Tuesday 27 October 2015

On a good roll, and soooo close to 30kg!!

Goal Weight: 75kg
Current Weight: 83.7
Started my journey 01/09/14 - 29.3kg lost

As I said, I weighed in a day early this week as I knew I'd be drinking on Sunday night - a lovely loss of 600gms! It's coming off at a nice consistent rate at the moment, which is making me happy. I feel like I am on a good run at the moment - 5 losses in a row :)

I'd love to get under 83kg on my next weigh in. It will be the end of my latest 12 week challenge, and while my original goal for it was to get under 80, I faffed around for 6 weeks and lost bugger all, so I'll just be pleased with a decent comeback for the second half. If I get to 83kg it'll be a loss of 5kg in 12 weeks - not my best result, but better than putting on weight! Will be interesting to see what my measurements are too - I'm in smaller clothes than I was a few weeks ago :)

I think I'm going to take a break from the paid challenges until the New Year now, but I still have one going with some mummy friends that finishes on the 21st of Dec, so I have that to motivate me. It'll be weird not checking in with my trainer each Monday like I have been doing for 36 weeks, but extra money is always needed around Christmas time!!



On the NSV side, I bought a size 12 pair of jeans on the weekend - and they fit! So that was pretty damn exciting. When I was at my lowest pre-pregnancy weight I could fit a size 10. I still have the jeans from back then so when I can (comfortably) fit back in to those I'll be stoked.

Big push this week to drop the booze bloat, and get under 83kg by Monday (well, ideally by Saturday because 83kg is my end of October goal weight!)

Oooh and I almost forgot - hitting 83kg will take me to 30kg lost!!!

Goals this week are:
5 workouts (walking/pilates)
Keep the bread to a minimum
2 x 500 cal days (1 done already)

Quick overview of my minigoals:
5kg (108) - September 2014
5% (107.3) - September 2014
10kg (103) - 11/2/15
10% (101.7) - 2/3/15
Under 100 - 16/3/15
15kg (98) - 13/4/15
15% (96) - 27/4/15
12 week challenge #1 (94.2) - 94.0
20kg (93) - 1/6/15
GWEJune (91) - 90.6!
20% (90.4) - 13/7/15
Under 90 - 13/7/15
GWEJuly (88.5) - 88.8
25kg (88) - 10/7/15
12 week challenge #2 (86) - 88
Conception Weight (86) - 28/9/15
25% (84.7) - 12/10/15
GWEOctober (83)
30kg (83)
12 week challenge #3 (83)
Under 80
30% (79.1)
35kg (78)
13 week Christmas Challenge (76.7)
Goal (75)

Have a lovely week xx

Next Mini Goal: 30kg - 0.7kg to go!

Sunday 18 October 2015

A loss?!?!?! And making 'it' work....

Goal Weight: 75kg
Current Weight: 84.3
Started my journey 01/09/14 - 28.7kg lost

So after another week of training (and lunch every day at the Italian restaurant), little exercise, and AF in full swing, I still managed to lose 440gms! I honestly thought I would be up, or STS. I NEVER lose weight when AF is here, I was actually in shock this morning....

I'm REALLY hoping it's not an anomaly and that I continue to lose throughout the week as AF packs her bags and disappears for a few weeks. I have to be SUPER good this week as we have girls night on Sunday and that will involve drinking and nibbling, so I need to be 'in credit' before then.

On that note, I won't be weighing in next Monday, but I will weigh in on Sunday instead. I know the Monday weight won't be my true weight after a night of drinking, so it makes more sense to record Sunday's weight.

In answer to a question on my last blog - no I'm not doing PP at the moment. I'm actually quite enjoying the 5:2/generally just eating better, and I got a bit frustrated with paying for a WW membership that I wasn't making the most of. I don't have time to go to a meeting, and to me that was the best value of a paid membership.

But I am still on the WW website, blogging away because I have made some cyber-friends and I like to stay in touch with them, as well as share my story in hopes of helping others.

I'll finally be back to my lunchtime walking this week (started today in fact - a nice 4.5km), and I have been missing it horribly. I really think my worklife benefits from the midday cobweb blowout, and I know my mental health certainly does.



It can be super hard to exercise/eat well when you are a working mum, but if I don't do it now, when will I do it? When the kids have grown up and moved out? When I retire? When I die? Nope, now is the time, and I just have to make it work as best I can!

Goals this week are:
5 workouts (walking/pilates)
Keep the bread to a minimum
2 x 500 cal days

Quick overview of my minigoals:
5kg (108) - September 2014
5% (107.3) - September 2014
10kg (103) - 11/2/15
10% (101.7) - 2/3/15
Under 100 - 16/3/15
15kg (98) - 13/4/15
15% (96) - 27/4/15
12 week challenge #1 (94.2) - 94.0
20kg (93) - 1/6/15
GWEJune (91) - 90.6!
20% (90.4) - 13/7/15
Under 90 - 13/7/15
GWEJuly (88.5) - 88.8
25kg (88) - 10/7/15
12 week challenge #2 (86) - 88
Conception Weight (86) - 28/9/15
25% (84.7) - 12/10/15
GWEOctober (83)
30kg (83)
12 week challenge #3 (80)
Under 80
30% (79.1)
35kg (78)
13 week Christmas Challenge (76.7)
Goal (75)

Have a lovely week xx

Next Mini Goal: 30kg - 1.3kg to go!

