Starting weight - 132.3 kg
Today's weight - 106.2 kg
Total loss = 26.1 kg
Yay! Have broken the 25 kg mark! Very exciting!
Tomorrow is 3 months since I began my 40 week journey. I will update measurements and add photos. I am also doing the 5 km MS walk with my sister. I didn't feel comfortable registering for the longer run... because I don't run... but maybe next time? You never know.
I could become one of those people who jog for the fun/health benefits, not for 'running late!' reason. Anyway...
I don't feel any thinner this month but I am still wearing my old clothes trying to make them stretch a little longer. Hopefully when I buy new clothes I will be a more accessible size which will of course make a difference to how I feel about me and my changing body.
My arms are really loose and the whole bat wing thing is definitely happening. I start boot camp in two weeks so that will help tighten some of the sag. I've always had large arms though, even in my skinniest days, so I am expecting it.
My stomach has definitely come in... I have started being able to see my toes again when I look down (after I move my boobs out of the way)... happy that they're bigger than my stomach again!
Mmm I think that's it. Have a read tomorrow and see my progress pics...
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Saturday, 31 May 2014
Saturday, 24 May 2014
Week 12 weigh in (2m 2w post op)
Starting weight - 132.3 kg
Today's weight - 107.5 kg
Total loss = 24.8 kg
There's not much to report on. I have been struggling to eat lately. The combination of never really being hungry, never being able to eat much and usually feeling sick afterwards, is making me feel really unmotivated to eat at all. Of course I do eat but have been skipping meals and haven't been too concerned with anything.
For example I've been having either a small cup of fruit or a small amount of porridge for breakfast... haven't been having my morning snack, cant be bothered. Lunch, if I remember to eat, is soup or ham or chicken. Afternoon, if I remember, I have cheese or yoghurt. Then dinner, which I'm never in the mood for, is variations of what my family has. So my protein intake is probably wrong and have been skipping vitamins... whoops.
I was never able to understand how people could simply not eat or didn't feel like eating. There was never ever a time when I had that feeling. Whether I was happy, sad, stressed, bored, anything any situation any feeling, I could eat. Now I am experiencing really not wanting to eat and sometimes physically making myself eat something. I'm hoping it's just a rut phase of the process and not the way it is going to be forever.... although if it is going to stay this way, it would be much easier to keep my weight down, so I guess it's not all bad...
Bit depressing, oh well.
Til next week... stay safe, thanks for reading.
=)
Today's weight - 107.5 kg
Total loss = 24.8 kg
There's not much to report on. I have been struggling to eat lately. The combination of never really being hungry, never being able to eat much and usually feeling sick afterwards, is making me feel really unmotivated to eat at all. Of course I do eat but have been skipping meals and haven't been too concerned with anything.
For example I've been having either a small cup of fruit or a small amount of porridge for breakfast... haven't been having my morning snack, cant be bothered. Lunch, if I remember to eat, is soup or ham or chicken. Afternoon, if I remember, I have cheese or yoghurt. Then dinner, which I'm never in the mood for, is variations of what my family has. So my protein intake is probably wrong and have been skipping vitamins... whoops.
I was never able to understand how people could simply not eat or didn't feel like eating. There was never ever a time when I had that feeling. Whether I was happy, sad, stressed, bored, anything any situation any feeling, I could eat. Now I am experiencing really not wanting to eat and sometimes physically making myself eat something. I'm hoping it's just a rut phase of the process and not the way it is going to be forever.... although if it is going to stay this way, it would be much easier to keep my weight down, so I guess it's not all bad...
Bit depressing, oh well.
Til next week... stay safe, thanks for reading.
=)
Saturday, 17 May 2014
Week 11 Weight (2m 7d post op)
Starting weight - 132.3 kg
Today's weight - 108.0 kg
Total loss = 24.3 kg
Not much to report this week... I started drinking apple juice everyday which was a bad idea... have felt sick everyday this week but can't seem to stop myself from pouring a glass... I just wont buy it again. On a good note the juice has settled a sweet craving and has stopped my icy pole obsession. Now if I replace the apple juice with v8/ veg juice I will be drinking less sweet calories and will feel better.
