The 'Muncher' is changing

Wow! Can't believe the change already! People are noticing that I have lost weight. Even people that don't know I am on Weight Watchers. Sometimes I still think of myself as looking the same. It is not until I look at my 'before' photo's and compare them that I can see the difference. Because I have got a long way to go I still don't think that I have lost that much. Once I get past 30 kilo's I will feel I have achieved more. I am still not down to the weight I was before I had Kyle, which was over 7 years ago! Can't wait to get there!!

Down 8kg - The First Four Weeks

The first two day's I had the worst head ache ever. My head ached from the front right around to the back. Must have been withdrawing from the 'coke'. I was going to go off it gradually but went cold turkey from day 1, and I haven't had a coke since.

Lost 4 kilo's in my first week. Really pleased! Have never lost that much before in a week! Great for my motivation!

Week 2 - Went to Cob N Co for Troy's birthday. Ordered Cajun Chicken with salad and baked potato. Drunk water. The kid's ordered garlic bread but left 1/2 of it. In the old day's I would have polished it off, but I didn't touch it. Felt like it was a waste though. Lost 1.7kg.

Week 4 - Went to Dunedin for my cousin's 21st. I saved my points for the week and was lucky with the food on offer. Had a meal at the restaurant in our hotel and it was all healthy food. Couldn't help but be good. Wasn't much that I liked so ordered a salmon fillet (which wasn't that nice) and the veges were steamed brocolli, cauli and carrots. They had chunky potatoes on my plate but I only had 2 and gave the rest to Troy.

The food at the 21st was healthy as well, alot of anti pasto platters, sushi, and croissanti's with healthy toppings. Didn't have the pizza when it came around, as I knew it was high in point's. I was drinking water and decided to have 1 drink and as I was only having one I made it a good one. It was a red corvette cocktail and it cost me $14.00 but my god it was nice!! After that I waited until 1/2 price coctail hour and had a Blue Lagoon, but it wasn't that nice.

We done alot of walking that night, and the hotel we were staying in was up a steep hill, which took me ages to get up!

The next day we went to the Meridian for lunch and it took ALL MY WILL POWER not to have butter chicken. I nearly thought what the hell, but then remembered how good I was the night before and I ended up getting a Turkish Wrap instead and a bottle of water. It paid off cause my next weigh in was 2.5kg off!!

The first four week's I lost 8.5 kilo's. Enjoying my food. Cooking really nice meals. Don't know why I never ate like this before. I get up before the kid's to make myself a nice breakfast as I am always hungry in the morning.

I am trying to eat as normal as possible but changing the way I cook my food. I am changing my favourite recipies to a low fat version and if I don't enjoy it I won't have it again. This seem's to be working.

So by dining out and going away for a night you can still stay on track if you plan for it!

The 'Downsize' begins

January 30 2007. Weigh Day! The day I saw the light!

A whopping XXX.3 kilo's. That's 'Colossal' my father (Round Man) would say. (And he's dying to know what I weigh but I won't tell him).

Breaking the Cycle

I have alway's been 'chubby' and I remember when I was pregnant with Kyle I said to Troy "all I can do is eat" and since then for 7 years that is all I done!

I was drinking up to 2 litres of coke a day. I would often skip breakfast, take Kyle to school then come home and grab whatever was in the cupboard. It was often a handful of biscuits or bags of chips.

If I had no coke, after school Kyle, Paris and I would call into the Dairy for some more and they would have an ice-cream or chocolate and I would get coke, large bag of Twisties and 2 Caramel Chews!!

Grocery day I would demolish a large bag of Twisties, large bottle of coke and sometimes a whole packet of chocolate biscuits. Grocery day was often more than once a week!!

Weekend's (even weeknight's) Troy and I would watch a DVD with a big bag of chips (each), dip and large cake of chocolate and of course COKE!! After tea one of us would go back to the supermarket for the snacks!!

Writing this I can now see why I am so fat!! This is sounding really bad!!

Takeaway's would often be at least twice a week, maybe more. I cooked my food with lot's of butter and oil, love rich creamy sauces and LOVE TO EAT!!

Last but not least NO EXERCISE!! A heart attack waiting to happen!!

Time to BREAK THE CYCLE!!

'Muncher' Photo's

These photo's were taken before Christmas. I never thought I looked 'that fat' at the time. I did decided to hire an
exercycle from Mr Rental's and try and lose weight at home by myself. I used it a couple of times and tried to eat healthy but kept falling off the 'wagon'.

My mother phoned and said "Your father and I want to do something for you. Now don't go mad". I thought this sounds good they must want to give me something. What she said next did not surprise me though. I think anyone else would be horrified. They wanted to pay for a STOMACH BYPASS!! They were so worried that I was going to have a heart attack or stroke and die. "You have 2 young kid's to think about and they need their mother around". I knew they were right though, but honestly didn't think I was that bad!!

After weeks of trying to avoid the conversation and constantly telling them I wasn't that fat that I didn't need it done, I decided to join 'Weight Watchers' for the last time in my life!!

Kids - My Motivation

My two lovely children are my motivation for losing weight.
I want to be a more active and happier Mum. My biggest goal
is to take them both swimming without worrying what I look
like. I am also doing this for myself to look and feel better!!