Hello! I'm Helena; 24 years old from New Zealand, recently relocated to Australia (Perth). Missing everything about home, especially my huge extended family! It's lonely having no one to talk to! But with all the change going on in my life, it feels like it's time to tackle changing my lifestyle too - namely my eating and exercise habits!
My brother is getting married next year (probably March or April), so I would love to have lost a reasonable amount of weight by then. It'll be the first time I'm able to go home and catch up with everyone since I left, so it'd be kinda cool to show up looking like a happier, healthier, much slimmer and more confident version of the girl who flew out in January!
It'd also be nice if I was actually
in the family/group wedding photos, rather than ducking behind the person in front of me like I usually do!
I have a lot of weight to lose - 68kg/150lbs - which happens to be
exactly half of my starting weight! Eeek! I would love to get down to an AU/NZ size 12 (Medium! for the first time since...uhh..EVER!). I can't really get my head around losing that much weight right now...it seems like such a massive and impossible task and to be quite honest it scares the crap out of me!
I have a weight loss blog at 3FC (redefiningordinary), but my main weight loss site is elsewhere (theres a link to it on my 3FC one). I'm planning on recording my entire journey there, in humiliating detail, to (hopefully) keep me honest and accountable!
Well..I don't usually post on message boards because I'm too shy and feel like a dork...but hey, I have to start somewhere! Hopefully I'll be able to find some kind of support, and lots of advice and inspiration here! (so far so good -- omg! the before and after pics are awesome!)
If you made it this far, thanks for reading
Haha.
I'm off to check out the rest of the site!
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Another Newb! - from NZ/AUS
