Well, I weighed in on Wednesday, at 169.8lbs, which is 12 stone 1.8lbs. I would class that as 170lb normally, but seeing as I have been in the 170s since JANUARY I decided that I would class it as 169.8. :) Finally in the next bracket down. I am now on the wagon again, and hoping to see a decent loss on the scales next Wednesday. Hopefully enough to take me to 12 stone! I have come up with a bunch of mini-goals.
Goal 1 is 12 stone. (168lb) Should be do-able either this week or next!
Goal 2 is to have lost just over 20% of my original weight and be into the "healthy" BMI bracket. (163lb)
Goal 3 is to lose the combined weight of my two children. Robert is about 35lb, Christopher is about 15lb - so that's 50lb - so a weigh in of 157lb.
Goal 4 is to be 11 stone. (154lb)
Goal 5 is to have lost 30% of my original weight. (145lb)
And Goal 6 is to be 10 stone. (140lb)
One of the gaps are a little large, eg a 9lb gap between goals 4 and 5. But I'll see how I feel once I get there, see if I need to add an intermediary goal.
I had a take-away last night, but I had less than I would eat normally, and I am going to make a conscious effort to eat better for the rest of the week. I will make sure to have healthy foods, and I think it would be a good idea to give up "baking" for lent ;) No flapjacks, biscuits, cakes. They are becoming my downfall!
Let's see the 12 stone on the scales again now eh!
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Thursday, 10 March 2011
Thursday, 10 February 2011
Getting back on track.
I lost the 0.5lb I gained last week yesterday. So I'm now back to 172lb, and I would like to lose another 2-3lb this week. 3lb ideally, as that would take me into the 160s!!! I'm so excited about being there! As that would be almost 40lb lost since October, I do get so excited about being in the next 10s down, and it gives me a new goal to focus on almost naturally! I can hardly believe I'm only 3lb away from the 160s, and only 1 stone away from the 150s!
Small goals are definitely the way to go, but keeping the bigger goal there as well. That bigger goal is of course 10 stone by July. But my immediate short term goal is 12 stone or just over by the last February weigh in. I don't know what my next goal will be after that. Maybe getting to 25% less body weight, which is a 51 lb loss in total, and that'll be 156lb. Maybe that's a bit too much of a leap for short term goal. I guess I'll see how I feel once I get to 12 stone or just under. Maybe say half a stone by April or something. And in my size 14s.
I didn't have a good low carb day yesterday. Kept falling off, and it didn't help that I baked biscuits with Robert ;)
Today I will do better though, and try my hardest to not deviate. If I can do a complete low carb diet (only allowing a few pieces of fruit) for a few days, that should get me properly back on track. Should read the recipe book I got for Xmas again ;) But I think today I will try and have a tuna and egg mayo salad for lunch, and make a cauliflower and broccoli soup for dinner, which Jonathan can have with bread. With snacks of cheese with tomato, and some fruit.
Small goals are definitely the way to go, but keeping the bigger goal there as well. That bigger goal is of course 10 stone by July. But my immediate short term goal is 12 stone or just over by the last February weigh in. I don't know what my next goal will be after that. Maybe getting to 25% less body weight, which is a 51 lb loss in total, and that'll be 156lb. Maybe that's a bit too much of a leap for short term goal. I guess I'll see how I feel once I get to 12 stone or just under. Maybe say half a stone by April or something. And in my size 14s.
I didn't have a good low carb day yesterday. Kept falling off, and it didn't help that I baked biscuits with Robert ;)
Today I will do better though, and try my hardest to not deviate. If I can do a complete low carb diet (only allowing a few pieces of fruit) for a few days, that should get me properly back on track. Should read the recipe book I got for Xmas again ;) But I think today I will try and have a tuna and egg mayo salad for lunch, and make a cauliflower and broccoli soup for dinner, which Jonathan can have with bread. With snacks of cheese with tomato, and some fruit.
