Being a responsible adult! Weight loss n stuff...

Thanks guys, had a super chilled week doing nothing and just got my stitches out. All is well, none were cancerous or anything. I have to grocery shop tonight and can't start wearing makeup till tomorrow so feel a little bleh but I'll get over it! I have to work tomorrow too, got a work breakfast and then meeting till 1pm (and it's about an hr drive) so that's most of my day tomorrow gone.

Looking forward to life returning to normal and giving my weight goal focus again! I do have to organise getting my wisdom teeth out soon but probably not for a couple of months- my husband needs his done first I think.
 
I had my wisdom teeth out in high school. Don't know if that's because I was unusually wise for a teenager or what.

Also I actually had a cancerous basal cell removed from my lower back about a month before I started my weight loss program. Apparently it's no big deal, but when you hear the 'c' word over the phone from the doctor's office it still shakes you up. Glad to hear yours were fine.

And I hate it when I can't wear makeup, I just don't feel pretty. :D
 
Hey guys!! I don't mean to constantly duck in and out like this... Suddenly it's been almost 2 months since I've written!! Yikes!!!

I haven't been too bad, down to 71.1kgs and seem to be losing 500ish grams a week which I'm ok with. Have majorly improved a lot of gym lifts, seem to have had a month of new PBs! today for instance I did 95kg deadlifts. Yew!

I go away tomorrow for my 5 year wedding anniversary so probably won't post again till Mon... but I'm really going to try to make the journaling a habit!
 
Haha thanks Mr Vee.

Back from my couple nights away! It was soooo nice and went so fast. Ate pretty well while we were there, and have a good day planned tomorrow. No idea if I've lost this week but I definitely shouldn't have gained, I'll be weighing in Mon.
 
Gunna get straight into it and start posting food n stuff again!!! This week has been pretty good except for the day before we went away, chips and chocolate happened... but I'm pretty ok if it only happens once a week/fortnight. It does slow me down but it keeps me sane, haha.

Exercise this week was pretty full on, I did 30mins on the treadmill on c25k week 2, Tue/Wed/Thu I had PT, the Thu/Fri we were away we walked everywhere... except anywhere we walked had the steepest freaking hills and/or a messload of steps. My calves and butt are sore even though I'm used to heavy exercise.... my husband however is not, and is hobbling everywhere. Poor guy. My phone has a pedometer and both days we did around 17,000steps. Today I'm working and so are Ash and Wade, so I'm walking to work this morning which is my exercise (takes about 45mins). Wade will pick me up though! I think my hip is out at the moment which makes me a bit sorer, I was due at the chiro this weekend but was away. Grr.

Food plan for today

B 200g light Greek yogurt, 50g muesli, coffee
L 2 toasted sandwiches with edam, salami, tomato, spinach
S Quest bar
D Grilled salmon, broccoli

Total cals 1576
 
I didn't weigh in on Monday. Out of nowhere I got the serious munchies on Sunday night, it didn't end well. Then... TOM came on Mon. So at least there was a reason! Mon cals were around maintenance, I ate terribly on Tue, Wed was around maintenance... going to have 4 perfect days now to get in a bit of a deficit and hope that I have an OK weigh in come this Mon!

New PR this morning in training, 50kg bench press. YAY! I've done my 3 PT sessions for the week now but have a 30min zuu class tomorrow morning, so that's pretty much 30mins of crazy cardio/plyo. Have to walk to work today and tomorrow too. Going to really knuckle down now, want to weigh 65kgs by the end of the year! I'll do a big weigh/measure on Mon... then I have 9 weeks to get there which is a pretty realistic time frame, as long as I weigh 71ish still (I'm hoping I'll weigh a couple hundred grams less but 71 will still be fine!) I think my gym is starting a 4 week challenge at the beginning of Nov, if that goes ahead then I'll join in for a bit of a push.

Food has been fine today, right on track for a decent deficit. I work all arvo then have leftover lasagne I made for dinner.
 
Bench press is my weakest. My chest muscles just aren't as far along as everything else, for some reason. So good job on the new personal best.

13 pounds (roughly) until the end of the year is doable (about 10 weeks) though maybe a slightly little bit aggressive (though not if that 71 is a bit inflated due to whatever). I mention this because looking at your sig, we appear to have almost the exact same BMI right now. So I'm guessing we're pretty much in the same boat as to how quickly we can expect the losses to come.

I'm aiming for a pound a week from here on out, excepting that 1.2 or 1.1 right now gives me room for 0.8 or 0.9 right before I reach target.

Enjoy the lasagna!
 
Thanks MrVee... after eating like shit on Sunday night I kinda agree with you, was too scared to step on the scales and decided to change my goal to be a little more achievable- 67kgs by the end of the year. As much as I want to lose weight really fast, I still think I look pretty good right now thanks to a heap of consistent training. I definitely have weight to lose, but I'm not hating my body. Actually here's a couple of recent pics- the first is from a fortnight ago, and the last 2 are from when I went out for dinner on Saturday night.

