My WW meeting was in the local paper!

During October my WW meeting donated their small change to breast cancer fundraising. Our leaders idea for this was "a little change can make a big difference" in that our small change would help raise funds and make a big difference , and also every little bit of weight we lose also makes a big difference.

Anyway, we raised $300 and lost 100kg between us during that month.

If you'd like to see the article it is **HERE**

and here's our group photo

so I'm back ... again

Hello, my name is Bridgette, and I am a recovering Fatty ... It has been 10kgs since my last post!

Well here I am at 45.9kgs Lost, 220.5cms down and so close to goal I can taste it, thank goodness it's point free!

So I'm slack, I know .. perhaps I'm actually not all that entertaining, whatever the reason I really am going to try and post more. A co-worker told me today I should set up a website or something to inspire other people .. well I have this blog that I have terribly neglected so I'M BAAACK

I am about to load up some before and after photos (yes I know you've heard that before) but this time I do really mean it .. they are on my computer ready to go!

While I am here I am going to astound (or bore) you with some numbers from last weekends measurements:

                       18 Jan 2010            21 Nov 2010
Neck               41cm                       34cm
Upper Arm      43cm                       29cm
Chest               124.5cm                  99cm
Waist               124cm                     85cm
Hips                 136cm                    96cm        
Upper Leg       81cm                      51.5cm
Calf                 51cm                      40cm


Now I am off to upload some photos (the link to them is at the top of the page, i'll come back and link it here when i'm done :) )              

Edited to add: I DID THE PHOTOS... you can find them **HERE**    

Well it's been a while!

Hello out there!

Do you still remember me!?

Although I have been absent from the world of blogging I haven't fallen off the wagon! Initially we had computer problems so I couldn't logon, and then a few weeks ago I got a new job which I LOVE, but with an hour and a half commute each way it doesn't leave a great deal of time to get online!

SO, a very quick update, I am up to 165.5cms lost, and ... wait for it ......... 35.9kgs lost! so WELL on my way to goal, I'm finally in the home stretch!

I promise to come and do lots of updating over the weekend, and lots of catching up on everyone else's blogs!

Have a WONDERFUL day!

I can barely walk!

Well after a good start to Thursday with a 2.2kg loss bringing my total up to 27.2kg (and ALMOST the halfway point!!) by lunch time I was in agony. A few years back I had trouble with 2 buldging discs in my back, well they're giving me hell again.

I had been babysitting and had to ring my friend in tears to pick her daughter up as I couldn't lift her, and also had to ring my mother in law to come to my rescue. I was a blubbering mess! Friday I went off to the doctor, he confirmed the buldging disc and that it's putting pressure on a nerve which is sending the pain down my leg. Anti inflammatories, pain killers and stretches to do .. the joys!

I spent Friday eating, although I did do some damage, only 8 points over is not too bad considering the mood I was in! Today has been like that too, at only midday I have 11 points left, and I am planning to save 4 .. so lunch is going to be 0point veg soup with maybe a tin of bean mix through it to make it filling, then a 4 or 5 point dinner to try and reduce yesterdays damage!

I still can barely walk (I know i'm whinging, i'm a terrible patient!) and had to get Sam to help me shower and dress this morning ... you know it's love when your man will happily dry off you legs and toes and put your knickers on for you!

Oh, also for the first time since starting WW I am actually ahead of mum in total loss!! by about 400grams, but still, it's the first time i've been ahead in our little competition! It's all in fun, but it certainly does provide good motivation!

We're also due for measurements again, last month saw the total loss as 100.5cm, so when my back is better we will do those again, and hopefully see some good results there too!

How are you all going? I'd love to see some comments from those of you following my blog ... I'm still amazed anyone is actually reading my ramblings!!

mini update

Good morning everyone!

Just a quick update as I am getting myself organised to go out for a belated birthday lunch with my parents, Fiance, best friend and her beautiful  4 1/2month old daughter.

I had a loss last week of 1.8kg (woohoo!!) making up for the previous weeks gain, even if I do attribute it to the change of clothing, it's still hard seeing the numbers go up!

