April 23, 2013

• weight loss

  When i went to visit my mum in hospital one day, i thought I’d jump on their scales to work out exactly how heavy I’d become.

  I nearly died when it said “86.7kgs”.

  I don’t know how all this weight keeps creeping up on me but it does. I can tell you, at that moment- I almost felt like hyperventilating. Stressed with the recent weight gain (seriously this time last year I was 78kgs)… I thought it was TIME that I did something about the weight gain and do something healthy about it.

  Obviously as many of you know, I ended up signing up to the Michelle Bridges 12 week body transformation. The program doesn’t actually start until the 13th of May and when I signed up it was only in the “preseason” stage.

  One of the challenges was to drink more water which I’ve blogged plenty about. Obviously I’m not an avid water drinker, give me a bottle of coke anyday. In the beginning to drink 3L of water from 8.30am -5pm was the hardest task possible. Initially I started drinking a cup every half an hour but I’d forget because i wasn’t setting an alarm at all and wasn’t achieving what i wanted to achieve so I was extremely disappointed. I was so preoccupied on trying to drink so much water that I forgot about coke altogether. For those who don’t know- I have a terrible – actually awful coca-cola addiction. I usually have a can with my breakfast and another bottle for lunch.

  Then I remember in the first week, I did attempt to drink a bottle of coke, not only didn’t I finish it, I felt extremely guilty. By lunchtime, I had already drank 1.5L of water and was so water bloated that the thought of drinking a further 600ml of coke just made me feel sick.

  Then I went out and brought 2 Michelle Bridges Cookbook- I know how to eat, I know what taste good BUT we all know I don’t know how to cook, I know how to pay OTHERS to cook for me. It was a new experience to go to the supermarket on a weekly basis buying fresh fruit, vegetables and meat. I’ve also learnt to menu plan myself and work out my meals for the week (or a rough guide). It’s safe to say- I’m very good at making stir frys because they’re the easiest- everything else… well not so much.

  Now I have healthy breakfast, lunches and dinners…and trying to stick to the 1200 calorie mantra. Some might think it’s terribly hard to do this. I thought so too in the beginning because I eat a LOT however ever since I started drinking 3L of water, I noticed that my portions gradually became smaller. For example, I had a large (rice bowl equivalent) of muesli with my yoghurt and a banana in the morning, I filled the bowl to the top.. and 3 weeks on, I only eat half of the muesli I used to pour for myself. If the water consumption wasn’t part of it, I can assure you I’d be snacking on stuff I know I shouldn’t be eating.

  In saying that, it doesn’t mean I haven’t fallen off the bandwagon… I have a few times (here and there), but it’s what I’ve done afterwards matters. I feel guilty as hell, but I just continue to eat healthy for the next meal and keep going with it (until I fall off again) but don’t stop. I know too many people who do 1 bad thing and then just give up. I don’t give up. I keep going.

  So when I jumped on the scales to check out my weight

  

   

  You should have seen how surprised I was… and I’m continually being surprised on a daily basis.

  Today I now weigh 81.5kgs.

   

  Yes, I do wish that i was at my old weight of 58kgs. But I don’t hate myself because I’m not. I’m glad that the weight is slowly dropping. And no, I’m not unrealistic, by no means am I trying to achieve a 30+kg drop. If I get to 75kgs by the end of the 12wbt challenge. I’d be extremely happy.

  I think setting realistic goals and keeping at it is the only way that will encourage me to keep eating and drinking well..

   

   

  It’s a very exciting thing to know that weight is dropping off, I’m hydrating my body like I should and I’m eating better. I can honestly say- I feel 100% better too. I sleep better, I don’t feel as tired.

   

   

   

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