Saturday 16th April, 2011
Yes I have a death wish...
(B) Smoked salmon on toast
(L) Mongolian lamb and curried prawns with rice, Chinese takeaway.
(D) Large packet of cheesels
Snacks
5 coffees
3 glasses of wine
Saturday, April 16, 2011
Week 15 Weigh in
Well as you can see by the stats, things are kind of reversing... Noooooo
Like I mentioned in the last weigh in, I seem to be eating all types of junk food and lots of it. This is something that I need to overcome as I don't want to undo all the good work that has been done so far. Therefore, this week I am going to make a concerted effort to put only good things in my mouth and if I do happen to eat junk "I will not stress", but instead just move on and try to make wise decisions from here on in. It's a lifestyle choice, therefore I know that I will begin to eat wisely again soon.
This week I am also going to go for a walk, as I haven't been for one in nearly over a month "what a shocker" I know.
Unfortunately, there aren't any pictures this week as the camera is in SA, but I can tell that I am slightly bigger than last week. Never mind, as I am going to nip this month long binge in the bud, wish me luck...
xox Alex
Like I mentioned in the last weigh in, I seem to be eating all types of junk food and lots of it. This is something that I need to overcome as I don't want to undo all the good work that has been done so far. Therefore, this week I am going to make a concerted effort to put only good things in my mouth and if I do happen to eat junk "I will not stress", but instead just move on and try to make wise decisions from here on in. It's a lifestyle choice, therefore I know that I will begin to eat wisely again soon.
This week I am also going to go for a walk, as I haven't been for one in nearly over a month "what a shocker" I know.
Unfortunately, there aren't any pictures this week as the camera is in SA, but I can tell that I am slightly bigger than last week. Never mind, as I am going to nip this month long binge in the bud, wish me luck...
xox Alex
Week 14 weigh in
This is late I know and it seems to be the theme lately. This week I weighed myself and took photo's, however, I didn't take any measurements. I guess it's because I know I have expanded a little (I can run but I can't hide)
For some reason I am struggling with eating healthy, in fact I want to consume large amounts of junk food and I seem to be fulfilling my prophecy and I'm not sure why this is so? I guess I am an emotional eater...
Anyway the show must go on...
For some reason I am struggling with eating healthy, in fact I want to consume large amounts of junk food and I seem to be fulfilling my prophecy and I'm not sure why this is so? I guess I am an emotional eater...
Anyway the show must go on...
Sunday, April 3, 2011
Week 14 Energy intake
(B) Fruit, yoghurt and LSA
(L) Chocolate freckles
(D) Chocolate freckles
Snacks
Chocolate freckles
Mixed lollies (What's a girl supposed to do?)
(L) Chocolate freckles
(D) Chocolate freckles
Snacks
Chocolate freckles
Mixed lollies (What's a girl supposed to do?)
Saturday, April 2, 2011
Week 13 weigh in
Well miracles never cease...
A quick blurb this week...
I can't bellieve that I have lost 1kg for two reasons:-
Firstly, I didn't go for a walk this week.
Secondly, I have eaten more chocolate this week than I have in the whole year...
Something is not adding up? Maybe I have magic scales? Or more simply is the fact that my muscle from walking is turning to fat and fat is lighter than muscle. Only time will tell...
Have to rush, so sorry that it's short and shallow this week or more so than usual.
xoxo Alex
A quick blurb this week...
I can't bellieve that I have lost 1kg for two reasons:-
Firstly, I didn't go for a walk this week.
Secondly, I have eaten more chocolate this week than I have in the whole year...
Something is not adding up? Maybe I have magic scales? Or more simply is the fact that my muscle from walking is turning to fat and fat is lighter than muscle. Only time will tell...
Have to rush, so sorry that it's short and shallow this week or more so than usual.
xoxo Alex
Sunday, March 27, 2011
Week 13 energy intake
Saturday 26th March, 2011
(B) Scrambled eggs with vegetables
(L) Cajun chicken with a yoghurt sauce, potato salad, tomato & avocado salsa and veggies.
