Still Here!

I haven't run away, I'm still here.

Well, I've been back at it for a week now and so far so good. Haven't had any major blow outs yet. I'm enjoying the exercise and the food at the moment, not bored (hopefully that won't be a problem).

I weighed myself today to see how I'm going, and yay, I've lost 1 kg! Woo!

Here's a pic of today's breakfast, a bowl of Weetbix Choc Malt Crunch.

Breakfast

Saturday morning I thought I would try something new for breakfast, so I had a look around and found this recipe for a low carb, high protein pancake.

The original ingredients were...
1/2 banana
2 egg whites
1 scoop of protein powder (vanilla)
1/2 tbsp ground flax seeds
1 teaspoon of cinnamon

I have been eating it for breakfast for the last couple of mornings and adapted the recipe to suit what I have in my pantry.

I've used Nature's Way unflavoured instant protein powder and, instead of straight ground flax seed I've used Naturefirst Premium Breakfast Booster - LSA mix. Which is ground linseed, sunflower seeds and almonds.

To make sure the mix is nice and smooth, that the banana is fully mashed I mix everything up with the Tupperware Smooth Chopper.



I serve mine topped with a pile of chopped fruit. Yum!



The mix makes just enough for one. It's tasty and filling and a great high protein alternative to the poached eggs I was eating every day (and getting really bored of).

I'm Back! Again...

Well, it's 2013 and here I am again. After around 12 months off the weight loss wagon I'm feeling motivated again. (it's amazing how clothes shopping has that affect...!) While I've been away I've gained a shocking 12 kilos. Wow, working that number out is REALLY depressing! (no wonder none of my clothes fit!) But I'm here to be positive, no point dwelling on the negative. It won't get me any where. I am going to make positive changes and choices this year. I am going to lose weight. I started back on the path to weight loss last we, and I am happy to say, that as of this morning I have already lost half a kilo, I currently weigh 99.2 kgs. So, here I go, I will lose weight this year. And I will keep it off.

Almost... But not quite...

So, yesterday was my Wii Fit goal day... And well, I didn't quite get there, I was aiming for 87 kgs...

I was only 600g off, at 87.6 kgs. Pretty frustrating!

I've set a new goal, to weigh 86.2 kgs by the 26th of January. I hope I can get to that one. I think I need to work on my diet more.

I'm still enjoying the Wii Fit Plus stuff, there is a lot to choose from and I can mix up daily work out which keeps it interesting.

I haven't been back to Curves since Christmas, I've just been enjoying the Wii too much! I don't know when I'll be back there...

Fail...

Well I have well and truly passed the date I had hoped to reach my goal wait of 85 kgs... I had hoped to reach that weight by the 25th of December. It's now the 3rd of January... And I weigh... 88.6 kgs. More than 4 kgs off the goal.

Fail.

Christmas really did a number on me.

Now that the festive season is over I am hoping to get back on track and start losing, rather than gaining weight.

For Christmas I was given a Wii which came with the Wii Fit Plus Program, I've been using it daily and really enjoying it.

When you use the program you have to set weight goals. The program recommends a goal of 1.4 kgs every two weeks.

So, based on that I hope to weigh 87 kgs by the 12th of January.

Let's see how I go.

Up dating

Just a quick post to update you on my weight.
Went down again this week, to 87.5kg.

But as I get closer to Christmas I am anticipating some weight gain... There is just SO much eating involved with this time of year...

I will try to make healthier choices and to not over do it... But I am only human!

Closer...

I think I missed my post last week, sorry about that. But, I have some good news this week.

When I jumped on the scales this week they read 87.8kg.

I had been stuck at 88.8 for a while, and last week it even went up to 89 point something again... But I think that may have been because it was “that time of the month” and I was feeling really bloated.

I have been sticking to my exercise plan and very strict with my calorie budget.

I still haven’t made it past week three of the couch to 5K training plan, hopefully I’ll move on soon...

Though I did decided to take the jogging outside this week, and without the cushioning of the treadmill, I seem to have given myself shin-splint... :S

I’m going to start doing some ankle strengthening exercises hopefully this will help, as apparently weakness in this area (and I have this) can increase the tendency for shin-splints to occur.

Anyway, so I now weigh less than 88kg. I set the goal of weighing less than 85kg by the 25^th of December... I don’t think I’m going to get there. That is only 14 days, 2 weeks. I would need to lose more than 2kgs to get there, and I just don’t see that happening...

I am going to keep working at it though, and hopefully I will be close by the 25^th. I hope, at least, that I don’t gain weight between now and then.

Wish me luck.