New beginnings, new journey

Urgh Sparked my husband is the same, the other morning he had a late start at work and ate a whole family bag of twisties and a couple of cans of coke and off he went. I'm glad he doesn't always eat like that, (from a health perspective) but really it's nothing for him to come home and eat an entire roast chicken and a family pack of salad too. Ick. Damn boys and their metabolisms. Actually even more annoying, he can be all "OMG, jeans are a bit tight!" eat healthy for like a week and drop 4kg like that. Then he's back into eating how he was again. Lol.


Wade (my closest friend from Perth) who now lives with us asked me to help him lose weight... and I mean, he's a really big guy. He's 6"5 (absolutely towers over me) and I have no idea what he weighs. He's the sweetest guy in the world, and I started taking him walking with me just for 30mins a day (when I was un-injured, so for a few weeks) but he really has no idea HOW to eat healthy I think. Because he'd come home and eat an entire block of cheese and a whole salami, then have dinner. I'm not really sure how to approach the subject with him, his parents were always at him to lose weight and eat better and that's the reason he left. There's not a single vegetable he claims to like. I'm just so worried about his health, he also has cancer which we found out a few years ago. It is terminal, but he's supposed to still have 4-6 years left. I'm sure if he got healthy it could be longer! I just get a little frustrated trying so hard to help someone, or just stand by supporting someone, who won't help themselves. Of course I'll always be there for him, it just makes me sad.


ANYHOO. Off to work.
 
Ended up working 6-2 today, just because my legs were doing so much better. Bit of a struggle when I had to go home, but I got there! Feet up now and nomming down my curry! So ending today on a 962cal deficit. 1 perfect day down, 4 to go till weigh in... eee, the last of the month too!! I reckon it looks like my legs got a bit skinnier, this month, but I think my waist is either the same or even gone up just from the lack of exercise. Or maybe my hips shrunk and my waist didn't... either way, I kinda lost my waist again! Damn not exercising, doing my head in! My measurements vs weight will be interesting this month for sure. My boobs so haven't shrunk at all, my back has though as all my bras have to be on the tightest notch now and most of them were bought only 1-2 months ago.


In the cash office myself tomorrow! Only have to work 12pm-6pm though, and only doing basic basics... it'll be easy as, so I'm not worried. I am, however, excited that it's Friday... because after Friday, it's the FREAKIN WEEKEND BABY! Hahaha... Assassins Creed comes out next week too, on Wed. And my hubby just happens to have that day off. Being the darling he is he said he'd go and get it for me too... yay! Super excited!


Food plan for tomorrow is a bit all over the place... Not really going to be eating meals as such, going to be eating a heap before work, then saving some cals for work, and then nothing after (don't like eating late and it'll probably be nearing 7pm by the time I'd get around to organising food)


SO...


Food before work:

Homemade ice-cream with almond milk, banana, Amazing grass choc powder, cinnamon raisin peanut butter

Raw spirulina and cashew bar

Instant lentil curry pilaf (no nasty ingredients!)


Food at work:

2 slices raw sunflower seed slices with cheese


For a deficit of 970cals for the day. I do have one more portion of that curry left, but when I made it I froze one... going to eat it Mon! So good, I bought another of those sauces with that one, I think it was a Madras curry or something... so going to raid the shelf at the supermarket next week and buy all the other ones!


Hope everyone has had a healthy day, because I'm so checking diaries right now!!!!
 
Ahhh I love Assassin's Creed! I get kinda behind though and I'm just now playing Brotherhood -- totally messes with my head though! I'll be out in public and start thinking about how I can climb everything!


Your husband sounds equally as annoying as my boyfriend! He does that same thing with weight loss too and it just drives me crazy! Just this week I was getting frustrated because the scale said I was up two pounds and he said, "why are you stressing? It's only 2lbs, 2lbs comes off like that." All I could do was shake my head, I know that's his way of trying to motivate me, but he just doesn't get it!


