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WI Week 4 12

2012-01-26T16:25:00.004+08:00

Lost 200g this week - total 34.7kg. I have to say there was a bead of sweaton my brow as I got on the scales last week - after boasting about 13 losses Iwas very nervous that I had a gain which would have ended my losing streak(this is the only time you are happy with a losing streak – lol) - very relievedto have had a loss. I have been very complaisance the last two weeks - I havebeen doing my exercise daily but the tracking has again been hit and miss - Ihate going to the meeting and holding my breath as you get on the scales andhoping for losses - when you know full well that you did not put everything inthat week - hoping for a loss is not acceptable - I need to work to make surethat I have earn the loss.

Back to work next week after 6 months! Looking forward to the working sidebut I will miss my boys - especially the baby but it is not optional so I justneed to get on with it and enjoy the time I do have with them. I will still begoing to my meeting on Tuesday morning I will start work late (my boss can see myprogress over the last 6 months so he is happy to continue with thisarrangement) - I just need to make sure that I get the exercise in during theweek - I plan on walking and using my stepper in the evenings once the boys arein bed (they are generally down my 8pm).

Happy Australia Day everyone – enjoy the day!

Statistical update January 2011

2012-01-22T16:22:00.000+08:00

It has been a long time since I did my measurements. These measures are 6 months post my 3rd baby - interesting that even though I weigh less now than I did in July 10 I am actually bigger all over measurement wise!

Summary:
Total Weight Lost: 34.5kg (24.26%)
Total CM Lost: 69.5cm

	2 Sept 09	11 April 10	11 July 10	22 Jan 12	Total
Weight	141.8kg	115.5kg	110.0kg	107.4kg	34.5kg
BMI	55.4	45.1	43.0	41.9	13.5
Waist	122cm	106cm	102cm	107.5cm	14.5cm
Hips	160cm	135.5cm	128cm	130.5cm	29.5cm
Bust	129cm	113cm	112cm	113cm	16cm
Arms	45.5cm	44cm	41cm	43cm	2.5cm
Thighs	85cm	80cm	76cm	78cm	7cm

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WI Week 3 12

2012-01-18T20:32:00.003+08:00

Lost 100g last week - total of 34.5kg. I have now had 13 consecutive losses- this is the best I have done for a very very long time.

I have learnt this time round to celebrate the little losses along with thebig losses as they all add up in the end. Previously I would been spewing thatI only lost 100g but a loss is a loss - when I reflect on the week and askmyself if I put in 100% then the answer is no - I sort of tracked, exercised 4days - the tracking is the key when I track meal by meal then I get goodresults - this is the first week where the tracking really fell behind hencethe result!

I am returning to work on the 30 Jan - ready for the start of the new schoolyear! I have been feeling very anxious about returning - I feel that I havesettled into being a at home mum and now it is over (I have been home for 6months) - I think the main thing I am struggling with is leaving my baby- he ismy last baby and I know that once he starts Day-care and I return to work hewill just grow so fast and my baby will be gone - probably sounds a bit sillybut that is how I feel. It is not optional for me to not return it is all partof the package (I am the sole income earner,,) I know that once I am back andwe settle into the routine we will be fine.

My other concern about returning to work is fitting in exercise – previouslyI have exercised in the evening so I will need to get back into that routine –maybe whilst it is still warm in the evenings I can take the kids out for awalk – otherwise I can get on the treadmill once they are all in bed – the 3year old is in bed by 7:30am just need to get the baby fed and in bed by7:30ish as well (instead of sitting on the couch and rocking him.....). I have thought about exercising in themorning but I would have to get up around 4:30am – bit early. I won’t be able to do any group exerciseclasses for while – shame because I have been really enjoying then over thelast few month.

I feel alright about the food – just need to do some planning and take mylunch every day (got to stay away from the greasy lunch bar!) – It will all begood.

Feeling really good at the moment - life is good.

I have also signed up for the 1 million kilo challenge www.1millionkilochallenge.com.au

WI Week 2 12

2012-01-11T15:34:00.001+08:00

The week has flown by and just realised that I did not post last week results.
Lost 1.1kg - total of 34.4kg - 12 consecutive losses... I now back to my pre-pregnancy weight. The half way mark is in sight!

WI Week 1 2012

2012-01-03T19:40:00.001+08:00

Lost 400g this week - total 33.3kg. Pretty happy with that result - I was unwell last week so I only exercised for 1 day and did not eat a great deal - most people have big losses when they are sick except me!

I have a quiet New Year - just stayed home and watched TV until the New Year came in - not really sure why as I was alone and my baby woke at 6:30am New Years day so I was buggered all day...

I have now had 11 consecutive losses my record is 12!

Boot camp is back this week - my daughter is home so I am hoping to get in some extra classes over the next 3 weeks before I return to work!
I am becoming quite nervous about returning to work and being able to keep up the weight loss - I have always worked so this is nothing new to me so I am not sure why I am becoming anxious - I am sure once I am back into the routine I will sort it out. For now I am going to focus on the next 3 weeks of being at home with my baby (and of course my 3 year old..) - maybe it is leaving the baby that I am more anxious about - he is my last baby....

December 2011 Challenge

2011-12-30T15:12:00.002+08:00

December was a great month weight loss wise (actually all round as it was my Birthday and Christmas..) I managed to achieve to my goal plus a bit more.
Target was 3.5 - achieved 4.6 - 1.1 over...woohoo.

SW: 113.5
CW: 108.9
GWED: 110.0

Total: -4.6

wk4: -1.6
wk3: -1.3
wk2: -0.7
wk1: -1.0

WI Week 18 (final for 2011)

2011-12-30T14:50:00.002+08:00

Lost 1.6kg brings my total to 32.9kg.... I was very focused over Christmas as I really wanted to lose 500g to reach my December goal - well I did that plus a bit more - very happy.
I had 1 homemade fruit mince pie (which was absolutely delicious) - a small piece of Christmas pudding with custard and a croissant on Christmas day - I really took my time to enjoy the food and then move on - I found myself looking at some food and asking myself if it was going to help me lose my 500g for the week?

I am so close to being back to where I was only 1.3 to go...I really feel that once I get back to where I was I can really move on - I can also almost feel the double figures are back within my grasp.

2012 is going to be year that I really make a huge bent in my weight loss - can I make it to goal by the end of 2012??? It is a tall order but doable - I would need to lose an average of 800g a week to achieve my ultimate goal ...I am currently averaging 800g a week so really why not....why can't I achieve this goal - there is no reason really.

This is a saying that I picked up from the WW site (sorry can't quite remember where)
"Don’t just hope for things to change, be the change"

WI Week 17

2011-12-22T14:45:00.001+08:00

Lost 1.3kg brings my total to 31.3... Very happy with that loss - just need 500g to reach my December goal - I am feeling very confident about Christmas - I am going to be very selective about what I choose to eat and make sure that I enjoy it.

WI Week 16

2011-12-15T16:09:00.001+08:00

Lost 700g this week brings my total to 30kg exactly - very happy to be back at the 30kg mark.

I have finally come to the conclusion that getting this weight off is going to take sometime - I know this sounds odds but for some reason after I had my 3rd baby I had this idea that whilst I am off work for 6mths that I would just exercise like crazy and loose heaps of weight really quickly (biggest loser style!). The reality is being at home with 3 children (15, 3 and 4mths) takes a lot of my time especially a new baby. Most days I can get 1 hour of exercise in but that is generally it...some days it can take me 1.5hrs to do 1hr!

I am doing well food wise and feeling a lot calmer about food - I am not obsessing about it like I use to...

Craig Harper wrote a great article on "The Instant Gratification" - this was me for years...
"Then there’s the woman who has wanted to lose weight for years. And years. She constantly sabotages her weight-loss endeavours with her need for some instant taste-bud pleasure. Hour after hour. Day after day. Despite the fact that she hates how she looks and feels, her need for instant caloric gratification keeps her trapped on the slippery slope of over-eating, self-loathing and depression. Eating gives her instant (albeit fleeting) pleasure but not eating doesn’t give her instant weight-loss, so eating it will be."

For most part I no longer look for the instant gratification and I have finally got that eating for the moment does not help me later - like I said for the most part...I am not 100% there yet...

WI week 15

2011-12-06T21:12:00.001+08:00

Lost 1kg brings my total to 29.3kg.

I had a good week food wise though I do need to find some new recipes.. I went to boot camp on Friday but they changed the time and forgot to tell me so I got a 45min PT session instead (for the same price) - now I know why most people do PT in 30min blocks! I also walked on my treadmill 3 time walking 5km each time (takes me 1hr) - no incline walking due to my back.

My back has been really sore since my son was born. I have been going to the chiropractor regularly since birth but it seems to be getting worst - I am now seeing a physio as well - I pulled back on the exercise this week hoping that it would ease but it made no different. It is more the top part of my back that is problem which could be caused by breast feeding...(which is what the chrio & physio seem to think). Hopefully it will start to improve soon.

It is my 41st birthday today - just another day really!

November 11 results

2011-11-30T15:17:00.000+08:00

Fell a bit short with my November target but not to worry still on the way down! On the bright side I had a loss each week...

SW: 115.9
CW: 113.5
GWEN: 112.0

Total: -2.4

wk5: -0.8
wk4: -0.3
wk3: -0.7
wk2: -0.5
wk1: -0.1

WI Week 14

2011-11-29T22:00:00.001+08:00

Lost 800g this week bringing my total to 28.3kg - I have nowhad 6 consecutive losses in row albeit small loss but losses none the less - averaging 700g per week – I wasreally happy when I realised that – I just need to keep remembering that it isall the small losses that are edging me closer and closer to ultimate goal.

I went to bootcamp twice last week – the Friday sessionthere was just two of us and the trainer last session before she goes off toget married – she absolutely caned us, totally shattered when I left -great session. I really like bootcamp and most people areshocked when I say that I go at least once a week (I would like to go more butI can’t take the toddler – he would run an absolute muck – I take the babybecause does not move yet...) – people seem to think that you have to thin andfit to do bootcamp but is that not the point of going to get thin and fit! I know that I am the biggest by far and theslowest – the trainer often gets me to do a modified version of an exercise ifit is obvious that I am struggling or just not going to be able to do it atthis weight - I know that in time that I will be able to keep up with everyoneand maybe even one day just look “normal”.

I went to a naming ceremony on Sunday – the girls that whereputting it on make the most delicious red velvet cakes and homemade sausagerolls – I gave myself permission to sample a couple and enjoy every bit – whichI did and they were worth every PP (no clue how PP but hey there were good) –we were at a lake so after I took the boys for a walk to see the swans and aplay – then when we got home I walked 5km on the treadmill – I felt good andwell in control.

WI week 13

2011-11-23T14:54:00.001+08:00

Lost 300g brings my total to 27.5.
I was a bit dark about only losing 300g as I doesn't reflect the amount of work I put in last week

As mentioned in my last post I am now us the WW app on my iPod (which I love). I having been tracking meal by meal instead of tracking at the end of the day (where I then find I have over spent!) which I have not done for a very long time.

Anyway I am moving on as up until I got on the scales I was feeling good and motivated. I need to remember that the scales are not the be all to end all in this journey.

Week 12 WI

2011-11-15T14:52:00.001+08:00

Lost 700g total 27.2kg.
I had a good week - pulled myself out of the little slump that I was in and got on with the job at hand.
Moved exercise to the top of my priority list - did boot camp on Friday only 2 of us so we had an intense workout. Saturday walked on treadmill 50min, Sunday walked with the baby and dog for 70min and did some weights; Monday walked on treadmill 50min. Exercise always lifts my mood and it gives me more engery.

I finally got the iPod fixed and downloaded the WW app - I love it - so easy to track your food - last week was the first time for a very long time that I actually tracked each meal as I prepared and ate it. Normally I would track at the end of the day or not at all!
And you can keep tracking when you are not connected to the web - when you reconnect it sync back - great for keeping a track when you are out.

I am feeling much better and motivated to get this weight off - I have 10 weeks left until I return to work...

Week 11 WI

2011-11-12T21:05:00.001+08:00

Lost 500g last week total 26.5kg.
I struggled last, not feeling particularly great about how much weight I have lost since going back - lost 7.7 in 11 weeks. I feel that as I am at home and breast feeding I should have lost a lot more. I am also struggling with being at home fulltime. I am quite board and feel like I achieve very little by the end of the day. I only have a few more weeks at home and then I am back at work fulltime, so I need to make the most of it as it will be a long time before I get to have more than a couple of weeks off at a time.

I re-assessed how much weight I have lost and I am averaging 800g a week - which is really good, once I realised this I felt a lot better. At the end of the day you only get back what you put in - at the moment I am only half in - I have not been tracking and exercise is at the bottom of my to do list! If I want more need I to do more.

I am watching biggest loser USA season 9 (which I am now going do on the treadmill instead of the couch!) there is a mother and daughter - the daughter says to her mum "what if I can't do it" - the mother looks at her daughter and says "what if you can" I was really moved and though we spend so much time worrying about failing instead of succeeding.

I am going to appreciate my time at home and focus on getting myself into shape before I return to work. It would be great to be double figures by then (return to work late January).

Week 10 W

2011-11-03T16:15:00.001+08:00

I had a loss of 100g this week bring my total to 26kg – a bitdisappointed was expecting a bit more but I suppose a loss is a loss....I amnot dwelling on just moving on.

I had a good week overall – I exercised 4 times last week –twice on the treadmill, stepper and weights, took the baby out for a 1 hourwalk on a route that has two large hills and spent a day gardening – no bootcamplast week due to a public holiday.

Food wise I did well – tracking is a bit hit and miss – hmmmmaybe that it’s the reason for the 100g loss – the week I tracked I lose 2.2the week that I sort of track I lose 100g... might be something in that!

