tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37828491590778335072024-03-14T14:00:20.866+11:00Alison's Big Fat Adventure<center><a href="http://www.TickerFactory.com/weight-loss/wthEkRG/">
<img border="0" src="http://tickers.TickerFactory.com/ezt/t/wthEkRG/weight.png"></a></center>Alisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14685329563054057607noreply@blogger.comBlogger47125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3782849159077833507.post-18367228222687512492012-02-15T16:20:00.001+11:002012-02-15T16:21:36.792+11:00UpdateWell, the news wasn't as bad as I thought. Yes, I'm over the 100kg mark but only by 0.6kg. My naked pre-shower weigh this morning gave me an indication it would be more so I'm pretty happy about that. No doubt I will go under 100 next week.Alisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14685329563054057607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3782849159077833507.post-70675858608347762892012-02-14T21:02:00.002+11:002012-02-14T21:06:12.317+11:00Well, it's been a whileIt's been more than more than 12 months since I updated this blog. Unfortunately for me in that time, I've gained about 10kg. I'm not very happy with this state of affairs and it looks like I've gone back over the 100kg mark. I am SO not happy.<div><br /></div><div>As much as I really don't want to, I've decided to re-join Weight Watchers. I need to. I can't do this by myself as much as I want to fool myself that I can. Obviously I can't. So tomorrow morning, I'll be heading to the meeting and a date with the scales. Not really looking forward to that.</div><div><br /></div><div>I thought I might do a more low-carb approach with WW this time. I did dabble with lower carb meals late last year & the scales did record a slight downward motion without really much effort. But Christmas did me in and I haven't recovered. So it's back to the grindstone.</div><div><br /></div><div>I will return tomorrow with the bad news. </div>Alisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14685329563054057607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3782849159077833507.post-90735704966062491462010-11-26T09:40:00.002+11:002010-11-26T09:44:50.761+11:00Pro PointsI'm one week into the Pro Points programme and I lost 1.3kg! I'm not exactly sure how I managed that since I ate so much but I did track every day (a miracle!!) and I am still doing so. I've been snacking on fruit quite a bit so can only assume this is why I lost so much - that plus my hormonal gain of the week before when I should've (according to my scales) lost .5kg. <div><br /></div><div>Anyway, this was last night's dinner. It's the sweet potato, bacon & corn quiche from the December issue of WW magazine. A quarter is 6 Pro Points. Pretty good!</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC0Og-gvdvU-hJ9dGGUy5Vh3U95oTpj2NAHtmWwrlIOAz8JuYm0VacX4yrU-M-LmYLCZZHzky7DOrfD8aD4TthfOTVOZsFTVZBznyIbRoJkq11fBQKDWHoZYrURRwmsJpWDF6WUTH5kbQ/s1600/Quiche.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC0Og-gvdvU-hJ9dGGUy5Vh3U95oTpj2NAHtmWwrlIOAz8JuYm0VacX4yrU-M-LmYLCZZHzky7DOrfD8aD4TthfOTVOZsFTVZBznyIbRoJkq11fBQKDWHoZYrURRwmsJpWDF6WUTH5kbQ/s320/Quiche.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5543621887738683202" /></a>Alisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14685329563054057607noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3782849159077833507.post-76730066012033866562010-11-21T10:19:00.003+11:002010-11-21T10:28:45.095+11:00It's been a whileMy weight has been pretty steady for the past 2 months but I'm not particularly happy with that. We have a communal journal at our WW meeting so last week I decided to take it & track. I was really good for the first three days and then I had a weekend away sewing. I was all ready to have a scone for morning tea & count it when I discovered that the organiser had chosen the healthy option. So we had fruit for morning tea & yoghurt for afternoon tea. Bummer! But it helped me stay on track I suppose.<div><br /></div><div>But of course we went out for dinner on the Saturday night. I was really good...I had fettucine in a tomato sauce with prawns, NO dessert, NO entree & just one piece of plain bread. Unfortunately though I drank a whole bottle of wine myself. :) Consequently I had a gain of .3kg. But I think that was mostly hormonal and I was pretty happy with that.