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I don't feel ready to jump into a bikini in public, but I'm feeling strong and comfortable in my clothing. I took measurements today too-

Bust- 101cms
Waist-81cms
Hips- 101cms

I'd be stoked if by the end of the year I can weigh 67kgs and be 95/75/95 and then kinda re-evaluate and set new goals for next year. So... that's what I'm planning! I haven't weighed in this week but will get to goal just fine if I'm 71 or less this Monday (I had a pretty bad week last week so just forgiving myself and moving on... I think I would've gained 500 ish grams so hopefully losing that this week will bring me back to where I was last week).

Trained legs today, think I'm going to do chest tomorrow. I'll post tomorrows food plan in the morning.
 
Ended up training back and shoulders this morning.

I've been pretty good this week with food too, I usually aim for whatever deficit I can manage on my days off (Mon-Wed) then aim for much larger ones on my work days. It's just easier that way. Anyhoo...

Food for today

S (pre workout) 2 babybel minis, coffee with almond milk
B 2 chipolatas, 2 eggs, 2 pieces toast, coffee with almond milk
L Chicken breast and pumpkin lasagne made with shirataki lasagne noodles
D Mountain bread chicken sausage roll

Exercise 30min walk to the gym and back, 30mins PT (back and shoulders)

No plans for today. Wade doesn't start work until 2 but he's been pretty sick recently, he was coughing up blood last night (I think it's related to the cancer, he went to the doc earlier and he had really high blood pressure). I haven't spoken to him today so don't know how he's doing.

Think I'm going to spend a few hours trying to beat this really frustrating level on Hyrule Warriors...
 
Looking good in the pics. They're also just really good pictures generally, particularly the one on the bench. I don't have any pictures like that.

Mountain bread chicken sausage roll
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I don't know what this is, but I think I have to try it.

Sorry to hear Wade's struggling some. Hope he starts to feel better. Good luck with your strange Japanese video game. :)
 
Thanks Sunflower! I'm still trying to keep my food interesting over here!

Thanks MrVee!! I make the mountain bread sausage rolls, they are suuuuuuuuper easy. And taste like sausage rolls, haha. Quick recipe-

4x Mountain bread sheets (I usually use rye)
500g chicken mince
100g chopped onion
50-100g cheese (I usually use 80g mozzarella as it gives a good texture without a strong flavour)
1 egg
Seasonings- My usual mix is 1tsp curry powder, salt and pepper, a decent squirt of sriracha hot sauce

Pre-heat oven to 180C. Separate the mountain bread and put it aside. Mix all other ingredients thoroughly with your hands, then divide into 4 equal parts. Spread one section down one side of one mountain bread into a sausage shape, then roll it up. Repeat with remaining 3 parts. Place on a tray (I use a deep tray with a rack on it, these lose a fair bit of liquid) and bake for 30mins.

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Had another OK day yesterday. Didn't do much after gym, played the Wii most of the day and read a heap of stories on Reddit. Haha.

Here's todays plan:

S (pre workout) 4x light laughing cow cheese sections, coffee with almond milk
B 2 pieces toast 2 chipolatas. 2 eggs
L 2 chipolatas, 200g pumpkin, then 100g dried apricots to snack on at work
D Leftover chicken/pumpkin lasagne

Exercise 30mins walk to gym and back, 30mins PT (chest day)

Aiming for a large deficit today, only had a total of about 700ish cals so far this week lol. So the rest of the week on my work days I'm aiming for approx. 800 a day. I work 1-5 today.
 
Heeeeeeeeey Lucy!!! Omg you look amazeballs in the pics above, stunning!!!!

You are always doing so well:) great to see you are still on top of things:)

xx
 
Aw thanks Irish, you're so sweet!

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Well today ended up nothing as planned, haha. Ended up coming home from the gym and husband wanted to go out for breakfast, so I had a couple of chipolatas then we went out. Had the NICEST breakfast at a paleo café, it was an acai bowl with their housemade muesli, coconut yogurt, bananas and berries. SO good. Had a skinny latte too. Didn't eat much the rest of the day, had a babybel just before I went to work and went in early to have coffee with a co-worker, then had leftover lasagne for dinner. I think I would've had a 1000cal deficit, jeez! Not hungry at all right now though.

Got plans for Saturday night which is a first! Same co-worker as above has invited me to a poker night... planning the day out so I'll still have a decent deficit and be able to have a couple of ciders. It's been over 6 months since I had any alcohol so I won't be drinking too much... all going to go straight to my head!

Meeting tomorrow has been bumped up (dammit) so I'll post tomorrows plan now.

