Well, I figured it was about time that I put a photo up. This is me as I am now. Needless to say I am a bit photo-phobic unless I'm the one taking the photo so I don't own a photo of me at my starting weight, I'm just waiting for someone who does have a photo of me at my then to email it to me. But I have a strong suspicion that I will probably end up finding it for myself when I go back to the parents place for Christmas. So there you go, this is what I look like. I should be pretty easy to find out on the street. I'll be the 6ft blond walking around with a blurry head. Merry Christmas!
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
It's Photo Time!
Well, I figured it was about time that I put a photo up. This is me as I am now. Needless to say I am a bit photo-phobic unless I'm the one taking the photo so I don't own a photo of me at my starting weight, I'm just waiting for someone who does have a photo of me at my then to email it to me. But I have a strong suspicion that I will probably end up finding it for myself when I go back to the parents place for Christmas. So there you go, this is what I look like. I should be pretty easy to find out on the street. I'll be the 6ft blond walking around with a blurry head. Merry Christmas!
The Bordem Trap
Stats
Starting weight:159.2kg
Current Weight:136.4kg
A loss of:-22.8kg
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Congratulations to myself! I have completed my graphic design course and my diploma should be arriving in the mail next week (I'm skipping the graduation ceremony). It's been a really hectic few weeks finishing my studies and I really let a lot of thing fall by the wayside: diet, gym, blogging, tv and basically everything else I enjoy.
I had thought that once I finished my classes, I would be able to get things really on track. I was going to be (and still am) jobless for a while and would have endless hours free for exercise and planning out nice satisfying healthy menus. Then the unexpected happened. I'm going to call it The Bordem Trap (TBT).
Basically, you get bored, so you end up snacking. A lot. It makes sense unfortunately. Since I am a jobless bum, I wake at about 10am each day. Have breakfast and go to the gym. And then I have nothing left to do for the whole day, everyday. I've been finding that when bored, I start foraging for whatever food can be scrounged from my empty cupboards. I can't find any goodies so now it's time to break out the mixing bowl and oven mits. Let's make a cake, some biscuits, piklets, chocolate pudding, scones or a custard tart. I really need a good distraction.
Unfortunaly they're a bit hard to come by when you actually need one.
Before The Bordem Trap I was down to being 135.3kgs. Then it went up by 2.4kgs. I've been really fighting The Trap this past week and managed to re-lose 1.3kgs. BUt I still feel really disappointed with myself. This was my first gain I've had since I started to lose weight. I suppose that I was starting to think myself some sort of super-human weight loss warrior. I guess I managed to finally find my kryptonite(is this the right pop culture reference?).
The answer to my Bordem Trap would defiantly be to find a job, but at this time of year and with no experience doing anything I'm finding it really hard. Firstly I have no experience and despite my diploma, I don't think that I really want to work in graphic. My second problem is uni students. Schools all over for the year so they all move back home and back to the jobs they had before they left for uni and then when they start drifting back to the capital cities and classes in February/March/April, they leave all the empty places behind. Unfortunately, this coincides with the end of the areas massive summer tourist season (I live in a seaside town so tourist season really is HUGE). So the job prospects really aren't looking to good for me.
So whilst I continue to navigate (with a very patchy map) around The Bordem Trap, I hope that everybody else's weight loss/healthy lifestyle endeavours are having more sucess than mine.
Happy Holidays!
Starting weight:159.2kg
Current Weight:136.4kg
A loss of:-22.8kg
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Congratulations to myself! I have completed my graphic design course and my diploma should be arriving in the mail next week (I'm skipping the graduation ceremony). It's been a really hectic few weeks finishing my studies and I really let a lot of thing fall by the wayside: diet, gym, blogging, tv and basically everything else I enjoy.
I had thought that once I finished my classes, I would be able to get things really on track. I was going to be (and still am) jobless for a while and would have endless hours free for exercise and planning out nice satisfying healthy menus. Then the unexpected happened. I'm going to call it The Bordem Trap (TBT).
Basically, you get bored, so you end up snacking. A lot. It makes sense unfortunately. Since I am a jobless bum, I wake at about 10am each day. Have breakfast and go to the gym. And then I have nothing left to do for the whole day, everyday. I've been finding that when bored, I start foraging for whatever food can be scrounged from my empty cupboards. I can't find any goodies so now it's time to break out the mixing bowl and oven mits. Let's make a cake, some biscuits, piklets, chocolate pudding, scones or a custard tart. I really need a good distraction.
Unfortunaly they're a bit hard to come by when you actually need one.
Before The Bordem Trap I was down to being 135.3kgs. Then it went up by 2.4kgs. I've been really fighting The Trap this past week and managed to re-lose 1.3kgs. BUt I still feel really disappointed with myself. This was my first gain I've had since I started to lose weight. I suppose that I was starting to think myself some sort of super-human weight loss warrior. I guess I managed to finally find my kryptonite(is this the right pop culture reference?).
The answer to my Bordem Trap would defiantly be to find a job, but at this time of year and with no experience doing anything I'm finding it really hard. Firstly I have no experience and despite my diploma, I don't think that I really want to work in graphic. My second problem is uni students. Schools all over for the year so they all move back home and back to the jobs they had before they left for uni and then when they start drifting back to the capital cities and classes in February/March/April, they leave all the empty places behind. Unfortunately, this coincides with the end of the areas massive summer tourist season (I live in a seaside town so tourist season really is HUGE). So the job prospects really aren't looking to good for me.