That situation with your friend sounds just heart-breaking. Maybe he feels like his time is limited and he'd just rather enjoy food... but either way that would definitely be an incredibly hard subject to approach. Although, since he is a sweet guy, maybe he will understand that you just love him and want him to enjoy as much life as he can. Do you cook for everyone? Maybe you could dress some vegetables up, like eggplant parmesan or turnip mashed "potatoes" and sneak them in on him -- sounds like he's already got his mind made up that he doesn't like vegetables before he's even given them a shot? And there's always the option of making less and dishing it up in the kitchen and bringing it out so you can control the serving size. Just a thought, those are some things I do with my boyfriend when I'm trying to get him to eat healthier. (He never sees the vegetable sneak attack coming! hehe)


That's so exciting that your legs are getting better! Good job on a perfect day! :)
 
I was playing Brotherhood for months... I dragged it out for ages, doing all the Borgia towers and buying everything, getting all my assassins the top ranking and then seeing how the odds fared by sending them on impossible missions... hahaha then having to recruit more assassins. And doing all the guild challenges, so fun! Then a few weeks ago I decided I should finish it since the next one is coming out, so I did it the weekend after I injured myself. Really can't wait for the next one!


I actually think Wade just doesn't know how he should be eating to be honest! I don't cook for everyone... mostly because I like eating spicy foods and curries or I'll make some type of casserole or something. And of course no one else will eat them for whatever reason (hubby doesn't like cooked onion, anything spicy, OR anything that looks like foreign food unless it's Italian... which means pasta or pizza to him) and Wade just cooks his own food anyway. He eats lots of pork and bacon (which I absolutely can't stand the smell or taste of) so I can't even be around while he's cooking it. I did this huge roast chicken his first week here, I had a tiny bit of breast and a massive plate of potatoes and veg, then made a plate for my husband who wasn't home yet... then Wade just ate all the rest of the chicken, but none of the veges. Didn't want the potatoes either because they'd been touching the pumpkin and carrots. Pretty sure he ate after that anyway. I just don't think he knows what healthy means. Like for ages he was telling me (before we moved up) he didn't know what his parents probs were with the way he ate, he only ate junk food once a week... Ok, fair enough up here he has TAKEAWAY only once a week, but everything else he eats in such extreme amounts. And I don't know what he counts as junk food because he practically lives on chips and chocolate. And masses and masses of meat and cheese. I just get frustrated because I don't know HOW to help him. He won't walk by himself now that I can't walk, I can't really cook right now besides the instant type stuff I throw together for myself, and pretty much everything I eat gets met with a bit of an "ew" look from him lol. He knows I love him, and I'm only stressing out because he ASKED for my help and now I don't know what to do! Aii.... Maybe he just came up here so he could eat whatever he wanted without judgement from his parents, but then why ask me for help?


I guess part of it is selfishness too, I want him to be here as long as possible. I can't imagine him not being around! He was the first friend I made when I moved to Perth... I'd been working for a few months, and kind of knew everyone at work. Went to the Christmas party by myself (thought I'd be brave.... ended up being incredibly awkward for about an hour). One of the guys brought Wade with him to the party- back then he was the manager of a coffee shop in the same shopping center so I'd seen him before. His friend ditched him pretty much straight away and started getting pretty drunk with the store manager, so I went and sat next to him and was all "hey, you're the cafe guy". And he was like "yea, you're tall flat white girl". Then I asked him if he'd been abandoned, he said yep, and I just said you can keep me company then... the rest is history, we've been pretty inseparable since. (If any of that sounded like flirting, I can assure you it wasn't... he was the guy's date) Was actually pretty ballsy of me, put in the same situation again I don't know if I could've done it. Looking back on it it was pretty much me dropping down next to someone saying, "be my friend!" Here's a pic of me and Wade from over a year ago now! (Yup, same night as my avatar pic. Really should update it! Miss my blonde hair too, can't wait to get this shitty colour out and get a cut! Soon as I beat 65kgs...)
 
