Fitting 'healthy' into my crazy life!: 7 day detox

Sunday, 31 January 2016

Fresh Start Feb

Goal Weight: 75kg

Current Weight: 86.6kg

Started my journey 01/09/14 - 26.4kg lost

So, as I said last week, I started a detox. Well. That last until dinnertime - on DAY1!!! Yep, apparently I am NOT cut out for such a restrictive diet, even if it is only short term. The detox is apparently aimed at mums - but maybe not at mums who work full time, exercise 7 times a week, and raise 2 tornadoes (as well as a husband)? All in all it was an interesting experience, but something I would only try again if I was on a childless retreat on a tropical island!

So, I went back to regular tracking and muddled my way through the week. I know I had a few too many treats, and was 100% accurate with my tracking. My fitbit also stopped working for 2 days, so my fitpoints weren't even accurate!!

I lost 1kg, but I think most of that was fluid, and to be honest, it was gone after that first detox 'day'.

My biggest challenge at the moment is 100% mental. I am SO caught up by the number on the scale, that I just can't see past it. I know my body is changing, and toning, but my head just can't get past that blasted number. I so desperately just want to weigh 79.9 - I just want to see the 7 again!!! Hell, I'd just like to get back under 85 at this stage.

It seems that even the tiniest of treats prevents me from losing weight. I don't know what it is, but I've never been the type to live on salad and fruit. I NEED treats, and WW's has typically been good for me in that respect. But my body is being a biarch at the moment, and throws an extra 200gms on everytime I LOOK at sugar. Argh!

*rant over*

February starts today, and so does Fresh Start Feb. My goal is to lose 2kg this month (there are 4 Mondays left, that's 500gms per weigh in). That will take me to 84.6 - back under 85 :)

Goals this week are:

2.6L of water a day

10,000 steps a day

7 workouts (walking/pilates)

Track EVERYTHING ACCURATELY

Quick overview of my minigoals:

5kg (108) - September 2014

5% (107.3) - September 2014

10kg (103) - 11/2/15

10% (101.7) - 2/3/15

Under 100 - 16/3/15

15kg (98) - 13/4/15

15% (96) - 27/4/15

12 week challenge #1 (94.2) - 94.0

20kg (93) - 1/6/15

GWEJune (91) - 90.6!

20% (90.4) - 13/7/15

Under 90 - 13/7/15

GWEJuly (88.5) - 88.8

25kg (88) - 10/7/15

12 week challenge #2 (86) - 88

Conception Weight (86) - 28/9/15

Get back under 85kg

25% (84.7)

30kg (83)

Under 80

30% (79.1)

35kg (78)

Goal (75)

Have a lovely week xx

Next Mini Goal: back under 85kg - 1.6kg to go!

Monday, 25 January 2016

DETOX Day 1!

Goal Weight: 75kg

Current Weight: 87.6kg

Started my journey 01/09/14 - 25.4kg lost

Yep, 2kg up in just over a week. Hoping some of it is water retention from TTOM and a couple of wines on Saturday night.

This probably goes against WW completely, but today I started a 7 day detox. Basically cutting right back, and then slowly reintroducing food groups throughout the week. The first 3 days are not much more than wholegrain oats, fruit, veges and then some rice on day 2 & 3. That's as far ahead as I want to plan right now!

I'm halfway through day 1, and so far, so good (easy to say that so early on)! I'm starting to feel a bit hungry (it's past lunchtime but I'm waiting for another staff member to come back so that I can heat up my lunch), I'm sure once I've had lunch I'll feel better. Dinner will be hard though as the rest of the family will be having something delicious, and tonight it's just veg for me....

I'm basically doing it for 2 reasons. 1 - to prove that I can, and 2 - to try and drop some of the bad habits I've picked up since the beginning of December. I'm hoping to do a bit of a reset on my relationship with food, as such.

I'm planning to blog each day for the detox, because I think it's important to record how I feel as I go through the process - it's very much a mental game, this weight loss business!

Wish me luck!

Goals this week are: