Today was one of those days. We had what we call our craft day, I get together with some friends and we make crafts and eat too much and drink. Today I didn't drink, but I certainly ate too much. Because one of the crafts I always do is try out a new recipe, something that I've been wanting to try but know I can't have in the house or I will eat it all. I made cookies n' cream slice (because I also make a cookies n' cream fudge and I wanted to trial a slice to see if I can use it as a base and make a nom nom desert). Which I didn't eat too much of, but C made fresh bread from scratch and I am a sucker for fresh bread. Plus we had BK for lunch, I've not eaten it in probably six months and suddenly I really wanted it so instead of opting for something healthy yep I had a double cheese burger.
But crafty wise I did good, I will post pics when its all finished but its in multi stages. I'm making a sign for Oakley's bedroom, and putting together a gift hamper for my oldest friend. The hamper is going to be a birthday survival kit :) I never use to in to craft, but our craft days are awesome. And I have become a pinner I admit, I frickin' love pinterest!
So while I'm not beating myself up over it too much, I am a little gah about it because I see Jake (nutritionist) on Wednesday and I wanted to be able to say I had stayed on plan and been really good. I was suppose to see him yesterday but he had eye surgery so had to cancel. Ah well, life is life right? And its not like it will do major damage, I'm not going to suddenly put on 10kg or something!
Saturday, 28 July 2012
Thursday, 26 July 2012
Thursday, 19 July 2012
When brain and body don't match
I'm at the stage in this journey where I have come so very far, I have just a little way to go, but I don't feel like I am any near the end. To be honest, ignoring the obvious being able to exercise I don't feel any different. In my mind I'm still wigglyjigglyfatty.
This was very evident the past two days when I tried on some clothes. I had gone to a thrift store in search of junk to re-purpose (we have a girls craft day where we get together and craft it up and drink), and saw two tops I really liked. One was a large and one was medium. I grabbed them and tried them on and they were both too big. The large was gaping especially around the bust and arms. The medium was so unflattering the way it hung off me. I shrugged it off thinking they must have been stretched out, I mean how can I not be a large?
Today while buying some new gym socks I saw a top on special, I thought I'd grab the medium thinking oh a possible goal top. It was too big. I stared in the mirror, and turned around many times, trying to see what was wrong. I decided to try the small and it fit. I should feel ecstatic right? Nope. I felt.... afraid and awkward. Suddenly I couldn't tell if the top looked ok, I mean it fit and I couldn't see the muffin top or rolls. But I couldn't buy it because... it was a SMALL and that - just - isn't - right.
This was very evident the past two days when I tried on some clothes. I had gone to a thrift store in search of junk to re-purpose (we have a girls craft day where we get together and craft it up and drink), and saw two tops I really liked. One was a large and one was medium. I grabbed them and tried them on and they were both too big. The large was gaping especially around the bust and arms. The medium was so unflattering the way it hung off me. I shrugged it off thinking they must have been stretched out, I mean how can I not be a large?
Today while buying some new gym socks I saw a top on special, I thought I'd grab the medium thinking oh a possible goal top. It was too big. I stared in the mirror, and turned around many times, trying to see what was wrong. I decided to try the small and it fit. I should feel ecstatic right? Nope. I felt.... afraid and awkward. Suddenly I couldn't tell if the top looked ok, I mean it fit and I couldn't see the muffin top or rolls. But I couldn't buy it because... it was a SMALL and that - just - isn't - right.
Tuesday, 10 July 2012
Down with non-food
I haven't been to the gym in FOREVER (almost a week in reality). Its like an itch that you can't scratch, a niggly feeling of you've forgotten something. I just want to go to the gym. But the problem is I'm a morning exerciser, in the evenings I just can't do it, its half hearted. I was thinking last night after the kids went to bed that I should go to the gym, that something is better than nothing right? Well its cold and dark, and the gym is all the way on the other side of town, I'd have to move Neil's car... a million reasons. Then this morning I wake up and feel like I could run to the gym. Damn body clocks.
