A nice big surprise!

A loss this week of 1.4kgs bringing my total loss to 29kgs in 35 weeks! (-5.5kg in 6 weeks on CORE) I really wasn't expecting it as I'm not feeling the best, sore throat, tight chest and basically feeling miserable! I have however been sticking to the plan and doing bits of walking here and there so even though I'm not feeling the best I've still had a great week!

I can't rave about CORE enough, no counting, just eating good, healthy, wholesome food. It's not boring, and definitely how I see us eating long term. I was so scared of switching in the beginning, I guess it's because we don't like change, but I'm so glad I bit the bullet and I feel that it is really working for me. Brad is still happy doing points and is losing steadily almost -10 kilos for him.

"Operation scarf" is still happening and I'm on my 3rd (after almost finishing it yesterday and unraveling it all to make it a bit wider) I'm really enjoying watching tv and knitting of an evenings, maybe I should try a beenie next, to match my scarves to keep my ears warm while I go for my walks in winter!! :)

I've had a revelation

This week I've had a revelation. You see everyone talks about Weight Watchers being a journey, and to me, it's not. Journeys end when you get to your destination. For me Weight Watchers is a lifestyle. I am almost 1/2 way to my goal, but in no way will that be the end. That will be the beginning of another phase of my life.
I can see goal, it's just around the corner really (yeah ok it's a BIG corner, lol) I can't quite touch it yet, but I know I will get there, I can taste the little successes every week which keep driving me further. Every week I get just a little bit closer.
This weeks loss 0.8kg. With only 2 more weigh ins before Daniel and I fly "home" to visit mum and dad I'm really hoping to hit my next small goal of 30kgs lost before I get there. If I don't it won't be the end of the world, but it will be great if I can!

Not as bad as I thought!

I was kind of expecting a small gain this week so it was a welcomed surprise to see a drop of 0.4kg goes to show you can have your (pan) cake and eat it too ;) lol.
I have been walking heaps and even surprise myself at how fast I walk now. The same routes that used to take me an hour, when I first started, now take only 4o minutes. I no longer look for the quickest and easiest option and easily tackle the hills around the area. I've started jogging every now and then (when I think no one is looking, so they can't see my wobbly bits!)
Tonight I have Brad's family over for dinner, we take turns every fortnight, and I'm cooking a core friendly meatloaf. I'll post the recipe in my favourite recipes if it is as yummy as I think it should be! For desert we'll have mini meringue cases with chocolate mousse, or light frusche and for those who want it, ice cream. (not core but only 1 point for dessert, 1/2point for the meringue and 1/2point for the 1/2 container of Nestle` mousse, which I'll take from my Weekly points allowance)

Happy 5th Anniversary to us.

Friday was Brad and mine (mine and Brad's?? Meh, who knows!) 5th Anniversary. We had a great day. Went out for lunch "child free" which was lovely, we both had cold rolls. Then we picked up Daniel from Grandmas and had a great afternoon playing with him. At night was our usual Friday night smorgasboard dinner at "our" restaurant. Ah but our anniversary didn't stop there, Saturday night Brad's mum watched Daniel so we were able to have another "child free" meal!! We went to Cafe Primo and then to the movies. I had the chef's salad which was divine with smoked salmon, prawns and chicken, and for dessert I had some pancake but passed on the cream. We watched Wild Hogs. The movie was great, very funny!

Today is Mother's Day so it has been a big week, celebration wise. I have Brad's mum coming for dinner tonight and I'm cooking Chicken with dijon mustard wrapped in WW bacon with roast veges (Thanks for the recipe Toni!!)

I've been for a few long walks this week, so I'm not really sure how the scales will react on Wednesday. I'm not expecting too much. I'll be happy to stay the same :)

Great news also for mum getting to her 10%!! Well done mum!!

I've also started knitting of an evening which in theory keeps my hands active, so I'm not looking for things to pick at! It's a theory, and what's the worst that can happen, I get a few great hand knitted scarves?? :)

Another one bites the dust

Kilo that is.. My loss for this week is -1.0kg. Yay me!

