot* And as a result I feel very very low. As of tomorrow I will be changing that again, starting out with my morning walk. So you will see my dayly reports here again. Though I do dread the scales on thursday. Because I just know I gained BIG TIME!

Oh, and every year we get to pick out a super dooper gift for christmas, compliments of our employer. I think this time I will choose very high tech, lseek looking scales. Yes, you read it right folks. Willow is going to allow scales in the house!

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