New WI Day

More bad eating, more shocking chocolate consumption. Check out what I got in my grocery shop on Saturday :(

If that isnt enough to make your stomach turn, nothing will.

No after weeks of faffing about, losing motivation and perseverance half way through the day, I have decided ENOUGH! I've changed my WI to Tuesdays from Thursdays because a) it means that I can start my new week NOW and no more mucking about; b) I work from home Tuesdays and wont be running late for work at the office ;)

So I hopped on the Wii this morning, took a deep breath and loosened my death grip on the controller. No loss, no gain. Punched the air in victory and wonder what the heck is going on - 2 weeks well over points and a total of 500 grams lost in that time. Amazing!

It certainly fired up the motivation for me today, and I am pleased to say that I have not eaten any chocolate today, and have even saved a point.

Yay!

Extra challenges are being faced at the moment as I have stopped smoking. I had my last cigarette 59 hours ago. I am using patches and having lollipops as cigarette replacements but its still hard going. If I can quit smoking and still lose weight, I will certainly realise how strong I am.

The real post

I'm very excited my test post worked! Wow! (I got a new phone on Wednesday and it has SO many cool features! Too many to even count)

So, I know you are all GAGGING to know how WI went. I continued to blow out all week and kicked myself about for it. I was resigned to a gain, it was just a matter of how much.

So I braced myself and hopped on the scales yesterday. 500 gram loss!

What?!

Not quite sure what the old bod is doing at the moment. I was well over points by at least 50 (I stopped tracking on Tuesday), and I've shifted to maintenance so am 'allowed' 23 a day as opposed to 19.

Dont get me wrong, I'm not complaining. I'm just very confused!

And you would think that after escaping Epic Gain that I would be good, right?

Well, I'm trying but have a huge sweet tooth at the moment. PT says that it could be a lack of carbs again but to eat a small amount of what I crave. So I've been doing that the last few days and it isnt looking pretty on my points tracker....

Aiming for improvement this week. And at least I'm still keeping up the exercise!

One nifty application I found for my phone is a weight tracker. I copied down my stats from the Weight Tracker on WW and got this awesome graph. It certainly helped with motivation this afternoon

test post from my phone

Will do a 'real' post soon. Just had to check this out. :)

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Bad week. Very bad week.

I've fallen off the wagon in spectacular style this week and I have no idea why.

Its day 6 of my week, 2 days from WI, and my sins are as follows:

Saturday - went to a social event at a local pub with fellow Mums. I didn't drink alcohol, but made good use of the free non-al punch on offer. Ingredients were tropical fruit juice and lemonade. Somehow I doubt it was Sprite Zero... I lost count of how many glasses I had but I'm guessing at least 10. There was also a steady stream of nibbles coming out: deep fried salmon and rice balls, fish cakes (fried), a platter of battered fish bites and spring rolls. Vegetarianism saved me from further sin as I couldnt eat the mini pastries, quiche, hot dogs or sausage rolls although I desperately wanted to. I also ordered a large bowl of fries. Very, very bad.

Monday - Tofu night in our house, but try as I might, I couldn't even fake enthusiasm for it. So we ended up getting Pizza under the guise of 'celebrating' DH's new job. Well, I pigged out like I have not done in over a year. 5 slices of pizza, half a box of Lemon pepper wedges with Aioli, Deep fried sweetcorn nuggets, washed down with chocolate milk and chased with a Rocky Road Magnum. 40 points! For dinner!!

My body punished me overnight with a distended stomach and a food hangover. Well deserved in my opinion.

So after all this you would think that I would be goig out of my way to be good today. Well, I'm trying but cutting a fine line. I work from home today and took Luke to playgroup where I had chocolate cake (a tiny square but I never have issues resisting usually). I'm not even HUNGRY todya yet I find myself snacking like a fiend.... rice crackers, low-fat cheese on toast, and meringues that I bought as I managed to resist the chocolate twist pastry that beckoned me at the shop.

I've been snacking for days now. Its got to the point where I am chewing gum to have something in my mouth, hoping that it will keep me away from the pantry. Its hit and miss.

I'm not hungry, perhaps I'm a bit bored, but I really thought I had waved farewell to the emotional eating. The one bonus is that at least I am keeping up with my regular exercise. At least 2 sessions at the gym a week, lasting an hour a time. Also running a bit here and there too.

I desperately need help. What is wrong with me that I am eating without being hungry? Is it self sabotage as I'm so close to goal? I keep beating myself up but that doesnt help OR prevent me from repeating the behaviour.

Please, someone say something profound! I cant go on like this or I'll find the 30kg again before I know whats hit me :(

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..........