Well after my annoyance at only losing 2kg in my first week, I kept thinking that it will start to fall off... any time now... any time now... but it wasn't happening.
So I had a think about what I was doing differently this time to the last few times - and it seems I've worked it out. Coffee. Previously on Tony Ferguson you were only allowed decaf, but the rules have now changed and you're allowed 1 cup of normal caffeinated coffee per day. So, that's what I had been having.
On Wednesday, I decided to not have a coffee. On Thursday morning, I was 400g lighter. On Thursday, I decided to also not have a coffee. Again, another 400g lighter.
So I am please to report that I have now so far lost 3.2kg and am hanging on to the 90s by a thread - I was 90.1kg this morning. Hopefully I will meet the 80s this weekend! Never thought I'd be happy to get to the 80s, but there you go, everything is relative.
I have just over 2 weeks to meet my first goal of losing at least 5kg by the wedding in Melbourne, and so far so good.
Friday, March 19, 2010
Monday, March 15, 2010
Weekend = Success!
I did it. Survived a weekend of killer temptation, and came through relatively unscathed.
First thing's first - today was my first week weigh in - and my total loss was 2kg. Not brilliant for a Tony Ferguson week 1 unfortunately, and I am definitely a bit bummed. But - I have thought back about what I ate and it is possible there was perhaps a little too much salt. So the weekend unfolded like this.
Saturday morning we were up bright and early for Jim DiCarlo's 60th birthday breakfast at Dome. For breakfast I went for the fruit salad, a skinny latte, and just had my shake when I got home. Unfortunately the fruit salad did have quite a number of high GI fruits in it, like watermelon, rockmelon and pineapple, and it also had a big dob of yoghurt with honey on top (which I avoided, and wiped as much as I could off the fruit without looking manic in public!). But I still figure that some fruits that aren't 'allowed' is better than having the big breakfast which is full of fat, and way too much protein for my allowed portion size, not to mention the huge amount of carbs in the big chunk of white toast. So, whilst not perfect, it was the best I could do without offending the group by not ordering anything. So, I see temptation challenge #1 as a fairly good outcome.
Saturday afternoon, we went to Belinda and Paul's engagement party. I made sure to have my shake in the car on the way, so I wasn't feeling hungry at the party. This worked quite well, and I managed to avoid all the deep-fried platter food, and didn't eat anything at all. I had about 1 and a half glasses of white wine, and 2 glasses of water. Temptation challenge #2 - definite success!
Next stop after the party was to head to Kat and Kylie's for a 'Be Brave and Shave' barbecue - Kat shaved her head after raising over $800 for the Leukemia Foundation. All I drank there was water, and when the food came out I had 2 sausages (correct size for my protein serve) as they were the only protein available, some fried onions and some coleslaw which I saw Kat make with whole egg mayonnaise which is allowed on Tony Ferguson. There were also a few sultanas in it, but I wouldn't have had more than 5. So, again, best option I could have gone with out of what was available.
Then, Sunday we went out for lunch to celebrate Evan's 30th birthday. We went to Zanders in Scarborough, and I chose to not have lunch as my protein meal, but instead to have a salad and still have my shake. I didn't want to deviate from 2 shakes a day in the first week. For lunch I ordered a chargrilled pumpkin salad, which had no more than my allowed serve of pumpkin (pumpkin is a restricted vegetable on TF because it has a higher GI than other vegetables), green beans, heaps of baby spinach, cherry tomatoes and feta cheese. The feta cheese got shipped off straight away to Glenn's plate, and so the only feta I ate were the traces that were stuck to other bits of the salad. I think there was a very light dressing on the salad, perhaps just an olive oil and lemon juice or something like that.
Last night Meaghan came over for dinner and I cooked. I did skinless chicken breast stuffed with ricotta and spinach, with steamed vegetables (asparagus, green beans, yellow capsicum, roma tomatoes and broccoli) and made up some Greens gravy (allowed on TF) with some mushrooms in it. So, a TF friendly dinner too.
