Out Of Control At Easter

Well it is Easter Monday and today is the day to get back on track. Too many chocolates and easter buns at our house. But that is the great thing about Weight Watcher's - you can have a blow out and then still have the motivation to get back on track.

I weighed in at home this morning as it is a public holiday today, so consequently no meeting. I still recorded a loss of 0.5kgs even after the blowout, so that is not too bad.

I have decided to return to the CORE program as of today (or Simply Filling as it is now known). I like not having to weigh food and count points, so I will see how I go over the next two weeks. Still have 21 points per week to play with non-core food. I am having LSA on my cereal which is 1.5 points per day that I have to account for and I really like prunes on my cereal which would be another 1.5 points per day, so after 7 days - that would be my additional 21 points. I will just stick to the LSA at the moment and see how I go.

We start the QB Bunny Challenge today on the WW "Get Moving" discussion board. My aim is to average a loss of 800gms per week for ther next 8 weeks which should bring me pretty close to my goal of 62kgs. I am confident and motivated and I "know" I can do it if I stick to the program.

Well that's all for this week. Bye for now. I will report in next Monday.

Photo's From Noosa - I Loved My Dress

Well I arrived home safely and didn't get affected by the floods. My dress fitted perfectly and everyone was shocked at how much weight I had lost. Some of the people at the party hadn't seen me for almost 20 years, so to them I probably looked pretty similar.

In the top photo is my friend Suzie & it was her 40th birthday party. Lyn & Bugsy are in the photo below.

Of course I had far too many drinks and ate far too much over the weekend, but that's what parties are for aren't they. I am still going to go to weigh-in tonight, but I am expecting to have put on over 1kg, according to my scales.

So back on track today and get back into weight loss mode with no distractions. It is my 40th birthday on 4th June, so I would like to be at least down to 62kgs by then.

Party Time In Noosa

It's nearly here!!!! My weekend away. I can't wait. I fly out on Saturday morning at 8am and arrive in Brisbane at 10.30am. My sister, Raquel, is picking me up from the airport and we have booked a room across the road from the party venue in Noosa.

The party is a 40th birthday for my best friend Suzie. She moved to Noosa at around the same time as I started Weight Watcher's and I haven't told her that I have been losing weight. She will get such a shock!!!!

I fit into my dress - Size 12 "Little Black Dress". I bought one of those "suck in the fat" style body suits yesterday to wear underneath it and WOW what a difference they make. It is really hard to get into though - the elastic is so tight. What a great investment. Pulled all the right bits in.

I have to fly back home the very next day - but it will be so nice to have the weekend to myself. Kid's, I love you dearly, but it will be heaven not having to referee the fights. I am taking my camera, so will post photo's when I get back.

Only 8.9 kilo's to my goal of 60kgs. ( 33 kilo's will be gone from my body - I am determined)

Photo's At 71kgs - 27/3/09

(YOU CAN'T HIDE THE LUMPS & BUMPS IN YOUR EXERCISE GEAR CAN YOU)

It is good to see yourself in photo's because you get a true picture of how you look. I am quite pleased with my progress, but seeing these photo's gives me even more incentive to keep going.

I am really happy with how my arms and upper body are looking - I just hope as I lose more weight it will come off my hips, butt & thighs. It's not fair that it all comes off your boobs first.

Another 9kgs to lose to get to my personal goal of 62kgs (I'll re-assess how I feel and look when I get there).

I can do this. Thankyou to all the girls on the "Lose 10kgs By Easter" thread on the WW boards (AnneP, Meegs, Pink Jewel, Alie, Viv, Valerie, Chardy Barby, Lynette, Chels, Treena, Helen, Bec & Mel) Their support and encouragement is fantastic. I don't think I would have enjoyed my time on the Weight Watcher's program without them.

Look out for our new thread "Lose 5kgs By QB". 8 weeks to lose 5 kilos in time for the June long weekend and my 40th birthday.

Comparison Photo's

The photo in the middle was taken today (27/3/09). I shudder when I see the before photo's. I was in denial, but no more. I will reach goal.

Friday & Saturday - Binge Eating

Well what a weekend - I succumbed to the emotional eating bug. It started on Friday with the whole packet of licorice in the cupboard. I ate all of it and as you can imagine I had quite a tummy ache & then because I was disappointed in myself, I kept going!!!!!!!!!

I can't remember exactly what I ate because I didn't write it down, but there was lots of white bread with butter, more lollies and big serves of everything.

So what did I do to bring this eating frenzy to a standstill? I called my good friend Tanya to come over for a coffee. She is at her WW goal weight and always good for inspiration and motivation. We decidedthat I needed to have point free food on hand for these snack attacks, so on the weekend I bought all the ingredients for my point free soup and cooked up a storm. I made 50 containers of soup. Half of them are one litre and the other half are two litres and froze them all. So each day I will take one container out of the freezer and have it on hand.

