Good morning ladies! 
Saggy-butted granny reporting in! 
I've got the house to myself all day as my hubby is in the big city till dinnertime. So I'm going to work on doing video clips and still shots of my workouts. This in itself will be a workout as I will probably do lots of retakes!
I will try out the new butt exercises you lovely ladies suggested on the FB group. I will put the ones I currently do into my video with the addition of the squats with dumbbells. I don't have knee problems but my knees don't seem to like lunges very much. (anyone remember the Buns of Steel video from the early 90's? I got great thighs with that one and a better but not great butt back when I was a wee lass of 40). 
I've been weighing in every day with my new 'everything' scale. Supposed to do every day at the same time for 7 days to get baseline readings for everything. I know the readings aren't going to be as accurate as a professional machine but it's really meant to keep track of changes in my readings over time.
Menu:
B: porridge/raisins/almonds (no sugar), skimmed milk, tea with milk
L: 1 egg, 2 slices turkey bacon, 2 slices of polenta, 1 tsp of oil plus spray
S: grapes
D: leftover chickpea curry & rice, salad, drink
S: packet of baked crisps, yogurt
Lots of teas and water
TOTAL: 1272
Progress as of today: 30 lbs lost so far, only 4 lbs to go!
Good day ladies! We had several hours of sunshine today. 
I went out early this morning and did grocery shopping and didn't start my workout until 11. Going to try to do video clips of my workout tomorrow. Should be fun!
Workout:
I know that a firm butt is not necessary for good health, but the fat that has disappeared from my previously ample butt has left me with a very droopy one. 
I've been faithfully doing two types of leg lifts wearing ankle weights that specifically focus on butt muscles. Guess I'd better Google 'how to get a butt like Pippa Middleton' eh??! 
Should it matter than I'm more than 30 years her senior? 
Menu:
B: porridge/raisins/almonds/sugar, skimmed milk, tea with milk (going to cut out the sugar as I don't think I really taste it anyway and it's 20 calories just for 5 grams.
L: Liver & bacon pate on melba toast, yogurt, apple
D: chickpea & veg curry, rice, salad, drink
S: dried apricots & clem, hot chocolate
All kinds of teas, water
TOTAL: 1292
Progress as of today: 30 lbs lost so far, only 4 lbs to go!
Good morning, ladies! Thank you all so much for your support! I'm so glad I found this group. I seriously doubt I'd be doing as well on my own.
I've lowered my goal 2 more pounds in preparation for a trip. But I'm also using a pair of trousers that are still just a bit too tight as a measurement of what I'm comfortable with. I expect that pounds will become less important later and waist size, fat% and muscle mass will become the more important numbers.
Workout:
Menu:
B: porridge & tea
L: 2 fried eggs on 1 slice toast with low fat marg, yogurt
S: 2 clementines
D: chickpea/veggie curry & rice, salad, drink
S: dried apricots or melba toast & hot chocolate
Herbal teas, tea/lemon, water
TOTAL: 1301
Progress as of today: 30 lbs lost so far, only 4 lbs to go!
Good morning ladies!
This is the first time I've dieted where my attitude was to maintain for LIFE. I never really thought about how to maintain it on previous diets. I'd just go back to eating the same way after a few months. Workouts would slack off. This time I've got the same attitude I had when I quit smoking. 'Failure is not an option'. I'm a really unhappy person when I'm fat and I much prefer to be happy. 
Now I have a plan I'm sure I'm going to be happy with.
Workout:
Menu:
B: porridge/raisins/almonds/sugar, skimmed milk, tea with milk
L: 2 fried eggs (using spray), 1 slice toast, low fat margarine, yogurt
S: 2 clementines
around 4pm I'm getting hungry so that's when I have my salad
D: veggie chili & rice, drink
S: dried apricots, hot chocolate (I've found that always making sure I've got calories to use for an evening snack has been very helpful in easing any feelings of deprivation
Several cups of black tea with lemon, herbal teas in the evening. Lots of water.
TOTAL: 1301
Progress as of today: 30 lbs lost so far, only 2 lbs to go!
Enjoy the rest of your day--you're firing on all cylinders--hope it continues!
Good morning, ladies!
Got my new super-scale figured out. Good results but that's just one day. I'll be checking every day to get a week's average. Still weighing myself first thing in the morning, but the best time to measure the fat, muscle, water, bone, etc is late afternoon. Apparently that's the time when everything should be most in balance and accurate. The new machine gives about a 1 pound lighter weight than my old one. So I'll start using the new machine weights after about a week of daily weigh-ins.
My workout today will be super-cleaning the living room - moving furniture to vacuum under them, windows, corners, tops of bookshelves.
