Got to love Saturdays ;0) Hmmmm the silence of Saturdays, the boys are going out with Daddy, the noisy brats in my neighbourhood are absent. Its just me and the computer ... :0)
Now where was I ... that's right, not really a whinge but a 'worry' today. How much is too much weight to lose in a week?? I won't ask them "Biggest Loser" producers. If I see another one of them contestants whinge that a 2kg loss is tragic and terrible, they better start running!! LOL. Back on topic Janelle! Okay, on 8.2.2010 (a Monday) I was 125.2, 12.02 (Friday) 123.4, 17.02 (Wednesday just gone) 123kg .... today 121.6.... WHAT THE HELL IS HAPPENING???? That's almost 4kg in 2 weeks. Am I being paranoid or do I have reason to worry people??? I should be doing the "Biggest Loser" shocked OH MY GAWWWD ecstatic high-five celebration dance but I'm not. I haven't dramatically reduced my food intake or upped my exercise from any other normal week, so what is happening with the sudden kilo shedding???
I started the week with what I thought were unusual indigestion pains in my chest. They didn't hurt, just annoyed and now have passed. For the past 4 nights I am more exhausted than normal and falling asleep at my computer at 8pm, which is unusual for me. Last night, the usual thing I do on Friday nights, I filled up my glass with white wine ... took me 40 minutes to finish it instead of 4 minutes, VERY UNUSUAL!!! By 9.15pm, I was in bed. I started to think was I eating enough?? To be trueful I haven't changed my dietary needs since starting WW and I'm sticking to my points schedule. Maybe its time to start consuming MultiVitamins of some sort ... or, eeeeeeek, go and visit my doctor! I'm just trying to figure out why after almost 7 weeks on WW that my body is protesting in some unusual matter.
AND I CAN'T GET SICK OR GO TO HOSPITAL THIS WEEK!!!!
This week is our 7th wedding anniversery and 3 days later ... ear plugs people, AC/DC concert. Not allowed to get sick .... not allowed to get sick .... not allowed to get sick ......
Saturday, February 20, 2010
Thursday, February 18, 2010
18022010 - Another small step...
I knew from the start that this weight journey was going to be a very long journey, its just sometimes I have troubles in accepting it will be a very long journey. I have always been an inpatient person from day dot, so I was always going to have problems in patiently waiting for my body to shrink.
It wasn't until this week that I realised that this week is WEEK SEVEN. I think I got to Week Four and mentally stayed there, a bit like "Ground Hog Day" - same poop, different day! But I am in the middle of Week Seven and honestly, I believe I could have lost more weight than I have. I am not disappointed with the WW system, no way. I am disappointed in myself for not having 110% willpower. White wine has been my downfall and my potholes in this weight loss adventure. A few 'issues' have arisen since late January eg. a hot head of a 3yr old child, my credit card being skimmed, my eldest child's teacher pinpointing every flaw of my child and the non-event which is Valentines Day ... just to name a few. So i turned to the evil wine cask in the fridge. I was just going to have one, then came another and another. It just goes to show I still have mental issues to sort out and with some of those issues, I have no idea how to cope with them without alcohol. But I must say, I have done alright this week. I haven't had a wine since Sunday or Saturday, honestly can't remember. I could have drunk an entire bottle last night, kids had crossed that line too many times, but the mouth ulcers under my tongue couldn't bare any 'nasty' that would make them worse.
I'm also a tad nervous at present. This week, all of a sudden, I've been suffering dull aches in my chest like a form of indigestion or heartburn. Its certainly not the 'usual' indigestion I normally get. It comes and goes every couple of minutes and the longer this goes on, the more anxious I'm becoming. There's a radio announcer here in our town who recently described his experience with a heart attack. He tells the story that the heart pain isn't the sudden stabbing pain that you always see on TV/Movies but more like an indigestion pain after a bad kebab. Mmmmm Kebab, I wish I could have a kebab, then I could at least blame the delicious yet disgusting thing!!!
I shall end on some good news. This morning's weigh-in figure was 122.6kg, a total lost of 8kg in 7wks. Imagine how much more I could have lost if I ignored the wine! So in January I lost 6kg, in February its almost been 3kg. The clothes are certainly alot looser around my hips and my stomach 'overhang' isn't as enormous as it was. The Maundrell 'Mountains' I skull drag the pram & 14kg boy up almost every day are getting easier to climb too.
And Rome certainly wasn't built in a day ......