My fiance Sam has started following the program with me and lost 1kg in his first week, despite have a 46, and a 50 point day when he is only meant to be on 29! So now I get twice the work of planning days, as I am planning his out as well, although I am getting him involved and giving him the occassional "points pop quiz" so he will learn for himself.

We've had a busy few days, Saturday night we had a BBQ at Nicoles (my best friend) which was lovely, she catered for my preferences wonderfully, it's always good going out to a friends when you know they understand what choices you like and accommodate them, it certainly took a lot of the stress off! Then yesterday we went to lunch with Sams mum out at Picton Brewery, I picked the best option on the menu, mind you it still came with 1/2kg of creamy mashed potato and a buttery sauce, I left majority of the mash behind and took off as much sauce as I could, I still thoroughly enjoyed it though. From lunch we went to visit Sams godmother who he last saw over 20 years ago at his fathers funeral, and before that it had only been when he was a very young boy. Of course this visit involved lots of italian pastries, and coffee, so I stuck to a couple of pieces of biscotti, very proud of myself for resisting the cream filled cannoli!!

So it continues today, to the local tavern for a belated birthday lunch as I said, as mum and dad were quite sick on my birthday and we missed out going out.

So that's where i'm at, when I get some free time I will continue building up the recipe page, but if you've not had a look at it yet I do have a few on there that I hope you like :)

New Recipe Added

Good afternoone everyone!

Hope you're enjoying a break in the miserable weather and enjoying the sunshine!

I just made a beautiful pumpkin and sweet potato soup and have added the recipe on my personal recipes page (linked at the top of this page)

It's had the tick of approval from Sam, which is always a good start!

We're having it with the WW herb and garlic ciabatta bread for lunch. YUMMO!!

A new photo

Here are two photos from the weekend. Although only head shots I think you can see the difference!

One is of me alone, which I have put next to a pic of me exactly 12months ago, the other with my wonderful Fiance.

I REALLY need to get some proper progress photos (with full body shots) happening!

first weigh in after my gain

Well I had a GREAT result yesterday, 2kg lost!! What a great birthday present!!!

I'm thinking I possibly found those 2kgs again after being surprised to dinner at a fancy restaurant!

I don't care though, I had a WONDERFUL night, and thoroughly enjoyed what I ate, and made better choices than the old me would have, as well as actually stopping when I was full, (considerably less than it used to take to get full too!)

It was a LONG dinner, we arrived just before 7 to Gemelles, a divine Italian restaurant, and didn't leave almost 10!

We started with some bruschetta with tomato, and also some with olive tapenade and a salad of rocket, parmesan, pear and gorgonzola (omg divine!)

Entree then followed, I had seared scallops with mediteranian salsa and Sam had the chilli soft shell crab.

Then for the main, Sam had something with chicken, prawns and a white wine sauce, and I had grilled spatchcock with vegetables and pearl cous cous with olive and capsicum.

By now we were very content, but decided to share a serve of gelato, hazlenut, coconut and lime sorbet .. YUM! (not all mixed together, obviously, that would be weird)

So anyway, I know I went over points, but I still made healthier decisions, and at the end of the day, it was the best night out ever!

So, lets hope the rest of the week stays on track for another good result!

My first gain

Well, I can't say I am surprised.

I had a gain of 0.5kg this week, dropping my total loss down to 21.4kg.

I know how it happened, and feel so much better since getting weigh in over and done with.

I had our 6th anniversary dinner Saturday night, we were planning on the local pub and I was going to have grilled fish with veggies. Well, they were fully booked, so we ended up at the local steak house.

I picked the smallest size steak on the menu (200g) with calamari (all the others had creamy/cheesy sauces). I pulled the batter off the calamari, and ate lots of salad with it, I also asked for no butter on the baked potato. For dessert I picked the waffle (Rather than the decadant sounding chocolate mud cake) and asked for no cream, I did have ice cream with it, but only ate about 1/3 of it, enough to go with the waffle. I ended up being over by 15 points that day.

I enjoyed myself though, and am proud of the fact I made healthier choices, where as 6 months ago I would have had a big steak, all the batter, butter on my potato and the mud cake, probably also full strength soft drink or wine.

I had planned to save 4 points each day after that, which didn't happen, I did save between 2-3 each day though.

