Week Two - Christmas Week

I actually lost this week! I lost 300 grams this week and I think this is pretty good considering that it wasn't a great eating week - or so I thought.  But, as Mum keeps saying to me, my 'blow outs' aren't as big as they used to be - which is true, I just can't see it.  It's like when I was at my heaviest, I could not see how big I was getting or how the clothes I wore were getting too tight on me, I just could not see it.  I guess it's because it's literally happening right in front of my eyes - you really see change in things that are close to you.  This is where hinesight is great I guess.  You can compare what you are doing know with what you used to do.  The weird thing is though, it's like I've blocked out this time last year and the years before where I was shovelling the food into my mouth and not eating correctly.
I've lost a lot of motivation over the past couple of months as well.  I've lost 25 this year and I'm at a weight that I've never been at before.  I'm also continuing to loose weight and go into a new 'weight zone' which is scary.  I don't know what it's going to be like and it's weird, because it's almost like I don't want to know what it's going to be like. I really don't want to go back to where I was at the start of the year and this sunday will be a start of a new year.  I spoke to my leader at Weight Watchers this evening (thanks Rebekah!!!) and it was really good just to talk to someone who understood where I am.  So I'm going to try out some of the ideas that Rebekah gave me tonight and see how they go.
Anyway, hope this all made sense, I ended up ramballing a bit.  Just have to get through New Years now.
I'll see you in the new years!

Sophie

Week One

This week was an interesting week.  I started off really well, and then things went downhill with my eating.  BUT, I have been walking quite a bit this week, going on hour long walks with Mum throughout the week and today I walked from Porirua to Tawa (which is just under 5km!!!!) in just over an hour.  This is pretty darn good for me.  This time last year I wouldn't have even wanted to walk that just on pure laziness! But things have changed thank goodness.  So, all in all, I lost 900 grams this week and I am SUPER proud.  I honestly thought I wouldn't lose anything, but I did.  And it's a pretty good loss too.

So now it's Christmas, and my challenge this week is to either maintain or lose, I AM NOT PUTTING ON WEIGHT THIS WEEK!!!

Have a Merry Christmas everybody!!!

A Fresh Start

I have started again.  I am now into 'Phase 2' of my weight loss.  As of Wednesday the 14th I haven't lost any weight.  I have a new tracker and a new booklet and my lovely leader at Weight Watchers has ruled off on my card and I'm starting again.

Now you're probably wondering why I'm doing this.  It's simple.  I'm in a rut.  I'm in a routine that I can't be bothered doing anymore to be quite honest.  I've been on WW since February and I have lost all the weight that I put on over a couple of years so in my head, I'm back to the beginning.  The great thing is, that we have been introduced to a new program on WW where you can drop 3 points in your daily allowance and have 2 days a week where you only eat filling and healthy foods.

So with this new program in mind and a fresh start, I am embarking on a new weight loss journey where I am going to up my exercise and focus on listening to my hunger signals and watch what food my hand is grabbing and putting into my mouth whenever it likes. 

Oh and after reading a story in the WW mag, where someone lost 20kgs in 22 weeks, I have decided to lose the rest of my weight in 27 weeks.

Until next week!

Sophie

Not so Good...

So this week I put on 700grams... and it ain't a catch up from the week before... I went quite off track this past week but so far this week I'm back on :D

I'm finding it quite hard at the moment and I haven't really known why.  I've been wanting to eat everything and anything that is put in front of me even though I know that I don't actually want it or need it.  It's awful!  So I was thinking about it the other evening and suddenly thought, I've come to accept myself as the 'big girl' and this is who I see myself as.  With me loosing all this weight, I won't be the 'big girl' anymore.  Part of me is jumping up and down with joy but the other part is terrified.  I am actually scared of me becoming skinny!  Weird huh?  But with the Christmas season now upon us, I want to continue to loose weight or stay the same, so I'm just going to have to set my mind to tracking and eating correctly.  That's the only way I'm going to get through.

Enjoy your week!

Sophie

A Surprising Week

I had a lovely week this week, except for my eating that is.  But just to prove that I'm changing, I still lost 400grams this week!  I was so shocked to see that I had lost weight.  I was expecting a full on gain but nope, I lost. 

Christmas is coming around the corner pretty quickly, which is VERY exciting!  I'm a little kid when it comes to Christmas, the challenge this year though, will be to eat things in moderation.  I came to realise this week that throwing the rules out the window once in a while is healthy for you.  As long as you get right back on track the next day.  Otherwise, you become ruled by what you can and cannot eat and then all the hard work that you've put in over the past year comes crashing down around you.

This year has been the best year of my life.  I've gained a new me and I am now healthier then ever.  I am no longer fat, and I'm getting skinner each week - not that that's the main focus though, just an incredibly good perk.

Have a good week!