So after the weekend I had, I am a bit bummed that I didn't lose more weight this week. I was 91.3kg this morning, but did get down to 90.9 on Thursday - so it's a shame I didn't get back there. Have thought about everything I ate though, and thinking the following factors may have affected me:
First thing's first - today was my first week weigh in - and my total loss was 2kg. Not brilliant for a Tony Ferguson week 1 unfortunately, and I am definitely a bit bummed. But - I have thought back about what I ate and it is possible there was perhaps a little too much salt. So the weekend unfolded like this.
Saturday morning we were up bright and early for Jim DiCarlo's 60th birthday breakfast at Dome. For breakfast I went for the fruit salad, a skinny latte, and just had my shake when I got home. Unfortunately the fruit salad did have quite a number of high GI fruits in it, like watermelon, rockmelon and pineapple, and it also had a big dob of yoghurt with honey on top (which I avoided, and wiped as much as I could off the fruit without looking manic in public!). But I still figure that some fruits that aren't 'allowed' is better than having the big breakfast which is full of fat, and way too much protein for my allowed portion size, not to mention the huge amount of carbs in the big chunk of white toast. So, whilst not perfect, it was the best I could do without offending the group by not ordering anything. So, I see temptation challenge #1 as a fairly good outcome.
Saturday afternoon, we went to Belinda and Paul's engagement party. I made sure to have my shake in the car on the way, so I wasn't feeling hungry at the party. This worked quite well, and I managed to avoid all the deep-fried platter food, and didn't eat anything at all. I had about 1 and a half glasses of white wine, and 2 glasses of water. Temptation challenge #2 - definite success!
Next stop after the party was to head to Kat and Kylie's for a 'Be Brave and Shave' barbecue - Kat shaved her head after raising over $800 for the Leukemia Foundation. All I drank there was water, and when the food came out I had 2 sausages (correct size for my protein serve) as they were the only protein available, some fried onions and some coleslaw which I saw Kat make with whole egg mayonnaise which is allowed on Tony Ferguson. There were also a few sultanas in it, but I wouldn't have had more than 5. So, again, best option I could have gone with out of what was available.
Then, Sunday we went out for lunch to celebrate Evan's 30th birthday. We went to Zanders in Scarborough, and I chose to not have lunch as my protein meal, but instead to have a salad and still have my shake. I didn't want to deviate from 2 shakes a day in the first week. For lunch I ordered a chargrilled pumpkin salad, which had no more than my allowed serve of pumpkin (pumpkin is a restricted vegetable on TF because it has a higher GI than other vegetables), green beans, heaps of baby spinach, cherry tomatoes and feta cheese. The feta cheese got shipped off straight away to Glenn's plate, and so the only feta I ate were the traces that were stuck to other bits of the salad. I think there was a very light dressing on the salad, perhaps just an olive oil and lemon juice or something like that.
Last night Meaghan came over for dinner and I cooked. I did skinless chicken breast stuffed with ricotta and spinach, with steamed vegetables (asparagus, green beans, yellow capsicum, roma tomatoes and broccoli) and made up some Greens gravy (allowed on TF) with some mushrooms in it. So, a TF friendly dinner too.
So after the weekend I had, I am a bit bummed that I didn't lose more weight this week. I was 91.3kg this morning, but did get down to 90.9 on Thursday - so it's a shame I didn't get back there. Have thought about everything I ate though, and thinking the following factors may have affected me:
- Yoghurt traces on fruit salad, and too many high GI fruits, or too much fruit in general for 1 serve;
- 1.5 glasses of sweet white wine, instead of allowed 1 glass of dry white wine (you are allowed a glass of white wine instead of a fruit serve a few times a week, so perhaps I had too much 'fruit' on Saturday with the fruit salad and the wine);
- Sausages are high in fat and sodium, and the whole egg mayo may have been a bit too fatty too;
- Dressing on the pumpkin salad may have been too oily, and the traces of feta I had were very salty;
- Gravy with last night's dinner is full of salt so would help me to retain fluid, and I also couldn't get low-fat ricotta so the 2 tablespoons of ricotta I had were full fat. I also had probably 40-50g too much protein at dinner (but if I hadn't cut my chicken breast back at all it would have been 200g too much!);
- Also struggled on both Saturday and Sunday to drink enough water, I don't think I would have gone over 1.5L on Saturday or 2L on Sunday.
