I had every intention of updating more regularly in the last week but once again, no updates between last weeks weigh in and today's weigh in. Unfortunately there is another gain this week - only 400grams but a gain is a gain and it is not a lost!!!
I have been looking at the CSIRO Total Wellbeing diet plan - this is one that my Dr mentioned to me when I told her that I was attempting to reduce my carb intake etc... I have a couple of the books on my watchlist on Trade Me so hope to get one real soon so I can do more reading. But the main thing that puts me off as such is counting of kilojoules but like I said I want to do more reading first! With low carb eating as Lynda, Anne and Jenny (and others are doing) there is no counting of anything!!! And that obviously makes things so much easier!
Lynda as said to me earlier that losing weight shouldn't be a struggle and I agree.... but right now I am struggling. I am definitely eating healthier than I have been over the last couple of years but still got a long way to go.
Am at home with Rachel today, as she was feeling rather miserable this morning and her voice was croaky and her nose was snuffly... think it's just the change of seasons but we decided to stay home to give her a day of rest and keep her warm inside. She has already demolished most of her lunch box despite having her breakfast too! So not sure what she is going to want for lunch - and then after lunch we will pop to the school next door to where we live to go to the Dental nurse. Her apt was supposed to be for 3.15pm today, and Stephan was going to finish early to pick her up from her school and take her to the apt BUT the nurse rung about an hr ago to say that there had been a mix up and could we come earlier or change the day.... so as I was already home with her I said we would go earlier. I haven't been to any of her dental apts yet - Stephan has taken her to all of them so it will be quite cool for me too!
Right, fingers crossed for a better week this coming week....
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Weigh In Day
Craporola! It's been a week since I last updated... the good news is that I managed to loose 800gms this week so I am happy with that after that big gain and then staying the same!
I won't lie though, I am really, really struggling!!! I know deep down I want to be slimer, I want to be healthier, I want to be fitter BUT for the life of me... I am really struggling to acheive these things! None of them are easy and none of them can be done overnight!
Breakfast is ok. Morning tea is ok. Lunch I am loving every day at work (cold meat (chicken or steak or salmon) and coleslaw)... but afternoons and sometimes the evening too are the times I find the hardest! Like I have said in an earlier post, I do not eat nuts at all so they are out as a healthy snack. I eat fruit but it seems to be only the ones high in sugar which obviously spike my sugar levels and then they drop again quickly and I am hungry again.... I am starting to find some old habits sneaking back in - chocolate! Though it's only been this week and AF/TOM is due on Friday but then that's no excuse really.... but that's what I have been telling myself when eating the peppy chew each day :) Had one sausage roll each week for the last 3 weeks - not the best but a lot better than one a day! No V since prior to Christmas... Coke - well I did have 1 can the other day - wasn't sure how I would enjoy it or not - I LOVED it!!! And that I must say really really amazed me! I thought I would have lost the taste for it and ended up throwing it away! But apart from that 1 can, I have been caffiene free for almost 2 months which is a good thing!! But am finding myself having 2/3 cans of Fresh Up Big Fizz (fizzy fresh up basically) a week - love the refreshing taste it has, but at the same time - the sugar and carbs are really high!!!
But I must say the best thing about not eating as much crap as I used to is the money we now have! Not a lot as I spending more at groceries buying chicken etc for my lunches but there is extra there to do family activities with Rachel etc....
Right, better get back to work - this has taken me a lot longer to do that I had anticpated.... will try to update more this week.
I won't lie though, I am really, really struggling!!! I know deep down I want to be slimer, I want to be healthier, I want to be fitter BUT for the life of me... I am really struggling to acheive these things! None of them are easy and none of them can be done overnight!
Breakfast is ok. Morning tea is ok. Lunch I am loving every day at work (cold meat (chicken or steak or salmon) and coleslaw)... but afternoons and sometimes the evening too are the times I find the hardest! Like I have said in an earlier post, I do not eat nuts at all so they are out as a healthy snack. I eat fruit but it seems to be only the ones high in sugar which obviously spike my sugar levels and then they drop again quickly and I am hungry again.... I am starting to find some old habits sneaking back in - chocolate! Though it's only been this week and AF/TOM is due on Friday but then that's no excuse really.... but that's what I have been telling myself when eating the peppy chew each day :) Had one sausage roll each week for the last 3 weeks - not the best but a lot better than one a day! No V since prior to Christmas... Coke - well I did have 1 can the other day - wasn't sure how I would enjoy it or not - I LOVED it!!! And that I must say really really amazed me! I thought I would have lost the taste for it and ended up throwing it away! But apart from that 1 can, I have been caffiene free for almost 2 months which is a good thing!! But am finding myself having 2/3 cans of Fresh Up Big Fizz (fizzy fresh up basically) a week - love the refreshing taste it has, but at the same time - the sugar and carbs are really high!!!
