And I would walk 500 miles.....

[Portlandprincess]

Proclaimers......yeah!....

Thank you Lucca...you're a star for the challenge of a 45 K week. Did I make it...nah, got to about 40 k but it was wonderfully sunny and I really enjoyed being outside.....

And...I think it must have been the exercise.....I have burnt off another TWO pounds of unwanted energy...never to return and gone for good!

Thank you my forum buddies for all your support, it's wonderful being on this forum...love it ....and I truly believe this is the reason I have shed twelve pounds in five weeks...

Oh and sorry for the ear worm...Dah da da da....oh I will walk five hundred miles....

[Gonti 10 kg]

Twelve pounds in five weeks!!,,😀

[Portlandprincess in reply to Gonti]

I know....it's wonderful and I feel great for it too...which is the reason I'm doing it!

[Portlandprincess in reply to Portlandprincess]

And thank you Gonti!

[3rd-Time-Here 6lbs]

Well done Portlandprincess, you are making fantastic progress on your journey. Thank you for the song of the day, another one to be humming along to all day!

[Portlandprincess in reply to 3rd-Time-Here]

Yep....the DJ in my head is very insistent that I share all earworms....

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Ta da la da - Ta da la da....

Oh - at last - a song I like (husband is Scottish, so can't help but like it !)

Always reminds me of an episode of 'That Puppet Game Show' where the contestants had to squeeze some muppet bbq sausages with the tongs in the right order to sing the song properly (clearly if you didn't ever watch, you have no idea of how funny it was )

Anyway, back to the real world outside my head ... 40k is brilliant !! And it obviously worked a treat with a 2lb loss this week - you've done great to great rid of 12lbs in just 5 weeks

What's your target this week then ?!!!

[Hidden in reply to Hidden]

Just in case anyone thinks I made it up...

youtube.com/watch?v=E3zrkr1...(Not working as expected?)

[Hidden in reply to Hidden]

dah-da-dah-dah dah-da-dah-dah

[Portlandprincess in reply to Hidden]

YEAH!!!!!!!

[Gonti 10 kg in reply to Hidden]

No really, I thought you made it up about the sausages and was impressed😜

[Hidden in reply to Gonti]

Oh Gonti - if only I had the imagination to come up with something as rib-achingly funny as the 'Proclaimer sausages' - the whole thing on TV was even funnier, at the end when they finally got it right, they all danced around, wildly excited ! (I am really still just a small child inside... I appreciate not everyone will view singing sausages in the same way !)

[Portlandprincess in reply to Hidden]

Love that clip!.....

[Portlandprincess in reply to Hidden]

First target - you tube the puppet game show....40 K is a good challenge for me and a pound shed is my aim don't want to rush it.....like my food too much!

[Portlandprincess in reply to Portlandprincess]

got it....

[Portlandprincess in reply to Hidden]

Lucca ...ear worms aren't songs you actually like...they're just...there, like it or not.lol

[Hidden in reply to Portlandprincess]

It would be nice if I could put in requests though...

[Portlandprincess in reply to Hidden]

Well you did, with radio head...my favourite is one that that Chrisey hinds covered....but if I started quoting that I'd be banned!

[Hidden in reply to Portlandprincess]

"I don't care if it hurts...I want to have control...I want a perfect body...I want a perfect soul"

Seems fairly appropriate !! (I won't go any further with the lyrics, or yes, we would be banned !)

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Congrats - that's a great loss. And you've not far off a stone

Walking those pounds off is the way to go...

[Portlandprincess in reply to Hidden]

The weather really helps - and I'm really enjoying it - How are things with you?

[Hidden in reply to Portlandprincess]

Yes the weather has been lovely of late. I am doing okay, thanks PP. Got a home visit next Friday from social workers of a little boy and the social workers of a little girl think we are fantastic match so hopefully they will also want to do a home visit. Fingers crossed. Trying not to get too excited. Walking off the stress of waiting and not knowing what's next. And coming onto the forums as much as I can - it helps loads

[Portlandprincess in reply to Hidden]

Oh Lizzy....how exciting....fingers crossed for you and a little life ready to be loved by you!