So whilst I continue to navigate (with a very patchy map) around The Bordem Trap, I hope that everybody else's weight loss/healthy lifestyle endeavours are having more sucess than mine.
Happy Holidays!
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Lets Celebrate!
Stats
Starting weight:159.2kg
Current Weight:138.3kg
A loss of:-20.9kg
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I had a weigh-in on Monday. And as I was watching the scales settle down and decide on a number, I just knew that I had finally reached the 20kg mark. That means that I've lost a quarter of the weight I want to lose. Only about another 60kgs to go now!
On a less joyous note I let myself have a day off from gym, after an attendance of 30 days in a row. It was as if I had given myself permission to binge, and I did. After two weeks of being really good, all self-control just flew out the window. I was full after eating the two Big Mac meals but I still kept eating until I just felt so ill. I was still feeling the effects of it the next day.
I also noticed, and this has not happened before (to some extent I usually enjoy eating the 'bad' food), I felt really down the next day. I think it was caused by the food and missing gym. And because I felt so down, I skipped gym again yesterday as well. I think I read somewhere that exercise and healthy eating is a mood enhancer. If this is true, then I think I can safely say that the cause of my mood was that day of McDonald's and no gym.
I'm hoping to get 'it' right again from now on (well at least as far as my next weigh-in, baby steps people). I've got the day off from classes today, so I have absolutely no reason not to go to gym. I hope things go well this fortnight, starting today.
Starting weight:159.2kg
Current Weight:138.3kg
A loss of:-20.9kg
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I had a weigh-in on Monday. And as I was watching the scales settle down and decide on a number, I just knew that I had finally reached the 20kg mark. That means that I've lost a quarter of the weight I want to lose. Only about another 60kgs to go now!
On a less joyous note I let myself have a day off from gym, after an attendance of 30 days in a row. It was as if I had given myself permission to binge, and I did. After two weeks of being really good, all self-control just flew out the window. I was full after eating the two Big Mac meals but I still kept eating until I just felt so ill. I was still feeling the effects of it the next day.
I also noticed, and this has not happened before (to some extent I usually enjoy eating the 'bad' food), I felt really down the next day. I think it was caused by the food and missing gym. And because I felt so down, I skipped gym again yesterday as well. I think I read somewhere that exercise and healthy eating is a mood enhancer. If this is true, then I think I can safely say that the cause of my mood was that day of McDonald's and no gym.
I'm hoping to get 'it' right again from now on (well at least as far as my next weigh-in, baby steps people). I've got the day off from classes today, so I have absolutely no reason not to go to gym. I hope things go well this fortnight, starting today.
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
My Little Triumphs
Stats
Starting weight:159.2kg
Current Weight:141.5kg
A loss of:-17.7kg
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Well, I've been having a bit of a slump in the speed of my weight loss recently. In the past 3 weeks I've only lost about a kilo. So for this fortnight, in the time before my next weigh-in, I'm giving self-control a go. It's day three so far and I think I'm doing alright. Here's a few of 'My Little Triumphs'.
1.I've had breakfast two days in a row. Nothing particularly fantastic (a fruit
bar) but for a non-breakfast person, at least It's a start.
2.I passed on a pack of double chocolate Tim Tams. For those of you who don't
know, Tim Tams are the most fantastic chocolate biscuits, and double
chocolate...mmm.
3.I've switched to sugar free lollies. This actuallywasn't to hard of a switch to
make.
4.I've been passing on the biscuits, cakes, breads and everything else that I'd
usually buy on a whim (this has been really hard).
I would say that sometimes I have spent up to 15 minutes standing in front of a certain area of the supermarket, absolutely agonising over 'should I, or should I not' buy that packet of Tim Tams. Shopping has certainly been extremely stressful this week!
But so far I have been succeeding, excluding a family block of Aero chocolate, which I am pleased to say I haven't scoffed and is safely in storage in the depths of my freezer (frozen chocolate isn't particularly nice to eat). I'm really hoping that all of these things help to show results in my weigh-in in two weeks
Another thing that I'm quite pleased to mention is that I'm up to 19 days of gym in a row! And they were all hour long sessions! Now lets see I f I can get to day twenty.
Anyway time for me to go. Goodnight everybody!
Starting weight:159.2kg
Current Weight:141.5kg
A loss of:-17.7kg
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Well, I've been having a bit of a slump in the speed of my weight loss recently. In the past 3 weeks I've only lost about a kilo. So for this fortnight, in the time before my next weigh-in, I'm giving self-control a go. It's day three so far and I think I'm doing alright. Here's a few of 'My Little Triumphs'.
1.I've had breakfast two days in a row. Nothing particularly fantastic (a fruit
bar) but for a non-breakfast person, at least It's a start.
2.I passed on a pack of double chocolate Tim Tams. For those of you who don't
know, Tim Tams are the most fantastic chocolate biscuits, and double
chocolate...mmm.
3.I've switched to sugar free lollies. This actuallywasn't to hard of a switch to
make.
4.I've been passing on the biscuits, cakes, breads and everything else that I'd
usually buy on a whim (this has been really hard).
I would say that sometimes I have spent up to 15 minutes standing in front of a certain area of the supermarket, absolutely agonising over 'should I, or should I not' buy that packet of Tim Tams. Shopping has certainly been extremely stressful this week!