So, I'm not too upset, of course no one likes to see the number go up, but looking at the overall picture, I did well.

The other thing that helped ease the weight gain blow is that I did my measurements, and am pleased to report I have lost 100.5cms!

So, there we go, my first gain over and done with, hopefully I won't see too many more of those!

What a week

Sorry for the late post this week, but it's been crazy.

So, I lost my job on Wednesday .. I'm not even that upset as there was so much stress and crap that it is a relief to not have to deal with it. On the other hand, financially this is going to add more stress till I find something else... I think more than anything I am angry.

The positive of being angry not sad, is that I don't binge eat out of anger.

Anyway, enough of that and on to my weigh in.

I lost 1.6kg this week (wha!!! how did that happen???) I was not expecting ANOTHER big loss, the last few weeks I've done really well, I thought for sure it would settle back down to smaller losses. No complaints here though!

Not much has changed food/exercise wise, I'm still eating the same, ticking all my food groups, drinking all my water and getting some exercise (I really do need to bump it up though)

So, that's where I'm at. I promise to come on more when i'm a little less stressed with this work situation.

Hope that those of you following my blog are going well :)

Weigh In Today

I'm was feeling quite positive about today before I went to weigh in.

The start of the week was terrible as I had a horrible cold, so I induldged in ice cream on a couple of occassions which was so nice on the sore throat, and you know what, I didn't feel bad about it. Yes I went over points, but it didn't mean the end of the world, I cut back on points a few days later in the week.

Usually i'd bump up the exercise as well, but still not 100% I didn't feel up to it.

The main change I've made this week was going back to ticking all my food group boxes! I didn't allow myself to induldge in brownies or chocolate mousse unless i'd already had my fruit, or my yoghurt or whatever else i'd allocated that was in the servings of each food group required.

So, on to my results .. loss of 1.5kg!!! YAY!!

Guess what the total is now ....20.3kg can you believe it .. wow!

I'm about a month a head of time for my goals that I set (on the right hand side of the page) but I'm hesitant to edit the dates as I know that as my weight loss goes on and I have less to lose it is likely to slow down, besides that I feel awfully proud when I see i'm achieving goals I set back in January ahead of what I expected.

So that's it for today, lets see what the coming week brings!

I have muscles

I have muscles in my arms .. WHO KNEW!!

If I flex them they stand out nicely, quite well defined.

Now, just to get rid of the hanging wobbly bit underneath the muscle and i'll be good to go!

On a side note, my mother in law told me "don't lose too much weight" when I reported my 18kg loss to her .. *rolls eyes* for months i've been told I need to lose it, and i've let myself go, now i'm losing too much .. are you kidding me!

I somehow think when i've got over 30kgs to go, that 18 isn't exactly "too much"

New Recipes, and this weeks weigh in

Hi all

Sorry I've been awol, it's been a crazy couple of weeks.

Anyway, just a quick update as i'm on a friends computer.

I've FINALLY started putting up some recipes, some more to follow in the next few days as I've been doing a lot of cooking this last week.

Also, I lost 0.4kg last week, and this week ... wait for it ..... 2.1kg!!! So i'm up to 18kg total loss now .. WOW

Hope everyone out there following my blog is doing just as well, and remember in those not-so-good moments, take it as a learning experience and keep moving forward.

You never fail unless you quit :)

Post-Easter Weigh In

and I LOST weight!

I can't believe it! I guess my damage control by stepping up my exercise and saving points really worked.

It wasn't a little loss either, 0.9kgs, bringing my total to 15.5kgs!

YAY!!!

Undoing the damage

Well I am in damage control

I am thoroughly over chocolate, In two days i've had about 25points of the stuff.

BUT, there is no use whinging about it, it's done, it's over, there's no point in dwelling on it, so I got off my butt and did a good workout.

I did an hour all up, and considering I don't do much exercise I thought this was good. I did 20mins on the cross trainer and worked hard on it, then I spent 40mins on the wiifit, doing the hula hoops and the jogging.

It's a start, and I will keep doing it, not just because of this blow out, but because it needs to become a habit for me.

I actually still feel sick because of the crap i've eaten, and what I have eaten is NOTHING in comparison to what I would have before WW, so in a way it's good to know that now my body knows what is good and what is bad, and sure makes sure I pay for not listening to it!