(D) 3 hot cross buns with butter
Snacks
4 coffees
2 glasses of wine
Most of a large easter egg...
(B) Scrambled eggs with vegetables
(L) Cajun chicken with a yoghurt sauce, potato salad, tomato & avocado salsa and veggies.
(D) 3 hot cross buns with butter
Snacks
4 coffees
2 glasses of wine
Most of a large easter egg...
Week 12 weigh in
Firstly, Al has a new phone and I found my tape measure so we are back in business. It's a little embarrasing because the tape measure was practically under my nose for 5 days. I have to admit I did have a 'boy look' i.e. I didn't move things to see if it was behind them. It was behind a box on the tall boy next to my desk and I might just add that there isn't much on the tall boy... I don't know, maybe I lost my glasses too...
OK not a lot to say this week, other than I feel like I am drifting further and further away from my target. I seem to be having a junk food allowance everyday as opposed to occasionally. Thankfully though my stats have not shifted a great deal, so all I have to do now is get back in the right frame of mind. I guess the good thing is, I am usually eating 2 good meals out of three, so it's not a total disaster. This may mean that I am in the process of making a lifestyle shift by TRYING to choose healthier options on a regular basis. I know this sounds contradictory to the first part of this paragraph, however, at present it's harder to make the right choice and I find I am forcing myself. I can't wait for the day when I will actually prefer an apple over a mars bar. I should also mention that I didn't walk once this week. I'm not sure if it's the pressure of assessments looming, the fact that the cold weather is setting in or that the sunlight is coming later and disappearing sooner?
In summary, I guess I am out of whack becaue I am not taking a holistic approach to life!
Well, here's to a week of re-balancing...
OK not a lot to say this week, other than I feel like I am drifting further and further away from my target. I seem to be having a junk food allowance everyday as opposed to occasionally. Thankfully though my stats have not shifted a great deal, so all I have to do now is get back in the right frame of mind. I guess the good thing is, I am usually eating 2 good meals out of three, so it's not a total disaster. This may mean that I am in the process of making a lifestyle shift by TRYING to choose healthier options on a regular basis. I know this sounds contradictory to the first part of this paragraph, however, at present it's harder to make the right choice and I find I am forcing myself. I can't wait for the day when I will actually prefer an apple over a mars bar. I should also mention that I didn't walk once this week. I'm not sure if it's the pressure of assessments looming, the fact that the cold weather is setting in or that the sunlight is coming later and disappearing sooner?
In summary, I guess I am out of whack becaue I am not taking a holistic approach to life!
Well, here's to a week of re-balancing...
Monday, March 21, 2011
Week 12 energy intake
Saturday 19th March, 2011
(B) Fruit, yoghurt and LSA
(L) Salad/chicken roll
(D) 2 mini hot dogs + 2 extra frankfurts
Snacks
3 coffees
An apple and nuts
Heaps of chocolate freckles
1/2 a bounty
5 meat balls
3 pieces of fruit
Heaps of pine nuts & parmesan cheese chunks
3 pieces of sushi
6 cup cakes (mainly just the icing) I have a thing for icing on cakes. I only go to kids parties to eat the cake...
Some sorbet
3 pieces of fruit
can of lemonade
2 glasses of juice
2 glasses of wine
Sunday 20th March 2011
(B) 3 hot cross buns with butter
(L) Chicken enchilada
(D) Massive bowl of wedges with sweet chilli sauce
Snacks
3 coffees
handful of macadamia nuts
2 glasses of wine
Monday 21st March, 2011
(B) Fruit, yoghurt and LSA
(L) Ricotta, spinach, mushroom and pesto wrap
(D) Mango chicken, Lamb Madrass and chicken tikka with yoghurt sauce and rice
Snacks
3 coffees
Sausage roll
A large bag of mixed lollies
(B) Fruit, yoghurt and LSA
(L) Salad/chicken roll
(D) 2 mini hot dogs + 2 extra frankfurts
Snacks
3 coffees
An apple and nuts
Heaps of chocolate freckles
1/2 a bounty
5 meat balls
3 pieces of fruit
Heaps of pine nuts & parmesan cheese chunks
3 pieces of sushi
6 cup cakes (mainly just the icing) I have a thing for icing on cakes. I only go to kids parties to eat the cake...