Hi Luz
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That's such a wonderful and beautiful picture of you and your friend, Wade!
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I'm really sorry to hear about his cancer. That kind of situation really effects me as it brings up memories of my mother and everything we went through during her treatments. It's the most difficult thing in the world to watch someone you love and care suffer from that horrible fucking disease. :mad: Sorry about the language.


It's definitely a very delicate subject to approach, but I also wanted to comment a bit on what Sparked said in her post. I never really thought much about what it would mean to someone losing weight if they knew for a fact they only had limited time left to live. I mean, you think of exercise and eating right as a way to prolong your life indefinitely (up until your retirement years anyway), but to be young and know you only have a few years left.. I can only imagine what kind of psychological impact that has on someone when it comes to maintaining a healthy lifestyle. :)


Honestly, I have a feeling my depression would take over full-force if I were in that position. A person can only handle so much at a time and, for me, I don't believe I could balance that with everything else rolling around in my heart and mind. I really don't know if I'm strong enough and I hope I never have to find out.


Anyway, enough of my crap. I guess I'm just getting a tad worked up. I hate the thought of good people being taken from this world before their time is done. It's just devastating for me to think about. :)


I'll just say kudos to Wade for seeking assistance in wanting to eat healthy and lose weight. I wish him and you all the best! He's definitely blessed to have you in his life!
 
Started to feel pretty ill last night. I must've fallen asleep at around 6.30pm, I remember I was going to get up to have a shower so turned off the tv, and just didn't get up. Was weird when it was suddenly 11pm and my husband was getting into bed after his late shift from work, I was so disoriented. Had a really bad stomach ache when I woke up this morning, and spent the last 5 hours curled in a ball on the bed thinking I was going to vomit. SO glad I have an afternoon shift today, I wouldn't have been able to go in this morning. Feeling a bit better now, and I have eaten and already had over half a liter of water... Was really worried I was going to get gastro, so many people have been off sick this week. I'm hoping this is the worst I'll get of it! Just got to get through today and then it's the weekend anyway.


I'll catch up on diaries and stuff later, feeling too blah to write.
 
Just knocked off work. Survived the day, the work was really easy but I was on my feet much more than I was expecting, and I feel pretty sick still. Feeling like shit now, so popped a valium (prescribed for my legs- muscle relaxant) and have ice on my knees. Don't even think I'll get back up to freeze my ice-cream mix for the morning, I'm pretty exhausted. Food plan for tomorrow:


Breakfast: Choc coconut chew Larabar

Snack: 1 row of raw dark almond chocolate

Lunch: Instant mac n cheese (it's gluten free and nastiness free)
Dinner: Pad Thai rice noodles


So yea, tomorrow is going to be a day of laziness and not really much of nutritional value... but I guess it could be a helluva lot worse. I'm usually slacker on the weekends anyway. It'll give me a 1022cal deficit for the day.
 
Sorry to hear you're not feeling good right now, luz :) There seems to still be a few bugs going around right now, but hopefully it'll be gone soon!


Feel better
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Still feeling a little off today, no where near as bad as yesterday though. Wasn't just me sick though, my husband worked till 9:30 last night and messaged me after I left saying him, the store manager and one of the other managers had all come down with something and were all throwing up. So I think I might've got off fairly easy! Both in bed today watching movies, TOM came today so I got hit with a double whammy. Awesome.


Food is completely different to what I planned lol, still really lazy but I decided to put a few things in there to calm my stomach a bit too. In with the junk food, lol.


Food today mostly just random snacks, it's the kind of mood I'm in.


Still had a Larabar, but I had a ginger snap one. Has real ginger in it so thought it'd help some

Coco exposed water- it's coconut water with aloe juice and pulp, I had the kiwi and peach flavour. Was yum! 100% juice and supposed to help with calming nausea.

Gluten free, dairy free, nasty free peanut butter cups. Actually they tasted pretty close to the real thing, impressed!

