Well I've lost 2 kgs in 4 days. Noel has lost 1.9 kgs. We are having a little competition who can lose 5 kgs first. The winner has to pay for the other to do something fun like dancing with tigers or buying new clothing or whatever. We are trying not to make it a food reward like paying for dinner etc.
Anyway I'm pretty convinced he will win. The fact I'm winning for now is nice but I'm sure that wont last long. I'm sure Men lose weight quicker than women as a rule. Or at least its easier for them. He is also much younger than me so maybe that helps too. He's not eating what I am eating though which is in my favor. Daily he's doing his own thing breakfast and lunch wise then we eat the same for dinner and weekends. He also does alot of walking and goes to the gym a few times a week but as I'm on such a low calorie intake I can't do.
Oh well we will see. I have high hopes of whipping his behind at least this first 5 kgs. High hopes.
Friday, May 21, 2010
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Photos of my fast progression fattybum
So this was me November 2006 in Australia with my Mummy at my birthday/house warming party. I was quite fit and healthy. My weight was about 74 kgs. But the decline had just begun as I had just stopped going to the gym every day a few weeks before this shot. My excuse was I was unpacking as I'd just moved house and it wasn't as convieniently located to the gym. I had planned to start going to the gym again but I never did. This was also about 2/3 months before I met my husband Noel.
This was me and a sheep in February 2010 only 4 years later. Weight about 125 kgs. Married and living in New Zealand. This was taken at the begining of a long hike we did one weekend about 8/10 km which I found so very very hard, probably because I'm carrying around 50 kgs of extra weight.
These photos just remind me of why I'm doing this diet. I can't wait to do that hike again once I've lost 55 kgs and see how much easier it is.
Starting Body Measurements
Here are my body measurements taken today Thursday, 20th May 2010.
20/5/10
Boobs 124 cm
Waist 114 cm
Hips 142 cm
Thigh 87 cm
Arm 42 cm
Calf 52 cm
Be interesting to see how this drops over the 6 months.
20/5/10
Boobs 124 cm
Waist 114 cm
Hips 142 cm
Thigh 87 cm
Arm 42 cm
Calf 52 cm
Be interesting to see how this drops over the 6 months.
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
To weigh or not to weigh rant
After the first day going so easily I couldn't help weigh myself this morning. I've lost about 900 grams. That is really great and it made me feel motivated. I know it won't be like that every day but I'm not surprised it was so high today as I ate so little yesterday. I'd also pigged out on Sunday night in anticiaption of the diet starting so it could have been much less.
However ringing in my mind is the voices of so many diet coaches I've had in the past. They are all saying ONLY WEIGH YOURSELF ONCE A WEEK!!! Why I wonder? I guess their reasons are that if you weight yourself daily or more regularly then you will see your weight fluxuate and it could put you off. Or your scales will show different result than theirs do and that will put you off. It seems the only reason being it will put us off the diet. Hmmm come on... in my case I'm more likely to be put off the diet because I cheated. I cheated because I was not focused or committed enough to the diet and during the week. Because I wasn't focused enough I stuffed my face with crap that wasn't on the diet. Then weigh in becomes a problem because I'm going there feeling guilty and miserable as you know the scales won't lie that you cheated. Isn't it much better to keep weight loss in your mind at all times. Isn't weighing yourself every day or every time few days a better option as your remind yourself why your doing this. Its just occured to me that I might catch myself from failing if I try to be constantly committed to this diet. Or is that day 2 of diet talking. I might change my mind in a few weeks if I've failed a few times.
