Cr@p!!

700 gram gain! SEVEN HUNDRED GRAMS!!!!

OK, so to be fair, I didnt stick to points very well this week. I've been really hungry and tried my best, but caved to fish and chips on Tuesday which would have hurt big time.

Still, I'm fairly gutted. 1.1kg from goal now :(

Plan of attack - get my appetite under control and stock up on low points foods. Wish me luck.

Pretty bad morning all around today - after bumming out about the scales, I cut my finger on a kitchen knife AND walked into a door giving myself a massive lump on my eyebrow. Possible black eye perhaps?

Was also late to work by 45 minutes and my inbox is overflowing. There is a plate of cake on MY desk for a shared morning tea. I try not to make eye contact with it....

I have my porridge, muesli bars and Tom Yum soup. I'll stick to points today if it kills me! PT session in just over an hour and I WILL work my butt off!

Update: I've been an angel today! Earned 4.5 points at the gym, and stuck to points. Healthy dinner of fish, quinoa and vege's and dessert of WW jelly :) I still have 1.5 points left for the day but plan to save them. I feel very smug and proud of myself!

Great Gym Assessment result!

Yesterday was the start of week 4 of my 13 week gym program.

When I signed up, the PT set my goal to reduce my body fat percentage from 32% to between 26 and 28%.

Each Monday I've had my weigh and measure, and in my first week, lost 2% body fat. She said to me at the time that it was a great loss, but that would probably be the biggest loss I'd have, being week one and all (that week I lost 1.6kg at WI)

Week 2 saw a slight increase in body fat - it had been a bad eating week and it showed, but not too bad. WI on Thursday showed a 100 gram gain.

Well, yesterday I was in shock when she announced that I had lost 1.9% body fat this past week! Amazing! That takes me down to 27.5% and PT said that even if I didnt lose any more she was happy with where I am at and I've reached my goal already. I'm hoping for a good loss at WI this week too, but the call of chocolate last night has been pretty strong so I'm feeling cautiously optimistic.

Naturally I'm all fired up and setting myself a goal to lose another 2.5% over the next 9 weeks. Can it be done? If passion is any measuring stick it sure can be! Imagine having only 25% body fat! Wouldnt that be awesome!!

I also managed a 5k run on Sunday - the first run since the 10k a month ago and I was feeling it!

Ah yes, its a good week :) Now, just 2 days to get through without blowing out too badly and I hope to have a HUUUUUGE smile on my face!

The side effect of exercise - insatiable hunger!!

Ah yes, that chewing feeling in your stomach where everything edible looks great, points value be damned!

It was one of those weeks. The gym is clearly doing its job with another cm lost off arms and waist (yay!), but the hunger is something new and I didnt manage this week very well at all.

Over the weekend we had a relative say, so we had dinner out on Thursday and dinner at a another relatives on Friday. You would think that having been at this for nearly 16 months, that I would be able to handle the un-planned a bit better by now!

Alas, the call of the bread basket and dips was too strong to resist at the restaurant. I managed to stick to my no alcohol challenge (20 days and counting now) and avoided desert, but those darn breads and dips.... mmmmmm.

I went to the gym on Saturday and squeezed in a good hour, and we had a fair bit of walking Friday and Saturday with visits to the shopping centre and a farm attraction.

To cut a long story short, I earned 16 exercise points. I ate all of them, plus another 9 for good measure :(

I had a 100 gram gain, which wasnt too bad, all things considered and I have PROMISED to have a better week this week.

Its Saturday now and day 3 of my week. I've done quite well. It was another on-the-hop meal last night and I made the most of McDonalds WW meals. I was pretty cynical when they came out but I do admit that its very handy to be able to know exactly what you are eating when you have limited options, are short for time and are starving. I have McDonalds maybe once a month and its super handy being vegetarian because takeaway options are pretty limited. Its always a filet o fish for this girl, or Subway. Not too unhealthy!

I put my hand up to having a Sneaky WI on Friday and am KICKING myself for it. I weighed in at..... 66.9!! Which, had it been an official WI day would have meant GOAL!

But its not and now all I can do is work really hard and make sure it stays there so that I can get on here and Yippee on Thursday.

Now, what can I find to eat..........

A loss is still a loss

I hopped on the scales to a 200 gram loss this morning. Initially I was a bit disappointed but then perked right up when I remembered last weeks big loss and decided to look at this as an average loss of 900 grams over the last 2 weeks.

