Weight Loss Journals - petecohen.tv

My tools for Day 1 were - water, walking and eating slowly. I drank more water than usual, but certainly not two litres. I made a conscious effort to eat slowly (I thought I still was from last time I did the programme, but it's amazing how much I've speeded up!) and I didn't do my 30 minute walk! I must find more time in the day. I work full time and have a house to run and I honestly find it difficult to find any time in the day to be more active! Sounds like an excuse, I know, and I will have to work something out, but I'm not sure how. And please, peeps, don't suggest I get up earlier. That's just not going to happen! Today's tools - I'll put a walk at the top of the list but, OH, it's raining!!!
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Well, I have fallen well and truely by the wayside recently. The Summer challenge and the Exceptional challenge have all but passed me by! I can blame my holiday in June, my computer being broken, my son moving into his own house and/or pressures at work. But, basically, I'm lazy. It's easier to overeat and do nothing than it is to change the habits of a lifetime. But I know I feel so good when I follow the programme, and I know what I WAS achieving before. How on earth did I let it slip? And, yes, I know that is the duck , and I should shut him up, but he's sitting on my head and quacking into my ears. I feel very sorry for myself at the moment. Can you tell?
Anyway, I am going to give it another go and, hopefully, I will stick to it this time, with the help of all you wonderful Pete-ettes. (Jane, congrats on being Member of the Month. You deserve it!)

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Hello All

I'm back after enjoying a very wet and very cold holiday in Austria (all the more annoying as my son kept texting me to say what lovely weather you've been having here). So, with less walking than we intended (we are, sadly, fair weather walkers) and five course dinners every night, it hasn't been a very good start to the summer challenge. I have tried to stick by the rules of eating when hungry and stoping when full. I have definitely had my 30 minute walk each do and I took my mp3 with me for relaxation and transformation, but I can't claim to have done much else. I'm back though, and looking forward to gaining inspiration from my fellow bloggers! Good ideas gratefully accepted! xxx

Here we go, All!
The beginning of the rest of our lives. It's nice to know that so many of us are in it together and, as usual, supporting each other. I am starting two journies in the next couple on days - this one and, on Wednesday, a holiday. I shall, however, pack my cases and take my tools with me. I may not be brilliant, but I shall endeavour to be in control. And that is what I want from this next six weeks - to be in control!

Take care All. If I don't have chance to blog tomorrow, I shall look forward to catching up with you all when I get back.

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Well, I'm feeling much better, thanks to all the support from you lovely people. I'm set up for the Summer challenge and, although I'm on holiday for ten days of it, I will give it my all before and after the hol and just try to get through the hol in as controlled a way as I can. Might be a problem, because the hotel we're staying at advertises that it does "Free afternoon cake"!!!!! Hopefully, it will be date and walnut or something equally awful that I can resist. It it has cream on it, I will imagine myself wearing it!

I haven't been following the programme for a while. I seem to have had so much to worry about, that my poor brain has not been able to cope with anything else. Worry about my grandson who has been taken out of school by him mother (my son's ex), who is threatening to take him to the other side of the country. (Not for any good reason other than to upset my son). Worry about my son and his financee buying a house . should they, shouldn't they. can they afford it? will they get a mortgage. is it the right thing for them? how will I cope when they move out of the house (My husband and I have only lived on our own for 18 months out of the 19 years we've been married. What will we have to talk about!!!!!! I can see him decending into old age, and me into lunacy.) Worry about work. We're doing a very laborious and boring job at the moment, but it's evident that, when it's finished, there won't be enough work for the five of us in the department. I'm 57, for heavens sake. This job was supposed to see me to retirement - added to which it's the best job I've ever had. You know, if they ever make worrying an Olympic event, I reckon I'm a sure fire bet for the Gold!

And, of course, I have HAD to eat and drink far, far more than I should to cope with all this worrying!!!! And I go on holiday in just over a week, and I probably won't be able to fit into my new swimsuits! What a disaster! I have signed up for the Summer challenge and will try to keep that in mind. Just to come back on hol IN CONTROL would be a start.

Take care all. xxx

Feeling better.

Had a good day yesterday, and today's going well too. Walking, drinking water and eating slowly all on track, and looking forward to a weekend of being active. I did find myself thinking that it might be too hot to do much exercise, and then remembered that I used the excuse of it being too cold, too wet last weekend. What is my optimum workout temperature??????
I've unfortunately been tempted by the scales this week - just to see if I've undone the damage I did with the major wobble(s). I have, almost, but I'm concerned that I'm getting scale focused again. Must stay off them for a while. Just eating healthily, slowly, and walking makes me feel so much better in myself. I'm so much brighter! I must bear that in mind when I'm struggling.

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I thought I'd be saying that I've had another good day - and I was until I went to pick hubby up from the railway station. I was early - stopped at the local Co-op, went in, bought myself a bar of chocolate and ate it, all before I'd even given a thought to what I was doing!
I'm editing that out of my day though. I will not listen to the duck . On the bright side, I've managed to keep up with my water intake (always difficult for me when I'm not at work). I even found myself reaching for the tap at one stage instead of the kettle! Result!
Did a somewhat shortened walk (well, it was raining and very windy) but I've done loads of housework, so I will count that as being active.
And, apart from the chocolate, I've eaten slowly and healthily.
Not bad.

