Week 21 - Weigh In

Last Week - 73kgs
This Weel - 72.6kgs
Loss 400 grams

We've had a really rough week food wise this week, so i'm kinda glad that there is a loss at all. Had a funeral, birthday party, and days out here there and everywhere, all with limited choices in food. Still managed to lose though, and i'm pretty proud of that.

On thursday I got down to 71.9, which is the lowest I have ever been, and I think once all this food leaves my system I'll be around that again too.

The best part of all? I am now OFFICIALLY no longer "obese" simply "overweight" While I have still got a long way to go before I get to the "normal" category, I am pretty damned pleased with myself that I have managed to go down a whole category. My next aim is to get to 69.9 Kgs, and i'm hoping to do that in the next 4 weeks. I WANNA SEE A 6 AT THE START OF THE SCALES!!!!

Still not really any progress with the exercise. Not only is Darren home from Adelaide now, he's also on holidays from work for the next 2 weeks. I'm much preferring to spend my days snuggling on the couch with him rather than exercising, but I really shouldn't. We generally go for walks at night though.

On other good (and some not so good) news. My biggest boy finally got the go ahead today that he no longer needs to wear his plate. He had one to push a top tooth out from behind his bottom tooth, and it has done the job after 6 months. He is thrilled, as am I, cause i hated the constant nagging about putting it in. The bad news is, however, that over the next couple of years we are going to have to fork out a LOT of money on orthodontics. OUCH!!!

Have a great week!

Motivation

I just stumbled across this quote in one of the forums i frequent, and thought I'd share. It's so true....

In the beginning the journey feels so long because you don't know when it will end but when you reach the other side it suddenly feels like it was over in no time at all and was worth every cent of the effort you put in! Take heart and take up the challenge!

Week 20 - Weigh In

Last week - 73.5kgs
This week - 73.0kgs
Loss - 500 Grams

Can't say that I am at all surprised with seeing only 500 grams. While i love having Darren home everynight, i'm really struggling to find my exercise routine again. I used to get on the treadmill and x-trainer at around 2pm and then do my bike after the kids go to bed around 7.30, but with him home, i much prefer to spend time with him, and we quite often go for a walk after dinner.

So this week I am trialling my bike riding at about 10ish, followed by tready/x-trainer at 2ish, and then after dinner we can either chill or go for our walk/jog.

Will let you know how that turns out lol. I just need to find my rhythm again.

Don't think much else is happening in the world of Lauren. Pretty boring all round really!

Week 19 - Measurements

As I suspected, no loss really on the measurement front this week. I guess 1cm is still 1 cm, even if it was from my boobs!

Week 19 - Weigh In

Last Week - 74.1Kgs
This week - 73.5Kgs
Loss - 600 Grams

Loss this week should technically have been a lot more than this, but I had a pretty up and down weekend with food. Thursday and friday saw me retaining everything I possibly could and the scales going up quite considerably, and Saturday was dinner out with my sister for her birthday. No one to blame but myself, even though i'm not feeling terribly guilty about it. I knew it was going to happen, i was prepared for it to happen, and I haven't fallen off the wagon. If I can't go out and enjoy myself once in a blue moon, then i'm never going to stick to this.

On a positive note, my Dad told me how great I was looking, and that I was half the woman i once was. Anyone who knows my dad, knows that he NEVER says anything like that, so he must be pretty proud of me!

On more great news.... Darren is home from Adelaide for good. Felt so good seeing him this morning, and I'm LOVING the fact that he is going to be home for dinner tonight. Madi is also pretty excited, which is great.

Measurements again tomorrow, but i'm not expecting a change at all to be honest.

xoxo

Week 18 - Measurements

Measurements sure have been going slow lately, but i guess that is to be expected as you get smaller! This is my last week of Darren being away, and I'm rather excited about it. Can't wait to have him home again, and have someone to motivate me actually IN the same house. WOOOOHOOO!! Anyways, here's the chart!

Week 18 - Weigh In

Last week - 75.0 kgs
This week - 74.1 Kgs
Loss - 900 Grams

As I explained last week, i'm not really sure what the actual weight for last week was as my scales weren't reading right, but I know they are reading right now, and i'm down to 74.1 kgs.

