Another week down...

And I have made the tiniest weight gain. 100 grams. Which I'm not worried about. It does mean I am holding off on working on my other goals for another week (or maybe two). But really I'm not worried by this.

I am a little concerned about what my blood tests results will be... one of the things that Sureslim does is that it gets you to have regular checks for things like cholesterol, liver function, kidney function etc. And I will probably get my results today when I go see a doctor.

I'm also a little worried about reorganising things so that having lunch at uni will work out. There are two (or maybe three) days that I will be on campus at lunch time. It's going to take a bit of brain work. It's a shame there isn't a Subway at uni.

Another week bites the dust.

My apologies about the extended silence on here.

See, for the last week I have been feeling kinda down about this whole weight loss thing. It's hard to keep the momentum up, especially after you have had a gain. When everything is feeling the same, and you can't really tell that there is anything different, it makes me want to turn to my old friend, Ice Cream and Chocolate. I have been craving both...

But this week's weigh in caught me by surprise. I lost 2.9kg this week. I was so excited to see the number that popped up on the scales. It make the last weeks efforts seem all that more tasty. It also made me wonder what the scales would have said if I hadn't induldged a couple of times. But I'm not going to dwell on that.

What I am going to dwell on is that I am pretty much 1kg away from my first goal. It's a bit of a personal one, and I wanted it to happen within the next three weigh-ins. So, short of something incredibly disasterous (and who knows what could happen), I should have well cleared my first goal.

I told myself that once I had that one out of the way, I would share a few more. I wanted to show myself that I could make this weight loss thing work before I lay it all out there. But never fear, it will all be happening soon... and by soon, I mean hopefully next week.

Week four...

Okay. I'm going to deliberately gloss over the fact that I gained 1.5kg last week. Oh well. I'm back in the game now. :)

Disaster week.

I think that's what I'm going to call this week. Lets just say that I topped it off with some pizza tonight.

I'm not going to loose weight this week, and I know it. All I can do is do better next week.

Sigh. I'm not looking forward to my weigh in tomorrow.

Confession time.

I have been naughty. I have been eating more lettuce then other veges, and brownie. It was amazing.

But yeah, not really all that fazed. I'm just carrying on. Still, I will say that I am really looking forward to some pasta. And a good piece of steak. Or even some mince.

Yeah, weird cravings. I know.

Week 3 round-up

Good morning all!

Let's get this whole weight business out of the way... I lost 2.02kgs!!!

I'm really happy about this. It's the largest single amount I've lost in a week so far. And I still had a fair amount of slip ups. The thing that is really hitting home at the moment is that I can have a couple of meals where things don't go to plan, and it will work out okay as long as I am following my diet the rest of the time. I think I will be still having this realization for a while. I'm told that this can happen for a while, but probably once I lose 10-15kgs it will get a lot harder.

Still, today I'm not worried about that. Not at all. I mean, my BMI started at 38.2, and it's already down to 36.7. I thought it would have taken a bit longer for that kind of thing to drop, but I have lost 1.5 BMI. I'm not even sure that's how you are meant to write it, but the point is, I am losing it.

But, for now, I better get back to my fruit and yoghurt.

Twenty days down!

So, yet again, saturday was filled with events. Lunch was... well, good fun hanging out with people. But lets stop there. Dinner was pretty much normal for my diet though. Overall there were a few things that didn't end up being eaten that should have. But it's all good.

Today I was at home all day and it went really well. Lunch seems to be my hard meal at the moment. I really didn't want to eat lunch. It was just too hot. And breakfast was a break from my normal smoothies. I had melted cheese on kruskits, and some carrot. Dinner was really nice too. I'm loving courgette. It is amazing.

I have my next weigh-in on tuesday, and I don't know when I will stop being nervous about it. I keep telling myself that I will have gained weight over the last week. I really hope I haven't, but I'm just silly nervous. Hopefully one day I will get over it. We will see how it goes.

Day... oh I've lost count.

Well all, i've not been blogging for a couple of days now. It's crazy how quickly time can get away from you, and before you realise, it's the end of another week.

I have been eating a lot of salads, and a lot of chicken. I have been to Subway twice this week. Michael thinks that their roast chicken tastes like rubber, but when you are hungry it tastes like heaven.

