Operation Tiger Day 4

It was nice to have a long weekend but it was also a bit of a sad one for me... ANZAC day is always day to remember the fallen but it also the anniversay of my favourite aunty's death (cancer) and an anniversay of my brother death (decided life wan't worth living - lol)...

Needless to say I emotionally ate over the weekend but the good thing was I also chucked all remaining chocolate in the bin sunday night...

Yesterday was a much better day food wise which is good.... WI on Saturday saw a gain of 700 grams which I expected... I'm ok with that...

Food today is:-
Breakfast - Oats (its cold in Sydney today) 200ml skim milk and half a cup of fruit salad.
Black Coffee
Sugar free Monster

Morning Tea Peppermint Tea (no sugar or milk)
2 mandarins
1 small green pear

Lunch
Salad, tuna, Chop Chop Chicken, multigrain breadroll
200 gram diet fruit salad yoghurt
375ml can coke zero

Snack
apple
Fruities

Dinnner - not sure we are going to the local club for dinner.

I've only had 750mls of water so far today so I better get stuck into it.

I jogged using the Wii fit this morning for 30 mins and will go for an hour walk with my brother before going out...

I'm also thinking of point cycling, like the old wendi plan. I kind of do that now expect I'm using the majority of my exercise points to do it. I tend to eat more when not at work i.e. weekend and then stick to my points during the week. I seem to be on this plateau for way too long and so want to get off and crack that 90 kilo mark.

I get 21 points per day or 147 per week and I do tend to look at things on a weekly basis. I also earn at least 6 exercise points per day and I'm only allowed to save 4 of them or 28 points per week, so that see's me eating 2 extra points per day. As a resul tof this I'm thinking of the following daily points:-

Saturday 23 (including exercise points of 2 25)
Sunday 27 (including exercise points of 2 29)
Monday 19 (including exercise points of 2 21)
Tuesday 18 (including exercise points of 2 23)
Wednesday 22 (including exercise points of 2 24)
Thursday 20 (including exercise points of 2 22)
Friday 18 (including exercise points 2 20)

I'm planning on starting this Saturday, WI day and see how I go for 1 week and then will reassess.

In Terms of Operation Tiger obejctives:-

50 mins of Wii Fit jogging 5 days per week (in the mornings instead of my usual walk) - have done 30 mins today. Will do another 20 mins before I go to bed tonight. Yesterday walked in instead.
60 mins walk with my brother 5-6 days per week - walked 60-90 mins saturday, sunday and monday so far.
Drink at least 2 litres of water per day. done so far
Eat Healthly food and minimise junk food. Working on it...
Sticking to my 21 weight watchers points per day. Haven't done well on this so far this week. Today is a new day.

Operation Tiger day 2

Operation Tiger started yesterday and didn't overall really get off that well....

What went well...

1. I went for a 90 minute walk from Mortdale to Como pub and back via the footbridge.
2. tracked what I ate however I didn't eat enough in the morning so I ate a lot of chocolate in the afternoon.
3. Drank 2 litres of water.

What didn't go well.
See point 2.

WI in me gain 700 grams so now I weigh 91.8 kilos...

Today is day 2 and things are a bit better so far.

1. I went for a 120 minute walk from Mortdale to Como pub and back via the footbridge. Walked around Como whilst over there...

Breakfast
2 Oatbrits, skim milk and fruit salad
500 ml sugar free Monster.

Snack
1 small slice of Low fat date and sultana loaf

I've drunk 1.2 litres of water so far this morning.

Operation Tiger part 1

Tomorrow is WI day and after the week I've had with over eatting chocolate I know that I will have a gain on the scales.. Just don't know how much of one... Its OK if I overeat then I need to be prepared for the consequences.

I'm so sick and tired of not being able to crack the 90 kilo mark and feeling like a hippo. I've been trying to crack under 90 since since October 2009... Enough is enough so I'm going to give myself a challenge and wipe the slate clean.... My challenge will be called Operation Tiger part 1. I still have about 24 kilos to go to get to goal and look like a nice sleek Tiger, so this will be done in parts.