I ended up having quite a good week last week, and started to come to terms with the fat that i have actually lost weight and it is noticeable. Crossroads had a 70% off sale one day last week, so i went down bright and early to grab me some bargains. I ended up getting about $370 worth of clothes for $100, so i was pretty happy with that. All the clothes were size 14, except one size 12 shirt, and it fits too!

So due to getting a heap of new clothes, that actually fit me and don't look like a circus tent on me anymore, I decided to have a cull from my cupboard. This was the result..........
That's 6.5 garbage bags full of clothes that no longer fit! I'm almost certain i could have thrown out more too, but my cupboard was looking mighty bare! It also prompted a clean out of Darren's cupboards, and he's got another 2 bags full of his clothes. I'm so proud of him. He's gone from a tight size 40, to a 34, this year. He's running again, and looks pretty darn sexy, even if i do say so myself :-) It must be time to go on a shopping spree for him soon though, he's get very few pair of pants that actually fit him. We are heading down the the gold coast in a couple of weeks, so shall try and get him some new clothes at the factory outlets down there.

We discovered the other day, that between us, we have lost the weight equivalent of our oldest and youngest children. 40 odd kilo's! Now it's my job to knock off the weight of the middle child, so an extra 22 kilo's! I'm not sure i could even do that, as my goal is 60, so 14 kgs, but darren could possibly make up the slack lol.

What else is news. Hmmmmm, exercise. I think i pushed it a little too hard last week. I ended up with really sore knees and shins, to the point that i couldn't run. I am really struggling with this week on C25K. It involves a 5 min warm up, followed by a 90 second jog, 90 seconds walk, 3 minute jog, 3 mins walk, and repeat the jog/walk stage once more. I think I am going to be stuck on this week for a few weeks. I completed the first day, but failed miserably at the other 2 days. I'm going to be trying again this week, but i will not be allowing myself to move on until i can do it three times in a row.

I am considering moving the bed out of the office, and putting all the exercise equipment in there. The cross trainer is huge though, and i'm not certain i will actually be able to get it in there. It currently lives in the garage, and boy does it get hot in there. Would be nice to have everything together in a room though, and out of the living areas. We'll have to see how it all pans out, it's way too much work to do on my own!

SIZE 14!!!!!!

On Monday I said I was going to go and try on a size 14 pair of jeans, cause I didn't believe that I was actually a 14 yet. You can see the results for yourself ^^^^^^!!!!

Size 14 Target SKINNY Jeans!! and a size 14 top too! I've still got my belly happening, but shit, I haven't got into a size 14 since I was MARRIED 7 YEARS AGO!!!! I'm pretty damned proud of myself right now!!!

Week 17 - Measurements

SOOOO, it seems that my scales were lying to me on Monday. Here I was thinking that I did really well, when honestly i did really quite crap. Obviously I cant give a definite figure for what my weight should have been, but it was no where near what the scales told me. I've estimated it to be around the 85 mark, but that's purely a guess.

So what happened? It appears that at some stage my scales were kicked/moved/tripped over (anything is possible with kids really) and the battery cover has come off the back and one of the batteries has half fallen out. While the batteries didn't seem to make a difference, not having the tiniest corner of the battery cover under the edge of the scale certainly did. So i've adjusted my weight in the side panel, but i'm leaving my last post. I will correct it in next week's weigh in.

Disappointment probably doesn't even come close to how i was feeling when i discovered what had happened, and i'm not going to lie, it made me wonder why i was putting myself through this. My motivation for everything has been at an all time low since coming back from Adelaide, I have a serious case of the "can't be bothered" bug. I REALLY can't wait till Darren comes home for good (meant to be the end of next week) and he can kick my arse again. I need it. Majorly.

I realised earlier in the week that I didn't take my monthly progress photos, so I did it this morning. Even though my brain is taking a mighty long time to wake up to the fact that I have indeed lost weight, the proof is in the photos themselves. Instead of beating myself up about only losing a few hundred grams, I should be proud of the fact that I have come so far in such a short time. Here they are. (click on them if you are game to see them bigger!)


Look My back boobs are nearly gone!!!