Last week I was feeling hungry between meals which lead me to believe that I wasn't eating enough at mealtimes and although I was only snacking on core foods I was not felling at all satisfied. So this week I upped my portion sizes slightly and it worked, I was not feeling hungry between meals much at all (well not compared to the week before) so there for not feeling the need to snack as much.

I seem to be craving pears at the moment, which is a tad bizarre as I've never really liked them very much, but considering that we are heading into winter and there isn't many fruits in season, it's not such a bad thing!

We've also found a great new playground which is a good 20 minute walk from our house and it's excellent. Daniel is very impressed, what more can a 2 year old ask for, eh?

A little loss

I'm a bit disappointed about this weeks loss 0.1kg, yeah, yeah, I know a loss is a loss, but it is still disappointing when you know you've done everything right and it doesn't show on the scales. I could make excuses that I weighed on different scales, at a different place last week (which I did) but it still doesn't make me feel better. Onwards and upwards though, will try a few different things this week and see how we go. :)

IT WORKS!!!

CORE does work! -1.8kgs for me this week and a total loss so far of 25.3kgs. (That sounds allot written down, eh?) WOW!

I had to weigh Tuesday this week due to ANZAC day.

I remember my first meeting, someone said that day that she had lost 25kg so far, I thought OMG that is so far away.... but that is me now. It's just amazing. Can someone please tell me why I didn't start Weight Watchers sooner????

Updated pics added, and I even included a "TBL" Style pic... cos I can!! :)
The jeans in the photo are a size 24.. I'm currently fitting 18 and squeezing into a 16 (ok they are pretty tight, so we'll give it a couple of weeks) !! Woohoo I'll be able to shop in "normal size" shops soon!

I've made the switch!

After a 0.0kg loss this week (ie I lost NOTHING, but didn't gain either!) I've decided to give CORE a go. It really isn't that much different to the types of food we eat now, so we'll see what happens. In any case, I feel happy with my decision.

I'm in shock!

I was at the shopping centre this morning to get the tyre fixed in the pram and I was there til lunch time, Brad rang and wanted me to bring him home some sushi rolls, Daniel wanted a hot dog (so I was in the food court) Now normally the old me would have jumped at the chance of getting *something* from there. I used to purposely go there around lunchtime, just so I could grab something *on the way home*. But today as I was walking though, mentally calculating the *points* in my head I figured I would be better off, and was actually looking forward more, to the tuna salad I had planned to eat for lunch. I'm still in shock! Who is this person??

There is no IF.

Loss this week 0.7kgs. Which is exactly the kind of loss I'm aiming for. Current loss is 23.5kgs. So I'm happy. :)

I was wondering yesterday morning what to wear when I remembered a skirt I had before I moved to Adelaide - 6 years ago, (to be honest I hadn't worn it allot because it never really fit properly) but it was really pretty so I hoped that it had somehow survived the numerous wardrobe "chuck-outs" that I've had in that time. Good news, it survived and even better, it fit! But best of all it looked great!

I was chatting to a friend on MSN the other night saying "When I get to goal..." and she interrupted me. She said "This whole time you have been doing WW you have never said if, it has always been when." I replied, "There is no IF, IF is not an option!"

I have no doubt, I will get to goal.

Happy Easter

It's Easter and I have been very good! Our fridge is full of chocolate and I have not had any. I hope the scales are good to me this week! I feel good and I feel strong, by not having any. Is that strange? I did have a hot cross bun on Good Friday.. well 2/3's of one actually. I cut the bun in 3 and gave the middle bit to Daniel! It was lovely, but it's all I really wanted was to taste it. Last year I wouldn't have thought twice about having a couple for breakfast, dripping in butter and perhaps another 1 or 2 thought out the day. Things have certainly changed!

All glammed up!

We didn't have time to take pics before we left for the wedding so this is me after we got home, windblown hair and all! (there are pics of me at the wedding, but not on our camera). I was able to stick to my points for the day. We got to chose our own meals which helped!