But so far I have been succeeding, excluding a family block of Aero chocolate, which I am pleased to say I haven't scoffed and is safely in storage in the depths of my freezer (frozen chocolate isn't particularly nice to eat). I'm really hoping that all of these things help to show results in my weigh-in in two weeks
Another thing that I'm quite pleased to mention is that I'm up to 19 days of gym in a row! And they were all hour long sessions! Now lets see I f I can get to day twenty.
Anyway time for me to go. Goodnight everybody!
Friday, October 8, 2010
Jenny's Cookery Corner
Stats
Starting weight:159.2kg
Current Weight:142.4kg
A loss of:-16.8kg
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I've been reading through a few of my recipe books over the last couple of days and I have to say, I think I've come across a couple of winners.
This first recipe is worth about 1.5 'points' on the Weight Watchers system, for a serving of 4 spring rolls.
Raw Vegetable Spring Rolls
These are the vegetables that I used:
-Capsicum sticks
-Corn Kernals
-Carrot sticks
-Letuce
-Chopped Tomatoes
-Rice Paper Spring Roll wrappers
Too make these all that you need to do is follow the directions on the packet to prepare the rice paper, put your raw vegetables in and wrap it up. There's a dipping sauce to go with in made up of 1/4 cup of Kecap Manis (a sweet soy sauce) and a tablespoon of sweet chilli sauce. Just mix these two together and start dipping!
It's best to eat them within a couple of hours, but if you're like me, they won't last much longer than that anyway!
The second recipe is a vegetable soup. It's very nearly 'point' free unless you add noodles like I did. It's really easy to make too.
Vegetable Soup
You'll need 2 Litres of stock, either chicken or vegetable, and whatever veggies you want to add (I used carrots, cauliflower and zuccini), though it's probably best to stay clear of potatoes as they're a starchy vegetable. Chop up all of these vegetables, put them in a pot with the stock and simmer until they're cooked. Then your done. If you don't mind the extra calories, feel free to chuck in some pasta. I think it makes 4-8 bowls of soup depending on how many vegetables you throw in.
Both of these recipes are really easy to put together though the spring roll recipe takes a little bit of time to put together. Hope you like them. Enjoy!
Starting weight:159.2kg
Current Weight:142.4kg
A loss of:-16.8kg
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I've been reading through a few of my recipe books over the last couple of days and I have to say, I think I've come across a couple of winners.
This first recipe is worth about 1.5 'points' on the Weight Watchers system, for a serving of 4 spring rolls.
Raw Vegetable Spring Rolls
These are the vegetables that I used:
-Capsicum sticks
-Corn Kernals
-Carrot sticks
-Letuce
-Chopped Tomatoes
-Rice Paper Spring Roll wrappers
Too make these all that you need to do is follow the directions on the packet to prepare the rice paper, put your raw vegetables in and wrap it up. There's a dipping sauce to go with in made up of 1/4 cup of Kecap Manis (a sweet soy sauce) and a tablespoon of sweet chilli sauce. Just mix these two together and start dipping!
It's best to eat them within a couple of hours, but if you're like me, they won't last much longer than that anyway!
The second recipe is a vegetable soup. It's very nearly 'point' free unless you add noodles like I did. It's really easy to make too.
Vegetable Soup
You'll need 2 Litres of stock, either chicken or vegetable, and whatever veggies you want to add (I used carrots, cauliflower and zuccini), though it's probably best to stay clear of potatoes as they're a starchy vegetable. Chop up all of these vegetables, put them in a pot with the stock and simmer until they're cooked. Then your done. If you don't mind the extra calories, feel free to chuck in some pasta. I think it makes 4-8 bowls of soup depending on how many vegetables you throw in.
Both of these recipes are really easy to put together though the spring roll recipe takes a little bit of time to put together. Hope you like them. Enjoy!
Sunday, October 3, 2010
It smells like spring!
Stats
Starting weight:159.2kg
Current Weight:142.4kg
A loss of:-16.8kg
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Spring has finally made a proper entrance in Victoria, Australia this weekend. And it was only a month late! I'm sitting out on the nice cool and sunny veranda. I may be imagining that I can smell the beach (1.5km away) but I can defiantly smell summer in the air. As much as this is making me feel all bouncy and optimistic at the moment, I know that the moment the temperature reaches 30 degrees (86f) I'm going to turn into Miss Grumbles, hiding inside my flat with the curtains closed and several fans on full blast.
The unfortunate reality is that fat is NOT fun when you fall into that cruel category of 'morbidly obese'. I break into a sweat walking the 10 metres to hang my washing out. Choosing clothes to wear is a catch 22. I wear dark clothes so that any sweat patches aren't visible, yet as in every other place around the world, dark clothes absorb every possible ray of heat around.
As I said earlier though, this pleasant weather (not too hot, not too cold and it smells so good) has me feeling optimistic. Hopefully by the time summer officially rolls around on December first, I will have lost 20kgs (44lbs) or more since that 20kg mark is only 3.2kgs away, and I will find this summer easier to cope with. Perhaps I'll be able to wear shorts (but not short shorts. I'm nowhere near ready for that!) and singlet tops instead of dark, moderately long sleeved shirts and full length, heavy as all hell when sweaty, jeans.