The other thing I have to do is recognise the reason for my emotional eating and to address this. I know what it is and I have to do something about it. So address this issue I will, so that the "binge eating bug" does not rear it's ugly head again. I have to put myself first - not everyone else all the time.

Anyway - I had best get off this computer and start getting some lunches and school uniforms organised or the kids won't get to school today.

Today the focus is TRACKING POINTS/WATER & POSITIVE THOUGHTS!!!!!

A Goal To Get To - Party In Noosa

I have my best friends 40th birthday coming up on April 4th. I am flying to Noosa for the weekend and can't wait to catch up with her and my sister as well.

I picked out a gorgeous Size 12 dress that I found at an op shop and I am working really hard to make sure that I can fit into it for the party. I've got three weeks to go and hopefully I will get there as I haven't got a back-up. The dress does up but it is a little tight, but I'm pretty confident that I will make it.

I will post a photo on here from the party, hopefully I will be looking fabulous.

People are really starting to notice my weight loss, especially the ones I haven't seen for a month or two. They actually have quite a shocked look on their face, so the difference must be really noticeable. Health and fitness wise I am feeling great.

Another exciting milestone today. I put on my wedding and engagement rings and they fit me again!!!!! What a great feeling.

Only 3 kilo's now until I reach the top end of my "healthy" BMI range which I have set as my Weight Watchers goal, although my personal goal is 62kgs. The Easter Challenge on the Weight Watcher's site has been a great motivator to reach my goals and we have decided to continue with another challenge. The "Lose 5kgs by QB Club." That stands for the Queen's Birthday holiday weekend in the eastern states. June 8th. This will start on Tuesday 14/4 and will give us about 8 weeks, so I will need an average loss of 0.6 per week, which I think is achievable for me, as long as I don't plateau. We will see how we go.

Anyway - I will report in again next week after weigh-in.

I Ate More, Had a Rest & Still Lost!!!!

Finally a week with no dinners out, lunch appointments, BBQ's or drinks with friends scheduled. I have had the start of a cold coming on, so my dilemma was what to do about my points and exercise.

This week I decided to eat all of my 21 points each day - no saving for treats, no cutting down on points in the hope I would lose more weight. I feel like I've been having to save points for my Friday or Saturday night BBQ's and dinners for the last 5 weeks or so. It was great. I felt really full and satisfied and stuck to the 21 points exactly.

Because of my cold, I also decided to rest for the latter half of the week with the aim of not getting sicker than I already was, so I exercised Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday and that was it. I had a lot of sleeps over the weekend.

And you wouldn't believe it, I lost 2.1kgs without even trying. I was so excited. And now I am a firm believer in eating all my points. They do tell you at meetings that it is important to eat all your points or it will affect your weight loss, and with this weeks result, I finally believe it to be true. So with the week ahead, I have no parties or functions, and I will be eating my 21 points each day again.

My total weight loss to date is 21.5kgs and I am getting heaps of comments from everyone now about how good I look, whcih is always nice. I am fitting into some of the clothes that I bought from the op shop. I'm not buying anything from the "real" shops until I reach my personal goal weight of around 62. I'm just going to wait and see what weight and body shape feels right for me.

I am now only 3.5kgs away from the top end of my healthy weight range which is 68 kgs. Weight Watchers has changed my life this time around. I love going to meetings, I am feeling so healthy and I'm never hungry. I am determined to reach my goal and stay there forever.

Slow & Steady......Need To Celebrate That

Well weigh-in this week was a little bit dissappointing. But why?? I need to celebrate the fact that I went to a friends BBQ and had no control over what was served. I had a lovely meal and ate lovely food but didn't go overboard. In my previous life I would have eaten bucket loads of the creamy potato salad & coleslaw. I would have helped myself to a second piece of steak, couldn't have stopped at one piece of garlic bread and I would have eaten handfuls of chips. Previously I would have drank heaps more wine and sabotaged myself and kept eating for days. So why am I dissappointed in being able to eat out with friends and still record a loss - no matter how small.

I am changing my mindset - I am ecstatic that I could resist all those temptations. I drove home, felt good the next day and I am PROUD OF MYSELF!!!!! Lets see what next week brings and if it is a small number, so what. A loss is a loss. And maybe if I stick to my points and my planned exercise, with no functions or parties on this week, I may even lose a little bit more.

20kgs lost - here I come - only 0.6kgs to go!!!

So Close........to 20kgs down

Well at weigh-in last night I lost another 1.3kgs. The exercise is really kicking in for me. I am now only 0.9kgs away from my 20kgs gone mark. Hopefully by next week.

Boot camp was this morning 5-45am to 6-45am and there are now 12 of us going. All nearly 40 or over 40. I absolutely love it. We may be increasing to three days per week. Mon, Wed & Fri. Then I will need to change the day for my individual Personal Training session.

