I joined the Winter Challenge on the WW forum a month back. It's been a slightly rocky month with my little blow out but I still think my goal is achievable with a little hard work and good quality choices.
My goal is to be 90kg by the 31st of May. Meaning I need to lose 8.9kg in 8 and half weeks. Optimistic? Maybe, but i'm going to give it my best shot!
WW Winter Challenge
Biggest Loser Vent
You see this is exactly why I should have continued my boycott and not watched this show.
Tonight I was catching up on a little tv (yay for Foxtel IQ) and watched Monday night's episode of The Biggest Loser. I have to tell you the attitude of some of the contestants and the trainers to losing 0.9g or gain 0.1g was absolutely gobsmacking!!
Yes, yes, I know it's a tv program, ratings matter and realistic weightloss would be nowhere near as interesting to watch BUT there are people in this world who watch this show and take a lot of the advice and attitudes as gospel and to put out there that a 900 gram loss is inadequate is pathetic. The body is a mysterous machine and will do odd things, the contestants had been in NZ for a week and not exercising anywhere near as much and they have started to introduce some weights work into their routines. The fact that not once was it mentioned that muscle weighs more than fat or the fact that a change in routine can often cause your body to riot was morally irresponsible.
I have had a 900gram loss twice and whilst I will fully admit that I always wish it was bigger I know that it is absolutely nothing to sneeze at! I've seen what a kilo of fat looks like, its HUGE! 900grams is almost an entire one of those. The concerning part of it all is if the contestants are not prepared to encounter small weight loss weeks or even the occassional gain they will fail when they get outside and don't have a trainer pushing them everyday.
Like I said, I know it is TV but that doesn't remove social responsibilty! I'm starting to think this show should come with big disclaimers and a DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME warning!
A little bit of house cleaning
I've found myself lacking an real inspiration to blog lately so thought I would do a bit of a tidy up and revamp to get myself motivated. If my blog looks a little unorganised over the next few days it's just because i'm getting things settled.
Week 11 Weigh In
Thrilled to report a 1.6kg weight loss this week, I nearly did a happy dance on the scales when I saw the numbers! 98.8 who would have thunk it!!
Obviously that means i've undone my Sydney damage and back to being a 90's girl. No more slip ups of that magnitude are allowed to occurr i've made that promise to myself.
I've started doing some stregnth training at the gym and suprisingly i'm really enjoying it. Still suffering from sore muscles a little as obviously they are being used for the first time in a long time but my body feels stronger and tighter after a session and that is a pretty amazing feeling when you have spent the last decade feeling more like wobbly jelly.
Week 10 Weigh In - Back On Track
Back on track this week with a nice 1.1kg loss. It turns out the sore muscles I've had all weekend from a few grulling sessions at gym have been worth it!
Week 9 & 10 - Lesson Learnt
Well well well what a fortnight it has been!
I missed weigh in last week as I was down in Sydney to say goodbye to my brother who has been deployed to the Gulf for six months. On the positive side I got to spend four wonderful days with him and my new niece which was fabulous. On the negative side I don't get to see my brother for the next six months (which really sucks as we are very close) and those four days were filled with a lot of emotional eating so it was no real surprise when I weighed myself on Tuesday and discovered that I had put on 2kg....ouch! Two weeks worth of good work gone in a week. I have no one to blame but myself and I'm not going to make any excuses for it. I made the choices I made and life goes on. Funnily enough though I was not as shattered as I thought I would be about the gain.
Gaining weight is certainly not a habit I want to get back into but as they say its not about how many times you fall down its about how you pick yourself back up and keep moving forward. So I decided instead of getting upset about a gain, that in all honesty I completely deserved, I was going to focus my frustration on getting those two kilos off as fast as I can. So off to the gym I went and enlisted the help of a personal trainer who has set up a weights and cardio program for me. I haven't done any strength training in years and oh my goodness, I have sore muscles in places I didn't even know I had muscles, it's crazy!
All in all a small disappoint has lead to a new found sense of self belief and determination. Life will not stop just because I've decided to finally treat myself well, I have to adapt to that and definitely make smarter choices in the future when travelling...lesson learned.
With weigh in tomorrow morning looming I'm hoping for a kilo loss, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed, I've done the work this week so hopefully it will pay off.
Oh and before I forget on my Sydney splurge my brother's girlfriend and I went for a nice little shopping trip to DFO where I picked up a snazzy new top and to my complete and total disbelief it was a size 16 and it fit me! Now granted it is a loose peasant type shirt and I know I'm certainly not a 16 across the board yet but it felt so good when it fit so I have to share:
Size 16 shirt, 5.9kg lighter and look I have cheek bones again!
Still a long way to go but I'm proud (despite the unflattering photos) of how far I've come already.
Week 8 Weigh In - Hello 90's LTNS
I DID IT, I DID IT, I DID IT!!!!!!
It took eight weeks and few stern pep talks BUT i'm finally back into double figures and so freakin' excited about it!
My 900 gram loss breaks the 100's and slides me comfortably to 99.5kg, I almost can't believe it - I haven't been in the ninties for a long long time!
Watch out 80's you are next! I only have one question, why on earth did it take me sooooo long to do this?