On a good note - I tried on a dress I have but have never worn before for a black tie wedding coming up... last October I enquired about getting it let out to fit me for another wedding and the alterations lady actually laughed. Well this dress, that was 2-3 sizes too small, now fits and does up all the way. The material bunches above my butt so still need to lose some butt/hip weight for it to look smooth but I can't believe it zipped up. Was very exciting and really showed me how far I've come.
I have also been trying to decide what to do with my good conditioned 'too big for me now' clothes. Admittedly some of my wardrobe has been deemed binable for a long time, but I have quite a lot of new nice clothes that just seems a waste to throw out. So I will be keeping one pair of big pants and one top for comparison along the way and will be donating the rest.
Keep safe everyone.
=)
Today's weight - 108.0 kg
Total loss = 24.3 kg
Not much to report this week... I started drinking apple juice everyday which was a bad idea... have felt sick everyday this week but can't seem to stop myself from pouring a glass... I just wont buy it again. On a good note the juice has settled a sweet craving and has stopped my icy pole obsession. Now if I replace the apple juice with v8/ veg juice I will be drinking less sweet calories and will feel better.
On a good note - I tried on a dress I have but have never worn before for a black tie wedding coming up... last October I enquired about getting it let out to fit me for another wedding and the alterations lady actually laughed. Well this dress, that was 2-3 sizes too small, now fits and does up all the way. The material bunches above my butt so still need to lose some butt/hip weight for it to look smooth but I can't believe it zipped up. Was very exciting and really showed me how far I've come.
I have also been trying to decide what to do with my good conditioned 'too big for me now' clothes. Admittedly some of my wardrobe has been deemed binable for a long time, but I have quite a lot of new nice clothes that just seems a waste to throw out. So I will be keeping one pair of big pants and one top for comparison along the way and will be donating the rest.
Keep safe everyone.
=)
Saturday, 10 May 2014
Week 10 Weight (2 months post op)
Starting weight - 132.3 kg
Today's weight - 110.6 kg
Total loss = 21.7 kg
YAY! My weight finally shifted again. Lost 4.6 kg this week.
Today is 2 months since my surgery! Here is an update on all I can think of...
FOOD
I am officially on complete solids this week. I have been eating most solids already but now I am allowed to! Examples of foods I am eating:
Breakfast - Either 60g of baked beans or 1 scrambled egg or 1/8 cup of porridge with honey ( I make 1/4 cup but never get there). Drink water or diet cordial
Morning tea - Flavoured Chobani fruit yoghurt pouch (sometimes I finish it all some days not so much) or two fruits.
Lunch - usually leftovers from dinner (chicken, pork or beef with veges) or half a small wrap with chicken avocado olives cheese salad. The bread on the wrap is so filling. I've only had two wraps since surgery and both times ended up opening it and eating the inside contents because I felt so full and sick from the bread. Drink water.
Afternoon - Most days I skip afternoon snack but otherwise olives gherkin cheese and sometimes 3 or 4 jatz. Or just an icy pole.
Dinner - meat and veg or salad... every night. Examples bbq chicken and salad, roast pork and baked/steamed veges, my mexican night is chicken mince with taco seasoning, kidney beans, tomato, avocado, lettuce, lime and sometimes sour cream - YUM! Or I make pasta sauce, bolognaise mostly, and give my family pasta while I add a little potato or just eat the bolognaise on it's own. Or pumpkin leek corn chicken omelette... shepherds pie, something like that. Drink water or lemon lime bitters cordial.
I am still loving ice and have icy poles and frozen drinks... sometimes I feel sick and it helps settle my stomach.
Now that I am officially on solids, my restrictions are just to go slow, listen to my stomach and stop before the full feeling. Also to not have liquids while eating but I still have trouble breaking that habit. I usually have a sip or two while eating. My nutritionist said no pasta or bread until six months but that's just me. Usually can have wholegrain breads and wholemeal pasta just not much and not often. Obviously no drinks with bubbles but I can start small amounts of alcohol again if I want, mainly wine or spirits (I don't drink much, or ever, so that's nice to know but doesn't change anything for me).
