Highlights
Some highlights of my recent weight loss has
meant that in the last 3 months, I have gone down two top sizes & one
bottom size. I have also been able to walk up to 9.5 kms most days, (altho this has dropped back to 5 km's since I had a child home sick for 7 days then the school holidays. Too far for my kids to come with me, but I did tell them, we will be doing so me family fitness activities together). Back into again though and it feels great! Must work up to a jog though. Afterall, most people that jog or run seem to drop it a lot faster. Don't want to loose weight too fast though otherwise it's too hard on your body and you do want everything to shrink back together nicely!
Other highlights include being given a bag of
nice, new or near new of quality, clothes from a friend of a friend, who had
too many nice clothes that they didn’t wear. Yay for me! You know, God has been really good like that
to us. Sure sometimes I need to buy
stuff. Yep that’s how it goes. But it’s not easy when you are a solo parent,
but sometimes I will be just thinking how either I will be downsizing again shortly,
or the kids have had a growth spurt and then out of the blue – clothes will
arrive! It’s great! I don’t even have to speak of it, I will have
just thought about it. I’m so
appreciative and I really enjoy recycling actually. Means I’m leaving a lesser environmental
footprint on the world! And not that I
care about labels, but some have been expensive!
Another couple of highlights – someone that used
to go to WW and that I used to be a fellow Girl’s Brigade member with, when I
was a kid – stopped her vehicle on the side of the road, hollered out to me to
stop walking, jumped out, ran across the road and said ‘I just want to give you
a ‘high five’ for loosing weight, I noticed it when I was driving past the
other day and wanted to catch you. No
matter what happens, keep trying, don’t give up’. Awww, just made my day that did. Then my mentor from church told me she had
noticed my butt had lifted.
Awkward. We had quite a funny
conversation and a laugh about that. I
asked her why she was perving at my butt.
Ok, you just had to be there – we thought it was funny! But it is fun getting stopped by people in
the street and have them say they have noticed, especially when you are having
a ‘fat’ day! So encouraging. Just one thing though – once I’ve lost more
weight, if I ever become vain or arrogant about my looks, please shoot me! (figuratively of course). Seriously!
I don’t want to be one of those people.
I don’t like it aye! Confident
yes, arrogant no!
Low Points
Unfortunately, before I had kids (Afterwards I
went up to a medium size and that’s fine) but then after the weight gain
through depression, well now it means, I’m not a standard size all over and it
will fall off wherever it wants, not in the order that I want it to. Some people, loose it all over at once, for
the rest of us, it comes off faster in different places than others. Also, because I had recently ‘hit a wall’ I
still fit my smaller clothes, but I’ll be honest, I’m sure it shows in my face.
Ugh!!! Oh well, gotta just keep going forward.
Also discovered that at my age (early 40’s) carbs
are no longer my friend. We all know the
old food pyramid that we learnt in school.
Well I think they need to add the disclaimer ‘results may vary, some
people are not suited to having this many carbs’. Honestly!
You know, I love pasta, but I just can’t eat pasta dishes as often and
bread – hardly touch it now. I can tell
the difference when I eat them and when I don’t, even if I stick to my Weight
Watchers points allowance!
Unfair!!! My Mum, right, she lost
a lot of weight during a certain time in her life, mostly eating pasta and
veggies. So unfair. But hey it is what it is! And for some reason, this new points plan has
been harder, although I’ve lost cms faster.
Not sure why that is, but I’m still very grateful!
Good news though, I have this theory that
broccoli and cabbage contain this magical ingredient that burns fat. Really! Note to self : remember to buy these every
week because it works for Me and every little bit helps!
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