Losing the last 10kg - back to good ol Weight Watchers!

Goal Weight: 75kg

Current Weight: 84.8kg

Started my journey 01/09/14 - 28.2kg lost

Right! I've been faffing around for a few weeks, with no real sense of direction, apart from knowing I want to lose weight. My motivation has been swinging between amazing and non-existent, and the scales have been up and down like a yo-yo!

Top that off with an epic binge drinking session at our local Business Awards on Friday, and the not-so-epic bloat that followed, AND the realisation that Christmas is a mere month away!  

Weight Watchers obviously tapped in to my subconscious and knew the right thing to say, because last night I got an email from them promoting the new changes that start next week. Well. I am a SUCKER for shiny new things, so with the bonus month thrown in on a 6 month plan, I was hooked.

So with a few clicks, I re-joined WW as a paid member. Only online though, as I don't have enough spare time (or $$) to attend meetings!

I lost 30kg with WW last time, and got down to 4kg away from goal before getting preggers, so really hoping WW is my saviour again and can help me shake 9.8kg, and teach me how to maintain, before my 7 month plan runs out!

I had already been really good with food yesterday, so today is officially day 2. I am going to work my butt off to get under 80 by Christmas!!

Goals this week are:

5 workouts (walking/pilates)

Keep the bread to a minimum

STICK TO MY POINTS EVERYDAY

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

25% (84.7)

30kg (83)

Under 80

Christmas Challenge (79.9)

30% (79.1)

35kg (78)

Goal (75)

Have a lovely week xx

Next Mini Goal: 30kg - 1.8kg to go!

Yep, I Gained.

Goal Weight: 75kg

Current Weight: 85.3kg

Started my journey 01/09/14 - 27.7kg lost

Yep, I weighed, I gained and I owned it. I knew I would be up - the combo of antibiotics, painkillers and comfort food were never going to let me off lightly. I am hoping that some of it is water weight and will come off quickly, but the scales have been acting like a yo-yo so far this week.

I had big sook about it this morning and had a sausage roll and rice bubble slice for breakfast. I then gave myself a big (mental) slap and reminded myself that that was certainly NOT the way to go about losing weight!!! I can still save the week and get a loss on Monday, but not by eating that rubbish.

My exercise has been sporadic too - only 2 walks this week, thanks to teeth/weather/work, but about to go for another one, so I guess 3 isn't too bad in the grand scheme.

I also have a new Christmas goal. It was initially 76.7, but the last couple have weeks have meant that that is not healthily possible, so I will be happy with 79.9 (officially in the 70's) by Monday 21st. So 6 weigh ins to go and 5.4kg's to lose. It'll be hard going, but I REALLY want it (sooooooo badly).

Goals next week are:

5 workouts (walking/pilates)

Keep the bread to a minimum

2 x 500 cal days

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

25% (84.7) - 12/10/15

30kg (83)

GWENovember (81)

Under 80

30% (79.1)

35kg (78)

13 week Christmas Challenge (76.7)

Goal (75)

Have a lovely week xx

Next Mini Goal: 30kg - 2.3kg to go!

At a Stand Still...

Goal Weight: 75kg

Current Weight: 83.7

Started my journey 01/09/14 - 29.3kg lost

No change in weight this week, in fact I'm a little bit up - but not because I've fallen off the wagon! I have an abscess above my tooth and I'm on intense antibiotics and painkillers. My body doesn't cope well with medication, so I'm pretty much doing my best impression of a 2 week old helium balloon. 

And you know what? It has been TORTURE. I weigh every day. I know I shouldn't, but I do. Don't lecture me on it, cause it won't change. And I'm fine with that. But watching the numbers sit stagnant even though I could barely eat for 4 days as been tough. Real tough. I haven't exercised all that much this week since the antibiotics have me feeling like S.H.I.T, but I've managed to get a couple of walks in, and kept my steps above 10,000 most days.

