Back in Weightloss Mode!!

What a year!!

Since my last post a lot has happened. 25th May 2006 I lost a little baby boy in the second trimester of pregnancy. Before that I thought I knew what heartache was, but boy was I wrong. I got down to 158.8kg then and my weight slowly gained once more. I always knew I was an emotional eater.

1 September 2006 I was married. Yes, it was a Friday but I wanted to get married on the first day of spring and I didnt want to wait another year for a traditional Saturday wedding. I am not a traditional type anyway. I weighed 171.9kg on my wedding day!!

When I got married I was just pregnant, and I mean just!! So my weight slowly went up. By the 13th wk of pregnancy I had a major bleed which I was later told I had miscarried a twin. But I remained pregnant and am now holding my bouncing baby boy.

Cameron was born on the 29th May 2007 weighing 4.64kg, 53.5cm long and a 39.5cm head. He was 12 days overdue as the doctors wanted to wait and try for a normal delivery as it would be much safer then another C Section. But it wasnt to be. I was booked in for another C Section when I was a week overdue. They actually wanted it to be on the 25th, but I broke down when and told them it was the anniversary of my baby boy Sams birth/death. So it had to be on the 29th, a year to the day I had to spread little Sams ashes. Quite an emotional time for all our family.

When I was 7 days overdue I weighed in at 199.7kg, then ballooned more over the next 2 weeks with the evidence of pre eclampsia once again. As much as I loved having babies grow inside me I knew this would be the last time my body could handle this while I was so morbidly obese.

But now its 15 days since Cameron was born and I have lost a few kilos and plan on going back to Weight Watchers as soon as I can move around a bit more. I had probs with the epidural last time and this time was no different. Still have what they call a Dura Headache, a headache that comes when I sit or stand and goes away when I lay down. All thanks to the epidural, which didnt work and had me crying in pain during the C Section. But this time I developed a lovely little problem (NOT!!) which creates great pain in your pelvis and now I cant walk unaided. The doctors assure me that this will get better over the coming months, but caring for a 28month old and a 2 week old while not being able to walk unaided is quite difficult. I am so grateful for my husband who is a tremendous help.

I need to take some time and meal plan and organise myself so that I actually eat at least 3 times a day and not once or twice like it has been in the last few weeks. I need to concentrate on my water consumption as well.

How is everyone else doing???

A lot has changed!!

Well its been a while, but here I am again.

As of last weigh in I was 161.4kg. Still a huge number but I am a hell of a lot smaller now compared to this time last year. This time last year I was in a motel for just over a month eating out every night and having a chocolate bar everyday. I was drinking a huge amount of milk too and it was mainly full cream as it was the cheapest. I had a new born baby and was doing very little exercise. I was recovering from a very bad C section and had no feeling in my right thigh (it has improved, but still not good).

So a lot has changed over the last year.

Since I joined WW in May last year I have lost 31.3kg and 43.6kg since I saw Bobby Ballantyne on TV last April. Bobby if you are out there, THANK YOU!! You showed me that it can be done.

Will be back again soon!!

Finally lost 30kg!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well after lots of swapping things around and mixing things up I have managed to lose 4kg this last week to bring my total loss with WW to 31.8kg!!!

Who would have thought I could lose so much weight. Sure I admit I wanted to lose it a lot sooner, but as you have read I have had a bit to deal with of late and I wasnt following the program 100%. To be totally honest for a couple of weeks I gave up completely.

But having said that, this year I have lost 15.5kg. I am aiming to lose 50kg for 2006. So I really feel I can so it since my results so far are fantastic. Well I know I am modest lol.

I have also been in a few challenges on the WW website and have completed two already and it was due to end at Easter so that means the 7kg in 70 days is all DONE DONE DONE. Feel very proud to have lost that in 28 days I can tell you.

So my next challenge was to lose 10kg by Easter which I have also completed. YAY!!! Now I only have 2.9kg to go for my Birthday Challenge. I aimed at 15kg and I know I will make it. Its really great to set achievable goals. When I first set that goal I thought that since my birthday is in the 17th week of the year setting a goal of 15kg was attainable. I am still shocked I have achieved this much already so any extras are just a bonus.

Well I better be going so I can fix dinner for the kids. Have a great weekend for whats left of it and I will be back soon to tell yo some more goss.

I am on track again

Hello everyone,

Well I have been very slack of late with my blog and I think its high time I get my bum back into gear and get posting.

I have made my entire weeks meal plan and so far I am sticking to it. I am tracking every little morsel that enters my mouth too.