Objectives for Operation Tiger Part 1 are:-

Term of Operation 12 weeks starting 24/04/2010.
50 mins of Wii Fit jogging 5 days per week (in the mornings instead of my usual walk).
60 mins walk with my brother 5-6 days per week.
Drink at least 2 litres of water per day.
Eat Healthly food and minimise junk food.
Sticking to my 21 weight watchers points per day.
Aiming to lose 600 grams per week and be under 85 kilos at the end of Operation period.

Rewards
Under 90 kilos - buy myself some new boots.
Under 85 kilos - acrylic finger nails.

Today's activities

Its a bit hot in the office today and with it being such a nice day I'd rather be anywhere else right now.

I also didn't sleep all that well last night so I only did 30 minutes of jogging on the Wii Fit this morning.

Menu so far today is:-

Breakfast
3 weetbix
200ml of skim milk
125ml of fruit salad.
Black Coffee
500ml sugar free monster.

Snacks -
I forgot to bring some but I do have 2 green apples on my desk from previous days that I haven't eatten yet.

Lunch - I have a farewell to go today and we are going yum cha... Whilst we only eat the steam stuff I hope I don't overeat like normal.

Dinner - nothing planned yet we will how I feel and what time I get home.

I've already drunk a 750ml water, and I'm currently drinking a 500ml mineral water.

I'm also planning on going to Zumba tonight which starts at 6.15 p.m. and will earn me about 8 bonus points.

Weight loss tracker 21/04/2010

I need to be a bit more accountable of what I put into my mounth, so I'm going to try and post it here everyday as well as on the WW site.

Today so far:-
Breakfast -
3 weetbix 2 1/2 points,
1/2 cup skim milk
1/2 point 1/2 cup of tin (in natural juice) fruit salad 1/2 point
Black coffee
750 mls water
500 mls sugar free Monster..

Morning Snacks 2 mandarins = 1 point
200g Diet mixed berry yoghurt - 1 point
Peppermint Tea = 0 points

Lunch
Multigrain bread roll - 2 points
75g Tin of tuna - 1 point
75g Tin of 4 mixed beans 1.5 points
Salad of 1 carrot, 2 mushrooms, lettuce, 1/2 cucumber, 2 sticks of celery, 3 cherry tomatoes, shredded red cabbage and no oil dressing = 0 points.
600 ml Coke Zero

afternoon tea -
2 apples - 2 points
750 ml bottle of water

Dinner
I'm planning on having Tuna Lasagna tonight and that's about 8 points per slice.
Another salad of 1 carrot, 2 mushrooms, lettuce, 1/2 cucumber, 2 sticks of celery, 3 cherry tomatoes, shredded red cabbage and no oil dressing = 0 points.

Total points so far today is 20/21.

I will also walk for 60 mins tonight with my brother and drink another litre of water afterwards.
This morning I got up at 5.30 a.m. and jogged using the Wii game for 50 minutes...

Exercise

Wow I'm about to write 2 posts in 2 days... I can't remember the last time I did that here... LOL....

Last night I decided to that I would get up early today and use the Wii Fit Plus instead of going for my usual 40 minute walk... I think I'm getting a bit bored of my morning walk and need to do a few different things.

I'm please to say that yes I did get up at 5.30 a.m. and I managed to do 52 minutes on the Wii Fit Plus. This was made up of 20 minutes boxing and 32 minutes of jogging (its on the spot for those who haven't used a Wii before). I find it funny that I can jog for 12 minutes at a time on Wii Fit without any problems or feeling too tired but I can't jog for more than a few street blocks on the road.... Interesting... I'm feeling a little bit stiff and sore right now.... Must remember to streatch later.

Yesterday was a good day... I did my exercise and stuck to my points... I even managed to save a few points to go towards covering my already eatten chocolate points...

Heres to another good day today..

Lost my way.....

I seem to have lost my way a bit on my weight loss journey.... My weight has been going up and down the same few kilos over the past few months... Whilst I know that the biggest loser show is not realistic and the weight loss also isn't realistic, I sometime wonder how they can lose such big numbers consistantly and I can't seem to lose 2 weeks in a row.... mmmmm.....

This might actually have something to do with it. I thought I'd post this here and admit that I pigged out on Chocolate during the weekend. I’m not sure why I did it, as I have been so good with no eating a lot of chocolate lately. I can tell you that both occasions happened in the middle of the afternoon.