I am struggling a bit with motivation at the moment – I amcurrently at home full time at the moment which is different for me – normally Iam working and raising children – this is only for a short time as I am back atwork full time late January (just in time for the start of the schoolyear). It is different being home –there is food around all the time and I find that my day is nearly over beforeI feel that I have achieved a great deal – I have to keep on reminding myselfthat keeping a toddler and a baby occupied is a full time job on his own. I am still breast feeding the baby so thatstill takes some time during the day – it is very easy to stay sitting on the couchlong after we have finished the feed – I do have to push myself each day to dothe exercise – once I get started I am fine it is just the getting started thatis the struggle – I just need to get back into that zone that I was in when Iwas losing weight steadily before I decided to have another baby...

It is a work in progress.

October 11 results

2011-10-29T19:07:00.000+08:00

Pretty disappointing results for October; -0.7kg. After a cracker September I was all over the place in October with some large gains and large losses - on a positive front I did end up lighter by the end of the month - just!

SW: 116.6
CW: 115.9
GWEO: 112.0

Total: -0.7

wk4: -2.2
wk3: +2.0
wk2: -1.8
wk1: +1.3

WI Week 9

2011-10-28T20:36:00.000+08:00

Lost 2.2kg this week bring my total to 25.9 – I stuck to myplan of exercising at least 3 times and eating fruit last week. I used the iFit on the treadmill on Wednesday& Thursday and did some weights as wells – then on Friday I went back toBootcamp – it has been about 1 year since my last bootcamp. The class I did was a “child friendly” class –I took the baby along and parked him in the corner so that he could watch (itis mostly in doors) – he was really good just watch for the full hour – shame Ican’t say the same thing about myself.... It was hard which I was expecting butI did the full hour and kept up most of the time – my legs were like jelly andI could hardly breathe but felt great after. My Legs where shaking for the most of the day and I was in a great dealof pain on Saturday and Sunday (eased off by Monday) – You know you are introuble when you put off going to the loo due to the pain involved in sittingdown and standing up!

My plan is to go everyFriday morning (that is the only day I can do at the moment) – with theexception of this week as Friday in a Public holiday in Perth (CHOGM)...

My plan for this week is to increase my exercise to 4 timesa week.

WI Week 8...

2011-10-18T23:43:00.004+08:00

Had a gain of +2.0kg this week – so annoyed at myself – Iwas so motivated after the baby was born and now my motivation is almost nonexistent– in my head I am continuously making up excuses on why I can’t exercise why Iam not making the best food choices etc.. that constant argument about how Ifeel is back – if I put as much energy in the actual doing instead of the avoidingI would have not gain 2kg this week.

Anyway I need to more forward and not dwell on what has beendone – there is one week left in October so I need to put in a huge effort thisweek to at least finish the month lighter than what I started (currently I amheavier..)

My goal for the week is what I stated in my last post –exercise at least 3 times this week and eating at least two different pieces offruit.

Overdue update

2011-10-16T23:05:00.001+08:00

I have been very slack with blogging – I could offer severalexcuses but they are just excuses... Ihave been losing weight as you can see from results from September I am doingwell but (always a but) October is not great... See the results on side. Again Icould offer a lot of excuses but really I just need to get stuck into this onceand for all. My baby is 12 weeks now(can you believe it!) so there is no reason why I can’t be get back into doing moreexercise – I have had no pain with my C-Section for a few weeks now so itshould be good. I gave my exercise rooma good clean today – it had become the local dumping ground so it is ready togo.

On the food front I have been doing OK but I could be doinga lot better – I am watching what I am eating most of the time but I am nottracking...so I have no idea if I am within my daily points or not. I know with a little bit of planning I could beeating a lot better...and in smaller portions.

I am still breast feeding 95% of the time so it is importantfor me to be eating well in order to keep up my milk supply and feed my babythe best possible milk (I also think it is the breast feeding that is helpingwith my weight loss). I will only be breast feeding until the endof December as I have to return to full time work in late January so I need tomake the most of it (on a weight loss front).

My plan is to exercise for at least 30mins for 3 days thisweek and to eat two different pieces of fruit each day (I am saying differentas otherwise I will just eat bananas – which are still at $11kg!) and to blogmy results and progress each week.

September 2011 Results...

2011-09-30T22:25:00.000+08:00

Had a great month set a target of 3kg and smashed it by 3.4kg. Total losses for September is 6.4kg....go me....I was also lost the highest amount of weight as part of WW challenge - vey impressed first time I have been 1st!

SW: 123.0
CW: 116.6
GWES: 120.0

Total: -6.4

wk4: -1.4
wk3: -1.3
wk2: +0.3
wk1: -4.0

Week 1

2011-09-10T18:39:00.002+08:00

Had a good start with a loss of 4.0kg bringing my total losses to22.8. As I am breast feeding I have atotal of 52 points a day to eat... that is a lot of points – I have been havinga bigger breakfast and upping the amount of protein and including more snacksduring the day – the breast feeding is making me hungry so I am just trying tomake healthy choices and not consume too much bread...

At this stage trying to exercise is quite hard, I am goingto try and get the kids out in the pram for a walk a couple of times during theweek but I am not going to put any pressure onto myself to exercise every dayat the moment – once the baby is in some type of a routine then I will be able toget more exercise in – the focus at the moment is to get back into the rhyme ofeating good healthy food and spending time with my kids whilst I am not working.

I'm Back

2011-09-10T16:26:00.002+08:00

I am back at WW meeting now – actually I went back over aweek ago (30^th September) not much time on my hands these days withthe little ones at home full time!

My starting weight is 123kg bring my total losses back to 18.8.
Since I stopped WW lastDecember I have gained 8.2kg – so happy with that result. Since having my baby and starting WW (6weeks) I had already lost already 10kg so I am well on track to getting my pregnancyweight off. I am breast feeding and apparentlythat really helps with weight loss (never did with my other two but I reallyonly breast feed half the time – this time I am breast feeding full time).

It's a boy

2011-08-10T22:38:00.000+08:00

On the 21st July my beautiful baby boy was born at 2:19pm by C-section. Darcy Leigh weighed 7.4lbs (3.4kg), 51cm long - he is perfect. Everything went according to plan for both of us.

Tomorrow he will be 3 weeks already - he is feeding very well (every 3 hrs!) and gaining weight nicely - he is a good baby only cries when he wants to be fed.

Weight wise I gain about 20kg - I am not bother about the weight gain as I know that I can take it off pretty quickly - I will be back at WW in about 3 weeks to finish the job that I started...

On Hold

2010-12-30T21:32:00.000+08:00

I have been a bit absent of late the reason being is because I am 9 weeks pregnant! I am feeling very exhausted at the moment and all I want to do is sleep and do very little – which is not easy with a 2 year old!

On the weight front – my weight is stable at the moment so my focus over the next few months is to keep it that way – I will try hard to not gain back all the weight that I have spent the last 12 months losing. I will be back when this baby is about 8 weeks to finish the job that I started - which should be the start of September 2011...

I have started another blog which you are all welcome to come along and follow on my progress through my 3rd and final pregnancy. http://cherub3.blogspot.com/

Thank you everyone for your support over the last 12 months or so – it has been invaluable to me – here on this blog and at the WW meeting – see you next September... Have a great 2011.

WI catchup

2010-12-17T21:26:00.000+08:00

Been a bit neglectful of my blog of late – my weight is a bit up and down at the moment – there are reasons for this which I will explain later. Last week I had a huge gain of +2.7 and this week lost -1.0kg – I am quite a bit behind my December target but I am not too worried as need to stabilise my weight at the moment.

I had another surprise for my birthday this week – each month I have dinner with 5 of my girlfriends that I have known since primary\high school – on Wednesday was our annual Christmas dinner – we normally go somewhere really nice and do a Kris Kringle – this year one of my friends book a pub for our dinner (a nice pub but a pub none the less) – I did find this a bit odd but said nothing as the rule if you don’t like do it yourself! As I could not be bothered organise anything myself I just left it. I went along to dinner and to my surprise they had organise a small surprise party for me with some my closest girl friends – I had no idea until about 30min before hand when I got a text from a girl friend apologies for not being able to make it – I thought she had just text the wrong Jody (as she knows 3) but then she replied with “S*** did I wreck it” then I knew something was up – regardless I was still very surprise by who was there – I had a great night and looking forward to my 40’s....

Happy Birthday to me....

2010-12-06T16:41:00.003+08:00

Well it has finally arrived my 40th birthday.....I decided to keep it very quiet and just went and seen Harry Potter 7 with my friend Liz – it was a very nice and relaxing day. This evening I am going to the Red Cray with my family for some delicious seafood – looking forward to this.

I sent myself a weight challenge goal of getting to 99.9kg by today – unfortunately I did not reach this goal but still managed to lose 18.9kg in the last 12 months – not bad going.

****addition to the above post

I arrived at dinner to find that my Mum & Sister had organise for 6 of my closest friends to join us - I was very surprised and very pleased to surrounded in great company - and of course the food was great!

SW - 130.8 (02/12/2009)
CW - 111.9 (01/12/2010)
GW - 99.9 (06/12/2010)

Week 2 WI ProPoints

2010-12-01T21:14:00.000+08:00

I had a gain of 600g this week – a bit disappointing but considering the size of last week loss I suppose it was to be expected. On a positive note in the two weeks that we have been ProPoints I have lost 2.9kg which is a great result on the new programme. Unfortunately it does put me on the back foot for December so I have some work to do in order to meet to my monthly target.

I followed the programme fully last week so I am happy that this gain is just balancing out last week huge loss. I am enjoying the new programme and I am not feeling hungry all the time like I was previously maybe it’s the increased points or a more positive mindset that is making the difference – things are going well at the moment – I would just like some consistent losses and stop these large losses followed by a gain – this part drives me crazy!!

November Challenge

2010-11-30T19:34:00.001+08:00

November was not a great month - unfortunately I ended up gaining for the month - I think this is the first month is over year where I have ended up heavy at the end that I was at the start! Not much more you can really but roll on December!

SW: 109.4
CW: 111.3
GWEN: 107.4

Total: +1.9

wk4: -3.5
wk3: +3.7
wk2: no WI
wk1: +1.7

Week 1 WI ProPoints

2010-11-27T14:27:00.004+08:00

My first week of ProPoints seem a massive loss of -3.5kg! What the?? This brings my total losses back to 30.5kg. I was quite shocked as I did not feel like I had lost that much last week – I did stick to the programme ALL week (not just part of the week which I have been doing over the last few weeks) so maybe that it is – following the programme and wella you get results.

I enjoyed ProPoints – I ate all my points each day and only used about 4 extra points – I was definitely eating more but more of good food not crap that I had been doing of late – The PP free fruit part if fantastic – I am a real late night eater which has always been my down fall – this week however when I felt like something and had no points left, I just had a nectarine instead (normally I would go for bread!) – No guilt and all tracked. Feeling very positive with the new programme and looking forward to some consistent losses leading into Christmas.

WI final for points…

2010-11-18T21:39:00.001+08:00

Firstly the good news – my sons has fully recovered and is back to running around and driving me crazy again – he is incredibly cute!

How do I put this – I went to WI today and it was not pretty – the scales showed a massive gain of +3.7kg! Was I surprised – not at all….it was an absolute free for all on food and I paid the price. My weight is now back up to 114.8kg eeeek this is not good.

As you all probably know (unless you have been living under a rock) ProPoints was launch this week – the meeting was very busy and a bit chaotic but I have to say that my leader Rhonda and the all staff did a great job in getting in everyone through the process – I am sure it was a very tiring week for all WW staff this week! There was certainly a buzz in the air that I have not seen for a very long time at a weight watchers meeting. Most people seem very open to the change and willing to get on aboard and get stuck into it – it is certainly going take a little bit of time with the mine shift but as long we totally dismiss the old points and stay totally focus on working out the new ProPoints I am sure we will all make a smooth transition and see some great results in the next few weeks.

With the new program we where handed new WI books and told that the slate had been wiped clean – this is new program and a new start – this is exactly what I need at the moment – something new to focus on.

“Your past maybe tarnished but your future is spotless”

Missed WI week 62

2010-11-13T21:48:00.000+08:00

My baby is finally getting better – I took him back to the doctors on Wednesday as he was just not getting better – I felt he was getting worst – the doctor sent him for a chest x-ray and it turns out that he has sever bronchitis boarding on pneumonia! So much for a viral infection – only took 5 doctors including one trip to emergency….I knew it was more than just a viral infection – he could hardly breathe! Since Wednesday he has been on antibiotics and steroids and he is breathing normally again, the fever is gone, he has started eating and is running around again…almost starting to drive me crazy again! He went back to the doctors today (Saturday) and his chest is clearing though he has this awful cough – the type of cough that sounds like you could bring up your left lung…..He is on the mend so hopefully we should be back at work and daycare on Monday and back to a routine.

I missed WI on Wednesday so I missed the first sort of introduction to the new program - the new program is officially starting next week which I am really looking forward to - it should hopefully give me some new focus – the food front has not been good – I was doing OK for the first days when my son was sick – but the tired I got the worst eating got – and it has continued even though he is much better and we have had a couple of good nights sleep – each morning I say to myself I will get back on track today but then it all goes down hill. Anyway there is always tomorrow!

Sick baby

2010-11-08T22:38:00.000+08:00

My poor baby is still sick – he is down with a viral infection – he is slowly getting better but we are now entering our 5th day! He has been totally stationery for the last 4 days – all he wants to do is lay with me on the couch – which was quite nice for the first day but after that…….it is exhausting to do nothing as such. Today he has been sleeping a lot and I have managed to pry him away so that he has been sleeping on his own (well sort of – he is in my bed!) He has been clinging to me like glue for the last 4 days!! I am shattered…..I have not been able to do anything else but sit with him.