</div><div><br /></div><div>So this week we started the new ProPoints system. I was a bit dubious at first - especially when the on-line tracker showed beetroot as being worth 1 point! But then I discovered it depends which bit you read/use so now I fiddle it & count it as zero. I'm evil. So I've been eating and eating (can't believe how much you can eat on this new programme!) & finally the scales are pointing down. So I can't wait for the meeting to see if I've officially lost!</div>Alisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14685329563054057607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3782849159077833507.post-44640256397882031542010-09-08T17:42:00.001+10:002010-09-08T17:42:15.002+10:00Weigh inJust a quick update to say I lost 1.3kg this week! Very happy with that and I wasn't really really good. I have to continue this week but with my birthday, it's gonna be hard.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3782849159077833507.post-38373059851286124602010-09-05T11:59:00.001+10:002010-09-05T12:04:32.951+10:00August was a complete disaster!I've not been happy these past few weeks & have had 4 gains in 4 weeks. I now weigh 89.2 & I'm not happy about it. This is the same as I weighed this time last year which means I've been fiddling around for 12 months. So this week I've been pretty good so far. I've walked 3 out of 4 days but I still have a little late night eating going on which I need to reign in.<br /><br />I've just had brunch (no pic) which was 1 piece of grain toast with 2 tblsp WW cottage cheese, 3 slices of WW bacon, 130g baked beans & some tomato. Very yum & only 4 points. Tonight's plan is Classic Beef Stew with Mash (5.5 pts) followed by Chocolate Self Saucing Puddings (3.5 pts) both from the Cook Tasty WW cookbook. I don't usually cook dessert as I'd rather use the points for something else but I know that my husband likes them so I thought I'd spoil him since it's Father's Day.<br /><br />I have some challenges this month....first of all there's my birthday next Saturday. I'm going out for lunch with my mother and also another lunch with my WW pals. Ergh. Then the week after, I'm off to Ballarat for the Sewing Guild convention. A week of food that I have no control over. Plus alcohol! Then after that (as if that's not enough!!) I'm going to New Zealand for 5 days to visit a friend. Let's hope that September is not as bad as August.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3782849159077833507.post-1703429177608936622010-08-16T19:32:00.001+10:002010-08-16T19:34:33.214+10:00Tonight's dinnerI've really got my money's worth from that WW cookbook. Tonight's dinner was Curried Chicken Pie. I changed the WW recipe a little by only using 1 sheet of pastry & not bothering with the egg wash. Saved myself 2 pts. :)<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_D0kZrFAyJFQ/TGkE1bf6r3I/AAAAAAAABqg/H8ek6WtYUg8/s1600/100_3170.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="318" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_D0kZrFAyJFQ/TGkE1bf6r3I/AAAAAAAABqg/H8ek6WtYUg8/s400/100_3170.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />Other recipes I've made from this book are Baked Pasta Frittata (yum), Beef & Lentil Lasagne (OK but I'm not a big mince fan anyway - the family loved it though), Classic Beef Stew with Mash (very yum) and Indian Style Chicken Curry (yum).<br /><br />I went away to the Hunter Valley for the weekend last week and so gained 1kg at weigh in. Bummer! I haven't really been good this week either although have been great today. I had all intentions on Sat & Sun, only to discover that my husband had brought home chocolate & cake after a visit to his mother. Sigh.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3782849159077833507.post-13284041844170039722010-07-31T13:28:00.000+10:002010-07-31T13:28:55.038+10:00New WW cookbookI bought the new WW cookbook this week, Cook Tasty. It has the recipe for the Shepherd's Pie from my last post in it. The recipes in the book look so good and don't appear to have any strange ingredients in them (thank goodness). So I planned my week's menus and have so far made 2 things from the book. No pics though.<br />
