130lb Journey Down the Scale

Ahaha val, even if you guys are laughing, its still an awesome workout. We laugh so much in my boxing classes! There's been a lot of boob punching going on lol! Accidental of course..

Well, I went to see the physiotherapist this morning, and he said that the arch of my foot is weak and slightly lowered, which in turn makes my knee point inwards, affecting the calf - making that tearing, burning feeling, and that all the hip problems that I've had in the past have been because of that. So basically every lower body pain I've had in the last 5 years has been because of the arches in my feet being weak. He's given me some exercises to do to strengthen the arches, then next week he's fitting me for some insoles to put into my joggers. He said it will probably take a couple of months to correct the problem, I will have to keep going back to learn more exercises. In the meantime, I can ONLY do low impact exercises, and none that I need to use my legs to hold my weight for long periods of time like Yoga or Body Balance :( He said swimming, cycling and rowing machines only... After I left the physio I went to the gym to talk to them about these limitations, and they told me that they have a sister gym down the road from me that has a pool where I can swim, they do aqua classes, and there's also plenty of cycling classes, but to start off with the intro classes (coz the cycling class is HARD), I can also do the weights classes (and tell them about my calf so I dont have to do weights that will affect my calf), and there's also a 'fitball' class that uses those big balls to strengthen core muscles. So there's plenty of low-impact options available to me.

I feel more determined now. Like this is a challenge - my commitment to my health is being challenged, to see if I'll stay committed even when I'm limited. I will!! I swear it :) I also feel as though I'm getting sick again - my tonsils really hurt today, and my muscles feel achy. I'm gonna rest a lot today, eat healthy, and try to get over it quickly (or get rid of it before I even get it!). The feeling of getting sick just makes me that much more determined - getting sick is the reason I'm doing this, so I can STOP getting sick lol. I'm sick of being sick! :rant:
 
I am absolutely feeling flat today. I am well and truly sick - I have sinus problems again! I just came back from the doc, and he gave me a referral to see an ENT Specialist. Between this, and not being able to go to classes I have been feeling upset all day and definitely let it affect me eating wise. I want to go to the gym, but cannot seem to get up the motivation. I love classes, they motivate me to go. The prospect of going to the gym and having to cycle nowhere or swim laps for an hour makes me really not want to go. I have a bike in the shed somewhere, I think I might need to pull that out and go for a scenic ride ... maybe I'll shove it in my car and go to the beach and ride along the beach (the footpath, not the sand!). I'd love to go swimming in the ocean, but its still a bit cold for that.

I need something to keep me motivated. There's 2 aqua-robics classes I can go to, but its TTOTM atm and can't go :( There's also spin/cycle classes... but EVERYONE (even super fit people) say that they are mega hard. What can I do?? I feel like I'm ready to give up again, but I know that if I do, I will continue getting sick and feeling cruddy.
 
I woke up this morning to terrible news - my grandfather died. I need to go interstate on Tuesday for a week to help my family prepare for the funeral, and keep my mum together. I'm pretty upset and haven't been eating well, and can't seem to get it together to get to the gym.

What a sh*tty week :(
 
Sorry to hear about your Grandfather. Just focus on the family time and take care of yourself.

See you later

Ana
 
I'm so sorry about your grandfather. Don't beat yourself up if you don't eat right during these next few days. You have a lot more important things to concentrate on at the moment. You'll have plenty of time to get into shape later. Sending hugs your way.
 
Ok I'm back finally. Sorry about not being around, things have been crazy. I got back from my mums a week ago, and since then have been rushing around like a chook with its head chopped off trying to get assignments done before the end of semester. I still haven't finished one, but everything else is done - now I just have to concentrate on exams.

My eating has been absolutely terrible, I haven't been to the gym in quite a few weeks and I started smoking again.

But that's ok! I have made a plan to stop smoking tomorrow, and to get my eating and exercise back on track on Monday. I can really feel the effects in my body from not eating well, not exercising and the smoking, and I said to myself last night "I'm in exactly the same place I was 2 years ago - I'm sick of this. Make a plan and get back on track". So I have and I am.

Things have been pretty crap since Poppy passed away. My mum is just a mess, and I felt horrible having to leave her. I'm thinking about going back up for a month over my summer holidays, just so that she's got someone there - the problem with that though is that I am most likely going to smoke with her around (she's a smoker), there's no gym around where she lives, and she's a chef - makes the most wonderful unhealthy food lol. I'm considering going, but I think I might have to stay in Melbourne, just so that I can stay on track. I call her about 20 times a day to check up on her, so it's not like I'm abandoning her... right?

