.. i luv the cows =D
Hello and a Happy Monday afternoon to anyone reading this.
The weather today is horrible it’s blowing a gale and it’s raining and it’s cold and not at all Spring like 
We changed the clocks over the weekend to British Summer Time so the evenings are lighter now but with weather like this who wants to see them?
This weather is NOT what we need, the kids break up from school this Friday for the 2 week Easter Holidays (ohh for anyone reading and wondering Becky has made a full recovery and is back to school today) The park where we have our caravan sited opens on April 1st so all being well we are planning a fortnights break away but this weather is going to mean it’s going to be so muddy and boggy there.
Brian was at the park at the weekend over seeing the siting of our caravan and said that the area around our pitch seems more water logged than anywhere else, I think this could possibly mean that the lake or river broke it’s banked over the winter, so I think it’s going to be Wellington Boots for all of us.
The Mysteries of Weight Loss
I’ve been doing some research to try to answer some of my questions regarding the mysteries of weight loss and why one hits these so called ‘Plateaus’ or what I call ‘Brick Walls’.
I was going along nicely with my weight loss. I’d lost 10lb and very please with myself I was too and then it just stopped and I lost nothing at all. Months went passed (well actually it was about 18 days but it seemed like months) and my weight would go up a pound then drop a pound then go up a pound then drop a pound, suddenly I was getting no where fast., I hadn’t changed my eating habits but quite out of the blue what was working no longer was giving me results.
I felt rough on Tuesday this week, a bit over tired I think, I had an early night that night and all was well again on Wednesday but over that 24 hours of not feeling 100% somewhere along the line I lost my resolve and I woke the next day thinking ’oh blow the diet’!!
I didn’t go mad and stuff myself with chocolate or anything like that but I did eat slightly more and I confess I had ’proper’ sugar in my tea rather that yucky bitter tasting sliming stuff.
For dinner on Friday I had -- wait for this -- a fried egg, chips (that’s French fries if you’re American) and baked beans, I also made myself what we in England affectionately refer to as a Chip Butty - for those of you who are not familiar with a Chip Butty it’s basically a sandwich made out of chips and probably loaded in calories particularly if you have butter on the bread as I did.
I stood on the scales on Saturday morning fully expecting to see a weight gain of at least a pound or two and knowing that I would have no one to blame for it but myself but instead I’ve lost a pound. Now go figure that???
I diet like there’s no tomorrow and I lose nothing or I even gain a pound, I eat a meal saturated in fat and calories and I lose a pound. There seems to be no rhyme or reason to it to me.
In my quest to try and find out how on earth this could be this is what I found out.
When someone begins a new diet and cuts their calorie intake by about 500 per day that then creates a negative energy balance, less energy consumed than the body requires. It then needs to start using up energy stores to make up for this 500 calorie deficit, in other words it uses the bodies fat supply.
As protein and carbohydrates are used from the cells it causes a reduction in the amount of lean mass forcing the metabolism to decrease, this means the individual now requires less energy to maintain the new weight. In other words, the body has gradually adapted to match the new energy intake! Also as the body becomes progressively lighter fewer calories are burned during movements so the overall energy expenditure also reduces.
The bottom line is the initial 500 calories per day reduction no longer continues to be effective for losing further weight as the body no longer recognizes that there is a calorie deficit.
So that’s a Plateau explained, but that still doesn’t explain to me why I ate egg and chips and lost a pound.
Anyway having lost another pound and now having a total weight loss of 11lb and edging very close to being able to say I’ve lost a Stone has given me back my resolve.
OK so I think you’ve read enough of me rambling on about the weather and my weight loss I’m outta here to go fill some orders.
Funny for Today
Getting Old
"OLD" IS WHEN... Your sweetie says, "Let's go upstairs and make love," and you answer, "Pick one, I can't do both!"
"OLD" IS WHEN.. Your friends compliment you on your new alligator shoes and you're barefoot.
"OLD" IS WHEN..... A sexy babe catches your eye and your pacemaker opens the garage door.
"OLD" IS WHEN.... Going bra-less pulls all the wrinkles out of your face.
"OLD" IS WHEN..... You don't care where your spouse goes, just as long as you don't have to go along.
"OLD" IS WHEN.. You are cautioned to slow down by... the doctor instead of by the police.
"OLD" IS WHEN... "Getting a little action" means I don't need to take any fiber today.
"OLD" IS WHEN..... "Getting lucky" means you find your car in the parking lot.
"OLD" IS WHEN..... An "all-nighter" means not getting up to pee.
I have updated Angie's Web today with 2 new Stationeries.
You'll find them by clicking on the 'OE & IM Stationery' link on the main page at www.angiesweb.net
Also 2 new Premades for you.
The newest stationeries and graphics are all nearest the top of the pages. (You might need to click your 'Refresh' button to see them).
There will be no updates to Angie's Web for the next 2 weeks as we are taking a break and will be away from home although I'll have my laptop with me I won't be able to connect to the Internet.
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