Monday afternoon it was all over the news: our queen would give a TV speech at 7 pm. This could mean only one thing and that she would step down as our queen. Of course we were in front of the TV and indeed she announced that she is going to retire. This means we will get a king: Willem Alexander and a queen: Maxima. The ceremony will take place on April 30 which already is a National holiday. On the same date 32 years ago Beatrix became our queen. I expect that this will be celebrated big in our country.
I was supposed to go out to dinner tonight with our management team. One of the managers has got a new function in our company and we had a “goodbye” dinner planned. But he was sick yesterday and today and my own manager was sick yesterday and not completely fit today. So we cancelled it and will do it another time.
Workouts:
Yesterday morning I did a run. Some parts of the bike path were a bit slippery because it was frozen but it didn’t really slow me down. This was a good run, nothing to complain about, everything went well.
Stats:
Run-walk ratio: 5-7-7-5 minutes, 2 minutes walking inbetween (24 minutes running, 8 minutes walking)
Weather: dry, windy, 3C (37 degrees)
Distance: 4.4 K / 2.7 miles
Time: 00:31:29
Last song on Ipod before finish: James Taylor – You’ve got a friend
This morning I did a Turbofire workout. Turbofire is a kind of body combat workout and I like it a lot although it’s sometimes hard to keep up with all the moves. But I’m doing the best I can.
Total time: 44 minutes.
Outfits:
Monday:
Tuesday:
Weight Watchers review:
The program doesn’t feel like a diet. I eat much better than I have the past 2 years. I always said I already ate healthy but now it turns out I ate too much at meals, had too many snacks and alcohol and didn’t have much variation with my breakfast and lunches. Since I started WW and apparently eat more healthy my IBS problems are completely gone. I’m eating WW recipes for 2 more weeks, after that I’m going to add recipes from my cook books again but still most of the meals will be WW recipes, especially breakfast and lunch.
Weight progress:
Weight January 1: 82 kg / 180.7 lbs
Weight January 31: 79.2 kg / 174.6 lbs
Weight loss this month: -2.8 kg / 6.1 lbs
As a slow loser when it comes to weight, this is huge for me and I’m very happy with the result.
6.1 pounds is amazing! Slow and steady will get you to your goals! It would be weird if we had a King and Queen – must be cool though! Keep up the great work Fran!
6 pounds is great amount to lose in a month – especially where you are at. Congratulations!
Does your king/queen have real power or is it like in England?
That’s the perfect rate to lose at! You and I are now officially at exactly the same weight …. so I’d love to hold your hand as we continue to lose together! Keep up the good work!
You’ve lost over 6 pounds in a month??? Holy cow, that’s fantastic, Fran!!! WW certainly is working for you! Very happy to hear that the IBS issues have disappeared as well. GREAT GOING!!!!!!!
Pretty exciting news on the abdication. Your royalty seem like very nice people; I think it’s nice that the Queen is giving her son a chance at the throne while he’s still young enough to enjoy it. (ahem, LIZ…)
I always admire you for running in icy, snowy, and cold weather! Great job!
Very cute outfits!
And awesome job on the weight loss!
Your Queen was all over the UK sky news as well…we saw her life and heard her family stories…was interesting.
Well done on the weight lost. I am also a slow loser, but as long as we lose thats all that counts.
SIX IS AWESOME!!!!
Six pounds in a month is GREAT! Congratulations on that. It must be so rewarding to put the work in and actually get to see the results. I take it you are feeling much better as well, which I know helps with motivation.
I echo the others…slow and steady
6??? Atta girl!!! That’s fantastic! Congratulations. I thought of you when I read the royal announcement in our paper here! Love the outfits. Keep warm!
I’m excited for your weight loss! I think I’ve lost about the same amount but I don’t do my weekly weigh-in until tomorrow morning so I don’t know for sure. I’m glad that WW doesn’t make you feel like you’re on a diet.