NEW Measurements :D

Neck 36.5
Upper Arm 36.5
Wrist 17.5
Butt 125
Hips 123
Waist 104
Upper Leg 68
Lower Leg 47
Ankle 27

That is 31.5cms lost in under 2 months. Woo hoo!

I'm still alive

I haven't written for a long time, before MIL came to stay with us, once she was here I didn't want to use the computer incase it was rude. Anyway I am still losing weight, despite a few stuff ups, thank goodness. I have lost 11kg since starting WW now and 27 since the birth of my son 3 months ago. Uni has started again and I am VERY behind, we just got back from a 2 week trip to perth and my fiance was in brisbane so I had the 2 kids to look after and couldnt get much/any work done.
My weight now is 106kg (or at least it was yesterday morning). I got my hair done on Friday and bought some make up and fancy shampoos etc as my reward for my 10kg loss. I am about to take my measurements again : ) Will post them on here shortly

Long Time No Blog

I know it has been a while, I haven't fallen off the wagon, just been busy and stressed out! My fiances mum came to stay with us for a week and then my 2 month old bub decided he doesn't want to breastfeed anymore so I have been trying to manage that and it's been very time consuming.
Weight loss? Well last Monday I had a loss of 1.6kg and then today, none. I kind of understand that given that I missed two days of exercise and decided to start drinking lots of milk and Aktavite to try increase my milk supply. I still stayed in my points though, maybe all the milk was just a bit of a shock.
Anyway, my plan for this week is to not miss any exercise, to do more of it or at a higher intensity and to eat more fruit.

MEASUREMENTS

I almost forgot!! I took these measurements, thought they will help me to keep track of any progress in weeks where I dont seem to make much. Please note that measurements are all taken on the left limbs and at the widest points.
Neck: 37.5cm
Upper Arm: 38cm
Wrist: 18cm
Butt: 130cm (includes saddlebags)
Hips: 134.5cm (includes hanging stomach flab)
Waist: 107cm
Upper Leg: 75 cm
Lower Leg: 48.5cm
Ankle: 27.5cm

My shorts are too big

It has happened, my board shorts are officially too big. Now this should have been a happy realisation for me, but unfortunately I was in the pool at the time as was the local football team and having parts of my dimply butt exposed in public is not my cup of tea. So my exercise was cut short by my clothing problem, I only managed to swim 800m before it was just too annoying trying to keep them up, the footy team was also making the pool choppy like the ocean so I kept half drowning too, and the hornets, man I hate those things.

So that's my post, now you know that I went for a swim and my pants are now too big. Luckily I have 2 other pairs so I don't need to wait a week to get some by mail order. Yesterday my eating was BAD, had a crappy day, the kids were both sick and baby was crying all morning so my partner brought home takeaway for lunch, he chose what he got me too so I ended up with 19.5 points worth of chicken wrap and chips. By the end of the day I was half a point over budget and then I went to girls night where I was handed some kind of berry parfait which was apparently only 1 point (or so my neighbour said) and I ate it out of politeness.... to be honest I am not a berry fan. Today was a better day sick-kids wise as I already had baby panadol in the house this time and I fell asleep last night with bubba in our bed so he only woke up once. Two more days until Granny arrives!! She is staying with us for a week and coming just in time for our daughter's third birthday, there will be a party on sunday and I have now decided the time will be 4pm, still have to work out everything else hehehe.

Weight Tracking Day

Well it's here again. my 3rd weight tracking day and I will say I was pleasantly surprised with the result. I apparently lost 1.9kg in the past week. That seems like a really big loss to me, not quite up to Biggest Loser standards, but hey I only exercised for 1/5 the amount of time that they do and probably ate twice the calories.
I am feeling happy that I have now lost 4.4kg, hopefully next week I will have passed the 5kg mark. I can definitely notice the weight I have lost judging by my clothes, my pants literally fell off today while I am walking around the house. Of course I was wearing these pants before my second pregnancy when I weighed 124kilos so that would be why, but they still used to fit me so it still counts hehe. Also my butt seems to be smaller because my undies are looking mega saggy. Unfortunately my flabby apron (decorated with a beautiful stretch mark pattern) is still fitting me as good as ever, seems like that is going to be the last part to go.... if it ever does.

Oh well enough about my weight, I find it kinda hard to write about since it is only a small part of my life and I don't know what I am meant to say about it other than numbers. Today I had a pretty full on child raising day with the baby hardly sleeping and the toddler having a cold, I also had 5 packages to post, washing to do and fold, dishes, shopping the usual. It's been very hot too, I could even kind of feel the heat inside the house which is unusual. I have just had fish, chips and salad for dinner (only came to 5.5 points, plus I spat out half of the grotty fish) and am about to go have some time away from my 'lovely' family and take a walk with the dog. I really need to bond with this particular dog, we have a bad relationship because he keeps escaping and causing me stress so I have come to hate him, we definitely need to work on that. Anyway, it's 8pm and I better get going since tomorrow night I am going to a 'girl's night' and wont be getting any exercise done!