Friday, March 12, 2010
Thank god it's Friday
Well, not really, because that means it's the weekend, and weekends are inevitably harder because there is more temptation. We have a busy weekend coming up, but I am happy to report we started it on a good note by going back to personal training tonight. All three of us. Well, James came, but to be honest he slacked off. Kids these days, just don't have the same work ethic.
So, it's day 4 - and so far so good! Four perfect Tony Ferguson days, feeling good, getting back into exercising and focusing on staying positive. Day 2 was a bit of a struggle energy-wise, I hit quite a slump around lunch time but went and had a nap to try and combat that. I think that's what is making it a little easier, that if I need to just relax I can.
When I weighed myself Monday morning, I was 93.3kg. This morning, I was 91.2kg. Gotta love week 1! So, I will stay strong over the weekend and look forward to a good weekly loss on Monday morning.
This weekend will be quite a challenge, with 3 meals out for special occasions (breakfast at Dome, a barbecue, and dinner at Zanders). Fortunately I am confident I'm in the right headspace to handle it! The barbecue should be easy enough, and dinner as well - can just stick with mainly salad and perhaps some lean meat. Breakfast should be interesting as I'm not sure how flexible Dome are. Might plan ahead and look at their website now!
Planning ahead = required if I am to succeed.
So, it's day 4 - and so far so good! Four perfect Tony Ferguson days, feeling good, getting back into exercising and focusing on staying positive. Day 2 was a bit of a struggle energy-wise, I hit quite a slump around lunch time but went and had a nap to try and combat that. I think that's what is making it a little easier, that if I need to just relax I can.
When I weighed myself Monday morning, I was 93.3kg. This morning, I was 91.2kg. Gotta love week 1! So, I will stay strong over the weekend and look forward to a good weekly loss on Monday morning.
This weekend will be quite a challenge, with 3 meals out for special occasions (breakfast at Dome, a barbecue, and dinner at Zanders). Fortunately I am confident I'm in the right headspace to handle it! The barbecue should be easy enough, and dinner as well - can just stick with mainly salad and perhaps some lean meat. Breakfast should be interesting as I'm not sure how flexible Dome are. Might plan ahead and look at their website now!
Planning ahead = required if I am to succeed.
Monday, March 8, 2010
Well hello there
Well jeepers, it's 2 years on and yep, back to it. I'm 20kg heavier than where I last left this blog... so clearly that last restart didn't go so well!
A lot has changed in the last 2 years, more than just gaining back all the weight... for memory I got back up to 88kg, then went on a pretty massive health kick, got back into personal training with Daniel (my ORIGINAL personal trainer from New World, I started going to him at his new studio, Pulse), and started eating healthily to prepare my body for hopefully carrying a baby in 2009/2010. The aim was to get to 70kg at least, before conceiving, but the divine powers that be decided that when I hit 80kg, it was time. So, on a stinking hot Thursday, 17th December 2009, my beautiful little boy, James Raymond, was brought into the world by c-section, and my world changed forever :) So, considering I only stopped my last 'diet' because I was pregnant, I consider this me just picking up where I left off.
During my pregnancy I gained 21kg, and was diagnosed with gestational diabetes at 28 weeks. So, got up to over 100kg and man that freaks me out. 152cm and 101kg - no wonder I could hardly walk and my back decided it didn't want to co-operate much past my 8th month. Hence the elective caesarean. James was born at 37 weeks and 4 days, perfectly healthy, with APGAR scores of 9 and 9. Much to my relief, James was not affected at all by my obesity. I don't think I could have lived with myself if my stupidity and weakness had adversely affected my baby. Alas, we now have a healthy, happy and thriving little man - it was obviously meant to be.