Breaking News

...the other 1/4 of the Lindt egg is gone ......... shit

throwing it all away

Well, I'm not giving up or anything but I had major blow out yesterday. I asked all my family for no chocolate, if they HAD to get me easter eggs just the little ones so I can limit myself and spread it out, but nooo I get a huge lindt egg and bunny (my favourite chocolate!), and 3/4 of the egg are all gone as of yesterday.

I also had dinner at my sister in laws, we went over to just take the kids easter eggs and she insisted we stay for dinner. I'd used up a lot of points already at that stage (this is before my easter egg blow out) so decided as she was doing a BBQ to have lots of salad and limit the meat and extras. ANYWAY, so I had heaps of salad, but then 2 thin sausages, a piece of pork (not sure what it's called but a thin long strip?) two scoops of potato bake that was full of cream and garlic, as well as 3 pieces of garlic bread THEN a piece of cheesecake for dessert .. then I went home and ate that stupid easter egg.

I actually felt sick afterwards, not that I was stuffed full, but like my body just knew i'd eaten too much crap.

Oh, and the last two days I keep eating these things called sipoli, they're an italian thing, kind of like deep fried dough filled with olive and tomato and capers and are SO good, no idea what points they are though, which is bad, because I was guessing 2 points, but hey, they could be 5 or 6 for all I know.

So, there, i've said it, I've admitted it. I will not continue this today, even though I have all this chocolate sitting here, I will resist and only allow what I can within my points.

Lets hope I don't ruin my 1.2kg loss from Thursday!

Weigh In Results

..and I stayed the same.

Well, at least it's not a gain, and I know where I went wrong last week. This week my goals are to drink ALL of my water and cut back on the diet soft drinks, and also to pick up my exercise.

Another week down, and I just keep telling myself, 13.4kgs is such a good effort so far.

Now, to resist the urge to sit down with a block of chocolate and a cinzano and lemonade!

Weigh In Day Today

and I REALLY don't want to go.

I mean, I want to go to the meeting, I enjoy them, but I don't want to step on those scales. I have had a pretty good week, I didn't drink as much water as usual though, and did next to no exercise this week and just feel bleh!

I'm convinced I am going to have a gain, i'm resisting the urge to step on my home scales as I know that could prevent me from going.

Oh well, fingers crossed it's better than I think it is, I think after such a big loss last week I'm just on edge that I will now have a gain.

Trying a new recipe

Well i'm trying a recipe from the WW cook easy cookbook tonight. The creamy chicken and bacon fettuccine. I'm leaving out the wine though, and I couldn't find the skim in evaporate milk (only sweetened skim was available) so I'm about to work out how it will adjust points if I use either carnation light and creamy, OR nestle reduced fat cream.

If it's a winner I will post up the recipe tomorrow.

That reminds me, I MUST finish the links at the top of my blog soon!




Editing to add: Just worked out points, well I WON'T be going with the reduced fat cream, 17points for 250ml(although i'd probably need less than that) as opposed to 4points for 250ml of the carnation light and creamy .. WHOA, glad I picked up both tins instead of just the reduced fat cream which I was initially going with!!

Sultry Sally = YUM!!!

I think I am in love .. seriously

I am not usually a chip person, but when I have the urge for them, well it's hard to find some that are point friendly. I tried the WW brand crisps which were, to put it mildly, like eating salted cardboard, the flavour I tried was anyway. I then discovered 28g packs of red rock deli chips for 2points a bag, not too bad at all, but a bit high in points for a packet of chips.

Well today I found Sultry Sally .. and can you say YUM! They are like kettle chips, maybe a little bit crunchier, but really yummy. I found them at woolies, they only had salt and vinegar, and sea salt, but apparently there's also thai sweet chilli and lime, and cheese and onion.

They work out to be 1.5points per 30g serving, so 0.5points per 10g, which I think is pretty good.

The downside is that they don't come in individual serve packets, you get a large pack with 75g in it, but I just split it into small zip lock bags to avoid the temptation to overeat, although even if you were to overeat it's only about 3.5/4 points for the whole bag!