I think I'm going to go make the most of this weather now. I've spent all afternoon answering cruel questions about web design, which as it was holiday homework, I should have started it long before the due date (tomorrow). Its the time of year when I plant my giant sunflowers (over 6ft) and the dwarf variety (1ft) as well. I'm still puzzling over where to put my delicious broad (fava) beans this year as during winter I filled my veggie patch with roses. I'll just have to dig a new hole somewhere...
Have a good day everyone, I know I have. See-ya!
Starting weight:159.2kg
Current Weight:142.4kg
A loss of:-16.8kg
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Spring has finally made a proper entrance in Victoria, Australia this weekend. And it was only a month late! I'm sitting out on the nice cool and sunny veranda. I may be imagining that I can smell the beach (1.5km away) but I can defiantly smell summer in the air. As much as this is making me feel all bouncy and optimistic at the moment, I know that the moment the temperature reaches 30 degrees (86f) I'm going to turn into Miss Grumbles, hiding inside my flat with the curtains closed and several fans on full blast.
The unfortunate reality is that fat is NOT fun when you fall into that cruel category of 'morbidly obese'. I break into a sweat walking the 10 metres to hang my washing out. Choosing clothes to wear is a catch 22. I wear dark clothes so that any sweat patches aren't visible, yet as in every other place around the world, dark clothes absorb every possible ray of heat around.
As I said earlier though, this pleasant weather (not too hot, not too cold and it smells so good) has me feeling optimistic. Hopefully by the time summer officially rolls around on December first, I will have lost 20kgs (44lbs) or more since that 20kg mark is only 3.2kgs away, and I will find this summer easier to cope with. Perhaps I'll be able to wear shorts (but not short shorts. I'm nowhere near ready for that!) and singlet tops instead of dark, moderately long sleeved shirts and full length, heavy as all hell when sweaty, jeans.
I think I'm going to go make the most of this weather now. I've spent all afternoon answering cruel questions about web design, which as it was holiday homework, I should have started it long before the due date (tomorrow). Its the time of year when I plant my giant sunflowers (over 6ft) and the dwarf variety (1ft) as well. I'm still puzzling over where to put my delicious broad (fava) beans this year as during winter I filled my veggie patch with roses. I'll just have to dig a new hole somewhere...
Have a good day everyone, I know I have. See-ya!
Monday, September 20, 2010
I'm back on track... for the moment anyway.
Stats
Starting weight:159.2kg
Current Weight:143.9kg
A loss of:-15.3kg
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Well, I seem to have made my way out of the little unhealthy eating rut I had gotten myself into. At last weigh in at the Doctors I had managed to lose another 2.5kg and then at my gym assessment today I found out that I’ve lost a mighty 8.3kgs since my last assessment 6 weeks ago and several centimetres off my arms, legs, waist, chest, and hips! Needless to say I’m feeling rather pleased with myself at the moment.
I guess that shows the benefits of eating a lot less than I normally would (and hopefully healthier), and the benefits of restricting my visits to the McDonald's drive thru. The downside is that in the process of becoming used to eating these smaller amounts, there is a constant, niggling feeling of hunger. It has been slowly becoming less of uncomfortable feeling over the last fortnight, but is certainly a rather annoying sensation to put up with.
It's currently term break here, so I have 2 weeks of holidays. I was feeling a tad apprehensive about the holidays in regards to my recent weight loss plateau, and the fact that it will be my 21st birthday in 10 days (here I come birthday cake!) but since things are heading in the right direction again, I’m feeling a little bit more optimistic. In fact, assuming that the doctors scales are displaying the same result as mine and those at the gym (which I doubt), I’ve lost nearly 4kgs in the past week! Though I will say that I won’t be displaying those numbers hear as I’m only going to believe those numbers which appear on the doctors scales.
I am impatiently awaiting my weigh at the Doctor’s next week just to see how truthful those gym scales actually are. Wish me luck people. I’m looking forward to telling you the results of my next weigh in.
Starting weight:159.2kg
Current Weight:143.9kg
A loss of:-15.3kg
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Well, I seem to have made my way out of the little unhealthy eating rut I had gotten myself into. At last weigh in at the Doctors I had managed to lose another 2.5kg and then at my gym assessment today I found out that I’ve lost a mighty 8.3kgs since my last assessment 6 weeks ago and several centimetres off my arms, legs, waist, chest, and hips! Needless to say I’m feeling rather pleased with myself at the moment.
I guess that shows the benefits of eating a lot less than I normally would (and hopefully healthier), and the benefits of restricting my visits to the McDonald's drive thru. The downside is that in the process of becoming used to eating these smaller amounts, there is a constant, niggling feeling of hunger. It has been slowly becoming less of uncomfortable feeling over the last fortnight, but is certainly a rather annoying sensation to put up with.
It's currently term break here, so I have 2 weeks of holidays. I was feeling a tad apprehensive about the holidays in regards to my recent weight loss plateau, and the fact that it will be my 21st birthday in 10 days (here I come birthday cake!) but since things are heading in the right direction again, I’m feeling a little bit more optimistic. In fact, assuming that the doctors scales are displaying the same result as mine and those at the gym (which I doubt), I’ve lost nearly 4kgs in the past week! Though I will say that I won’t be displaying those numbers hear as I’m only going to believe those numbers which appear on the doctors scales.
