Progress Photos

In both the pictures above I am either 88 or 90 kilos. 

 

In these other photos I am 77.3 kilos in both. So there is at least a 10 kilos difference, but I am quite sure there is more like a 13 kilo difference. From the front you cannot see much of a difference, I mean you can, but you cannot appreciate it in the photos. But in the side ones you can certainly can. When I have lost another stone I will put some more up.

And now my latest pics at 65.5 kilos. I still want to lose a couple more kilos (maybe 4 kilos?) so to get rid of fat on tummy (for some reason my excess weight is all there which is quite unhealthy).

Day 18, Operation Looking GOOD feeling GOOD

Points:

3 rounds of toast with poached eggs (8)
digestive biscuit (1.5)
chocolate bran with smidge of ice-cream (3)
pistachos (1)
corn cake (0.5)
sante cheese and toast (1.5)

tangerine x 2 (or 3?) (0)

cooked apple with yoghurt and bran bake (3)

18.5 out of 20 allowed

I took my vitamin tablet

I have not done any exercise

So I made myself a diet apple pie. How? Well I boiled an apple. The skin just fell off, and I cut it up and sprinkled some cinnamon on it, then cut an all bran bake in two and put in top and then put a apple pie flavoured diet yoghurt on top. And there I had a 3 point treat. It was so filling, that I couldn't finish it, and now hours after I still feal very full, I think it may be the bran that has that affect on me.

It is hard to think of exercise when having this cold, not that I was thinking much of it before the cold. That is the worst part of my diet at the moment, the lack of exercise. I really have to bring it on.

Oh, and I am still missing one tape with about 2 or even 3 episodes of diet trials, I have gone through all the videos and cannot find it. I am really mad about it, I have so many crappy tapes and one that I really want has disappeared. Oh well.

Day 17, Operation Looking GOOD feeling GOOD

turkey sandwich (3.5)
corn cake (1)
pistachos (1.5)
digestive (1.5)
pasta (4.5)
cheese biscuits (3)
fitness bar (1.5)
2 rounds of sante on brown toast with onion (3)
4 pistachos (0.5)
tangerine (0)
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Total of 20 points out of 20

Did not take my vitamin tablet

Did not do any exercise (except the walking from and to the bus)

I am glad with my progress at both operation X and operation Y. I feel a bit out of it because of my cold, but I am not really ill, but enough to make me not feel right, a lot of sneezing and so on, and I certainly notice the difference in my energy levels (very low). I bought some cleansing milk from mercadona, their own make, 1 euro it cost me. I am going to try it tonight. Not much else to say, I think I am going bed soon, got a massage in the morning, so that is something to look forward to.

Reading dietgirl's blog, she mentioned making pikeklets, but to me it sounds wrong, check out the recipe she gives http://www.taste.com.au/recipes/5757/pikelets

Day 16, Operation Looking GOOD feeling GOOD

Points

digestive biscuit (1.5)
pasta with cheese and frito (6)
corn cake (0.5)
pistachos (1.5)
fitness bar (1.5)
beans on toast (3.5)
digestive biscuit (1.5)
corn cake with santé (1)
pistachos (1.5)
tangerine (0)
1 corn cake (0.5)
2 extra strong mints (0)
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Total 19 out of 20 points

Had my vitamin tablet

Didn't do any real exercise (But, the walking I do to and from the bus is about 10 minutes quick walk, which is 10 minutes more than I was doing before).

The bad thing was I didn't have any fruit today, however, I sometimes have some whilst watching the tele at night, but I have the feeling I will be going bed earlier, so that means no fruit. I must have some during the day tomorrow.

If the weather permits, I should be having a good walk tomorrow. That will do me good in all aspects.

I am saving money by not buying crap, some nights I would spend up to 6 o 7 euros. I would buy pringles (2 euros), some chocolate, probably something to put in a sandwich, bread... so times that by 5 times a week, and I also bought crap at the weekend as well. So that will be a save in everyway, in my money and in my health (they must miss me, my money I mean, but I do go in every now and again for some bread, and occasionally for some cheese biscuits, but I have gone from entering the shop everyday, sometimes twice, to once a week.

So weigh in was better than I thought. For me 600 grams, just over half a kilo is fine. I would like to lose a bit more other weeks, but as an average weight loss per week it is fine. I felt like the woman, wanting to hold some balloons as I stepped on the wii. I bet Dad would like to get on the wii. So now, I am 77.3, not bad, I hope next week to be 76 something, and I CANT WAIT to be 75 something, as that means I am as near the 70's as the 80's, and that feels very good. You can click and see my progress here (If you do this you will lose this window, so you will have go back to continue reading)

I know that losing weight is more difficult for you than for me, you lose it slowly and you have more to lose, so you need even more willpower than I do. Stick to it, we will get there in the end.