But I must say the best thing about not eating as much crap as I used to is the money we now have! Not a lot as I spending more at groceries buying chicken etc for my lunches but there is extra there to do family activities with Rachel etc....
Right, better get back to work - this has taken me a lot longer to do that I had anticpated.... will try to update more this week.
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Weigh In day...
Given the week that I have had, I was pretty happy to see a "stay the same" on the scales this morning. The first time I got on the scales, it said I had lost 900gms but as that didn't fit right with me, I did to more weigh ins - both of those times said I stayed the same so that is the result that I am going with.
Despite the reading that I am trying to do - I still can't quite quit all wheat/rice/potato/sugar! I am thinking of trying just one at a time and then once I have one under control, will move on. I struggle with the fact that fruit having carbs and the natural sugars as I do enjoy my fruit esp after lunch :)
Though as I said on Facebook this morning - I WILL do this! I WILL lose this weight!! It's just a matter of me finding what's right and what works for my body!
Sorry these updates are short - just struggling to find what to right these days but want to keep this up as I know it is a good source to keep me on track (most of the time)!
Despite the reading that I am trying to do - I still can't quite quit all wheat/rice/potato/sugar! I am thinking of trying just one at a time and then once I have one under control, will move on. I struggle with the fact that fruit having carbs and the natural sugars as I do enjoy my fruit esp after lunch :)
Though as I said on Facebook this morning - I WILL do this! I WILL lose this weight!! It's just a matter of me finding what's right and what works for my body!
Sorry these updates are short - just struggling to find what to right these days but want to keep this up as I know it is a good source to keep me on track (most of the time)!
Sunday, February 19, 2012
Oh dear
we all know what absence from blogging can mean.... yeap you guessed it - been a bit off track in the last few days! Chocolate has snuck in a couple of times (little bits), some chippies, pizza and chips last night, bread rolls for lunch... *sigh* so not expecting a good result this week!
Fark me! I have to loose this weight! Like I have said before, I can totally understand what Lynda says in her blog re the lower carbs and high fat/protein and how it can affect your life re diabetes etc but I just can't get my head around the no potato, rice, bread side of things at all! I thought I would be able to cut them out slowly but I am really struggling!
I know overall I am definitely eating healthier and better than I was prior to Christmas which is a good thing! But it's the carbs I must reduce if I want to lower my chances of getting diabetes and other health issues!
Fark me! I have to loose this weight! Like I have said before, I can totally understand what Lynda says in her blog re the lower carbs and high fat/protein and how it can affect your life re diabetes etc but I just can't get my head around the no potato, rice, bread side of things at all! I thought I would be able to cut them out slowly but I am really struggling!
I know overall I am definitely eating healthier and better than I was prior to Christmas which is a good thing! But it's the carbs I must reduce if I want to lower my chances of getting diabetes and other health issues!
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Weigh in....
For those of you on Facebook, you will already know my result for this week.... a gain of 1.4 kilos! I was initially a bit upset by it, but have gotten over it - it's only one week and next week will be a much better one for me and the scales!!
I think the gain may have been a combination of my very social weekend (over Waitangi weekend) catching up with me plus also when I found out that I had missed out on the Lower Hutt payroll position that I REALLY wanted - I turned to chocolate!!!!!!!!! Not a good thing and something that will change over time.
After reading Lynda's blog this morning, I decided that today I would have a sausage roll for morning tea.... so went for a walk about 10am and the ladies there were really suprised to see me and were really pleased to hear about my weight loss! I ate it, savoured every mouthful, enjoyed it.... but for a LONG time afterwards I had a "yucky" feeling in my mouth! Will see how I feel next pay day, I may get one then... I may not. If it is going to be a "treat" for me while I reduce my carbs etc, then it will be a Payday treat and only on a payday (so once a fortnight)!
I would also like to share what I read on Lynda's blog this morning:
Stop worrying about your present weight and start focusing on what your weight is stopping you from doing.
Can you really imagine yourself healthy? It is not just about weight loss but living a vital, healthy life - being able to run with the kids and participate more.
Having really strong support from people who care.
Be flexible - you don't have to follow a plan to perfection.
This is a lifestyle so if you eat more than you should or something not so good for you then just say OK that was that, now move on. You just carry on when it is a lifestyle, not restart on Monday.
Adapt your eating to your life - we are all different so eat what you think you can stick to, not what a book says you must be eating.
Allow yourself a treat. Plan it and allow it. Don't just say "Oh sometime I'll get something bad" and not really mean it because when you do you'll hate yourself and feel like you've blown your diet. If you consciously eat something you won't feel like you are cheating.
Don't worry if you are only losing small amounts of weight - real life is not like the Biggest Loser. This is not a quick fix.