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I've made the Lasagne which was very nice. It could do with some vegies in it though and I have also made the Prawn Risotto. Now that was an interesting thing. It's made in the oven which I had my doubts about but I dutifully followed the recipe and as I suspected, the rice wasn't cooked in the time they said to have it in the oven. So I put it in for 10 more minutes...still not cooked. I added more liquid, gave it another 10 min....still not cooked. I was starting to get a bit shirty...gave it another 10 mins. No. Parts of it were OK but the rest was still crunchy. So I gave up, added the prawns & gave it another 10. The prawns weren't cooked!! The recipe says to cook the prawns for 5-7 mins. No chance! Another 10 mins and the prawns were done so I gave up and served it. It was still a tiny bit underdone but delicious. Next time, I'll make it on the stove top as I usually do.<br />
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I just hope the rest of the week's recipes will be easier than that!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3782849159077833507.post-52363030176041426132010-07-16T10:14:00.002+10:002010-07-16T10:19:27.376+10:00UpdateOnce again there's a big gap between my posts. I've actually lost a little bit and am now down to 86.8kg. I was 86.5 last week but let's not go there. This week, I'm being good. As good as I can that is. I'm just back from a 30min walk and it's my second walk this week which is pretty good for me.<br /><br />I've come to the conclusion that this weight loss thing isn't a race and that it doesn't matter how long it takes me...as long as I get there in the end. Gosh..that's deep & meaningful isn't it. LOL.<br /><br />I made something new 2 nights ago. It's the Shepherd's Pie with sweet potato which was in the WW weekly booklet 2 weeks ago. Oh yummy yum yum. I was completely stuffed afterwards. It's very filling which is a damn fine thing. You want pics? OK then.<br /><br />Here's how it looked before going into the oven.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_D0kZrFAyJFQ/TD-lN_s2TlI/AAAAAAAABpk/y1mYh3ytUKo/s1600/100_2999.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_D0kZrFAyJFQ/TD-lN_s2TlI/AAAAAAAABpk/y1mYh3ytUKo/s200/100_2999.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494291730271718994" /></a><br /><br />And here's how it looked on my plate.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_D0kZrFAyJFQ/TD-lOX1nBBI/AAAAAAAABps/pUrN-OFTvGc/s1600/100_3003.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 162px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_D0kZrFAyJFQ/TD-lOX1nBBI/AAAAAAAABps/pUrN-OFTvGc/s200/100_3003.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494291736750916626" /></a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3782849159077833507.post-34796530377938864332010-05-12T19:11:00.001+10:002010-05-12T19:13:54.539+10:00What happened to April????April has been and gone and my blog remained update-less. Oh well. My weight wasn't doing much either so it doesn't really matter.<br /><br />In the last 2 weeks I've lost a total of .5kg which doesn't sound much but it's pretty good for me. My leader has suggested that we email our trackers to her which is fabulous. It certainly keeps you honest and good. I was sooo good last week but only lost .2 which was a disappointment but this week I cracked the 87kg mark. Woot! This has given me motivation to continue.<br /><br />I spent some time this afternoon planning this week's dinner menu. That's something I haven't done for a while. This is how it looks:<br /><br />Wednesday: Curried prawns<br />Thursday: Chicken & Cashew stir fry - STGTBT Book 2<br />Friday: Oriental Pork - STGTBT Book 4<br />Saturday: McDonald's - I have a Seared Chicken Deluxe Burger without cheese, 6 points<br />Sunday: Tortilla Stack - STGTBT Book 3<br />Monday: Pork in Plum Sauce - an old WW recipe<br />Tuesday: Mongolian Lamb but it will be chicken - STGTBT Book 3<br /><br />So onto today's pic........ this was tonight's dinner and very yum it was. Curried prawns from STGTBT Book 2. I made it exactly as the recipe except I added more vegies and omitted the chilli powder. I loved it! My DD said it was a bit spicey but still ate it so that's good. Other big news here this week was the purchase of a rice cooker. Fabulous!