I've been craving chocolate all week, but I'm going to hold out till monday... that's the day that yellow chocolate is released. And since yellow is my favourite colour, I figure I can let myself have a treat that day.

I've tried a new variation on my morning smoothie. This morning I replaced the mixed berries with a yellow plum. It wasn't as fruity tasting as the berries, but it was a lovely change. I'm not allowed banana at the moment, so I'm going to have to get creative on what other fruit I could try. Maybe watermelon? It's worth a try... except for the seeds... hmm, maybe not.

Apart from chocolate, there are a few things I am craving. And it's not the things I was expecting. I'm really hanging out for some carrot cake (even though I eat truck-loads of carrots), vegemite, and flour. Well, not so much flour... more the ability to be able to do interesting things with fish. I've caught myself dreaming about making mini fish pies, using my mountain bread as a base.

Anyway, it's been nice blogging. It's time to go get dinner ready. Tonight is chicken, onion and courgette, vitaweat crackers with avocado, some kumara, five almonds and an apple. And 500ml of water. I'm actually really looking forward to the courgette. Something new!

Day 15... and the Week Two round-up.

Yay! After going all over the place with food last weekend, I still managed to loose 500 grams!!!

That's 2.3kgs in two weeks. I'm really happy about that.

Today went okay, food wise. Dinner at dancing was pretty sparce, but it was enough. I'm going to have to work harder at getting lunch good on dancing days. But otherwise all is well. :)

What a difference.

I've been playing around with some features on a website called My Virtual Model, and it's amazing to see what a difference it makes to the shape of your body when you gain or loose weight.

Take these three pictures for example:

The first picture is showing a model that is the same starting weight as I was, and is my height. The second and third models show about where I am meant to be aiming to get... well, according to SureSlim, I should be aiming for the third model, but I think that anywhere between the two would be nice. Sure, number three has a better waist... and is it just me, or do number one's feet look really wide! Maybe that's why I have issues with my feet...

I guess we will see where things go after a while. These pictures will certainly be a good thing to look back on when I am feeling like it isn't worth all the hassle.

Day 15

This morning I am on puppy-sitting duty. Yes, there is a new puppy at home. He is a nine week old long-haired Weimaraner puppy named Milo. And he isn't house trained, and likes being around people. At the moment, he is sitting at my feet having a sleep.

Anyway, I figured that this is as good of a time as ever to actually getting around to measuring myself. Sure, it's only a quick once round, and probably have a slight margin of error, but at the moment the measurements are sitting at:
Bust - 117cm
Waist - 114cm
Hips - 129cm

Wow that was scary to type. At least that's out of the way now. All I have to do now is wait another six and a half or so hours before my weigh in. :)

Day 14

So. 14 days in. And out of those 14 days, I have followed the diet for 11 and 1/3 of those days. I have a weigh in tomorrow, which I am a lot more nervous about then I was before last weeks diet. See, all of those days that I haven't followed the diet have been in the last week. It's going to be interesting to see what happens on the scales.

I've pretty much come to the conclusion that I will have made a gain this week. But that's okay... so it's not really, but I will deal with it when it is confirmed.

It doesn't help that today I really haven't felt like eating. It's annoying getting to the time that I have to eat, and not wanting to eat, but knowing if it waits too long I won't be able to eat until it is far too late for the rest of the day. It just makes me feel so blah.

Anyway, dancing starts back again tomorrow, so my exercise levels will go back up again. So I will at least be able to feel like I'm doing something to help get the weight off.

Tomorrow will be the first time where I will have to prepare a meal to eat quickly between dance lessons. So an interesting day all round.

Day 13...

I am home. And I enjoyed my weekend a whole lot.

It's back to the bandwagon tommorow. Talk to you more then!

Days 11-12

Hey all!

Guess what! I'm off to the beach for the night. While I'm there I will be going to a party. And then after that, we will be driving inland and going to another party! A 70th, followed by a 21st. 91 years worth of partying... and probably 91 years worth of food.

So, I am going to go an enjoy myself. I'm not going to over-do anything (and I'm not planning on drinking any alcohol). I'm going to do what I can to eat to the diet, but I'm just going to take this weekend to enjoy myself and celebrate.