Popchips

Pad thai noodles

Almond crackers


For a defict of 1012cals.


Poor Wade put his back out at work. Phoned us just then, he has to go to the doctor/hospital so I might have to head out today after all to drive his car home. We can all feel like shit together, awesome! Poor guy, one thing after another.
 
Officially the worst food day I've had since I was on hols a month ago... oops. Reckon I went around 1000cals over, so not so bad really. If I'm good the next 2 days I'll still have a 4000cal deficit for the week, only thing is I reckon it'll still show a gain from all the sodium... plus TOM. So big oops for end of the month weigh in! Was only going to eat up to maintenance, but then everyone was getting Asian and I was in a fuck it kinda mood. So I got seafood nasi goreng and ate around 3/4 of it. I'm estimating it at 1000cals, could really be less (or even more?) but whatever. Feel like shit for eating that much food though, arrrgh. 2 perfect days will be pretty easy though, I feel like I won't be able to eat for a week!
 
Didn't fare so well today- felt really ill for most of the day, I think it was partly TOM related but mostly yesterdays food related. Ended up spending half the day in the bathroom thinking I was either going to vomit or die. Struggled to eat, managed just short of 1000cals. Didn't really think it would matter that much though as I spent the whole day in bed and I ate so much yesterday. Hopefully I'll be all good for work tomorrow- I start at 5am, so got a really early start... hoping to knock off around midday.


Food for tomorrow

Breakfast: Spirulina and cashew bar

Snack: Choc coconut Larabar

Lunch: Raw sesame seed sandwich slices with cheese

Dinner: Homemade ice-cream with 1 cup almond milk, banana, amazing grass choc powder, cinnamon raisin peanut butter


Really tired and achey, going to have a really early night tonight. Hopefully I'll be all good for tomorrow. Wade has to go in to get xrays of his back too, he's managed to do something pretty serious. He's on heavy painkillers and can't stand up straight, and can only get comfortable enough to sleep on the floor. Thinks he might've slipped a disc, there's a definite bump in his spine where there shouldn't be!


Going to write off this weekend I think, have no idea what weigh in is going to be like on Tue. Ergh.
 
Oh my. Please take it easy :( Both you and Wade!


I wouldn't worry too much about maintaining your weight loss in situations like this - just focus on feeling better! You can always get right back into your routine at anytime after you knock this bug out :)


The number one priority is your health, and that doesn't always mean dropping pounds.


Hope you feel better soon! :)
 
Thanks Frogged, I'm feeling a million times better today, but an extra 2 or 3 hours sleep would've been nice... 4am wake up is too early!! Ick! So glad it's only once a week!!


Thanks for stopping by BC! Don't think I'll be eating that much food again for a very long time!


Sosososososo sleeeeeeeeepy. I'm off to work, I'm come and drop in on diaries when I knock off.
 
It's numbers and photo comparison time! Won't have my final weigh in for the month until tomorrow, have no idea what to expect. Feel really bloated and still a bit blah today, so don't know how smart it was taking pics n everything but whatever! Cms were pretty interesting this month, knew it would be though after a full month of no exercise. So here are measurements (in cms).


22nd Aug - 19th Sept - 15th Oct - 14th Nov

Bust ---103-----------99-----------98----------97--------

Waist--85-------------81-----------78----------77--------

Abs ----95-------------95-----------93----------92--------

Hips ----103-----------98-----------98----------95-------

Thighs -64-------------62-----------61----------59-------

Arms ---32-------------31-----------29----------30-------


So mostly lost off my hips and thighs this month, and gained a cm around my arms. Photo time! Pics go oldest to newest, from left to right (same dates as measurements above) Apologies for all the different sizing in the pics, I really can't be bothered changing them lol.













And just for good measure...


Before- to in between (now)




Will let you know what final weigh in is tomorrow... I'm thinking I've probably gained this week, but as long as I'm still under 66kg for the month I'll be happy. Will decide on my goal for the end of next month tomorrow when I know what I weigh!
 
