1 fat penguin

So week 3 is upon us and weigh in day arrived again swiftly this morning. I felt sure that I would not loose this week, because of the 2 large previous losses.. and also mainly because I have eaten mars bars (4 in total this last week) chips once, a subway, a curry and some winey, cheesy pasta too.. not to mention crisps & popcorn.

so I weighed in and I have lost 2lb this week.

I now weight 10st 6.5 lbs  taking my total weight loss in 3 weeks to 7lbs 

I was shocked and delighted.  I am not exactly dieting as I have said before.. I am just really taking a look at portion control and suddenly realising that I was eating enough to feed a small (but cute) rhino… lol   and now my stomach is getting smaller I am realising that I don’t need to eat as much and I am actually stopping when I feel full.

Another thing I am doing is filling up on salad & veg with each meal, so it feels as if I am eating more whilst still keeping my carb portion to a small amount and any protein to a medium amount.

I’m still eating all the same meals as my hubby, just less than before.. so it really feels like I am not dieting. Im also allowing myself snacks throughout each day too (which I count) such as half a frozen mars bar which is 130 cals.. or some low fat crisps at 99 cals or the skinnyfat popcorn at 120 cals. I don’t feel like I am missing out on anything.. so I guess it is easier to stick to.

I’m still sticking to my 1250 cals a day and I am tracking EVERYTHING!  I can’t stres enough how much this is helping me. It really does make me accountable for everything I put in my mouth.

ON ANOTHER NOTE…. I have been feeling really low on self image lately.. Ive only been married a few months and my hubby always tells me I am beautiful and sexy etc.. but it’s how you feel yourself isn’t it?  I have been feeling like a dowdy old housewife.. with mousey hair and Ive not been wearing makeup and I have not treated myself to any new clothes in ages..  so at the weekend, I made a bold step. I dyed my hair red. Vibrant red.. Not just a reddy/ginger colour… but imagine hot, bright sexy red :D   It’s kinda a dark reddy winey colour now that it has settled down, but it is really funky and makes me feel sexy.

Then I treated myself to some new jeans (skinny jeans) some cute tops that are kinda playful and allow me to mess around with my funky/cute/esque look and also some cute little red flats..  I also bought a nice hair band with a bow on it….   I mean why not go for a different look for a change?  It’s made me feel fantastic this weekend thats for sure…. AND as they say “a change is as good as a rest”  hehe.

Now that I am 7lbs down.. my next goal is to hit just below the 10st mark!  9st anything would be good.. I have not been under 10st since 2006 so it would be amazing to reach that place.. so here’s hoping to another good week for me and indeed for all of you other weight watching /fat loosing ladies and gents out there.  Good luck for the coming week all.

Love Mrs Penguin

Well the votes are counted and verified and the results are in……..

drum roll……..

2lb loss today :D  yayayayayayayayayayayayayaya 

I was really surprised that I had a loss this week as I had a big inital loss and also I am so incredibly bloated due to time of the month so really expected to step onto the sscales and have then yelp in pain.. lol

instead my lovely scales flashed up with the amazing weight off 10st 8lbs  so that’s a total loss of 5lbs over 2 weeks so far.

I’m not really following any diet as such as you may know, I am just limiting my calorie intake to between 1200 - 1250 a day and I am tracking every single thing I put in my mouth.   I am finding that this is working for me because I don’t feel like I am denying myself anything. During the week I have eaten lots of lovely things such as:

Mars bar, choccy mouse, crisps, real butter, fruity toast, hard cheese, pasta, rice, potatoes, carbs of all types, rich sauces, chips and so much more…  The trick for me I feel is that I am eating in moderation. I’m checking my portion sizes and I am adding salad and veg to lots of meals which is filling me up. I am also eating sometimes a half portion of a low fat soup before a meal and it fills me up, tastes great and I eat less on my main meal.   I think I can stick to this because NOTHING is off limits on the plan I am doing.. which for now I am going to call “The Penguin Plan” :D  haha.

My top product this week that I have to brag about is something I have really enjoyed :

Batchelors butternut squash and red pepper soup.   A.M.A.Z.I.N.G   … It’s so warming in these cold months and tastes great.. It’s a smooth soup and has a really comforting wamr vegetable taste with a proper pepper zingy’ness to it. Try it

For those weighing in today.. or in the next few days.. good luck and hope those scales go DOWNNNNNNN.

Love Mrs Penguin. xx

(oh… and pics to follow later tonight on the other page)

Well I’m 5 days into the second week and I am roughly sticking to between 1200 - 1250 cals this week. I’m not finding it difficult exactly and I’m eating 3 meals a day and also having snacks.