You need to change your perception of your ability to lose weight and your ability to stick to a plan.
Record the non scale victories - forget the scales and celebrate all the changes you are making and day to day victories you have. If you can, put the scales away for a month or so!
If you are a Mum and have a thousand priorities they said to remember the airplane analogy - you need the oxygen first before you can help others. Remember this - you need to look after you in order to look after others.
So with those facts in mind - I will be continuing this journey and my lifestyle will change for the better and I will get healthier!!!
I think the gain may have been a combination of my very social weekend (over Waitangi weekend) catching up with me plus also when I found out that I had missed out on the Lower Hutt payroll position that I REALLY wanted - I turned to chocolate!!!!!!!!! Not a good thing and something that will change over time.
After reading Lynda's blog this morning, I decided that today I would have a sausage roll for morning tea.... so went for a walk about 10am and the ladies there were really suprised to see me and were really pleased to hear about my weight loss! I ate it, savoured every mouthful, enjoyed it.... but for a LONG time afterwards I had a "yucky" feeling in my mouth! Will see how I feel next pay day, I may get one then... I may not. If it is going to be a "treat" for me while I reduce my carbs etc, then it will be a Payday treat and only on a payday (so once a fortnight)!
I would also like to share what I read on Lynda's blog this morning:
Stop worrying about your present weight and start focusing on what your weight is stopping you from doing.
Can you really imagine yourself healthy? It is not just about weight loss but living a vital, healthy life - being able to run with the kids and participate more.
Having really strong support from people who care.
Be flexible - you don't have to follow a plan to perfection.
This is a lifestyle so if you eat more than you should or something not so good for you then just say OK that was that, now move on. You just carry on when it is a lifestyle, not restart on Monday.
Adapt your eating to your life - we are all different so eat what you think you can stick to, not what a book says you must be eating.
Allow yourself a treat. Plan it and allow it. Don't just say "Oh sometime I'll get something bad" and not really mean it because when you do you'll hate yourself and feel like you've blown your diet. If you consciously eat something you won't feel like you are cheating.
Don't worry if you are only losing small amounts of weight - real life is not like the Biggest Loser. This is not a quick fix.
You need to change your perception of your ability to lose weight and your ability to stick to a plan.
Record the non scale victories - forget the scales and celebrate all the changes you are making and day to day victories you have. If you can, put the scales away for a month or so!
If you are a Mum and have a thousand priorities they said to remember the airplane analogy - you need the oxygen first before you can help others. Remember this - you need to look after you in order to look after others.
So with those facts in mind - I will be continuing this journey and my lifestyle will change for the better and I will get healthier!!!
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Where I am....
Thanks for the comments yesterday and the phone call last night Janine - I am doing ok overall, just going through a wee struggling patch which I believe we all do through when we are changing our eating habits and life styles that we have been used to for such a long time!
As I said, I don't do nuts (at all), I don't do seeds (at all), I don't do scotch/curried eggs (sorry Lynise). Janine and Lynda have both suggested that as I like baking so much that I do some LSA baking etc to make it low carb BUT I find it really hard to adapt/change recipes - I follow them basically to the last letter! I do need to find time (ha bloody ha) to read the low carb recipes on the NZ Low Carb website but until then, I will just keep plodding on slowly I guess.
Time is one thing that I don't have a lot of given that I work full time along with 2 hrs commuting each day, plus of course there is Rachel (and oh Stephan too) and then there is washing, lunches, dishes, housework etc and unfortunately although Stephan can be helpful at times (ie when I give him specific jobs to do), there are other times when it feels like I am doing everything myself! I would love to be able to sit down and read/watch/listen to all the links that Lynda mentions in her blog but fark - where do I find the time?? I would love to be able to have more "me" time, but once again - where do I find the time?? I realise "me" time is important but so is my family, my work (to pay the bills), my friends etc...
Paula - thanks for your comment last night. Are you Paula from Kapiti Coast? It's just that I know a few Paulas :) I am attempting to change my lifestyle and to reduce/cut out all wheat, rice, potato and sugar! If you have a look at Lynda's blog, you will find a lot of fascinating facts about the Paelo lifestyle (eating all natural foods, not processed ones) and how low carb eating can majorly change your health when it comes to diabetes, dementia, heart attacks etc... I can so see what Lynda is saying but I am just struggling to cut it all out from my diet when I have Stephan and Rachel to consider as well. Stephan is not a huge potato eater but does like them as does Rachel... and the other problem is that neither of them eat many vegetables at all which does make it hard to make our meals more vegetable based rather than carb. We do have rice reguarly (and no neither of them will touch cauliflower so can't do the cauliflower rice) - well I am reducing the amount I have but I realise for this to work for me, I need to cut it out but fark it is hard!