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_D0kZrFAyJFQ/S-pwa51NlRI/AAAAAAAABmY/_bcA1a2QIns/s1600/100_2871.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="332" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_D0kZrFAyJFQ/S-pwa51NlRI/AAAAAAAABmY/_bcA1a2QIns/s400/100_2871.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3782849159077833507.post-20588582497092401972010-03-31T15:42:00.003+11:002010-03-31T15:48:23.056+11:00Happy happyI'm happy to report another loss this week. It was only .3kg but that's my 4th loss in a row! So my total loss for March is 1.7kg so I've made my goal this month (makes a change). It's happening very slowly but I'm not being 100% good so I only have myself to blame for that. However, I'm still happy to have the scales go down even if they're only going down .3 per week. A loss is a loss is a loss.<div><br /></div><div>Last night's dinner (of which there is no pic) was the Zuccini slice from STGTGT Book 1. Divine! I worked out the points as 3 for 1/4 of the whole thing which is pretty good. Tonight's dinner is homemade pizza. I don't put any cheese on mine anymore. :) Also we're off to a concert tonight. My friend, me & our 2 daughters are all going to see Crowded House. Woot!<br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3782849159077833507.post-90687675888719645402010-03-17T19:13:00.001+11:002010-03-17T19:15:16.441+11:00MIAIt seems to be a trend among my blog buddies at the moment. We're all faffing around not losing much. I actually did have a loss this week, half a kilo. I haven't been all that bad in the past few weeks but nothing was showing on the scales. Who can explain that? Anyway, this hopefully will give me a bit more motivation to continue.<br /><br />In keeping with my last couple of posts, here is my dinner from tonight. It's based on Annette Sym's Chicken Homestead Pie from STGTBT book 4. I don't actually make my own pastry and I add lots more vegies than in the recipe. This one has mushrooms, shallots, capsicum, cauli, carrots & beans. The sauce is made with 4 sachets of cup-a-soup mixed with milk. When boiled, it thickens up beautifully & is pretty tasty. Tonight's was a mix of cream of mushie, spring veg & cream of chicken. 5 points is the total for 1/4 of the pie using reduced fat puff pastry.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_D0kZrFAyJFQ/S6CPFC2VgcI/AAAAAAAABio/y0UpzKu4pNQ/s1600-h/100_2628.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_D0kZrFAyJFQ/S6CPFC2VgcI/AAAAAAAABio/y0UpzKu4pNQ/s400/100_2628.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3782849159077833507.post-39151867425695220852010-02-12T13:17:00.000+11:002010-02-12T13:17:31.825+11:00My lunchHere's a pic of my lunch today. It's brown rice, capsicum, cherry tomatoes, feta, chickpeas & balsamic dressing. Very yum & very filling. I've been a bit bored with my lunches lately so I'm trying to mix them up a bit. This recipe came from the March issue of WW magazine.<br />
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Last week I had a hormonal gain of .6 and this week I lost it again so I'm back to 87.8. The reason I didn't lose more was due to my late-night eating which again has become a problem. For the last 2 nights though, I've been good so am hoping for a loss this week too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3782849159077833507.post-81808574834320515152010-02-01T18:55:00.000+11:002010-02-01T18:55:32.789+11:00Dinner<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_D0kZrFAyJFQ/S2aIdbBYJwI/AAAAAAAABgo/T1FF9Sewn4E/s1600-h/dinner.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_D0kZrFAyJFQ/S2aIdbBYJwI/AAAAAAAABgo/T1FF9Sewn4E/s400/dinner.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
