Blogging 2 lose weight

Still on track, still having internet issues;-(

I woke up wednesday morning with an aching body, it felt like I had just completed a marathon. During the day I started to develop a fever. Nothing tasted nice, I couldn't eat, just had tea.

When I got home, I took my temperature and it was extremely high. Went to chemist, got some meds and was in bed early.

Next day woke up with high temperature, decided to go to doc. Doc told me the high temperature is an indication of my body fighting something, but she had no idea what.

Since then I have developed an irritating little cough and my fever goes up and down throughout the day.

I didn't really eat unhealthy during the past few days. I drank a lot - sugar free soda, orange juice, water, and ate less. I tried to stick to my goals, but food was simply not a priority. I didn't track properly either.

In a way it feels like starting all over again.

I am still not well enough to exercise. My chest is slightly congested and breathing is difficult when you cough every 2 seconds. BUT I really hope I can just start afresh soon and make some progress.

Although I thought my weekend eating had been better than ever before, it wasn't. I maintained at 197,12 pounds. I am thinking of lowering my calorie intake to 1800 just to see if I can't give my weightloss a bit of a boost.

Still having internet issues - can't read mail/comments:-(

Been having internet connection problems;-( So frustrating.

I have had a better weekend that I usually have. Will have to see what the scale's verdict is tomorrow when I have to weigh-in.

Instead of trying to list my daily intake for the last couple of days that I have had internet issues, I will just list my goals and my progress/lack of it.

• Exercise twice a week for 20 minutes - OUTSTANDING! Had plenty of exercise, but just one "formal" session;-(
• No snacking in-between meals and snacks - DONE!
• Drink at least 6 glasses of water a day -DONE!
• Allow myself 1 coke a week - EXCEEDED
• Eat at least 5 fruit/veggies per day - DONE!
• Track what I eat daily - even weekends! DONE!
• Have take-out only twice a month - 3 times so far
• Eat fish 3 times a week - twice last week
• Drink 1 cup of green tea per day - DONE!

So, all-in-all some goals still need a lot of work!

I must admit I feel like I am making progress. Even though I think my calorie target of 2,000 is high (as set by calorieking), I think it is a good place to start. If I can manage to reduce my calories consistently to under 2,000 and still lose weight - why not! It is much better than before when I used to eat at least for 2,500 - 3,000 calories a day. If I find that I stop losing I will have to reduce the calorie target, but let's see how long I will make progress at 2,000 calories.

BUT what happens now. I usually finish with about 900 calories until after afternoon snack. Supper will be another, say, 500 calories, meaning I still have about 500 left to meet the CK target (to get my green tick to proceed to the bronze level at CK). So, now I eat a lot of junk to make up those calories left.

I know it is not healthy to eat too little, but if I can manage to eat healthy food instead of junk to make up those calories, I think it will be great;-)

Meals today:

• Breakfast: 1 serving weetabix with skim milk
• Morning snack: 5 apricots and an apple
• Lunch: toasted tuna mayo sandwich
• Afternoon snack: apple
• Supper: last of the left-over lamb roast, pumpkin, corn bread and some cherry tomatoes.
• Evening snack: skittles, chocolate, M&Ms, popcorn, maize snack.

I really don't think that eating something like 1,100 calories at night is healthy. I need to perhaps look at spreading it a bit more.

Workout-wise? I did a 20 minute workout on my swiss ball using a book I bought a long time ago. It is from Denise Austin called Sculpt Your Body with Balls and Bands: Shed Pounds and Get Firm in 12 Minutes a Day. I finished the core workout and then did some of the lower body exercises. I was exhausted by the end of it - it is amazing how tired one can get just from some ball exercises. BUT it felt good;-)

Goals for the day:

• Exercise twice a week for 20 minutes - 1 done, 1 to go
• No snacking in-between meals and snacks - DONE!
• Drink at least 6 glasses of water a day - DONE!
• Allow myself 1 coke a week - DONE!
• Eat at least 5 fruit/veggies per day - DONE!
• Track what I eat daily - even weekends - DONE!
• Have take-out only twice a month - DONE!
• Eat fish 3 times a week - once done, 2 to go
• Drink 1 cup of green tea per day - DONE!