Finals are over

Hello everybody,

Sorry I'm a day too late, it was a really busy day yesterday! I went for a run, painted the ceiling of the bathroom and had a sleep-over, so I kind of forgot... I'm sorry :). My week has been great, first of all because my exams are finally over. The only thing left to do is wait for the points, but all the stress of studying is gone. The stress-relief showed itself on the scale as well, so now I finally have a 6 as a first number! YAY! My current weight is at the moment 69.4, which is 14 kg down and 11 to go from the original 83.4 kg I started. The last time a had a 6 as a first number, I must've been 15 I think... Looooong time ago, but now it's back and it will never ever leave again!

Because at the moment I feel like I've almost got it all..

 Which is scary, because nobody can have it all.

As for the running part, I ran 10 km yesterday morning. It was in one hour and 15 minutes, so my average speed was something around 8 km/hour, which is not as fast as I want to run the Energizer Night Run, but if you look at the progress I've made the last 20-something days, it's amazing. I wasn't able to run more than 33 minutes the first time I went for a run and now I'm able to run 10 km. Yes, I'm kind of proud of myself, I'm sorry if it seems a bit complacent. But it just felt really nice, hehe.

For the next two weeks (up till the 16th) my posts will be even more irregular because of the scouting camps. I'll post whenever I have a computer around me, but that probably won't happen too often. I'm sorry about that, I'll write you guys a very long text when I come back. As for the food on the scouting camps, I've only ordered ready-to-use products. I hope this will work and they'll stay fresh... Those will be two interesting weeks :)

I just realized both of the pictures are rather sad, but just so you know, I'm not. Those were pictures I came across while searching for movie quotes, and they really made me wonder about life and how mine is at the moment.

Enjoy your summer-time and you'll hear from me in a couple of weeks!

And the reason why?

It would be a shame if somebody would not tell you anything right now so you would have to wait two weeks, wouldn't it?

Slowly

Hi everybody, wednesday again!

How has my week been? Busy, I must admit. I've had two exams and I went for a jog every two days. The idea of running a competition is still alive and kicking, the only problem is that the original competition (the "Bollekesloop") was the weekend that I'll be in the Ardennes with some friends. Not a very realistic goal to come back to Antwerp, so I looked for another competition. That's how I found the Energizer Night Run (http://www.nightrun.be/) which is even closer to my house. My goal for the run is to finish in less than an hour. It's 9 km, so the tempo won't be too fast. The registration fee is already paid, so I can't change my mind anymore. This summer will all be about training for the run and of course studying too (august my friend, august), since I'm not going anywhere (except for the scouting camp).

It's a picture of the Engergizer Night Run of last year. It's in a park, and with everyone wearing those headlights, it somehow reminds me of some fairylike event through the woods. Which I will actually participate this year.










Then, the weight-loss... As the three points after the first sentence indicate, it hasn't been so great. I've lost 600 gr in a week (so my weight is at the moment 70.6) and it somehow frustrates me. I know the second phase is going slower than the first phase, but I just miss the fact that the weight-loss went so fast. Yes, I do realize it's not possible to keep losing weight that fast, but the very fast vs very slow weight-loss is just frustrating. On the other hand, it took me years to gain all these kgs, so why would they vanish in a couple of weeks? I'll say this to myself as a mantra: "Patience my dear, patience."

Well yes, I must admit this is one of my motivations for exercising and dieting as well. But hey, nothing wrong with a good motivation as long as it keeps you going! :)








Anyway guys (and girls of course), that's about it for this week. If anyone would like to run the Engerizer Night Run too, let me know!


And the reason why?
Changing. That's how the person I'm doing it for sees me.

Lucky us

Hey!

Until yesterday, I was thinking about writing a big, giant complaint about the diet and how it sucks. Lucky for both of us (me for the effort and you for the reading), I decided not to yesterday morning. The reason why I wanted to complain about PronoKal? My weight had been the same for over more than 10 days and I didn't do anything wrong, I followed their directions precisely, so I was rather frustrated about it. It was of course not PronoKal's fault, but it just sucked. Monday the tenth, I filled in a new ordering-form and they called me to confirm the form and see if I had any questions left. When I told Bente, the super friendly girl in the calling-center, about the plateau, she said that it was perfectly normal (even though it's not really motivating for me) because of the warm weather and so on. Nothing to really worry about. She told me to just wait a couple of days more and see.

So, yesterday morning I stood on the scale again (yes I do this every morning, yes I know it's not the best idea ever) and finally, the numbers went down again. My current weight is now 71.2, so 300 g more and I'm halfway through the 25 kg I have to lose.

Things I'm really looking forward to:

- Having a 6 as first number on the scale (1.4 kg to go)

- Having a BMI of 25 or less (4.8 kg to go)

- Having breakfast again (7.8 kg to go)

Having tea every day really has become one of the 

small pleasures in life. It's warm, nice and seems like a hug in a cup.

Since I'm now having my finals, I really don't get any physical exercise. That's why I started to go for a run every two days to have at least some fresh air and a little bit of exercise. I've read the book of Bart De Wever, a politician who lost about 60 kg with the PronoKal method, which said that he started exercising too at one point but had to set goals because otherwise he wouldn't be able to keep himself motivated. I looked up some running-competitions too, and I found the "Bollekesloop". It's the 8th of september and  you can either run 5 or 10 km. At the moment I'm not even able to run 3 km in half an hour, so the 5 would be a challenge, but I'm going for the 10 km! I know it will be very hard, but I don't have to run it in half an hour or so. I'll see for myself how fast I will go, but I'll run over the finish and that's the most important part! 

I'll keep you updated about the progress I'm making, as well for the diet as for the running competition!

And the reason why?

Maybe it's time to put some reasons-why together and see if you can make something out of it :) have fun!

Maybe next week

Hi everybody,

it hasn't been such a good week for me if I look at the scale. The start of the 2A phase might have something to do with it, but I've only lost 0.6 kg this week. Not such a spectacular result I must admit. I don't think I've done anything wrong, 1 spoon of olive oil and nothing else besides water (to drink) and everything that's on the PronoKal-list. Maybe next week will be going better :)!
What doesn't help either is the fact that I'm on a plateau. Since saturday, my weight has been 72.4 and then it's been going up and down between 72.2 and 72.6. The point is that last month this time I was on a plateau as well, and when that was over I went on losing weight. Maybe it's just my body trolling me, I'll wait and see and keep patiently doing it.

Do you know what's hard too when you're on a diet? When your brother and sister their birthdays are in the same week, so there is cake in the house twice a week and we eat their favorite meals on their birthday. For my sister, who turned 17, there were mini-sausage rolls as entree, then there were lamb-burgers with french fries and a salad and the desert was strawberry cake with white chocolate. Yeah that was fun...
My brother, who turned 11, wanted to eat mini-spring rolls as entree and next chicken with rice in curry with pineapple. My mum and I made his cake ourselves, because he's a huge fan of minecraft, so we made him a home-made minecraft cake. All I could do was sit and watch and eat nothing of that. My grandfather came celebrating with us too, claiming that he's on a diet as well or will be starting one. Believe me when I tell you there's nothing more annoying than seeing someone eat fries, burger and cake and then hearing them tell that they're on a diet. Fru-stra-ting!

This is the minecraft-cake my mother and I made for my little brother. You might want to ignore the cupcake with the hearts, it doesn't fit in the theme but I wanted to make a girly-girly cupcake, to look at...














And oh, since I'm looking up quotes to keep my motivation up, I might as well share them with you :)





And the reason why? Well.... This person is a girl, let me tell you that!