The good thing is that I have tracked it all and am making myself accountable for it… When I added it to my tracker today it worked out I ate 23 points of chocolate on Saturday and another 20 points on Sunday…I weigh in on Saturday’s so I’m fairly new into my WW week. So far this week I have earnt 18 exercise points, with another 18.5 points to make up so I’m even.

I’m hoping that my posting this here and also making myself accountable for it on my tracker that I will learn from this and move on.

I’m seeing a week full of jogging with the Wii Fit and am also looking at starting to use the Stepper machine at the gym in anticipation of the 1000 steps walk that we might do in Melbourne in May. Steps are so not my thing….

Post Christmas Poem....

Twas the month after Christmas,
and all through the house,
Nothing would fit me,
not even a blouse.

The shortbread I'd nibbled,
the chocolate I'd taste
At the holiday parties had gone to my waist.

When I got on the scales
there arose such a number!
When I walked to the store
(less a walk than a lumber),

I'd remember the marvellous meals I'd prepared;
The gravies and sauces and roasts nicely rared,
The wine and the rum balls, the bread and the cheese
And the way I'd never said, "No thank you, please."

As I dressed myself in my husband's old shirt
And prepared once again to do battle with dirt...
I said to myself, as I only can,
"You can't spend a Summer, disguised as a man!"

So, away with the last of the sour cream dip.
Get rid of the fruit cake, every cracker and chip.
Every last bit of food that I like must be banished
Till all the additional ounces have vanished.

I won't have a biscuit, not even a lick.
I'll want only to chew on a long celery stick.
I won't have hot scones, or shortbread, or pie.
I'll munch on a carrot and quietly cry.

I'm hungry, I'm lonesome, and life is a bore...
But isn't that what January is for?
Unable to giggle, no longer a riot.
Happy New Year to all, and to all a good diet.

Back on the Weight Loss Wagon today!!!!

I'm back on the wagon as of today in many ways.

I'm back:-

1. Walking to work and back (not sure how much longer I can walk to and from work as we are moving next weekend at it will be a 10km walk each way if I do it)... I still think that the walk is doable but my brother and bf think otherwise.... Will see what happens...
2. Tracking...
3. Drinking my water...
4. Whilst I've put on a bit over christmas, not that I have weighed myself but I can feel it, I'm feeling pretty happy about things right now and raring to go...

I'm back on the wagon as of today...

I must be crazy to walk in this weather.....

Well I must be crazy this morning, it's raining in Sydney today. I got up early and went for a walk, mainly because I over ate a bit on the weekend. I was going to go for an hour walk but it ended up only lasting for 40 minutes. I made the mistake of not taking a rain jacket, just an umbrella and with the wind in my area this morning that broke about 1/3 of the way into my walk, so I threw out the umbrella, turned around and walked home... Needless to say I got rather wet and a few strange looks from drives for not having any wet weather gear on...

After having a hot shower at home, getting changed, the rain didn't stop me cause I walked to work as normal. This time a little better prepared. I wore a rain jacket and then had one of those big plastic jacket things that went over me and my backpack. I also managed to bring extra socks etc in case they got really wet, which they have...

I must either be crazy or in the grove to want to be under 85 kilos by christmas. I hate walking in the rain, because it's horrible, windy and no matter what you get a bit wet...

Its a real winters day today and I was so craving porridge but didn't think I had any. I was in luck, one satchel left in my draw at work.

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For the first time in a long time.....

For the first time in a long time I weigh less than my brother. I was having lunch with my brother Paul yesterday and we were discussing how much we weigh and he was telling me he now weighs 97 kilos (mind you he is 5 10 and I'm only 5 5). At WI on saturday I weighed in at 96.6 kilos.... I can't believe that I'm finally lighter than him. Yeah!!!!!!!!!!

Not long till my trip, in fact in 10 days time I'll be packing and heading to the airport to go... I really can't wait. Mind you I still have some work to do with my weight loss goal. I would love to lose 2 more kilos in this time. So lots of tracking, sticking to my points and exercise for me this week. I know that if I stay focused I can do this....

Ok for those who can't remember or don't know, I'm off to London, Milan and the South of England for just over 3 weeks. I leave on my birthday that being 4 September.