This was my dinner tonight. I made a couple of recipes from the February issue of the WW mag. The chicken lovely legs were marinaded in a mix of oil, garlic & herbs and then oven baked. Yum! The tomatoes are stuffed with rice, cream cheese, paprika, tomato and herbs. They were good but I think they'd be better with different cheese, maybe parmesan.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3782849159077833507.post-90005684077156233302010-01-27T16:52:00.004+11:002010-01-27T16:56:05.076+11:00Two posts in one day?I was just playing around in Excel seeing what losing 1.5 kg per month would do to my weight by September & the end of the year. So then I thought, what would 2kg & 2.5kg per month do to the amounts? Well here is the result:<br /><br /><br /><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 359px; "><col width="93"><col width="92"><col width="82"><col width="92"><tbody><tr height="13"><td height="13" width="93"></td><td class="xl26" width="92">-1.5 per month</td><td class="xl26" width="82">-2 per month</td><td class="xl26" width="92">-2.5 per month</td></tr><tr height="13"><td class="xl25" height="13">Today's weight</td><td class="xl24" num="87.79999999999999">87.8</td><td class="xl24" num="87.79999999999999">87.8</td><td class="xl24" num="87.79999999999999">87.8</td></tr><tr height="13"><td class="xl25" height="13"></td><td class="xl24"></td><td class="xl24"></td><td class="xl24"></td></tr><tr height="13"><td class="xl25" height="13">February</td><td class="xl24" num="86.29999999999999">86.3</td><td class="xl24" num="85.79999999999999">85.8</td><td class="xl24" num="85.29999999999999">85.3</td></tr><tr height="13"><td class="xl25" height="13"></td><td class="xl24"></td><td class="xl24"></td><td class="xl24"></td></tr><tr height="13"><td class="xl25" height="13">March</td><td class="xl24" num="84.79999999999999">84.8</td><td class="xl24" num="83.79999999999999">83.8</td><td class="xl24" num="82.79999999999999">82.8</td></tr><tr height="13"><td class="xl25" height="13"></td><td class="xl24"></td><td class="xl24"></td><td class="xl24"></td></tr><tr height="13"><td class="xl25" height="13">April</td><td class="xl24" num="83.29999999999999">83.3</td><td class="xl24" num="81.79999999999999">81.8</td><td class="xl24" num="80.29999999999999">80.3</td></tr><tr height="13"><td class="xl25" height="13"></td><td class="xl24"></td><td class="xl24"></td><td class="xl24"></td></tr><tr height="13"><td class="xl25" height="13">May</td><td class="xl24" num="81.79999999999999">81.8</td><td class="xl24" num="79.79999999999999">79.8</td><td class="xl24" num="77.79999999999999">77.8</td></tr><tr height="13"><td class="xl25" height="13"></td><td class="xl24"></td><td class="xl24"></td><td class="xl24"></td></tr><tr height="13"><td class="xl25" height="13">June</td><td class="xl24" num="80.29999999999999">80.3</td><td class="xl24" num="77.79999999999999">77.8</td><td class="xl24" num="75.29999999999999">75.3</td></tr><tr height="13"><td class="xl25" height="13"></td><td class="xl24"></td><td class="xl24"></td><td class="xl24"></td></tr><tr height="13"><td class="xl25" height="13">July</td><td class="xl24" num="78.79999999999999">78.8</td><td class="xl24" num="75.79999999999999">75.8</td><td class="xl24" num="72.79999999999999">72.8</td></tr><tr height="13"><td class="xl25" height="13"></td><td class="xl24"></td><td class="xl24"></td><td class="xl24"></td></tr><tr height="13"><td class="xl25" height="13">August</td><td class="xl24" num="77.29999999999999">77.3</td><td class="xl24" num="73.79999999999999">73.8</td><td class="xl24" num="70.29999999999999">70.3</td></tr><tr height="13"><td class="xl25" height="13"></td><td class="xl24"></td><td class="xl24"></td><td class="xl24"></td></tr><tr height="13"><td class="xl25" height="13">September</td><td class="xl24" num="75.79999999999999">75.8</td><td class="xl24" num="71.79999999999999">71.8</td><td class="xl24" num="67.79999999999999">67.8</td></tr><tr height="13"><td class="xl25" height="13"></td><td class="xl24"></td><td class="xl24"></td><td class="xl24"></td></tr><tr height="13"><td class="xl25" height="13">October</td><td class="xl24" num="74.29999999999999">74.3</td><td class="xl24" num="69.79999999999999">69.8</td><td class="xl24" num="65.29999999999999">65.3</td></tr><tr height="13"><td class="xl25" height="13"></td><td class="xl24"></td><td class="xl24"></td><td class="xl24"></td></tr><tr height="13"><td class="xl25" height="13">November</td><td