Weigh-In Week 17

Week 17 a record breaking loss of 1.5 lbs / 0.68 kg!!

Awards this week:

Slimmer of the Month again with a total of 18 lbs / 8.17 kg! That's 4/4! :D

That brings the total to 4 stone 10.5 lbs (66.5 lbs / 30.16 kg).
Started at 28 stone 13 pounds (405 lbs / 183.71 kg)
Currently 24 stone 2.5 pounds (338.5 lbs / 153.54 kg)
1st Short Term Target 26 stone (364 lbs / 165.11 kg) (Achieved this 18/04/2011)
2nd Short Term Target 22 stone (308 lbs / 139.71 kg) (Should reach this by 18/08/2011)
Long Term Target 14 stone (196 lbs / 88.9 kg) (hope to reach this by 01/02/2014)

The losses have gone as follows:

Week 1: 4.5 lbs (2.27 kg)

Week 2: 3 lbs (1.14 kg)

Week 3: 6 lbs (2.72 kg)
Week 4: 4 lbs (1.81 kg)
Week 5: 5.5 lbs (2.5 kg)
Week 6: 2 lbs (0.9 kg)
Week 7: 2 lbs (0.91 kg)
Week 8: 6 lbs (2.72 kg)
Week 9: Maintain
Week 10: 5.5 lbs (2.5 kg)
Week 11: 7 lbs (3.2 kg)
Week 12: 3 lbs (1.36 kg)
Week 13: 3 lbs (1.36 kg)
Week 14: 5.5 lbs (2.49 kg)
Week 15: Maintain
Week 16: 8 lbs (3.63 kg)
Week 17: 1.5 lbs (0.68 kg)

I was very happy with my 1.5 lbs / 0.68 kg loss this week! I have got into the habit of weighing myself daily, and on Friday and Saturday went higher than I wanted on my carbs and high on Syns (Chocs, Popcorn and Sauces). My weight jumped from 151.2 kg on Friday to 154.5 kg Saturday morning, then 156 kg Saturday night! Sunday morning 155 kg and Sunday night I was down to 154.5. Monday Morning still at 154.4 and I was really getting angry with myself thinking it was likely to go up to 156ish kg by Weigh-in! That would have given me about a 4 or 5 lbs / 2 or 2.5 kg GAIN! Luckily though, my super good Monday of Fruit, Veg & Protein seems to have paid off! Hopefully this week will go well.

Changing my goals slightly based on last weeks experience:
1. 100% Optimised eating this week!
2. Super-Speed as much as I can!
3. Back on Pasta and Rice for lunch this week, only changing from white to Wholegrain. After speaking with Steve about my hunger and cravings this weekend, I have decided to be less strict on the carbs. In the last 16 weeks, that was always my "go to" when cravings kicked in. But now, being off the carbs (for the most part) I had no way to squash those cravings/hunger. So now, back on carbs to avoid the carbs, or back to some carbs when i do crave. Just really need to avoid the sugars!
4. Try squeeze in some extra Swimming and Cycling this week as my walking distances are still set low this week in the wake of the ankle injury.

With the weight spike over the weekend, I lost a lot of my confidence, focus and motivation. Today I had a good chat with Steve (got the slap I asked for ;)), and some really nice motivational compliments which helped a TON! The weight loss, instead of the gain tonight helped tons too! I think one of the best things that helped today was the following comparison picture made by my friend Lesley! It really helped a bunch! I know I compare my photos weekly when i upload them, but the side by side comparison is amazing:

Week 9 Compared to Week 17

Weigh-In Week 16

Week 16 a record breaking loss of 8 lbs / 3.63 kg!!

Awards this week:

4.5 stone award!

 Slimmer of the Week again. :) Thats 11/16 Weeks Ive won it! :D Needless to say almost everyone in the group is getting sick of me, and considering lynching me!

 That brings the total to 4 stone 9 pound (65 lbs / 29.48 kg).
Started at 28 stone 13 pounds (405 lbs / 183.71 kg)
Currently 24 stone 4 pounds (340 lbs / 154.22 kg)
1st Short Term Target 26 stone (364 lbs / 165.11 kg) (Achieved this 18/04/2011)
2nd Short Term Target 22 stone (308 lbs / 139.71 kg) (Should reach this by 18/08/2011)
Long Term Target 14 stone (196 lbs / 88.9 kg) (hope to reach this by 01/02/2014)

The losses have gone as follows:
Week 1: 4.5 lbs (2.27 kg)

Week 2: 3 lbs (1.14 kg)
Week 3: 6 lbs (2.72 kg)

