July 2008 - Posts
HAD some horribly disturbing news at the weekend- so traumatising I can hardly bring myself to type it.
Okay here it goes….I….can’t…..eat…..CHEESE!
For those who don’t realise it, cheese plays a central role in my life and has got me through many-a-drama.
And now I have been told it is bad from my blood type (it’s A by the way) and I should avoid it if I want to lose weight.
Feta and mozzarella cheese are okay but Cheddar cheese and the yummy cheeses that melt perfectly on a pizza are banned.
After raving about my present from Lesley in my last blog, I was disappointed to read in the book that some of my favourite foods are banned.
On the plus side, I can eat as much garlic and pineapple as I like. Great.
I do have several kindred spirits in the office at the moment though, including my friend Clare who is feeling the pressure of her wedding day bearing down on her like a big block of delicious blue cheese, smothered in…..SORRY, went off on a tangent there.
Anyway, my friend Clare is also dieting and although I am not being half as good as she is, I am sure she can feel my pain.
Tonight I am off to see Lesley again, but this time armed with my life goals. They are allowed to be about anything I like, love-life, weight, money, travel, career, and we are going to get them into my head as firm ideas so I can make them happen.
Then hopefully, when I am an old woman rocking in my chair in the nursing home and complaining that Nora got the last slice of Victoria sponge cake, I can look back and say that I had a good life.
Here’s hoping!
THE session with Lesley seemed to go really well last night.
I finally confessed something to her as well- I’m only in it for the comfy sofa.
Only joking, but seriously, I need to find out where she bought it from, it is the nicest seat ever.
Yesterday I was given two presents (I love presents). One was a book about the right foods for your blood type. The second was a packet of buckwheat.
One seems very informative and the other was very tasty indeed.
We also did some hypnosis where I imagined meeting a wise old man who answered my questions about my weight concerns.
I always find the hypnosis deeply relaxing, but once I come back out again I always feel wide awake.
On that note, I went to the gym afterwards and blitzed some of my ill-gotten calories. It went by a lot quicker as I was chatting and gossiping to my friend Vicky for most of it. She does go on a bit! Haha.
I am looking forward to a weekend of relaxation and reading about what foods I should be it. Fingers crossed I will stay on the straight and narrow.
Toodle pip for now!
MY OTHER half pointed out a reassuring article in a magazine this week- a celebrity had lost two stone through hypnosis.
She was from Platonic Mitten or whatever they’re called and used it to cut out snacking between meals.
I must admit I kind of fell off the rails with my exam stress and haven’t really climbed back on since. But this article gave me hope!
To this end, I am off to see Lesley tonight, who I am sure will wave her magic wand and get me on the straight and narrow again.
I was trying to be a good girl when I went shopping and bought, well, lets just say a cereal made with nothing but ‘whole wheat’ according to a certain sporting celebrity on the advert.
Well, I think they missed out one vital ingredient- carpet! Seriously, is there anyone in the world who actually eats that stuff voluntarily?
I tried dumping fruit, milk and yoghurt on top of it, but to be honest, it just ruined by fruit, yoghurt and milk, rather than improve the bite-sized straw I was eating.
I am determined to finish the packet, just because I hate wasting money, but by the end of it by bodily movements will probably look like dead hedgehogs, with all that sticky straw stuff poking out.
On to more pleasant things- I notice all the supermarkets are selling strawberries, raspberries, blackberries and blueberries. Which is great for me, because I love fruit and I know it is good for me.
I also went swimming last night and felt mega healthy afterwards. Arms a bit sore as I haven’t been in a while but I can’t complain about that. Well I can, because I just did.
Anyway, enough waffle.
Hopefully I will leave Lesley’s feeling rejuvenated because today I have woken up in a foul mood and it is getting progressively worse.
Will keep you updated and let you know how tonight went blog fans, so keep reading!
HAD a bit of giggle with Lesley during my session on Monday as it turns out I have been listening to the wrong CD!
Whoops!
She gave me one for weight loss to listen to everyday and another to help me relax and to listen to when needed.
No wonder I had been getting plenty of early nights but not really losing weight. Haha!
Slept like a baby but eat like a whale.
This week I have officially been left off for weight loss and I have something far more important to concentrate on- my exams!
Two NCE exams on Friday in Cardiff and not really looking forward to either one of them.
But my session on Monday really helped me. I feel more relaxed about the exam. I know I can do it because I passed some of the ones during my mocks. Gosh I sound 16 again. I thought once you became an adult you didn’t have to take exams anymore? What’s up with that? It wasn’t something I was warned about. Grrr.
So now I am listening to my ‘recall’ CD which is all about remembering things and also relaxing when in exam conditions.
I am not one of these people that has major panics before exams and usually I have a ‘its not the end of the world if I fail’ attitude, but because I am doing this to progress in my career, it is a little different.
For all of you logging on to read about weight loss, I apologise. This has been totally about exams.
I have been fairly good with food this week, although haven’t been to the gym for a while. I went out with my friend at the weekend who was down from Yorkshire and got a bit drunk, which didn’t help, but since Monday morning I have been back on track.
I guess the idea of a marathon is to pace yourself and to get up if you fall at the hurdles.
Wow that was quite deep, maybe I should put it on my fridge.
MY TIME to jump on the weighing scales finally arrived and guess what?
The amount I have lost equals a big fat zero.
Not much to show for a month of hard work, hypnotherapy, CDs and thinking positive.
As you can tell from my tone, I am on a bit of a downer today, but I only have myself to blame.
I have been relatively saintly up until last week when the thought of ANOTHER journalism exam wormed its way into my little brain.
It’s this Friday and NO I am not looking forward to it.
Cue the barrage of food cravings including, pizza, chips and cheese, capped off with a Chinese takeaway last night (Mon).
Colleagues and friends had started to make comments about how much I had lost and the fact that I was looking slimmer. I have obviously undone all my hard work.
The point was hammered in further when my button burst on my trousers this morning, although I keep telling myself it was loose. No it was! Really.
I am off to see Lesley tonight who will hopefully wave her magic wand and make me
a) pass my exam
b) lose lots of weight
c) win a free holiday.
Okay, the first two are possibilities, but the third would be a nice bonus.
I will update you on how it went, if I can squeeze through the office door tomorrow!