class="xl24" num="72.79999999999999">72.8</td><td class="xl24" num="67.79999999999999">67.8</td><td class="xl24" num="62.79999999999999">62.8</td></tr><tr height="13"><td class="xl25" height="13"></td><td class="xl24"></td><td class="xl24"></td><td class="xl24"></td></tr><tr height="13"><td class="xl25" height="13">December</td><td class="xl24" num="71.29999999999999">71.3</td><td class="xl24" num="65.79999999999999">65.8</td><td class="xl24" num="60.29999999999999">60.3</td></tr><tr height="13"><td height="13"><br /><br /></td><td class="xl24"></td><td class="xl24"></td><td class="xl24"></td></tr></tbody></table><div>Interesting isn't it? I can't believe the difference .5kg per month makes to my September total! If that's not motivating, I don't know what is. :)<br /><div style="text-align: auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><br /></div>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3782849159077833507.post-69599489089256362232010-01-27T16:36:00.002+11:002010-01-27T16:41:32.985+11:00I went to the meeting!So this morning I got myself together & went to my WW meeting for the first time since 21st October. I wasn't expecting a loss - and by that, I mean a loss since last week cos I sure knew that I had lost since October! But I had a loss - .4kg which is pretty good considering the change from home to WW scales and wearing more clothes to weigh (you know; looking half decent in public! LOL). So I've now paid copious amounts of $$$ for 13 weeks. I didn't want to go the WW unlimited route cos my credit card is not looking very happy at the moment so I paid in advance. Yes, I know it costs me more but it's gone from my bank account & not accruing interest on my cc so probably doesn't cost me more at all.<br /><br />Anyway, so my weight when I last attended WW was 90.4 and today is 87.8. Bring on 86!<div><br /></div><div>Oh & one more thing.....this makes my total loss in January 1.5kg which was my mini goal. Woot!</div>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3782849159077833507.post-38854049764515625892010-01-23T07:52:00.000+11:002010-01-23T07:52:43.477+11:00Reporting inThanks for your comments....I really appreciate them! I'm very happy to report that after reigning myself in last week I lost 1.1kg! Woot! I hardly ever lose more than .5 so to say I'm very happy is an understatement. All it took was tracking. Yep...I still did no exercise...it was tracking that did it. Plus I have to say I wasn't 100% perfect (who is??) and still went over my pts allowance a couple of times. But the difference is, I went over with GOOD food. Like fruit. I've also discovered grape tomatoes and have been snacking on them. Oh so yummy!<br />
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Anyway, I just realised I haven't updated you all on the WW meeting situation. There was a huge development re my previous leader just before Christmas. One of my friends was the weigher at my meeting and she emailed my group of WW friends (another friend calls us the fat farm girls LOL) with the news. WW replaced our leader! You know...the one no one liked. The one that was not inspiring. The one who, basically, was a pain in the arse. The one we had been complaining about for months. My friend the weigher had also been telling WW that perhaps the leader wasn't the right fit with that meeting but was basically ignored. Well, they replaced her too! Bummer. However, the end to the story is that I am going back to that meeting next week. The replacement leader is someone we've had before so I know she's OK. Thank god is all I can say! Praise the lord!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3782849159077833507.post-31110812052347312922010-01-14T09:15:00.001+11:002010-01-14T09:16:34.406+11:00Starting overI've been MIA for a little while & re-thinking my situation. I haven't tracked for a month at least nor have I done any exercise except for 1 30 min walk on 6 Jan. Mind you, I haven't gained....only tiny bits.....so I'm now at 89.3kg. Still under that dreaded 90! Gotta be happy with that.