So, the reason for my return? I wanna get skinny. However, this time my motivations and goals are different, while still being the same, if that makes any sense what so ever (hmm, perhaps I shouldn't blog whilst watching Neighbours, it makes me sound all baby-brainish). What I was trying to say...
I want to be around to see my son grow up. Not only do I want to be alive, I want to be happy to be alive. I want to be happy when I look in the mirror. Or not even happy to start with, just to feel moderate non-self-hatred when I see myself in a mirror or a photograph. I want to rediscover my passion for taking photos of myself while holding the camera out as far as I can with one arm, without having to tilt my head so far up that you can see clearly the extent of my nose hygiene to hide my double chin, or make sure I don't put my head to far to the side and squish my cheek and overflow-chin fat too much...
I want to get excited about going out somewhere again, and I want to get excited about picking an outfit to wear that doesn't make me look like I am still 6 months pregnant. Coz it's not a good look, when out with my 2 month old son, looking pregnant... "pssstt... she didn't waste any time"
It's the tummy that drives me absolutely nuts, and it was there in the time B.J. (Before James) - so no excuses there. Why my body decides to store everything there, I don't know, but I do know if it wasn't there (and I did get a glimpse of myself sans huge stomach - while leaning into the change table and hiding it - in James' wardrobe mirror the other day, and I didn't half dislike what I saw), I'd be well on my way to being happy.
Plan A: Reduce stomach size to appear only 3 months pregnant with food-baby.
Then there's the pain. Back, knees, ankles, feet... this tiny frame was not built to carry 100kg. Well I'm not 100kg any more, more like 92kg, but still - not built for it. According to BMI a healthy weight for my height would be 48-52kg. Sounds good to me. Sounds far away too.
Fast forward to the present day.
Today I restarted the Tony Ferguson weight loss program. Day 1 is going well, only 'naughty' think I've eaten is a lite plastic cheese single because I'm bloody hungry, and didn't get the lamb roast in the oven early enough. Gotta love the first few weeks of stomach shrinking and feeling stupidly hungry and weird. Feeling nice and positive though, and it's a bit easier being at home and being able to organise food, and be in control.
Initial goals for the mum-on-a-mission challenge are as follows:
1. I WILL lose at least 5kg by the time we fly to Melbourne for Damien's wedding at the beginning of April. I will also buy a new outfit for this wedding and hopefully not feel or look completely horrid in it. To achieve this, I am aiming for a killer first week on TF, hopefully losing 2-3kg. Then, I have nearly 3 weeks to lose the remaining 2-3kg. Definitely doable. Heck, it's smashable! (insert line from old Burgen advertisement here)
2. I will lose all the baby weight, 12kg, by the end of May 2010. This equates to an average of just over a kilo a week. Doable, but it'll take a few big losses to even out the slower weeks.
That's all I want to set at this stage - but the main aim is to be down to at LEAST 70kg before falling pregnant with Spud the Sequel. And I've got ages to do it in... so no pressure. Right?
Right. Insert Burgen ad again. Looking forward to week 1 being over, and getting back into personal training with Daniel on Friday.
Need to change that 'before' picture too. I'd be stoked if I still looked like that now. Funny how everything is relative!
A lot has changed in the last 2 years, more than just gaining back all the weight... for memory I got back up to 88kg, then went on a pretty massive health kick, got back into personal training with Daniel (my ORIGINAL personal trainer from New World, I started going to him at his new studio, Pulse), and started eating healthily to prepare my body for hopefully carrying a baby in 2009/2010. The aim was to get to 70kg at least, before conceiving, but the divine powers that be decided that when I hit 80kg, it was time. So, on a stinking hot Thursday, 17th December 2009, my beautiful little boy, James Raymond, was brought into the world by c-section, and my world changed forever :) So, considering I only stopped my last 'diet' because I was pregnant, I consider this me just picking up where I left off.