I've been consistent with my gyming and even went to have a session yesterday morning before work which is unheard of. I knew that I wouldnt have time to go at lunch so I'm pretty pleased that I made the effort rather than flagging it. I also managed to bike 7k yesterday and feel rather good about that too.

I get a new 'workout' at my PT session today and I believe next up is abs. I need all the help I can get with those!

All up I earned 25 exercise points last week, but ate 20 of them. I was pretty hungry and although ideally I would have liked to save them, at least I earned them first so I didnt technically go over.

Thats my story and I'm sticking with it :)

300 grams til goal and I would LOVE to get there next week. Lots of changes coming up for me soon which I will share in due course. Needless to say that getting to goal will be fantastic and bring me to 30kg lost.

I'm going to work REALLY hard this week and do my absolute best.

Lowest weight ever!

Yay!!!!!!

I recorded my lowest ever weight today of 67.5kg - a massive 1.6kg loss since last week!

Not sure how this happened as I didnt do a jot of exercise, but today I have my first gym session and I'm biking there and back to boot.

Today also heralds the huge milestone of reaching my 30%. Crazy to think that I have lost nearly 1/3 of my body weight!

Pretty happy today, on track with food and feeling great.

13 week gym program starts this week!

I just had my initial weigh/measure assessment at the gym and am the proud owner of my very own folder and menu plan. I dont know what my weight was (I never ask as it counts as a sneaky for me) but my body fat percentage is 32%. Target for the next 13 weeks is to bring that down to 28-26%. My trainer thinks that is perfectly achievable over that time and I'm excited!

I also have a meal plan. I'm going to follow it for 2 weeks and see how that goes. I'll still track it, but if its over points then so be it. Looks OK so far although it says to use milk in some meals *gasp* and I never have milk so that will be interesting. Protein is at about 90 grams a day which is good as I'm always looking for ways to up that. My protein recommendation is 50 grams in general but I'm probably lucky to get 30 grams of that. I just need to tweak a few of the meals to make them vegetarian, but that should be easy enough. I'll start tomorrow :)

I biked to work this morning (brrrr, it was frosty cold) so by the time I bike home again thats 1.5 exercise points. Hoping to get to the gym at lunchtime as I've been FAR too lazy this past week. No excuses today - even if it is just a 3k run or a circuit. Have to start getting back in the exercise zone!

Fresh start, new attitude

Good evening lovely Followers!

Forgive me in advance because this blog post is very me, me, me...

First up: Confessions!

My weekly points allowance is 133. This week I consumed a massive 240-odd points! I cant even begin to tell you the gorge fest that I had, and in desperation I went and spoke to a PT at the gym on Wednesday and told her how I have been so hungry lately.

She told me that in her opinion, the training I undertook for the 10k run was upping my appetite and my body needed more fuel. Her advice? Eat if you are hungry!

I wasnt too sure about that, seeing as I was so over points with minimal discipline, and I didnt think my training was all that hard-out, but I took her opinion on board and decided that Thursday would be a new day. I decided to change WI from tomorrow to today to align myself with our new WW challenge (more on that soon).

I hopped on the scales this morning and braced myself for Epic Gain. I was blown away when the scales showed a VERY forgiving 400 gram gain! Dodged that bullet and learned a few things in the process.

I have also signed up for the Break program through my gym. Essentially it is a 13 week program with 2 x 30 minute one on one training sessions with a PT a week. They also provide a nutrition plan but I think I'll have a look over it before I decide whether to follow it or stick with WW. I am very excited about starting this next week! Thursday is my first session :)

Some of you may remember that I have mentioned my S2S girls a few times. Back in July last year, a group of us started Slimming to September - an 8 week 'challenge' thread on the WW boards. We, a group of mums on a mission, posted every day and got to know each other very well. These ladies are definitely now among my closest friends and were the ladies I met up with in Sydney in May. S2S morphed into challenge after challenge, and here we are a year on, just starting S2S the Anniversary edition.

We've only lost one participant along the way and picked up a few more too and we all post daily on WW and/or Facebook, text each other and generally share each others lives to a level that I never thought possible. They mean so much to me and their unwavering support and sense of humour has defused many a bust WI.

So there were a few sentimental tears as we kicked off S2S 2010 today!

Lastly, I have just completed my application for the WW Healthy Life awards! I am freaking out (a tad) that my photos, real name and innermost thoughts are up online for all to see and vote on.... but heck, I am proud of how far I have come over the last 15 months!

So, if you have a spare minute, I would really appreciate your vote. You can find my profile here