The food front has not been great – it has not been bad but not great either - I have just been preparing and eating whatever I can managed in the few very small gaps I have managed to get in whilst Oliver has been sleeping or being distracted by his sister. Hopefully the damage will be minimal and Oliver will be back at day care and I will be back at work by Wednesday and we can get back into our routine…..

Keep on going - Day 2

2010-11-05T22:53:00.001+08:00

riday, 05 November 2010

My working day was cut short today – my Son is quite unwell so I have been sitting at home with him on the coach for most of the day – poor little thing he has a fever and has vomited a couple of times – his temp has finally dropped enough for me to put him to bed. Despite this I had a good day food wise and emotionally – I am feeling not too bad - looking forward to the weekend though I have a feeling we won’t be doing much – I am hoping to finish my herb garden over the weekend just need a bit more soil and then I can plant – looking forward to it! I will also try and get in a couple of walks over the weekend though this will all depend on how boy goes……

Friday, 05 November 2010

Food POINTS values used 21
Food POINTS values remaining 2

Breakfast
Weetbix 4.5
Subtotal 4.5

Lunch
2 slice (s) Bread Rye Bread 3
1 Potato Pie (with pumpkin & potatoe mash) 5
Subtotal 8

Dinner
1 Chicken Pasta (Chicken, carrots, mushrooms, peas & corn, pasta sauce, pasta) 5
Subtotal 5

Snacks
1 large Skim Milk Cafi Latte 1.5
1 small apple 0.5
1 medium banana 1.5
Subtotal 3.5

Exercise
No entries for exercise.
Exercise POINTS bonus earned 0

Keep on going - Day 1

2010-11-04T20:52:00.000+08:00

I am feeling a bit better today – though still quite flat and unmotivated to be honest but I decided that I just need to push through this stage and get myself back on track – there is only one person that can make or break this and that is me! I made a promise last night that I would not go back and I intend on keeping that promise – I have come too far to just thrown it away regardless of what is going on in my life. I will get to my goal weight and it not a matter of IF but WHEN – so I pulled myself up started the day off with a bowl of Weetbix and then just pushed through the day – I did struggle but kept on reminding myself on how much better I will feel with some good healthy food in my body.

I went for a walk this evening with my son and dog and really enjoyed it - but you know from the time I got home to the time we actually went walking I was making up excuse after excuse in my head as to why we could not go for a walk….why do we waist so much energy on trying to talk ourselves out of things instead of just getting on with job at hand….

Thursday, 04 November 2010

Food POINTS values used 22
Food POINTS values remaining 1

Breakfast
Weetbix 4.5
Subtotal 4.5

Lunch
1 serve (s) Rice, Cooked Cooked Basmati Rice 2.5
1 Creamy Chicken Slow Cooker 3.5 (home made)
Subtotal 6

Dinner
Chicken Sausages (Mt Barker) x 2 - Quick-added food 3
1 medium potato 1
1 whole fresh carrot 0
1 cup (s) cauliflower 0
1/2 serve (s) Vegetable Combo Peas and Supersweet Corn 0.5
White Sauce - Quick-added food 0.5
1 tsp (s) Olive Oil Classico 0.5
Subtotal 5.5

Snacks
1 large Skim Milk Cafi Latte 1.5
Fruit Salad - Quick-added food 2
1 medium banana 1.5
1 tub (s) Forme Yoghurt Yogurt, Forme, Classic Cheesecake 1
Subtotal 6

Exercise
45 min Walking with a pram 2.5
Exercise POINTS bonus earned 2.5

WI Week 60 & 61

2010-11-03T21:33:00.000+08:00

I missed blogging last week – I don’t have a really good excuse well I could probably make up a few but in all honesty I was just avoiding it. I had an unexpected gain last week of +400g and this was enough to send back into another spin – so this week was a total disaster and resulted in a gain of +1.7kg…..what was I was thinking…I am feeling very flat at the moment – I have no motivation to do anything at the moment so I need to pull me head in and get a plan.

My Exercise routine is pretty much non existence at the moment – I was going to boot camp each Friday morning which I really really enjoyed – I was able to go as my son went to his Nanna’s house so I did not have to do anything with him on a Friday morning – I could go to boot camp and then head straight to work – my Mother shift has changed so she no longer has him during the week so I have had to give it – I did try going to boot camp (as my daughter is home) coming home – and then getting him ready dropping him off at day care and then head to work but I was not getting to work until at least 9am. I have been thinking about getting the lady that I did boot camp with to come over and help me setup a program using my gym equipment and possibility see if she will do a 5:30am session once a week or maybe I should just get back to boot camp and start 1 hour later on a Friday or Monday – I did really enjoy boot camp and gave me a great boost each week. Any suggestions on what I should do??

On the weekend I decided that I needed a new project – something new to do – so I decided to start a herb\vegetable garden – I have been wanting to do this for awhile – I have tried in the past and failed miserably (mainly due to the pots that I have tried to use) – anyway I went to Bunning’s and brought a Birdies Raised modular veggie bed, soil, fertilizer, herbs etc.. I have put together the veggie bed and filled it half with soil – so far it looks great – on Saturday I will finish filling it with manure and soil and plant the herbs – hopefully this time it will work – I will post a picture when it is finished. I also re-setup my worm farm so my herbs have some good worm pee!

October challenge completed

2010-11-03T20:59:00.000+08:00

Below are the results for the Month of October – finished with a loss of 1.4 - unfortunately once again I failed to meet my goal - I only set a 2kg goal this time so it is quite disappointing. Though I did finish lighter than I started….

SW: 110.8
CW: 109.4
WI: +0.4
GWEO: 108.8

Total: -1.4

wk4: +0.4
wk3: -4.5
wk2: +3.3
wk1: -0.6

Terrific Tuesday - tracked day 6

2010-10-26T19:26:00.000+08:00

Had a good day a work today – I have finally got a casual in for next few weeks so that should take some pressure off myself – food wise doing well – though I am getting a bit over weetbix so I need to find some new and easy in the morning – I should try making Birch (I think that is what it is).

Weigh in tomorrow – I had a good week food wise and feeling like I am certainly back in control of the food and it is not controlling me – exercise was very lacking this week so I need to put some focus into that next week – I am hoping the scales will show 500 – 800g loss tomorrow I think that is realistic. I really need at least 200g so that I meet my October goal…..as long as I don’t gain I really don’t care…

Tuesday, 26 October 2010

Food POINTS values used 21
Food POINTS values remaining 1

Breakfast
Weetbix 4.5
Subtotal 4.5

Lunch
1/4 cup (s) quinoa 2.5
1 Ratatouille with Beans 1.5
Subtotal 4

Dinner
1 serve (s) Rice, Cooked Cooked Basmati Rice 2.5
1 Beef Casserole 2
1 serving SKINNY COW ICE CREAM 2
Subtotal 6.5

Snacks
1 large Skim Milk Cafi Latte 1.5
Fruit Salad - Quick-added food 2
1 tub (s) Forme Yoghurt 1
1 medium banana 1.5
Subtotal 6

Exercise
No entries for exercise.
Exercise POINTS bonus earned 0

Munday Monday - tracked Day 5

2010-10-25T21:31:00.000+08:00

Back to the working week – I missed posting yesterday not for any particular reason was just busy and then it got late and you know how the story goes….. We had a good day yesterday – went and got some fresh fruit to make another fruit salad and restock some of the vegetables – then went off to a baby market - heaps of stuff there brought my son a small kitchen - then we went off to the Joondalup shops for a bit – it was packed….. didn’t buy anything though expect for some lunch (sumo salad – really nice) – then we came home and prepared dinner for last night and tonight (Monday).

Monday was just another Monday at work – nothing exciting to report – I am finding that trying to prep dinner a night in advance is really working – tonight we had Sweet & Sour chicken with Fried Rice – yesterday I crumbed the chicken, cooked the rice and cut up the vegetables for the Fried rice so all I had to do when I got home and throw it all together – I arrived home at 5pm – dinner was cooked, eaten and cleanup by 6pm – which gives us plenty of time to go for a walk before the sun sets....

Monday, 25 October 2010
Food POINTS values used 22.5
Food POINTS values remaining -0.5

Breakfast
Weetbix 4.5
Subtotal 4.5

Lunch
1/4 cup (s) quinoa 2.5
1 Ratatouille with Beans 1.5
Subtotal 4

Dinner
Sweet & Sour Chicken w Fried Rice (homemade) 8
Subtotal 8

Snacks
1 large Skim Milk Cafi Latte 1.5
Fruit Salad - Quick-added food 2
1 medium banana 1.5
1 tub (s) Forme Yoghurt 1
Subtotal 6

Exercise
45 min Walking with a pram 2.5
Exercise POINTS bonus earned 2.5

Super Saturday - tracked day 3

2010-10-23T19:25:00.000+08:00

Spent most of the day doing the housework! My mum had my son for the day so I was able to just get stuck into it – house is clean – you always feel so much better with a clean house!
Anxiety today has been a bit high – the teenager is really driving me crazy – I am struggling a bit with keeping the anxiety contained – I keep on reminding myself that food will not change a thing – it will just add to it…so far so good.
Stayed within my points today – I ate no fruit though – I am really bad at eating fruit on the weekend it is just not something I reach for – I eat it during the week as I pack it into the lunch box – I generally eat it in the car on the way home. Note for tomorrow – each fruit!

Saturday, 23 October 2010

Food POINTS values used 20.5
Food POINTS values remaining 1.5

Breakfast
2 individual wholemeal crumpet 2.5
2 whole whole egg 3.5
Subtotal 6

Lunch
10 pieces Sushi 5
Subtotal 5

Dinner
1 fillet salmon 5.5
Salad w Pine Nuts 0.5
Subtotal 6

Snacks
1 large Skim Milk Cafi Latte 1.5
1 serving SKINNY COW ICE CREAM 2
Subtotal 3.5

Exercise
No entries for exercise.
Exercise POINTS bonus earned 0

TGIFriday - tracked day 2

2010-10-22T20:42:00.001+08:00

The weekend is almost here – had another good day food wise – went over my points by 0.5 but I have a few in reserve so I am still in front. My mother is looking after my son this evening so I have almost a peaceful night home (I am saying almost as a I have teenager stooping around as she is not getting her way!!).
I decided to have some takeaway tonight as to be honest I could be bother cooking myself anything – I did however order a small instead of a regular box and no prawn crackers – I did however have 2 dim sims (I know these are bad as they are fully of absolutely crap – but I really like them!!) I feel good with choices, I enjoyed it and I am feeling quite satisfied.

Friday, 22 October 2010

Food POINTS values used 22.5
Food POINTS values remaining -0.5

Breakfast
1 muffin mixed grain english muffin 2
2 whole whole egg 3.5
Subtotal 5.5

Lunch
1 serve (s) Rice, Cooked Cooked Basmati Rice 2.5
1 Chicken stir fry Teriyaki 1.5
Subtotal 4

Dinner
1 serving Wokinabox Hokkien Mee 3.5 (small)
2 serve (s) Steamed meat-filled Dim Sim 3.5
Subtotal 7

Snacks
1 large Skim Milk Cafi Latte 1.5
1 tub (s) Forme Yoghurt 1
1 small apple 0.5
1 medium banana 1.5
1 slice (s) Bread Rye Bread 1.5
Subtotal 6

Exercise
No entries for exercise.
Exercise POINTS bonus earned 0

Terrific Thursday - tracked day 1

2010-10-21T21:03:00.000+08:00

I am going to publish my tracker each day for the next week as it seems to keep me fully accountable at the moment.

My points dropped by 1 this week as I am now less than 110kg again....stayed within my points today with no problems - was not feeling hungry today which is great.

I have been trying to prepare my evening meals so that I only have to cook every 2nd night - so far working well - Wednesday night we had lamb burgers for dinner and I cooked a potato pie at the same time so that when I got home tonight dinner was done - just heat and server - brilliant! Also allows me time to take my baby and dog out for an evening walk.

Thursday, 21 October 2010

Food POINTS values used 20.5
Food POINTS values remaining 1.5

Breakfast

Weetbix 4.5
Subtotal 4.5

Lunch
1 serve (s) Tuna, Flavoured 98% Fat Free Tuna Salsa Tuna 2
2 slice (s) Bread Rye Bread 3
Salad w Pine Nuts 0.5
Subtotal 5.5

Dinner
1 Potato Pie (with pumpkin & potato mash) 5
Subtotal 5

Snacks
1 large Skim Milk Cafi Latte 1.5
Fruit Salad - Quick-added food 2
1 serving SKINNY COW ICE CREAM 2
Subtotal 5.5

Exercise
45 min Walking with a pram 2.5
Exercise POINTS bonus earned 2.5

WI Week 59

2010-10-20T22:52:00.000+08:00

The scales where very kind this week with a massive loss of 4.5kg – yes that is correct it is not a typo – brings my total losses to 32.8 – I still have a couple of kg to lose to totally undo the last few weeks but I am well on my way. Amazing what can happen when you fully follow the program.

I really hate these big gains and big losses (don’t mine the losses.. lol) so I am hoping to get back to some steady losses over the next few weeks – I would happy with a loss of 0.5 – 1kg a week – when I was losing steadily before I was averaging 800g a week I would be very happy to get back to that pace.

I will keep working with my one day at a time policy as that is what seems to work the best for me at this stage - looking forward to another calm and steady week.

One day at a time - Day 6

2010-10-19T19:17:00.000+08:00

Stayed within my points today – was tempted to have a 2nd coffee today but knew it would put over so drank water instead. We had a chicken stir fry today which was really nice – the teenager who normally complains non stop actually ate it without complaint and without picking it to pieces (which drives me crazy) – is she growing up! The toddler however picked it to pieces and flung out the boy choy! 1 out of 2 not bad.