Until next time

Sophie

Thank Goodness

25 Kilos.  That is all I can say.  Oh and also I was trying on size 12s yesterday.  I feel good.

Baggy Clothes

So it's been a while since I wrote something... Sorry :)  But I'm still doing well :D  So far I have lost 24.9 kilos! Only 100 more grams to go until its 25 so fingers crossed its this week.

Recently I've been noticing a huge difference in my clothes.  Clothes that used to hug me last year - and I'm not talking nicely hugging, I'm talking an almost squeezing  me to death hugs - are now hanging off me :D :D :D It's FANTASTIC!!!!  After my exams are over and before I go away, I am going clothes shopping for SMALLER clothing.  Emphasis on the smaller people!!!

Anyway, enjoy the sunshine!

Sophie

Week 30 something...

I am in week 30 something.  I've screwed up the counting on here but I'll work it out later. Anyway, this week was good as I didn't gain anything!  But, I didn't lose either.  I don't really mind though as I was worried that I was going to put something on but thank goodness I didn't.  I have a goal set to lose 25 kilos before my birthday and I have one week until the meeting before my birthday.  So my focus this week is to keep that in mind and focus on loosing 700 grams this week! It's totally possible I know it!

So if you see me this week, help me keep on focus and on track by reminding me of this goal so I can make the best decision for me.

Until next time, hopefully I'm 700grams lighter ;)

Sophie

Week 39 (I can't count)

I lost another 400 grams this week. I'm super happy. This means that I am now overweight rather than obese, YAY!!! This is a huge thing for me as not only does it mean that I have lowered my chance for health problems later in life but it is such a mental block gone as well. I am now 700 grams away from loosing 25 kilos and I have 21.6 kilos left to lose before I get to goal weight. I'm loving this journey that I'm going on. It's one that I know will be an ongoing thing throughout my life but it is totally worth it. Until next week, Sophie

Week 37

I'm so sorry about the late post!

I did have a good week in this past week loosing 900 grams , which was fantastic!  Not sure how this week is going to go but I can't tell until wednesday!

Hope your week is going well!

Enjoy the rugby tonight!

GO ALL BLACKS!!!!!

Sophie

Mwah ha ha! Week 36!

Mwah ha ha!!!

I lost 2kgs this week.  2KGS!!!!!!!!!! I am so stoked! And super proud of myself.  I have worked so hard this past week to keep on track and not to eat stuff that I know won't help.  This week I'm going to try and  do the same as I did last week.  I know I probably won't lose as much but as long as I lose, that's the main thing.

For me, doing Weight Watchers doesn't help me to get skinnier, that's just a perk of creating a new and healthy lifestyle for me.  The choices I am making concerning what I eat, have changed considerably since when I started WW.  All for the better of course.  This is the best thing that I have ever done for myself, in my whole life.  And I am proud to say that I am doing Weight Watchers because it is changing my life for the better.

Have a great week!

Sophie

Week 36 and not a lot of fun...

Before you read on I would like to point out that this week in the world of eating, nothing seemed to go quite right.  It was a terrible, terrible week.  And boy oh boy did the scales reflect this.  Expecting a gain this week, I was not surprised to see that I had put on 1.3 kilos in one week.  Oh. Dear.  But, it is a new week.  And I am determined to keep loosing weight.  I hope this works...

I was thinking about what to put in this blog over the past week and I thought I might share what led me to joining Weight Watchers.  I was incredibly over weight and after struggling al my life with it, it was finally time to do something about it.  I was in a good place, I had sorted some stuff out that I needed to sort out before I tried to loose weight the healthy way.  Mum suggested it in the summer holidays and that was that.  I joined up in the first week of school and I haven't looked back since.

But I didn't realize how hard it was going to get.  It is extremely hard to loose weight at the moment, but I am going to do it.  So, if you see me sneaking some sort of food item that may reflect badly on the scales next week, I give you full permission to whack it out of my hand and remind me about what I am working towards.  Please. 

Oh and it's nice to know that I'm not the only one struggling :)

http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/celebrities/5701118/Mariah-Carey-desperate-for-cake

Have a good week, 

Sophie

Week 35

Week 35 and 22.6 kilos lost.  I think thats pretty decent don't you?

If you don't know I have been doing Weight Watchers for the past 35 weeks and what fun it has been!  Don't get me wrong there have been times that I have been ready to give up but I'm so SO glad that I have pushed through.  I still have a while to go until I get to goal but I'm ready for the next part of this journey.

Last night was my weekly weigh in and I reached a really important milestone for me.  I got below a weight that I have always stopped at if I try and lose weight.  And I had made a promise to myself, that if and when I reached that goal I would start a blog so that my friends and family and anyone really, could read about my journey and know what is happening with me.  My goal is to blog each week to let you know what happened at weigh in and how my week has been.  I'm pretty rubbish at things like this but this is important to me so hopefully it sticks.

So stay tuned for the rest of the journey of me and my weight loss.

Sophie