Week 28 (29th March)

Weigh in yesterday showed a 0.8kg loss! I'm so pleased with myself, and with my results so far. I've been having a bit of an up and down couple of months, I'd lose 0.5-1.8kgs one week and stay the same or put on 0.1 or 0.2kgs the next. Not really sure what is going on there I'm putting down to fluid as I'm not doing anything different. Maybe should switch to The CORE plan (for non WWer's The CORE plan is basically eating low GI and whole foods - whole grains, and foods that have not been processed much). I'll reassess after SIL's wedding, which is this weekend and Easter (next weekend), although I can't really see what I'm eating now that I can't eat on the CORE so I don't know how successful the switch would be, but the proof will be trying it for a couple of weeks I guess. Total loss so far is 21.8kgs.

Week 25 (14th March)- 2 personal goals!!

I reached 2 pesonal goals today at weigh in, for the first time in a long, long time I was under 100kgs and I also hit 20kgs lost! Total weight loss to date 21.1 kgs and I weigh 99.5 kgs. 37 kgs to go! I've still been walking and in addition I'm jogging on the spot during the ad breaks of The Biggest Loser! Me jogging! who would have thunk it, eh?

Brad is back on track and has lost 5 kgs. Mum and dad have both lost over 5kgs too!

Christmas / New Year

We had a fantastic time. We stayed in Griffith for over 3 weeks, it was great to see my friends and family again. We got to meet my new nephew Luke who is just the most adorable little thing!

I lost 2.4 kgs over Christmas bringing my total loss 13.8 kgs. 44.3 kgs to go. I took these photos when we got home. While I was away I went to the meetings and bought mum along and she joined too. Going to the meetings and being accountable is one of the major key factors that WW is working so well for me.

While we were away Brad and I were out shopping when he told me my bum looked shocking in the jeans I was wearing, cos they were so saggy and baggy. What a great excuse to buy a new pair!

Brad was doing so well, but he kinda blew it over Christmas.

My 10%

It was the week before Christmas (20th Dec) and I hit 10%! That's 10% of my original weight lost, gone forever! YAY! We were travelling to mum and dad's for a few weeks for Christmas and I really wanted to get my star before we went, AND I DID!

After 9 weeks

8.6 kgs Down 49.5 to go.

I'm not actually finding the program hard. That is the beauty of the POINTS plan there is no real food you can't have. I'm not feeling deprived. Excersize? I do 2 or 3, 1/2 - 1 hour walks a week.

On my 10th Week I lost 1.4 kgs which brought my total up to 10kgs in 10 weeks.

He's my cheeky monkey, if there is a photo he wants to be in it!

First 5kgs

It took 3 weeks for me to lose 5 kgs. (11th October) I was stoked. So proud of myself. It was working and I was starting to feel it in my clothes. I can do this!!!

My first meeting

20th September 2006 I went to my first Weight Watchers meeting. I faced the scales and was shocked when they said 120.6 kgs, I'm 157cms short! In never I imagined I was that heavy, the last time I had weighed myself (yes, it had been a while) was about 15 kgs less than that!

My WW goal weight was set at 62.5 kgs. OMG That is at least 58.1 kgs I have to lose! I can't remember much about what happened at the 1st meeting, but I felt excited that I was actually going to do this! I got home and read though all the information I was given, I decided the POINTS plan was for me.

We enjoy going out for dinner every Friday night and I didn't want to stop that. We go to a smorgasbord restaurant so basically it's up to me what I put on my plate and what I don't.

Brad wants to lose weight too and is going to give it a go as well!

I'd made the decision

I had made the decision to join Weight Watcher's now all I had to do was actually do it. It was like I was admitting to myself that I had a weight problem. I had my head in the sand for a long time, I didn't think I looked that bad. I waited til I saw an ad on TV that said that Weight Watchers were having a free membership drive and the coupon was in Woman's Day.

I went out the next day and bought a Woman's Day and logged onto the Weight Watchers website and found the meeting that I'd go to, 9.30am Wednesday's. I arranged for MIL to come to watch Daniel every Wednesday. The very next Wednesday I took a deep breath and walked into my first ever Weight Watcher's meeting. The whole idea of it was very daunting, I really didn't know what expect.