I won't be going to the gym until Monday when I go back to work. Yep that's right break is almost over. Then six weeks of teaching, 2 weeks off, six weeks of teaching and OMFG the year is over. When I think like that it feels like the year is almost over. But I need to reign the brain in, because by Sep 15 I want to be sitting happily at 75-72kg. It is so close, 7-10kg to go in about 8 weeks. I know its do-able, but I'm not sure if I will get there. The closer to the ceiling the harder it is for sure. But by Xmas, hells yeah I'm gonna wear a pretty dress this year.
Eating on plan. My typical day is:
I'm currently looking for recipes to make my own protein bars, I don't want to buy them all the time but I know once I'm a work (so eating gets harder due to time constraints) that protein bars are the best afternoon snack option for me. But they are filled with non-food. Non-food is any ingredient that has more than 3 syllables or a number in it (only applies to english words). When its science speak, its not food -LOL- So broc-co-li is acceptable, po-ly-dex-trose is not ;) I'm sure there are exceptions, feel free to tell me.
I won't be going to the gym until Monday when I go back to work. Yep that's right break is almost over. Then six weeks of teaching, 2 weeks off, six weeks of teaching and OMFG the year is over. When I think like that it feels like the year is almost over. But I need to reign the brain in, because by Sep 15 I want to be sitting happily at 75-72kg. It is so close, 7-10kg to go in about 8 weeks. I know its do-able, but I'm not sure if I will get there. The closer to the ceiling the harder it is for sure. But by Xmas, hells yeah I'm gonna wear a pretty dress this year.
Eating on plan. My typical day is:
- 35g of special k and a protein shake
- yoghurt and apple
- chicken salad sammie
- 2 mandarins and 15 almonds
- sweet potato, chicken and salad
I'm currently looking for recipes to make my own protein bars, I don't want to buy them all the time but I know once I'm a work (so eating gets harder due to time constraints) that protein bars are the best afternoon snack option for me. But they are filled with non-food. Non-food is any ingredient that has more than 3 syllables or a number in it (only applies to english words). When its science speak, its not food -LOL- So broc-co-li is acceptable, po-ly-dex-trose is not ;) I'm sure there are exceptions, feel free to tell me.
Sunday, 8 July 2012
Just some ramblings
Not really sure what this post is about. I just wanted to write. The eating plan is going good, always great when I can stay I'm staying on plan. At least on plan food wise, exercise wise I won't be getting to the gym for a week :( I've got the kids home for the week, but if the weather is fine I'll try and go for a walk with them in the push chair. But its winter, so really chances of fine weather isn't great.
Man, I've been eating so much raw broccoli lately so I've got lots of stinky farts going on. TMI I know, but in our house farts are celebrated. Oakley in particular thinks they are hilarious, nothing cuter than a 1.5yr old farting and giggling, and the giggles making him fart more!
Tuesday, 3 July 2012
Some pics
So I found an old photo, taken at what would have been my heaviest (~290lb) and I was amazed. As was my husband, he said he couldn't remember me ever being this big. Now unfortunately our camera is broken so we haven't taken any pics recently but this one here is my most recent and also the fat jeans pic.
Never again folks, never again.
Monday, 2 July 2012
Still alive!
How many times have I said that I'm going to be more active blogging? I really thought I'd be around more this break, but I started writing up a paper for publication and it means I get to the stage where I can't stand the idea of more computer use even for pleasure. But don't worry Gertie, I'm still here :)
So my last post I talked about giving up the no-carb diet and seeing a nutritionist. Jake is my guy and he is awesome. He showed me that my original goal of 75kg was more realistic than 66kg. Sorry for ya'll I can't be bothered converting to pounds today.
He did a body fat analysis and worked out my percentage, which was in the low 30s (I can't remember what now). A healthy fat percentage for the average females is 25-31%, I need to lose just a couple kg of fat to be in that range. If I tried to get down to 66kg I'd be in the athletes range (14-20%). Funny though because every weight chart 75-72kg (the range we're aiming for) puts me as fat, but that is because I hadn't factored in excess skin weight. Yep, the flabby skin that we all dread is going to be my unfortunate badge of reminder of how fat I use to be. I'm never going to look good in bathing suit, but thats ok :)
So at the moment we're working on building muscle to get my metabolism higher so my calorie intake can be higher and I can get through this damn yo yo bust phase. Hopefully by the end of July I will have lost 5kg of fat but put on 2kg of muscle and I'll be in the healthy fat range.