I am impatiently awaiting my weigh at the Doctor’s next week just to see how truthful those gym scales actually are. Wish me luck people. I’m looking forward to telling you the results of my next weigh in.
Friday, September 3, 2010
I've wandered away from the healthy eating path...again.
Stats
Starting weight:159.2kg
Current Weight:146.4kg
A loss of:-12.8kg
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My aim when I started this weight loss journey was to lose 1kg per week. Well, my weight loss seems t have stalled a bit of late. I think I can point the cause directly to a few items that somehow find their way into my grocery basket.
Despite my gym efforts, which I think I'm maintaining pretty damn well, I have still been eating all of the wrong foods, especially lately. I'm not sure why this is, but at the moment I'm determined to put a stop to it before my weight starts to climb again.
My first attempt at this occured when I recently beat the McDonalds curse. I acheived my goal and actually managed to keep away from those golden arches for 15 days instead of the 14 that I had orinally set my goal for. I'm currently on the 9th day of the next 2 week block. This time I'm aiming to keep away for 16 days. My second small achievment was being able to throw out a 2 Litre bottle of apple juice after just 2 glasses. My most recent step in the right directing was while grocery shopping this afternoon. I'm a person who will bye a frozen large pizza and eat the whole thing. Not only did I (after standing in the freezer section for near on 15 minutes) pass on the large pizza but also the small pizza, and as I walked through the biscuit aisle, a place I really should avoid, I was able to put those mint slice biscuits back on the shelf. Unfortunatly on my way to the checkout I did pick up a cake and a block of aero chocolate which did remain in my basket. But I figure that these small victories must count for something. I'm hoping that they'll slowly give me the courage to put a few other thing back on the shelf.
I think one of the reasons I eat these unhealthy foods, aside from several years of bad shopping habits, is that I'm the kind of person who likes to be doing something with my hands all the time, especially of an evening when I watch tv. I've been trying to introduce other things I can do instead of eating, knitting being the ost sucessful alternive. But what on earth am I supposed to do when I can thing of nothing other than how good it would be to tuck into a large bag of doritos whilst watching Good News Week or Castle, Bones or NCIS? How do you distract yourself when what you really want is going to eventually kill you? This is going to be my hardest challenge as I attempt to find the way of healthy eating that's right for me.
I'm going to try my hardest this week, and hopefully, when I next put a post up my weight will be at least 145kg. My fingers are crossed.
Starting weight:159.2kg
Current Weight:146.4kg
A loss of:-12.8kg
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My aim when I started this weight loss journey was to lose 1kg per week. Well, my weight loss seems t have stalled a bit of late. I think I can point the cause directly to a few items that somehow find their way into my grocery basket.
Despite my gym efforts, which I think I'm maintaining pretty damn well, I have still been eating all of the wrong foods, especially lately. I'm not sure why this is, but at the moment I'm determined to put a stop to it before my weight starts to climb again.
My first attempt at this occured when I recently beat the McDonalds curse. I acheived my goal and actually managed to keep away from those golden arches for 15 days instead of the 14 that I had orinally set my goal for. I'm currently on the 9th day of the next 2 week block. This time I'm aiming to keep away for 16 days. My second small achievment was being able to throw out a 2 Litre bottle of apple juice after just 2 glasses. My most recent step in the right directing was while grocery shopping this afternoon. I'm a person who will bye a frozen large pizza and eat the whole thing. Not only did I (after standing in the freezer section for near on 15 minutes) pass on the large pizza but also the small pizza, and as I walked through the biscuit aisle, a place I really should avoid, I was able to put those mint slice biscuits back on the shelf. Unfortunatly on my way to the checkout I did pick up a cake and a block of aero chocolate which did remain in my basket. But I figure that these small victories must count for something. I'm hoping that they'll slowly give me the courage to put a few other thing back on the shelf.
I think one of the reasons I eat these unhealthy foods, aside from several years of bad shopping habits, is that I'm the kind of person who likes to be doing something with my hands all the time, especially of an evening when I watch tv. I've been trying to introduce other things I can do instead of eating, knitting being the ost sucessful alternive. But what on earth am I supposed to do when I can thing of nothing other than how good it would be to tuck into a large bag of doritos whilst watching Good News Week or Castle, Bones or NCIS? How do you distract yourself when what you really want is going to eventually kill you? This is going to be my hardest challenge as I attempt to find the way of healthy eating that's right for me.
I'm going to try my hardest this week, and hopefully, when I next put a post up my weight will be at least 145kg. My fingers are crossed.
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
A Quick Update
Stats
Starting weight:159.2kg
Current Weight:146.6kg
A loss of:-12.6kg
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I just wanted to fill you in with how my latest weigh-in went. I've lost another 1.1kg!
Things are moving a bit slowly at the moment but the Doctor says that if I cut out the sweet things (every now and then I find myself with a sweet tooth that will not be satisfied!) then thing will really pick up. Unfortunately I gave in to the Magnum's (ice-creams) in my freezer. Believe me, right now I'm wishing I'd only had one... not the entire box of four. I'm feeling a tad ill actually. My Doc also says that if I can get rid of the sweets (and the McDonald's) I could reach my goal weight by Easter 2011.
I really hope she's right. Wish me luck in my war on sweets. Bye bye!
Starting weight:159.2kg
Current Weight:146.6kg
A loss of:-12.6kg
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I just wanted to fill you in with how my latest weigh-in went. I've lost another 1.1kg!
