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Monday, June 9th, 2008, 3:31 am

I lost 3 lbs this week to finally make my Midsummer challenge goal of 9 stone 2 lbs with one week in hand.

I've really been strict with myself this week and had the bare minimum of points and gone out running 4 times for 30-40 minutes each time. My exercise points total was 28 and this is probably the reason why I've seen such a good loss.

Being this weight also means that I will allow myself to go out for a birthday meal on Thursday. We have found a local Chinese all-you-can-eat buffet which partner really likes so even though it's my birthday I think that will be quite a nice treat for both of us.

Today's plan includes some cycling in training for hills when we go on holiday as we are considering cycling up Mt Ventoux (or having a go at it anyway.

Tags: exercise, cycling, weight loss, weigh in

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Monday, May 19th, 2008, 4:15 am

I've been such an exercise nutter over the last week in an effort to undo some of my naughty binge last weekend, that's I have really pushed myself to the limit. As well as a Personal Best time in my 5k mid-week, I've run, walked, cycled and danced for at least 17 hours in the last 7 days including cycling over 50 miles in the last 2 days. Consequently I've woken up VERY stiff this morning! lol!

I need to relax and take some time out to chill now for a bit, I think and find some time to RELAX in the lovely sunshine!

In other WW related news, this morning's weigh-in puts me at a weight of 9 stone 3lbs, 3 pounds less than last week. Phew!

Tags: exercise, relaxation, weight loss, weigh in

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Friday, May 16th, 2008, 8:28 am

Blimey - after the amount of cheese wine and chocolate I downed on Friday, Saturday and Sunday of last weekend in my 3-day binge I was convinced that when I went to class last night the best I could have hoped for was a STS on my leader's scales.

OK, I have tried really hard by cutting back on my points ever since and doing LOADS of exercise in the last 7 days (35 points-worth to be exact) to mitigate the worst of my excesses, but I wasn't actually expecting to have done so well as to actually lose weight this week (Thurs-Thurs, according to WW scales). In fact, 4 days ago on my own Monday-Monday weigh-in I had actually gained a pound.

According to WW however, I am now 9 stone 6 - a whole pound lighter than last Thursday and back to my ACTUAL OLD GOAL WEIGHT (fully clothed and on their scales) for the FIRST TIME IN 18 years. Even though I've been at goal on my scales for ages, theirs always weigh me 4 lbs heavier, so it has been a bit of a personal niggle (and personal challenge) for me to get down to this weight and have it written on my card by my leader.

Tags: success, weight loss, weigh in, binge

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Monday, May 5th, 2008, 6:37 am

3lbs of last weekend's gains came off this week which was good.

I'm now back to 9 stone 5 and tbh - it could actually be lower. My intestines seems to have stopped over the last 3 days which is not like me (REALLY hope this isn't TMI, IYSWIM).

I tried to go to salsa last night for something to do in the evening, but sadly it was cancelled at the last minute so I went all the way down there for nothing. I'm going to try an alternative new venue again tonight and hope that hasn't been cancelled too.

Tags: weight loss, weigh in, salsa

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Thursday, May 1st, 2008, 4:48 pm

Our new leader was asking for extra helpers the other day, so I went to class half an hour early tonight and offered to pitch in.

How completely girly and silly of me to have thoroughly enjoyed myself with it, but I REALLY had a blast and got inordinately excited about the prospect of doing the "shop". It felt just like being a big kid again and playing at "shop" when I was little - but with real money and lovely WW goodies of course!

The evening just FLEW by and I really enjoyed taking the money and working out the totals and giving the change etc! I just KNOW I would just LOVE to work in a shop. How fab at the end of the class, when the till balanced and the leader then said I was able to weigh in for free - EVEN IF I HAD GONE ABOVE MY 5lbs LEEWAY FOR GOAL!!! How fab is that? I didn't realise but apparently it's one of the perks of the job that you go to class FOR FREE!

In addition, there's a tiny pot of money to be shared out between the helpers. I'm not sure how it works out but it amounts to a couple of pounds - (to go towards a box of lovely RICH TOFFEE BARS - if I'd wanted!). It was a good job I hadn't taken any money with me, as I was sat in the middle of all the goodies all evening and hadn't eaten since lunch. I really fancied a whole box of the things by the end.

Anyway, I got to play shop and have fun all evening and I would certainly recommend it as a laugh for anyone who likes that sort of thing! You have to be willing to arrive a bit early and leave a bit after everyone else, but it was lovely to feel part of the team and the leader and her other over-worked helpers were REALLY grateful!

The BEST news of all was that on the WW scales, my HUGE weekend gain of 5lbs has all but been conquered (by dint of serious dieting since I got back) and I'm only a pound more than I weighed last Thursday before I went away! Hooray!

Tags: shop, weight loss, weigh in, helper

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