update - 49kg/112lb lost horay!

Meep meep!

Time for my update again! Things are going great! ive lost 49kg/112lb (at a guess).

Have been back at work and therefore very busy!

Ive been doing more cycling lately and less weights.
Weights burn less calories, cycling more. Though i still go to the gym and maintain what I have.
Ive had to buy more clothes than ever before because they just dont fit. there is only so far you can wear REALLY baggy clothes for lol.
I have lots of friends in lots of sizes and we're doing great clothes swaps which helps. As i grow out of clothes i give them to the larger friends and as i grow into sizes friends give me their old clothes from when they used to be smaller or bigger or whatever. And ive had to buy new underwear and a few other things.

I have 2 weddings to go to in the next couple weeks, currently my hair is pink and yellow, im guessing i should probably go natural ... or blonde again (like the pic on my profile).

Not to sure what I'll do yet anyway, ill see and post pics :)

Its been a while since i posted .. update

Okay well sorry its been a while
I actually started a proper website to get the basics into, its here at http://weight-loss.co.nz

Ive now lost 47kg/104lb and still going strong. Its been 6 1/2 months so im doing great!

Heres some before/during - this was at 44kg lost

The Book

Well I have this large flap of skin now left on my tummy - its huge.
Its gross and it hangs down like 10-15cm .

Its a bad side effect of weight loss and it will never disappear without surgery. Surgery will cost me about 10 grand. So ive decided to write a book on weight loss, both factual and my personal experience.

Once ive done that Ill sell it on Trademe repeatedly until i make enough money to cover the cost of the operation.
By the time I get to my goal weight I will be about 70-80kg lighter than i started. Thats a serious weight loss.

Anyway thats my idea - might take some time lol.

Bike the Lake

Well ive been going to the gym less and less now.
Just cycling to work and back, then the weekend before last i went in a Bike The Lake ride.
I did the 42km 1 lap challenge and came 272nd out of 500 odd in my field. It took me 1 hour 44mins.

Pics are here

Cycling Race!

Well i took the plunge and entered myself into a cycling race. Im only doing the beginners version which is 1 lap 42km around Lake Rotorua.
Its a BikeTheLake thing thats done every year. If i go ok with that Ill enter a 100km race from Rotorua to Taupo.

Sucess!

Here is a comparison photo from a year ago at a BBQ and one taken today. I measured to make sure they were the same size (ie head size from top to bottom etc)

getting back into exercise

Well im back into the sway of things, just updated one of my original posts about calories in vs calories out etc.

Ribs are good, hand is good. they still give me a bit of ass but motly i have sore muscles from getting back into exercise.

The Accident

Dear Diary and perverted watchers,

Crap day today ... i survived but ended up at the hospital for several hours.
I finally got my husbands push bike off him and adjusted the brakes. I thought i would bike to the shops with miss 10yo and teach her road rules at the same time.
I showed her how to signal and to ride close to the curb. I explained you go around a parked car and signal. We start off fine. First parked car we get to i see her signal great and so i looked back to check for cars. No cars .. look back and my daughter has stopped right in front of me. I jammed on the brakes, which i had finely tuned only moments before and the bike stopped on a dime. The suspension bounced down and i promptly went over the handle bars.
I dont recall much except GREAT pain in the ribs as the handlebars gouged me and then rolling off the road. I recall seeing my daughter, telling her to get the bikes and herself to get off the road. And I recall seeing a red head lady about 100 mtrs down the road getting in her car and looking to see what the almighty roar was.
Next thing i recall was everything spinning and then stopping and i opened my eyes and the red head and some other lady asking me my address. I told her, then did a mental check that everything was intact, Stood up and walked back home with my daughter (after thanking everyone) and husband then took me to hosp.
Diagnosis was probable cracked ribs, Very badly bruised right side breast/rib area, Torn ligamints in right hand (im typing one handed with left atm), and mild concusion.
Apparently i hit my head thats why i passed out. I dont recall but the helmet has cracks so maybe thats true

Anyway i will be sore for a few days but not quitting anything. Ill use exercycle to stay fit and get it in, So long a breathing isnt an issue with the ribs.

Birthday - Halfway mark - great website!

Well Yesterday was my birthday and i turned 33. It was a great day, It must be the first birthday ive had no cake - but i wasnt overly fussed on it.
I had lemon merangue instead which was AWESOME!
I missed going to the gym because i got to busy but i more than made it up today with weights and also cycling to work.

Another noteworthy thing, I hit exactly halfway to my goal weight so ive lost 27.5kg and have 27.5kg to go! :D

And my final say was I found this fantastic website with lots of exercises including silly animated gifs showing you how to do stuff :D

The Story so far ...

Well at this point in time im down to 118.5kgs/260lb round about.
My birthday is next week (7th September).
I think its only just starting to hit home how much weight ive lost.

4 of my friends have been inspired by my weight loss and are also on a quest of their own. The info on this site has been helpful so im told.

I talk daily on a weight loss forum
with like minded people who never say anything nasty.

Anyway everything is going great, one day i might even hope to see all the muscle that is now developed under the flab lol.