Dear blog

I am feeling a bit down today, can't think of a particular reason. It's one of those days where you wake up and just realise all the parts of your life that you have failed (or think you have, it's a matter of perspective I believe).
I often get disappointed with myself for my life not turning out the way it should. I am 23 with 2 kids, I hadn't planned to have kids so young, I wanted to get educated, have a career, remain un-fat, get married, the usual. Anyway I might be having a downer patch but luckily for me I am not the type who gets down and then sabotages, I am the kind who gets down and then gets over it lol so no comfort eating for me, it would only make me feel worse.
Besides I think in times like this we need to look at the path we have taken and think, would I really change any of it? I don't think so. Everything happens for a reason. I love my kids and their dad, our son was even created on purpose lol. I have finished one year of uni so I am 1/3 of the way to having that career that I want and I am about 3 kg down from where I was 3 weeks ago so I should be thankful for that.
In regards to eating and exercise, I still haven't messed up the tracking, I don't plan to because even though I don't self sabotage, I am definitely an all or nothing girl and I know that once I so stuff up I will have broken the seal so to speak. Also the more I put off exercising the less likely I am to do it which is why I am trying to be as consistant as possible. I did go swimming last night but only did 1km, I wanted to do a bit more but there was a horrible hornet that seemed to be stalking me and I almost drowned on a couple of occasions trying to avoid contact with the damn thing.
Anyway my dear blog, I will post again tomorrow after my weigh in. I think I will end up writing more about my feelings than about my weight, but that makes sense, weight is just a number there can't be that much to say about it.

CFN!!

TGIF

Thank GOD it's Friday!! I am so tired and so ready for some help with the kids on the weekend. The last few days have been good in that I have been doing my exercise. Last night I went for a walk and took my daughter with me in her pram, it was a bit scary actually because we left at about 8pm and as we live in the outback street lights are minimal and when I walk on the outskirts of town I am worried a dingo is going to jump out from behind a tree and eat us. Oh well, at least I am not worried about criminals.... The night before that I went for a walk on my own but there was a severe lightning storm not too far away so I headed back earlier than planned, still took 35 mins though. I actually measured the distance I was walking last night and was quite horrified to discover that it was only 3.4kms and took me 45 mins when pushing the pram AND I thought I was going fast. On Tuesday night I had asked my neighbour if she wanted to go swim 1km with me at the pools, it was a goal of hers since she had progressed from only being able to swim 400m to doing 800m in a week. We finished the 1km and I asked her if she wanted to keep going and managed to get 1.2km out of her, now that is an effort, she tripled her distance in such a short time, I wish I could do that.
My eating has been going well too I suppose, I have stuck to the points, it isn't hard when you are allowed 31 of them (I'm breastfeeding). I feel too guilty to use up my saved points, hell I didn't exercise tonight and I feel guilty about that too but I will make up for it at the pools tomorrow. I still have 5 points left tonight but it's way too late to eat them, so now I have 37.5 in my 'bank' and 2 days left til weigh in.
This morning we went to the playcentre and as I hadn't had breakfast I thought I would have a toasted sandwich and a coffee. ONE sandwich and a small cappuccino = 10 points!!!! I found that out later, who would have guessed? Next time I will stick to my Special K.
If anyone actually reads this, I am sorry for my randomness, I am not quite used to this yet so don't know how to put it in more of a flowing form.

Losing my blog virginity

Well here I am deciding to write a blog for the first time. It's weird because I don't really want anybody to read it as I am embarassed, but oh well, probably nobody will anyway hehe. I am starting this because I have read a few peoples blogs of their weight loss journeys and found them inspirational so thought I would write one for myself. I guess I should introduce myself first, I am Amanda, 23 years old and a mother of 2 (girl and boy -born christmas 2008- lucky me!), I live in outback Australia with my fiance. I have just started weight watchers (online) two weeks ago and have since lost 2.5kg.
When did my weight problem start? Well I always felt fat when I was a kid, but in hindsight I think it was just puppy fat because even though I still felt fat in highschool I can look back on photos and realise that I was actually healthy, I don't think I even had rolls! I had a little blip when I was 18 years old where I sunk into a depression after quitting my second attempt at year 12 (for a guy) and then being unable to find a job. During that depression I watched DVD's and ate peanut M&M's all the days except Saturday and Wednesday, the days the employment section was out in the newspaper. I did manage to lose that weight, it was only 15kg after all. In 2005 a week before my 20th birthday I was surprised to find out I was pregnant, we both were haha. So after all my hard work and fitness training I totally succumed to the temptation to eat like a pig and blame my pregnancy and I gained one kilo for every week I was pregnant.... I went full term...
THAT is when my real problem began. I never quite lost it, the lowest weight I have been in the past 3 years is 98kg. At the start of 2008 we moved to the desert, with no fast food around I thought I would lose weight but when our belongings were relocated and I weighed myself I was horrified to find I had gained 10kg and now weighed 124 kilos. I put it down to my lack of movement seeing as I no longer had shops to walk around or friends to spend time with. I just had my baby boy almost 6 weeks ago, I peaked at 133.8kgs the week that I had him, he weighed 4.65kg on his own (10 pounds 4 ounces) and I got rid of a lot of fluid and to my surprise I actually ended up lighter than I was before I got pregnant with him. So here I am today right now at 114.5kg, this is where I will start my journey (for blogging purposes) and I plan to finish this year at my goal weight, or damn close to it! My goal for now is 75kg which may still be slightly overweight but I was very happy and healthy and fit at this weight and wouldnt ask for anything more than that.

Sorry for the long post, the rest will probably be super short : )