Valentine's Weekend

Yesterday I received a lovely bunch of red roses (delivered) from my darling husband and then I was taken out to lunch. Well we all know what restaurants mean...

I made healthier choices than usual though. They all had starters so I had an avo and mango salad. It was so yum. For mains I had grilled codfish and veggies (no potatoes in any form). So I'm kinda proud of myself. My only indulgence was a bottle of JC le Roux champagne and it was wonderful.

As you get to know me better you will discover that usually my biggest failure in weight loss is the alcohol thing. I just love sweet girly drinks and to be honest I would rather have them than food, but yeah that's not how life works.

So today came around and I had to have some more JC le Roux and there went my resolution not to drink at home. Oh well tomorrow is another day.

I will not give up!

The scale

I logged in to my long lost Sparkpeople account today and reset my goals. So the first thing I had to do was weigh myself. It was horrible! I regained everything I lost last year, which I already knew, but the 5 kg's extra was a shock! I feel utterly depressed BUT not demotivated. It was a wake up call. This is the heaviest I've been since about 1995.

A change is long overdue.

I just have to say that all the weight loss blogs I read motivates me so much! Thank you guys and gals!

It's been a while...

...but I'm trying to get back on track..

As with most people that are trying to lose weight unsuccessfully, I have picked up the bit I lost and then some.

My dad passed away in June, although this is no excuse because I fell off the wagon long before that. It actually started when I injured my knee last year and I just never came back.

So here we go again. I still have to brave the scale...

The biggest thing I need to give up is drinking. I'm afraid I've just used that as my comfort for the last year, but no more.

I bought an exercise bike last month and starting using it on Monday.

Baby steps!

We can do this together!

Overdoing it

Oh boy oh boy.

The couch-to-5K running program came to an abrupt halt last Wednesday when my knees seized to function. I'm haven't done any exercise since and yesterday I finally surrendered and went to the doctor. I've been refered to a physio and had a session yesterday which helped tremendously. Tomorrow I'm going for my next one where she informed me she will be doing needle therapy. Eek!
She still asked me beforehand if I'm scared of needles and here I'm thinking. FINALLY someone is gonna give me a shot for the pain! "No ofcource I'm not!" Famous last words before I was informed someone will be sticking several of the above in my knees. *sigh* I really need to learn to keep my mouth shut.

Good news is that I'm another kg down this morning. Strange because I have had a bad few days. Isn't it amazing that when your exercise plan flies out the window all good intentions go with it? I'm just treating every day as a new beginning.

That makes me roughly 9.5 kg's away from my Dec 2008 goal. Getting there! Slowly slowly!

Exorcising

I've been exercising my little heart out for weeks now and have become bored with the usual cycle/treadmill/rowing sequence at gym so yesterday I decided I was going to try to start with the Couch-to-5K running program.
Oh my gawd! I've just done my second day and I am DEAD and here I thought I was semi fit. Scratch that idea! BUT! I'm having so much fun. The 20 mins alternating between jogging and walking FLIES by. I just have to hold on to my boobs for dear life before I knock an eye out. Hehe.

The weight loss is going slowly slowly but I have lost centimeters. I've been doing a little bit of weights as well. I've read somewhere that I shouldn't do weights because I won't show losses on the scale but PFFT. Then I'm not going to worry about the scale. I'm enjoying myself. I feel stronger and healthier.

I know this is supposed to be a weight loss blog...

Things are rough atm. Yesterday our power was out from 2-8pm. I wasn't able to cook supper for the hubby as his working hours are erratic and by the time the power came on he was in bed already. The stress levels in the family is high. My hubby is supposed to be moving his office here on monday but he is now not sure how he will be able to carry on working with the blackouts in our area. For some reason the area his office is in atm doesn't have any power outtages. Our local paper has said our area has been load shedded unfairly and that Eskom is rectifying the matter. I'm not so sure about that...

I just hopped on the scale and my weight is up by almost 2kgs. I've stuck to my points. I've exercised as I should. So I'm a little down at the moment.

If anyone is reading this it would be nice if you dropped me a comment or an email.

Take care.

Results

Okay. So my blood work came back fine. My cholesterol was slightly elevated, but I didn't want to tell the doctor I think it was due to the amount of eggs I was eating whilst I was on the Southbeach diet. Blah. She suggested I see a dietitian, but I think I will just continue with WW. I've had enough of dr's to last me for awhile.

Gym is going well. I hurt my wrist over the weekend so I stuck to the treadmill today. 50 mins. Whoohoo.

Oh. I have to emo about the Biggest Loser tv show (South Africa). Last night more than a few contestants lost 6kgs EACH for the week. 6 KGS! That's 13lbs! In one week! All it took was 3 hours a day doing cardio. No Biggie. Pfft. I'm not even inspired by that show anymore. That kind of losses is just unrealistic. I feel sorry for those people when the show is over. They won't be able to maintain those losses unless they spend the rest of their lives in gym. Oh, I did spot an ambulance in the preview of next weeks show. Go figure.