I dropped another 0.3kg this week, and weighed in at 74.7kg .
My next goal - over the next week or so - is to get to 74.4kg and I'm fairly confident I can make it.
We've got a state government election today, and that means both Lindor and I have to give up some of our precious free time to go somewhere and vote for self-interested morons. Blurk!
Aside from that, I've picked up a little part-time work - gardening for a little old lady, and I've got to do that this afternoon. Anything that will keep me from having to get another housemate…
Kel I plant all my vegetables in pots. If you want any advice about growing veges, I'm pretty good at that sort of thing, so just yell out.
Great to hear that you've picked up some extra work. I remember you mentioned something about your back, so be careful!
It's an absolutely beautiful day here in Adelaide. The sun was warm, the air was clear, and not a cloud in the sky. I didn't realise how much I missed the warmer weather.
Gen it does my head in if I think about being in the 60s .
Lindor I voted this afternoon and gave all the 'how to vote' volunteers my usual lecture about the amount of trees they chopped down to produce the cr@p they try to hand us .
Kylie how are you travelling? Sounds like things are picking up for you - yay!
Work is really challenging me, but in the exact way I'd hoped (make sense?)
I'm still working hard with AIESEC, although it's election time within that, and I'm about to find out who will be taking over my role for 2009. It's exciting, and scary. This has been my baby for the last year, and I'm torn between letting the responsibility go, and entrusting it to someone else.
Weight wise, I haven't been as good as I should this week. I'm far more concious of it than I was a month ago, but I'm still pushing sh t up hill on this one. I know I have to exercise more than I am (at the moment I'm just walking to work).
Yeah, that's about it at the moment (that's relevant )
i am so excited for everyone!
we are all going to end the year on a high! (but low hehehehe)
ani ani ani woo woo woo woo babe! that rocks!!! UNDER 75!!!!!
you are up to the hardest bit ever getting under 70! but you are the most inspirational weightloss guru i know and I KNOW you are going to do it!
can i ask what kind of things you eat now?
what do YOU snack on? what is a typical dinner for you?
Yes, I'd like to know an everyday menu for you too Ani. I feel like I've cut out a lot of the crap, and am not eating that much, but I'm not losing much weight (I have lost a bit).
Kel I eat a lot - but bear in mind that I work a really physical job, so I also burn a lot of calories. A typical day's meal for me would be something like:
Breakfast; cereal with HiLo milk, and almonds, prunes, a chopped up banana and some berries.
Lunch: a sandwich of some description
Dinner: something with low-fat meat (usually chicken but sometimes red meat), heaps of vegetables, and a couple of times a week I'll throw in a potato.
Snacks: always a piece of fruit, and usually a bit of chocolate or something else sweet. Sometimes I will take a muesli bar or protein bar to work too.
The trick is to eat the biggest, healthiest breakfast I can. If I don't do that I get really hungry and eat a heap of rubbish throughout the day.
I've been having a think! Gen I have come to believe that if you "get your mornings right" it is the single biggest favour you can do for yourself in terms of heading in the right direction.
Is anyone up for a three-week challenge? It means finding the right way to start your day with a good, healthy breakfast and enough water to kick start the day. What you do for the rest of the day doesn't matter, but find a breakfast that is going to "fuel" your body for a whole morning.
It has to contain a decent amount of protein, fibre and carbs - and be low in fat - and it needs to be at least 400 calories. Along with it you need a plan for drinking a litre of water in the morning.
Also have a listen to your body - and pay attention to how you feel about half an hour after you've eaten. Do you suddenly feel tired, are you bloated, do you burp a lot? Do you have indigestion or feel like the food is just 'sitting' at the top of your gut? If any of those things are happening, chances are you've given your body something it didn't want or can't handle very well.
How fast do you eat? I know a woman who will eat a whole hamburger in the time it takes me to finish chewing a mouthful. It's a known fact that our body will take around 20 minutes before the message gets to our brain that we feel full - so slow down your meals. Take as long as you practically can to enjoy everything you put in your mouth.
Think about what you are going to do every morning before you have breakfast. If you're going to be sitting in an office, or not being active, you don't need too much fuel - but if you're planning on going shopping, swimming, gardening etc you need a little more. It's the same as a car - the more you use it, the more fuel you need. But you don't need to put petrol in it when it's parked in the driveway, and you don't need to fuel your body when it's parked on a chair.
And then pay attention to your water. A good (very basic) guide to knowing if you are hydrated is to keep check with how many times you go to the toilet every day. If you don't go at least six times a day, you're not hydrated enough - and if your wee is still yellow by early afternoon it's a sign you need to drink more water.
Then use the fuel you've given your body. It needs to do something with what you have put into it - and it only has two choices: to burn it off or to store it as fat. You have all the control over that, so choose what you want to do with it.
Sorry, I didn't mean to turn this into a lecture. I am just a firm believer in breakfast, and in ensuring that the morning starts off right. I'm one of those people who used to always skip breakfast, and I paid the price for it by becoming obese. There is no doubt in my mind that having a healthy breakfast every day was the single most important change I made.
Hey Ani good call. Yep I'm up for it. Even if I have to get up earlier in the morning to fit it in. My heads been killing me 4 the past 2 week. I had 7 migraines in 14 days. Finally Thursday I couldnt handle it any more and went to Dr. She gave me 2 injections and I came home and slept from 4.30pm till 6am. Thought it could have been the anti depressants I went on. But she's put it down to extra stress with exams looming (next week) and sons court date in 2 weeks. grr naughty kids!!
Now as for brekky....... Tomorrow is a new day for me. A new day, new week and new breakfast routine.
Ani I was reading ab out how we feel after we have eaten. Something a bit nitty gritty and probably way to much information.....
Does anyone else need to "pooh" after eating red meat? Ok now I know we all do it.... but normal for me USED to be only once a week sometimes twice. I have noticed (cause I've been actively watching my bodys reactions) that when I eat red meat I feel bloated. And without fail the next morning I will go to the toilet. Not yukky. But just..... go....... I am iron deficient and whilst on iron tablets I go every day. Not normal as they constipate most people. Spoke to Dr about both and they feel my body just can't handle iron and thats why after red meat I go. lol.
Sorry. Just a random blerb and wondered what you guys thought...
Oh yeah. I EXERCISED TODAY WOOOOOOO. lmao. I got the baby seat put back on my bike, the tyres pumped up and rode it for the first tme since I fell preg with 2 1/2 yr old lol. She was scared at first when I put her helmet on, but then I had to almost pick bugs out of her teeth by the time we got back. She wanted to go around block again, but mummy was buggered.
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