Week 4: 4 lbs (1.81 kg)
Week 5: 5.5 lbs (2.5 kg)
Week 6: 2 lbs (0.9 kg)
Week 7: 2 lbs (0.91 kg)
Week 8: 6 lbs (2.72 kg)
Week 9: Maintain
Week 10: 5.5 lbs (2.5 kg)
Week 11: 7 lbs (3.2 kg)
Week 12: 3 lbs (1.36 kg)
Week 13: 3 lbs (1.36 kg)
Week 14: 5.5 lbs (2.49 kg)
Week 15: Maintain
Week 16: 8 lbs (3.63 kg)

A very nice surprise this week considering the Saturday night wedding cheat, and the reduced distance I've been running this week. Although, I have been cycling this week to try make up the running distance decrease. Oh and I reduced the amount of carbs I have eaten this week. The only other thing that might have helped the weight loss is maybe the ban on salt and increased water

Going to keep my goals similar to last week:
1. 100% Optimised eating this week!
2. Super-Speed as much as I can!
3. Less Pasta and Rice at lunch time!
4. Try squeeze in some extra Swimming and Cycling this week as my walking distances are set low this week in the wake of the ankle injury.

Been feeling good today and the amazing 8 lbs loss has me buzzing and as motivated as I've ever been!! Loving this!! "Keeping my head down, till I hit 200 pound"!

Diet Cheating alert!

Yesterday I got home from my walk and was exhausted! Not only had just finished walking 12 km, but I woke up at 1am to deal with a work emergency, and didn't get back to bed till about 4:30am and still got up at 7am, so was sorely lacking a good nights rest!

So I made a quick fruit breakfast, had a hot bath and went and lay on the couch watching some Starcraft 2 VODs. Needless to say I was asleep in about 5 minutes! At a little after 3pm The phone wakes me up again! This time it's Karen who is racing home from Derby because the wedding we were goignt o next weekend, is in fact starting in 2 hours! Initially I think this is a practical joke, but soon realise from her tone, that she is very serious! So I stumble up stairs get dressed, look up the address on the internet and get the sat nav ready. Completely forget the fact that I have not had lunch!

Needless to say when the food hit the tables, I was 1 of the first in line. So I start with some green salad, a healthy scoop of potato salad (not Slimming World friendly), some pasta salad (also not Slimming World friendly ..... Syns starting to add up here!!) and go sit down and eat. Unfortunately, my appetite is far from satisfied, and I don't want to look like too big a pig by goign for seconds before most people have gone for firsts.... so I wait a while.

By the time I think it's safe to go get some more food, all the salads are finished and the only thing left out is some Burgers! Now....while these burgers were flame grilled, they were definitely not Slimming World friendly, and the white bun was not helpign it's cause either. But this fat guy's body was crying out for food. So I gave in and had a burger. Then later another! By now I'm starting to worry that I'm destroying my diet here in 1 night! But that didn't stop me having a piece of choclate mousse cake, or was it choclate cheesecake? Either way it's not even worth refering ot Slimming World at this point!

The weird thing though, is I think my body has now got so used to healthy food, that with all the fats and white bread I ate, my body was still saying "Feeeedddd meeee!!". On the way home we stopped at some Services to get Karen a drink, and bought me some Lean chilli flavoured Chicken breast slices from M&S.....Instantly my body thanked me and my hunger was satisfied!

Anyway! Cheat over! We had a lovely time at the Wedding Celebration! Congrats again to Teri and Dave! 2 wonderful people in a wonderful union!

Water Retention

Recently the Cellulitis on my leg has come back with a vengence! Which means I'm currently on another round of Anti-Biotics, which firstly messes with my weightloss and apetite, and secondly means I am not allowed to use my compression socks. With not using my compression socks, comes swelling in my legs from water retention, which again messes with my weightloss even more!

I have had trouble with water retention since getting so drastically over weight, and the swollen legs from it are probably the cause of both my poor blood circulation in my legs and the cellulitis. As the legs swell the skin becomes stetched and breaks in the skin occur from the slightest bumps. Breaks in the skin are where the infection begins causing the cellulitis.

So, even though I am no medical professional, logic tells me that I can deal witht he water retention which is probably 1 of the main causes of my leg problems in 2 ways.

A) I can continue to lose weight till I'm thin enough that I hopefully stop retaining water...(will that happen? --  The doctor seems to think losing the weight is key to sorting my leg problems)
B) I can try deal with this water retention issue NOW!

Obviously I'm going to do both :P Since A is already in hand and going well, but a long term plan, its obviously time to kick B into high gear! So I have done a little research on the internet about water retention and this is a summary of what I have found:

A) Exercise - Obviously I am already doing loads of this.
B) Drink more water! Aparently water retention is your bodies way of holding on to water to prevent dehydration. So drinking more water stops the body holding on to water.
C) Reduce Sodium in diet! So not only did I have a kidney stone a year (or 2?) ago, but now it would seem that Salt (sodium chloride) may also be causing my water retention. A little known fact to those who don't live with me, is the extreme amount of salt I eat! I'm not a sweet lover, but a savoury/salt lover! If I cook anything, it not only gets salt added while cooking, but gets a healthy shake of salt before eating too!
D) Increase potassium! - GO BANANANANASSS!!
E) Natural Diuretics! - Eat more Cabage
F) Increase Vitamin C! - More of those messy oranges!
G) Keep legs and feet up as much as I can!

