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voodoodoll
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Posted: 11 June 2008 09:15 pm |
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day 2 = cereal. low fat pate on toast. baked beans and mushrooms on toast. strawberrys. natural yoghurt  (around 1400 cals)
exercise- 11km row
progress is going well. but then again its only day 2. off to the gym again tomorrow before my rest day on friday. i can already feel myself getting fitter and stronger and the feeling i get after exercising is awesome
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DeterminedGal
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Posted: 12 June 2008 03:01 pm |
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| Welcome back voodoodoll. I haven't been around much lately, but I'm still at it. I'm rooting for you! Congrats on graduating!!! That's fantastic.
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Scoobees
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Posted: 12 June 2008 06:44 pm |
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Yay voodoodoll!!! Congratulations on graduating law school! Very impressive! 
I'm so glad you're back and renewed your committment to getting healthy once again. Take this time for you now!
Scoobs
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voodoodoll
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Posted: 28 December 2011 12:40 am |
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So I started this journey 5 years ago! And 5 years on I return to it.
I doubt many of you who knew me back then still frequent the forums, but I did see a couple of familiar names as I scrolled down the pages, sassykat and Nir spring to mind - its nice to see familiar faces.
Well, I guess I should offer some kind of update! I've been to #%@&! and back these last few years but finally things are starting to get back on track for me and I feel ready to tackle the 1 issue that has blighted me throughout my life - my weight!
So for completeness I should provide some kind of update - when I left you I had just graduated from my law degree, I was engaged to Matt, my boyfriend of 5 years but I wasn't happy.
I graduated right in the middle of a recession, and in the end got a job working in medical insurance, it was soulless work but better than nothing.
I left my fiance, it was a hard decision but in a lot of ways he was controlling and stifling, i needed more from life and with him i could imagine waking up in 60 years time feeling like my whole life had passed me by!
But the real, life changing thing for me was when I found out i had cancer - leukemia - a year ago. it changed my focus on things. going through chemo was #%@&!, and on the other side of all that I am a different person. the blessing that came out of my battle wit cancer was that I fell in love again, with my best friend chris. he was the one who was there when my hair was falling out, when i needed someone to cuddle, when i needed someone to cry on. he was everything i needed in another human being, and when he told me he loved me i have never been as happy in my whole life i moved into his place a couple of weeks ago and it's all going great so far *fingers crossed*
i'm better now, no more cancer  almost 6 months clear. but like i said before, something like that changes a person. im not happy anymore just going to work and coming home. i want to do something incredible that changes people's lives! after careful thought i realized i want to be a nurse :)
in order to do this i've applied for university (yep that's right, AGAIN!) starting in september. and in order to do this i need to change my life around. i need to be fit and healthy. i need to shed this weight that i have been carrying my whole life! i need to be fit enough to do 12 hour shifts standing on my feet like nurses routinely do. and so i find myself, once again, needing the support of you lovely lot at calories per hour!
i'm not sure what my present weight is, but i'm guessing around 300 lbs  so you can see that i've got a LONG LONG way to go!
i've planned to start my new healthy lifestyle on the 2nd january after all the christmas and new year festivities. i plan on doing everything like i did last time i was successful (5 years ago) - regular exercise and having a daily calorie limit (probably around 1500). obviously i want to lose weight as quickly as possible, but more importantly i want to do this right. i've just got better from cancer 6 months ago, my body is still weak, i still sleep a lot. i need to do this sensibly and nutritionally, and that's precisely why i'm back here! logging my daily food diaries on here really helped me before, so there is no reason it wont again.
sorry for the long ramble, but it helps me get my thoughts together, especially nights like this when i can't sleep and have work in 7 hours!
i guess that's all for today. you are probably wondering why i don't start right now. and you're probably right, i should. but with a new years party, and 2 christmas meals with family/friends in the next 5 days i feel that its probably best to prepare myself mentally, get together a healthy food shopping list for my first week, join the gym etc and then start when i really am prepared for it on the 2nd jan :)
i hope that all of you that know me from before are well, and as for the rest of you, i look forward to reading your diaries and acquainting myself with your fantastic achievements.
much love,
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Sassykat
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Posted: 2 January 2012 09:51 pm |
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Bev, you are beautiful! Glad to see you back.
So sorry to hear about the hard times you've been through. Being ill is so hard. But here you are determined and positive. That's awesome!
I'll be cheering you on with your health goals.
It will take time, but I believe you can get your strength built back up. Take care my dear, and keep us posted on how you are doing.
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voodoodoll
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Posted: 3 January 2012 03:01 pm |
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sassy - aww thankyou hunny! its so lovely to see you still here and encouraging me on just like the old days! i can see from your pic that you've done marvellous. i will have to catch up on your diary sometime soon! :)
Day 1- 3rd Jan 2012
First days are always the hardest, but so far i'm enjoying today. I got up early, had cereal, went to the gym and swam for an hour and then came to work. im currently sat on my lunch hour writing this.
I prepared lots of healthy foods the night before (by prepare i mean i put them in a bag!), i've got to say the weight watchers ready meal I just munched was a bit bland though, maybe they will taste better when my tastebuds get more accustomed to them. or maybe i just need to stop being lazy and start doign some home cooking!
i'll update the days totals tomorrow but this is what ive eaten so far:
exercise:
1hr swimming
food:
special k - 150
mixed berrys (strawberrys, blueberrys, blackberrys) - 100
ww yoghurt - 46
ww chicken hotpot - 226
red pepper, wensleydale soup - 304
grapefruit - 50
babybel - 60
toast and philly - 200
total - 1136 cals
I also got weighed, and boy, that wasnt pretty - 22st 3lbs - 311lbs :( but i was ready for that, no point moping over it. time to get it off!
Last edited on 4 January 2012 03:50 pm by voodoodoll
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voodoodoll
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Posted: 4 January 2012 04:52 pm |
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Day 2
Woke up this morning already feeling lighter, even after one day! i didnt get on the scales though, i'm determined not to get obsessed about this, afterall its a lifestyle change, and i dont want a lifestyle where i frantically check the scale every morning worrying about whether i lost a pound or not - sod that!
Had an hour swim before work again and my boyfriend is making me a lovely healthy tea - chicken, roast veggies, and a little pasta - for when i get in, im looking forward to it :)
Feeling really tired today, I think its the swimming, i'm not used to it at all, normally the most exercise i get is walking 3 flights of stairs to our apartment. and if there was a lift i would get it instead!
Despite the tiredness i'm determined to keep up with the swimming though, if i go tomorrow and friday i'm going to treat myself to a new swimming costume on saturday as a reward!
exercise - 1hr swimming
food
special k - 150
berrys - 80
ww yoghurt - 47
grapefruit - 50
mini shorties - 131
quavers - 109
leek and potato soup - 200
special k mini breaks - 100
chicken veggie pasta thing - 600
total - 1467
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voodoodoll
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Posted: 10 January 2012 12:53 pm |
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sorry havent had time to update here daily! but time for my weekly update!
stood on the scales this mornign and i have *drumrol*.... LOST 5lbs!! So i'm down to 21st 12lbs or 306lbs. will be nice to see the back of the 300's.. but in a couple of week i should be there :)
feeling really optimistic about the future. ive been to the gym every day this week for a swim, eaten really healthy (although 1 night i had a chinese) and tried to get my 5 fruit n veg every day.
time to update the challenge.. its so nice to post a loss!
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Sassykat
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Posted: 10 January 2012 03:01 pm |
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Wow that is so awesome Bev! Way to go! 
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