During my pregnancy I gained 21kg, and was diagnosed with gestational diabetes at 28 weeks. So, got up to over 100kg and man that freaks me out. 152cm and 101kg - no wonder I could hardly walk and my back decided it didn't want to co-operate much past my 8th month. Hence the elective caesarean. James was born at 37 weeks and 4 days, perfectly healthy, with APGAR scores of 9 and 9. Much to my relief, James was not affected at all by my obesity. I don't think I could have lived with myself if my stupidity and weakness had adversely affected my baby. Alas, we now have a healthy, happy and thriving little man - it was obviously meant to be.
So, the reason for my return? I wanna get skinny. However, this time my motivations and goals are different, while still being the same, if that makes any sense what so ever (hmm, perhaps I shouldn't blog whilst watching Neighbours, it makes me sound all baby-brainish). What I was trying to say...
I want to be around to see my son grow up. Not only do I want to be alive, I want to be happy to be alive. I want to be happy when I look in the mirror. Or not even happy to start with, just to feel moderate non-self-hatred when I see myself in a mirror or a photograph. I want to rediscover my passion for taking photos of myself while holding the camera out as far as I can with one arm, without having to tilt my head so far up that you can see clearly the extent of my nose hygiene to hide my double chin, or make sure I don't put my head to far to the side and squish my cheek and overflow-chin fat too much...
I want to get excited about going out somewhere again, and I want to get excited about picking an outfit to wear that doesn't make me look like I am still 6 months pregnant. Coz it's not a good look, when out with my 2 month old son, looking pregnant... "pssstt... she didn't waste any time"
It's the tummy that drives me absolutely nuts, and it was there in the time B.J. (Before James) - so no excuses there. Why my body decides to store everything there, I don't know, but I do know if it wasn't there (and I did get a glimpse of myself sans huge stomach - while leaning into the change table and hiding it - in James' wardrobe mirror the other day, and I didn't half dislike what I saw), I'd be well on my way to being happy.
Plan A: Reduce stomach size to appear only 3 months pregnant with food-baby.
Then there's the pain. Back, knees, ankles, feet... this tiny frame was not built to carry 100kg. Well I'm not 100kg any more, more like 92kg, but still - not built for it. According to BMI a healthy weight for my height would be 48-52kg. Sounds good to me. Sounds far away too.
Fast forward to the present day.
Today I restarted the Tony Ferguson weight loss program. Day 1 is going well, only 'naughty' think I've eaten is a lite plastic cheese single because I'm bloody hungry, and didn't get the lamb roast in the oven early enough. Gotta love the first few weeks of stomach shrinking and feeling stupidly hungry and weird. Feeling nice and positive though, and it's a bit easier being at home and being able to organise food, and be in control.
Initial goals for the mum-on-a-mission challenge are as follows:
1. I WILL lose at least 5kg by the time we fly to Melbourne for Damien's wedding at the beginning of April. I will also buy a new outfit for this wedding and hopefully not feel or look completely horrid in it. To achieve this, I am aiming for a killer first week on TF, hopefully losing 2-3kg. Then, I have nearly 3 weeks to lose the remaining 2-3kg. Definitely doable. Heck, it's smashable! (insert line from old Burgen advertisement here)
2. I will lose all the baby weight, 12kg, by the end of May 2010. This equates to an average of just over a kilo a week. Doable, but it'll take a few big losses to even out the slower weeks.
That's all I want to set at this stage - but the main aim is to be down to at LEAST 70kg before falling pregnant with Spud the Sequel. And I've got ages to do it in... so no pressure. Right?
Right. Insert Burgen ad again. Looking forward to week 1 being over, and getting back into personal training with Daniel on Friday.
Need to change that 'before' picture too. I'd be stoked if I still looked like that now. Funny how everything is relative!
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