Fighting The Flab

Well this post is late, and for that I make no excuses.
I cant believe a week has passed already and its weigh in day today. I am nervous for a couple of reasons 1) not had the healthiest diet this week and 2) I have to go to a different group.
Now, don't get me wrong, I have not cheated on this diet, not once this week, which when you consider I am out and about and working 15 hours a day at the moment, is pretty amazing! I have been grabbing bits from tescos when I need them and doing my best to eat healthy. My main diet is fruit, with a meal of rice and chicken breasts during the shift. I have eaten out twice in a week once was a jacket potato, salad and baked beans (YAY go me, I live dangerously) and the last meal was noodles with, yip, you guessed it, chicken!
The second reason I am a bit nervous is going to a new group, now don't get me wrong I haven't moved or changed, I just cant get back to the normal group the fantastic 4 attends on Tuesday, so I have found one near where I was working. Even when it came to weighing in I wasn't sure I would do it.
I turned up, parked the van, took a deep breath and walked in.... nothing happened. I walked over to the desk and paid my weekly "I'm fat so I have to pay to attend tax" where the lady introduced herself and made small talk for about a minute. Went and weighed in, the lady there said well done and then I walked out. No drama, no fuss, no pointing and laughing. To be honest this group seemed a bit younger than our normal group and the counsellor didn't once mention her condition. If I am still working near hear next week I will probably go to this group again, I might even stay to group session as well, time permitting.
So, how did it go? Well I lost 7.5 lbs this week (3.4Kg) which i thought was quite good, but I missed my 10% body mass award by 3lbs.... so next week I will smash that one out as well! Go ME!
So lets recap briefly, starting weight 30St 8lbs (194.14Kg) 4 weeks dieting..... weigh in at 27st 11.5lbs a loss of 2st 10.5lbs (38.5lbs or 17.46Kg) not bad going really! Although I would like to claim this success as mine, it is truly dependant upon the support team I have in Kerry (without whom non of this would be happening), Dan and Kellie, as well as everyone else. So thanks everyone!

The rest of the fantastic 4 also lost this week!! Go F4!! Bringing our weekly total to 14.5lbs!! Another week down and another stone gone between us!
Our total weight loss to date is 79lbs!!! (35.83Kg or 5 Stone 9 lbs) that's half an adult human being! (normal size, not my size lol). In 4 weeks? See we truly are the Fantastic 4!! Keep it up peeps.

Here is to a leaner fitter summer!

Am back, sorry about the absence, but a loss of computer and only running a blackberry (and there is no way on God's green Earth I am using that to update the blog) meant very limited blogging opportunities (which really means I could not be bothered to pick up one of the 4 laptops, or bring my tablet home from work, or use a friends... so actually that excuse is pointless).... Actually lets start this again...

Hello, I am back, sorry about the absence but life took over and I really could not be bothered to expend the energy needed to walk up the stairs to get the laptops :o) (that's better, and more truthful)

This post should have been finished and out Wednesday, however, it is now Thursday and I have still have not finished it... So pretend it is Wednesday and it will all make more sense!

Tuesday is weigh in day for the fab 4 (Kerry, Kellie, Dan and I) and it is with some interpretation that we approached it this week. Firstly, we all got off to a roaring start last week, secondly we have all been talking today about how rough we feel. Now lets get this right, I don't mean rough as in ill, I mean rough as in bloated, lethargic, generally not right.

Add that to my scepticism, about how you can eat so much food and lose weight, Kerry's abnormal insistence that her body will not lose weight or if it does its half a pound a week. The mood was generally down... also if we are honest none of the 4 of us actually like our counsellor, she is at best 'Walter Mitty' and at worse simply incompetent! However, the timing of the group is right for the 4 of us all to make it, so it is what we have. (We also happen to be the loudest, most opinionated and youngest members of the group I think!)