Is it just me that jumps on the scales more regularly? I know Noel does it. But then he hasn't done as many diets as me where the scale mantra has been beaten into him. Its pretty clear that with a diet business they get you to come in and weigh in with them once a week as their fancy lure. If they can get you to come to them once a week your a captivated audience and you spend loads of money. Its like when you go to the hairdresser and they have you as a captive audience and then they hard sell you hair products you don't need. I think diet companies are a little like that. They have you over a barrel as you feel you need their help, support and motivation to succeed. I am totally convinced and I've thought this for ages that they make the diet so close to your maintance calorie intake for the day that you can only lose a little weight if you 100% stick to the diet. I know thats meant to be the healthy way to lose weight but... seriously I've tried every diet there is and I never lost much every week even when I was sticking to their diets. Then if you break once during the week you have stuffed your weight loss and of course that means you are with them buying their food for more time to actually lose weight. I'm sorry if that shocks you but as an accountant thats what I would have advised them to do. Slow the weight loss down so they continue as clients for longer and you will make more money. Don't forget they are not in business as a non profit organisation and are indeed making money from you. Its in their interest that you lose weight slowly.
Its also never really sat well with me the whole weigh in thing. It made me incredibly uncomfortable having some woman I don't know well seeing my weight. Then worse commenting on it. Or trying to make the best of it when I invariably hadn't lost much weight or put it on. I guess you could argue that this blog is me showing the world my weight. Very true point... I'm glad you made it Vanessa. Oh well. It just gets on my wick the whole weigh in thing.
Anyway just thinking that my idea of losing weight as quickly without the big diet firms involved was a good one. At least I can control how quickly I lose the weight. The food I'm eating is fresh not packaged. And best I don't have to weigh in with someone I don't know commenting on how I've done. Oh and I'm learning to become accountable to myself for what I eat. And I think I will be so proud of myself for my level of committment if I succeed.
I hereby promise to weigh in when I feel like it. Diet companies can go "insert sound of me blowing a rasberry".
However ringing in my mind is the voices of so many diet coaches I've had in the past. They are all saying ONLY WEIGH YOURSELF ONCE A WEEK!!! Why I wonder? I guess their reasons are that if you weight yourself daily or more regularly then you will see your weight fluxuate and it could put you off. Or your scales will show different result than theirs do and that will put you off. It seems the only reason being it will put us off the diet. Hmmm come on... in my case I'm more likely to be put off the diet because I cheated. I cheated because I was not focused or committed enough to the diet and during the week. Because I wasn't focused enough I stuffed my face with crap that wasn't on the diet. Then weigh in becomes a problem because I'm going there feeling guilty and miserable as you know the scales won't lie that you cheated. Isn't it much better to keep weight loss in your mind at all times. Isn't weighing yourself every day or every time few days a better option as your remind yourself why your doing this. Its just occured to me that I might catch myself from failing if I try to be constantly committed to this diet. Or is that day 2 of diet talking. I might change my mind in a few weeks if I've failed a few times.
Is it just me that jumps on the scales more regularly? I know Noel does it. But then he hasn't done as many diets as me where the scale mantra has been beaten into him. Its pretty clear that with a diet business they get you to come in and weigh in with them once a week as their fancy lure. If they can get you to come to them once a week your a captivated audience and you spend loads of money. Its like when you go to the hairdresser and they have you as a captive audience and then they hard sell you hair products you don't need. I think diet companies are a little like that. They have you over a barrel as you feel you need their help, support and motivation to succeed. I am totally convinced and I've thought this for ages that they make the diet so close to your maintance calorie intake for the day that you can only lose a little weight if you 100% stick to the diet. I know thats meant to be the healthy way to lose weight but... seriously I've tried every diet there is and I never lost much every week even when I was sticking to their diets. Then if you break once during the week you have stuffed your weight loss and of course that means you are with them buying their food for more time to actually lose weight. I'm sorry if that shocks you but as an accountant thats what I would have advised them to do. Slow the weight loss down so they continue as clients for longer and you will make more money. Don't forget they are not in business as a non profit organisation and are indeed making money from you. Its in their interest that you lose weight slowly.
Its also never really sat well with me the whole weigh in thing. It made me incredibly uncomfortable having some woman I don't know well seeing my weight. Then worse commenting on it. Or trying to make the best of it when I invariably hadn't lost much weight or put it on. I guess you could argue that this blog is me showing the world my weight. Very true point... I'm glad you made it Vanessa. Oh well. It just gets on my wick the whole weigh in thing.