Some sorbet
3 pieces of fruit
can of lemonade
2 glasses of juice
2 glasses of wine
Sunday 20th March 2011
(B) 3 hot cross buns with butter
(L) Chicken enchilada
(D) Massive bowl of wedges with sweet chilli sauce
Snacks
3 coffees
handful of macadamia nuts
2 glasses of wine
Monday 21st March, 2011
(B) Fruit, yoghurt and LSA
(L) Ricotta, spinach, mushroom and pesto wrap
(D) Mango chicken, Lamb Madrass and chicken tikka with yoghurt sauce and rice
Snacks
3 coffees
Sausage roll
A large bag of mixed lollies
Week 11 weigh in
This weeks weigh in will be short and sweet (and late). Two things, I don't have a camera as Al's iphone is in for repairs and I have lost my tape measure??? I can tell you though, that I weighed 71kg (I weighed my self on Saturday morning before I left for my gastronomical junk food adventure).
This leads nicely into the feelings of uncertainty that are gaining momentum, as I'm not sure what week 12 is going to hold becuase I have had 3 days of crazyness. I ate so many things on Saturday that it's going to be hard to quantify... (I spent the day in a kitchen and I had to taste what we were serving and more...) On Sunday I was at my mums house and I continued to indulge in all things that I shouldn't and today, well lets just say it's the emotional/residual side effects of having a disasterous 2 days prior. I almost had that old familiar feeling of thinking that junk food doesn't hurt me or make me feel bad. Good news, after all the lollies I was feeling rather crap so thank God I am finally listening to my body.
So please excuse my first 3 days of week 12 energy intake because they would have to be some of the worst to date... but hey, I'm going to jump straight back on tomorrow.
Here's to next week.... one can only live in hope...
This leads nicely into the feelings of uncertainty that are gaining momentum, as I'm not sure what week 12 is going to hold becuase I have had 3 days of crazyness. I ate so many things on Saturday that it's going to be hard to quantify... (I spent the day in a kitchen and I had to taste what we were serving and more...) On Sunday I was at my mums house and I continued to indulge in all things that I shouldn't and today, well lets just say it's the emotional/residual side effects of having a disasterous 2 days prior. I almost had that old familiar feeling of thinking that junk food doesn't hurt me or make me feel bad. Good news, after all the lollies I was feeling rather crap so thank God I am finally listening to my body.
So please excuse my first 3 days of week 12 energy intake because they would have to be some of the worst to date... but hey, I'm going to jump straight back on tomorrow.
Here's to next week.... one can only live in hope...
Sunday, March 13, 2011
Week 11 energy intake
Friday 11th March, 2011
(B) Fruit, yoghurt & LSA
(L) Salmon, avocado & caper foccacia
(D) Barramundi, potato, proscutto & peach salad
Snacks
3 coffees
1 apple
1/2 500g bag of cornchips
1/2 family size block of peppermint chocolate
8 glasses of bubbles/wine (girly weekend away)
Saturday 12th March, 2011
(B) Toast, tomato & cottage cheese
(L) Hot chips with BBQ sauce
(D) Toast with eggs & eggplant
Snacks
2 coffees
Grapes, yoghurt & LSA
Approx 10 to 12 red frogs
1/2 500g bag of cornchips
1/2 block of peppermint chocolate
6 glasses of wine
(B) Fruit, yoghurt & LSA
(L) Salmon, avocado & caper foccacia
(D) Barramundi, potato, proscutto & peach salad
Snacks
3 coffees
1 apple
1/2 500g bag of cornchips
1/2 family size block of peppermint chocolate
8 glasses of bubbles/wine (girly weekend away)
Saturday 12th March, 2011
(B) Toast, tomato & cottage cheese
(L) Hot chips with BBQ sauce
(D) Toast with eggs & eggplant
Snacks
2 coffees
Grapes, yoghurt & LSA
Approx 10 to 12 red frogs
