DAY 280: I feel lost…

I feel utterly lost – now that my driving license has been obtained and I have ticked it off the several lists it appeared on (I love my lists and duplication of items across various lists is fantastic because once you are done, you can tick and tick and tick!!). Anyway…now that that’s taken care of, I feel lost with my diet. I don’t have a proper plan. And no plan is always my demise! I’ve somehow lost a lot of my discipline…I know what to eat and what not to eat but I’ve just become really rebellious with my eating. I will have spend the next couple of days working out where I go from here.

DAY 276: Licensed to…

…to…wait for it…DRIVE!!! Yes – my dear blogger friends who have followed my erratic blogging. I can now drive!!!!! I disappeared for a bit…I just became so consumed with driving and getting everything right for the Driving Test that I didn’t seem to have time for anything else! But the final road test went off without a hitch and I am now on the road, good people!!! 12 years of procrastination, 7 months of hard work and four gruelling tests (theory then yard (had to do this twice remember) then final road test). I was in shock yesterday moments after I was told I had passed…but today I am elated. I just find myself smiling for no good reason. I am at work, but haven’e really “worked” – I just find myself staring lovingly at my license!

And now ladies and gentlemen, I can focus on my healthy and improved lifestyle! But good news on that front – even though I wasn’t really careful with my eating, I have remained exactly the same: 69.1 kg! But now that I can drive, I can go to the gym – I can drive to events without using that as an excuse!

Happiness doesn’t even begin to describe what I am feeling right now…downside is – I can’t use my driving lessons/dramas as an excuse for not following my diet…! Will need to find another excuse! LOL!

Have a great day and…drive safely! You can now say that back to me!!

DAY 256: Looking on the bright side

A year ago I bunjee jumped and before you take that ultimate leap of faith, they plaster your weight in big bold writing on your arm for everyone to see! I was looking at photos of my jump recently and a big “73″ was printed on my arm. At my last weigh in I was 69.1 – so I am alomost exactly 4kg lighter now than I was last year. That little fact makes me smile…

My work trousers are now becoming embarrasingly baggy. I’m still not ready to go down a size but I think I will be, in the next couple of kilos because my trousers no longer look elegant. At the same time however, I wore a pair of jeans the other day that felt a bit too snug! So my mission is far from over…

DAY 254: Weigh In and Lessons Learned (Week 7 & 8)

Starting Weight: 72.6kg

PUT ON weight in Week 7: went up to 70.1 but then in Week 8 was down a kilo as shown below!

Week 8 Weigh in: 69.1kg

Week 8 Kg/Pounds Lost: 1kg/ 2.2lbs

TOTAL Lost: 3.5kg/ 7.7lbs

Total kms walked for Week 7 & 8: 10km

Lessons Learned:

1. Portion control is really your best friend. When I don’t watch my portions my weight goes up – when I do watch them my weight goes down. This is very over-simplified but more and more I’m starting to realise how much food is just enough. I do wish the weight loss was a bit faster but at the same time I know that I’m not putting in all the work required to make it go down faster!

I’ve also been very focused on my driving – I am so close. My final test is in just three weeks from today. I am so scared but at the same time really determined to get it over and done with. I feel that it was really taken over my life this year and I am looking forward to thinking of things non-driving related!

DAY 237: Weigh In and Lessons Learned (Week 6)

Starting Weight: 72.6kg

Week 6 Weigh in: 69.5kg

Week 6 Kg/Pounds Lost: 0kg/ 0lbs

TOTAL Lost: 3.1kg/ 6.8bs

Total kms walked for Week 6: 45km

Lessons Learned:

1. The more you work out the less you lose!! Okay not sure if this is a fact but I really pushed myself in terms of exercise so I would like to say that I gained muscle which is heavier than fat??? No dramas – still feeling pretty good that I have stayed in the 60s zone!

DAY 231: Weigh In and Lessons Learned (Week 5)

Starting Weight: 72.6kg

Week 5 Weigh in: 69.5kg

Week 5 Kg/Pounds Lost: 0.1kg/ 0.2lbs (it’s something)

TOTAL Lost: 3.1kg/ 6.8bs

Total kms walked for Week 5: 26km

Lessons Learned:

1. The more you cheat the less you lose. I did cheat a bit. I took a couple more slabs of dark chocolate than I should have… I had take-out on Saturday the day before my Weigh-In. So I was not very inspired this week but as I said last week I’ll gladly take the small grams – at least its going down!

2. Throw out temptation – I had extra pieces of dark chocolate because it was sitting in the fridge. I wasn’t even hungry. If you’ve banned it, throw it out. Full Stop.

 

DAY 225: PCOS Eating Tips

I’ve had quite an interesting read of some websites dealing with PCOS eating plans. The one which summed it up quite nicely for me was www.fertilitynation.com They have quite a good simple article which gives FIVE tips for PCOS eating. I have summarised them as follows:

1. Watching your portion size and calorie intake: With the Weigh Less Programme I have been able to understand portion control a bit better. And yes, I was overindulging a bit *ahhheemm* a lotbefore. It’s funny how our tummies expand over time so that we are able to eat more and more and more. Likewise, I suspect mine is starting to shrink because I find I feel fuller a lot quicker.

2. Eat foods with a low glycemic index: I had a browse of www.lowglycemicdiet.com and up came a host of foods together with their GI scores. Some of the low-GI fruits are cherries (22), grapefruits (25 – YAY!!! my favourite fruit as I am sure you can tell from my recent meal plans!!), prunes (29 – pleasant surprise), apples and pears (38). Some of my favourite fruits though came on the other side of the spectrum: watermelon (72), pineapple (66), raisins (56 – BOO!), banana (52) and mango (51 – BIG BOO!).

Low GI scoring vegetables were – brocolli, cabbage, lettuce, mushroom, onions, red peppers (all 10) but higher scoring veggies were carrots (49), green peas (48), pumpkin (75) and parsnips (97).

Baked potatoes didn’t fare too well with a hefty 85 but pleasant surprise was that sweet potatoes were a much lower 44. Overall, beans and peas were pretty low (ranging from 8 – 52). Brown rice came in with 55. You learn everyday…

3. Eat smaller meals several times a day: I was pretty good at doing this a couple of weeks ago. And then it kind of fizzled out – so looks like I need to get back into it.

4. More exercise: Yay – I’ve done more in the past four weeks than I have done in the whole year. So I just need to keep at it – keep motivated.

5. Fertility Drugs: They mention metmorphin (Glucophage) which assists in lowering insulin levels. Fortunately, my doctor put me on this about a month ago so hopefully this together with above tips will lead to baby!

I’m quite happy that over the past four weeks, I have been doing most of what is above. What was quite new to me was which foods are classified as low GI. I love my potatoes – but I can easily trade in normal potatoes for sweet potatoes. I guess, this is all part of the lifestyle. Thinking more about what different foods are doing to me or doing “for” me.

Today’s Meal Plan:

Breakfast: Whole Grapefruit with honey

Lunch: 1.5 sausages and some veg (plus two triangles of full cream soft cheese)

Snack: Apple

Supper: Seafood stirfry and grapefruit…with some honey