A proud day

Super proud of myself today! I'm on late shift today so last night i thought i might go do the river walk in the morning. Waking up this morning i re thought the decision and decided to get back into bed instead, after laying back in bed for a couple of minutes, i thought to myself "really? Are you that lazy?" So i got back up threw on my workout gear and headed off to the river. 

The river walk is 7k's. I ran/walked it (alternating running .5k and walking .5k or so) it took me 1hr 3mins, I'm just so proud of myself making the decision to not be lazy and improve my life. 

Makes me in awe of the 2013 me who used to run the entire 7k, in 41mins! It reminded me if how hard i worked to get there. I have to keep reminding myself that i had to start somewhere back then and when i did i couldn't even run 250m and i was carrying about 7kgs less back then too! So i need to go easy on myself, it's not going to happen overnight but it will happen!

JUST BE PATIENT WITH YOURSELF SUZIE!

Today was a good day

Today was a good day, was tired but went for a 20 min run in the gym and was under my calorie plan for the day. 

Made this delish "de constructed burger" for dinner no bread and added a little beetroot dip i made out of greek yoghurt and light sour cream

Getting rid of the scales and setting goals

After my little sneak peak on the scales this morning had me feeling a bit deflated it got me thinking about the impact the scales can (and have in the past) have on my weight loss efforts, it changes my mood and attitude and we all know when my mood changes so does the food i eat!

...so I'm giving the scales to my son to hide away and I've decided to measure myself on the way i feel and how my clothes fit rather than the scales, I'll be weighing and measuring monthly only from now on. 

I have decided to set myself a goal of 10kgs by 2015

I have started drinking lots more water again and my Oolong tea and will try to cut down on the carbs at dinner. 

I'm super determined and I WANT MY OLD SELF BACK!!!

My first measurements:

1/10 

Weight  86.5
Chest 99

Waist 98

Hips 117

Thigh 64.5

Calf 40.5

Todays workout

Todays little workout thanks to mountain health

Long weekend woes

The long weekend's been pretty crappy as far as staying on track is concerned. Sat i had to make the rocky road and cookies for the research thing i was doing  turns out i cant have any treats what so ever in my house because if there there, i'll eat them. Its like they have a gravatational force that pulls me in and i cant say no... Plus side of saturday was that i drank my vodka with soda water instead of lemonade 🍸

Then along comes Sunday with all intentions of getting back on track. Off course there was still rocky road left so i finished that off 😭 I made a beautiful fruit platter for a healthy iption at the BBQ 

And it was delish though i still pigged out on the unhealthy cheeses, breads and muffins for dessert (i know i gain when i eat too much bread or white carbs), i did stick with water and diet soft drinks. 

So here I stand and it's Monday of the long weekend, i'm back on track today had oats for breaky, a beautiful vietnamese chicken salad roll for lunch 

And the plan for dinner is milk poached fish with veg YUM!

I got on tge scales for a sneak peak this morning (i know I shouldn't) and i had gained 700g's! WTF?! I hope to god it is just the heaviness of the food from last night cause thats super dissapointing. 

I was thinking this morning "what did i have last year and when i first started this journey that made me commit 100% and lose the weight? And what is it that I'm missing now?" I'm sure i still have it within me, I'm just not sure where or what it is. Though I'mdetermined i will not give up on this, there is no way I'm going back to be the 100kg girl I once was! 

Day 1

First day in and I'm feeling pretty good had Fruit salad for breaky (was planning on oats but they have gone walk a bouts at work) BBQ chicken, brown rice and steamed veg for lunch 

Which mind you everyone in the office made comments on how great it smelled lol this afternoon i was a little hungry soni popped over to coles and grabbed some mixed nuts (have been craving sugar a little this avo - just a feeling of being somewhat incomplete, not desperate for it), I'll have steak and salad for dinner tonight also went for a run/walk 2.5k total (ran first 1k walked 200m ran 1/2k and so on) i am determined to be able to run the river (7ks) again sometime soon. 

I'm a little bit concerned about the weekend as it  is a long weekend and we have 2 BBQ's to attend, i just need to remember what it is that i really want and that just because its there it doesnt mean I have to eat it. I will take a fruit platter and some other healthy stuff

Here i stand again

WOW reading through old posts and so much has changed...

Had a great year weight loss wise last year (2013) i dropped from 84.2kg's to 72kg's, started running with the salsa crew and worked my way up to being able to run more than 7km's straight (for someone that never thought they would ever run thats pretty awesome) also quit smoking which certainly helped the running i'll upload a pic or 2 

I was even confident enough to wear a bikini in public september 2013

...However along came christmas and i decided i could let loose a little, well that was a huge mistake, i became very blasé about my eating and stopped running thus i started gaining weight, i started a new job and ended up smoking again (which i have quit about 1 month ago now) gaining 14.5kgs over the last 6 months :(

I have just returned from a family vacation and i can feel the extra weight i've put on, decided to jump on the scales to see exactly what damage i had done... Weighed in at 86.5kg's pretty bummed out thought i really can not expect anything less with the unhealthy way i have been living

So now it's time to get back down to goal AND STAY THERE!!

Goal for now is 75kg's and i will re evaluate once there

Looking forward to living a healthier life for me and zac and to what the future holds

I will post on here to keep myself accountable and offload 

I'm going to share todays before pic which is scarry but i want to be completly  honest with myself