I am aiming to fit into a gorgeous little black dress for my girlfriends 40th on the 4th of April. It is a size 12 and for it to look really nice I think I will need to lose another 5kgs or so - hopefully some of the weight will come off my legs and thighs - need to look trim and toned for this dress. I am now also doing a walk on Saturday and Sunday mornings with a girlfriend. There' a killer hill climb in it and we do the hill 3 times. I hope my fitness increases quickly, because at the moment I really struggle. After the walk we have a coffee at a local cafe, a chat and a walk around the markets. I got 4 avocado's for $2 last week which was a bargain as they are $2-50 each at the supermarket. I LOVE!!! avocado.

I will post again on Sunday and share how my hill climbs went - that's if I'm not too exhausted!!!!!!!

Weigh-In Success

Yeah!!!! I'm doing a happy dance!!! At weigh-in I lost 2.7kgs. The personal training sessions must have kicked in. So a total loss of 17.8kgs in about 20 weeks. I can't wait until I get to my 20kgs lost. I think that will deserve some type of reward. 7.2 kgs to go to get to my Weight Watcher's goal weight of 68kgs.

Well the rain is pelting down here, so boot camp has been cancelled. I will go to the gym instead. My one on one personal training sessions are on Wednesday afternoon and they are on regardless of the weather because we can use the gym.

I'm off to the dentist this afternoon to have a plate fitted to help to stop me grinding my teeth. Then once the dentist is happy with it I will get 4 new crowns at the front. I can't wait.

Anyway - better get going.

Bye for now.

A Huge Weekend & Paid The Price

Last weekend was HUGE!!!!!! Too much snacking, too much drinking and the result was no loss at all on Monday night.

On Friday we had my daughters birthday party and after a bottle of wine I ate the chips, the lollies and the sausage sandwiches.

On Saturday I had a girlfriend's 40th Birthday ( a cocktail & toga party ) and we had nibblies, taco's and cocktails galore.

I didn't feel too bad the next day, but obviously my sugar levels were going crazy and I ate heaps of junk to compensate - Sausage & Egg McMuffins, Hash Browns, Meat Pies, Hot chips etc, etc. I should be really grateful that the scales stayed the same & I didn't gain.

Consequently this week I have cut back my points to 18 per day and exercised consistently every day. My individual personal training session was exhausting and I also did a "Boot Camp" with a group of girlfriends which we will do every Tuesday & Thursday morning. I have also been using my Marie Winsor Pilates DVD's, and it looks like I will be heading for a loss on Monday at weigh-in. Finger's crossed.

We have no social events for a couple of weeks which I am pleased about. I am looking forward to the increased exercise and hopefully the results that will follow. Will report in again after weigh-in on Monday.

First Personal Training Session

Well it has been a great week for being focussed - staying on track. My water - exercise & tracking are all great.

We have a "Lose 10kgs By Easter Challenge" going on the Weight Watcher's board at the moment. 8 weeks until weigh-in and I have 3.6kgs to lose to achieve that goal.

On Wednesday I had my first Personal Training session with Tom. It was TOUGH!@! We ran, did lots of boxing/punching, push-ups, forward lunges, jumping, running up stairs, crunches and then FINALLY some cool down stretches. (They couldn't come soon enough). My face was beetroot red and my hands and body were shaking. It was exhausitng, but very exhilirating. I go every Wedensday at 5-30pm.

One of my girlfriends has also organised a "BOOT CAMP" for Tuesday & Thursday mornings 5-45am to 6-45am. There are a group of about 10 ladies - so I'm really excited. Should be a challenge and mix up the exercise routine a bit.

I am completing a health plan for Tom the Personal Trainer, listing 3 month, 6 month and 12 month Fitness and Health goals. Also a spreadsheet for weekly exercise over 12 weeks.

This weekend there are lots of children's parties and I have a girlfriends 40th birthday party to go to. A cocktail toga party. Should be a laugh. I'm looking forward to a Sunday sleep-in.

Will report back in next week after Boot Camp.

My First Post

Well I have decided to start this blog, so that I have a record of my weight loss journey. It will be interesting to see the changes along the way.

I started Weight Watcher's on 29 September 2008. I was tired of being unhealthy, unhappy & not having any clothes to wear. As my weight increased, I remained in denial and refused to buy clothes over a Size 16, even though I was probably an 18 to 20. I wore my husbands shirts over the top of stretchy pants. That was my entire wardrobe.

I was invited to a friends 40th birthday party and realised I had to do something when I found it hard to paint my toe-nails. I couldn't reach them because my waistline was too big. I even found getting up off the floor hard. I had nothing suitable to wear and even when I bought a new shirt, I still wasn't happy with the way I looked.

So that's when I decided to join Weight Watcher's. I had joined once before and did it on-line, but this time I decided that I needed to go to weekly meetings to be accountable. I have really enjoyed going and for me to maintain my weight-loss - I believe that I will be attending meetings for the rest of my life.