My bike

My bike is awesome. I like it excessively. I rode 10.8km yesterday and then I got a basket so I can carry a baguette should I ever want to. Go bike!

Totally on the wagon, have the reigns and am being very nice to the mule

This week has been an awesome week! The beloved man returned from a month away on the 25th June so I've had him all to myself for a whole week! Alas he goes away again on Wednesday but I shall survive. I have eaten pretty well, and managed to make up for the dinner at the Italian restaurant that I took the man to for his birthday.

 

I lost 1.4kg this week which brings me back to 108.9kg which is still higher than I was, but I am totally back on track!

 

I rode Bert the bike 16km this weekend, and unlike last Monday when my butt was a miasma of pain I can barely notice this week! Yay! I also rode most of the way to the office I'll be moving to in a couple of months (had to turn around as the boy was running and started to get tired), so I know for certain that when we do move I can ride to work without drama - all that extra exercise, how awesome!

 

I have a salad for lunch today which excites me greatly as it has fetta & rocket & baby spinach & boiled egg & cherry tomatoes, and I also have a home-made 4.5 point chicken pie which will be most tasty. Go healthy me!

 

Ooh, almost forgot, I went to my first personal training session at Fernwood this morning which was pretty good. I think I may change my membership to include the training sessions as the PT pushes me a lot harder than I push myself.

 

Take care fellow weight watchers!

Bert

This is Bert, my new bike. Sorry for the blurry photo, I was shaking with excitement and only using my iphone.

I've been off-air for a while

I've also been off track.

 

But, in exciting news I bought a bike yesterday and I love it! I have named it Bert and I went for a ride yesterday afternoon with some friends and now my butt hurts, but it is good hurt!

 

Stay tuned for more exciting or not-so-exciting updates from me.

Wearing the Skirt

I bought this skirt over a year ago in the hopes that I would fit into it very soon. Well, very soon is finally here!

 

I know it isn't a good photo but I was so excited I had to share!

Weigh In

Forgot to post on Monday - 700g loss this week! This takes me down to 107.5kg, which is a mere 100g heavier than the lowest weight I got to last year before I lost the plot and started eating jam doughnuts again. 100g!!!

I'm off to visit some friends in Townsville at the end of July, and I've set myself the challenge of being under 100kg before I go. Good luck to me!

Measurements

I woke up this morning with an awful sinus headache - I get them fairly regularly which is very annoying! So, while I was sitting at home feeling sorry for myself and wishing the pain away, I thought I'd take my measurements since I haven't done that in a while...

Results:

Neck - 35.5cm (-1.5)
Upper Arm - 41cm (-0.5)
Chest - 119cm (-7)
Waist - 108.5cm (-4.5)
Hips - 132.5cm (-5)
Upper Leg - 73.5cm (-1)
Calf - 43.5cm (0)

So, that brings me to a total of 553.5cm, and I've lost 19.5cm! Wohoo!

Weigh in Day

Alas, I stepped on the scales (bleary eyed as my boyfriend wanted to know how I'd done before he left for work (at 5.45am!). And sadly I am the same as I was last week.

This is okay, I had a big loss last week, and this will give me the drive to try even harder this week!

Mothers Day Classic - 8km

My friend Esther and I just completed the 8km walk for the Mothers Day Classic which raises money for Breast Cancer Research. Next year, I'm totally running!

10kg Goal Smashed!

I have smashed that 10kg lost! In fact, I'm now at 10.8kg lost! Wohoo! I'm feeling pretty proud of myself I must say. Go me!

My reward to myself for this awesome milestone was a set of headphones that will not fall out of my ears when walking / running / ellipticalling... That's what the picture is. I got them in the mail last week, then put them aside until I reached 10kg. I wore them on the walk to work this morning and was most pleased with myself the whole way! Sennheiser PX200 II is the brand and they fold up like sunglasses. This makes me excited. Very excited.

Yesterday, to celebrate my 10kg milestone, I did a Step class - which is swear is designed to nearly kill me. It is great though, I feel it afterwards! Alas my gym doesn't have this class on at a time when I can normally go (yesterday was Labour Day up here in QLD so I got the day off to do such exciting things as go to the step class at my gym). This class is so worth the effort though that I'm thinking of sorting something out so I can leave work a little early once a fortnight and get to the 5.30pm class on a Tuesday...

Photos - 9.4kg down

So, I'm jumping the gun a little but here are photos from this morning, 9.4kg lighter than when I started. My photographer was my darling boyfriend - credit where credit is due!

Day 117 of 2010

Good afternoon people of the internet. Mostly people. Some robots. Good afternoon to you too robots of the internet!

I'm in a pretty good mood today because I lost 800g at my weigh in yesterday morning! Wohoo! So I am down to 109.6kg. I am 400g higher than the lowest I've been this year (109.2kg on the 29th March), and 2.2kg higher than the lowest I've made it to on this now long journey (107.4kg on 9th March 2009).

I went to a Body Step class yesterday morning and it was awesome. I was completely exhausted about 15 minutes into it, but managed to keep going to the end. There is another one next Monday (another public holiday for us Queenslanders) so I'll go to that one and see if I can improve! Unfortunately there isn't a Body Step class at a time I can regularly attend so I won't be making this part of my routine. I'm sticking with the Body Pump class though, I love it!