Anyhoo .. for all you chip lovers I'd highly recommend them, and i'm generally not one to rave about products, but I know how hard it is to find yummy low point chips!

So, here is what they look like, each pack just has a different colour depending on the flavour:


ENJOY!!

ughh mini blowout

not a big terrible, can't take it back blowout, but a mini, lost it for a few days, all I want to do is eat, blowout.

I only went a couple of points over, so no biggie really, but I am still in that mindset. I also ate most of these extra points at night, which I have been trying not to do. I'm a terrible night picker, and it seems to be the single most difficult habbit I have to break.

So, last night I sat down and planned out my whole day, with a couple of points to save, and I will save some points each day. I also need to get back in to my exercise! I was going well getting in to it, then gave up again. Why I give up I don't know, I enjoy it, I feel 10x better afterwards .. I'm just lazy when it comes to actually starting it!

So, here I sit, green tea in hand, charging the batteries for the day and I've decided before anything else I am going to go on the cross trainer for 20mins, followed by 20mins on wiifit.

Now lets just hope I can turn my mini blow out around .. I know it's life, these things happen, and I shouldn't feel bad about it, this is what WW is for, to be able to live life without regretting eating things, and allowing for those "treats"

WOW!!!

I can't believe it .. I lost 2.7kgs this week! WHOA

SO I reached my 10% weight loss .. I'm amazed at what a good week it's been. The biggest change has been that I cut out a lot of my evening snacks, and obviously it has made a huge difference!

So that brings my grand total to 13.7kgs lost .. Talk about a good kick of motivation

Internet down again

Well i've had no internet for a little while, and the computer was in being fixed .. so as of yesterday it's all 100% back up and running, so i'd better give a bit of an update!

As of last week i've lost 10.7kgs .. so stoked to reach the 10kg mark!

I have to say that I am tremendously proud of how I am going. I've tried WW before and not stuck to it, but this time it's different. I'm enjoying going each week, and I'm enjoying learning about different foods, nutrition and exercise. I really like how they have now have filling foods and set points.

I think too the fact i'm doing it with mum helps, even though we don't live together any more we still check in with each other almost daily, and when either of us has a little slip up the other one keeps them back on track. Needless to say mum is doing brilliantly as well having lost 13.7kgs as of last week.

We also did our monthly measurements, I have lost a total of  60cms! WOW

I've also really started noticing a difference, especially in this last week, here's what i've noticed:

- I can walk up and down my stairs without getting puffed
- I feel wide awake when I wake up in the morning, nowhere near as tired
- I am naturally going for healthier choices now without it being such an effort
- I feel much more confident in my appearance
- I feel in control of my choices, and can have self control when I do want to induldge (before i'd eat a block of choc in one sitting, now I can have one or two squares and be content with that)
- Most of my clothes, especially my pants are now too big, I need to buy some belts!
- I can SEE the difference in the mirror (only this week, up until then I couldn't see it)
- My belly doesn't hang as far LOL!
 
So, I'm off to get ready to go to mums and go to our meeting .. I will pop on when i'm back with hopefully good news! I'm pretty sure it's been a good week, so we wait and see!

Another Loss

Weighed in yesterday and lost 0.6kg, not a big loss like I had hoped for, but it's still a loss.

I am resigned to the fact that my body always goes in a fortnightly cycle. Big loss Little loss, Big loss Little loss, and so on. Overall i've lost 8.8kgs which is just amazing to me! I still have like 46 to go, but still, I'm almost at my second goal of 10%, and I reached my first goal ahead of my target date!

I'm finding now it's becoming second nature to make better choices, not always, i'd be lying if I said it was always the case, sometimes I have horrible mental battles with myself about what I will or won't eat, but slowly that is changing.

I had a great moment of will power last weekend, Sam came home with McDonalds for lunch .. I could have killed him! Thinking he was picking out the best things on their menu he bought me a McChicken, a Cheeseburger AND an Apple Pie. Now, that's something like 16 points all up .. 16!!!! I ate the McChicken, and told him he could either eat the other two, or throw them out, that I wouldn't be having them .. he put them in the fridge, which I looked at all afternoon but I didn't cave in, I wanted to, but I didn't. I just knew for that amount of points it wasn't going to be worth it, I knew i'd feel terrible afterwards, not just mentally but physically as well!