So, Day 1 again. What have I done?
Eaten healthy food, slowly and when hungry.
Increased my intake of water.
Gone for a 30 minute walk.
Listened to Pete's relaxation track (the one about the doors, which I'm not so familiar with).
Read the Day 1 entry "The Journey". At work we don't have sound on our computers, and I wanted to do it as early in the day as poss, so I read it all. It gives it a whole new perspective.
Blogged a little.

And that's all it took! I feel in control again, "better" and, strangely, slimmer. I know it's stilll early in the evening, but I'm very confident. Taking a deep breath and going back to the beginning seems to have worked.

All the best to you all.

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I have SO lost the plot! Weekends (and especially long weekends) do me no good at all. I have forgotten everything I've learned on the programme - except to stay off the scales (but now I'm staying off them because I don't want to know what they have to say!) I have had meals out, meals in and BBQs without once stopping to consider what I'm eating or how quickly I'm eating it (oh, and lots of wine too!) No matter how much I say I'm getting back with it, it just doesn't seem to happen!
Listen to me quacking - I'm not just haunted by the duck , I've turned into the duck !!!!!!!!
When I started the programme, the control came so easily, and I couldn't imagine I would ever lose it. How quickly those old, bad habits assert themselves.

And all I can say is "I'm going to try again". Is that good enough?

I've reset the calendar to Day 1 (again). I've remarked my tools (with less than I had before so that I can concentrate on them), and I'm blogging. Sorry, all, that you are getting my moans. I'm tired of listening to myself, so I can't imagine how you feel!

I have three weeks until I go on holiday, so I can complete a programme and try and get some control back, can't I? That will be a start.

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Hi All
Feel like I've been out of touch for a few days - but it's been a busy, social weekend, and I've not had chance to get on my computer, plus my email's packed up, which is like having my hand cut off! I've also not had chance to follow the programme as I would have wished - three meals out, plus lots of alcohol around. But I hope I made wise food choices - monkfish for Sunday lunch, which I've not had before, instead of a big roast dinner, and I've offered to drive, so I've avoided the wine. All in all I feel in a positive mood to hit the next stage of the mountain today. (No, shouldn't call it a mountain, that's a negative thought). Hope you're all doing well, and didn't get the downpours we've had in Nottingham/Derby. Although we drove up to North Derbyshire (Whaley Bridge) on Sunday and, even with the rain, the views from Buxton were remarkable. Food for the soul - which is the only sort I'm going to be having in excess from now on! Promise!!!

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Had a major chocolate and wine wobble last night (OK, with a packet of crisps thrown in). It sounds a dreadful combination when I type it and what it did to my stomach was dreadful too. I went to bed at 10.00 (unheard of for me) feeling headachy, queasy and generally rotten. Why do we do things that we know will make us ill!
I've found that I can follow the programme with very little trouble when I'm at work but take me out of that routine (weekends and days off) and I fall to pieces). Yes, I know that's the duck quacking, and I'm not listening to him, but I have to think this out.
I listened Pete's interview with Ronnie O'Sullivan yesterday, and found it very interesting. And I would like to follow his example, but I can't think of myself as ever being "healthy" or "fit". I shall adopt the mantra "I want to be better". That can lead to all sorts of things can't it?

I've not give up, but I'm feeling rather sorry for myself at the moment. It's definately more difficult to get on track this time round!
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I've had the programme paused for a few days, because I hadn't had time to do it properly. Thinking about it, I'm not doing anything properly.
I'm eating when I'm not hungry. I've got into the habit of eating snacks and telling myself that it's OK cos they're healthy or low calorie.
I'm still eating slowly, but the pace has probably increased on what it was.
I'm forgetting about drinking water - especially at the weekend when I'm out of my routine.
I can't remember the last time I did my 30 min walk.
I still say I'm following the programme, but it's all very half hearted and wishy washy.

So I'm starting again, and I'm going to put the effort and enthusiasm into it that I did at the beginning. I have 5 weeks until my hol and I want to work wonders before then, not just play at it.

So here I go!

Day 1 Tools

Eating Slowly
Drinking Water
Walking 30 mins a day (at least).

I WILL SUCCEED.

Have paused the programme for the time being as somehow, not able to find the time to listen properly to Pete. Sorry, Pete! But, apart from that, I am being v good and using the tools. I seem to have got my head round things again. Long may that last.

This morning, I was patting myself on the back like a good 'un! Had to go to the local bakery for sandwiches for work, and the warm cheese and onion rolls (like a sausage roll and my particular favourites) were calling me, and I ignored them! Thoughts like "if you eat it, you'll end up wearing it!" went through my head! Brilliant! And I had a v happy experience on Wednesday. I was just nosing round good old M&S and thought I'd try on a couple of tops. Managed to get into a smaller size! I was staggered! They might be a little "snug" at the moment, but a couple of weeks and they'll be fine. Oh, happy days!

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Well, I'm trying to get things back together after my weekend wobble. I thought I'd take baby steps - use the tools I'm comfortable with (drinking water, eating slowly) but then I thought about Petes "big movements" and thought I'd go for it and make a big gesture. Obviously doing the exercise I was doing wasn't enough for me, so I've set myself to do two 30 min walks a day, I've got out my cross trainer, which has been gathering dust in the corner and - I'VE SIGNED UP FOR THE RACE FOR LIFE IN JULY!!!. Me, who has spend 57 years avoiding exercise in all shapes and sizes and thinks hanging washing on the line is too much like hard work. I shall, of course, only be walking the distance but it'll be something to work at. I shall have to get some training in before then. Anyway, off to walk round the cemetrary (the only open space near work)! Wish me luck.

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