Weigh in day tomorrow - I have had a good week so hopefully the scales will reflect that and I will undo some of the damage form the previous weeks.

Tuesday, 19 October 2010

Food POINTS values used 22.5
Food POINTS values remaining 0.5

Breakfast
Weetbix 4.5
Subtotal 4.5

Lunch
1 serve (s) Rice, Cooked Cooked Basmati Rice 2.5
1 Creamy Chicken Slow Cooker 3.5
Subtotal 6

Dinner
1 serve (s) Rice, Cooked Cooked Basmati Rice 2.5
1 Chicken stir fry Teriyaki 1.5
Subtotal 4

Snacks
1 large Skim Milk Cafi Latte 1.5
Fruit Salad Fresh - Quick-added food 2
1 medium banana 1.5
1 tub (s) Forme Yoghurt 1
1 serving SKINNY COW ICE CREAM 2
Subtotal 8

Exercise
No entries for exercise.
Exercise POINTS bonus earned 0

One day at a time - Day 5

2010-10-18T21:07:00.001+08:00

Start of the working week….pretty average day a work – We had slow cooker chicken for dinner which is great as it means that when I arrive home dinner is cooked! Just needed a bit of rice and we are good to go – by 6pm Dinner was eaten, clean up and the toddler was bathed. Which gave us plenty of time to go for a walk before the sun set – the weather in Perth is still brilliant so the walk this evening was very pleasant (with the exception of the flys grrrr).
I am still feeling a bit hungry so I think I need to make sure that I am including enough filling foods into my day. I did go over my points so probably did not need the 2nd coffee today!

Monday, 18 October 2010
Food POINTS values used 24.5

Food POINTS values remaining -1.5

Breakfast
Weetbix 4.5
Subtotal 4.5

Lunch
2 slice (s) Bread Rye Bread 3
Sweet Potato Soup - Quick-added food 4
Subtotal 7

Dinner
1 serve (s) Rice, Cooked Cooked Basmati Rice 2.5
1 Creamy Chicken Slow Cooker 3.5
Subtotal 6

Snacks
2 large Skim Milk Cafi Latte 3.5
1 medium banana 1.5
Fruit Salad Fresh - Quick-added food 2
Subtotal 7

Exercise
45 min Walking with a pram 2.5
Exercise POINTS bonus earned 2.5

One day at a time - Day 4

2010-10-17T22:49:00.001+08:00

Spent most of the day with Mum – we headed off early to a kids and baby market in Belmont and I brought some desperately needed toys for my Son (a lot of sarcasm in that sentence for those who don’t me!) and a toilet seat – it is almost that time!! Then we headed to the Canning Vale markets on the hunt for some planets – not much there really in the way of plants anymore. Then we headed off to Dawson Nursery in Forrestfield where Mum brought me a couple of really nice roses which I will plant next week. I headed home and made a nice big bowl of fruit salad, prepare some vegetables for a stir fry and prepare tomorrow night dinner as well (slower cooker Moroccan chicken). Mum phoned to say that a friends off their is selling all their Christmas light and where we interested in buying some cheap lights – over the last couple of years my daughter & I have been putting up Christmas lights – we have quite a collection now so we headed over and brought a heap of stuff – by the time we finished it was after 7pm – kids had not eaten and we were 30mins from home – so we pulled into MacDonald’s for some dinner - there were alarm bells going off in my head so I decided that as much as I looove greasy hamburgers I would say no – one bit of fatty food may well set me off again so I come home and made Cous cous with tuna and vegetables – tasted great and I feel much better for it.

Busy day….back to work tomorrow….

Sunday, 17 October 2010
Food POINTS values used 22.5
Food POINTS values remaining 0.5

Breakfast
2 individual wholemeal crumpet 2.5
1 whole whole egg 1.5
Subtotal 4

Lunch
2 slice (s) Bread Rye Bread 3
1 serve (s) deli-sliced or pre packed leg ham 1
1 slice (s) Light and Tasty Cheese, Cheddar Cheddar Cheese Slices 2
Subtotal 6

Dinner
1/2 cup (s) dry couscous 4.5
1 serve (s) Tuna, Flavoured 98% Fat Free Tuna Salsa Tuna 2
1 cup (s) cauliflower 0
1 cup (s) fresh broccoli 0
1/2 serve (s) Vegetable Combo Peas and Supersweet Corn 0.5
1 slice (s) Bread Rye Bread 1.5
Subtotal 9.5

Snacks
1 large Skim Milk Cafi Latte 1.5
1 medium banana 1.5
Fruit Salad fresh - Quick-added food 1
Subtotal 4

Exercise
No entries for exercise.
Exercise POINTS bonus earned 0

One day at a time - Day 3

2010-10-16T19:45:00.000+08:00

Don’t you just love the weekend – went for a walk first thing this morning (I like to my walk before I start the day otherwise it never happens!), then it was food shopping day ….We went to the fruit & veg shop and stocked up – last week meeting topics was about fruit & veg so I brought a few vegetables & fruit that I have not had for awhile (lately I have been allowing the teenager & toddler to dictate and what we eat!) – I going to make a fruit salad and a stir fry this week with bok choy (I can hear the groaning already lol). Then this afternoon I went rose shopping with Mum we brought 7 standard roses and then went back to her house to plant them all – the weather is beautiful in Perth today.

The downside to running around all day was that we got home a bit late so I decided to have Wok in a box for dinner – not a bad choice as far as take away goes (and low in Points according the nutritional information on their web site)…I did order a regular (as I was starving) but I really got to learn to order a small. All in all a good day - feeling better and better by the day.

Saturday, 16 October 2010

Food POINTS values used 23
Food POINTS values remaining 0

Breakfast
2 individual wholemeal crumpet 2.5
1 serve (s) Baked Beans (130g) ham sauce Baked Beans 1.5
Subtotal 4

Lunch
10 pieces Sushi 5
Subtotal 5

Dinner
1 1/2 serving Wokinabox Hokkien Mee 5.5
3 serve (s) Steamed meat-filled Dim Sim 5
1 serve (s) Prawn Crackers (Fried) 2
Subtotal 12.5

Snacks
1 large Skim Milk Cafi Latte 1.5
1 glass (es) Pepsi Pepsi Max 0
Subtotal 1.5

Exercise
60 min Digging garden 2.5
60 min Walking with a pram 3.5
Exercise POINTS bonus earned 6.0

One day at a time - Day 2

2010-10-15T20:04:00.001+08:00

Had a good day - I stayed on track all day and managed to go for a walk this evening. We had morning tea at work which I stayed well clear off and ate a banana instead - every second Friday we have Chinese for lunch (pay day) but I chose not to partake today and have my soup instead - assuming I stay on track for the next fortnight then I will next time - didn't not feel like I had earned the right!
I was feeling a bit hungry today but I suppose that is to be expected while my stomach re-adjust…
Looking forward to the weekend

Friday, 15 October 2010
Food POINTS values used 20.5
Food POINTS values remaining 2.5

Breakfast
Weetbix 4.5
Subtotal 4.5

Lunch
1 slice (s) Bread Rye Bread 1.5
1 Chicken & Corn soup 3.5
Subtotal 5

Dinner
1 cup (s) fresh broccoli 0
1 cup (s) cauliflower 0
1/2 serve (s) Vegetable Combo Peas and Supersweet Corn 0.5
1/2 serve (s) Light and Tasty Cheese, Cheddar Shredded Cheddar Cheese 1
1 Chicken Pasta 5 (pasta, chicken, onion, carrots, mushrooms & pasta sauce)
Subtotal 6.5

Snacks
1 tub (s) Forme Yoghurt Yogurt, 1
1 medium banana 1.5
1 small apple 0.5
1 large Skim Milk Cafi Latte 1.5
Subtotal 4.5

Exercise
45 min Walking with a pram 2.5
Exercise POINTS bonus earned 2.5

One day at a time

2010-10-14T20:52:00.001+08:00

Feeling much better today – thanks for comments. I take 100% responsibility for the last few weeks – it is certainly no one doing but me! Anyway I am trying to look forward and not backwards – I can’t change was has happened but I can control what is happening now and what will happen moving forward.

When I started this journey over a year ago and I just focused on getting through each day – actually each meal – I never looked further than today - just focused on the now. That is what I have decided to do to bring me back into line – just focus on the here and now – one day at a time, one meal at a time. I am also not going to worry too much about exercise for this week – I just need to get the food back in order and then once I start to feel better and healthier I will want to start exercising – I do plan on doing some exercise on the weekend but if I don’t then I don’t – no big deal – just need to get the food back on track – it is after all 70% food & 30% exercise!

Day 1 has gone well – Spent 20 of 23 points

Thursday, 14 October 2010
Breakfast
Weetbix 4.5
Subtotal 4.5

Lunch
1 serve (s) Rice, Cooked Cooked Basmati Rice 2.5
1 Beef Casserole 2
Subtotal 4.5

Dinner
Chicken Sausage x 2 - Quick-added food 3
2 whole fresh carrot 0
2 medium potato 2
1 cup (s) cauliflower 0
1/2 serve (s) Vegetable Combo Peas and Supersweet Corn 0.5
1 cup (s) fresh broccoli 0
White Sauce - Quick-added food 1
Subtotal 6.5

Snacks
1 large Skim Milk Cafi Latte 1.5
1 medium banana 1.5
1 small apple 0.5
1 tub (s) Forme Yoghurt Yogurt, Forme, Classic Cheesecake 1
Subtotal 4.5

Food POINTS values used 20
Food POINTS values remaining 3

Exercise
No entries for exercise.
Exercise POINTS bonus earned 0

WI Y2 Week 6

2010-10-13T23:08:00.002+08:00

I had a huge gain this week of 3.3kg! I am really quite loss for words – I know exactly why I gain this weight I just don’t know why I am allowing this down hill spiral to continue…….that is all I have for the moment – I will sleep on it and hopefully wake up with a clearer outlook tomorrow.

WI Y2 Week 5

2010-10-08T20:45:00.000+08:00

Well somehow I managed to lose 600g last week – don’t ask me how as like I said in my last post I had a shocker of a week - anyway not going to complain (well maybe a little bit!) as I will take it and move on.

I am struggling to get that drive back that had at this time last year – it just occurred me whilst looking over my blog that I have been pretty much at this weight now for 3 months – give or take a couple of kilo’s….. Why am I stuck here? Why am I not moving on? My 40th is now less than 2 months away and I have pretty much given up that I will meet the goal – why do I do that? – there is still time – yes it would be a really big ask now but hey I could get pretty close if I got stuck into it…but the motivation for my birthday has all but vanished.

The plan was to have a party with a friend who is also turning 40 a week before me – we though it would be a good idea to do a combined party (we live quite close and share some mutual friends) – we decided that we would just include friends and no family ( I have a large extended family) and we would do our own separate family things – well that is about where it came unstuck – I mentioned this to my Mum and she was not happy – I was quite surprised – she is not a party person at all – her dad go out a lot with friends but really just out to eat somewhere and they are generally home by 10ish…anyway my Mum appeared to be quite upset though she kept saying that she did not care but you could tell by the tone that this was not the case (our family is not very good and just saying what they feel!)….anyway my Sister said that she made a few comments about just being the baby sitter etc… so at this stage I knew this was not going to be a good idea (my Mum does a lot for me and my kids without her I would struggle to raise my children). So I spoke with my friend and we decided that it would probably be best if we did our thing. So that is where I am at – to do a party or not??? I am actually really not that keen anymore at all just too hard really….But I really need to make a decision very soon so I can book a date into everyone calendar….at stage I am thinking maybe I just go to dinner with a couple of close friends and leave it at that.

Line in the sand

2010-10-05T20:27:00.000+08:00

I have had an absolutely shocker of a week again – I have a few things going on that I am not coping with emotionally so instead of dealing with the issues at hand and finding other ways to cope I am eating instead – amazing how quickly we can slip straight back into old habits. Not looking forward to weigh in tomorrow I estimate another +2 kg.

Feeling extremely disappointed in me – I am feeling that all the hard work that I have done over the past 12 months is slipping away! I feel that the target that I had set for my 40th is out of reach now which is really disappointing as I this was very achievable and I was right on track until a couple of weeks ago!!

I know to turn this around is fully within my control – there maybe something that I cannot fully control at the moment but I can certainly control the food choices I make.

I know what I need to do so I just need to get on with it really….. When I have a new starting point tomorrow I will set a new mini goal...just need to get back to the basics

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WI Y2 Week 4 - How does it feel to be 31kg lighter

2010-10-01T22:38:00.001+08:00

I did my plan and followed it probably 95% of the time – unfortuntley the scales did not reflect my efforts – I had another gain of 400g...... bring my total losses back to 31kg.....what is happening.....what am i doing – this is my 3rd consective gain.... and the way I going since WI I am heading for my 4th......

I went back looking at some old post and found one of my first post “How does it fell” – in this post I wrote about what it feels like to be 142kg! Well I am 31kg lighter so I though I would update myself on how to feels to be 31kg lighter (instead of dwelling on the 3 gains!!)

How does it feel to be 31kg lighter:

I no longer take anti-inflammontary everyday – actually I hardly take them all now
My knees hardly hurt at all – when I walk now I just walk, I am not thinking that my knees are going to collapse!
My lower back is like new – I am having problems with middle to upper back but that is more occurpational hazard that an weight issue (sitting in front of a computer all day!)
My heal spurs are completley gone – no pain in my feet for months
Walk – I now walk like a normal person and I can walk all day without any issues – I can shop all day!!
Sitting is a lot more comfortable – I am still conscious of the chairs I sit on but I have not sat on a chair for a long time and then worried that it is going to break - I don’t feel like everything is hanging out the sides! I still hestitate if I need to sit inbetween two people but getting bettter
Floor – getting on and off the floor is soooo much easier – I will now sit on the floor without hestitation because I know that I can get myself back up without help and without looking like a fool....
I have been going out more over the last few months even doing fancy dress.....what with that??
Buying cloths is a lot eaiser – this time last year I was buying from BeMe XL tops and size 26 pants – last week I brought M tops and size 18 pants.....
Exercise – I noticed back in my original post there was no mention of exercise this was because it was simply to painful – now I am walking on the treadmill >5km for 45mins, going to bootcamp weekly, out walking rounds the parks with my baby, using my weight machine, cycling etc...
When I go out for the day now it is not a problem – I can walk around all day and still have the energy when I get home to prepare a meal, clean up etc... No more collescaping on the couch!!

