weigh in day 30/1/09

Weighed in this morning and i've lost 200g (bringing me to 84.4kg) am happy with this, it is a loss!lol i have now been 'trying' to lose weight for 4 weeks now and have lost a total of 2.6kg and 7cm's...am encouraged by this and have actually been able to not feel like i have let myself down when i eat something fatty and continue in a downward spiral for the rest of the day/week. i have been able to pick myself back up and continue trying. what a change!

exercise

did a 45 min walk with a friend today, every little bit counts!

Tuesday

Did okay yesterday it was australia day and we were out but i made some better choices, got water instead of coke, and i did have an iced choc no cream tho, was hinking after tho i forgot to ask for skim milk! DAM!!! Oh well now i know better for next time. Today has gone really well i have only had a couple of nuts as a snack and it's almost 6pm and i'm fealing full and not craving food so i'm really happy for now, Isaac starts back at school tomorrow so will be interesting to c how bored i get and how that relates to what i eat! am not expecting to lose much this week but i think i'm okay with that. I did a 3km walk today and have spent 1.5 hours sweeting it out cleaning the house this avo too

hard day

Am really struggeling today, it's a Saturday and am home with just me and Zac i was ok till lunch but since then i just wanna eat! and not just eat i wanna stuff the food in, it sux i know im not hungry and am telling myself that but my stomach and my head just don't seem to be connecting today i think i'm really bored but so far have managed to not take a trip to the shops for junk food, all the fruit at home is gone so i am a bit lost as to what to eat, just had couple pcs of chocolate, am really trying to stay away from the shops, however i am not going to beat myself up over it i will just keep trying to do better.

Weigh in day 23/1/09

The better choices paid of... here are the stats A loss of 800g this week brings me to 84.6kg wich i'm very happy with! also took measurements, lost 1.5cm of arms, 1cm of chest, 1/2cm of waste,2cm of hips, 2cm of thigh thats a total of 7cm! woohoo am really happy with this weeks work! makes me want to try harder next week!

YAY, I DID IT... I had the salad and a diet coke all the others had chips but i was quite satisfied without had a great night and even did a little dancing at the concert looking foward (kinda) to what tomorrow brings, i have tried so hard this week if i don't lose anything i think i'll be mighty dissapointed!

take out

Thanks everyone for your encouragement!!! I'm going to a concert tonight and we are having maccas on the way but i have done my research and sourced out what has the least calories and sat fat content so i'm hoping this will work for me and i'll stick to the options i have made wich don't include chips. I'm thinking seared chicken burger with med diet coke... will c how i go, wish me luck.

Exercise

Am going to go to aqua aerobics again tonight, actually looking foward to it! lol and am going to walk to work this morning wich is about 4km's. Am starting Belly Dancing with some friends on the 11th Feb can't wait!

water aerobics

A friend called late this avo and invited me to go to aqua aerobics with her, it was late and i was cooking dinner and i didn't have a babysitter and i was just about to use all of these excuses but instead i made myself call a babysitter, hurried to cook dinner, got ready and went. I quiet enjoyed the class so i'm really proud of myself for not making the excuses and getting of my but and doing it! on another note i am going to a concert with friends on Thursday and have just lernt we are stopping at maccas for dinner on the way, i'm a bit nervous about how this is going to effect my weigh in esp the night before, but they do have salads and stuff so i just have to keep remembering that these things will come up all the time, they are a part of life and i need to eat well not just have "that special treat" everytime. I think im going to have a look on the maccas web site for the lowest cal/fat foods then i will be prepared!

ready for a new week

im feeling good today and ready to eat healthy for the week, tho my geans feel tighter for some reason? lol...

A better choice at church

I feel i did really well today especially at church compared to my normal 'feast' i chose not to eat anything that was fried and only had a small amount of the rest and a cup and a half of my chicken soup wich was very low fat. After i finished my plate i walked back up to the table and then walked away thinking "no i don't really need it" and i didn't have it, i didn't even feel like i was missing out on something wich felt great! Then at dessert i just had 1 and a incy wincy muffin (it could hardly be counted it was so small lol) and some rockmelon... so yes, very proud today!

WEIGHT LOSS MINI GOAL

Have decided to give myself a new goal date, i am aiming to make it to 80kg by Friday the 3rd April if i make it i will reward myself with something, not sure what yet but i will think of something.

THE WEDDING...