I'm taking the salt one very seriously! This weekend I decided to set some short term goals I want to try lengthen and include into my new eating life style:

A) Drink less Low Cal Fizzy / Cordial Drinks. In the past I could drink 4 litres of fizzy a day. Even recently there are days when I can drink 2 litres of the stuff without even realising it. To replace my Fizzy I have been drinking low cal Squash. But again, I tend to over do it and can polish off 2 or 3 litres a day. So I want to replace those with just plain old water! at least 2 or 3 litres of plain water a day!
B) No Salt! Long term this is going to prove hard to follow through, and merely aiming to decrease the amount of salt I add to food will be a good start.

Hopefully this will help both my diet and my water retention problem. If it doesn't help the water retention, unfortunately the water retention may actually be a symptom of something far worse! Heart or Kidney disease! :s Though I don't think I'm showing any other symptoms to suggest this is anything quite that bad, so heres hoping my new efforts solve my problem! :)

Weigh-In Week 15

Week 15 I didn't lose anything, BUT no gain either!

No Awards this week.

That brings the total to 4 stone 1 pound (57 lbs / 25.86kg).
Started at 28 stone 13 pounds (405 lbs / 183.71 kg)
Currently 24 stone 12 pounds (348 lbs / 157.85 kg)
1st Short Term Target 26 stone (364 lbs / 165.11 kg) (Achieved this 18/04/2011)
2nd Short Term Target 22 stone (308 lbs / 139.71 kg) (Should reach this by 18/08/2011)
Long Term Target 14 stone (196 lbs / 88.9 kg) (hope to reach this by 01/02/2014)

The losses have gone as follows:
Week 1: 4.5 lbs (2.27 kg)

Week 2: 3 lbs (1.14 kg)
Week 3: 6 lbs (2.72 kg)
Week 4: 4 lbs (1.81 kg)
Week 5: 5.5 lbs (2.5 kg)
Week 6: 2 lbs (0.9 kg)
Week 7: 2 lbs (0.91 kg)
Week 8: 6 lbs (2.72 kg)
Week 9: Maintain
Week 10: 5.5 lbs (2.5 kg)
Week 11: 7 lbs (3.2 kg)
Week 12: 3 lbs (1.36 kg)
Week 13: 3 lbs (1.36 kg)
Week 14: 5.5 lbs (2.49 kg)
Week 15: Maintain

I was kind of expecting it this week. I hurt my ankle on Tuesday, and my total distance for the week dropped from 51 KM the previous week to only 23 KM this week. If I had had a good walking week, this week probably would have been a low 2 or 3 lbs week anyway, but with the decreased exercise, and a slightly higher SYN count this week (Still within the allowed SYN count) than normal, I am honestly fairly happy with a maintain. I should be able to do a good catch up this week! :)

Nice BOLD goals for this week to try make my mini target of 6 lbs this for my 4.5 Stone award:
1. 100% Optimised eating this week!
2. Super-Speed as much as I can!
3. Less Pasta and Rice at lunch time!
4. Try squeeze in some extra Swimming and Cycling this week as my walking distances are set low this week in the wake of the ankle injury.

I'm still feeling great this week. I feel so much thinner than I look. That was the only thing that gave me some hope of still losing this week, was simply how good I was feeling. It felt like I had lost! I'm looking forward to a good loss this week though!

Weigh-In Week 14

Week 14 I lost 5.5 lbs/2.49 kg. I was feeling positive this week, but I have taken to weighing myself daily on the scale at home, before and after my walk, and every night before dinner, and according to our scales, I had lost about 2 lbs/0.9 kg. So I was fairly surprised to see on Slimming World scales I had lost 5.5 lbs!