Above are 12 reason why I need to forge ahead and at home their 2 really big reason....I want to be around long enought to hold my daughter’s daughter and my son’s son (my son is only 2yr!)

September Challenge results

2010-09-30T20:08:00.001+08:00

What can I say - I think it speaks for itself!

SW: 108.9
CW: 110.8

GWES: 105.9

Total: +1.5

wk5: +0.4
wk4: +2.0
wk3: +0.8
wk2: -2.3
wk1: +1.0

Menu Plan set

2010-09-23T21:39:00.000+08:00

I have set up my Food menu plan for the week - I have also included some exercise though it is really just walking at this stage - I will factor in more exercise once the food is back under control.
Feeling much better already.
I would upload my the spreadsheet can't work out how!

WI Y2 Week 3

2010-09-22T23:02:00.000+08:00

I have had an absolule disasterous week food wise – I mean really disasterous – I had a gain of +2kg which I deserved!!

So I am taking a big deep breath – a step back and calm down. My plan is sit down tomorrow night (Thursday) write a food & exercise plan for the week and stick to it (and of course get back on the track first thing in the morning (Thursday).

My 40th is approaching and I have still have 10kg to lose….I can do this if I put 110% in….

WI Y2 Week 2

2010-09-20T21:50:00.000+08:00

Really late on posting this week – last week had a gain of +800g bring my total back to 33.4. There was no explanation to the gain expect that the week before I did have a really big loss and sometimes a big loss can be followed by a gain which is just evening itself out I suppose!

I reinstalled my laptop operating system last week and some how – don’t ask me how – I manage to backup everything EXCEPT my photos – can you believe it – the only thing that is of any real importance (and I cannot replace or recreate) I forgot to backup!!!!! Anyway I have been in recovery mode all week trying to salvage as many of the photos as I can….I am so annoyed at myself – one for overlooking the most important stage of the backup process and for not transferring the photos to CD and my external harddrive on a regular basis – I have lost close to 12 months worth of photos – which is a lot when you have a 2 year old!! So bummed at myself anyway so that is what my nights have been taken up with over the last week.

WI Y2 Week 1 Happy New Year

2010-09-10T22:01:00.001+08:00

This week marks the start of my 2nd year on this journey – I am pleased to report that I have kicked it off with a whopping 2.3kg loss – bring my total to 34.2kg – wooo hooo – pretty please with that – amazing what a little bit of variety and a full week of tracking can do!!

I am still working on ensuring that I am keeping my life in some sort of balance - I am making sure that I am getting to bed earlier especially as I have started to do my exercise in the mornings - I am getting up a 5am and walking on my treadmill – I brought myself a wireless headset so that I don’t wake the kids up (well it’s really only the teenager that was complaining!!!) whilst I am watching TV - This is working well especially when I get home after work and I don’t have to worry about doing my exercise which most of the time I manage to talk myself out of anyway!!

My son is going into hospital on Tuesday to have grommets put into his ears – this is a pretty standard operation with minimal risk – he is only 2 and has never had an operation before – I am feeling a bit anxious about how he will react to the medication (given his list of food allergies) – I know my anxiety is normal so I need to be-careful over the next few days that I don’t confuse “hunger” with anxiety……anyway I am sure he will be fine and his ears will drain properly then he will be able hear normally again (as he failed his hearing test..) Then hopefully his speech will start to improve.

August Challenge results

2010-09-06T21:26:00.001+08:00

SW: 110.2
CW: 108.9
GWEA: 107.5

Total: -1.3

wk4: +0.6
wk3: -0.3
wk2: -0.5
wk1: -1.1

WI Week 52

2010-09-06T20:46:00.000+08:00

Running a bit late with posting the results from last week – not good new unfortunately – I had a gain of 1kg! Bring my total back to 31.9 – I am just hovering under 110kg mark!!

Despite the gain I did do what I said I was going to do from the previous week and that was to put some balance back into my life…..I stopped working the ridiculous long hours and focus my evening more on myself – like doing some exercise, tracking and just doing some personal stuff that I have been neglecting – the main problem was I went from working around the clock to nothing so I was a bit lost at first… The other problem was even though I was turning off the computer at 10:30pm I was still not going to bed or more to the point asleep before midnight – my focus for this week was to wind down earlier so that I can be asleep by 10:30ish…

I did the Perth City to Surf 12km walk the other Sunday. There were 40,000 people participating this year and the weather was fantastic – could not have asked for a better day. I did well in the walk – I got to about the 9km mark and then started to struggle a bit – we stopped for a loo break which was more of an excuse to just stop for a couple of minutes…. I made it all the way and I was pleased that my knees and feet where feeling really good – hardly any pain at all – we then had to walk about another 3km for our lift home! At one point these two ladies past us – I overheard the young girl say “Nan I am 27years old of course I can go faster than you”….. I looked at “Nan” who I reckon was about 60 who was well and truly overtaking me…at that I felt like I was 70 years old…. On a positive front I did not participate last year as I knew there was no way I could have walked even half way without collapsing…maybe in next couple of years I will be doing the 12km run!!!

Only 3 months left until I turn 40 – I still have 10kg to lose until I reach my goal – best I get moving….

WI Week 51 (100th post)

2010-08-27T16:38:00.001+08:00

This week seen a gain of 600g - bringing my total down to 32.9! I had quite a break down on Monday & Tuesday with stress from work and instead of doing some exercise I chose to eat instead!! Old habits die hard….

This week meeting topic was on Balance – it was very timely for me as my breakdown this week was due to my life being out of balance… What I have been doing for a few weeks now is working pretty much around the clock – Working in the office for about 9 hours and then coming home and working again at night for another 5+ hours (yes working into the wee hours on the morning) – I was probably doing 60+ hours a week! Of course you can’t do this many hours and keep up the pace with everything so of course exercise has been on a steady decline and even though I work on a computer for 15 hours you would think that I would be tracking online…well that has been going by the way side as well……And clearly when you are tired all the time you do find yourself looking for something ..…..that something was probably sleep but I interpret it as food!!

In the meeting it really hit me that my life is really out of balance again – It is not uncommon for me to go through stages of working ridicules hours - if I look back over my weight loss when my life has more balanced my weight loss is successful.

Rhonda reminder us that our HEALTH is our #1 priority (above our children, families, jobs etc...) – without our health then what good are we to our families, employer, friends etc… If we are not healthy then we don’t function well! My boss has even been checking with me to make sure that I am not working too much……one of my other bosses always says to me “Jody we are not saving lives here!” Which is very true - if it has to wait until tomorrow then is not the bee all to end all of client’s life….

I decided as I worked out of the meeting that my health is the most important thing and I need to get that balance back right this minute – so I decided that I will not work at night unless I have done my exercise, tracked my food and have a plan for the following day (and read a story to my boy) – and the biggest factor is that I must turn off the computer by 10:30pm and go to bed…. It has been proven again and again that sleep deprivation and\or stress have a negative effect on your weight loss…and I have proven this to myself over and over again…. I have done this for the last two days and all is good….

Doing the City to Surf (12km walk) in Perth on Sunday – really looking forward it! I wanted to do it last year but knew there was no way I could have worked 12km! This year I am sure it won’t be a problem….

WI Week 50

2010-08-21T21:37:00.000+08:00

Lost a further 300g last week bringing my total to 33.5kg….it is only a small loss but I happy with that – as long as I keep on going down I’m good!

Last weekend was my Dad’s 60th birthday party – I took a couple of days off work to help Mum prepare the food – she had soooo much food – we where expecting about 60 people and I sure we could have fed a 100….anyway I did whatever I was instructed to do – I quite enjoyed it – it gave me a good break from my paid job! I was very impressed with myself as I kept the “sampling” and picking of the food to an absolutely minimum – I made sure I took some food to Mum’s as I knew all she would have was the party type food…..Dad had a really good night – he caught with his brother and sisters (he is from a family of 13! 9 of the 13 where there) – they don’t get together too often! I had not seen quite a lot of the people there since I started losing weight so the first part of the evening there was quite a lot of attention on myself - lots of very complimentary comments – which I am very grateful for but I do struggle with the volume of attention……

Over the last 4 weeks I have been very busy with 40th , 60th (x 2) & 2 year old parties – I have been very involved with the organisation, preparation and serving of the food and I am very pleased with myself that I manage to stay in control and continue to lose weight!

WI Week 49

2010-08-12T22:35:00.000+08:00

Had a good week resulting in a 500g loss bringing my total to 33.2kg!

My son turned 2 on the weekend and I had a party for him on the Sunday. The party went really well – we had lots of traditional kids party food and I included some homemade sushi (my son loves sushi as well…) and a WW receipt for quiches. I had no problems dealing with all the party food – I was so busy most of the time I did not really have time to stand around picking at the party food….I just stuck to the sushi. The big problem with parties is the leftovers! Many times I have had no problems with the actual event but then fall down with the leftovers….lucky we did not have too much over – we had a quite a few cup cakes over so I took them to work on Monday, the chocolate crackers when to day care and the remainder of the Elmo cake went to work on Tuesday – I am please to say that I did not indulge in any of it!

I was looking at photos that were taken at his 1st birthday and comparing them to the current ones - I can really see the difference in my appearance with the weight loss – I could also see a difference in how I was smiling –this year I was really smiling – I recall last year not being happy with where I was at and being in quite a lot of pain……This year putting his party together really was not a problem physically at all. I will try and upload some photos next week so you can see the difference as well.

This weekend is my Dad’s 60th birthday so I will be at my parents house a lot of the next few days helping to setup etc.. That will bring quite a lot of food challenges as I will be away from the safety of my home…as long as I am prepared and eat in small quantities it won’t be a problem.

WI Week 48

2010-08-06T21:50:00.000+08:00

The scales where very kind to me last week showing a loss of 1.1kg bring my total 32.7kg!

Had a much better week, I find that I start the week off feeling very motivated and strong and as the week draws closer to weigh in day I started to lose momentum – I almost start to sabotage myself – like I am setting myself up to fail – why would I do that? My WI day is Wednesday and I find that on Monday & Tuesday I struggle the most – I don’t know if it is the start of the working week that drags me down or that I am still putting way to much emphasis on the scales instead of focusing how much better my health is as I continue with this journey!

My beautiful son turns 2 on Saturday – I am doing a small party for him on Sunday with lots of traditional party food – I will be practising a lot of “flexible restraint” – looking forward to it.

Last weekend I went to a 60th – this is the father of a very close friend of mine that I have known for 30 years!! The theme was Glamour Hollywood – in the past I have hated dress up parties – generally I don’t dress up but this year I have been to a couple and have decided what the hell – why not – so I have and I have had a really good time - I even found an outfit that fitted at the fancy dress shop this time…. I am feeling more confident with each kg I lose..

July challenge is completed!

2010-07-31T09:54:00.001+08:00

I actually ended up gaining 300g - it was a total write off a month. Anyway it is behind me now and I am looking forward to getting stuck into August.

SW: 109.9
CW: 110.2
GWEJ: 107.5

Total: +0.3

wk4: +0.5
wk3: -0.8
wk2: +0.5
wk1: +0.1

WI Week 47

2010-07-30T21:49:00.002+08:00

I had another gain this week of 500g bringing my total back to 31.6kg! July has pretty much been a write off for me - so I am not going to dwell on this latest gain or rant and rave or sulk about it – no point really what done is done! I have moved forward into a new day\week.

Last Saturday night I went to a 40th birthday of a very old and dear friend of mine – this were a few people there that I had not seen for probably 12 months – they were very complimentary on my weight loss success and told me repeatedly how great I was looking (I was starting to think – gee I must have really look bad before….). What really surprised me was there was a group girls that I have met a couple of times at different gathering with the kids (these are mothers from the local school) and one of them came up to me and said that she was watching me dance (yes I was even game enough to go out in public sober and dance!!!) and could not believe how much weight I had lost and how fantastic and happy I was looking (again I was thinking gee was I really that bad)….I was really very taken back and felt quite overwhelmed. 12 months ago when I was at my biggest I really though that people did not see me all – all they sore was this massive body - but you know I think I was wrong – I think it was more me that only seen the massive body and totally withdrawn myself from other people - I clearly have missed opportunities to meet some really great people!!

I really struggle with the attention that comes from losing weight but I am learning to deal with it everyday and to step a bit further outside myself as I move through this journey and beyond.

WI Week 46

2010-07-23T21:16:00.000+08:00

After a turbulent week I managed to lose 800g brining my total to 32.1kg. This bring me back under 110kg so I am very happy about that.

My son has been learning how to jump over the last few weeks – my 14 year old daughter has been teaching him – they have been having lots of fun in the process. I watched him repeatedly trying to jump – he would jump, fall over, get back up, jumps again, fall again, gets back up, jumps again, falls again, gets back up and just kept on repeating cycle until eventually it manages to jump and stay on his feet – we were all very excited when master this task – now he jumps everywhere – very cute!

I was thinking at stage in our life do we lose this ability to just keep on trying until we master the task? Why as adults when we fall over do we not just get straight back up and try again? Why do we stay down for so long? Most of us will eventually pull ourselves up but if we fall again then we are ready to quit – all we focus on is that fact that we have fallen not what we have achieved to get to this stage!