I am skipping weighing myself this month. I will weigh in for the October challenge, but that's it until the 19th of November. Last time I weighed in (at the beginning of October) I was 127kg, which meant that I'd lost a kilo or so. I doubt I'll have maintained that.

I have been going to the physiotherapist, and he gave me the all clear to start going back to my regular classes - but only 2 a week, and no running (only moderate walking), jumping, or step-ups. So I think if I do boxing and body balance, plus an aquarobics class, I should be ok - that's 2 and a half hours of exercise in a week, and a nice array of intensities.

I will update on Monday to let you all know how things are going.

Lisa.
 
I'm glad to hear that you are being so supportive with your mum. I lost my mum last year and my daughter really helps when I'm having a bad day. Don't expect her to get over it anytime soon, it takes a long while.
It's great that you have got a plan of action to quit smoking and get healthy. Can't you get your mum on board to help you as a condition of staying with her? Ask her if she'd be willing to not smoke in front of you and to cook you healthier food. She might just agree so that she gets to spend more time with you.
 
Hey aussiegal,

Well done for coming back, it would probably be an easy time to let it all slip away. It sounds like you've got some good exercise coming your way this week :)

I'm really close to my mum too, Maybe she would want you to stay on track and lose some weight/get healthy etc? You could go to her for some weekends or something?

Anna
 
Hey guys :)

Thanks for being so supportive Ecky and Anna :) You guys rock!

My mum's philosophy with smoking is 'hold your breath, or move' - and the area that we have our chats at is outside on the verandah (its just where everything happens in the house), so it's difficult for her not to smoke in front of me. She would probably be happy to cook healthy food for me, she's done it in the past. I can't go there just for weekends because where she lives is a 2 and a half hour plane trip, and then a 4 hour train ride or 5 hours driving. I'm still undecided...

Anyway. I stopped smoking yesterday, and I feel just fine apart from the odd craving, which is pretty normal. Even after nearly of year of quitting I still had the odd craving for one - it just takes a second to get over it. I'm glad I didn't let it become a habit again, because last time that was the most difficult thing to get over - the habitual times that I would usually have a smoke.

Tomorrow I'm getting back on the bandwagon with food and exercise. I was wondering what everyone thought about eating the same thing day in day out (and just varying dinner), or getting into weekly food routine (e.g. Monday have abc, Tuesday have xyz, wednesday have efg and then start at the beginning again), or maybe just eating the same snacks every day, and just varying the main meals?

Lisa.
 
I think quite a few people use that food strategy (ie mostly the same food every day), ti definately makes it easier to plan and count cals etc.

There was some research which showed eating the same thing every day was a strategy that alot of people who were succesful at losing weight did. (does that sentence make sense? I'm sleepyzzzz)
 
Well done on packing in the smoking again.
I've got a bit of an obsessive personality and I tend to eat the same food, whichever happens to be my current obsession, every day for a couple of weeks and then go on to something else for another couple of weeks.
My daughter makes herself stir fries made with the same ingredients most days and varies them by having them with a bit or rice, pasta or in a wrap. It works for her.
 
Hrm, I did post a reply yesterday but it doesn't seem to have gone up... oh well.

I've been going really well food and exercise wise. I've been eating nearly the same things every day - oats with fruit for breakfast, a turkey sandwich for lunch, snacks consisting of fruit, yoghurt, crackers and/or cottage cheese, and then for dinner some form of protein with vegies. I've been getting into eating a lot of vegetarian foods again lately. I'm feeling a bit fed up with eating meat, it's better for the planet not to eat meat, and plus most of the vegetarian stuff is lower in calories. My calorie limit is 2000 per day, which is 400 calories below maintenance. I don't know if that's enough to be losing a decent amount each week, but at the moment it seems like a nice number, and I'm not always reaching it, so I might consider lowering it a bit next week.

I weighed myself this morning randomly, and it seems that I have gained a fair amount of weight since the beginning of the month (like, nearly 3kg). Not good! Hopefully by the 19th of November I'll have wonderful weight loss news to report.

I haven't been exercising as much this week. I've been to the gym twice for half an hour sessions by myself (no classes), but I'm so busy studying for exams that time seems to pass by me. I have a report due by the end of today, and 2 exams at the beginning of next week, so I'll try to fit in some more mini-sessions or some short classes between now and then.