Sure, I will probably see a gain on the scales this week, but I'm not going to worry too much about it.

See you all on sunday!

Day 10 review.

I've started to realise that this diet is making me become more of an adult.

Tonight I had fish and chips. Yes, I broke my diet in spectacular fashion. But, I enjoyed it (kinda) and now that I have had it, I'm ready to get back into my diet.

I'm going to enjoy my life, and not limit myself, and not turn going out and seeing people into a circus. But when I am home, and I doing my own thing, I can work on my diet.

Forget about a work/life balance... I'm having to work on my food/life balance. But I can do this. It's all good.

Oh, and thanks for all the messages of support. It makes a world of difference knowing that people care. And if I fall off the band-wagon, make sure you kick my butt back on track! :)

Day 10 in progress.

Yesterday was fun, but pretty hard. I've gotten used to being at home and doing what I need to do in terms of measuring food and the likes. But being somewhere different was tricky. I got a bit lazy and didn't do as much weighing as I should have, but oh well.

I had cereal for breakfast today, which the yoghurt option rather then milk. It worked better.

Anyone who is in (or around) Hamilton should check out the new fruit and vege store in Hamilton East. My mum went there yesterday and got plums that were the size of resonable apples. They were huge! She tells me it's right next to the Pizza Hutt.

I have a serving of sliced turkey breast for lunch today. I'm really looking forward to that. The plan is to have that, veges and some Vitaweat crackers. Sound lovely to me. Now all I have to do is wait another two hours... :)

About my main photo.

I figure I should do some explaining.

I've been putting together a whole lot of photos of me (and a few other peeps) showing me over the past few years. In these photos I am a huge range of different weights. Most of the photos are ones that I really like that remind me of good times. There are a few in there that are only there because I really don't like them.

And no, I'm not planning on drawing any attention to those ones. :p

Lets just pretend that I like them all.

I'm also planning on putting a few other photos around the blog. But those will be a work in progress.

Day 8

I've spent a little bit of time playing with photos for the blog today, as you will be able to see. Anyone who was looking at the blog while I was sorting it might be forgiven if they thought that I put on one picture and didn't change it more then that, but it's amazing the difference a little nudge down and to the left can make. :)

Today went okay on the diet. Tomorrow is the first time that I will be eating away from home. I will be having my lunch and dinner in Huntly at my parents house, which should be fine. I will eat a little earlier, so I can have dinner at the time my family do, and I may have to do a bit of shopping during the day, but it should work out fine.

I'm planning on travelling with my kitchen scales. They are my friend!

I'm starting to get used to eating more avocado now. And I'm getting better with the seeds and the flaxseed/linseed meal. The oil is still tricky, but slightly more workable. Still not easy though.

This weekend will be interesting when it comes to my diet. On saturday I have two parties to attend, and I have no idea where I will be for most of Friday, or Sunday. And that's making me a little edgy. I will do my best to sort some things tomorrow and thursday so I have a better idea, but it's a work in progress at the moment.

Day 7 & Week 1 Round Up.

As I mentioned before, I lost 1.76kgs this week. That is a pretty good effort, especially for me. And as Vicki pointed out, I did it while feeling full. It's a brilliant place to start, and it has me looking forward to seeing what else I can do this year.

You may have noticed by now that I haven't actually put in a start weight, or an exact number on anything before today. Well, that's because it's still hard to talk numbers. The numbers I started at, and the numbers that I'm suggested to get down to, and the numbers in between, are all signs that I have been slack for years and haven't cared about myself the way that I should.

I am planning on putting some numbers on here though... just not right now. At the four week mark is the first time I officially get measured by SureSlim (I'm planning on doing my own measurements in the next day or two). When I get those measurements done, I am going to put them on here. As scary as they are, I'm going to do it.

I'm also planning on putting up my actual starting numbers and some goals too, but those will probably wait till the 6-8 week mark, when I've lost (hopefully) between 5-10kgs. By then I feel like I will have done enough to feel proud enough of my achievements that my numbers won't be as scary anymore.