When I go back to work its going to be difficult, he wants me eating morning and afternoon snacks which really do not work in with my schedule. I'll be eating breakfast at the normal time of 7, and then a snack at 9, lunch at 1, snack at 5:30 and then dinner at 6:30. Seems silly having that late snack but he is the expert and that's why I'm seeing him!
So my last post I talked about giving up the no-carb diet and seeing a nutritionist. Jake is my guy and he is awesome. He showed me that my original goal of 75kg was more realistic than 66kg. Sorry for ya'll I can't be bothered converting to pounds today.
He did a body fat analysis and worked out my percentage, which was in the low 30s (I can't remember what now). A healthy fat percentage for the average females is 25-31%, I need to lose just a couple kg of fat to be in that range. If I tried to get down to 66kg I'd be in the athletes range (14-20%). Funny though because every weight chart 75-72kg (the range we're aiming for) puts me as fat, but that is because I hadn't factored in excess skin weight. Yep, the flabby skin that we all dread is going to be my unfortunate badge of reminder of how fat I use to be. I'm never going to look good in bathing suit, but thats ok :)
So at the moment we're working on building muscle to get my metabolism higher so my calorie intake can be higher and I can get through this damn yo yo bust phase. Hopefully by the end of July I will have lost 5kg of fat but put on 2kg of muscle and I'll be in the healthy fat range.
When I go back to work its going to be difficult, he wants me eating morning and afternoon snacks which really do not work in with my schedule. I'll be eating breakfast at the normal time of 7, and then a snack at 9, lunch at 1, snack at 5:30 and then dinner at 6:30. Seems silly having that late snack but he is the expert and that's why I'm seeing him!
Tuesday, 5 June 2012
And now that's over...
So I'm no longer low carb. Three weeks I made it and then a weekend of carbs. I've decided to still reduce my carbs but dammit I like being able to eat a sandwich for lunch!
I've decided to make an appointment with a fitness nutritionist. He gets you to bring in what you eat (three weeks of tracking usually) and then he designs a meal plan around what you normally eat but at a relevant calorie/nutrition level for you to lose weight (or whatever your goal). He sounds a bit of a brutal task master but I think that's what I need.
I've revised my goal, I was to get to 66kg now. It was 75. So now it means ~15kg to go instead of ~5. But guess what, if I got to 66 that would mean I have lost 66kg! I'd be half the person I was.
Hope you're all doing good, last week of teaching for me so I'll actually have some blogging time and be able to make the rounds. Five weeks of no teaching (but grading, writing stuff for next semester etc) means five weeks of not having to be at uni at certain times, I can go to the gym three days a week without issue! Because I will have the kids the two other working days.
I've decided to make an appointment with a fitness nutritionist. He gets you to bring in what you eat (three weeks of tracking usually) and then he designs a meal plan around what you normally eat but at a relevant calorie/nutrition level for you to lose weight (or whatever your goal). He sounds a bit of a brutal task master but I think that's what I need.
I've revised my goal, I was to get to 66kg now. It was 75. So now it means ~15kg to go instead of ~5. But guess what, if I got to 66 that would mean I have lost 66kg! I'd be half the person I was.
Hope you're all doing good, last week of teaching for me so I'll actually have some blogging time and be able to make the rounds. Five weeks of no teaching (but grading, writing stuff for next semester etc) means five weeks of not having to be at uni at certain times, I can go to the gym three days a week without issue! Because I will have the kids the two other working days.
Friday, 25 May 2012
Shiratake chicken stir-fry
So I just tried shiratake noodles for the first time NOT in sukiyaki. Thought I better write down what I did because the stir-fry was yuuuum.