Booking Morocco today and I've got extra incentive now to get more firm and toned - a beach holiday wearing a bathing suit! Will my saddle bags ever disappear?! They are much smaller than they were anyway.
Menu:
B: porridge/raisins/almonds, skimmed milk, tea
L: 1 slice bread, 2 veggie sausages, mustard, yogurt
S: 2 clementines
D: veggie curry & rice, salad, drink
S: can of non-alcohol beer, packet of baked crisps
Herbal teas, water
TOTAL: 1305
Have a great day everybody!!
Progress as of today: 30 lbs lost so far, only 2 lbs to go!
I'll be very interested to find out how you like your new scale with all the feedback it gives you. I had a friend a few years ago who used one of those scales, and she'd drink more water, for instance, if it said she was low.
Have a great day.
Your upcoming trip sounds absolutely amazing. I cant wait to see your pictures! :)
Got an early christmas gift from hubby today! A package was delivered today and it had this:
Looks like we're probably going to Morocco for my 60th birthday the end of Feb. with a couple of friends of ours.
Workout: did my tae bo/jump rope routine for 30 minutes with my ankle weights again. Intense!! Then did my weights and floor routine.
Menu:
B: porridge & strawberries, skimmed milk, tea
L: 1 bread with 2 veggie sausages and mustard, yogurt, 2 clementines
D: veggie curry and brown rice, salad, drink
S: apple
Herbal teas, black tea/lemon, lots of water
Had an extra snack yesterday putting me 60 cals over, so having less today.
TOTAL: 1226
Now to figure out my new machine.
Progress as of today: 29 lbs lost so far, only 3 lbs to go!
Enjoy your week!
Good morning! Just finished 30 minutes of tae bo/jump rope wearing my ankle weights! Whew! Still sweating! The weights are 2.5 lbs each but felt like 10! Maybe I could add wrist weights and do this? Can't find mine, so will have to buy some.
Will do exercise bike after the Rugby World Cup is finished and hopefully New Zealand has won!
Update: Well done New Zealand All Blacks!
Menu:
TOTAL: 1285
Progress as of today: 29 lbs lost so far, only 3 lbs to go!
They're actually showing that match this afternoon on NBC here in the US today. I guess I could check it out for a couple seconds just to see. I assume they wear all black? There used to be a couple of diarists here who played rugby.
Good day, ladies!
I'll take our weather for now, but I also like the sound of yours today. It makes everything kinda slower, though to be honest a day or three is enough.
Good day ladies! Hope your weather is better than mine!
I'm so anxious to get to the maintenance phase! I've done some calculations and it looks like I can eat the same as I do now, with the addition of a banana, a latte, and a bigger serving at dinnertime. Of course, occasional 'forbidden' foods as well. I was thinking I could deal with 1700 cals on most days which would allow for guilt-free treats or eating out occasionally. Of course, all this planning is pointless right now as I expect to reach my goal not long before we leave for the US for 3 weeks of holiday food. Then I'll be relying totally on my own judgement and super-restraint and a daily weigh in.
When I look up calories online I see that US sites have many measurements in terms of cups, but on packets there are always fat, sugar, carbs, etc in terms of grams. So why not use 100g measurements for calories? A cup of chopped food can hardly be accurate! Well, I know the answer, resistance to using metric. Been there myself. When I measure out my raisins/crushed almonds/sugar to put on my porridge I use a gram scale. 10 g raisins, 3 almonds, 5 g sugar.
Workout:
Menu:
B: porridge/raisins/almonds/sugar, skimmed milk, tea - 142
L: veg/rice/lentil soup, 1 slice toast with pb - 376
D: red beans/veg with roasted plantain, salad, drink - 466
S: 2 clementines, yogurt - 116
TOTAL: 1252
Progress as of today: 28 lbs lost so far, only 4 lbs to go!
Enjoy your weekend nevertheless!
Good day ladies!
Worked for hours in the kitchen yesterday and even cleaned out and reorganised the cupboards that needed it. Climbed up and down a stepladder and on the counters. Have a shiny stainless steel cooker and fan now. Very glad we bought ivory coloured cupboards when the kitchen was redone last year - so easy to see if they are dirty.
Hub got carried away with the curry powder and chilis in the curried chicken breast last night. !!!! I had hiccups after my second bite!
Workout:
Menu:
B: porridge/raisins/almonds/sugar skimmed milk, tea - 294
L: Quorn patty with mayo and lettuce on 1 slice bread, yogurt - 307
S: 2 clementines - 60
D: leftover broccoli rice with reduced fat smoked sausage, salad, drink - 476??
S: melba toast, latte - 153
Lots of herbal tea, black tea with lemon, water
TOTAL: 1290
Progress as of today: 28 lbs lost so far, only 4 lbs to go!
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