Sunday 11 October 2015

Milestones, Milestones, Milestones! Hooray!!

Goal Weight: 75kg
Current Weight: 84.7
Started my journey 01/09/14 - 28.3kg lost

Even with being on a training course for the whole week (which resulted in only 1 pilates session and 1 walk) and eating Italian for lunch everyday (catered training course), I still managed to lose 500gms!

I'm super stoked because that means I reached my 25% goal, and got under 85kg :) :) :)

I did 5:2 again this week, but my 500cal days weren't very well planned, which resulted in going a bit over each day. They probably helped balance out some of the other days though. I need to plan my weeks better in general - dinners are all pre-planned, and breakfast is easy, but I struggle with lunch Every.Single.Day. Whether it's at home or work, I just can't seem to find the right balance between healthy, and keeping me going for the rest of the afternoon (oh, and not buying lunch every day!).

Lunch is sorted for me for the rest of the week (more training), so I've got a few days to plan before I do the groceries for next week - any easy work lunch ideas are appreciated (I don't eat Tuna, or any meat in a tin).



I also reached another milestone of sorts - less than 10kg til goal (9.7 to be exact)! One of my friends mentioned that I should start planning my goal reward - such a good idea, but I have no idea what it will be. Not clothes shopping - I have to do that as I go so that my work clothes don't fall down; not jewellery; not food related! So again, any ideas appreciated!

1 last week of training to go - can't wait to get back in to my normal routine!

Goals this week are:
Workout when possible
Keep the bread to a minimum
2 x 500 cal days

Quick overview of my minigoals:
5kg (108) - September 2014
5% (107.3) - September 2014
10kg (103) - 11/2/15
10% (101.7) - 2/3/15
Under 100 - 16/3/15
15kg (98) - 13/4/15
15% (96) - 27/4/15
12 week challenge #1 (94.2) - 94.0
20kg (93) - 1/6/15
GWEJune (91) - 90.6!
20% (90.4) - 13/7/15
Under 90 - 13/7/15
GWEJuly (88.5) - 88.8
25kg (88) - 10/7/15
12 week challenge #2 (86) - 88
Conception Weight (86) - 28/9/15
25% (84.7) - 12/10/15
GWEOctober (83)
30kg (83)
12 week challenge #3 (80)
Under 80
30% (79.1)
35kg (78)
13 week Christmas Challenge (76.7)
Goal (75)

Have a lovely week xx

Next Mini Goal: 30kg - 1.7kg to go!

Tuesday 6 October 2015

Non Scale Victories, and 2 very challenging weeks ahead!!

Goal Weight: 75kg
Current Weight: 85.2
Started my journey 01/09/14 - 27.8kg lost

Another decent loss! 800gms! Pretty happy with that, and hoping I can keep it going for a few weeks.

I've just started a 9 day training course for work. This has completely wiped out my lunchtime exercise plans, and is also fully catered - at an Italian restaurant no less! It has also wiped out my incidental exercise, so my steps are suffering big time. I have to keep reminding myself that it's only 2 weeks - not forever. Hopefully it doesn't have too much effect on the scales!

I did another week on 5:2 last week. My first VLC day wasn't awesome, and I probably went a bit over, but Saturday was good, and I think it's definitely contributing to my losses at the moment.

I've had a few NSV's lately too - fitting back in to clothes, successful clothes shopping trips, wearing skirts to work and feeling confident in them. I'm really focusing on the NSV's lately, as they help when the scales aren't moving as fast as I'd like.

Not a long blog tonight, this training course has me exhausted!

Goals this week are:
Workout when possible
Keep the bread to a minimum
2 x 500 cal days

Quick overview of my minigoals:
5kg (108) - September 2014
5% (107.3) - September 2014
10kg (103) - 11/2/15
10% (101.7) - 2/3/15
Under 100 - 16/3/15
15kg (98) - 13/4/15
15% (96) - 27/4/15
12 week challenge #1 (94.2) - 94.0
20kg (93) - 1/6/15
GWEJune (91) - 90.6!
20% (90.4) - 13/7/15
Under 90 - 13/7/15
GWEJuly (88.5) - 88.8
25kg (88) - 10/7/15
12 week challenge #2 (86) - 88
Conception Weight (86) - 28/9/15
25% (84.7)
GWEOctober (83)
30kg (83)
12 week challenge #3 (80)
Under 80
30% (79.1)
35kg (78)
13 week Christmas Challenge (76.7)
Goal (75)

Have a lovely week xx

Next Mini Goal: 25% - 0.5kg to go!