Weigh in, numero uno

I went for my first fortnightly weigh in today. I think I did pretty well, considering that I've been sick/slack. What I learned is that 70% effort is still an effort, and any step forward is taking me closer to that goal. I hate to sound cliched or trite, but that really rang true for me today.

Ruku also signed up for Celebrity Slim today. He wants to lose about 30kg (he weighed in at 101.1), and get control of his weight while it's still manageable. Which is fantastic, and also means that I've got an in-house weight-loss buddy.

Anyway, to my weigh in;

Dress size: 20 tops, 24 bottoms (damn you big bum!)
Weight: 116.4
BMI: 43
Hips: 136cm
Waist: 127cm
Arms: 35cm
Next Weigh In: 24/10/08

Yes, you read correctly; that IS a loss of 1.6kg, a loss of 2cm, and down one point on the BMI. I think I've done pretty well. Only 58.4kg to go now!




I bought a new outfit last night. A new top and a pair of shorts, sizes 20 and 24 respectively. And this is where I am going to make a public promise to myself - From this moment on, I shall never buy a size 20 to 24 (or god forbid, larger) for myself again. By the time I need new clothes, I will need smaller clothes. I'm promising myself this, and I aim to deliver.

To finish off this post, I shall include pictures of the aforementioned outfit I bought last night. May the next outfit I post be a much smaller one!

Day Two Food Diary, and other stories

I am holding tickets in my hand. To clarify, I am holding tickets for Tegan and Sara in my hand.

We went to their concert just before Christmas last year. I don't know how much I weighed then, but I'm betting it was around 110kg at the very least. That was... well, a pretty messy time for me. Let's leave it at that. I bought a tshirt at the concert, in a large, and it turned out to be ridicously small on me. I still have the shirt. And I still plan to be able to fit into it.

After the success of their last tour, Tegan and Sara are touring again. The concert is on the 8th of January. While I don't for a second think I would have lost a huge amount of weight by then, I am looking forward to going to see the same artists, in the same venue, around the same time of year..... but in much happier times, Who knows, I might buy another tshirt?

I also mucked around with My Virtual Model today, and made a "me" now, a "me" at 88kg (my halfway point) and "me" at my goal. Because I've been unwell, I've had the free time to play around with this stuff (and spend a lot of time on the CS forums). Apparently according to the doctor I have a gland infection which would explain why my joints have been sore and stiff. I'm having tomorrow off as well, and I'll see how I feel about some gentle exercise then.

FOOD AND EXERCISE: Day Two, 30/09/08

Breakfast: Strawberry Celebrity Slim shake + Fat Burner Tablet

Snack: Plunger coffee w/skim milk and 1 sugar (hoorah for sugar cubes, perfectly portioned sugar!)

Lunch: Low carb ham and veggie pizza + Fat Burner Tablet

Snack: Regular Voltage coffee w/skim milk

Dinner: Chocolate CS shake

Snack: Half Atkins Advantage bar, slice of cheese & slice of ham

No exercise & 2L water.

DAY ONE FOOD DIARY

FOOD & EXERCISE: Day One, 29/09/08

Breakfast: Chocolate Celebrity Slim shake + Fat Burner Tablet

Snack: 175g pot of Vaalia Vanilla Mango yogurt (with Omega-3 DHA apparently)

Lunch: Italian baked vegetable casserole thing. Lots of capsicum, eggplant, zucchini and basil, layered and baked with tomato puree. Also had insalata caprese on the side. Plus a coffee, one sugar. I love coffee the way Ruku makes it, mmm, plunger. And my fat burner tablet of course.

(and this is where things start to go downhill)

BB comes over. I have an afternoon snack of half a nashi, and try a bite of a low carb, high protein chocolate bar (Aussie Bodies or something like that I think). It...... was pretty damn foul. So I ate an entire low carb chocolate bar. I have my dinner, chocolate shake. And this is where things get worse.

I'm hungry, so when McD's is offered, I gobble a small cheeseburger meal and a 30c cone. Then a jam donut. Then I come home and drink 3 glasses of coke.

New challenge; Work out how to go out with friends without going overboard!

Also, no exercise, and only 1L of water. Seeing this posted here, I feel ashamed. I shall do better tomorrow, so I don't have to post crappy food up :P

However! I did make low carb pizzas for me to take for the rest of the week. Ruku and I shared one, and MY GOD WAS IT TASTY. So tasty, I'm posting pictures. I was especially happy that the diego wraps were on a buy 2, get $1 off special. I made 5 (now 4) at a time, and I'm going to give freezing them ready-made a go, because if this means I have one of these for lunch every day until Friday.... well, I'll be a happy girl.

So this is an unbaked pizza. Mine had tomato paste, tasty cheese, a couple of leftover bocconcini, grilled eggplant, shaved ham, artichoke hearts, mushrooms, capsicum, tomato, olive and asparagus. Loaded with veggies!









Here is a hopeful looking dog. Sorry pup, but that's MY pizza!










Aaaand, two pictures of them when they're done baking. Mmmmm, tasty pizza *noms*

Day One/ Starting pictures

So I've been playing with the blogger software a bit, and trying to tweak my profile settings and the like. I finally worked out how to follow blogs, so now I can follow all the other CS ladies! Whee!

I also put up a userpicture. That's actually a fairly recent photo of me, taken in July. So now anyone reading this knows what I look like. I know, from the face shot alone, I don't look that fat (also, my winter scarf does a good job hiding my double chin, heehee). So to prove it, pictures are included in this post! Just be glad I didn't post the pictures in my underdaks.... They're pretty awful.

Other than that, I woke up with a sore throat, snot all over my pillow (ewww) and half an hour late for work. So, obviously, I'm not going in today. I'm going to stay in bed, and maybe go for a bit of a walk later if i feel up to it. Unfortunately I've learned the hard way that if I don't take care of myself when I have a cold in its infancy, I only make it worse for myself later. So making myself a very garlicky stirfry for lunch!

I'm trying out the CS fat burner tablets. Apparently they make a big difference, and I need all the help I can get XD Aaaah, shouldn't be down on myself. Baby steps, baby steps. Need to tell myself that it's only one day, and I can do it.

Definately need to investigate Coles for the low carb Diego wraps too.... because I adore pizza, and having it as my balanced meal would be great! The dominos vegetarian thin and crispy is my fave, but it still has about 22g of carbs per 100g serving, which is about 12g over the carbs I need!