Will update when I can. Things are getting to be a bit crazy around here!

Lisa.
 
Well things went downhill around exams. I was eating a LOT of junk just to get me through the study, but now I'm trying to eat a lot less food in general, doesn't matter what it is. I'm finding that I'm getting fuller quicker and don't want as much food any more.

I didn't go to the gym often around exam time just because I didn't have time, but I went on Saturday to Zumba and I could only do 10 minutes before my calf started killing me, so I went to row and bike for 10 more minutes and that's all I could do because my calf was just hurting too much. I went for a 15 minute slow walk last night with the dogs because I can't walk much faster than that before my calf starts hurting, and also the physio gave me shoe inserts that make my feet cramp up so I'm trying to get used to those before I go back to the gym for classes that require me to wear them.

This week the plan is to continue to eat less and do an aqua class, a body balance class, swimming by myself, yoga at home (on the Wii), and slowly walk the dog for 10 - 15 minutes each day.

I've got about 8 weeks to myself to really get back into eating and exercise before everything is shaken up again because ... *drum roll* I GOT THE JOB!! Its my first professional job using my uni knowledge and I'm so excited! Also nervous about what its going to do about my eating and exercise, because I'm not really sure about what the environment is like in terms of short breaks for snacks, and how long it will take to me to get home from work so I don't know what time I can do gym classes. I'm not much of a morning person, but I'm hoping to possibly wake up earlier and take the dog for a walk before work. Not knowing in order to be able to plan is making me nervous, but I know I'll be ok - I'll figure it out :p

Anyway, must be off!

Lisa.
 
Congrats on getting the job. Don't beat yourself up about not being able to stay on track during exams. My daughter gets so stressed with exam times that she eats far more and spends so much time studying that she doesn't move or exercise so much,
 
Hi Aussiegal,
I'm so sorry to hear about your Grandad :( Losing family just sucks...
I hope you're family and yourself are OK.
Well done with all your exercise! Don't worry, you'll get there.

You poor thing having bad sinuses, my poor Mum suffers all the time with infections so I know what you're going through :( Hey make sure you ALWAYS see a Dr. if they get bad. I don't want to freak you out, but last year Mum kept putting it off (because she'd only just finished a course of antibiotics) and she ended up with an abcess behind her eye because the infection ate through her nasal bone. It was the most frightening thing and she had to have 2 surgerys.

Keep up the good work mate, and congratulations on the new job :)
From another Aussie girl lol,
Jess
 
Val - thanks hun :) Exams are the most stressful time I swear - it's so unfair that they put us through it!

Jess - OMG! That is totally scary! Lol thanks for that word of warning, I will definitely be at the doctor every time my sinus starts acting up now! They've been pretty ok since I started exercising and trying to eat healthier. I think a large part of it was that my immune system was buggered.

So this morning I weighed myself and I weighed in at 131.7kg :( Not good at all. I've pretty much gone back to basics eating and exercise wise. Just trying to incorporate better foods and get some exercise in wherever I can. My calf is being really dodgy this week, so I've been trying to stay off of it.

Btw, if anyone wants my blog address, please just PM me. I'm not allowed to post the site on here coz last time I did I got in trouble for spamming. I've got one blog atm but I'm just about to start another one that will follow my weight loss for 365 days. Well that's the theory anyway.

Ok, must be off! Much to do :)
 
Hey aussigal
congrats on the job, I loved it when I finally got a 'real' job after uni. Having salary and sick pay Awesome!
 
Anna - I'm totally excited about the job but sooo nervous that I'm going to screw it up lol. I'm especially excited about the money coz it means I can finally buy a decent car and replace some household stuff that I've been wanting to for a long time.

I've been doing ok this week. I've been incorporating two fruits every day into my diet, and trying to eat less. I've also been trying to get in some exercise but so far I've only done 30 minutes in the week. I'm weighing in weekly now to stay accountable for my actions throughout the week. Its time to really get serious about this and stop falling off the wagon!
 
Why don't you get yourself a ticker to put at the bottom of your posts as having the weight loss and gain there for everybody to see keeps you accountable.
 
Thanks ecky. I just got myself one! I weigh in on Friday and I'm excited but nervous at the same time. Hopefully just adding in fruit and a bit of exercise will show a little loss!
 
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