Today is the first day I haven't needed painkillers, and tomorrow is my last day of antibiotics. Monday, the tooth comes out (I broke it months ago and didn't do anything about it, tut tut). So I'm hoping for a good loss the following Monday (16th).

Until then I just need to keep the eating healthy (just don't ask about yesterday, or today) and keep moving!

Goals next week are:

5 workouts (walking/pilates)

Keep the bread to a minimum

2 x 500 cal days (1 done already)

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

25% (84.7) - 12/10/15

30kg (83)

GWENovember (81)

Under 80

30% (79.1)

35kg (78)

13 week Christmas Challenge (76.7)

Goal (75)

Have a lovely week xx

Next Mini Goal: 30kg - 0.7kg to go!

On a good roll, and soooo close to 30kg!!

Goal Weight: 75kg
Current Weight: 83.7
Started my journey 01/09/14 - 29.3kg lost

As I said, I weighed in a day early this week as I knew I'd be drinking on Sunday night - a lovely loss of 600gms! It's coming off at a nice consistent rate at the moment, which is making me happy. I feel like I am on a good run at the moment - 5 losses in a row :)

I'd love to get under 83kg on my next weigh in. It will be the end of my latest 12 week challenge, and while my original goal for it was to get under 80, I faffed around for 6 weeks and lost bugger all, so I'll just be pleased with a decent comeback for the second half. If I get to 83kg it'll be a loss of 5kg in 12 weeks - not my best result, but better than putting on weight! Will be interesting to see what my measurements are too - I'm in smaller clothes than I was a few weeks ago :)

I think I'm going to take a break from the paid challenges until the New Year now, but I still have one going with some mummy friends that finishes on the 21st of Dec, so I have that to motivate me. It'll be weird not checking in with my trainer each Monday like I have been doing for 36 weeks, but extra money is always needed around Christmas time!!

On the NSV side, I bought a size 12 pair of jeans on the weekend - and they fit! So that was pretty damn exciting. When I was at my lowest pre-pregnancy weight I could fit a size 10. I still have the jeans from back then so when I can (comfortably) fit back in to those I'll be stoked.

Big push this week to drop the booze bloat, and get under 83kg by Monday (well, ideally by Saturday because 83kg is my end of October goal weight!)

Oooh and I almost forgot - hitting 83kg will take me to 30kg lost!!!

Goals this week are:
5 workouts (walking/pilates)
Keep the bread to a minimum
2 x 500 cal days (1 done already)

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
25% (84.7) - 12/10/15
GWEOctober (83)
30kg (83)
12 week challenge #3 (83)
Under 80
30% (79.1)
35kg (78)
13 week Christmas Challenge (76.7)
Goal (75)

Have a lovely week xx

Next Mini Goal: 30kg - 0.7kg to go!

A loss?!?!?! And making 'it' work....

Goal Weight: 75kg

Current Weight: 84.3

Started my journey 01/09/14 - 28.7kg lost

So after another week of training (and lunch every day at the Italian restaurant), little exercise, and AF in full swing, I still managed to lose 440gms! I honestly thought I would be up, or STS. I NEVER lose weight when AF is here, I was actually in shock this morning....

I'm REALLY hoping it's not an anomaly and that I continue to lose throughout the week as AF packs her bags and disappears for a few weeks. I have to be SUPER good this week as we have girls night on Sunday and that will involve drinking and nibbling, so I need to be 'in credit' before then.

On that note, I won't be weighing in next Monday, but I will weigh in on Sunday instead. I know the Monday weight won't be my true weight after a night of drinking, so it makes more sense to record Sunday's weight.

In answer to a question on my last blog - no I'm not doing PP at the moment. I'm actually quite enjoying the 5:2/generally just eating better, and I got a bit frustrated with paying for a WW membership that I wasn't making the most of. I don't have time to go to a meeting, and to me that was the best value of a paid membership.

But I am still on the WW website, blogging away because I have made some cyber-friends and I like to stay in touch with them, as well as share my story in hopes of helping others.