Onto non WW things, I will finish fixing up the pages at the top of this blog soon .. I'm very slack I know, but life has been very busy lately.

So, onwards and upwards for another week, bring on that 10%/10kg Weight Loss!!

Blog Overhaul

Well as you may have noticed i've given my blog a HUGE overhaul!

I worked out how to use these new templates, and have spent the last hour adding pages to the links across the top.

At the moment some of the linked pages are blank, but I'll be working on them throughout the day to try and get them up and running.

Hope you all like the new blog, and hopefully I can get some good links and inspiration happening by this afternoon!

Ok, so i've been VERY slack

I've not posted in a while .. getting caught up in life and various things going on.

All is going well on the Weight Watchers front, I had weigh in yesterday with a loss of 1.8kg!! bringing my total up to 8.2 since I started. So chuffed!

Also, I got a Wii for Valentines Day and it is GREAT! I've actually been exercising and really getting a sweat up when I'm using it, which is great!

Not much else to report really .. Apart from my desire to eat continually in week 3 i've managed to stay on track, and i'm finding that things are starting to become more of a habbit now rather than having to consciously think about every choice I make.

So that's it for now ... I will be sure to get on here more often with hopefully some interesting stories to tell!

Measurements .. OMG

Well, I had a lovely day!

I went to the movies with Sam to see Avatar at the gold class (my second time seeing it, my excuse is I had to treat Sam to a day out lol) and did well, had some hummus and grissini, but allowed for it within my points, so all went well. After the movies it was off to mum and dads for dinner. Mum cooked a YUMMY WW recipe for steak with veggies and a mustard mash potato .. to die for! Then we did our measurements

I AM AMAZED.

Here they are:

DATE             18th Jan         6th Feb
NECK             41cm              40.5cm
UPPER ARM  43cm              41cm
CHEST            124.5cm        124.5cm
WAIST            124cm           116cm
HIPS                136cm           133.5cm
UPPER LEG    81cm             73cm
CALF              51cm              50cm

I am in shock .. Whenever i've tried to lose weight before i've not done my measurements .. i've been happy that i've lost 6kg in total, but to see these sort of measurements in so motivating and helps me realise the hard work is really paying off!

Home alone saturday

This is the first Saturday i'm home alone. Sam (my wonderful fiance) has gone off into the city and it's just me and the cat.

Probably once every month or so he goes off to the city looking at music shops and car/hobby shops, which is good as I get to catch up on things at home, and enjoy the peace. The only issue is that in months past I have eaten heaps on these days, I tend to get a bit bored by the afternoon and start eating, so today will be a challenge for me.

Aside from this i'm going well drinking my water. I've had 1&1/2 600ml bottles so far today and it's only 1pm. I managed to drink about 4 bottles yesterday and felt great for it!

I've decided to scrap posting up my daily tracking, only because my internet plays up to no end and until it's fixed I can't always get on here each day. When it's working again I may go back to posting it daily.

In other news, i'm looking into some exercising options. There is one gym near here but I don't really like it, i've been there once before to check it out and although they had a "ladies only section" it was tiny, and in full view of everyone else .. and there were a lot of body building types there, which is just too intimidating for me at this stage. I'm not a very confident person, and need to work out in a place I feel at ease.

I did some research online last night, and was looking for a local fernwood .. but it's 20mins away, which isn't too bad .. but it is really a hassle to get to and I know I would not make the effort. There's also a curves which is really easy to get to, but i'm undecided if curves is for me, i've checked them out before and while i'm sure they're great I can see myself getting bored, and also if i'm going to a gym I want to be spending an hour there, not a 30minute circuit.

I do have a cross trainer at home .. but I lose motivation on it, which is why i'm thinking of my other option .. a personal trainer.

I found two in my local area who work independently of the gyms. One had info up on his website about his own weight loss, and his before and after shots were inspiring, however his website really came across as directed at men, lots of hard rock music playing in the background, and work out videos and options really directed at men, I don't think he'd be the right fit for me. The other guy on the other hand seemed really nice, very compasionate and I felt at ease listening to his video on the website, I think I may give him a call, or e-mail and find out some info on rates etc.