This is exactly what I have done over the last couple week – focused on the fall instead of the achievement – the negative instead of the positive!

My focus for the week is to be positive, remain calm and trust the process!

WI eve – The Fog…..

2010-07-20T22:15:00.000+08:00

It has been a really tough week - I have done OK for most of the week but the last couple of days not so good – In my last post I talked about looking forward but really I just kept on looking back – I am (was??) fixated on the last week that I have totally written of the last 43weeks - I am really quite annoyed at myself for allowing a small dump in the road (for crying out loud we are just talking about 600g…aaaarrrrrr) to derail me like this – I feel like I have set myself back 12 months – back to that person that did not believe that losing this weight was possible – to the person that had no self worth and felt totally invisible to the world – felt like I back on the merry go around that I fought so hard to get off yet I stepped back on without hesitation…….why do we do this to ourselves – why are we soooo soooo hard on ourselves – we really are our own worth emery – if we had someone like ourselves in our lives we would get rid of them in a second – yet we keep this side off us alive and kicking and at the moment really kicking……

I cannot go back to that person – I cannot let that part of me take over again – it is very dark when that part of me takes over fully – I am stronger and better than that. In my last post there is a comment from Rhonda (I will put the full comment at the end of this post) but in the story she talks about a swimmer (Florence Chadwick) that gave up on a marathon swim because she could not see past the fog – I really feel like this is where I am at – caught in the fog – I can see nothing in front and unable to visualise what is beyond the fog….

Tomorrow is WI day – I am not expecting a good results quite the opposite but I will take it on the chin – no more sulking – no more why me (so board of that story..) - my pledge to everyone out their (and especially Rhonda) is that the fog is clearing and I will be focusing on how much better my life is as a result of the 31.8kg that I have lost to date…and how much better it will be in another 31.8kg.

From Rhonda:

“I recently read an experience of Florence Chadwick, the first female to swim the English Channel in both directions. At thirty four, she also determined to be the first woman to swim the twenty two miles between Catalina Island and Palo Verde on the California shore.

The weather on the day she made the attempt was not in her favor. The ocean waters were ice cold and the California coastline was veiled in a thick, dense fog. Support boats which followed her with crews armed with rifles to ward off prowling sharks were even obscured from her view.

I imagine myself in bone freezing waters, hearing the humming of motor boats amid the occasional pop of a rifle. It's enough to deflate even the strongest will and determination.

Chadwick swam for hours while, from one of the support boats, her mother and trainer encouraged her to keep going despite the odds.

In A Fresh Packet of Sower's Seeds, author Brian Cavanaugh details the last moments of her attempt:

"As the hours ticked off, Chadwick fought off bone chilling cold, dense fog and sharks...Fatigue never set in, but the icy water numbed her to the point of exhaustion. Straining to make out the shore through her swimming goggles, she could only see dense fog. She knew she could not go any further. Although, not a quitter, Chadwick shouted to her trainer and her mother in the boat and asked to be taken out of the water. They urged her not to give up, but when she looked at the California Coast, all she could see was thick fog. So after 15 hours and 55 minutes of fighting the elements, she was hauled into the boat... frozen to the bone..." (pg 42)

Little did she know that only half a mile beyond the dense fog where she gave-up was the California shoreline.

Cavanaugh notes what she told a reporter: "Look, I'm not excusing myself, but if I could have seen land I know I could have made it." (pg 42)

It turns out she had not been defeated by the sharks or even by the cold; it was the fog which obscured the vision of her goal.
One year later, she swam the Straits of Gibraltar in 5 hours and 6 minutes-setting a new record for both men and women. She also crossed the Bosphorus between Europe and Asia both ways, and crossed the Turkish Dardanelles-all within a few weeks.

Sometimes obstacles get in the way of our goals too Jody, but the message here is that you need to keep your focus.You are getting stronger with each of these challenges - the fog is definately clearing so just keep your eye on your goal and keep swimming :)”

Looking foward....

2010-07-15T21:14:00.003+08:00

One of the key factors in my success of weight loss has been my mental approach to the process.

I have had a couple of days to bring things back into prospective – it has taken every bit of strength for me to stay on track the last couple of days. I have had to take a step back and focus on the bigger picture and really look at how far I have come over the past 10 months – I figured I have two choices – I can put the scales behind me and focus on where I am at or pack it all in and go back to where I was 10 months – which was not a good place…

There is only one choice - to keep moving forward – I am in a much better place today both mentally and physically that I was a year ago – I am happy, healthier and fitter than I have been for many years.

To do:

1. Calm down
2. Relax – focus on some “me time”
3. Sleep – go to bed earlier
4. Stress - reduce my stress levels at works
5. Take one day at a time
6. Exercise – take a calmer approach
7. Look forward
8. Trust the process
9. Calm down

p.s thanks for the comments – really helped.

WI Week 45 - heading in the wrong direction

2010-07-13T22:10:00.002+08:00

I had to weigh in a day early this week and the scales registered a 500g gain! I really don’t know what to say – I am crushed to say the least – two gains in a row is sooo disheartening – At this moment I am feeling like maybe this is it – maybe this is the best I can do…

I really hate the fact that I allow the scales to decide what type of week I had – until I stepped on the scales I was feeling good – I was positive – I had a good week – I increased my exercise – had a couple of outing where I handled the food situation extremely well – but the moment I stood on those scales and got the results all that was gone…..

The challenge I face now is moving on from this – putting this into perspective - it is only a 600g gain – I have still lost 31.3kg – I have proven to myself over the last 45 weeks that I am more than capable of losing ALL of this weight.

Statistical update June 2010

2010-07-11T15:46:00.000+08:00

Time for some statistical updates on my progress
I have lost a total 82.5cm - this an increase of 19.5cm since April!

Summary:
Total Weight Lost: 31.8(22.43%)

Total CM lost: 82.5cm

	2nd Sept 09	11th April 10	11th July 10	Total
Weight	141.8kg	115.5kg	110.0kg	31.8kg
BMI	55.4	45.1	43.0	12.4
Waist	122cm	106cm	102cm	20cm
Hips	160cm	135.5cm	128cm	32cm
Bust	129cm	113cm	112cm	17cm
Arms	45.5cm	44cm	41cm	4.5cm
Thighs	85cm	80cm	76cm	9cm

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WI Week 44

2010-07-07T21:41:00.000+08:00

Weigh in today and I had a gain of 100g! I am a bit dark about this gain – I know it is only 100g and we need to focus on the bigger on the picture yarder yarder yarder….. It really bugs when you do everything correct and those damm scales don’t reflex at least some of your effort instead they just try and mess with your head. Last week I tracked all week, stayed within my points, did my exercise, and checked my portion – really reign things back in as I felt that my weight loss was slowing. I had a great week food and exercise wise all for a 100g gain……. I feel cheated and feel like it’s a waisted week and steps me back from my goal and not closer……Yes I can hear everyone going it is only 100g seriously move on, not a big deal in the scheme of things - I do know this but I just need to vent my frustration instead of eating my through it….feeling much better already.

I was out for dinner this evening at the my parents house and I was feeling deflated about the scales and Mum brought out a Cheesecake and I though to myself I’m having that – I am going to eat the huge piece of cheesecake – if I going to gain well at least I will have a reason! I sat there watching Mum cut it up and she went to hand me a piece and I just looked at it though you know I really don’t want it - I am eating it out of frustration – if I eat it then I have once again allowed the scales to hold the power over me – I have once again let the scales dictate how I feel and set the mood for the following week - I decided that I hold the power not those scales – and refused the cheesecake.

I have now lost 31.8kg and I am not going to let one very small gain derail me.

Mid Year Challenge completed

2010-07-04T21:38:00.002+08:00

The 13 week mid year challenge is now completed. I missed by target by 3.5kg!! I am a bit disappointed that I missed it by quite a lot however losing 6.5kg in 13 weeks is nothing to be sneezed at..

SW: 116.4 (31/03/10)
CW: 109.9
GW: 106.4

Total 6.5kg

Week 13: -0.3 (30/06/10)
Week 12: -0.6 (23/06/10)
Week 11: -0.7 (16/06/10)
Week 10: -0.3 (09/06/10)
Week 9: -0.9 (02/06/10)
Week 8: -0.3 (26/05/10)
Week 7: +0.6 (19/05/10)
Week 6: -0.6 (12/05/10)
Week 5: -1.2 (05/05/10)
Week 4: -0.3 (27/04/10)
Week 3: +0.1 (21/04/10)
Week 2: -1.1 (14/04/10)
Week 1: -0.9 (07/04/10)

June challenge....

2010-07-03T21:10:00.002+08:00

June challenge is now completed - I came very close to reaching my target but just missed it by 400g! On a positive note I am 2.8kg lighter at the end of June that I was at the start...

SW: 112.7
WI: -0.3
CW: 109.9

GWEJ: 109.5

Total: -2.8

wk5: -0.3
wk4: -0.6
wk3: -0.7
wk2: -0.3
wk1: -0.9

Week 43 WI

2010-07-02T21:08:00.000+08:00

I had a small loss of 300g this week bring my total to 31.9kg. I really find it hard to believe that this number keeps increasing each week – it freaks me out…. (in a good way) - I keep waiting for the bottom to fall out!!! That won’t happen unless I allow it which is not going to happen anytime soon.

I had a good week – got stuck into my exercise and dropped the excuses and just got on with it…..the food front is going well but I have to admit that my tracking has dwindled away….. Tracking is a critical part of the WW programme – it has been proven time and time again that tracking improves your weight loss success yet it is the first thing that most of us dropped in an instance….yet it is the backbone of the programme – not tracking is a bit like not servicing your car – it will run for a while with no problems but after a while it will start to pull back and feel dumpy whilst driving, we will have problems starting it in the morning and eventually it will just give up….Then we need to tow it to the mechanic whilst thinking up a 100 excuses as to why we never brought it back at the first signs that it struggling…. So saying all this my focuses is to TRACK TRACK TRACK and keep tracking…..to the very end and beyond.

This loss means that I have now met my next mini goal of less than 110kg – I am now 109.9kg! I am going to set my next goal a bit bigger than I normally do as my next one is quite big – the half way mark! – I am now only 7kg away from this goal… Really looking forward to reaching this one!

WI Wk 42

2010-06-25T23:13:00.000+08:00

I had another good loss of 600g bringing my total to 31.6kg. I feeling a bit relieved that I have now well cleared the 30kg mark – I had this tiny little doubt in my mind that I would do something that would cause my fall backward below the 30kg (which is what I did at the 20kg mark!) – I really must learn to trust myself more!!
I am pretty regular with my exercise but I do find that some days I struggle more than others. I was thinking to myself the other day – if we put as much energy into the actual exercise as we do the amount of time that we spend thinking about the exercise and thinking about all the reason why we can’t do it today – justifying it to yourself – we would all be as fit an athletic!

On Friday morning I go to Boot camp (which I really enjoy – even when it is 0.5c – which is unheard of in Perth!). Saturday mornings I go for a 1 hour walk talking a route that has a couple of good size hills – pushing a pram… On Sundays mornings we either go for a walk around home or lately we have been going to a Park (Lake Monger) and walking around twice (7km’s) and then spending some time in the playground with my boy .… I am generally really motivated with part of the routine.

I start to stumble when the working week starts – Monday the plan is to do 30mins high intensity on the treadmill and then a good 20mins of weight bearing exercises – then Tuesday 30mins treadmill and 15mins on the rowing machine – well that is the plan – Over the past few weeks I manage to find a justification in my head on why I can’t exercise on one of the days – there is no valid reason - just the ones that we make up in our heads – I do end up doing at least one of the days but I put myself through this process of will I, won’t I, will I, won’t I – and then well if I don’t do it tonight then I will definitely do it tomorrow night – why do I put ourselves through all this garbage – if I just got on with it probably be a fitter and closer to my goal!!

I am now only 300g off my next goal and only 700g on off my June goal – so best I get on that treadmill so that I can reach both goals next week!

Week 41 WI – New\Old

2010-06-19T20:11:00.000+08:00

Had a good loss last week of 700g bringing my total to 31kg! Pretty pleased with that.

As my body is reducing in size so are my clothes (funny enough!) – My wardrobe is full of clothes from a size 26 - 12 (yes many many years ago my butt fitted into a pair of size 12 jeans (GAP)– I have kept these jeans as I am determined that they will fit again one day – very soon!) - As I have been down sizing my body I have also been sending all the clothes that no longer fit to the Salvos – I won’t need these clothes ever again so I getting rid of them as I go – I feel that holding onto these clothes is like holding onto the past – This is my small way of letting go of the past, learning to live in the moment and looking to the future….

I have a lot of clothes in my wardrobe that are between size 18-20 (as this is the size I have probably spent the most amount of time in over the last 10 years or so) – I having been bringing these clothes to the front of the wardrobe and starting wearing – they are mainly work clothes - now I feel like I am wearing new\old clothes (if you know what I mean) – when I put on these clothes I really do feel great that they are fitting again (comfortably) – when I go to work I get comments on how great I am looking in my “new” clothes ! I have had a funny conversation of my boss about my “new” wardrobe.

I have been working with my current boss for the past 18mths so he has only ever know me at the weight I was 31kg ago – he is very supported with my WW journey as he gives me time off every Wednesday morning to attend my meeting - I work pretty long hours so it is never a problem if I need to pop out during the day to do personal stuff – as long as everything is under control he really does not question what I am doing.

