Friday 23 October 2009

Friday Fitness Fanatic

Friday is a good day even though I have a full day at school. I am still waiting on getting my clothes hopefully they will come today. Tomorrow and Sunday I will be in Canungra competing in a 6hr Mountain Bike Race. I am aiming to do 4 laps of the course.




Breakfast:
Burgen mixed grain bread toasted x 2  (3 points)
honey (0.5 points)
jarrah chocolate (0 points)
Weight Watchers Canola Spread (0.5points)



Morning Tea:
apple (0.5 points)
banana (1 point)
nestle no fat diet yoghurt 100g strawberry (0.5 points)

Lunch: 
Indian dahl chaa, saffron rice and Lamb rogan josh  (? Points)



Dinner: 



Exercise: 
Pedometer:
Gym:
Weight in am:  53.6kg

Weight in pm: kg 

Weight at bedtime: kg



Daily points 21
Used:

Thursday 22 October 2009

Thankful Thursday

Thursdays I teach 3 classes, a spare lesson and a meeting at lunch.It will be another busy day too.Thursdays are my weigh in day; at my local Weight watchers meeting. I am waiting on a few of my lovely clothes purchases to arrive. We ended up having an impromptu party to celebrate my Partner's brother -in -law getting his permanent Australian Residency. Lots of good food and wine.



Breakfast:
Burgen mixed grain bread toasted x 2  (3 points)
honey (0.5 points)
jarrah chocolate (0 points)
Weight Watchers Canola Spread (0.5points)



Morning Tea:
apple (0.5 points)
banana (1 point)
nestle no fat diet yoghurt 100g strawberry (0.5 points)

Lunch: 
Pasta from Tuesdays dinner (3.5 Points)



Dinner: Homemade Indian

Chicken Dahl Chaa
Lamb Rogan Josh
Tiny amount of Beef Vindaloo
Cheesy Naan
1 glass White wine
1 Glass Jewel Yellow champagne
1 Vodka Redbull


Exercise:  3.5 points

Pedometer:   3.5  Points 23451 steps 14.30 km
Gym:
Weight in am:  53.3kg

Weight in pm: 53.8kg 
Official Weigh in at meeting: 53.8kg

Weight at bedtime: 54.1kg



Daily points 21
Used: 27

Wednesday 21 October 2009

Weight loss Wednesday

Wednesdays are all go go go. I had a few work related things as well as being up at 6am and chatting to a few international staffers on LivingSims magazine. My two classes were pretty cruisy allowing me to get up to date with a few class related items.


Breakfast:
Burgen mixed grain bread toasted x 2  (3 points)
honey (0.5 points)
Nestle coffee (0.5 points)

Skim milk (0.5 points)

Morning Tea:
apple (0.5 points)
banana (1 point)
nestle no fat diet yoghurt 100g strawberry (0.5 points)

Lunch: 
Sunrice fried rice 90 seconds 3/4 of a serve (2.5 Points)



Dinner: Chicken Parmigania with home made sauce - tomato, capsicum, mushroom, celery, chicken stock and tiny sprinkle of cheese


Exercise: 1.5 points

Pedometer:  1.5 Points 16312 steps 9.95km
Gym:
Weight in am:  53.1kg

 Weight in pm: 53.3kg
Weight before bed: 53.6kg



Daily points 21
Used:18

I bought some new clothes from Ebay and  www.iwantabargin.com.au.
All varying in size from 8-10 or small to medium. Yay!



EBAY Clothes $63.94




I want a bargin clothes  $78.50










Tuesday 20 October 2009

Trials Tuesday

Tuesdays are my busy day at work, especially with doing the yearbook and teaching 4 classes. Today sped by.  Before I knew it it was 6pm and dinner time. I'm tired now...


Breakfast:
45g Uncle Tobys Natural Swiss style muesli (2.5 points)
Skim Milk 1/2 cup (0.5 points)
Jarrah Chocolait with water (0 points)

Morning Tea:
apple (0.5 points)
banana (1 point)
nestle no fat diet yoghurt 100g strawberry (0.5 points)

Lunch: 
1old el paso tortilla extra light (2 points)
cream cheese 1 serve (0.5 points)
capsicum, lettuce red onion (0 points)
Primo chicken breast 99% fat free (1 point)

Snack: 1 slice coon cheese (2 points)

Dinner: 200g pasta with home made sauce including mushrooms, tomatoes diced, olives and capsicum.

Exercise: 4.5 points

Pedometer:  4.5 Points 28454 steps 17.35km
Gym:
Weight in am:  54.7kg
 Weight in pm: 

Daily points 21
Used:21.5

Monday 19 October 2009

Weekend relaxing

 Yesterday (Sunday) I decided to relax and do nothing, I did some washing and chilled watching Grey's Anatomy and Desperate House Wives with my puppy. At least I tracked my food and lack of exercise (5486 Steps 3.34km)

Daily points 21
Used 29
I ordered some Eagleboys Pizza which I though was thin crust but ended up being medium. and 4 points per serve. I ate 4 slices before I bothered to check on the WW tracker. 

Monday 19th October 2009
I am a bit bummed as last year (on this exact date) my weight was 53.4kg, so I am a bit heavier than I would like to be.  I know I am doing something differently now not just eating Low Gi and no carbs (who can live like that? I want to be at goal around the same time as I was last year. I just have to work harder to get there.