It wasn't until this week that I realised that this week is WEEK SEVEN. I think I got to Week Four and mentally stayed there, a bit like "Ground Hog Day" - same poop, different day! But I am in the middle of Week Seven and honestly, I believe I could have lost more weight than I have. I am not disappointed with the WW system, no way. I am disappointed in myself for not having 110% willpower. White wine has been my downfall and my potholes in this weight loss adventure. A few 'issues' have arisen since late January eg. a hot head of a 3yr old child, my credit card being skimmed, my eldest child's teacher pinpointing every flaw of my child and the non-event which is Valentines Day ... just to name a few. So i turned to the evil wine cask in the fridge. I was just going to have one, then came another and another. It just goes to show I still have mental issues to sort out and with some of those issues, I have no idea how to cope with them without alcohol. But I must say, I have done alright this week. I haven't had a wine since Sunday or Saturday, honestly can't remember. I could have drunk an entire bottle last night, kids had crossed that line too many times, but the mouth ulcers under my tongue couldn't bare any 'nasty' that would make them worse.
I'm also a tad nervous at present. This week, all of a sudden, I've been suffering dull aches in my chest like a form of indigestion or heartburn. Its certainly not the 'usual' indigestion I normally get. It comes and goes every couple of minutes and the longer this goes on, the more anxious I'm becoming. There's a radio announcer here in our town who recently described his experience with a heart attack. He tells the story that the heart pain isn't the sudden stabbing pain that you always see on TV/Movies but more like an indigestion pain after a bad kebab. Mmmmm Kebab, I wish I could have a kebab, then I could at least blame the delicious yet disgusting thing!!!
I shall end on some good news. This morning's weigh-in figure was 122.6kg, a total lost of 8kg in 7wks. Imagine how much more I could have lost if I ignored the wine! So in January I lost 6kg, in February its almost been 3kg. The clothes are certainly alot looser around my hips and my stomach 'overhang' isn't as enormous as it was. The Maundrell 'Mountains' I skull drag the pram & 14kg boy up almost every day are getting easier to climb too.
And Rome certainly wasn't built in a day ......
Friday, February 5, 2010
05022010 - 4kilos is how heavy??
Last night, I went grocery shopping ... big deal huh??? The majority of the time I'm looking & comparing prices on this and that. Last night, a 4 kilo bag of potatoes was cheaper than the per kilo ones. I picked up one bag of 4 kg of spuds and was amazed. By gingoes spuds are amazing aren't they? ;0) But I'm talking about the weight of the bag, 4 kilos. It was heavy. Firstly I've lost more that 4 kilos, I have now lost almost double that, 7.1kg. Then I thought for a moment, for a very long time I have been carrying up to 60kg more than I should ... 60kilos!!! If I thought a 4kg bag of spuds was heavy, what have I been thinking when I've been carrying at least ten times of that amount around for at least ten years!!
Well back to today, today is a fantastic day. I have had a fantastic Weight Watching week. On Monday morning I weighed in at 126.2 I think, a gain of 1.6kg in a week!!! Today I weighed in at 123.6 - a weekly loss of 2.6kg and a total loss of 7.1kg. I left a kilo on Darwin Street, then another up the mountain of Maundrell Terrace ... so, please do not return to sender. Those mountains are wicked. Monday and Tuesday hill climbs were exhausting but great as we had very cloudy weather, no hot sun burning down on us. Wednesday I went walking to the local shops. Yesterday and today, the sun is back and burning and make my treks a tad difficult ... BUT MY HEART IS STILL PUMPING AND I AM ALIVE!!!
My first big goal was to be 119kg by 23 April, my birthday. It maybe time to revise the goal situation. If I get truly serious, no wine, no 'enjoyment', I can most probably get to 119kg by 25 February, our night out at AC/DC concert. That is in three weeks time last night, that is at least a one kilo loss per week. Hmmmm, achievable??? Let's see huh .....
Well back to today, today is a fantastic day. I have had a fantastic Weight Watching week. On Monday morning I weighed in at 126.2 I think, a gain of 1.6kg in a week!!! Today I weighed in at 123.6 - a weekly loss of 2.6kg and a total loss of 7.1kg. I left a kilo on Darwin Street, then another up the mountain of Maundrell Terrace ... so, please do not return to sender. Those mountains are wicked. Monday and Tuesday hill climbs were exhausting but great as we had very cloudy weather, no hot sun burning down on us. Wednesday I went walking to the local shops. Yesterday and today, the sun is back and burning and make my treks a tad difficult ... BUT MY HEART IS STILL PUMPING AND I AM ALIVE!!!
My first big goal was to be 119kg by 23 April, my birthday. It maybe time to revise the goal situation. If I get truly serious, no wine, no 'enjoyment', I can most probably get to 119kg by 25 February, our night out at AC/DC concert. That is in three weeks time last night, that is at least a one kilo loss per week. Hmmmm, achievable??? Let's see huh .....
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
02022010 - Vent of the day
Well for two days in a row I achieved a great hill walk. All up I walk for 40 minutes that includes two huge hill climbs. I come home and log onto WW to add exercise to tracker and I am a tad frustrated.