This week there was some faces we had not seen before, the 4 of them sat at the back next to us and promptly started eating! (I have to add that these 4 are also quite thin!). This set Dan off on an incandescent rage, which strangely enough he held back on when he blogged, but catch the post here... However, we duly lined up, paid our money, took our turns on the scales and then sat through an hour of psycho babble  and poorly explained nutritional advice. Now please dont get me wrong I dont think the diet is overly bad, and I dont think the organisation that runs it is particularly bad either, in fact, if you have to go to a fat club then it is one of the 3 I would suggest. Its just our counsellor...

Now.... the weigh in itself... this week I lost 9lbs (4.08 Kilos) giving me a total loss of 26.5lbs (1 Stone 12.5lbs, 12.02 Kilos) which is not too shabby and won me slimmer of the week. The others all lost as well with safe, healthy sustainable amounts. This week the fab 4 lost 17lbs together, bringing our running total to date up to..... weight for it.... (sorry could not resist)..... 52lbs!!!! (3 Stone 10lbs)

Well done to all 4 of us!!! Way to go team!!! Keep it up!!!


Todays thought....

1st May Food Diary

06:35 Sugar Free Red Bull
07:09 2x Hi-Fi light bars (B)
07:30 300 ml Dr Pepper Diet
09:20 Muller Light Yogurt Strawberry and Cranberry
11:40 Sugar Free Red Bull, Apple
12:00 Melon, Grapes, Pineapple, Strawberry, Blackberry, Blueberry, Raspberry
13:10 Apple
14:50 Coffee
16:00 4x Ryvita Wholemeal crispbreads (4 Syns), 4x Laughing Cow light triangles (A),
Pickled Onions, Lean Ham, Sweet Chili Chicken (1.5 Syns)
16:10 500ml H2O
18:10 Coffee
20:35 1litre H2O
20:45 Cottage Pie, Butternut Squash, Cauliflower, Carrots
21:30 Melon, Grapes, Pineapple, Strawberry, Blackberry, Blueberry, Raspberry,
Muller Light Yogurt Vanilla, 3 Mini Meringues (3 Syns)

Today was a difficult day on the diet, not for temptation, but for time to stop and eat. So I ate most things on the run and had to wait till late to eat lunch (as I discovered making up crispbreads whilst driving is bad). Having said that, I still did not cheat when I went into the service stations, I still did not feel that hungry at any point and I still made some good food decisions (well, Kerry did, as she prepares everything). All in all this first week has been OK. I'm not going to lie, it hasn't been all roses (in fact no Roses, as chocolates are not allowed) and I have struggled to see how this diet will work for me, but I have not cheated and I have followed it to the gram.

There is 4 of us on this healthy eating kick, Kerry, Dan, Kellie and I and we all got weighed in tonight. All of us lost weight. Dan and I have already managed to turn it into a competition of sorts, friendly of course, but bantering a bit in the weigh in cue etc. (I won this week heehee, but to be fair I had the most to lose).

This week I lost 1 stone and 3.5 lbs (remember the .5, its important!) which equates to 17.5 lbs (for the Americans) and 7.94 Kilos (for the Europeans). A massive loss. None of which I could have done without the support of everyone, especially Kerry as she plans all our food (and works full time, and looks after the children, and looks after me, and had laser eye surgery this week!) and she is my super woman.

How do I feel mentally? Hmmm, I expected the big loss, and to be fair if I had not achieved it I would have had the right hump, however, I did not expect that much. I was pleased when they told me, very pleased, however I know next weeks will not be as big. I am under no illusions with dieting, have been there too long and done too many stupid things to my body. I know how my body acts and reacts to foods, training etc. Everyone keeps telling me its amazing that I can lose weight so fast, I am not sure everyone appreciates the hard work that goes into it. Comments are made along the lines of its easy for you it falls of you, you lose weight so fast, and you have done it before. None of these are particularly motivational, in fact some of them are hurtful in a weird way. I still smile and respond with a positive. I seem to be in a good place emotionally, certainly I am ready for the next week ahead.

Today's thought... You'll be amazed at what you can do and how well you can do it.