Category: Trimming Down

Weight loss update. . .

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Here is a bit of a update on the weight loss front, it’s not going too well *sad face* but I feel better in my clothes and like my diet coach says, slow progress is still progress.
 Turns out there is a reason for my lethargic metabolism…They found fatty deposits in my liver which is slowing down liver function and making it more difficult to lose weight.
I have lots of water retention, even in my face *really! My face of all things* bloating, pain and fatigue so many a blood test and a scan later, it looks like I have fatty liver disease. The doctor recons the damage could come from childhood jaundice – seeing as my cholesterol is quite low and I’m classed as over weight *sobs into a tissue* not obese and it’s not like I drink much. I’m on meds and will be monitored and am eager for a clean bill of health 🙂 But anyways, fast weight loss isn’t suggested with fatty liver as it can make things worse , but weight loss and a healthy lifestyle is recommended…so this slow and steady pace is actually a good thing you see……
So what if I it will take me longer to reach my goal, I’m up for the challenge. (I say this after just last week I got my diagnosis and had a bit of a binge thinking , well I’m not losing anyway *feeling sorry for myself*) But that feeling sorry for yourself thing is sooo last year, besides I have so many inspirational people in my life it would be an insult to them if I wasn’t positive.
Also I had wanted to be back in shorts by December and that is very doable (I never said what size shorts, mind you, hehehe)

HAVE A GREAT DAY ALL! wish me luck

Uhm so I gym these days…

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So I’m amping up my exercise and have joined a gym J maybe it’s to ease my guilt about gobbling up random snacks (like containers of French macaroons, I’m one of those annoying calorie counting types and at 100cals a EACH that is not good calorie budgeting AT ALL!) or maybe it’s because the weigh ins have shown that I’m  not loosing much on this diet program and I’d like to weigh less please (yes muscle weighs more than fat, but muscles don’t jiggle, lol). Whatever the reason I’ve joined the gym and so far so good! I haven’t chickened out!!! Could be that there are all these uber fit people around making me feel self conscious about using the machines as lounge chairs. I’m proud to say that it’s going well and I have every intention of sticking this out J YEAH ME!!!
*disclaimer: I’m by no means a gym bunny more a “oooh what does this machine do, lets try it out for 10-15 minutes bunny” J hold thumbs that I do well with this gyming thing guys , I hate wasting money though so chances are I will stick it out based on membership fees alone 😉
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Lets try this fitness thing again ;)

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So as most of you know (I sure have been moaning about it enough) I am not exactly happy with my current size, two pregnancies 6 months apart would do that to you…I’m round and it’s not a good look on my 153cm frame….But you will be happy to know that I will stop b%*ching about it and actually do something !!! I have joined a 12 week weigh loss challenge and started exercising again GO ME!!! I don’t expect to come out of this looking like a stick thin bikini model , but have this dream of being able to play on the beach with Aidan this December without being self-conscious and also being able to keep up with the busy body without needing a nap every few seconds…
I have made some diet changes…like I don’t inhale a slab of chocolate and chase it with biscuits anymore and the meal plan and weekly meetings seem to be keeping me motivated. We had our second weigh in yesterday and I have already started losing [good as I’m broke and if you gain weight you pay a “fine” which is given to the biggest loser at the end of the challenge] My friend Robyn and I have been exercising in the mornings for a while now but today we amped things up with a 3kg fast walk down a particularly “strenuous” stretch of road, OKAYYY she fast walked I trudged on behind wondering when I got THIS unfit, what I did to make Robyn HATE ME and suggest this TORTURE, how is this giving me a butt cramp, would she notice if I got into a cab, is that metallic/blood taste in my mouth just my imagination…you know the norm
But hey  I did it and it wasn’t an easy walk in the park either it was this large stretch of road that winds up and down at quite an incline….
I’m feeling super motivated though and we will be trying again tomorrow and Friday I go back to the squash courts with Rob…so we can have some US TIME and get fit at the same time WIN/WIN
WATCH THIS SPACE J [I wasn’t going to say anything about this on the blog, so no one could really “track my journey” but then I thought announcing it on the blog should give me extra motivation because if I do quit you guys can all name and shame, hehehe]