Reflecting the last 6 months

34.6 kg's down. My goal at the start of the year was to lose 30kg by Christmas. I NEVER imagined I would stick to the programme so well. Don't get me wrong, I haven't been perfect, but if I have slipped up I have managed to count it into the programme and get back on track. This is probably the BIGGEST CHANGE OF ALL!! Previously on WW if I have blown it, I just kept on eating. I am having really tasty meals and experiment with my cooking, having all my favourites but changing the way I cook it. I do measure and weigh everything though, and count all my points. It is alot of mucking around, but it does pay off, that way I know I can have a treat if I want to. Sometime's you will be surprised at what you are able to have.

Thing's I can do now I couldn't do before:
*can wrap a normal size towel around me
*can bend down to dry the bottom of my legs after a shower
*can fit into a chair that has arm's
*can run around with my kids
*don't have cracked heel's anymore
*can do up a pair of shoes with laces
*asthma has dis-appeared
*have alot more confidence

Getting around is definetly alot easier, I am even walking faster than my kid's and have to stop and wait for them now! I am much happier, energetic and I take more pride in my appearance. I found some really awful photo's after I had Paris and I can't believe how much I let myself go. It is not often that I sit around and do nothing. I seem to be on the go all the time now! If I am feeling like this after losing over 30kg, imagine how I will feel when I have lost another 30. Can't wait!!

Week 24 - Fantastic Loss on Core

First week on Core and I was amazed at how much food I was eating. Looking back on food I was eating on points, doing Core has made me realise I was wasting points on food that wasn't fulling me up. There are pro's and con's for both plans. I enjoyed not having to weigh and measure on Core and if I was still hungry can have second's. I thought I was being strict on myself, but I still ended up using 16 point's. What I did find hard was taking my kid's to McDonald's and not even being able to have a Deli bun. I could have, but I would have wasted my points. I had a Hot Chocolate which was .5 and was sitting there thinking I should be having a Kiwi Burger or Deli bun. I did feel a little deprived. One moment I did feel proud of was when I bought some hot chips for the kid's and didn't even have one. This week on Core I had alot of stir-fries, rice and pasta. I probably has twice as many fruit and veges than I was having on Points. Doing Core really paid off I lost an amazing 3kg. Don't know if it was from doing Core or if it was the last two week's catching up!!

Week 23 - Very Dis-appointing Loss

Had a great week done alot of excercise. One day I increased the treadmill to 45 minutes and increased my intensity. But won't be going that again in a hurry. My heart rate was up to 162 and I felt really sick afterwards. Took me over an hour to come right. It was obviously too much for me. Took the kids to Kid Zone and even made our own lunch. Being good hasn't reflected on the scales though. Only lost a piddly .300. Was expecting a big loss, since I had a small loss last week. Don't know what is going on, I am toning up though. Next week I think I will change to the Core Plan to give my body a kick start.

Week 22

Had a good week on programme and exercised 5 days, 2 day's over an hour. By Thursday was feeling really burnt out and weak. Thought it was from the exercise, but took Paris to the doctor on Friday and got him to check me out as well. Turned out I had an ear infection, so that explain's the tiredness. Took the kid's to Dance your Sox off and even packed our own lunch. Keagan's birthday party on Sunday and I make a smoked salmon dip with Pita Bread chips so I was really good. Didn't show on the scales though, only lost .200g. I lost big last week though and that seem's to be my pattern, big loss one week small loss the next. So am expecting a decent loss next week.

DONE IT - 31.1 KG'S DOWN - Week 21

Congratulation's on the big 30! We're proud of you. Love Mum and Dad.

It must be an amazing feeling being at goal - THIS WEEK I FEEL LIKE I AM AT GOAL!! Especially when I received the flowers from my parents. They have been so supportive. Dad ring's up every week, even from the boat when he is away fishing to see how much weight I have lost and Mum is alway's giving me lot's of encouragement.

Had a great week on WW. This week's mini challenge is to track and weigh everything we eat, which I do anyway, so that won't be a problem. Kept up the exercise and water challenge. Saving point's for Sumaria's baby shower on Saturday. Kyle's school production was on Thursday and that was a stressed out busy day. I exercised alot that day and was rushing around. Only had 19 points and felt weak, sick and fainty. Feel like all the exercise is getting too much! Had a day off the exercise the next day and felt much better.

The weather turned really bad at the weekend, hail, sleet and snow. Didn't go to Sumaria's party as we had a snow storm as I was getting ready to leave. Wasn't confidant on driving to Bluff incase it got worse. So, I had all these points saved and no plan's. Ended up having 2 slice's of the pizza I had cooked for the party and some chocolate I bought for the kid's. Felt guilty about eating the chocolate so ended up exercising for 1 1/2 hours that day to make up for it and having no tea! Which was good. Previously on WW I just would have kept on eating thinking I had blown it!!

Mum arrived down from Queenstown and got a shock when she seen me. She could really notice that I had lost alot of weight from when she last saw me 2 week's ago. She noticed it from my hips, where as before she was just noticing it from my top.

I woke up on Monday morning and felt like I had a good loss. My legs, and stomach felt tighter and my clothes felt looser. So, I couldn't resist, I had to jump on the scales before my weigh in on Tuesday and I had finally reached 30kg!! Next day at WW I had lost 2kg for the week!! Was really pleased with that, and now I have lost 31.1kg. I think the exercise is really starting to pay off now!

When I first started my DOWNSIZE I told myself I would be happy to lose 30kg, but now I have done that I just want to keep going. LET THE DOWNSIZE CONTINUE!!