Today is a new day (A Student Free Day at that) so I only have to go to work until 1pm. Then I am planning on going to the gym and doing my C25K. 

Breakfast:
Burgen Soy And Linseed Toast x2 Slices (3 points)
Weight Watchers Canola Spread 1 tsp (0.5 points)
Jarrah Chocolait with water (0 points)
Vegemite spread 1 tsp (0 points)

Morning Tea:
apple (0.5 points)
banana (1 point)
nestle no fat diet yogurt 100g strawberry (0.5 points)

Lunch: 1 1/2 slices of Hawaiian pizza (5.5 points)


Snack: Weight watchers fruit on jelly (0 points)



Dinner:

Exercise: 4 points

Pedometer: 1 Point
Gym: C25k 30mins (3 Points)
Weight in am:  54.8kg
 Weight in pm: 

Daily points 21
Used: 





Saturday 17 October 2009

New Beginnings

In 2007 I weighed 74.4kg. I wasn't really happy with myself and I knew I had to do something. I have always been a naturally thin person... That was until the fat found me.


I was born premature at 680g at 28 weeks. I was lucky to survive. Due to this I have had 21 surgeries to my left eye, which has limited vision and a slight astigmatism. I almost went blind at aged 19 too due to retinal detachments of both my eyes. Half of the surgeries were around that time.


When I finished High School I weighed under 50kg. I ate what I wanted when I wanted, I usually would demolish a packet of shapes biscuits for afternoon tea in front of the TV. I ate mostly meat and carbs and very few vegetables, carrots, peas, potato and corn.I did none or little exercise. I always hated sport because of my poor co-ordination. I only did cross country running for sport on Wednesday afternoons.


I completed two degrees at University and once I finished the kg packed on. Mind you I was on a diet of coke chips, lollies and Yatala Pies. So it was inevitable I suppose.


Slowly but surely the clothing got tight and I got fat. It wasn't like I didn't notice it. I did but I was happy (So I thought)


There is something about seeing myself in the before photos compared to my teenage photos. Something made me wake up. I can't be like this for the rest of my life.


So I started too look at myself in January of 2008, at 74.4kg and I didn't like what I saw. I was a fat short cross-eyed girl. You may think I'm being harsh but when you get teased all your life it sinks in. I WAS these things. I decided to cut down on my portion sizes and lost about 5kg.


In June of 2008 I decided I couldn't do it by myself so I joined the Tony Ferguson Weight loss Program and joined a gym and got myself a personal trainer.


I had a goal October 18 I had to be 50kg. I was going to be bridesmaid to my partners sister. We had been dress shopping and I tired on a tonne of dresses. I told her to buy me a size 10 and that I would fit into it (the zipper wouldn't do up) But instead I ended up with the size 12. I was mortified. I was determined to prove her wrong. I COULD DO IT!


I was strict with this new "lifestyle" I followed it to the letter. No carbs, tonnes of vegetables but only allowed ones, 2 litres of water, fruit no alcohol (substituted for your fruit intake). I was really strict and the kilos came off.


I stated at 61.4 kg and lost between 500g and 1.5kg weekly. Until I went on maintenance and was ALLOWED to re introduce carbs into my diet the weight went back up to 54.3kg.


I needed to change my way of eating and exercising. I saw my doctor and he suggested I attend Weight Watchers. I began on 16th July 2009. I was horrified to see that I had put on more weight since I stopped Tony Ferguson.  I felt like I was being silly for going there as I was the smallest person. There were people there who needed to loose weight more than me. One of the ladies there wasn't going to let me join (even though I had already signed up online) Our team leader Vanessa was wonderful and supportive. She understood that I wasn't happy being the size I was. I was so nervous stepping onto those scales... I felt like the women were staring at me saying why is she here? Shes not fat. The scales read 57.3kg. I was disgusted with myself. All the hard work I had put in had come to this.


Slowly but surely I have changed the way I look at things, it is now my choice what I do. I can't blame anyone else. My Parents and my sister don't know that I am doing Weight Watchers, after the critisim I got from them... Can you eat that? Oh you eat that now! You don't need to loose weight your not fat. I couldn't go through that again. I go to their house evey Monday and eat what food get put infront of me. It isn't usually what I would choose to eat myself - I just look at portions and choose the best I can.


I did reach my 5% goal on 24/7 (Week 11) but put 700g back on.


I have a personal trainer now and I also have joined the gyms Transformation Challenge which ends on Dec 6th 2009. I hope to be at goal weight of 50kg or size 8 by then. I have plenty of work to do but I know I can get there.


I have begun running the C25K, which gradually brings you from walking to running over 9 weeks, I am in week 2. I haven't ran other than helping out at school since I was a student.


Next weekend I also have a 6hr mountain bike cross country race which I have enter as a solo competitor. I hope to do 3-4 laps in that time. I think it is a 10km course.

WW Start Weight (16/07/2009): 57.5kg
Week 13 (08/10/2009): 55.0kg
Week 14 (15/10/2009): 54.6kg 

Week Loss: -0.4kg 
Total Loss: 2.9kg

Daily points 21
Used 23.5 
Ate some snacks I shouldn't have. Oh Well tomorrow is a new day!