My new snack attack treat is MARS BAR.. yes you heard me right.. I did say mars bar.. The truth about dieting that most diets don’t want you to know is that I think you can pretty much eat ANYTHING you like as long as you can account for it.  so as we know.. Mars bars come in at a whopping 260 cals… so my trick is to chop it in half making lovely little 130 cal bars.. and wrapping them in film and popping them in the freezer.  each evening I have one to savour over (and believe me it takes me ages because it is frozen)

I’ve not been feeling great this week, I am so so sooooooooo tired all the time.  I think it is because I am consuming alot less energy.. so it is having this temporary effect on me while my body catches up with the plan.  I seem to have tons of energy in the day, but as soon as night time falls, I am falling asleep. The good thing is that I am getting LOTS of lovely sleep.. so my skin is looking better… so all is positive I reckon.

Excercise?  Well I was supposed to hit zumba again this week but unfortunately for a very small girl and build that I am… my chest is massive… and its that time of month and they are so big.. I have genuine fears that I may knock out a fellow zumba’er and cause actual bodily harm!!!  lol  So instead I have been opting for gentle excercise and have been walking as much as possible instead of taking the car.. it’s gotta help right?

to lose or not to lose… well that is the question?    I am not sure whether I will lose or not this week. I have been sticking to the diet all week and not cheating (well whats the point huh? you are only cheating yourself) so effectively the rule says I should lose… but my body has never listened to the rule and like me is very stubborn.. so as I had a big initial loss last week.. and also because of the time of month.. I feel I may not lose.. right now I am just hoping I don’t put on.

I didn’t do piccies this week as I think I will take them every 2 weeks. I don’t know if I can see any difference on myself yet.. but I tell you what… I feel so much better.

what am I doing to keep motivated this month?  Well when I get paid I am going to buy myself a new outfit to wear and get hubby to take me out.. I have also dyed my hair a lovely deep red colour and it feels all shiny.. so its making me feel more confident.

so as the title says.. chocolate for breakfast… have I really just eaten choccy for breakfast? YES I have.. but it was only a tiny amount. I had my low fat fruit toast.. and I needed a little something sweet.. so I had a little bite of choccy from my fridge. It was good.. and just what I needed to survive the craving war.. so why not huh?    Lemons for lunch though?  haha… no way

Soooo.. there I was this morning, facing my first weigh in and flapping around in the bathroom (which was bloody freezing by the way… not all penguins love the ice) … I hopped around doing my hair, staring at my kinda dull complexion in the mirror and analyzing the looks on my cats faces as they peered through the glass door to see if they could wait just 2 minutes longer for their morning feed! They were most probably wondering why I was doing a funny dance in my pants at 7am instead of feeding them..

so… I finally went for it.. brushed the hair out of my face for the twentieth time in 5 minutes, took a deep breath.. and stepped onto the scales praying for anything good… and then the scales flashed and came up with my weight.. 10st, 10.5lbs.. I breathed out (not too much mind you.. I didn’t want the scales to change) haha.. … and looked again. YES YES YES… my first week on 1250 cals a day and tracking had left me with a clear and exact 3lb loss.

I skipped through to the bedroom feeling that this momentous monent was indeed worthy of jumping on Mr Penguin and yelling “I lost 3lbs..yayayayaya” A very sleepy mr penguin just smiled and went back to sleep… but I was very very happy indeed.

Now I know this is the first week.. and most of what I lost was probably water.. but it was the start I needed. If I follow suit from previous diet I will only lose a very minute amount next week (due to a large loss this week) .. but I am just happy to be going down and not up… so as long as it comes off… I hopefully won’t mind.

If I could get a 1.5 loss next week it would be amazing… but I would settle for 1lb too.. I am going to have to work harder this week I know as the 1250 cals I was on last week was a huge drop from what I had been eating.. so this week my body will be expecting it.. so I shall be stepping it up with 2 rounds of zumba and 1 wii fit and plenty of walking

I am also going to drink less diet juice and more water this week.. (well that’s the plan)

so all in all… week one was interesting in that I was basicly dieting blind.. hoping it would work.. now I shall really have to keep a trac on cals per day/week and see if I need to drop to 1200… or raise slightly to 1300 or so when I begin excercise. I don’t want to starve my body and send it into stravation mode.. so I guess it’s all just trial and error.