I have no fat rolls any more, its just smooth sculpted fat :D

Stupid people at the gym

I posted this on http://weight-loss.fitness.com originally but here it is for all to see :)

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Okay since its friday night and im bored shitless im gonna have a rant. This rant is not directed at anyone here on the forums - please do not take it that way (just letting off steam)

WHY do people pay tons of money to go to the gym, they get up at 5am to go in early before work and then just sit there half heartedly doing exercise whilst reading. I mean HELLO! if you arnt breaking a sweat then chances are your eyes are doing more of a workout whilst reading than anything else!
Im a reader - an avid reader. I speed read and can easily read a 300 page book in an hour (20 minutes at my best). If i cant read I go insane so i know what its like to want to read a book and exercise. Ive tried it myself! but it is IMPOSSIBLE to do a PROPER workout and read a book.
And as for that fat chick i see every morning who reads and exercises, why on earth do you waste your time?! She turns the treadmill on and is barely even moving (I shit you not .. its not even a decent walking pace) and does that for 5 minutes before moving to a laying back exercycle for another 5 minutes, then the rowing machine for another 2 minutes maybe all the while sighing loudly and looking determinedly bored and trying to read her book.
I do wonder if she has noticed that whilst she looks the same, ive gone from being HEAPS bigger than her down to a smaller size than her.
And there is this skinny chick, sure she has an ok body - but she is SOOO not toned. everything is just flat, straight. Looks kinda like a popcicle stick. And yet she goes to the gym every morning and again does a half hearted useing the stepper (whilst reading), and then reclined exercycle (reading a book), then some other cardio stuff. Never thinking once that perhaps they might go down to the weights section and actually give their muscles a real workout - or even crank the level up off the lowest.

ok now i have that off my chest, im tired and grumpy and probably shouldnt be posting to forums right now lol.
I take back anything nasty i might have implied! and huges to all *hugs*

Its the small things that matter

Okay so Ive lost almost 20kg now (guestimated because i couldnt weigh myself for the first couple of weeks i was doing this).
Now Im really noticing things, so i thought I would share a few things Ive noticed and appretiated about weight loss :)

1. I can now hop into a full bath without overflowing it
2. The towel fits ALL the way around me now with no big gaps!
3. I can fit through stupidly small turnstiles at the gym and supermarket :D
4. I can fit into public toilets without having to have one asscheek up on the tampon/pad bin thing
5. I can get INTO public toilets (those doors swing waaaay to close to the toilets).
6. People can fit past me in the hallway, shopping isles, etc
7. I have to pull my chair in at the table now before my stomach touches!
8. I can fit on the couch seat without falling into the next persons 'space'
9. I look like one of those hip and trendy kids with my baggy clothes :D
10. My husband gives me more cuddles!
11. When my husband cuddles me, we are face to face (instead of him bending over my monstrous stomach!)
12. I can play with my kids for longer without getting tired (they love this!)

I will add more to this at a later date perhaps - its time for bed. I have to get up at 5.30am tomorrow morning for the gym :/

New workout

Well last night i went in for my 6 week review at 4 weeks. Im just bored with the workout im doing and its become waaaay to easy. Ive been upping the weights to make it a little harder.
Conclusion was that the lady showing me around ended up using lighter weights to example than i was using because i was apparently a shitload stronger than most females.
Shes had to put me on an advanced workout and said to let me know how it goes.

I guess that explains why im lifting heavier weights than some of the guys eh :/
I dont think its because of the working out so much as ive always been fairly strong without actually doing anything.

Anyway Ive decided to start next week on the new workout.

weight loss - I SEE RESULTS!

Well! its official! the stats are in!
According to fitday ive lost an average of 2.2kg per week for the last fortnight. I havnt been logging my weight for a month yet so if i do it over a month it goes down to 1.7kg per week - which is STILL far above my goal of 1.56 !
At this rate I should be down to 90kg in 17 weeks (long before xmas which was my goal!).

Im just so darned happy!!!! :D:D:D:D!!!

I started!

well i started the diet - 2 weeks ago sunday (its friday today so ALMOST 2 weeks ago).
I have an exercycle i do 30 minutes in the morning, then i do another 30-60 later in the day or in the arvo. I have a gym membership and do muscle work every second day to bring on muscles which in turn will burn fat. I have to take protein shakes in the morning to help with that (they taste FOUL!) .

Im feeling 500% better, the leg i hurt about 3-4 weeeks ago in an accident is totally healed. My pants i bought only a couple months ago are now loose! ITS GREAT!

Ive discovered the secret of weight loss! There is no secret! Its all math! Calories in VS calories out! Thats it! Ill do another post with more information so you can work out the math.

Gah cold!

So i Organized with RKD to loose weight together. Perhaps make a competetition out of it. So Xmas or New Years is the goal. By this time hopefully both of us will be a ton lighter (literally!). And perhaps a tad healthier.

So I went to bed lat night all rearing to go, got the bike all ready to ride, food etc. I woke up with a fucking cold. How rude is that! :O
So I guess Ill just have to go easy for the first few days :/

I was debating seeing if RKD wants to put some $ on the game so winner makes some money. We can invite other people and have a bunch of us. Maybe everyone can put in $100 ? just an idea anyway. Motivation is a great thing :D

Kidneys

So my brother has kidney disease and his kidney failing.
Everyone in the family has argued over who is and isnt going to donate a kidney, i thought about it but figured being overweight i wasnt the best choice. Having 4 children depending on me didnt really help.

So Ive sat back and let everyone argue over it and fight and bitch and i think in the end result only my dad whom i dont talk to actually offered and got tested (he had to many arteries or something so wasnt able to donate).

So now that its down to either me or my little sister who lives in switzerland and got her own health problems. Anyway my brother came over the other day and said he wanted to talk to me. I kinda knew what it was about and wanted to talk to him anyway about it. He gave me a bunch of details and facts about it, most i knew already.
Anyway I told him how i felt about it, and the weight problem etc. He said that if that was a problem he would do anything he could to help me get my weight down so i could go through with it.

Long story short, I said I was happy to donate so long as my health was a lot better and i was slimmer. Today i rang up docters and nurses and more doctors and renal transplant co-ordinators etc. The blood letting has begun, next its the tissue typing.

If all that matches then its a go-er.

Heres hopeing :)