EXERCISE
I have been exercising...not much admittedly but still I am. I haven't been swimming like I wanted due to laziness, cold mornings and eye infection. I have been doing the cross trainer at home when I can. I don't last long before my daughter comes to get me off or I stop from exhaustion. It has helped my energy levels though and think it may have contributed to my weight loss this week.
VITAMINS
I take my sleeve multivitamin, hair skin nails tablet (when I feel well enough) and birth control everyday. Because my stomach is so small I can only take one tablet at a time and have to wait like half an hour to eat drink or have another one.
I'm not sure what else...
I have started feeling really really cold... I know the weather is changing for winter but I am constantly freezing. Must wear multiple layers.
My energy levels vary. Some days I am really awake and ready for busy busy busy, other days I am zonked by 9.00 am and struggle through the day. Could be that on top of it all I have zero caffeine intake which most people still drink tea and coffee to help. I have nothing but my food water and exercise to jolt me awake. Some days I don't jolt too easily.
The feelings of 'sick' that I keep referring to... it happens two ways, if I haven't eaten yet I start feeling weak and really empty and I know I need something NOW. Because I am not getting hunger signals anymore, if I am busy and get caught up, it is very easy to forget to eat (something I never thought possible! ). So I eat or drink and that feeling goes away.
The other sick feeling happens after I eat... either ate too quickly or too much or if the food is acidic (like pineapple which I love) I start to feel tight in the chest, almost painful, or like the food wants to come back up but never does. Just need to sit or stand still and wait the 10 - 15 mins for it to be over. It isn't every time I eat but at least once a day I get some form of sick feeling for a few minutes... then it goes away and I feel fine. It has gotten better and less frequent the more I have healed.
I don't get back pain or leg pain or puffed out exhausted for little effort anymore. I dance enthusiastically all the time and feel like I could just keep going... has been a long time since I have felt like I don't HAVE TO SIT DOWN RIGHT NOW! Hahaha Something I used to say all the time.
I am still very happy, no regrets whatsoever. My clothes are getting looser and looser, my body is getting smaller and smaller... especially around the waist area... and I feel really good.
=)
Today's weight - 110.6 kg
Total loss = 21.7 kg
YAY! My weight finally shifted again. Lost 4.6 kg this week.
Today is 2 months since my surgery! Here is an update on all I can think of...
FOOD
I am officially on complete solids this week. I have been eating most solids already but now I am allowed to! Examples of foods I am eating:
Breakfast - Either 60g of baked beans or 1 scrambled egg or 1/8 cup of porridge with honey ( I make 1/4 cup but never get there). Drink water or diet cordial
Morning tea - Flavoured Chobani fruit yoghurt pouch (sometimes I finish it all some days not so much) or two fruits.
Lunch - usually leftovers from dinner (chicken, pork or beef with veges) or half a small wrap with chicken avocado olives cheese salad. The bread on the wrap is so filling. I've only had two wraps since surgery and both times ended up opening it and eating the inside contents because I felt so full and sick from the bread. Drink water.
Afternoon - Most days I skip afternoon snack but otherwise olives gherkin cheese and sometimes 3 or 4 jatz. Or just an icy pole.
Dinner - meat and veg or salad... every night. Examples bbq chicken and salad, roast pork and baked/steamed veges, my mexican night is chicken mince with taco seasoning, kidney beans, tomato, avocado, lettuce, lime and sometimes sour cream - YUM! Or I make pasta sauce, bolognaise mostly, and give my family pasta while I add a little potato or just eat the bolognaise on it's own. Or pumpkin leek corn chicken omelette... shepherds pie, something like that. Drink water or lemon lime bitters cordial.
I am still loving ice and have icy poles and frozen drinks... sometimes I feel sick and it helps settle my stomach.
Now that I am officially on solids, my restrictions are just to go slow, listen to my stomach and stop before the full feeling. Also to not have liquids while eating but I still have trouble breaking that habit. I usually have a sip or two while eating. My nutritionist said no pasta or bread until six months but that's just me. Usually can have wholegrain breads and wholemeal pasta just not much and not often. Obviously no drinks with bubbles but I can start small amounts of alcohol again if I want, mainly wine or spirits (I don't drink much, or ever, so that's nice to know but doesn't change anything for me).