<br /><br />However, I know that unless I get myself under control, that won't continue. I've gone back to that awful out of control late night eating. Ergh. I must get that under control or nothing will ever work. I'm travelling to the USA in September & while I really wanted to get to goal, I know now that I won't/can't. It's still 24kg away and I've only got 8 or 9 months. Actually probably only 7. So with that in mind, I thought what is the weight that I'd be happy with? So I'd like to be 75kg by then. Well, that's only 1.5kg a month. Surely I can do that????? How hard can that be? So yesterday, I started again. I ate 18.5 pts but still did no exercise. It's been really hot here in the past few days. Excuses, excuses.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3782849159077833507.post-22580449474543712892009-12-30T18:47:00.000+11:002009-12-30T18:47:48.791+11:00Stuffed capsicumsI just wanted to nip back & post about my dinner or part of it anyway. These are the stuffed capsicums that I mentioned a little while ago. They are very yum!<br />
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Alison's Stuffed Capsicums - 1.25 pts per capsicum<br />
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<ul><li>5 or 6 red baby capsicums</li>
<li>1/2 cup cooked rice (I keep some in the freezer for occasions like this)</li>
<li>1/2 cup diced tomato</li>
<li>1/4 cup corn kernels</li>
<li>1/4 cup diced celery</li>
<li>1/4 cup chopped mushrooms</li>
<li>1/4 tsp minced garlic</li>
<li>2 tsp BBQ sauce</li>
<li>2 tsp tomato sauce</li>
<li>1/2 tsp worcestershire sauce</li>
<li>1/4 tsp vegie stock powder</li>
<li>1 tblsp grated parmesan cheese</li>
<li>1/2 cup grated tasty cheese (I used Bega So Extra Light tasty - points will vary depending on cheese type)</li>
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Cut the tops off the caps & scoop out all the crud from inside. Mix all the other ingredients together in a bowl (except for the tasty cheese). Stuff the caps with the mixture. Sprinkle tasty cheese on top. Bake at 180C for 25-30 mins. Eat & enjoy!<br />
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The biggest challenge is now though. I have to get back into it if I want to be anywhere near my goal weight before I go to the USA in September. I'm exactly 24kgs away and I really don't think I will get there in that time. However, if I can be somewhere around 75kgs, I'll be very happy. Getting back to tracking & exercising is my New Year's resolution but I'm starting today.<br />
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Good luck to everyone else and here's hoping for a slimmer more in-control 2010!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3782849159077833507.post-6565955398753592782009-12-19T10:10:00.001+11:002009-12-19T10:13:19.206+11:00Phew....not over 90!Big sigh of relief here when I stepped on the scales on Wednesday. 89.4 thank goodness. I only gained .6 so that was fabulous. I was very lucky! So this week my goal has been to track. And I have...except on Thursday night. All had been ticking along nicely on Thursday....it was really hot here in Sydney...40C and a hot wind blowing and I had plans of putting on the crock pot. Well I totally forgot so arrived home to no dinner. Bugger! Normally I would chuck some fish & wedges in the oven but it was just tooooo hot for that so we had sandwiches. Which then gave me the green light to continue eating. Ergh.<br /><br />Anyway, I am back in control now (Saturday) and the scales are co-operating. I still haven't done any exercise but I think getting my eating under control is more important right now and I will work on the exercise after Christmas.<div><br /></div><div>I have to mention part of our dinner last night. We had the Beef Pie out of the WW Secrets of Success cookbook but that wasn't the good bit. I had purchased baby capsicums a week ago thinking I'd seen a recipe for stuffed capsicums. Well I had but it wasn't what I wanted so I used a STGTBT recipe from book 3. She does stuffed mushrooms (& I've made them & they're good!) so I used that recipe for the caps. Oh yum! They were gorgeous. Red caps are so sweet & yummy baked in the oven. Let me recommend it to everyone. I think they were around 1 pt each.</div>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3782849159077833507.post-92099170975963141442009-12-14T21:47:00.000+11:002009-12-14T21:47:38.850+11:00Ooops!I forgot to post an update re my last post!<br />