Awards this week:

Slimmer of the week again. (6th week in a row, 1 of those was shared with Lesley :)

4 stone Award! (56 lbs / 25.40 kg)


That brings the total to 4 stone 1 pound (57 lbs / 25.86kg).
Started at 28 stone 13 pounds (405 lbs / 183.71 kg)
Currently 24 stone 12 pounds (348 lbs / 157.85 kg)
1st Short Term Target 26 stone (364 lbs / 165.11 kg) (Achieved this 18/04/2011)
2nd Short Term Target 22 stone (308 lbs / 139.71 kg) (Should reach this by 18/08/2011)
Long Term Target 14 stone (196 lbs / 88.9 kg) (hope to reach this by 01/02/2014)

The losses have gone as follows:
Week 1: 4.5 lbs (2.27 kg)

Week 2: 3 lbs (1.14 kg)
Week 3: 6 lbs (2.72 kg)
Week 4: 4 lbs (1.81 kg)
Week 5: 5.5 lbs (2.5 kg)
Week 6: 2 lbs (0.9 kg)
Week 7: 2 lbs (0.91 kg)
Week 8: 6 lbs (2.72 kg)
Week 9: Maintain
Week 10: 5.5 lbs (2.5 kg)
Week 11: 7 lbs (3.2 kg)
Week 12: 3 lbs (1.36 kg)
Week 13: 3 lbs (1.36 kg)
Week 14: 5.5 lbs (2.49 kg)

Very happy with a nice big loss this week. It has brought my average to 3.95 lbs /week. I've also hit a nice little chain of small miletones in each of the different types of measurements I am forced to use in this country:
1. below 25 stone
2. below 350 pounds
3. below 160 kg

This is also now the LEAST I have weighed in over 3 years! Maybe longer, but it was only 3 years ago I started weighing myself again after a number of years! So I'm really happy with that!

I'm going to keep my goals simple this week and just to 1 goal as the last few weeks I have laid out a whole bunch of goals each week that I honestly havent been reaching most of them, and I don't want to make silly goals that I'm already reaching, since there seems no point to set a goal for something that's not a challenge!? So this week i will set myself 1 goal, that will hopefully be easy to achieve, but I feel is OH so important to keep me on track:
1. Keep doing what I'm doing! It's working currently, so simply DON'T CHANGE ANYTHING!

I feel great at the moment! I'm healthy, slimmer, fitter and a lot more positive than I have been in years! I feel in control of my body and its desires! I know I keep saying it, but I honestly feel absolutely AMAZING!

Weigh-In Week 13

Week 13 I lost 3 lbs/1.36 kg. I wasn't 100% sure what to expect this week. The latter part of the week was almost "off plan"! So overall fairly happy with 3 lbs off this week!

Awards this week:

Slimmer of the week again.

3.5 stone Award! (49 lbs / 22.23 kg)


That brings the total to 3 stone 9.5 pounds (51.5 lbs / 23.36 kg).
Started at 28 stone 13 pounds (405 lbs / 183.71 kg)
Currently 25 stone 3.5 pounds (353.5 lbs / 160.35 kg)
1st Short Term Target 26 stone (364 lbs / 165.11 kg) (Achieved this 18/04/2011)
2nd Short Term Target 22 stone (308 lbs / 139.71 kg) (Should reach this by 18/08/2011)
Long Term Target 14 stone (196 lbs / 88.9 kg) (hope to reach this by 01/02/2014)

The losses have gone as follows:
Week 1: 4.5 lbs (2.27 kg)
Week 2: 3 lbs (1.14 kg)
Week 3: 6 lbs (2.72 kg)
Week 4: 4 lbs (1.81 kg)
Week 5: 5.5 lbs (2.5 kg)
Week 6: 2 lbs (0.9 kg)
Week 7: 2 lbs (0.91 kg) Week 8: 6 lbs (2.72 kg)
Week 9: Maintain
Week 10: 5.5 lbs (2.5 kg)
Week 11: 7 lbs (3.2 kg)
Week 12: 3 lbs (1.36 kg)
Week 13: 3 lbs (1.36 kg)

Initially the week went really well and I felt like I would lose loads! But then as I headed into the long weekend, I was sick and the walking really didn't go very well. It felt so difficult. The weekend extra activity I had planned all fell through. Also I had a number of unplanned visits tot he hospital with my son who had broken his arm, and it always seemed to be when I was Hungry and had no food. So I ate some of his cake and chocolate and the 1 night ate a white bread cheese sandwich! Over the weekend, I slowly made my way through a stupid little pasta salad that I bought from a petrol station which had 1k calories and large fat content. I should have thrown it out the window after I ate the lean chicken off the top! then I ended the long weekend literally bed ridden for 2 days sleeping probably 70% of the last 48 hours! Meals were very broken and fatty or missed completely.

Goals for this week: (Simple targets this week)
1. 100% Food Optimization remembering Super Free Foods. (This week went better. Got loads more Super Free's in!)
2. Fish, Peas, Berries, Lemons and Beans for Super Speeds!! Need 5 a day!
3. Shake this cold 100%, so Walking will probably drop off in distance and speed this week, while I do slower shorter walks while I'm sick, then when healthy, doing 1 super fast day to beat 9:48 min/km, and Saturday will be Long...I'm aiming for 15km! :D

Despite being full of a nasty, chest and nose cold, I am feeling great! Bring on 100% health please, I might start bouncing off the walls!