Things are moving a bit slowly at the moment but the Doctor says that if I cut out the sweet things (every now and then I find myself with a sweet tooth that will not be satisfied!) then thing will really pick up. Unfortunately I gave in to the Magnum's (ice-creams) in my freezer. Believe me, right now I'm wishing I'd only had one... not the entire box of four. I'm feeling a tad ill actually. My Doc also says that if I can get rid of the sweets (and the McDonald's) I could reach my goal weight by Easter 2011.
I really hope she's right. Wish me luck in my war on sweets. Bye bye!
Friday, August 13, 2010
14 Days in a Row!
Stats
Starting weight:159.2kg
Current Weight:147.7kg
A loss of:-11.5kg
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Firstly, I apologise for my 15 day absence. Things have been rather hectic with work and study of late. Heading towards the end of the year and the finish line and my Diploma are well in sight. Unfortunately that means plenty of deadlines are also on the horizon.
In regards to my last post, I believe I'm quite pleased with how my gym assessment went. I had lost 6kg (one for each week of my exercise plan) and I had also lost 5cm of my chest and waist, 3cm from my arms and 1cm from my calves. Unfortunately nothing had budged from my thighs. Despite that last fact, I am fitting into jeans that didn't fit three months ago, though they are still the same numerical size as other jeans I own that are now to large.
I've had a few pitfalls over this last fortnight with McDonald's being my main trap. Since my last post on the 28th July, I have consumed 8 'Big Mac' meals. That is medium chips, a burger containing 3 slices of bun, 2 patties, 2 slices cheese, 'special sauce', and a smattering of lettuce and of cause the gherkins that are always surgically removed and place with care into the depths of the garbage can as soon as that little red box is out of the brown paper bag.
I do believe though that I have come up with a way of combating my addiction to McDonald's. How? A challenge of course! Now I have attempted one challenge since my last one, mainly because by the time I thought of it I was already half way through. Going to the gym 14 days in a row. I have to say it was fairly easy. Now after having a one day break I'm ready to have another go. I wonder if I can pull it off twice? Now back to my McD's challenge. It's mainly based on a reward system. Now I love the taste of Big Mac's (I think it's the 'Special Sauce') but 8 in 15 days is way too many. Here's the challenge I have set myself. If I can go 14 day without McD's then I can have one medium Big Mac meal. Repeat challenge. If I don't succeed, then I'll just have to try again. My fingers are crossed.
I have to say though, that even with recent unhealthy addition to my diet I'm feeling pretty good about my weight loss. I think it's the new exercise plan my trainer has given me (because it's certainly not my diet). I get to do a few weights now, something other than push-ups, not that I have anything against push-ups. My scales told me this evening that I weigh 143.3kg. But I'm basing my correct weight loss on the numbers I get from my Doctor, hence the reason I haven't changed my stats at the top of this post to reflect what my scales told me. There are few differences to how I weigh myself to how it happens at the Doctors. Firstly there is the fact that there are two different sets of scales, also I weigh myself naked and there is no way I am planning on standing naked in front of my Doctor. The final main difference is that I weigh myself in the evening whilst my Doctors appointments are scheduled fairly early in the morning. I have a Doctors appointment in two days time so I guess I'll find out the true effect of the McDonald's and the new exercise plan then.
That all for now. Time to shut this laptop down and go to bed. Goodnight!
Starting weight:159.2kg
Current Weight:147.7kg
A loss of:-11.5kg
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Firstly, I apologise for my 15 day absence. Things have been rather hectic with work and study of late. Heading towards the end of the year and the finish line and my Diploma are well in sight. Unfortunately that means plenty of deadlines are also on the horizon.
In regards to my last post, I believe I'm quite pleased with how my gym assessment went. I had lost 6kg (one for each week of my exercise plan) and I had also lost 5cm of my chest and waist, 3cm from my arms and 1cm from my calves. Unfortunately nothing had budged from my thighs. Despite that last fact, I am fitting into jeans that didn't fit three months ago, though they are still the same numerical size as other jeans I own that are now to large.
I've had a few pitfalls over this last fortnight with McDonald's being my main trap. Since my last post on the 28th July, I have consumed 8 'Big Mac' meals. That is medium chips, a burger containing 3 slices of bun, 2 patties, 2 slices cheese, 'special sauce', and a smattering of lettuce and of cause the gherkins that are always surgically removed and place with care into the depths of the garbage can as soon as that little red box is out of the brown paper bag.
I do believe though that I have come up with a way of combating my addiction to McDonald's. How? A challenge of course! Now I have attempted one challenge since my last one, mainly because by the time I thought of it I was already half way through. Going to the gym 14 days in a row. I have to say it was fairly easy. Now after having a one day break I'm ready to have another go. I wonder if I can pull it off twice? Now back to my McD's challenge. It's mainly based on a reward system. Now I love the taste of Big Mac's (I think it's the 'Special Sauce') but 8 in 15 days is way too many. Here's the challenge I have set myself. If I can go 14 day without McD's then I can have one medium Big Mac meal. Repeat challenge. If I don't succeed, then I'll just have to try again. My fingers are crossed.