Did really badly at the wedding... mainly with the soft drink, had way to may glasses, was really thursty and there were no diet drinks on offer, should have had a plan, in heinsight i could have gone and gotten a jug of water from the tap ( wich my mum did suggest) but i was lost in the moment, also with the food there was salad and chicken there i should have had that but no, i opted for the fried rice and potato salad. I have to confess before we left this avo i had 3 chocolates too... why do i sabotage myself like this??? On the up side though i did do a walk this morning only about 3k's but thats better than nothing also at the wedding the kids were out on the swings there were 4 on at a time so i ran between them all pushing on the way for about 10 minutes, it was a good workout let me tell you, my heart was going full spead! lol so i did have a little exercise. Am a little dissapointed with my self but i can't dwell on that so i need to start fresh with a clean attitude and outlook and really try hard at church tomorrow night, (we share a meal together) i think i'll take salad or salad sandwiches or something good i can eat if theres nothing else good there, we'll c how we go, baby steps....

weigh in 16/1/09

Isn't it funny got up this morning and weighed myself the first time i was 85.8kg, didn't want to accept that so i waited half an hour and tried again, this time i had lost 200g and was sitting on 85.6 so i thought i'd wait another 20 mins and see what happened, when i got on this time i had lost another 200g and was back down to 85.4, how funny i thought! so i'm putting my weigh in weight for today as 85.4kg, thats no loss but no gain, my chinese lunches put on more than i thought! lol so thats okay, i will continue to try to make better choices and eat healthier foods, drink more water and ecercise more thats all i can do...till next time!

OH NO, PIZZA!

okay so today was really hot so had the family over for a swim, someone bought cheezels and banana lollies i did have a couple butdidn't go overboard so i was okay with that. The option of having pizza was bought up and i turned it down saying i would love it but am trying to lose weight so i organized to have cold meats and salad, i had pre made it before everyone came over so it was all ready, however talk of pizza was still going round and the others really wanted it so i gave in but orderd thin crust vegetarian for me, i ended up having 3 pieces with some salad, so that was okay i guess. I try to eat something light the night before weigh in, so now i'm pretty worried lol... but hey i made better choices by ordering the thin crust, vegetarian and better choices is what i wanted, i usually would have had thick crust peperoni, very proud of my self! will see how i go tomorrow.

WEIGH IN DAY IS TOMORROW

i just wrote a whole heap and it got lost somewhere, but here is the jist of it... Weigh in day is tomorrow and i'm a bit worried as we have had a bit of a bad eating week this week, we have been out a lot and it always seems to be at lunch time so i have had chinese twice this week and a nephews birthday dinner, i made better choices than i usually would have but not as good as they could have been. but im happy with that, every little bit counts. I have a wedding on the weekend and that is where i fail, when there is a heap of food up for grabs, i just find it so hard to say no! I am starting to realise that i have to start making the better choices i can't be somewhere and think "oh it's just a treat, just this time" and eat the junk and drink the 'full strength coke' and wonder why i'm not losing anything, i have to think that these situations are going to come up all the time and if i think like that i'm not going to lose anything. I am also trying to do, incidental exercise (like walk or ride to shops or work) i have done 2 walks this week approx 4km each. I'll be happy with any loss at all this week. so wish me luck for tomorrow...talk then!

MEASUREMENTS 2/1/09

I'm also going to take my measurements every 4 weeks arm: 39cm Chest: 103cm Waist: 94cm Hips: 115.5cm Thigh: 63cm

A BIT OF A BACKGROUND

Okay well here i am... My name is Suzanne and i am a 26 year old single mother to a very handsome almost 8 year old boy. I have always struggled with my weight from as young as i can remember. At 17 i lost a lot of weight and then became pregnant with my son, i gained 30 kilos through my pregnancy. About 1 year and a half after i lost 20kg's using the weight watchers programe at home. I loved my new body and enjoyed a new found confidence. about 3 years after this i split with my boyfriend and started gaining the weight back, I also quit smoking and started to work in a Cafe with really yummy, really fatty food, once again i found my self 30 kilos hevier without even noticing. I took a trip to Africa and when i got back i decided i was going to have to do something about my weight, i was hating who i saw in the mirror but just wanted to eat, eat, eat... i love food and the experience of eating. So in 2008 i joined some family and friends in a "biggest loser" competition, Where i went from 99.2kg to 90.8kg thats a loss of 8.4kg, i didn't win the comp but was really proud of what i did. A few months after this we started another biggest loser comp and i went from 92.8kg to 84.8 thats another 8kilos so that brings me down to a total loss of 16.4kilos, WOOHOO!!! Unfortunatly over christmas and new year i put a few kilos back on and got back up to 87kg. I have started to try to lose weight again and my first weigh in was 2/1/09 and i was 87kg My second weigh in was on 9/1/09 and i weighed 85.4kg thats a loss of 1.6kg or 1.83% total body weight. Sorry if i seem a bit boring tonight just wanted to catch you all up on where i've been and where i'm hoping to go. My ultimate goal is to get back to 65kg but for this year i am aiming for 15kilo loss i'm hoping for a 500g loss/week give or take a little.