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So...I did my walk for the 4 days and was very pleased with myself. It only resulted in a .4kg loss though but that's OK. It made me 88.8, a nice even number LOL.<br />
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However, this week has been shitty. I have not done any exercise AT ALL. I've not tracked this week AT ALL. I can't stop eating and am prowling the house. Erk...I hate this feeling. No doubt there will be a gain this week.......I just hope I don't go back over the dreaded 90kg but I have a very nasty feeling about that. Some of the gain could be hormonal, which would also explain the eating but I'm not 100% sure about that. I should be taking responsibility for the gain and not blaming my stupid old hormones, right?<br />
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Maybe it's Christmas, maybe I'm just bored, I dunno. I can't seem to get myself together. Bleh.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3782849159077833507.post-69033641937327448772009-12-02T16:28:00.001+11:002009-12-02T16:28:06.026+11:00A loss!Finally....after weeks of fiddling around, losing & gaining the same .1 or .2, I had a loss of .7kg this week. Very happy with that. It takes me to an all time low of 89.2kg. I haven't been this weight since before I had my daughter (she's 14). Now I just have to focus and keep myself in check for the Christmas season.<br />
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I think I may attempt to up my exercise somewhat. I've been doing a 4km walk & adding 4 laps of a local park which takes it to 5km and takes me an hour. Problem is, I've only been doing it twice a week if I'm lucky. So this week I will make a goal of doing that walk 4 times. Thursday, Friday, Sunday & Monday. I'll report back.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3782849159077833507.post-7548358206904877142009-11-18T12:46:00.000+11:002009-11-18T12:46:20.550+11:00Damn hormonal weight gain!I hate my hormones! After last week being reasonable and losing .4 to get back under 90kg, this week my body has decided it likes fluid & has given me that .4 back. Well, it was only .3 but still. After going away for the weekend, having dinner out & being good by selecting the grilled fish & vegies, I'm a bit annoyed. More so when I went out this morning to a parent/teacher thing, ate some fruit, had some water & came home. I then jumped back on the scales only to discover I was .4 LESS than earlier. Hmph. I could've cheated & changed my weight on-line but I figure that I wouldn't have been able to do that if I was at a meeting so I left it.<br />
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Now I have to suck it in & continue on. This week will be challenging because I'm going out to dinner tonight and to a party on Sat night. I always try to be good at parties but the sight of all that food sitting on a table sends my head into a spin & I just tuck on in. Ergh.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3782849159077833507.post-62237907681008459782009-11-07T14:48:00.000+11:002009-11-07T14:48:45.298+11:00Going well so far this weekI'm very happy with how I'm going this week. I've clocked up 10,000 steps on my pedometer every day except for today. Today I'm sewing. I just made a Tshirt in a size 14! Now if any of you sew, you'll know that sewing pattern sizes mean nothing compared to RTW. But for me to get into a size 14 with minimum adjustments is a real motivator.<br />
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I've also been doing well with my eating. Tonight is a challenge though as our family traditionally have McDonalds for dinner. My DH goes out to the drive-through and brings the food back but last week we got the bad news that McD's have decided in their infinite wisdom to stop making the Lean Beef Burger. That's what I usually have....it's 4.5 points and a good choice. Now they've got rid of it. I'm not happy. DH brought me home a Quarter Pounder last week! Eek...it's 11 pts. I won't be having that tonight so have told him to get food for himself & DD....I will have something else.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0