1/2 500g bag of cornchips
1/2 block of peppermint chocolate
6 glasses of wine
Friday, March 11, 2011
Week 10 Weigh in. A statistical analysis so far
At the 2 ½ month mark I thought I would do some number crunching… According to the World Health Organisation and the Australian Government I still have a few centimetres and Kilograms to go before I am out of the danger zone of being a prime candidate for developing chronic diseases such as cariovascular disease and diabetes etc. I need to lose another 8kg before I enter the healthy weight range with regards to the BMI (Body Mass Index) I currently sit at 28.1. As you can see from the BMI scale below, there is still a fair amount of work to do. It’s interesting because when I tell people my goal weight they say “don’t you think that’s a bit skinny?” but in actual fact it will fall in the upper third percentile of the normal weight range, so really it’s not skinny, it’s necessary and healthy…
BMI scale
· Underweight = <18.5
· Normal weight = 18.5–24.9 (I want to be here 23.1)
· Overweight = 25–29.9 (I am here at 28.1)
· Obesity = BMI of 30 or greater (I used to be here at 32.8)- holy crap, now wonder why I felt dreadful…
In addition, I need to lose another 6cm from my waist in order to be considered at a lower risk of developing the chronic diseases previously mentioned, which mind you are linked to diet in a lot of cases. Women need to have a measurement of 80cm or less and Men 94cm or less in order to fall within the healthy range. The waist measurement is thought to be more accurate than the BMI, as it can measure more accurately the fat that surrounds your vital organs (which is very bad…) Apparently there is a direct link between belly fat and nasty organ fat.
Ok, the thought of being so far away from being healthy is quite painful and somewhat annoying as it just illustrates how bloody fat I was and still am. On the flipside I am almost half way there (I only need to lose ½ kg to reach my ½ way mark of 12.5kg, I was hoping to be there this week, but it wasn’t meant to be. I am trying to be positive here in order to keep on going. To finish off for the week I thought I would give you in numbers the total loss so far, it sounds so much better that way particularly the total cm… I have lost 12kg and a total of 43cm to date...
| Measurements/stats | Start | Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 |
| Weight | 84kg | 80.5kg | 81kg | 79.5kg | 78kg | 77kg |
| Upper arms | 34.5cm | 33cm | 33cm | 33.5cm | 32cm | 31.5cm |
| Neck | 36cm | 36cm | 36cm | 36cm | 35.5cm | 35.5cm |
| Bust | 109cm | 108cm | 106.5cm | 104cm | 103cm | 101cm |
| Waist | 97cm | 89cm | 90cm | 91cm | 90cm | 91cm |
| Hips | 111.5cm | 104cm | 105cm | 103cm | 103.5cm | 105cm |
| Thighs | 70cm | 69cm | 68cm | 68.5cm | 67.5cm | 65.5cm |
| Measurements/stats | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | |
| Weight | 75kg | 75kg | 73kg | 72.5kg | 72kg | |
| Upper arms | 32cm | 31cm | 31cm | 31cm | 30cm | |
| Neck | 36cm | 36cm | 35cm | 35cm | 35cm | |
| Bust | 99.5cm | 101.5cm | 99.5cm | 99.5cm | 99cm | |
| Waist | 87.5cm | 87cm | 87.5cm | 86.5cm | 86cm | |
| Hips | 104cm | 104cm | 100cm | 100.5cm | 100cm | |
| Thighs | 67cm | 66.5cm | 65.5cm | 65cm | 65cm |
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Saturday, March 5, 2011
Week 10 energy intake
Saturday 5th March, 2011
(B) Scrambled eggs made with cheese and milk + salad
(L) Salmon & Avocado salad sandwich
(D) Curried sausages with rice
Snacks
4 coffees
apricots & nuts
Glass of wine
(B) Scrambled eggs made with cheese and milk + salad
(L) Salmon & Avocado salad sandwich
(D) Curried sausages with rice
Snacks
4 coffees
apricots & nuts
Glass of wine
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