My promise to myself today is:-

1. Stick to my weight watchers points 21 today.
2. Drink 2 litres of water today.
3. Use the Wii Sports Active game tonight...

I will update my progress later today...

Results:-

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3.

2 p.m. - So far so good. I did bring my lunch today, which was left overs from dinner last night, however my work colleagues talked me into going our for Thai. The good thing was that I have still stayed within my points. I had some steamed rice and vegetables with oyster sauce. I also drank water.

My promise to myself today is....

My promise to myself today is....

1. I will track what ever goes into my mouth...
2. I will drink 2 litres of water today
3. I will stay within my 21 weight watchers points.
4. I will use the Wii Sports Active exercise game when I get home tonight....

I will update the results as I go today.

Results

1. Yes I have tracked everything that I have eaten today.
2. Yes I have drunk 2 litres of water.
3. I have so far within my points.
4. I am about to do the Wii Sports active game so I will say that is done.

Its amazing what a good night's sleep does....

It is amazing what a good night sleep does for one's mood.

I had the best night's sleep last night and am feeling on top of the world. A big step up from what I've been feeling the past week, thanks to a head cold....

I even used the Wii fit and Wii sports active exercise game this morning. Brad asked me if I was sick or something, as I was up so early and full of energy.

Whilst I do enjoy walking to work and back, its been a bit of a chore lately due to me being sick and I think because its winter. This morning whilst it was a bit chilli, I really enjoyed my walk to work....

Even a work email which involves me doing a lot more work, didn't upset me.

My meal's have been planned for today, now I just have to stick to them.

Struggling at the moment....

Just need to get this off my chest and use the blog for what I originally intended.

I'm finding that I am struggling at the moment and eating a lot of crap this week after dinner. I'm going away in 3 1/2 weeks and if I look back at previous times I've gone away I've stuggled with sticking to the WW program about this time before I go.

Well today I'm determined to be strong. I've even brought cut up veggies to nibble on today instead of WW cookies etc that I keep in my draw at work.

I've done half of my normal walk today (i.e. walking to and from work) and I will be going to the gym at lunch time... I just need a plan of attack for after dinner.

Brad's on afternoon shift this week and doesn't get home till about 11.30 p.m. and whilst it is lovely to have the house to myself, I'm finding that all I want to do is eat. Think I might make some 0 point veggie soup tonight so I can have that instead of biscuits after dinner.

Edit 2.15 p.m:- So far so good today. I've been to the gym at lunch time, did 15 mins on the bike, 15 on the cross trainer, 30 pushups on a bench (or bench presses) and 30 crunches.

I'm also eating better today. The veggies that I brought as snacks has worked a treat... Just need to make better decisions tonight and stick to them.

Seeing Results in my clothes....

I walked to work again this morning and seemed to walk a bit quicker than normal. These days I find that I'm walking to the beat of the song that I listen to on my mobile. When I walk to work I tend to walk in gym gear and bring my suit etc in my back pack.

Well this morning I brough a suit I hadn't worn for about 2 weeks and now I'm finding that the pants are a size too big. They don't fit around the waist and in fact there is at least an inch of fabric that I can scrunch up. Worst part of all is that the pants don't have belt loops, so I can't wear a belt with it. The suit is only about 4 months old, so looks like I'm off to the tailors in the next few days to get them taken in. Hope it doesn't cost too much...

When I started this journey I was wearing size 26/24 tops and 22/20 pants. I'm now wearing 18/20 tops depending on the style and size 16/18 pants depending on the style...

Originally I also started this journey weighing 115.9 kilos in 2008. I restarted my journey on 30/05/2009 at 104.4 kilos and I now weigh 97.4 kilos.. All up I have lost 18.5 kilos....

WI Day again...

Yep that's right WI day again today, boy they do seem to come around quickly these days.

I'm happy with my result this week, I lost another 1.2 kilos and CW of 97.4 kilos. This brings my losses to 7 kilos since I restarted at WW on 30/05/2009. Yeah me... I'm also getting closer to my trip weight of 95 kilos. Only 2.4 kilos to go and 4 weeks to get it...

I'm going out for lunch today with my brother, it was his birthday yesterday and he went out with some friends last night. He wanted a new Ipod and a pink one at that, so guess what I got him a pink one. Hope he likes it....