And to think, I will be doing it by eating a whole lot of avocado, heaps of meat, and a large amount of eggs. I mean, lunch today included a 75gm wedge of edam cheese.

Life is good.

Scale time 1

So, I'm not long back from my first weigh in. And I lost 1.76kgs! I'm pretty darn happy with that. :)

I need to see if I can get some sort of slider, or count down thing on the side of this blog... but yay! 1.76kgs down!

Day 6

I feel really gross today. I will spare you all the details, but lets just say that not much is staying in for very long today. Gives me even less incentive to eat today.

I'm doing my best to relax, so that I will feel a little better before I go to an engagement party picnic later.

I hope that my stomach settles down asap.

Day 5 done and dusted.

Dinner was what I expected. :)

It worked out to being an okay amount. Shame I forgot to eat my almonds and an apple.

I think I will be able to handle this whole diet thing for another day. I think tomorrow will be a cereal day. We will see how I'm feeling in the morning. But now, it's time to just chill listening to some She And Him. I <3 Zooey Deschanel!

Day 5.

Today is going okay. I'm not feeling overly hungry, and today was the first time where it felt hard to get up in time to have breakfast. Last night Michael and I went into town for bowling, megazone, pool and drinks. Everyone else was having various amounts of beer, tequila, vodka and jager. I decided to break out of the diet a little and have some Diet Coke. I figure I could have done a lot worse, and I'm not going to beat myself up over it. It still meant for a slightly late night, so today I'm feeling tired.

I had another berry smoothie for breakfast (I must look into getting a jug or something to keep a couple of days worth of the stuff preprepared), and lunch was three Kruskits with avocado and pepper, a carrott and a tin of tuna. Dinner will be chicken, kumara, coleslaw, two Vitaweet crackers, five almonds and an apple. I don't know about you, but to me that sounds like a lot.

You would think that when you are on a diet that they would be wanting you to get used to having smaller meals, not huge ones!

I'm kinda nervous/excited about monday. My first weigh-in. I really hope something has moved. I'm catching myself looking in the mirror more, hoping for some visible sign that i've lost some weight. I'm tugging on shorts and trying to guess if they are looser. Sure, it's only been five days, and I know that I won't notice anything, but I hope that the scales do on monday.

Day 4: Yay for breakfast!

So I slept in big time this morning, so today probably wasn't the best day to have a breakfast that took a fair amount of prep work... but it's okay, because I drank my breakfast this morning!

Eating 190gms of unsweetened plain natural youghurt is tricky, because it works out to being quite a bit. Add to that a spoon of sunflower seeds and a spoon of sesame seeds. Both of those things are quite nice, but it is a weird sensation to have to chew yoghurt, which I did on tuesday. I wasn't looking forward to doing that again.

So this morning I pulled out the food processor, put in the seeds and 100gms of frozen berries, pulsed that for a while, and then put in my yoghurt. The result of it was amazing. Sure, the sesame seeds didn't get broken up at all, but the sunflower seeds did. Meaning that I didn't have to chew! Score!

The only thing I would say is that it probably would have been easier to do in a blender then a food processor, but it's okay to make do. And I wonder if it would be okay to do all this the night before, and then breakfast would take no time at all.

This is going to make breakfast a whole lot nicer. Either that or its going to make me want to blend everything.

Day 3 done!

I'm so happy to have today over. I've felt weak, and headachy, and just not that great. I got to have some cuddles with my nephew though, which made things a bit happier. Even though I had to make a quick getaway when he started eating peanut butter toast.

I haven't felt hungry at all today... except for when I went into the supermarket, and parked outside a shop selling chinese food. From the time I parked to the time I got back in my car I kept wondering how bad it would be if I just went and bought a mini spring roll. I was extremely glad to see an old friend on the way out of the supermarket, so I didn't end up on a food scavange... I know if I had gone in, I wouldn't have come out with a mini spring roll... It would have been a large spring roll, or two.

Still, I managed to keep away, and Michael had a Big Mac while he wasn't around me. I'm so greatful that we were in seperate cars.

I got a phone call from one of the SureSlim ladies, and she tells me that the headaches normally go away on Day 4, which is tomorrow. Which will be nice, because I'm going into town tomorrow to go bowling and hang out with mates. It may be the last time I have an excuse to wear one of my pretty dresses before it becomes (hopefully) too big. It will probably be challenging, but I'm only taking one day at a time.