Tuesday, 1 February 2011
February
My first official February weigh in is tomorrow, but I did sneakily step on the scales this morning and I weighed 172.5lb, which is 2lb down from last Wednesday. I'm hoping to maintain that or lose a bit more. As the weeks go on I am becoming more and more determined. And I am seeing results, albeit mainly on the scales, with a bit in my clothes. I'm around 4lb away from that 12 stone which I want to be at by March, and with a 2lb a week loss, I should get there in plenty of time, and hopefully... just maybe... I will be a size 14 by March if I keep going, keep losing the weight and keep my perspective. When I gave birth just over 4 months ago, I wouldn't have dreamed that by the time my baby was just 4 months old I'd have lost about 2 and a half stone. But I think to me, while some people were telling me in the early days to "give yourself time" and "leave it a few weeks" etc, I think for me I needed to get going straight away. And to be fair, in the early weeks, I didn't do much really apart from watching my weight, and try and not eat too much junk, as in the months after Robert was born, we ate terribly, so many takeaways it was unreal. Then when Christopher was about 6 weeks old, I tried to focus on my problem areas, mainly snacking.
I feel like I am getting snacking under control. And my portion sizes are more appropriate, and I am drinking more. I think my stomach must be shrinking back to a better size, my appetite is less, and I am able to go without a lot of lunch, getting energy I need from fruit, and whatever Robert doesn't finish.
I bought some new bras at the weekend (and actually bought the wrong size again.. oops! I bought a cupsize too small! But hoping that as I lose more weight they'll fit better and I don't keep popping out of them so much! lol) but even though they are nursing bras, they are SEXY! I feel so much more womanly, they give me more figure, and they're so pretty! I got my first complement in AGES from Jonathan when I put it on, and then I got another when I put on a size 16 top I hadn't worn in years. Part of me is itching to buy some new clothes, but I think, if only I can wait, just a little while longer, make do with what I have for the next month or two, then I will be able to get down my size 14 clothes from the loft! And I think to myself how fabulous would that be... just hang on for a while longer Nicola, then you can wear those, and then with more weightloss, you can get down your size 12s... then at your target weight you can go shopping with birthday money.
It feels like this dream is finally coming true, with a little perseverance, a lot of will power, and determination. After gaining the weight steadily for a decade, losing then gaining some again twice or thrice in that time, I feel fantastic for sticking with it all, and amazed that my goal isn't out of reach, it is completely do-able, and I will get there. I will, and I can't wait! And best of all, I am not seeing how I am eating as a diet, as a chore, it has already become second nature. This is a lifestyle change. Now the challenge will be encorporating exercise in to being a lifestyle change.
I feel like I am getting snacking under control. And my portion sizes are more appropriate, and I am drinking more. I think my stomach must be shrinking back to a better size, my appetite is less, and I am able to go without a lot of lunch, getting energy I need from fruit, and whatever Robert doesn't finish.
I bought some new bras at the weekend (and actually bought the wrong size again.. oops! I bought a cupsize too small! But hoping that as I lose more weight they'll fit better and I don't keep popping out of them so much! lol) but even though they are nursing bras, they are SEXY! I feel so much more womanly, they give me more figure, and they're so pretty! I got my first complement in AGES from Jonathan when I put it on, and then I got another when I put on a size 16 top I hadn't worn in years. Part of me is itching to buy some new clothes, but I think, if only I can wait, just a little while longer, make do with what I have for the next month or two, then I will be able to get down my size 14 clothes from the loft! And I think to myself how fabulous would that be... just hang on for a while longer Nicola, then you can wear those, and then with more weightloss, you can get down your size 12s... then at your target weight you can go shopping with birthday money.
It feels like this dream is finally coming true, with a little perseverance, a lot of will power, and determination. After gaining the weight steadily for a decade, losing then gaining some again twice or thrice in that time, I feel fantastic for sticking with it all, and amazed that my goal isn't out of reach, it is completely do-able, and I will get there. I will, and I can't wait! And best of all, I am not seeing how I am eating as a diet, as a chore, it has already become second nature. This is a lifestyle change. Now the challenge will be encorporating exercise in to being a lifestyle change.
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