Not sitting at home because she no longer fits into her old dresses or because when she dances her whole belly jiggles.
This is my reality.
And for a lot of people this is your reality to.
2 and half years ago I weighed just under 80kg. I was mostly healthy and I loved life. What happened? I got lazy of course- stopped cooking food and eating more fast food; and I stopped exercising.
Four nights ago I said "Enough is enough", and after giving myself the hugest pep talk of the year decided on Wed 4/4/2012 I was going on a diet!
A lot of people are probably thinking- it’s not that easy!! And it's not! You are right, but I have tried many diets in the last year and still have a lot of things left over from those diets. The two most important things which allowed me to get started on Wednesday, the morning after I had made this
decision were:
1) a gym membership I still had from last year &,
2) Herbalife products also left over from last year when I had last tried to lose weight.
For those of you who don't know Herbalife is a meal replacement shake, however it is so high in vitamins, minerals and protein and so perfectly balanced that it is really just a low fat meal option (also great because it is VERY convenient!). For those who read that and want more information please email me and I can give it to you - but I won't bore everybody with the details here! :-)
So Wednesday came and the first thing I did was have a healthy breakfast.
What, you ask? Why, porridge and an apple.
Porridge is great - it's high in fibre, fills you up and (if you cook it with water) low in calories!!
Then I went to see somebody about my weight. Here I have to explain a few things- one, is that when you start taking Herbalife you work with somebody who helps you monitor your weight and weight loss goals. I went to see my 'supporter' as I like to call them. It's was really enlightening. Not only did I have a beautiful lunch that was low in calories (Herbalife shake) but my supporter (we will call them Jim) did my measurements for me- and an initial weigh-in.
I was shocked- I knew I had put on a lot of weight but the scales HAD to be lying- 122.7kg???? What have I done too myself?? After a few moments I realized that the scales WEREN'T lying (they are electronic so they are very accurate) and that I have a serious problem!
Jim and I took my other measurements as well - neck, arms, legs. I don't have them here right now but I will post them next week.
We then sat down and made a plan. I was to keep a food diary (so we could see if I was sticking to my diet), have two Herbalife shakes a day (especially important as the vitamins etc. I was expected to get from doing this I was NOT getting from my current diet), one other meal a day- preferably colourful with lots of fruit and veg, and healthy snacks throughout the day (e.g. carrot sticks etc.), exercise more, and lastly I was to come see him at the Nutrition Club once a week so he could check my progress and weigh me in.
This seemed do-able. I already had the Herbalife products at home from last year, I had a gym membership and this time I knew I was going to do it!!
It is now Saturday 7/4/2012, so it's been 3 days since I started my diet. So far I am keeping to it!! I have even been doing calorie counting as part of my food diary!! :-) I have been trying to stick to under 1500 calories a day as my Doctor says I burn over 2000 calories at rest this should naturally create a calorie deficient! I have an appointment to see my Doctor next week to get blood tests to check if anything is majorly wrong due to my weight and have my next weigh-in with Jim on Wednesday. :-)
I will make sure I post the outcomes of both of these- it will be interesting to see what weight I lose in the first week! :-)
Also for those of you who are curious about what I'm eating- I have my food diary online at MyNetDiary.com my username is Sammi2308 so you can look me up - everything is set to public so you should be able to check out what I'm eating!!
I'm also trying to put my exercise on there. It is not 100% accurate as I don't weigh everything and a lot is estimated - I'm not really strict about the calorie counting, I have just been using it to keep track of what I eat but the calories are as close as I could get them (I aim for around 1400 due to estimating as that way if I’m a bit out I have a bit to play with, also I try to estimate high – so I sometimes put in more than I actually eat just to make sure).
I will also be making a twitter account in the coming weeks you can follow me on- I will tweet daily once I get it, as opposed to the expected 3-4 days for blogs.
I will be posting photos of myself at this weight next blog (as I can't post them from my phone as that is where I am blogging from now), my partner took them for me as my starting photos.
That is all for now, I will post next time with my fat photos (at least I'm being honest) and an update on my progress! Thanks everybody for your support and if anybody has any questions please email me!! Thanks!!
SammiD
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