I'll finally be back to my lunchtime walking this week (started today in fact - a nice 4.5km), and I have been missing it horribly. I really think my worklife benefits from the midday cobweb blowout, and I know my mental health certainly does.

It can be super hard to exercise/eat well when you are a working mum, but if I don't do it now, when will I do it? When the kids have grown up and moved out? When I retire? When I die? Nope, now is the time, and I just have to make it work as best I can!

Goals this week are:

5 workouts (walking/pilates)

Keep the bread to a minimum

2 x 500 cal days

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

25% (84.7) - 12/10/15

GWEOctober (83)

30kg (83)

12 week challenge #3 (80)

Under 80

30% (79.1)

35kg (78)

13 week Christmas Challenge (76.7)

Goal (75)

Have a lovely week xx

Next Mini Goal: 30kg - 1.3kg to go!

Milestones, Milestones, Milestones! Hooray!!

Goal Weight: 75kg

Current Weight: 84.7

Started my journey 01/09/14 - 28.3kg lost

Even with being on a training course for the whole week (which resulted in only 1 pilates session and 1 walk) and eating Italian for lunch everyday (catered training course), I still managed to lose 500gms!

I'm super stoked because that means I reached my 25% goal, and got under 85kg :) :) :)

I did 5:2 again this week, but my 500cal days weren't very well planned, which resulted in going a bit over each day. They probably helped balance out some of the other days though. I need to plan my weeks better in general - dinners are all pre-planned, and breakfast is easy, but I struggle with lunch Every.Single.Day. Whether it's at home or work, I just can't seem to find the right balance between healthy, and keeping me going for the rest of the afternoon (oh, and not buying lunch every day!).

Lunch is sorted for me for the rest of the week (more training), so I've got a few days to plan before I do the groceries for next week - any easy work lunch ideas are appreciated (I don't eat Tuna, or any meat in a tin).

I also reached another milestone of sorts - less than 10kg til goal (9.7 to be exact)! One of my friends mentioned that I should start planning my goal reward - such a good idea, but I have no idea what it will be. Not clothes shopping - I have to do that as I go so that my work clothes don't fall down; not jewellery; not food related! So again, any ideas appreciated!

1 last week of training to go - can't wait to get back in to my normal routine!

Goals this week are:

Workout when possible

Keep the bread to a minimum

2 x 500 cal days

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

25% (84.7) - 12/10/15

GWEOctober (83)

30kg (83)

12 week challenge #3 (80)

Under 80

30% (79.1)

35kg (78)

13 week Christmas Challenge (76.7)

Goal (75)

Have a lovely week xx

Next Mini Goal: 30kg - 1.7kg to go!

Non Scale Victories, and 2 very challenging weeks ahead!!

Goal Weight: 75kg

Current Weight: 85.2

Started my journey 01/09/14 - 27.8kg lost

Another decent loss! 800gms! Pretty happy with that, and hoping I can keep it going for a few weeks.

I've just started a 9 day training course for work. This has completely wiped out my lunchtime exercise plans, and is also fully catered - at an Italian restaurant no less! It has also wiped out my incidental exercise, so my steps are suffering big time. I have to keep reminding myself that it's only 2 weeks - not forever. Hopefully it doesn't have too much effect on the scales!

I did another week on 5:2 last week. My first VLC day wasn't awesome, and I probably went a bit over, but Saturday was good, and I think it's definitely contributing to my losses at the moment.

I've had a few NSV's lately too - fitting back in to clothes, successful clothes shopping trips, wearing skirts to work and feeling confident in them. I'm really focusing on the NSV's lately, as they help when the scales aren't moving as fast as I'd like.

Not a long blog tonight, this training course has me exhausted!

Goals this week are:

Workout when possible

Keep the bread to a minimum

2 x 500 cal days

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

25% (84.7)

GWEOctober (83)

30kg (83)

12 week challenge #3 (80)

Under 80

30% (79.1)

35kg (78)

13 week Christmas Challenge (76.7)

Goal (75)

Have a lovely week xx

Next Mini Goal: 25% - 0.5kg to go!