I am taking the bull by the horns and trying my hardest with exercise. I have my partner helping me out with some stretches etc like he used to do in footy training. My old nickname used to be "Blocker" in school lol so maybe I will be playing footy soon too lol. What a thought!!

I have been eating so much fruit lately. Its been wonderful and I am feeling better in myself too.

Well I better get up and get my little man out of his cot. He is a little terror. Almost 1 year old!!!

Here is a pic I took back in November. Will have to get some more full body shots. I havent changed much at all I dont think as I am back to the same weight I was in September.

I am in the WW forum 30+ 12 week challenge. I am in week two and after a week of nocount I had a gain of 500grams. My aim is to lose 10kg in the 12 weeks so lets hope Points is kind to me this week. I have a personal challenge of 15kgs by my birthday in the end of April.

New Forum

Just thought I would post my forum I have made for some of us girls from the WW site.

www.150kgfatforty.free-forums.org

Its new so come in and make heaps of posts.

Tess

Christmas is over

I jumped on the scales this morning and I was 176kg!!! I felt so disappointed in myself. I am going to try NoCount as of the 9th Jan so everyone who is on it or wants to give it a go how about we all pull together and get this into action.

My DP (darling partner) has also gained lots of weight over Christmas too and he suggested we try to go for a walk every day. Our plan is to go to Bunnings and walk up and down the aisles. It is under cover and cooler then walking up the street lol. I will post every day how long we walk for as well. I really thought my 4 hour walking around the shops would have helped a bit more then it did but I guess the boxes of chocolate I have eaten isnt helpful either.

Today is my weigh in day but I cant get to my meeting as my DP is away and I cant get over to the meeting with the 3 kids. So look out this week. I am going to try and be on my best behaviour so weigh in next Friday isnt going to be too bad.

Next Saturday I want to get to the growers markets and hopefully buy a heap of fruit and vege. I think I will try my hand at fresh vege juice too. I think I will have to use it as points though, not sure about that. Will have to check with my leader next week before I buy up big lol.

Well enough from me. I might post this in my blog too. Only cos I am lazy lol.

Take care and Happy New Year!!!

Well I went and helped out at WW last night and had fun. I met a lady who has lost 54kg so that was inspiring for me. To actually see someone in real life who has lost that much really came home. But then she asked me how much I have lost and I said 37.8kg. Then it dawned on me. I had lost just 16.2kg less then her. She wasnt as big as me to start with, but it really came home to me.

Motivated again!!!!

Hello Everyone,

Well I feel so motivated again now and it's like I have a new lease on life.

I had a bad few months with PND, but I have my head around the right way now and things are looking up. Or should I say down lol. I went 9 weeks and only lost 5kg. Yes it is still a loss, but I had been used to losing 5kg every month just about.

I now go to meetings and I am a weigher. I felt so motivated. I lost 3kg last week and I am excited to see how I am going this week too. My new weigh in day is Fridays.

Isnt it strange how at home we often weigh in first thing of a morning, after a trip to the loo of course........NAKED. I cant exactly strip off at the WW meeting now can I...... or can I hehehehe.

But I found out the WW scales weigh 2.1kg less then my home ones. So if my scales at home are looking good I will sure have a surprise when I weigh in at the meeting.

In a fight for myself against PND I started a vege garden. I started off with some herbs like chives, parsely, Thyme and Oregano. I then decided to get some corn. I got seedlings at first, and now I have planted seeds which I have to transplant as well. I have 32 corn plants so far lol. My freezer will be full of corn. YUMMY!!!!

But now I have lettuce, beans, silverbeet, tomatoes, strawberries, zucchini (lots of flowers on atm) some corriander and basil. I have some broccoli, cabbage, wombok to plant. I would of loved to have got some cauli seedlings but I cant seem to find any.

I have now lost 25.5kg while on WW and 37.8kg overall. I have lost 83.5cms since June. I am slowly shrinking. I got out the clothes I was wearing 4 years ago and some of them fit again. I still have a way to go for some but the important thing is I am getting there.

We found out we have friends visiting in December and that has motivated me to lose weight again as well. I found out 2 weeks ago and gave myself a goal to lose 5kg before they get here. And by crikey I think I am going to make it. Now I have a goal to be 159.9kgs by New Years Eve. I am sure I will make it now. As of the last weigh in I was 167.2kg. So its less then 10kgs and it is 69 days to do it in lol.

I am going to try and make it in here at least once a week but will try to get in here more.