If I go for a 40 minute walk with no hill climbs = 1 pt per 10 minutes
If I do aerobic/dancing/joggin for 40minutes = 1 pt per 10 minutes
If I go for a 40min walk with a trillion hill climbs included = 1 pt per 10mins.
Get the picture. No matter how much I sweat, pant or carry on ... its all 1pt for 10minutes .... THAT NOT FAIR WEIGHT WATCHERS!!!!!!!!
Climbing off soap box now, that maybe 1pt for 10mins too!!!
Good news though, my weight came down THANKFULLY, I'm back to be 125.4. Yay! I've also joined a motherhood website 12wk challenge that is running against the showing of "The Biggest Loser". I said I hoped to be 118kg by mid- April. I would like to be 115kg but realistically I settled for 118. After gaining 1.5kg the past week, I'm not getting too far ahead of myself anymore!
If I go for a 40 minute walk with no hill climbs = 1 pt per 10 minutes
If I do aerobic/dancing/joggin for 40minutes = 1 pt per 10 minutes
If I go for a 40min walk with a trillion hill climbs included = 1 pt per 10mins.
Get the picture. No matter how much I sweat, pant or carry on ... its all 1pt for 10minutes .... THAT NOT FAIR WEIGHT WATCHERS!!!!!!!!
Climbing off soap box now, that maybe 1pt for 10mins too!!!
Good news though, my weight came down THANKFULLY, I'm back to be 125.4. Yay! I've also joined a motherhood website 12wk challenge that is running against the showing of "The Biggest Loser". I said I hoped to be 118kg by mid- April. I would like to be 115kg but realistically I settled for 118. After gaining 1.5kg the past week, I'm not getting too far ahead of myself anymore!
Monday, February 1, 2010
01022010 - Back to Square One
Hello everyone and yes, it has been a while between posts. Last week wasn't the best of weeks. I think I started getting 'wobbly legs' the day I started prepping food for my son's 3rd birthday ten days ago. Since then, I have been out of sorts. My exercise routine went out the door, our weather was as hot as a baker's oven, mmmm baker's oven - LOL!
Then fast forward to this morning and the weekly official weigh-in and the poop hit the fan ... I had re-entered the 126ers and I have no one to blame but myself. Too little movement + too much wine = extra kilos. I didn't go near a takeaway joint or order home delivery, I just didn't move my backside. I did walk my son to school for 3 days, up that mongrel hill and back, but 5 hours later I was drinking wine. However, not all is bad as my tape measure never fails me. Despite the extra kilo and a bit, I have lost a centimetre from my hips and waist lines. So not all is terrible.
This morning after the weigh-in and measurements, I walked my son to school again at, lets nick name it "Mongrel Hill". Its not officially named but believe me, its a mongrel of a hill!!! I have decided to put my 3yo back in his pram too. He should be walking himself but last week, with THAT hill wearing him out, he demanded me to carry him home at times. So, he is back in the pram and I am walking at a decent speed and not slowly dawdling as I was with him. Today we extended the morning walk, to include another 'Mongrel Hill' and I survived. A two hill walk, yay for me, oh as well as the afternoon walk which I have to do as school requires me to collect my 5yo son at the end of the school day ... LOL
So the past week could have been better but I can say that I did lose 4.5kg in the month of January ... I am 4.5kg less than I was at the beginning of the year. What can I achieve in February?????
Then fast forward to this morning and the weekly official weigh-in and the poop hit the fan ... I had re-entered the 126ers and I have no one to blame but myself. Too little movement + too much wine = extra kilos. I didn't go near a takeaway joint or order home delivery, I just didn't move my backside. I did walk my son to school for 3 days, up that mongrel hill and back, but 5 hours later I was drinking wine. However, not all is bad as my tape measure never fails me. Despite the extra kilo and a bit, I have lost a centimetre from my hips and waist lines. So not all is terrible.
This morning after the weigh-in and measurements, I walked my son to school again at, lets nick name it "Mongrel Hill". Its not officially named but believe me, its a mongrel of a hill!!! I have decided to put my 3yo back in his pram too. He should be walking himself but last week, with THAT hill wearing him out, he demanded me to carry him home at times. So, he is back in the pram and I am walking at a decent speed and not slowly dawdling as I was with him. Today we extended the morning walk, to include another 'Mongrel Hill' and I survived. A two hill walk, yay for me, oh as well as the afternoon walk which I have to do as school requires me to collect my 5yo son at the end of the school day ... LOL
So the past week could have been better but I can say that I did lose 4.5kg in the month of January ... I am 4.5kg less than I was at the beginning of the year. What can I achieve in February?????
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