Ingredients
Shiratake noodles
Chicken
Broccoli
Onion
Garlic
Chicken stock
Spinach
Capsicum
Water
Kikoman
Peanut butter
Peanut oil
1. Wash shiratake noodles really well
2. Par-boil shiratake in a pot with half a garlic clove, half a chicken stock cube, some water and a dash of kikoman
3. Remove from heat and drain and leave to dry
4. In a bowl marinate chopped chicken breast with some kikoman, garlic, the other half of the chicken stock (dissolved in a just enough water to make a paste). Marinate for however long (at least 30min)
5. Dash of peanut oil in a wok, add onion and noodles and fry until onion is soft
6. Remove from pan and set aside
7. Add chicken to the pan (with marinade), about half a tablespoon of peanut butter and fry
8. Add vegetables (except spinach) and after about 2min add noodle/onion mix
9. Add spinach just enough to wilt
10. Season and serve
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If you're not familiar with shiratake noodles they are a Japanese noodle that is low cal, low carb, low fat. Depending on the variety they are around 20 calories, 3g carb (1 net carb because 2g fibre), 0.5g of fat per serve. They smell like fish at first, you need to wash them really well (they come in a fluid filled bag) and most people par-boil them before using. Apparently they work well as a pasta substitute in cheese based dishes too, so I'll give that a go at some stage.
I'd eaten these when I was in Japan, and konnyaku (which is the vegetable that it comes from) blocks and thought it was disgusting. Then again I didn't like miso soup when I was over there either and now I love it.
Neil is thinking of trying low carb as well, he is eating low carb dinners with me but not sure if he has the dedication/motivation. I hope he sticks with it, will make life easier!
Ingredients
Shiratake noodles
Chicken
Broccoli
Onion
Garlic
Chicken stock
Spinach
Capsicum
Water
Kikoman
Peanut butter
Peanut oil
1. Wash shiratake noodles really well
2. Par-boil shiratake in a pot with half a garlic clove, half a chicken stock cube, some water and a dash of kikoman
3. Remove from heat and drain and leave to dry
4. In a bowl marinate chopped chicken breast with some kikoman, garlic, the other half of the chicken stock (dissolved in a just enough water to make a paste). Marinate for however long (at least 30min)
5. Dash of peanut oil in a wok, add onion and noodles and fry until onion is soft
6. Remove from pan and set aside
7. Add chicken to the pan (with marinade), about half a tablespoon of peanut butter and fry
8. Add vegetables (except spinach) and after about 2min add noodle/onion mix
9. Add spinach just enough to wilt
10. Season and serve
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If you're not familiar with shiratake noodles they are a Japanese noodle that is low cal, low carb, low fat. Depending on the variety they are around 20 calories, 3g carb (1 net carb because 2g fibre), 0.5g of fat per serve. They smell like fish at first, you need to wash them really well (they come in a fluid filled bag) and most people par-boil them before using. Apparently they work well as a pasta substitute in cheese based dishes too, so I'll give that a go at some stage.
I'd eaten these when I was in Japan, and konnyaku (which is the vegetable that it comes from) blocks and thought it was disgusting. Then again I didn't like miso soup when I was over there either and now I love it.
Neil is thinking of trying low carb as well, he is eating low carb dinners with me but not sure if he has the dedication/motivation. I hope he sticks with it, will make life easier!
Sunday, 20 May 2012
No longer obese!
Well folks, here we are at the end of my two weeks of low carb and the scales are showing a great response. Now I know that for the most part the major loss at first is water, but the psychological lift has been amazing. As of this morning I weigh 79.5kg (175.3lb), when I started I was back over 85kg so its been over 10lb lost in the first two weeks. I lost most of it in the first week, this week its been about 2lb. And my BMI is 29.4, yehaw.
I am ok with the low carb, I'm going to continue for a little longer because its helping with the sugar cravings definitely. So another two weeks and then we'll see.
Man, I can't believe I'm in the 70s. This is high school weight folks!
I am ok with the low carb, I'm going to continue for a little longer because its helping with the sugar cravings definitely. So another two weeks and then we'll see.
Man, I can't believe I'm in the 70s. This is high school weight folks!
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