I have to say though, that even with recent unhealthy addition to my diet I'm feeling pretty good about my weight loss. I think it's the new exercise plan my trainer has given me (because it's certainly not my diet). I get to do a few weights now, something other than push-ups, not that I have anything against push-ups. My scales told me this evening that I weigh 143.3kg. But I'm basing my correct weight loss on the numbers I get from my Doctor, hence the reason I haven't changed my stats at the top of this post to reflect what my scales told me. There are few differences to how I weigh myself to how it happens at the Doctors. Firstly there is the fact that there are two different sets of scales, also I weigh myself naked and there is no way I am planning on standing naked in front of my Doctor. The final main difference is that I weigh myself in the evening whilst my Doctors appointments are scheduled fairly early in the morning. I have a Doctors appointment in two days time so I guess I'll find out the true effect of the McDonald's and the new exercise plan then.
That all for now. Time to shut this laptop down and go to bed. Goodnight!
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
I think I failed my own Challenge...
As the title suggests, the challenge I set myself last week didn't go so well. Not once was I able to refrain from eating after 9pm. Though I did discover a healthyish sort of cracker which has certainly got to be better than snacking on Aero chocolate (yum!) and Doritos. I'm not going to have another go at a challenge this week, I'm actually a bit disheartened after last weeks attempt.
My other news is that I have a gym assessment on Friday, you know the kind where the super-fit trainer whips that measuring tape around your limbs so fast you don't even have a chance to blink and then asks you to hop onto those scales... So I will admit that I'm a bit nervous. My first assessment was about 2 months ago and at the time I weighed 153kg. Now according to my latest Doctor's appointment (a week ago), I weighed 148kg. So hopefully the gym scales will show a similar amount of change as the Doctor's scale. My fingers are crossed!
My other news is that I have a gym assessment on Friday, you know the kind where the super-fit trainer whips that measuring tape around your limbs so fast you don't even have a chance to blink and then asks you to hop onto those scales... So I will admit that I'm a bit nervous. My first assessment was about 2 months ago and at the time I weighed 153kg. Now according to my latest Doctor's appointment (a week ago), I weighed 148kg. So hopefully the gym scales will show a similar amount of change as the Doctor's scale. My fingers are crossed!
Monday, July 19, 2010
Back to school
Stats
Starting weight:159.2kg
Current Weight:148.2kg (roughly)
A loss of:-11kg
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This previous week was the start of term 3 and as such, meant that my two weeks of holidays was over and it was time to go back to class. This was my first lot of holidays in my weight loss journey and they were certainly one hell of a learning experience. Unfortunately, it provided me with some negative facts about my eating habits. Over the holidays my eating spiralled completly out of control, starting with a three day visit to my parents farm. After binging on the chips and chocolate I had brought with me (to sustain myself because I don't enjoy having my food choices controlled by somebody else) I found it near impossible to move back to the fairly good routine that I had established during term 2.
I had many arguments with myself every time I drove past McDonalds, walked through the bakery of the local supermarket and each time I so much as saw somebody eating something that I just knew I had to have. Needless to say, healthy me lost every single one of those arguments. It was only when I resumed class last week that I realised why I had so much trouble maintaining my healthy eating over that two week break. I had no routine! I could eat whenever I wanted! And I did.
Switch scenarios. Back to class. Breakfast (or not) at 8.30am, lunch at midday, afternoon tea at 4.30pm and tea at 6.30pm. A routine. I can't eat during class, can't eat between 4.30 and 6.30 as thats gym time. I will admit to having a fair amount of trouble with evening snacking, but hopefully I will improve with time. So routine will be my saviour.
Other news is that I now have my correct weight loss stats above this post. I went to the doctor to day and surprisingly, despite my disasterous holidays I have lost another 3kg. So happy! Just so you know, it has been nearly a month since my last weigh in. I had such good intentions but as I've already said, I didn't really stick to those intentions for long. At the beginning of that month I had planned to weigh 145kg by now. Thinking back I was probably being a bit optimistic. Slow and steady wins the race after all.
Despite my continued weight loss I am finding this hard. It is very hard, so hard, to break those many bad eating habits that I have formed over the years.
I am now goning to set my self a goal for the following week. My main eating problem at the moment is continuous snacking after tea, as such my goal is not to eat after 9pm. If you had just one look at my food journal you would quickly understand how hard I will find this challenge, though at the same time, I'm sure there are many out there who currently facing the same challenges or have already done so.
Signing of now people, wish me luck!
p.s. I discovered that I like salad.
Starting weight:159.2kg
Current Weight:148.2kg (roughly)
A loss of:-11kg
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This previous week was the start of term 3 and as such, meant that my two weeks of holidays was over and it was time to go back to class. This was my first lot of holidays in my weight loss journey and they were certainly one hell of a learning experience. Unfortunately, it provided me with some negative facts about my eating habits. Over the holidays my eating spiralled completly out of control, starting with a three day visit to my parents farm. After binging on the chips and chocolate I had brought with me (to sustain myself because I don't enjoy having my food choices controlled by somebody else) I found it near impossible to move back to the fairly good routine that I had established during term 2.
I had many arguments with myself every time I drove past McDonalds, walked through the bakery of the local supermarket and each time I so much as saw somebody eating something that I just knew I had to have. Needless to say, healthy me lost every single one of those arguments. It was only when I resumed class last week that I realised why I had so much trouble maintaining my healthy eating over that two week break. I had no routine! I could eat whenever I wanted! And I did.
