Hey all,

As you'll probably know I'm still fighting my overweight. Yesterday I happened to see the Tyra Show here in the Netherlands and they had an episode about overweight. There was this coach, Jorge (don't know his last name) and he has written a book with his 3-hours diet. This means you have to eat every three hours to keep your bloodsugar at a good point. And of course you must not eat fast food, candy and more like that. Know, you have to eat healthy. He stated it's not a diet like many other diets where you have to eat certain things and don't eat other things based on some theory. No, this is about changing your lifestyle and thus your eating habits. I've given it a thought and I think this may indeed work. That's why I'll give it a try. Seen the hours I'm usually getting up this would mean the following schedule for me:
Weekends:
07:30h (breakfast)
10:30h (eat something, like a part of my lunch)
13:30h (eat something, like a part of my lunch)
16:30h (eat something, like an apple)
19:30h (diner)
Rest of the week:
06:00h (breakfast)
09:00h (eat something, like part of my lunch)
12:00h (eat something, like part of my lunch)
15:00h (eat something, like an apple)
18:00h (diner)

I think I'm gonna try this schedule for a month. Let's see if I can keep up with it. And if it works (even if it's just a little bit).

If I can rely on the pictures of the guests in the show I could loose a pretty amount of weight in about six months and later on I could reach my ideal weight. Well, for now I just hope to have lost a few kilo's in about a month. That would be nice.

Lucky for me I have another week for a holiday, so that's a good time to try it out. After the coming week I'll have a full week of classes (to become a job coach) so I'm not sure if I'll be able to follow the schedule. I'll see about that. After that week I'll continue my job again, so that's going to be the real test. Can I keep up then? I hope so!

I'll keep you posted! Talk to you later!

Babbled by Ilse at 3:16 PM in Category: weight loss challenge
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Hey all,

I'm ashamed to admit, but I haven't kept my resolution for my weight loss thusfar. I've eaten to much candy and I haven't paid attention to my "diet".

I really need to do something about, so tonight I'm going to pay a visit to the gym in our village. I'd like to know how everything is there and maybe start there as of today. I really need to get that starting!

This week I've started drinking more "tea" (well, hot water without the tea bag) instead of hot chocolate at my work. That's a good start, isn't it? And I'm going to buy a little notebook which I can put in my bag, so that I can really keep my eating diary on a daily basis without having to be at a computer to write it all down.

Well, talk to you later.......

Babbled by Ilse at 8:12 AM
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Hey all,

My great-aunt is still alive, although barely. She hasn't eaten anything anymore since Sunday. We do give her something to drink, but it's nothing then a few drops on her lips. The hospital said that given her something in a glas will have the risk tha it gets into her lungs instead of somewhere else resulting in many more problems. So, she's only getting a little bit to drink. Due to this she's a bit disoriented. I was in the hospital yesterday to check on her. She was just turned on her other side and it caused her pain. I could see that in her eyes. And she doesn't like it when someone's leaving. She had tears in her eyes when I left yesterday. It was a tough thing to do, but I knew James was waiting for me at home. Today he's going to sport, so he'll be home later. That means I can stay in the hospital longer. I know she likes the company, although she can't say it anymore. She does express it with her eyes.

This situation is a little strange. I'm waiting for the phone call in which they tell my great-aunt has died or that it's going to happen soon. In the meantime I'm at work and doing the normal things. It's weird.......

I have done some scrapping last weekend and this week. I'll show the pictures tonight. I'm finally getting through all my roles of photos. I have four more roles to go and then a few more photos of the role I'm working with now. I don't think I'll have it done by the time we go to Switzerland, but I hope I will have done the major part of it. And I AM taking my photocamera to Switzerland. I can't just not do it, while it's a country where I've never been before! Okay, its just for five days, but still.......

I've weight myself this morning again. I haven't been paying much attention to what I'm eating,w ith the result that I've gained a few kilo's again. I weigh 78,5 kilo's now. It's not good, I now that. So I'm gonna keep up with my eating diary again. Also I want to look for menu that will contribute to lossing weight and not undermining my health. And I've started weighing everything for diner. This has two effects:
1: I won't make more then we eat, which makes a difference in the costs.
2: I can make sure we do eat enough of everything we need to eat.
I'm gonna make more changes, but I don't know what yet. I'll let you know.......

Talk to you later!

Babbled by Ilse at 12:55 PM
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Hey all,

A few days ago I told you about the fact that my uncle is possibly going to die within a few months. It's still hard to think about that, but slowly I'm dealing with it. I know we'll just have to ewdnesday until we hear the final results of several test the doctors have done, so then we'll know for sure what's going to happen and how they will treat him. I guess right now I'm just waiting to see what's going to happen. Maybe it will "kick in" later......

My mother isn't dealing with it as good as I had hoped. My father told me yesterday she's suddenly forgetting things she would never forget and she's doing things (not) that she wouldn't normally do or that she would normally do. And it's all since we've heard about Eric. I'm surprised that someone who's usually so in control of everything (she's close to being a control freak) is so losing it right now. And Eric is still living and relatively good (if you see what I mean)........ I'm worried for the coming months. About what she will do en don't and how she will cope with it. Dad told me she's smoking a lot again and that she's drinking a lot again too. And this while she was on a good way with less smoking and drinking. I don't know what to do.......

At the same time I wonder about myself. Right now it seems I'm handling things almost alright and in a "cool" way. Althoug it has been a shock, I'm not "in shock". It still going pretty good. Will it indeed "kick in" later on and will I be able to cope with it, or have I lost so many people already (rector at school, friends, collegues, teachers) that I've learned to cope with it already? I don't know. Is this hard? Or is this just my way of dealin with things? I don't know. I guess I'll just have to wait and see.

Our visit to my parents yesterday did learn me something though. You could say that, in a way, my mother is addicted to drinking and smoking. She doesn't see it that way. And I know she has shown she can drink and smoke less when she really wants it, but right now she's using this things as a solution for her problem. If I picture that onto myself I see some kind of comparison. I don't drink and I don't smoke, but I do eat a lot of candy (chocolate) and I tend to eat it more when I'm unhappy or when things are not going right. Am I using this the same way as my mom does? If so, how can I get myself to not doing this anymore? Do have to treat myself as a chocoholic? And how do I do this? I don't know.
Maybe the reason I've never started drinking or smoking is that I don't want to loose my self control. But in essence, in eating this much candy, I am losing my self control. That's not good. Ihave gained a lot of weight in the last ten years. I keep telling myself this is due to all the medication I need and due to several health problems I have had. Partially this is true. I have used medication of which it is now know that you can gain weight. But partially it just isn't true. I have not done any sports (intensely) the last couple of years and I do eat way too much. I have to put a stop to this. But how? I guess the first step is recognizing it and that's what I have done now. But then what...... I think I'm gonna do a research on the internet and I'm gonna take up sports again. It's not only in general good for my health, but it's also good for my weight loss. And then? I don't know. I'm taking one step at a time!

Talk to you later!

Babbled by Ilse at 1:33 PM
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