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.