Switch scenarios. Back to class. Breakfast (or not) at 8.30am, lunch at midday, afternoon tea at 4.30pm and tea at 6.30pm. A routine. I can't eat during class, can't eat between 4.30 and 6.30 as thats gym time. I will admit to having a fair amount of trouble with evening snacking, but hopefully I will improve with time. So routine will be my saviour.
Other news is that I now have my correct weight loss stats above this post. I went to the doctor to day and surprisingly, despite my disasterous holidays I have lost another 3kg. So happy! Just so you know, it has been nearly a month since my last weigh in. I had such good intentions but as I've already said, I didn't really stick to those intentions for long. At the beginning of that month I had planned to weigh 145kg by now. Thinking back I was probably being a bit optimistic. Slow and steady wins the race after all.
Despite my continued weight loss I am finding this hard. It is very hard, so hard, to break those many bad eating habits that I have formed over the years.
I am now goning to set my self a goal for the following week. My main eating problem at the moment is continuous snacking after tea, as such my goal is not to eat after 9pm. If you had just one look at my food journal you would quickly understand how hard I will find this challenge, though at the same time, I'm sure there are many out there who currently facing the same challenges or have already done so.
Signing of now people, wish me luck!
p.s. I discovered that I like salad.
Sunday, July 4, 2010
Hello Everybody!
Stats:Starting weight:159kg
Current Weight:150kg (roughly)
A loss of:-9kg
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Well this is obviously my first post so first of all I would like to say 'Hi' to whoever is actually reading this.
I first stumbled across the world of fit blogging (if that is the correct term) after reading the wonderful book 'The Amazing Adventures of Diet Girl' by fellow Aussie, Shauna Reid. So I thought I'd give it a go.
I have struggled with my weight since I was 13 when my doctor told me that if I wasn't careful I would develop a weight problem and within 6 months my mother had packed my 13 year old self of to Weight Watchers. Needless to say it didn't really work for me, probably because of the fact that at the time there really wasn't much wrong with my weight.
Seven years later, numererous visits to dietitions, many blocks of chocolate, several incidents of my 17 year old self (who by this time really did have a weight problem) being teased children 6 years younger than myself, depression, OCD tendancies and anxiety issues (of which could have either been caused by my weight or contributed to it), I believe that I have finally developed the right mindset so as to actually have the ability to achieve something.
About 3 months ago, and after a failed weight loss attempt at a ladies only gym (how on earth can anyone my size lose weight in three 30 minute sessions per week? Really!), I finally worked up the guts to go and see my current doctor. We worked out a basic system for us to work with; I would go and see her for a weigh in every two weeks and I would also keep a food journal of which she would read over and try and point me in the right direction.
As I had already started a journal, her first piece of advice was to drink only water, drink only the soft-drinks with the word 'diet' in them and no flavoured full fat milk or any fruit juice (major vices of mine). This actually worked! In my first month, with only incidental exercise, I lost about 4kgs. After this month I joined a 'real' gym which provided me with my very own exercise plan!
Since then my weight has steadily dropped (with the exeption of one 'bad' fortnight) by 1kg every week.
At the moment my doctor is away so it will be a month between weigh-in's (only two weeks 'till then) and I would really love to hit the 145kg mark by then as this will mean that I have lost all of the weight that I have gained over the past two years
I hope this will be the first of many posts and thanks for reading!
Current Weight:150kg (roughly)
A loss of:-9kg
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Well this is obviously my first post so first of all I would like to say 'Hi' to whoever is actually reading this.
I first stumbled across the world of fit blogging (if that is the correct term) after reading the wonderful book 'The Amazing Adventures of Diet Girl' by fellow Aussie, Shauna Reid. So I thought I'd give it a go.
I have struggled with my weight since I was 13 when my doctor told me that if I wasn't careful I would develop a weight problem and within 6 months my mother had packed my 13 year old self of to Weight Watchers. Needless to say it didn't really work for me, probably because of the fact that at the time there really wasn't much wrong with my weight.
Seven years later, numererous visits to dietitions, many blocks of chocolate, several incidents of my 17 year old self (who by this time really did have a weight problem) being teased children 6 years younger than myself, depression, OCD tendancies and anxiety issues (of which could have either been caused by my weight or contributed to it), I believe that I have finally developed the right mindset so as to actually have the ability to achieve something.
About 3 months ago, and after a failed weight loss attempt at a ladies only gym (how on earth can anyone my size lose weight in three 30 minute sessions per week? Really!), I finally worked up the guts to go and see my current doctor. We worked out a basic system for us to work with; I would go and see her for a weigh in every two weeks and I would also keep a food journal of which she would read over and try and point me in the right direction.
As I had already started a journal, her first piece of advice was to drink only water, drink only the soft-drinks with the word 'diet' in them and no flavoured full fat milk or any fruit juice (major vices of mine). This actually worked! In my first month, with only incidental exercise, I lost about 4kgs. After this month I joined a 'real' gym which provided me with my very own exercise plan!
Since then my weight has steadily dropped (with the exeption of one 'bad' fortnight) by 1kg every week.
At the moment my doctor is away so it will be a month between weigh-in's (only two weeks 'till then) and I would really love to hit the 145kg mark by then as this will mean that I have lost all of the weight that I have gained over the past two years
I hope this will be the first of many posts and thanks for reading!
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