So glad you're feeling better, Luz! :hurray:


Oh, and the pics! WOW! You look spectacular! :biggrin: :biggrin:


Your progress has just been amazing and your before/after photo is INCREDIBLE! You look so beautiful! Just really inspiring to see your changes! It's really great to see pics like this because it just shows that everyone can accomplish amazing things as long as they stick to it and don't give up!
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You're an awesome example of that, Luz, and such an inspiration to myself and many others!
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I really feel like exercising right now, but it's late and I should be going to bed, lol! ..damn early morning tomorrow ;(


Congratulations on everything you've accomplished! I'm SO happy for you!! :hurray:
 
HOT DAMN, you look good! ;) Your thighs look really muscular and toned even though you haven't gotten to workout recently! What kind of magic is that?? Awesome job, I'm totally jealous! ;)


I'm sorry to hear that you were sick (I totally missed out on all of that with a crazy weekend :p) but I'm glad you're feeling better, I turn into such a big baby when I'm sick, and throw TOM in on top of it? Yuck! :( I know being sick always messes with my weight, so I agree, just write this one off and give it some time to balance out.


That picture of you and Wade is so cute, he looks like a really sweet guy! And yes, throughout that entire story about how you met I was convinced you were picking him up! ;) I also wanted to say that I don't think it's selfish at all that you want him around, I only think it's selfish when that person is in pain, and all you want is to prolong his good days and make him feel healthier! I think you should just sit him down and be honest with him, tell him he asked you for help and you'd really like to help him and that he doesn't seem to know much about healthy eating but you can help him make up a plan, even if it's just him being conscious of eating less. Maybe he had something specific in mind when he asked you to help him but he's not sure how to bring it up, maybe he just needs a good kick in the butt, or maybe he just isn't interested anymore, but it would be good to talk about it and see where he stands so that you guys can either start working on it, or at least you've put the idea in his head that you are ready to help when he is ready.


I don't know if that helps, it's just such a difficult situation, I guess I wanted to throw my two cents in there. I hope you guys are able to have an honest conversation about it, and hopefully you can figure out a plan that will make you both feel better! :)


Anyway, I can't believe those are your "in-between" pics, you'll be a serious knockout in the afters! Keep it up! :)
 
Thanks guys! I'm still pretty annoyed I can't exercise yet. Legs are getting a lot better though, after spending the weekend in bed I could walk almost completely normal the entire time I was at work. Think I'll probably need another month before they are completely better though, then I can maybe start walking for exercise again for a while until I can start doing more!


Thanks for the advice Sparked, I think I might have to leave it for a week or two though... poor Wade is pretty out of sorts right now, he had his back scanned today and he has two ruptured tendons at the base of his spine. So he has to be on light duties and have physical therapy 4x a week until the doctor re-assesses him in a fortnight. Poor love! Haha I think my thighs looking 'muscular' must be a bit of a camera illusion, they're pretty squishy again after a month of sitting on my ass! But thanks for saying so!


Food plan for tomorrow

Breakfast: Homemade ice-cream with almond milk, banana, amazing grass choc powder, cinnamon raisin peanut butter

Snack: Choc coffee Larabar

Lunch: 2 slices sunflower seed sprouted bread with cheese

Dinner: Slow cooker Madras curry with chicken breast, chickpeas and broccoli florets


Decided to set next months goal as 62.5kgs... regardless of whether I've lost weight or not this week I think it's definitely achievable, 2.5-3kgs in a month. So if I weigh the same tomorrow as I did last week I need an 800cal deficit every day... easy!
 
AOMG!!!!! You look totally amazing!!!!!!!!

So so proud of you sweetie. And oh course, totally jealous of that hot body of yours!! I dare not show Mark, i think he would have heart failure :smilielol5:

Seriously though, you look friggin awesome :hurray: :hurray: :hurray:
 
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