EXERCISE
I have been exercising...not much admittedly but still I am. I haven't been swimming like I wanted due to laziness, cold mornings and eye infection. I have been doing the cross trainer at home when I can. I don't last long before my daughter comes to get me off or I stop from exhaustion. It has helped my energy levels though and think it may have contributed to my weight loss this week.
VITAMINS
I take my sleeve multivitamin, hair skin nails tablet (when I feel well enough) and birth control everyday. Because my stomach is so small I can only take one tablet at a time and have to wait like half an hour to eat drink or have another one.
I'm not sure what else...
I have started feeling really really cold... I know the weather is changing for winter but I am constantly freezing. Must wear multiple layers.
My energy levels vary. Some days I am really awake and ready for busy busy busy, other days I am zonked by 9.00 am and struggle through the day. Could be that on top of it all I have zero caffeine intake which most people still drink tea and coffee to help. I have nothing but my food water and exercise to jolt me awake. Some days I don't jolt too easily.
The feelings of 'sick' that I keep referring to... it happens two ways, if I haven't eaten yet I start feeling weak and really empty and I know I need something NOW. Because I am not getting hunger signals anymore, if I am busy and get caught up, it is very easy to forget to eat (something I never thought possible! ). So I eat or drink and that feeling goes away.
The other sick feeling happens after I eat... either ate too quickly or too much or if the food is acidic (like pineapple which I love) I start to feel tight in the chest, almost painful, or like the food wants to come back up but never does. Just need to sit or stand still and wait the 10 - 15 mins for it to be over. It isn't every time I eat but at least once a day I get some form of sick feeling for a few minutes... then it goes away and I feel fine. It has gotten better and less frequent the more I have healed.
I don't get back pain or leg pain or puffed out exhausted for little effort anymore. I dance enthusiastically all the time and feel like I could just keep going... has been a long time since I have felt like I don't HAVE TO SIT DOWN RIGHT NOW! Hahaha Something I used to say all the time.
I am still very happy, no regrets whatsoever. My clothes are getting looser and looser, my body is getting smaller and smaller... especially around the waist area... and I feel really good.
=)
Saturday, 3 May 2014
Week 9 Weight (7w 5d post op)
Starting weight: 132.3 kg
Today's weight: 115.2 kg
Total loss = 17.1 kg
Same as last week. As I said the other day, still happy, stalls and slight gains will happen.
TMI - Finally saw red this morning so hopefully weight will start shifting again after my cycle.
Short post today - enjoy your week!
=)
Today's weight: 115.2 kg
Total loss = 17.1 kg
Same as last week. As I said the other day, still happy, stalls and slight gains will happen.
TMI - Finally saw red this morning so hopefully weight will start shifting again after my cycle.
Short post today - enjoy your week!
=)
Thursday, 1 May 2014
Two Month - Photos and Measurements
Okay so it has been two months since I started my '40 Week' journey. My weight the last couple of weeks has been around the 115 to 116 kg and hasn't gone down. I have been told stalls are very normal and will happen often so I am not upset or anything about that.
My measurements this months show that my body is changing, even if the scales aren't. Please see the exact figures in the table below.
As you can see - a whopping 19 cm has come off my hips/butt region. I am SOOOO happy about that. Please see the photos below showing this month's body shots and some clothes comparisons.
Body shots - please excuse the glasses, woke up with a sty that had swollen my eye shut. To better see comparison over the two months please see the 'Photos' tab on the blog page.
The following photos are comparisons from underwear and clothes I was wearing two months ago to now.
Bit hard to see but white undies compared to black.
Again bit hard, but white bra cup was actually curling in there is so much fabric.
And lastly, black 3/4 jeans compared to pink 3/4 jeans.
Overall - huge differences. Still very big I know, but am so excited and happy with results so far. Can't wait to see what it all looks like next month!!
Thanks for reading and as always, any motivating encouragement is GREATLY APPRECIATED so send me a comment or email! Thank you to those who always do, very nice knowing people are supporting me and my journey!
Until next time.
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