So i'm not 100% sure what i'll do at this stage, but I'm in the right head space to start exercising and making it a part of my lifestyle.

Thursday Weigh In

Just a quick post for now ... i've not been able to get on here to post up my daily tracking yesterday, or today until now . . . but I will have to come back later for that.

I had my weigh in this morning and I lost .... 2.1kgs!!! So for week 4 that brings my total to 6kgs!! I'm only 0.5kgs away from my first goal of 5% .. so excited.

I'm sure the difference has been drinking my water which I made a huge effort to do last week. 2bottles daily I managed on every day apart from i think one. This weeks goal is to up that to 2-3 per day and to GET MOVING .. I MUST start exercising.

This weeks loss has definitely boosted the motivation and confidence.

All I want to do is eat!!!

Since last night .. UGGHHHH!!!

I ended up having 26points .., which is ok, I had some saved, but still, I could've happily kept eating. I ended up adding a crumpet with vegemite, WW biscuits .. and my tracker is so muddled up I can't even see what else I added on, in between the crossing things out and writing new things in .. anyway .. new day today, although still all I want to do is eat and eat.

Here's todays plan:

Breakfast - 3 1/2 points
1 poached egg (2)
1 slice Helgas Multigrain (1 1/2)
Water (0)

Morning Tea - 1 Point
Banana (1)

Lunch - 8 points (I was at a friends .. eek!)
BBQ Chicken (3) i'm guessing, as I think I had between 70-100g at most
Couscous (3)
about 20-40g hot chips (2)
Salad (0)

Afternoon snack - 1 point
2 WW Triple Choc Biscuits

Dinner - 4 points
Mexican Beef, from the WW Website (4)
Salad (0)

Dessert/Evening Snack
Strawberry Fromage Frais (1 1/2)
WW Mint Icecream (2)
Mango207g  (1 1/2)

Total = 22 1/2

So i've got some points left if I HAVE to eat all evening .. although i'm having a go at this willpower thing .. how well it's working we're yet to see.

Off to do some groceries now .. I will report back later with my success!

What's Cookin'

Well I'm trying a  variation on a favourite tonight .. not a huge variation, but still.

I've decided to make Chicken Parmigana .. except there will be no crumbed deep fried chicken, i'm cooking it on the health grill, then adding grilled eggplant, homemade tomato sauce and 25g of light cheese, and piling up the plate with veggies of course. It works out to be 5 points, less if I don't put the cheese .. but I love my cheese too much, and really it's only 2 points for the extra light bega i'll be using .. i've got my sauce simmering away as we speak .. well type .. and it smells DELICIOUS!!

I've also decided to write in my tracking on here .. I use the WW Journal, and WAS using the e-tools for tracking although my internet played up too much and it was more convenient to hand write it .. but my thoughts for including my tracking in my blog is that it helps keep me accountable ... I know what i'm like and I like to decieve myself when i'm writing out my points, and try and trick myself into allowing more than I should .. not that i've done that yet, but i've certainly thought about it!!

So here is what today looks like, points allowance 25:

Breakfast - 3 points
2x wholemeal crumpets (3)
Vegemite (0)
Black tea with 1/2tsp splenda (0)

Morning Tea - 2 points
1 banana (1)
Nestle Diet Yoghurt (1)
WW Cordial (0)

Lunch - 7 points
2 slices Helgas Mixed Grain (3)
2 poached eggs (4)
2x WW Cordial (0)

Afternoon Tea - 2 points
2x Corn Cruskits (1/2)
1/4 Avocado (1 1/2)
2x Water (0)

Dinner- 5 points
140g Grilled Chicken (on the healthgrill) (3)
Eggplant (0)
Homemade Tomato Sauce (0)
25g Extra Light Cheese (2)
Broccoli, Carrot, Beans, Squash (0)
1x Diet Lemonade (0)

Dessert - 2 points
WW Berry Mudslide ice-cream (2)

Evening Snack - 2 1/2 points
1 Pear (1)
Nestle Diet Strawberry Fromage Frais (1 1/2)

Total = 23.5

Now, i've not gotten to dinner yet, I may change dessert/evening snack, but we'll see

Oh well, I'd better be off to get cooking, DF will be home soon and i'm getting hungry!!

