Weight Watchers

[SOLACE]

Just came across this and HAD to share immediately on here


***HOW VERY TRUE*** LOVE, LOVE LOVE THIS**** DO YOU WANT TO BE A WHALE OR A MERMAID? A while back, at the entrance of a gym, there was a picture of a very thin and beautiful woman. The caption was “This summer, do you want to be a mermaid or a whale?” The story goes, a woman (of clothing size unknown) answered the following way: “Dear people, whales are always surrounded by friends (dolphins, seals, curious humans), they are sexually active and raise their children with great tenderness. They entertain like crazy with dolphins and eat lots of prawns. They swim all day and travel to fantastic places like Patagonia, the Barents Sea or the coral reefs of Polynesia. They sing incredibly well and sometimes they are even recorded on CDs. They are impressive and dearly loved animals that everyone defends and admires. Mermaids do not exist. But if they did exist, Mermaids would line up to see a psychologist because of a problem of split personality: Am I woman or am I fish? They would have no sex life and could not bear children. Yes, they would be lovely but they'd also be lonely and sad. And, who wants a girl that smells like fish by his side? Without a doubt, I’d rather be a whale. At a time when the media tells us that only thin is beautiful, I prefer to eat ice cream with my kids, to have dinner with my husband, to eat and drink and have fun with my friends. We women, we gain weight because we accumulate so much wisdom and knowledge that there isn’t enough space in our heads, and it spreads all over our bodies. We are not fat, we are greatly cultivated. Every time I see my curves in the mirror, I tell myself: “How amazing am I ?!"

[greece]

I so can relate to this xD
Cute ^.^
http://funlexia.com/2012/12/18/never-gi ... ur-dreams/

[greece]

How to stay motivated
Diet gone to pot? Work-outs just a vague memory? If your good intentions have fallen by the wayside then it’s time for a mental re-boot.Top motivational life coach, Pete Cohen shows us how to make the changes that really last.

DO write down the change you want, asking yourself some fundamental questions like ‘Why do I want to do this?’. You have to have a big enough ‘why’ to have a big enough reason to make that change. If you later falter, go back and re-read it.

DON'T be unrealistic. Can you really get a body like Gwyneth Paltrow’s? Also that’s quite a limiting goal as you need to work out what would be the realistic long-term benefit to you – think your goal through rather than making it out of desperation.

here is the link if you would like to keep reading:
http://www.feelunique.com/beauty-all-ac ... motivated/

[moggers]

Can I be a dolphin rather than a whale? :)
Rest day for me but might go in for a swim with the kids at lunchtime. I go to my parent's for dinner on a Sunday so maybe some swimming will give me the extra calories needed lol. Have a great day everyone

[greece]

My Sunday workout

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wo5TpbHjI74 (3 times)

[RickyRaj]

Did a 4 mile run with a new pair of decent running shoes. Wow, what a difference!

[Diane65]

Tiffany? Whats a Tiffa...OK, I got some serious catching up to do! Wonderful to see everyone looking healthy, Diane's boundlessly inspiring energy. I see Val mashing up Facebook with her relentless body combats

Right I'm off for a 10km run to see Cloud Atlas, will be back to read up a month or two worth of posts on this thread and a also hiya to all the newcomers! :)

Oh my oh my MrG you are sooo last month if you don't know who Tiffany is! We have so many newbies on this thread along with a lot of us regulars so welcome back MrGlass.

Did a 4 mile run with a new pair of decent running shoes. Wow, what a difference!

You can't beat the correct footwear for the job and well done to you two gentlemen with the running (I can't run I've never tried as I much prefer walking and my DVD's and of course Tiffany's workouts.

[RickyRaj]

Thanks Diane65 - the half marathon is the only reason I run.

BTW, does anyone have any suggestions for alternatives to lamb? My diet is mainly chicken and fish but I do like the occasional other meats (beef, pork, turkey) but I understand lamb to be high in fat so I'm going to stop eating it (well, maybe have it on the odd occasion). I'm getting a bit bored with my diet. Thanks in advance.

[valda]

hello everyone I'm going to post my little diary of my cognitive behaviour therapy in here if no one minds. At least I'll know someone will see it.

So I b*ght a couple of sessions with Hypnotherapy to try and sort out my sleep problems. I went on SAturday and basically I have to go to bed and get up at the same time everyday 'How Can I see Films, Watch TV? NO Lie ins?' This is the only thing I've not tried, for sleep disorders. She wanted me to go to bed at 9pm and get up at 7am. I've negotiated for a 10pm bedtime
Doing this will set my inner clock to how a normal person's works hopefully.

Saturday I was supposed to go out for drinks, didn't, went to bed at 10pm

Sunday woke up early and turned round and went straight back to sleep. Got up about 12.30pm
This failure set me off on a binge, so I ate a massive bag of chocolate peanuts, a big bag of fruit pastilles, A strawberry milkshake and a fried egg with 'Free From bread'

Went to bed at 9.30 but didn't read much, no cigarettes, and an audiobook sent me off to sleep.

[valda]

Monday, woke about 4am, dozed until 7.15 and got up, plenty of time to get to the tube for the empty tube.

Breakfast Diet Chef Treacle and Pecan granola.Skim milk and a sachet of Cappuccino
Lunch Peas, beans and sweetcorn, Diet Chef Minced Beef Hotpot.
Snack Diet Chef, Cheese Oat Bites.

I'll be going to Combat tonight, instead of Cloud Atlas.

Snack Salty and Sweet diet chef popcorn, whilst I watch the Baftas.
Dinner, Flame Grilled Chicken Breasts and some sort of Diet Chef Meal as well vx