Anyway just thinking that my idea of losing weight as quickly without the big diet firms involved was a good one. At least I can control how quickly I lose the weight. The food I'm eating is fresh not packaged. And best I don't have to weigh in with someone I don't know commenting on how I've done. Oh and I'm learning to become accountable to myself for what I eat. And I think I will be so proud of myself for my level of committment if I succeed.
I hereby promise to weigh in when I feel like it. Diet companies can go "insert sound of me blowing a rasberry".
Tabasco Sauce Incident
Just a quick blog to tell you my first day wasn't so bad. About 8pm I would have murdered a hamburger but I handled it by just whinging to my husband. Unfortunately I spoiled dinner which was Vegetarian Thin and Crispy Pizza by liberally sprinkling it with Tabasco Sauce. Luckily I'd made four (two each) and the first lot I only sprinkled a few drops. The second lot were not so lucky as I went sauce crazy. Ooops. I hadn't used Tabasco in so long that I forgot how hot it is. Now I know. We had burning mouths, lips and stomachs. I was so hungry I ate the Pizza anyway but Noel couldn't finish his. He was very understanding about it considering he'd been at the gym and was starving. We had a bit of a giggle about my stupidity. We discussed that perhaps Tabasco should best be used in a sauce where it can be dipersed. Oh well I won't make that mistake again. Burning Ring of Fire today if you know what I mean! Anyway I was surprised that Noel said the Pizza quite filling and wasn't hungry afterwards. I think he might have been being nice about the lack of food but I think he might be right. I was quite satisfied after the meal. Burnt but statisfied.
Monday, May 17, 2010
About Fat Ness to Thin Ness
Monday, 17th May 2010
Weight: 124.1 kg
Goal: 69.1 kg
Total to lose: 55 kg
Time frame: 6 months
Its D day (diet start day). Aggggh I'm petrified as I hate diets. I won't call this a "lifestyle change" as I can't stand that arty farty diet talk crap... lets call a spade a spade... I'm going on a diet and once I lose the weight I shall very much enjoy regaining some of my decadent eating lifestyle. I have no intention of changing my eating lifestyle permanently as I'd be a miserable fart if I followed this diet forever. I'm a believer in a little of what you fancy does you good. Unfortunately I have fancied a lot too much and got very fat and unhealthy. My plan is to lose the weight quickly then maintain the weight loss in a more realistic way.
Anyway this morning I start my intensive diet program. I plan to be on it for the next 6 months, without breaking. The end date being Monday, 18th November 2010. I plan to update this blog once a week, hopefully Monday evenings. I plan to weight myself every Monday morning. This blog will record what I ate during the week, how much I exercised and recipes etc. Basically this blog will be a record of how I go losing a massive amount of weight quickly. If your planning to read this weekly I hope you find it interesting.
A bit about me:
My name is Vanessa. I am an Australian. I was born and lived all my life till recently in Sydney. At present my husband Noel (UK born) and I live in Auckland, New Zealand. We arrived here last November. We are here for my husbands work for 2 years which may be extended longer. We just love it here. Its amazing actually. Australians generally bag out New Zealand for being a boring hole of a place with too many sheep. Before I came here I thought this too. I've changed my mind! I may never want to leave here as its so peaceful and beautiful. The people are friendly and so are the sheep.
I'm an Accountant by trade but please don't hold it against me. I was a professional Actor for many years but lets face it I was totally crap at it and my proof is I wasn't getting any work. Although I must say in my defence Australia's entertainment industry is very small and there is no work around for actors... a great defense for being crap. I've not been working as an Accountant since we arrive in New Zealand last November. I had planned to get a job after Xmas but several factors have got in the way. A healthy dose of procrastination along with having been sick for the last 5 months. But I'm better now and so today also marks the start of me looking for a job as well as starting my diet. Wish me luck.