My Goals

Well I sat down and worked out my goals this morning. I've split my weight loss up into 10 smaller goals which I hope will help keep me motivated!

In one way it seems like it's going to take forever, when I look at goal 10 and see my target date as April 2011 .. but I have to remind myself to look at the smaller goals, and take one at a time! I've tried to set my target dates within an achievable time frame as I don't want to depress myself if I don't get to one on time.

Most other weight loss blogs i've seen haven't had target dates, but for me personally it helps, it keeps me motivated and gives me a time frame and a target to work towards, otherwise i'm sure i'd let it go till 2015 before I got there!

Not much else to report today, these last few days have been going well, lets hope it stays that way!

The Chocolate Breakthrough!!!

MY FIRST DAY WITH NOTHING CHOCOLATEY!!!

I am so totally amazed with myself lol!

I have had a very good day food wise .. soft boiled egg and multigrain toast for breakfast, skinny cappuchino at morning tea, dip platter at the movies, gold class mind you thanks to mum (i resisted the choc tops and popcorn and didn't even feel deprived about it!), chicken salad roll for lunch, garlic prawn salad for dinner, and as I was hungry later I had a WW fruit in Jelly and a wholemeal crumpet with vegemite .. no chocolate mousse, no chocolate eclair, no ice cream and I don't even feel like eating anything sweet! I always leave myself points in the evening for a treat, so today i've saved 2.5 points, as well as the .5 from yesterday and I am satisfied! What a good feeling!

Ok, so I am rambling, but this is a HUGE breakthrough! HUGE!!

To top it off I have had 3 bottles of water today at 600ml each and only one diet soft drink, compared to the 5 that I'd usually have in a day

I'm feeling motivated again now after my small loss last week making me feel a little on the negative side.

*****
On a side note...

Tomorrow night we're going out to dinner with friends to a Thai restaurant, i've decided I will have Pad Thai as it's the best option for what I like there. I'm a little worried as usually we all order a dish and everyone shares, but I will politely decline the other foods at the table as I know I will be content with my Pad Thai. I'll also have 3 points that i've saved, so that will ease any worry I have of going over points.




Now, off for an early night before I change my mind about eating chocolate!!

Weigh In Today

..and I lost 0.3

It's still a loss so I know I need to be positive about this, but i'd be lying if I said I wasn't dissapointed.

It has been one CHAOTIC week ... not making excuses, just how it is. My Best friend and "sister" gave birth late Sunday night to a gorgeous baby girl, and the rest of the week has been spent running between the hospital and work, needless to say I've been skipping breakfast, and not eating till I am ravenously hungry at 2 in the afternoon.

Goals for this week -
Eat breakfast EVERY day
Drink at least 2 bottles of water a day
TRACK TRACK TRACK

At least I still had a loss .. onwards and upwards, may this week be better!!

Week One - DONE

Well, I am back on the Weight Watchers train, and into my 2nd week.

I've been on Weight Watchers before, with good success, although having lost enthusiasm last time is what undid me.

I am more determined than ever now. The last few years have seen many changes, many ups and downs, and the weight has piled on. I was at my heaviest a week ago, at a whopping 129.9kgs .. sheesh it's horrible to even admit that number!

I had a FANTASTIC first week, I felt like I was actually eating even more than I usually do, and pulled off a whopping 3.6kg weight loss.

The hardest adjustment has been making myself eat breakfast, I'm really not a big morning eater, which usually results in me stuffing myself come 1 or 2 in the afternoon, and continuing to eat until well after dinner. It's been difficult to eat smaller portions more often, but I do feel much better and more energised for it.

I think the biggest difference this time round is that mum and I are doing it together, and amazingly enough she also lost 3.6 in her first week! I think I am finally at a point where enough is enough, and I see my weight loss now as a long term thing, a lifestyle change, rather than a diet which has been my outlook in the past.

So that's week one down, I've decided to blog my efforts throughout this journey after being inspired from the blogs of other ladies on the Weight Watchers website, to help keep myself motivated, to see how far i've come, and hopefully in the long run to inspire others to do the same!