I hope all you dieters and healthy eaters and those hard working gym bunnies got a good result this.. or if you are still waiting to weigh in.. I wish you well

Love Mrs Penguin. xx

So I have been pondering this very question for a day or 2, since a member left a comment on my blog that suggested their opinion that from my pictures I really wasn’t all that fat… Now I don’t deem this to be someone being “mean” to me.. but rather that it felt to me that this is a club for dieters right? A place for all who want to lose weight, tone up, achieve goals in body satisfaction to come.. right?

SO… am I NOT fat enough to be in this club? Is there a weight I should be before I can officially call myself fat? It started me thinking alot about how women view their own bodies. No matter if we are a tiny size 6 or 8… or if we are a size 20+ … I have NEVER met a woman who actually thinks her body is perfect! Everyone has things they would change… I mean if not.. why is the plastic surgery / surgical weight loss industry booming worldwide right?

so.. whilst this is NOT in any way an attack on the person or the comment left… it made me think alot. I myself as a woman judge myself on a daily basis.. and when I am losing weight.. I can honestly say I am doing it for myself because when I look at me naked.. it’s not a sight that makes me jump for joy.. but more often than that… I can honestly admit that I, as a woman want to lose weight for other women!!!! NOW… please don’t take this as my “coming out” parade.. I am a happily married straight woman.. and of course I want to look nice for my hubby.. but he has loved me at a size 6.. and he also adores me at a size 16. I lose weight so that other women.. don’t judge me.

This sounds crazy I bet… but ask yourself how many times you have joined a new group? or went for a night out and seen a much slimmer woman than you.. looking you up and down and YOU know that what is on her mind is your weight.. your clothes/outfit/your hair/style/makeup … etc.. It’s not a nice moment if you are the one being secretly judged.

Will losing weight make me less judged by other women? Most probably not.. but maybe it will give me the confidence to not feel so affected by it when it does happen..

so .. for anyone on here who is here to make changes to their body, health, happiness, confidence.. whatever your goal… I hope you get what you are aiming for.. It doesn’t matter if you are 8stone and wanting to lose 4 lbs.. because it makes YOU feel better.. or if you are 18 stone wanting to lose 5 stone… It’s your choice.. and if you feel fat.. then being here means you are making a positive step to build your confidence for the future you.

I am 5ft tall with a petite style build… and I am nearly 11stone.. technically if I went to the doctors today, I would be told that I am “clinically” obese for my height and build.. I am merely trying to reach a healthy weight and BMI of between 9st -9.7st … and as far as I am concerned my battle to lose 21-28 lbs… for me might be as difficult as someone else’s battle to lose 5stone..

so, where I am sure the comment made was actually meant with light tones as the member feels I actually look good or ok in his/her eyes (and believe me.. that is welcome) .. I just wanted to talk about the how fat is fat subject as a whole… I feel I need to make changes… and changes I a shall hopefully make… not just in my weight… but in all the areas of my life I have been too scared to address due to low confidence because of the weight..

Have a good week dieters

Love MrsPenguin. x

as the title says, week one pics are up of me at this weight.. 10st 13.5lbs..  I look as though I am about 6 months pregnant in the piccies… but I am no mama penguin so it’s time for the jelly belly to go..

It’s been 3 days since I started my calorie counting diet. I have no real idea if the amounf of calories I am taking in is right for me, but I am 5ft tall, petite style build and I am aged 32.  I have been taking in about 1250 calories a day.. is this too much? too little ?  I am charting everything privately that I eat ( no need to bore you with my intake) so I guess I will be able to look back in a weeks time and see if it has worked for me.. and in the weeks to come I can adjust calories up or down depending on what’s happening with me pengu blubber…    The diet itself has been ok… I’m eating loads of all the right stuff (aka boring) … but it does taste fairly good as I am cooking from fresh ingredients where possible…   I’m not craving as I am allowing myself calories for treats during each day too.

I don’t know when the next pics will be up… most probably when I shrink ALOT and the sun can be seen behind my large behind   but I will update.. and yes…. I WILL most probably add animal heads to my pics again….  I mean.. what else have I got left to do with my time now that I am not eating … haha

Love Mrs Penguin. xx

no?  me neither.

But I am a fatty little penguin, and it’s time for the blubber to come off and the sexy little penguin diva inside to come out and show her mate her confidence :P  bwahahahaha (that was my evil laugh by the way)

so.. Week one… day one Monday the 2nd January 2012… The penguin diet begins!

Weight currently : 10st 13.5 lbs…

goal weight: 9 stone  (althought going for 9.7lbs to begin with) ..and they we will see if I still waddle

pics to follow soon

Love Mrs Penguin