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Hi PP,

What a result !!! Continue to go for it😃

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[Portlandprincess in reply to Hidden]

Hi BCR fan - a bit of tartan music for you - -thank you Flossie - all good here - hope all is well with you!

[Hidden in reply to Portlandprincess]

Can't compare with the Rollers !! Lol.

Had a really surreal circuit class tonight, we did it to the background music of Disney!! Did think of you and all the ear worms lol ' I wanna be like you ooh ooh, I wanna walk like you, talk you, ooh ooh ooh 'can't think of any more lol

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[andrewleeone]

40KM IS EPIC ! ! ! Forget about moving to lose weight - thats just a happy by product. I bet you are feeling completely different in yourself, in your physical abilities and the way you connect with the rest of the world since the beginning of your journey! Oh, and you might have lost some weight as well!

If you had a device for measuring all the beneficial blood levels and hormones you'd really start to see the impact of what you've done - but I reckon you just know!

Good times !

[Portlandprincess in reply to andrewleeone]

Thank you.....It does feel really really good Andrew....have finished the book BTW and that was very helpful in my job too...How are things with you?

[andrewleeone in reply to Portlandprincess]

I've had a busy week or so - started a Mindfulness course - its only 2 hours a week but its 130 miles from home and takes a big chunk of the week up, then both family cars broke down within a couple of days of each other. One terminally - so that meant time and attention devoted to car replacement, then disposal. All of this and a part time business trundling away in between. Only managed one bike ride but it was mega! No running and a lot of disruption to healthy eating. Still lost a bit of weight! Felt I'd cheated the system! But its more about the new habits 12 weeks program builds.

Back to more normality this week exercise, eating & Focus back on track.

Really glad you found the book useful - I use it a lot in all sorts of contexts.

What I'm doing now is focussing much more on my stress levels and being a lot more honest about them. Seems I've got a whole load of avoidance behaviours set up, but I'm responding to them without eating or drinking them to one side.

Interesting times. (In a good way, not a Terry Pratchet way!)

[Portlandprincess in reply to andrewleeone]

Hi Andrew...love to do some mindfulness courses. I did a three day coaching course a few years ago. Really useful in so many contexts. Coaching as related to mentoring....not football or life...

Bad luck about your cars. Takes up so much time. My dad always says a cars there to get you from a to b ...if it doesn't do that get rid. Not a classic car fan! I was for a while...did last cos of the a to b thing.

Hope you get a mega bike ride in during this heat wave!

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Amazing PP! That's an epic amount of walking. I think your consistently positive attitude must help too. Or maybe its the other way round, the walking helps you feel positive... Either way not long til that first stone is completely banished 😃 🚶✨

[Portlandprincess in reply to Hidden]

Thank you Ruth....I agree that the heady mix of sun and walking just is mood lifting - feels so good ! hope all is well with you?

[Hidden in reply to Portlandprincess]

Yep, all good, am running well, and have a few jobs on this week, so some money coming in too. Possibly starting a more fixed sort of job next week, but fingers crossed on that, I'll believe it when it happens. Sunshine definitely helps everything feel better doesn't it

[Portlandprincess in reply to Hidden]

Hey ruth, it's amazing how the job market are so focussed on commitment and you're one of the most committed people I know...gotta happen for you!

[trafford1]

Absolutely brilliant PP, well done getting rid of those unwanted 2 lbs this week and for your overall 12 lbs of shed weight. Go girl! you rock

Oh girls just wanta have fun

Have a lovely sunny week hun x

[Portlandprincess in reply to trafford1]

Ohhh girls just wanna have fun.......

[Portlandprincess]

Now that really takes me back ........

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Lol 😆

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[Portlandprincess in reply to Hidden]

The rollers are playing Weymouth Tonight!.....tempted.....

[Dave1961 25kg]

Thats FANTASTIC news - well done - so great when you find something that motivates you in this way

[Portlandprincess in reply to Dave1961]

Hi Daves boy...hope all is well with you and your friend. Thinking of you both at this difficult time. Are you still managing to get a bit of time for you? How's the fit fit?