I was having a meeting with my boss (just a regular meeting) when I said to him ohh I hope it is OK but I need to go out around lunch time today for a couple of hours, he hesitate and says – is everything OK (giving me this odd look) - I said Yes - pregnant pause - he says so everything is good with you – I said, is there is a problem (I getting a bit annoyed at this point) – he said well you are dressed really nicely today and you are asking for couple of hours off and have not mentioned where you are going!! I started laughing and said are you kidding me!!! I wearing this shirt and jacket because they are fitting me again – I am just going to see a Paediatric dietician about my son’s allergies… He though I going off to a job interview….seriously…..I did have a quite chuckle for the rest of the day.

I was telling this story to one of the girls that I have worked with for the past 9 years….and she said well – I noticed your wearing that jacket which I have not seen for long time and I also noticed that you disappeared for a couple of hours and no know one knew where you were and I was wondering too what you where up to…

Amazing what 31kg a shirt and jacket can do for your appearance…..

Week 40 WI

2010-06-12T21:26:00.000+08:00

Had a small loss last week of 300g brining my total to 30.3kg – I have now official lost more than 30kg – feels good to say that! It was a long weekend in WA last week and the winter weather has been just brilliant – really great weather for getting out walking, playing in the park and doing some gardening….which is just what we did last weekend – lots and lots of outdoor exercise – by the time I got back to work on Tuesday my legs were really quite sore!

It feels really good that I now have the physical energy to just be able to keep going and going – like on Sunday we (my baby and the dog) went for our usual Sunday morning walk for an hour – then after breakfast I did the gardening for about 3 hours (mainly pruning roses and digging up the dead ones!) and in between chasing after the toddler to get my gardening tools back! Then we went inside for lunch and a nap (the baby that is) – I ate lunch watched a bit of TV for probably an hour and then got back up, did some house work and then got dinner started…..and did all the usual things we need to do. The point to the story is that I was able to do all of this without having to pull myself along, without being in a lot of pain and without being totally exhausted….don’t get me wrong I was tired and I had a great night sleep but I was then able to get on the public holiday Monday, go down to lake monger and walk around the lake twice (7km) and play in the park etc…

My energy levels just keep on increasing with every 100g that I lose….

Set it Free......

2010-06-06T22:21:00.001+08:00

I am still on a high from reaching the 30kg mark! This has been a major milestone for me (I am sure I will say this again when I get to 40, 50, 60…….) one where I did have to break through some emotional barriers in order to push myself over the mark – I really feel like a weight has been lifted from shoulders (no punt intended!) – I feel like I am sitting at the top of hill and about to start the incline down to the 40kg mark….
I posted my resulted no only on my blog but on the WW Community and also the WW Facebook group (basically told anyone who would listen) and I received a lot of great and very motivating comments (thanks everyone) – one particular comment that I though we very fitting for us all was left by Jules from the WW Facebook group:

“I saw a quote the other day about when you loose something you expect to find it again, so instead of loosing weight, think about setting it free. You have set 30kg free!!! That's awesome! It won't come back to you if you release it!"

Wow that comment is really fitting with where I am at – it made sense to me as with every kilo I lose I do feel like I setting more and more of myself free….

Week 39 WI – 30kg DONE!!!

2010-06-02T22:02:00.000+08:00

Well you may have gather that I lost exactly 900g this week bringing my total losses to – wait for it......30kg exactly……. I am very excited and quite chuffed with myself – I have struggled with these last couple of kilos but it has been so worth pushing through it.

I was telling one of the girls I work with today and she asked how much I had to lose – she was quite shocked but then immediately said well if you can lose 30kg then you can definitely lose 77kg – what’s the difference! At first I said A LOT…but when I though about it she is quite correct – there is absolutely no reason why I can’t the lose the 77.8kg required to get to goal – I am really really starting to believe that this is really possible and I CAN DO IT. I am feeling a bit invincible today!! Woohoo bring it on....

Thanks everyone for your continued support – it means a great deal to me and I could not do this journey without you all.

My next mini goal is to be less than 110kg which is 1.9kg away (also I am now only 8.9kg away from the half way mark! – that will be my next goal)

WI Eve

2010-06-01T21:39:00.001+08:00

WI tomorrow morning so I though I would do a quick review of the week before getting on the scales tomorrow! I have had a good week, my focus is to get over the 30kg mark (which is only 900g away) so as planned I tracked, exercise and drank water (probably not as much as I should but I did drink at least 1.2ltr a day).
I am feeling good and lighter so we will see what the scales have to say! I have decided that if when I get over the line then I am going to take myself to see Sex and the City 2.

	Points (23)	Exercise
Thursday	20	2.5
Friday	26	12
Saturday	23	0
Sunday	23	5
Monday	22.5	3.5
Tuesday	22	2.5
		25.5

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May Challenge completed

2010-05-29T22:10:00.000+08:00

May challenge is now complete! Not a great month weight wise which resulted in missing my target by more than half!!. On a postive front I am 1.5kg lighter at the end than I was at the start of May.
Time to reset my goal and look forward to moving into June!

SW: 114.2
CW: 112.7
GWEM: 111.0

Total -1.5kg

wk4: -0.3
wk3: +0.6
wk2: -0.6
wk1: -1.2

Week 38 – stalking the fridge…

2010-05-28T21:05:00.000+08:00

I had a much more positive week which resulted in a loss of 300g bringing my total to 29.1kg. I wouldn’t say I am too excited with my loss but a loss is a loss and I am heading in the right direction again. I do truly need to get a move on now – I have been hovering around this 30kg mark for the last 4 weeks so it is time to get over whatever it is that is holding me back and get over the line and get this done! I am only 900g off my next goal so let’s get this show on the road!!

Last week I found myself stalking the fridge…..especially in the evening…it’s not through hungry just that urge that I felt like I needed something more….I resisted most of the time but there was a couple of times that I found myself eating a late night sandwich….On Saturday evening I had this overwhelming urge to eat fried chicken – normally when I get like this something has happened to trigger the urge – nothing happening but I was in a tugger war with myself – I did end up at the drive through but I pulled out and went home and cooked myself a seafood marinara. To be successfully in this journey I must stop these urges in their tracks!

My focus for this week is get over the 30kg mark – how am I going to do this??? Remain calm, take each day as it comes and of course track, drink water and exercise each day.

Week 37 - little bump...

2010-05-20T22:01:00.000+08:00

Really struggled last week and as a result gained 600g bringing my total back to 28.8kg. I really hit a wall last week with the expectation and pressure that I had set on myself. I made a fatal mistake of looking too far ahead. Over the last 12months I have been really working on living in the here and now – I have a really bad habit of looking way into the future and worrying about what might happen instead of just focusing on what is happening today…living in the present moment….

I had a good talk with my WW leader (Rhonda – thanks again) and one of the members at the meeting and they both helped to bring everything back into perspective and calm down. Reminded me about how far I have come and how much better my life is already and how much better it will continue to get – I am strong and I can push through this hurdle.

I am feeling 100% better and I am going to do what has worked very well in the past and that is to take a calm approach and just take one day at a time – no more no less.

"You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it." -Margaret Thatcher

Week 36 WI - Expectations

2010-05-14T22:30:00.000+08:00

I am etching a bit close to my next goal of 30kg with a loss of 600g this week bringing my total to 29.4kg. I am confident that next week I can crack the 30!

To be honest I am getting quite nervous about my next goal – not sure if nervous is the right word – I will try and describe how I am feeling.

I have been on and off the weight loss journey pretty much my whole life (I joined my first WW meeting at 8 years old!) – I have been very successfully in the past (albeit many years ago now) and I have failed miserably especially over the past 10 years! I would lose a bit and then put a lot back on - whenever I would re-start the weight loss journey again it was only a matter of a couple of week (or at the most a month) before I would come crashing down – peoples expectation (and mine for that matter) was quite low - it was just a matter of time before I would be back to my old habits and complaining like crazy…..which I successfully did every time.

This time however I am doing it and very successfully - My nervousness is about my expectation of myself and what I “think” other people’s expectation of myself are! My weight loss is quite obvious now and a lot of people are commenting. Everyone is being very supportive as it is clear that I am serious there is no question about that. The problem is I feel like the expectation is increasing each week – people are asking on a regular basis how I am going? How much I have lost now? Am I still keeping up with my exercise routine? And they are telling me all the time how great and happy I am looking these days. Don’t get me wrong I really really appreciate all the encouragement and don’t want it to stop (and here it comes….) BUT in the back of my head I am starting to think – ohhh gee what if I can’t live up to their (or more to the point my) expectation? What if I start to fail? What if I can’t do this? What if this is all a fast and tomorrow it will all come crashing down like it has in the past? What if I start eating again and can’t stoppppp? What if? …What if?…. What if? ….… Seriously…..STOP…..These though keep going around in my head to the point that I know I have started to pull back – I have not been exercising as much as I was – My tracking has been a bit hit and miss? Food is quite boring and I almost have the attitude of “I can’t be bothered” …..really…. come on – this is really the old mind set – the self sabotage part of me….

I know this is all about ME and my extremely high expectation I have of myself and my massive fear of failure and this has absolutely nothing to do with anyone else – I HAVE NO INTENTION OF GIVING UP…I just need to move through these emotions – recognise them as part of the journey and move past them “Feel the fear and do it anyway!” and know that I will only fail if I allow myself to….which is not an options. I am feeling great … it has taken a lot of work to come this far and there is a lot more work to go to reach my goal but I know it is soooo worth it…..

I AM IN THIS FOR LIFE!

Week 35 WI – 20% DONE

2010-05-07T20:50:00.001+08:00

Had a great loss this week of 1.2kg bringing my total to 28.8kg which means that I have reach my goal of losing lost 20% of body weight!!!! Very impressed to say the least….. My next goal is to reach the 30kg mark, which is only 1.2kg away so we should have that sort within the next 2 weeks (I would like to say next week but I am being a bit reserved…)

Stress levels at work have been quite high this week so I had to really focus on not turning to food as my stress relief…and clearly by my result I certainly did not do that….I instead focused on exercising and reminding myself that the food will not make one ounce of difference it will only make it worst. It was tough but now that I am at the other end I and very pleased that I maintained control over the food and the food is not controlling me.

I get asked a lot what rewards I give myself when I reach my mini goals – At this stage I don’t actually give myself any materialistic rewards . When I reach my goal it gives me such a lift and confirms that I am really doing this…….I am able to achieve the goals that I set on a regular basis and this feeling spurs me on to set and reach my next goal. The other reward I am getting is my life back!! Physically I can do so much more. I can play with my baby on the floor, I can run after him, I can go cycling with my kids; I can walk without being in consistence pain. I could go on and on about how much better my body (and mind) is that it is now carrying 20% less weight.

April Challenge completed

2010-05-01T19:19:00.000+08:00

The April challenge is completed and unfortunately I missed my goal by 1kg. I started the first half of the month really strong but the second half was a total flop!!

The good news is that I am 2.2kg lighter at the end of April than what I was at the beginning. Bring on May!

SW: 116.4
CW: 114.2
GWEA: 113.3

Total: -2.2

wk4: -0.3
wk3: +0.1
wk2: -1.1
wk1: -0.9

WI Week 34

2010-04-29T21:01:00.000+08:00

After a bit of a rough start last week I managed to recover and lose 300g bringing my total of 27.6kg. I am now only 800g away from losing 20% of my body weight – should be able to achieve this next week. I am fully back on track and I am very happy that my tracker has been reset to zero – it does not do much you mentally to see negative points saved every time you log in but then again it was a reminder for a few days on the consequences of my actions.

I am rather impressed with how I handled the after mass of last Friday night – I few months ago that would have been the end of me for the rest of the week (and possibly a couple of more) and the results on the scale would have more like 3kg gain instead of a 300g loss! I am not as hard on myself these days and I am getting that weight loss is not black or white there are some grey areas too!!

I seem to be finally at the tail end of this cold – only lasted 5 weeks with two sets of antibiotics….. what with that!!! Anyway back to boot camp tomorrow I have not been for the last two weeks and strangely enough I am really looking forward to it.

Back on track….

2010-04-26T15:34:00.002+08:00

After Friday’s episode I have picked myself up and dusted of the excess crap…and got stuck back into it. My head space is great – I am re-focused and have my eye back on the prize!

On Sunday (ANZAC day) we went to Lake Monger and walked around twice (7km’s) – felt I needed a change of scenery from just walking around my immediate area. Today (Monday) we went for a 60min walk this morning and then spent 2 hours in the garden – needed to trim a couple of tress so my arms got a great workout. I have been tracking everything and drinking plenty of water – I have reduced my points down to 20pts (normally 24pts) and are not using any of my bonus points - just making sure that all the boxes are ticked!

I am feeling good - and hopefully by WI day I would have limited the damage and can move into a new week……with my tracked showing a positive save instead of a negative!

Hit a wall…and bounced back

2010-04-24T20:15:00.001+08:00

Well not literary……but I did on the food front. Last night I really over indulged in some Fried Chicken to the point value of 47pts! To be honest I am too embarrassed to public admit what I ate but I am sure you get the picture – 47pts...

Why did I do it – I am financial quite stressed at the moment so instead of dealing with this I decided to eat instead – which clearly will really help the financial problem!!! I won’t get into my financial situation but I have been spending too much for a long time and it is finally all catching up with me…..bit like my weight did really – when I am down I do two things – eat and spend….well not anymore…

I woke up this morning and way lying in bed feeling quite sorry for myself (and quite ill!) and I though to myself – I have two options:

1. Stay here and feel sorry for myself and do nothing – because that has worked so well in the past!!

2. Get out of bed - take control of both situations put the past behind me and move forward….as Rhonda would say “It is not what you have done that matters – it is what you do next that counts” (or something like that)

It really was not a hard decision clearly options 2 was the only the options – I got out of bed, hugged my baby and then we went for a 70min walk, did a 2 day food plan, went to the shops to restock the fruit and vegetables, cleaned the house (I find if the house is clean I feel much more in control as well), tracked all my food (including yesterday), drank my water and tonight I am going to get a financial plan sorted – maybe even need to set myself a budget (opps sorry for using such poor language) but that is what it has come too.