So... I'm 35 years old and I'm very very overweight. Tipping the scales this morning at 124.1 kilos. 3 years ago I was 50 kilos lighter than I am now. I've put on all this weight in the last 3 years for some ungodly reason which I'll try and work out in another blog. I got the all clear from my Doctor last Thursday so its time to start this diet. The all clear was necessary as I've spent the last few months pretty sick, in pain and spending alot of time reading the internet while lying in bed incompasitated. Lucky I didn't have a job. Sadly I've also been told that I'm infertile at present. We wanted to start trying for a child early next year. The medical condition I had the Doctor thinks was caused by a hormonal imbalance. The hormone imbalance is caused by being overweight. I had a minor operation to fix my health issue, but I picked up a post operative infection which wasn't much fun which has delayed my recovery somewhat. I'm being treated for the hormone imbalance now so for now I'm totally fine. But I've been told that if I don't lose weight and they stopped the treatment for the hormone imbalance the condition will come back and it will become cancerous. The Doctor also said I'm very lucky as they think by losing weight the whole condition could go away. They also think my fertility will come back if I lose weight. Once I have lost the weight the Doctor plans to stop the hormane imbalance treatment and from there it will take a few months for my periods to return to normal and all things being equal I will be fertile again and my health problems wont come back. Thats the best case senario. Apparently I'm also very lucky that I have not yet developed Diabetes Type 2 but I'm almost there and my family history is full of Diabetes. So basically I have no choice but to lose weight as quickly as possible or I'm going to die and never have kids. Heavy stuff huh. It would be very easy for me to get quite down on myself about how I let myself get to this fatty point but that's not going to solve my problems. Instead I'm turning my negative health issues into motivation for me to stick to this diet. And stick to it 100%.
Diet Plan:
You may think 6 months to lose 55 kilos is not enough time. Or its unhealthy to lose weight so quickly. I agree totally. However my health problems are caused by being overweight and they need to be addressed immediately. If I don't lose weight quickly I'm in serious doo doo. We also want to start trying for kids early next year and I'd like to have got to my goal weight a few months before that. Thats why I've chose a quick loss diet. In fear of being sued I won't tell you where I got this particular diet from. If you've been on something similar I'm sure you will guess. This diet was made for me personally by professional dieticians apparently so I'm not just making it up. And I promise if I have any health problems during the next 6 months doing this I will re think what I'm doing and probably change my eating plan.
Essentially the diet is:
* 2 small portions of protein a day
* 2 serves of bread (rye/mountain bread/cruskits x 4)
* 2/3 small serves of vegetables
* 2 serves of fruit a day
* no dressings bar a little vinegar
* 1 tablespoon of cold pressed olive oil a day
* 2 tablespoons of flaxseed oil a day
* 1 tablespoon of sesame seeds, sunflower seeds a day
* 50 grams of pumpkin seeds every day.
* No alcohol
* 1/2 tablespoon of Soy Sauce or Worstersheer Sauce for flavour once a day.
* 1/2 tablespoon of Fish Oil for flavour once a week.
* Allowed pickles as part of vegetable allowance.
YES ITS A NIGHTMARE TO STICK TO BASICALLY. But I'm going to give it my best shot. I might have to adjust it a bit over the next few months but essentially this is it. I'm not recommending this diet to anyone else. This is just what I'm eating to lose weight. If you choose to follow what I'm doing then thats your call. But the sensible thing to do is go see a dietician and get a diet made up to suit you.
Exercise:
I plan to do at a minimum 45 minutes of gentle low impact cardio a day. Like walking, hiking, biking, dancing, housework etc. As I'm not eating much I don't want to overdo the exercise thing just from a health point of view.
Goal Weight:
The idea being to lose 55 kilos and get down to 69 kg. Why 69 kilograms... because it sounds rude and amuses me. I could actually get down lower according to BMI research I've done. I'm quite a tall woman with a small bone structure underneath all this fat. I used to sit comfortably at 72 kilos but I want a bit more room to between me and my top range BMI. From memory 62 kilos is the lowest point of my healthy BMI zone and about 75 kilos at the top. But the idea of being 69 anything makes me giggle like a school kid. So 69 kg is the goal. Might as well make this experience a bit fun.