S (pre workout) 4 light laughing cow cheese wedges, coffee with almond milk
B 2 eggs, 2 chipolatas, 2 pieces toast
S Coffee (stopping on the way with my co-worker. I don't have a car so we carpool, it's about a 90min drive)
L (and snacks etc while I'm at work) 100g dried apricots, protein bar
D Leftover lasagne

Exercise 30mins walk to gym and back, 30min zuu class (high intensity cardio/plyo class)

I have class at 6.30, will get home around 7.15, then I have to quickly eat and shower and am getting picked up at 8am. So I'll have a busy/rushed morning! Meeting goes 10-2.
 
Yikes, drank way more than planned last night. A 6 pack of cider and half a Jack n cola... then 2 pieces of pizza when I got home at 2am. Was a really good night but I'm unbelievably tired today! I don't think I went over maintenance yesterday and had a 1000cal deficit today (unintentional... just not really feeling food today). Think I'm ending the week on approx. 3000cal deficit. Not what I was aiming for but still happy! Don't think the scales will show a loss tomorrow though, alcohol seems to make me retain fluid like crazy the couple days after!

This week I have a few plans, Tue I'm going to a big buffet lunch for the Melbourne cup at some tavern about an hr away... Wade shouted Ash and myself which was incredibly generous, it was $30 a ticket which gives us entry, buffet lunch, 6 drinks (beer, wine, soft drink, tea, coffee) and then afternoon tea buffet later in the day. Sunday night I think we are taking Wade out for dinner which will be nice too!

Because of going out Tue I won't really be able to track cals very well, so I'm going to try for a super strict day tomorrow so if I get a little carried away the next day it won't matter so much.

I have PT in the morning (legs) will post a food plan after!
 
GUYYYYS I did it again... didn't journal for one day and then suddenly it's 6 weeks later, DOH!!

Well, I ate terribly for 4 weeks and was starting to stress out to the max so I started seeing a nutritionist, have a very detailed and very specific meal plan to suit my exercise/work/activity level. I got back up to 73.5kgs when I started seeing her and just had my 3 week weigh in and have lost 2.9kgs in 3 weeks which is INSANE considering how much food I've been eating! I was hungry my first week but haven't been at all since... I get 1 cheat meal a week which I've stuck to (had a mini binge my 2nd week but kept going and still lost that week). SO! I'm 70.6kgs now, aiming for 70kgs for my 4 week weigh in. Already lighter than I have been all year so I'm totally stoked with my results!! TOM this week too and I still lost 900g.

What else has been happening... Had a really stressful weekend, one of my cats wouldn't stop vomiting and we ended up having to go to the emergency after hour vet clinic which resulted in a $2000 bill 2 days later. She was really badly constipated and couldn't go by herself (they called it obstipation). So we are completely broke and in debt at the moment, my parents are absolute lifesavers! Still a bit worried about little Luna, she's eating but she's only used the kitty litter once since we got her back on Mon (to be fair though, she hadn't eaten since Sat and only starting eating again Mon night/ Tue morning). Haven't seen her drink water either... so being as pro-active as I can with it, adding coconut oil to her wet food and started giving her a couple of tbsp. of milk when I feed her too. Supposed to help. I totally cannot afford another crazy vet bill so hopefully she's all ok!

Other than that, just been working. My little sister is flying over from WA to visit us for almost 3 weeks in Feb, it was my Christmas present to her. She'll be here the 5th-24th Feb. Can't wait!! I might have a friend stay for the last week in Jan too but that isn't confirmed yet.

Had gym this morning, back day. It was freakin exhausting! Have to walk to work soon too, working 1-5pm today.

Food today

Pre workout Water with lemon, 4 Brazil nuts
Post workout Protein shake made with water and glutamine
B Overnight oats with 1/3 cup quick oats, 1 tsp chia seeds, 1/2 cup frozen blueberries, 1/2 tsp cinnamon, 1/2 cup unsweetened coconut milk in a carton, 1 tbsp. shredded coconut, 1 tbsp. flaked almonds. About 1 hr later I had an almond milk latte
S Cherry crumble I made, pretty much 100g frozen cherries with 40g of mixed almond meal/sunflower seeds/coconut
L 2 cups coleslaw with 1 tbsp. shredded cheese and homemade dressing of 1/2 tbsp. olive oil, 1 tsp apple cider vinegar. 130g beef slow cooked in tamari and garlic with gravy made from pan juices, 1 pc mountain bread
S (at work) Green smoothie with 2 cups spinach, 1 cup coconut water, 30g unflavoured WPI, 4 vanilla stevia drops, 1/3 of a banana (about 1/4 cup worth), 1 tbsp. chia seeds, 1 tbsp. almond meal
D 130g chicken breast slow cooked in tamari and honey, 1 small zucchini cut into small discs and baked in the oven sprinkled with 2 tbsp. of parmesan cheese till crispy

Exercise- 30mins PT (back day), 50min walk to work
 
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