6 weeks into this healthy living, the only caffiene I have had is 2 bourbon and cokes and surely the bourbon outweighed the caffiene (ha ha ha)!! So basically 6 weeks caffiene free is fantastic for me given how much coke/V I had been having previously! Also it has been 8 weeks (given that the bakery closed 22nd Dec) since I have had a sausage roll for morning tea but fark I still want one as much as ever!!! The craving for them has not gone at all! I am still catching a different bus in the mornings to avoid going any where near the bakery!
Right, better get back to work!
As I said, I don't do nuts (at all), I don't do seeds (at all), I don't do scotch/curried eggs (sorry Lynise). Janine and Lynda have both suggested that as I like baking so much that I do some LSA baking etc to make it low carb BUT I find it really hard to adapt/change recipes - I follow them basically to the last letter! I do need to find time (ha bloody ha) to read the low carb recipes on the NZ Low Carb website but until then, I will just keep plodding on slowly I guess.
Time is one thing that I don't have a lot of given that I work full time along with 2 hrs commuting each day, plus of course there is Rachel (and oh Stephan too) and then there is washing, lunches, dishes, housework etc and unfortunately although Stephan can be helpful at times (ie when I give him specific jobs to do), there are other times when it feels like I am doing everything myself! I would love to be able to sit down and read/watch/listen to all the links that Lynda mentions in her blog but fark - where do I find the time?? I would love to be able to have more "me" time, but once again - where do I find the time?? I realise "me" time is important but so is my family, my work (to pay the bills), my friends etc...
Paula - thanks for your comment last night. Are you Paula from Kapiti Coast? It's just that I know a few Paulas :) I am attempting to change my lifestyle and to reduce/cut out all wheat, rice, potato and sugar! If you have a look at Lynda's blog, you will find a lot of fascinating facts about the Paelo lifestyle (eating all natural foods, not processed ones) and how low carb eating can majorly change your health when it comes to diabetes, dementia, heart attacks etc... I can so see what Lynda is saying but I am just struggling to cut it all out from my diet when I have Stephan and Rachel to consider as well. Stephan is not a huge potato eater but does like them as does Rachel... and the other problem is that neither of them eat many vegetables at all which does make it hard to make our meals more vegetable based rather than carb. We do have rice reguarly (and no neither of them will touch cauliflower so can't do the cauliflower rice) - well I am reducing the amount I have but I realise for this to work for me, I need to cut it out but fark it is hard!
6 weeks into this healthy living, the only caffiene I have had is 2 bourbon and cokes and surely the bourbon outweighed the caffiene (ha ha ha)!! So basically 6 weeks caffiene free is fantastic for me given how much coke/V I had been having previously! Also it has been 8 weeks (given that the bakery closed 22nd Dec) since I have had a sausage roll for morning tea but fark I still want one as much as ever!!! The craving for them has not gone at all! I am still catching a different bus in the mornings to avoid going any where near the bakery!
Right, better get back to work!
Monday, February 13, 2012
Not doing that well...
Don't seem to be doing all that well at the moment - am struggling to keep on track! Keep kicking myself up the bum but not getting that far! The main thing that is keeping me going is knowing how well I have done so far and knowing that I really want to reach the 5% mark and also I am so close to getting down to the "120's" which I really want to do!
I think my main issue is that obviously Rachel and Stephan both still eat bread, potatoes etc so we have them in the house and I am eating them! I will say though I am not having anywhere near as much as I used to but I still have them... Also just "clicked" that Milk is quite high in carbs (must be all the grass that the cows eat LOL) and I LOVE my milk! Have a big glass each morning :)
I made a yummy scrummy crustless salmon quiche on Saturday and after emailing the recipe to Lynda, it turns out that it is actually quite high in carbs due to the salada biscuits that are in it! Am gutted as I thought it would be ok but like Lynda says it's all those hidden carbs that catch us out!
I do need to venture out more and try new things but am always cautious when doing that, so think I need to get a bit braver and try some things....
Right back to work now - gonna be a busy afternoon!
I think my main issue is that obviously Rachel and Stephan both still eat bread, potatoes etc so we have them in the house and I am eating them! I will say though I am not having anywhere near as much as I used to but I still have them... Also just "clicked" that Milk is quite high in carbs (must be all the grass that the cows eat LOL) and I LOVE my milk! Have a big glass each morning :)
I made a yummy scrummy crustless salmon quiche on Saturday and after emailing the recipe to Lynda, it turns out that it is actually quite high in carbs due to the salada biscuits that are in it! Am gutted as I thought it would be ok but like Lynda says it's all those hidden carbs that catch us out!
I do need to venture out more and try new things but am always cautious when doing that, so think I need to get a bit braver and try some things....
Right back to work now - gonna be a busy afternoon!
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