Blogger Experience:
By the way this is my first time ever blogging so be kind. Or indeed helpful comments won't go astray. My apology in advance if this blog is boring to you. Sorry to state the obvious... if its boring you don't read it. I'm under no allusion that my eating habbits with be of great interest to anyone but me. Well perhaps my husband as he has to suffer no sugar Vanessa. But if this blog it helps me stay motivated and accountable then this blog will be very helpful to me and could save my life and help me create another life. Also if anyone out there is going through something similar then perhaps this blog may help them too. Let me know if it is as I'd just love to know!
Failure Clause:
I expect to fail. Every diet I've ever been on I've failed. Not a great way to start out but I prefer to be honest. I'm totally crap at dieting. I will be very surprised if I can stick to this as I've done it before and its a nightmare. But I am going to try. I'm got intense motivation this time which should help. I'm sure I will refine my techniques many times over the course of the next 6 months.
One final... oh my god what am I getting myself into. Aggghhh!
Here I go!
Weight: 124.1 kg
Goal: 69.1 kg
Total to lose: 55 kg
Time frame: 6 months
Its D day (diet start day). Aggggh I'm petrified as I hate diets. I won't call this a "lifestyle change" as I can't stand that arty farty diet talk crap... lets call a spade a spade... I'm going on a diet and once I lose the weight I shall very much enjoy regaining some of my decadent eating lifestyle. I have no intention of changing my eating lifestyle permanently as I'd be a miserable fart if I followed this diet forever. I'm a believer in a little of what you fancy does you good. Unfortunately I have fancied a lot too much and got very fat and unhealthy. My plan is to lose the weight quickly then maintain the weight loss in a more realistic way.
Anyway this morning I start my intensive diet program. I plan to be on it for the next 6 months, without breaking. The end date being Monday, 18th November 2010. I plan to update this blog once a week, hopefully Monday evenings. I plan to weight myself every Monday morning. This blog will record what I ate during the week, how much I exercised and recipes etc. Basically this blog will be a record of how I go losing a massive amount of weight quickly. If your planning to read this weekly I hope you find it interesting.
A bit about me:
My name is Vanessa. I am an Australian. I was born and lived all my life till recently in Sydney. At present my husband Noel (UK born) and I live in Auckland, New Zealand. We arrived here last November. We are here for my husbands work for 2 years which may be extended longer. We just love it here. Its amazing actually. Australians generally bag out New Zealand for being a boring hole of a place with too many sheep. Before I came here I thought this too. I've changed my mind! I may never want to leave here as its so peaceful and beautiful. The people are friendly and so are the sheep.
I'm an Accountant by trade but please don't hold it against me. I was a professional Actor for many years but lets face it I was totally crap at it and my proof is I wasn't getting any work. Although I must say in my defence Australia's entertainment industry is very small and there is no work around for actors... a great defense for being crap. I've not been working as an Accountant since we arrive in New Zealand last November. I had planned to get a job after Xmas but several factors have got in the way. A healthy dose of procrastination along with having been sick for the last 5 months. But I'm better now and so today also marks the start of me looking for a job as well as starting my diet. Wish me luck.
So... I'm 35 years old and I'm very very overweight. Tipping the scales this morning at 124.1 kilos. 3 years ago I was 50 kilos lighter than I am now. I've put on all this weight in the last 3 years for some ungodly reason which I'll try and work out in another blog. I got the all clear from my Doctor last Thursday so its time to start this diet. The all clear was necessary as I've spent the last few months pretty sick, in pain and spending alot of time reading the internet while lying in bed incompasitated. Lucky I didn't have a job. Sadly I've also been told that I'm infertile at present. We wanted to start trying for a child early next year. The medical condition I had the Doctor thinks was caused by a hormonal imbalance. The hormone imbalance is caused by being overweight. I had a minor operation to fix my health issue, but I picked up a post operative infection which wasn't much fun which has delayed my recovery somewhat. I'm being treated for the hormone imbalance now so for now I'm totally fine. But I've been told that if I don't lose weight and they stopped the treatment for the hormone imbalance the condition will come back and it will become cancerous. The Doctor also said I'm very lucky as they think by losing weight the whole condition could go away. They also think my fertility will come back if I lose weight. Once I have lost the weight the Doctor plans to stop the hormane imbalance treatment and from there it will take a few months for my periods to return to normal and all things being equal I will be fertile again and my health problems wont come back. Thats the best case senario. Apparently I'm also very lucky that I have not yet developed Diabetes Type 2 but I'm almost there and my family history is full of Diabetes. So basically I have no choice but to lose weight as quickly as possible or I'm going to die and never have kids. Heavy stuff huh. It would be very easy for me to get quite down on myself about how I let myself get to this fatty point but that's not going to solve my problems. Instead I'm turning my negative health issues into motivation for me to stick to this diet. And stick to it 100%.