Feeling much better already – I have a renewed sense of energy so tomorrow we are going to walking around Lake Monger (twice) – 7km…the weather is great in Perth so looking forward to it.

WI Week 33 - stalled....

2010-04-23T22:02:00.000+08:00

Not a great week I had a small gain of 100g! I am not too bother as I struggled quite a lot last week – not really sure why or what is triggering it but I just found myself looking for more food regardless of if I was hungry or not. I was doing a far amount of pacing around the kitchen and thinking about food a lot more. I did not track or exercise and my portion where bigger than they should have been. I had a couple of late night snacks - just a sandwich - but not the point really – this was one habit that I have worked hard to stop. I really lost my focus last week!!

On Monday I went to a WW meeting where Alison Taylor (WA 2009 Heathly life Award finalist) was speaking about how she lost 63kg – I really need to listen to someone that has lost a lot of weight and maintained it to remind me that this journey is doable and worth the fight. Alison was quite extraordinary in that she lost this weight in 9.5 months!!. A couple of keys things she did was TRACKED everything and MIX IT UP – meaning that she kept her food varied – she ate a different breakfast every day. Basically she just did exactly what WW advises to do! Alison also talked about how much better physically she is feeling, how much more energy she now has and just how much better life is in general. She was very inspiring.

It is not an option for me to give up and put back on the 27.3kg I have lost – it's just not an option. I am only 1.1kg off losing 20% of my body weight and 2.7kg from losing 30kg. I am doing really well and I just need to keep on reminding myself that this journey will not be smooth sailing – I will need to work at it every day – some days will be easy and some will be hard but the ultimate prize will be so worth it. I need to keep my eye on the prize!

40th birthday challenge halfway mark...

2010-04-19T19:32:00.006+08:00

I set myself a challenge to be in double figures by my 40th birthday (December 2010) – I am very excited to report that I am now over the half way mark!

I had 31kg to lose, I have lost 16.4 and have 14.6 to go – feel like I am on the bend heading for the straight!!

SW - 130.8 (2/12/2009)
CW - 114.4 (14/04/2010)
GW - 99.8 (6/12/2010)

Total Losses: 16.4
TAvg: 0.7
CAvg: 0.8 (W19)

Week 32 WI....it's all about good nutrition

2010-04-16T22:15:00.001+08:00

Another successfully week with a loss of 1.1kg bring my total to 27.4kg...I am now only 1kg off my next goal of 20% and I am starting to feel the 30kg is within reach. I have actually been quite unwell over the last 3 weeks with a cold that developed into a chest infection - as a result I have not done any exercise for the last week! I really needed to slow down and rest my body. I am already starting to feel stiff and my knee has started to play up again which means that already the muscle around my knee is weakening – amazing how quickly you start to feel your body breaking down – I am feeling better and need to get back into my exercise routine.

One thing that I have really got over the last few weeks is that weight loss really is 70% nutrition – In the last week I have been very careful with my nutrition as I was not going to be exercising and I still had a good loss ..... at a meeting a few weeks ago we discussed that weight loss is about good nutrition and exercise is for good overall health of your body (can’t remember exactly what was said but this is how I understood it) – if your nutrition is poor then it does not matter how much exercise you do the weight will not move. For a long time I exercised like crazy but then did not follow it up with good nutrition – I was kidding myself that exercise counteracted the poor diet that I had!

Over the past 4 weeks I have really being focusing on eating foods that contain one ingredient, reducing my sodium intake and almost eliminating pre-packaged\processed foods.....this has resulted in me losing 4.8kg! Amazing how much eating fresh food does for our health! We are told this all the time but it is only now that I really starting to get it!!!

Statistical updates

2010-04-11T16:14:00.008+08:00

Time for some statistical updates on my progress:

Summary:
Total Weight Lost: 26.3kg (18.55%)
Total CM Lost: 63cm (2 rulers!)

	2nd Sept 09	7th Jan 10	11th April 10	Total
Weight	141.8kg	124.6kg	115.5kg	26.3kg
BMI	55.4	48.7	45.1	10.3
Waist	122cm	112cm	106cm	16cm
Hips	160cm	144cm	135.5cm	24.5cm
Bust	129cm	122cm	113cm	16cm
Arms	45.5cm	45cm	44cm	1.5cm
Thighs	85cm	82cm	80cm	5cm

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Week 31 WI - Easter

2010-04-09T22:51:00.000+08:00

I am pleased to say that I sailed through Easter this year and managed to lose another 900g bringing my total to 26.3kg…..very please I have to say and getting closer to my 20% goal!

We had a great time over Easter – I was really looking forward to the 4 days off so that I could send some time with family and have a break from work! I was pretty relaxed about Easter as I am feeling very in control and was looking forward to the opportunity of doing some activity over the break.

Friday was going to the most challenging day as my families has quite a large seafood dinner which my mother cooks and I cook. The main problem with the dinner is a lot of it is deep fried!! I have tried to reduce the amount of frying over the years but I do come up with a lot of opposition…anyway we cooked honey prawns, garlic prawns, stuffed squid, battered fish, fish cakes, spring rolls, prawn wontons, oysters Kilpatrick, cold cooked prawns, seafood salad & prawn and mango salad (these where on the menu mainly for myself!!) – and a huge cherry ripe cheesecake to top it all off!!
It is all very nice and in previous years I would have devoured the whole lot until I felt like I was going to explode….. This year I ate the two salad which where absolutely beautiful and full of fresh steamed seafood, small piece of stuffed squid and 1 prawn wonton (and I stole one honey prawn from my sister plate …lol) I really enjoyed the food I chose to eat and left feeling comfortably full…and most importantly enjoyed the company of my aunts and uncles that I only see a couple of times of year (they were all very complimentary on my weight loss success…)

Sunday we went on a family picnic to John Forrest National Park – really great national park – not as great for the 20mth old toddler as there was too much gravel and no play ground! I talked my family into going on a walk which turned out to be 4.6km long…the weather was great and it was nice to be out walking in a national park for a change.

Monday I took my two kids out for a 30km bike ride – we started at Burswood, went down through city to the Narrows, through South Perth and back to Burswood. I have done this ride with my daughter several times over the years but we have not been for probably the last 3 years as I was simply to unfit and over weight to ride a bike!! I have a trailer for my baby and my daughter (who is almost 14years and who I did have to drag along with a lot of moaning….) obviously ride her own bike – we did stop along the way for drinks and in South Perth we stopped for coffee and ice-cream and a play in the playground. It took us a good couple of hours but the point of the ride was to spend some time together and get in some exercise at the same time not race along. I did struggle a little bit especially pulling the trailer up hill but I was very pleased that I managed to ride the full distant…not something I could have done 26.3kg ago… (another mini milestone for me).

I felt that Easter was a big success of course the 4 days went way to fast but I have enjoyed the two weeks of only working 4 days!! And just incase you are wondering – I decided not to eat any hot cross buns (which I absolutely love) as I decided these are a red light food for me and at this stage I am not ready to start tackling these foods. I also decided not to eat any chocolate; I was going to eat one Caramello egg but decided against it…I am not a big chocolate fan so it was no big deal.

Easter challenge completed

2010-04-04T07:00:00.003+08:00

Easter challenge completed! The target set for this challenge was 8kg - I exceeded this goal. I set my own personal goal of 10kg which I missed by 900 grams....so close. I am still very happy with my 9.1kg loss.

SW 125.5 (30/12/09)
CW 116.4 (31/03/10)
GW 115.5

Total losses: -9.1

wk13: -1.0
wk12: -1.8
wk11: -0.4
wk10: -1.2
wk09: +0.6
wk08: -1.2
wk07: -0.8
wk06: +0.6
wk05: 0
wk04: -0.5
wk03: -2.5
wk02: NW
wk01: -0.9

WI Week 30 – 25kg gone

2010-03-31T21:55:00.000+08:00

I am doing the happy dance this week had a great loss of 1kg bringing my total losses tooo wait for it…..25.4.kg – I have broken through my goal of 25kg – I am very impressed with myself. I have now lost 17.91% of my body weight!! I have set my next goal to be 20% of my body weight which is another 3kg away.

Over the last fortnight I have had two good losses I have put this down to the reduction in sodium in my diet – that it really the only change I have made over the last two weeks – we are eating more whole foods or foods that contain one ingredient and I am really keeping my portion sizes in check.

At the WW meeting today we were talking about Easter and our plan for the food etc.. This was the first time that I had really through about the food side – my focus for the weekend was that I had two days off work and what activities I could do with my kids. I am seeing it as an opportunity to be more active. Sunday we are going bush walking (with my parents, brother and sister …should be interesting we are not exactly an outdoor type family…..) and then Monday we are going for a 20km bike ride. I am really not worried about the food as I feel very in control and am just viewing the days as any other days. The only food challenge I really have is Friday night when we have seafood at my parents house – Mum has a tendency to deep fry all the seafood but we have talked about the menu and incorporate a couple dishes that will be healthy that I will be eating. As the for chocolate well I can take or leave chocolate – my only request is for one Caramello egg (3.5pts) - my family can see how well I am doing and have asked what I would like instead. The catch maybe those hot cross buns which I loveee – I have had 1 so far this year (1 single one not 1 packet lol) – generally by now I would have eaten packets of them – anyway I may choose to have a couple more I will see how I go. Looking forward to the break and spending time with kids – that is my focus this Easter.

March Challenge completed

2010-03-31T21:45:00.000+08:00

The March challenged is completed. I missed my target by 900grams though I am still very happy with my results regardless - 3.8 in one month is still good going.

SW: 119.2
GWEM: 115.5
FINAL: 116.4

Total Losses 3.8kg
wk5: -1.0
wk4: -1.8
wk3: -0.4
wk2: - 1.2
wk1: +0.6

Boot camp update

2010-03-25T20:58:00.000+08:00

I though it was time for another boot camp update. I am still going every week and still loving it. Each week I push myself a bit further and I can feel the progress each week. The best thing that I did was purchase some really good sneakers – I was struggling before with some of the exercise as they were too hard on my knees i.e.: jumping – with my new sneakers I can now do a lot more and not suffered the consequences of my knees and ankles having to take the full force of my weight – they obviously still are but now the shoes are taking away the jarring that was occurring before.

My running is slowly improving as I push myself a bit further each week – at the start of the session we do a “jog” around a set route – each week I set my target my little a bit further – I can now jog about 1/3 of the way around – then I power walk the rest of the way. A couple of weeks ago she did this massive jog around Hillarie’s (as our warm up!!) – I clearly could not jog all the way – actually no one in the group jogged the entire route – so what I did was jogged as far as I could stopped got my breath back and then started again – I was probably jogging in 1-2min interval’s – each time I would just set a target to aim for and not stop until I got there – it was really hard but extremely rewarding when I got to the finish line. I didn’t worry about where everyone else was up to I just focused on where I was and just kept pushing ahead. Our trainer is really great – she kept on coming back to encourage me to keep moving and pushing me a bit further the entire time without making me feel like was really lagging behind (which I was….). Anyway that was just the warm up – we still had a full session to go…with more running…

Our trainer is big on circuit training – at my last session she setup several stations – the main station was a route around the entire circuit that consisted of us running and jumping over hurdles - the hurdles where only about 20cm high – which when you first look at them you think no problems I can do that – well after you have been running around and jumping over these things for close to 45mins they started to feel like they were about 6ft high!!! In the end most of us where doing a fast walk with a step over….The way it worked was we ran around until she said stop (probably about 2mins) then went to a station – we had the ladder, squats holding a bar, boxing, sit ups with medicine ball, plain setups, running around some markers, squats on a ball and something that I can’t recall (or maybe I have blocked it out lol) – which we did for a solid 1min then when she said stop we had to start running around the hurdles again and repeated this for probably 45-50mins– as I am writing this it does not really seem all that hard – 1mins here – 2 mins there but I tell you there was not one person by the end of that session that walked away looking like they could just collapse on the floor at any moment – normally there is a bit a chatter after – no after this session – most could barely muster up the stretch to wave good bye. It was a great session.

I am still loving it – have another session tomorrow morning – I would encourage anyone that is thinking about to give it ago – you could surprise yourself!!

Week 29 WI

2010-03-25T20:02:00.001+08:00

A great result this week – lost a massive 1.8kg bringing my total to 24.4kg – only 600g off my next mini goal of 25kg. Last week I made a few small changes to my diet – I took at a look at my sodium content and cut out my daily coke zero, Sakata and cut right down on pre-package foods – I added a couple of supplements and started eating the Chia seeds. I have to say that the Chia seeds did make a difference to my hunger levels (or was it just in my head!!) I am adding them to my breakfast and normally I start get hungry about 10am but I am going through to lunch!!

I am feeling much better this week (I was feeling better before the loss….but even better now) which I contribute to just eating more foods that contain one ingredient – I am starting to realise that we eat and drink a lot of stuff that our bodies simply don’t need and really don’t like – though I still plan on drinking coke zero a couple of times a week I certainly do not need it on a daily basis. Food and drink like this need to go back into the sometimes basket and not the always baskets!!! There were and probably are still a few items where the line is a bit blurred…. I will keep reassessing each week to ensure that my diet is continuously improving. One thing I have learnt over the years is that if I make too many changes in one hit there is a large chance that I will hit the ground hard as it is simply too much too soon to adjust to (well this is what happens to me anyway) – I am trying to move away from the ALL or NOTHING approach that I have to most things especially weight loss.

Looking forward to another positive week – I have a couple of challenges about to come to an end – Easter and March and I currently have a short fall of 1.9kg (I may have been a little bit ambitious when I set these….) so if I going to nail these challenges then I will definitely need to step up my diet and exercise this week.
Have a great week.

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