I am going to put photos up this week, I just need to take some. I will endeavour to take some tonight!

Have an awesome Tuesday everyone!

Attack Cow

http://oddlyspecific.com/2010/04/16/funny-signs-any-udder-warnings/

I think I need to become an attack cow. Or at least have one to attack the bad foods when they come near me... I'll name her Tinkerbell.

After several weeks of off-the-rails crazy I am back on the wagon this week. I really need to remember the benefits and get my headspace right again. I'm sicking of weight-loss failures. I'm reading for some weight-loss wins!

Consequences

I read a blog today that talked about consequences. And it led me to think about the consequences of me not following through and losing weight. So, here are some of the consequences I would face:

• heart disease at a young age. I am 28 now, I don't want to have a heart attack at 40.
• sleep apnea. I already have this, and it will not go away until I lose weight - in fact it will just get worse, to the point where I will not be able to sleep without a machine pushing air through my nose at night.
• diabetes. how much longer can I keep serious illness such as diabetes at bay? My boyfriend's brother has diabetes (childhood, not weight related) and it has a huge impact on his life. I don't want that, not when I can avoid it by simply losing weight.
• if I am this weight when I have children, I won't be able to play with them the way I want to, and even worse, I may not be around to watch them grow up.

There are more, a lot more. I sometimes wonder if food is a bit like a drug addiction for me. When I fall off the wagon, I really fall. I eat more than I ate before, and worse. I repress the part of my brain that is objecting to this behaviour. I don't really understand how addiction works, but it really is all-encompassing when that is all you can think about.

 

I need to be negative sometimes, focus on the negatives of failure rather than the positives of success. I need that fear to motivate me as well as the expected joy of the future. It may not work for everyone, but this works for me.

 

I'm going to post photos next week, I probably won't have lost 10kg yet (after the excesses of the last couple of weeks) but I want to post more, it is about time!

 

Sarah

Wednesday, 14th April 2010

Today is my 10,349th day alive. I am 122 days out from my 28th birthday, and 243 days away from my 29th. I am also 500 days away from my wedding (that date is a bit rough but it will be around then).

 

Just giving myself some perspective here! Last night I went shopping and bought enough food to last me all week. I have a meal plan for the week. This morning I went to the gym and then at work I had my favourite breakfast (toast with avocado, cottage cheese, ham & tomato). I feel pretty awesome. I want to remember this awesome feeling and keep that up for the rest of this week.

 

I am aiming to stick to my plan every day this week, I want to drink 2L of water a day, and I want to go to the gym at least 3 times (2 to go minimum!).

 

That is my goal for this week.

 

Why am I doing this?

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Weekend before last I went to Cairns with my partner to attend his sister's wedding. I decided to not be too fastidious in pursuit of my weight loss whilst there. Turns out that was a very poor decision to have made.

 

I don't know why I go off the rails, what little switch turns off in my head that causes me to suppress my desire to lose weight (and it is a very strong desire - because I desire to gain the self-confidence and self-love that I know is being held back by the weight) and ignore my inner-brain guide to doing well and eat ice cream, pizza, biscuits etc etc etc...

 

Needless to say I've not had the best fortnight. I am too scared to hop on the scales and view the damage. I'll leave that for next Monday I think.

 

I'm writing a meal plan right now - planning is the absolute best way for me to stick to weight watchers. Plan plan plan! Fight my way through the cravings I'll have this week and focus on what I want.

700g Aww Yeah!

So I didn't reach my goal of getting to the 10kg mark this week, but 700g is still pretty awesome! I was better this week than the previous week but my big letdown still seems to be the weekend. I need to do something about that... plan better maybe? Not sure. Sleepy this morning and don't feel like thinking about it.

I will be away next Monday morning so I am going to leave my next weigh in until the 12th April. That gives me two weeks to smash that 10kg and make some progress towards 10%! Unfortunately we are going to Cairns for a wedding so I need to be very in control - I have volunteered to be the designated driver which will help.

 

Fingers crossed, healthy pumped, let's go!

100g & 1 point

I lost 100g this week, which puts me at 109.9kg! This is exciting because I am under 110kg AND I go down to 23 points per day. Now I am a mere 900g off 10kg lost and I am going to set myself a mega-challenge to lose that 900g this week.

Monday is Good

These last two weeks have not been my best. I was better this week than the previous week but I wasn't really tracking, and I was making poor choices. I also only went to the gym twice which is a second week in a row that I've failed to make my minimum sessions!

 

A fresh week, a fresh start. I've started by doing the things that I know work for me. I have planned a weeks worth of meals for me and my partner, and this morning I went to the grocery store and bought the foods I like for breakfast at work. I feel good and I'm going to the gym tonight.

 

I forgot to step on the scales before I jumped in the shower this morning, but hopped on afterwards with wet hair. I was stunned! I have somehow managed to lose 300g in the last two weeks of awful. That puts me at 110kg. 9kg lost! I wouldn't be surprised if my fortnight of bad eating catches up with me and I gain or stay the same at next weigh in, but I'm so close to getting back to 10kg lost, and then I'm full speed ahead to 10%! 10% will be my next star on the chart from weight watchers as I have previously made it to 10kg down.

 

Poor Loz is sick today, get well soon Loz!

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