Diet Plan:
You may think 6 months to lose 55 kilos is not enough time. Or its unhealthy to lose weight so quickly. I agree totally. However my health problems are caused by being overweight and they need to be addressed immediately. If I don't lose weight quickly I'm in serious doo doo. We also want to start trying for kids early next year and I'd like to have got to my goal weight a few months before that. Thats why I've chose a quick loss diet. In fear of being sued I won't tell you where I got this particular diet from. If you've been on something similar I'm sure you will guess. This diet was made for me personally by professional dieticians apparently so I'm not just making it up. And I promise if I have any health problems during the next 6 months doing this I will re think what I'm doing and probably change my eating plan.
Essentially the diet is:
* 2 small portions of protein a day
* 2 serves of bread (rye/mountain bread/cruskits x 4)
* 2/3 small serves of vegetables
* 2 serves of fruit a day
* no dressings bar a little vinegar
* 1 tablespoon of cold pressed olive oil a day
* 2 tablespoons of flaxseed oil a day
* 1 tablespoon of sesame seeds, sunflower seeds a day
* 50 grams of pumpkin seeds every day.
* No alcohol
* 1/2 tablespoon of Soy Sauce or Worstersheer Sauce for flavour once a day.
* 1/2 tablespoon of Fish Oil for flavour once a week.
* Allowed pickles as part of vegetable allowance.
YES ITS A NIGHTMARE TO STICK TO BASICALLY. But I'm going to give it my best shot. I might have to adjust it a bit over the next few months but essentially this is it. I'm not recommending this diet to anyone else. This is just what I'm eating to lose weight. If you choose to follow what I'm doing then thats your call. But the sensible thing to do is go see a dietician and get a diet made up to suit you.
Exercise:
I plan to do at a minimum 45 minutes of gentle low impact cardio a day. Like walking, hiking, biking, dancing, housework etc. As I'm not eating much I don't want to overdo the exercise thing just from a health point of view.
Goal Weight:
The idea being to lose 55 kilos and get down to 69 kg. Why 69 kilograms... because it sounds rude and amuses me. I could actually get down lower according to BMI research I've done. I'm quite a tall woman with a small bone structure underneath all this fat. I used to sit comfortably at 72 kilos but I want a bit more room to between me and my top range BMI. From memory 62 kilos is the lowest point of my healthy BMI zone and about 75 kilos at the top. But the idea of being 69 anything makes me giggle like a school kid. So 69 kg is the goal. Might as well make this experience a bit fun.
Blogger Experience:
By the way this is my first time ever blogging so be kind. Or indeed helpful comments won't go astray. My apology in advance if this blog is boring to you. Sorry to state the obvious... if its boring you don't read it. I'm under no allusion that my eating habbits with be of great interest to anyone but me. Well perhaps my husband as he has to suffer no sugar Vanessa. But if this blog it helps me stay motivated and accountable then this blog will be very helpful to me and could save my life and help me create another life. Also if anyone out there is going through something similar then perhaps this blog may help them too. Let me know if it is as I'd just love to know!
Failure Clause:
I expect to fail. Every diet I've ever been on I've failed. Not a great way to start out but I prefer to be honest. I'm totally crap at dieting. I will be very surprised if I can stick to this as I've done it before and its a nightmare. But I am going to try. I'm got intense motivation this time which should help. I'm sure I will refine my techniques many times over the course of the next 6 months.
One final... oh my god what am I getting myself into. Aggghhh!
Here I go!
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