As for warming up bran bakes, (only do so for about 5 to 10 seconds) I think it is worth it, the smell comes out lovely, and very nice with a bit of icecream or a yoghurt. I am thinking of cooking apples, and adding some cinnamon and a natural yoghurt. Might as well have a go and see.

I am also thinking of trying different approaches to the diet each week, see how I lose more weight. For example, one week eat a lot more protein than carbs, another not have any bread or carbs at night, another cut out all fat, and see what has the best results. But whatever way I do it I WILL ALWAYS DO THE POINTS, I will just change how I administrate the points. Anyway, this is an ambition of mine, but I will have to see, the most important thing is to eat a varied diet, keep to my points and stick to it.

On diet trials they say that if you diet without exercise you lose a lot of muscle, but if you diet and exercise, you lose more fat, so I do really want to increase my exercise. It is so good for your mind and body in general. Even if I didn't need to lose any weight I should still try to exercise.

Anyway, a long post, hope you have not fell asleep. Day 17 tomorrow!

P.S. I have just had my tangerine, so I have had fruit.

Day 15, Operation Looking GOOD feeling GOOD

Points:

fitness bar (1.5)

1 corn cake (0.5)

pistachos (1.5)

2 rounds of brown toast with sante and onion (3)

1 digestive biscuit (1.5)
60 grams of pasta (weight when not cooked) (4)
frito (1)
cheese (1)

hot bran bake with a smidge of ice-cream (2.5)

1 digestive biscuit (1.5)

mandarine (0)

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Total 18 out of 20 points

Took Vitamin

Did no exercise

Did some meditation (not much)

I am quite happy with several little steps I am making in my life towards progress. My diet it a part of this, and an important part, I just don't like the look of being fat. It depends on the person, some people look fine with some extra weight, they still have a nice complexion and pretty features. But I just look awful, I look a lot better now, but I don't look how I want to look. It will be a slow plod towards getting under the 70's, but I will go there.

Weigh in tomorrow, but I don't expect much of a loss, but any loss will be welcome.

Day 14, Operation Looking GOOD feeling GOOD

Points:

Rice: (green and red pepper, onion, 4 points of rice, 3 oil, 1.5 frito) (8.5)
digestive biscuit (1.5)
pistachos (0.5)
1 round turkey sandwich (2)
fitness bar (1.5)
2 rounds of sante and bread (1.5)
rice cake plus cheese (1)
pistachos (1.5)
1 piece of chocolate (1)
1 mandarine (0)
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20 points out of 20 allowed

I took my vitamin tablet

I did not do any exercise

. See how much I weigh on Wednesday... The rice was not worth all those points, it was nice, but nothing to go mad on, for less pointsI could have had some pasta or rice with just frito and some cheese and it would have been nicer and less points. I will learn from my mistakes. I would like to do some exercise, I am not going to get far like this. But I am hungry at night, that must mean something.

Day 13, Operation Looking GOOD feeling GOOD

Points:

corn cake (0.5 point)

digestive biscuit (1.5 point)

pistachos nuts 8 units (1 point)

pisto (green and red pepper, tinned tomato, onion, courgettes) (0) + the oil (5)

brown bread (2)

pistachos (1.5)

pistachos (1)

a peach (0)

corn cake (0.5)

bran bake with icecream (3.5)

1 sante on 1 round of bread (1.5)

1 turkey on 1 round of bread (2)

20 points out of 20 allowed

Didn't take my vitamin tablet

Didn't do any exercise

I have made some really nice looking rice for tomorrow. It has 8.5 points! 3 from the oil, 4 from the rice, and 1.5 from the frito, it also has onion and green and red pepper. As soon as Xuko saw it he changed his mind about having cold rice salad. He looked at it with a look of hunger. I said: I thought you wanted rice salad, I offered this and you said you didnt want it. Yes, he said, but I didnt know it would look and smell like that. So I had to make him the same. I put a bit of curry powder in it as well. I could eat it now, but of course I can not. I feel hungry. However I am quite sure I have not lost much. I need to do some exercise as well or I am going to lose more slowly than I want to. Well, see what I weigh on Wednesday.

Been on the diet 2 week from tomorrow!

My goal. For March 1st I have to be 75 something, even if it is 75.9. That is 4 weeks to lose 2 kilos. It would be great to lose some more, but that is my minimum.

P.S. I saw that flower quilt to the single bed in my linen cupboard.