5% Goal Achieved today - Yeah!!!!!

I can't believe the week as gone again and its Saturday weight in time again. At weight watchers today I lost another 700 grams which also saw me achieve my 5% weight loss. Very happy...... I am now well and truely into double digits with my weight being 98.6 kilos.

Its 5 weeks till I go overseas and with today's loss I have 3.1 Kilos to lose to reach my goal. My MP3 player is now official dead after charging it last week for 12 hours it only let me listen to 1 and a half songs this morning. After reaching my 5% weight loss goal and the fact that I-pods are on sale at the moment, I decided that I just had to buy one. I ended up buying a purple 1pod Nano (8g). Now I just have to download some more songs to fill it up.

My month without chocolate has also finished and looking back at the month, I did see better losses when I stopped eating chocolate. I was probably averaging about 300-400 grams per week before July and during July the averaged between 700-800 grams per week. So I'm going to see if I can do 2 months in a row.

Doing the Happy Dance.....

Yes that's right I've been doing the happy dance since my WI this morning.

Today is a big day in my weight loss journey, I hit double digits and got my 5 kilo book mark today. I lost 800 grams this week to see my CW of 99.3.

(I restarted my weight loss journey on 30/05/2009 after losing 10 kilos in 2008 and then losing the plot)...

I did just miss my 5% goal and goal for July by 100 grams.....

Still doing the happy dance.... I'm so excited to finally be double digits again...

As a reward I bought myself some new shoes, its getting warmer in Sydney at the moment and I found this week I needed to start wearing sandles to work....

My MP3 player seems to have also died this morning, so I might just have to get myself a new one as my next reward.... Which will be for when I reach my holiday target weight... Might even look to see what the price difference is if I get it duty free when I go away compared to the retail price, but then again there is always sales....


Edit 6 p.m. Thanks everyone for your kind comments. Yes I am still walking to and from work and its an 8 km round trip. I walk this 5 days a week. I've also started back at the gym and so far I'm doing 3 x 30 min works outs per week. On saturday's I get up at 6.30 a.m. and go for an hour's walk and then I also walk to and from my weight watchers meeting (30 min walk each way). I also track what I eat and seeing I do so much exercise, about 50-60 points work per week, I've been eating between 15-2o exercise points per week. I've been doing this for a few weeks now and I've been having losses of 700 - 800 grams per week. Can't complain I guess.

Brad took another picture of me today at 99.3 kilos, which is below.




I've also started a weight loss journey picture album on my facebook page, that way I can see my progress photos next to each other and can see how far I have come. Since I started this journey in 2/08 I've lost 16.6 kilos. I've had plenty of ups and downs along the way and lost my way a few times, but I have never really given up. I am a lot healthier, happier and more active now than I have been in a very long time.

Mixed feelings about my weigh in yesterday

I weighed in yesterday and whilst I had a good loss, I also have mixed feelings about the result because I so wanted to get to double digits. I missed double digits just and not happy about it.

I weighted in at 100.1 kilos, missed my goal by 200 grams...... I know that it will happen this week but still not happy I didn't do it yesterday....

Sorry I just need to vent and get it all out of my system... Thinking back at my week and it was a pretty good week. I didn't pig out over the weekend, like I can do. I walked to work and back, I went back to the gym and did a few workouts, I tracked, drank my water and really watched what I ate.... One thing I didn't do was walk home from work on Friday, as it was really cold, I didn't leave the office until 6 p.m. and we were meant to be going to the local club for dinner, so I accepted a lift home from one of my colleagues.... I now keep thinking if only I did walk home I would have got double digits.... I also earn't about 50 exercise points on the weight watchers program last week and only ate about 15 of them, so I'm also thinking I didn't eat enough, compared to the exercise I did.

I spoke with my weight watchers leader about things yesterday and she suggested that if I'm going to earn so many points, then I might need to eat a bit more filling foods (not snack food). I'm going to work on that this week.

This week is going to be an interesting week, my work colleague is on 4 weeks leave so I get to do her job as well as mine (well originally it was one job but they split it to employ both of us and there is enough work for both of us).... PMS/TTOM is due, double digits will be mine, I need to track, stay focused, don't stress and things will fall into place.