I wish I had a set of scales right now so I could step on them and reassure myself I'm making progress.

End of Day 2

So, I achieved something today... organisation! I managed to eat my meals at regular times, and I managed to eat all of it... except I forgot to eat one of my pieces of fruit.

I did however manage to have my oil today! I had tinned tuna for dinner, and just mixed my oil through it. Score! I will have to come up with another solution as well, but at least it's a start.

In other news, I have been really headachey all day today. And I've been feeling a bit weak. I was warned that the beginning of the diet I could go through a minor detox, which could include headaches. I've been feeling a bit clammy too, but I'm not sure if that's part of it. Someone is calling me tomorrow to see how I am doing. Day 3 is meant to be the hardest of the beginning of the diet, so we will see how that goes. But all is going good so far.

Day 2

The cereal (that cost me $15!!!) was really nice this morning. It was the first time in a long time that I had cereal and milk... along with my seeds and linseed meal. I'm not sure it was as good as the cost was, but it was better then I was expecting. Shame I'm only allowed it three times a week. It will be back to the yoghurt tomorrow.

After having such a hard time finishing my meals yesterday, I'm going to try something a little different. For lunch today, I'm only choosing things on the menu that I can eat with my fingers. So that means carrot sticks, edam cheese, a couple of pieces of kumara, and avocado and alfalfa sprouts on a couple of kruskits. Maybe a piece of fruit too. I quite liked finishing up yesterday with a piece of fruit... it gave me something sweet to look forward to. I think I might keep that up.

I have no idea how I am going to work in the oil component... one of the SureSlim people is going to be calling me tomorrow to see how I am going, and I think I will ask for some ideas on how to work it in easily. I'm not keen on the idea of drinking oil.

End of Day 1

Right now, I feel bloated and heavy. There is so much food to get through. I didn't finish lunch or dinner today. The food is good, and there is a good selection... there is just too much of it.

I got through my 2L of water, and another cup or so more. So that side of things is going okay.

I didn't get to the flaxseed/linseed meal, or the oil today. I'm not too worried. It's a work in progress.

From today's effort came two things that interested me. One, I think I'm going to be eating a lot of eggs as part of my evening meal. And two, I really enjoyed the almonds. Bring on more of them, I say!

Now I just have to wait two hours before I'm meant to sleep. Something tells me I will be sleeping a little bit earlier then that.

Ugh.

I'm declaring that I have finished my lunch. An hour later then I had planned, and not all of it eaten.

Wow these meals are huge.

How did I get here?

Having just finished my first meal (plain unsweetened low fat yoghurt with a spoon of sunflower seeds and a spoon of sesame seeds... and a nectarine!!!) I figure now is a pretty good time to start writing this blog. It's one of those things that I meant to do yesterday, but never got around to... so here I am.

Basically, the story so far is that I'm a bit (cough) on the overweight side. Okay, so not just a bit... I'm on the current Kirsty Alley side of being a healthy weight. I've spent quite a bit of time living the "big is beautiful" attitude, and I was mostly happy about how I looked. My lovely man makes it hard for me to feel anything other then good about myself. :)

But then I had one of those epiphany moments where the lights got turned on and I realised that if I kept things up the way I was going, my dress size would almost be catching up to my age. Which isn't a pretty thought at all.

So, I have signed up for a year of SureSlim. I've done Weight Watchers (and it worked well for a while, but didn't help me keep the weight off) and I've tried Optifast (again, it worked well, but only while I was on the shakes, so not a good long term option for me). SureSlim seems to have a lot of success, and we are stuck with each other for a year, even if I loose up to my target weight in less time then that.

I'm told that the next few days are likely to be some of the hardest. Personally, I'm more worried about further down the track when I'm likely to get more lax. I'm told that over the next few days are when I am likely to feel the most hungry, and that I might go through a bit of a mini-detox. I think I will make water my new best friend.

Anyway, here's to loosing lots of weight, keeping it off, and working towards an amazing "After" photo! I'm off to find an online graph maker!