Naturally Curvy

This is my last weigh in before the big trip! I’m still a bit nervous about it, but I’m feeling better in general.

SW: 256 pounds
LW: 241 pounds
CW: 241 pounds

No change since last week, but that’s okay with me.

It feels a bit weird saying that, but I’ve been a bit under the weather lately with a couple things (nothing bad) and I’ve been having a hard time keeping up with drinking enough water and eating by a schedule. I’m doing much better with both and am prepared for (as much as I can be) eating while on holiday.

I have recently made some changes like cutting my hair (a nice, light, summery cut) and buying a couple new tops, so I am feeling better than ever about losing weight and getting fit. I know I’m still at the sabotage point, but I’m no longer psyching myself out about gaining. What will happen, will happen, but in the end I will be at the weight I want to be at.

My husband is being as supportive as ever, and I think even he has been pleasantly surprised by my change in attitude lately. Maybe it’s the hair cut, maybe it’s the new clothes, or maybe it’s just the fact I feel good and confident this time.

All I know is that I’m ready to move on to the next step. Get to the next goal. To lose enough weight to be able to find a nice, cute summer dress that I can fit into with no problems.

How are you doing?

Aaaaaaaand we’re back for another weigh-in…

SW: 256 pounds
LW: 242 pounds
CW: 241 pounds

I usually only go by even pounds because I don’t have a digital scale, but my scale was playing funny buggers with me and decided it didn’t want to go firmly on 240 or 242. So I’m going to have a Finally Getting Fit first and going for the odd number (and taking the 15 pounds gone badge as well).

This is probably going to sound weird and probably just stems from my recent troubles, but I feel like I’m going to gain before I get into the 230s. I know that’s not the right way to think, but I can’t help myself.

I’ve somehow managed to catch a bug that has completely zapped all my energy, so exercise and whatnot isn’t exactly at an all time high. Pair that with next Monday being the last weigh in before I’m gone for over a week and you have a nervous JM.

I’m certainly not going to lose control on vacation, and I’ve even bought some muesli bars (don’t worry – no added sugar or fruit and it’s low in calories as well) for keeping my blood sugar steady on the road, but I’m nervous. Maybe it’s just the 230s border thing…

Anywho, I hope this bug leaves me soon and I snap out of this funk because I have a lot to do! I’m getting a new haircut this weekend (I’ll put up pics if you ask nicely, hehe) as well as doing other fun stuff to prepare for the trip.

I hope everyone else is having a good weigh in, good week, and good day.

Another new week and another weigh in.

SW: 256 pounds
LW: 244 pounds
CW: 242 pounds

I am very happy to have once again lost the weight I gained for last week’s weigh-in. I’m not sure what to say beyond that. Haha.

As I posted before, the check in appointment went well and I’m feeling good about things. Last week, before the appointment, was a bit tough for keeping up with the diet and drinking water. The amount of stress I was dealing with felt like it was skyrocketing, and I wasn’t handling it very well.

Thankfully, I have a very patient, calming husband who was willing to help me out so I didn’t feel so overwhelmed by everything. He’s a great guy. I don’t know what I would do without him.

Having lost the weight I gained in the last weigh-in, I have, once again, reached my first weight loss goal, which is losing five percent of my body weight. I’ve reached this goal before a few times, though, so I’m not quite ready to celebrate.

Originally, my next goal was to hit the 100 kilos mark (about 220 pounds), but I realized there is another goal I have been shooting for all along, and that comes first: Breaking into the 230s.

Since coming to Australia, my lowest weight has been 242 or 240, so I set the goal of getting into the 230s without even knowing it. I’ve thought about it more now, though, and I’ve decided on 234 as my next goal – well and truly into the 230s. I’m very excited about making it there.

How is everyone else doing?

Another Monday means another weigh in, hm? I’ll get right to the numbers.

SW: 256 pounds
LW: 242 pounds
CW: 244 pounds

A two pound gain. Could be better, could be worse, but I’m not complaining and I’m trying not to let it get to me. I have been having a hard time dealing with all the stress lately. I’m not sure what tipped the scale over – no TOM (now a week late), work load, becoming very emotionally sensitive, other physical things – but the scale officially tipped last week and a gain is evidence of that.

I stuck to the diet, but I could have done better. I drank water every day, but I could have done better. I tried to eat on schedule, but I could have done better. I didn’t binge, but when it came to portion control, I could have done better.

Don’t worry; this isn’t me beating myself up. I promise. This is me looking at what I can improve.

Today marks the last full week of the restricted diet and I am proud of how much I have changed and given up in the name of my health. I’m hoping the naturopath will be happy with my results and will have whatever it is I need in addition so my body can start functioning completely normally again.

I’m thinking about doing something special on Friday to mark having done all this, but I’m not sure what to do…

Hello everyone! It’s that time again… I don’t quite get to use the next celebration pic yet, but I reckon I’ll stay with this one until I get to switch over.

I feel like I should be assuring you that my scale is working and that I’m not lying. (I swear I’m not!) I’m honestly a big gobsmacked over my results since August. After trying for so long, it’s a bit ‘this is too good to be true’ to have something that is working so well. But there it is…

SW: 256 pounds ~ 116 kilos
LW: 246 pounds ~ 111.5 kilos
CW: 242 pounds ~ 109.8 kilos

Woohoo! What more can I say? This is the lowest weight I have been at since coming to Australia. It’s a goal I have achieved once before, though, so I’m very eager to break into the 230s.

For anyone who is new here, I haven’t been on any named diet or anything like that. What I did was go and get food sensitivity/allergy testing. Based on the results of that, I was put on a restricted diet for six weeks (39 days to be precise). On September 12th, I’m going to go back and get tested again to see how much things have changed.

I’m not sure if my current diet will have to keep on for another six weeks or if I’ll change things up based on the results. I can’t wait to find out, though.

Besides that, I’m eating at least every three hours (more like every two and a half to make the timing work better). Plus I’m drinking at least 1.5 litres of water a day. It seems like a lot, but it certainly seems to be doing the job!

But… I know the water is great and is helping me lose weight, but man! I thought I would have to stop peeing so much after a few days of my body getting used to it. Guess what? I was wrong! Eesh. Still operating on what seems to be, at times, a very tiny bladder.

TOM is due to start today (I think – not sure if I’m a 28 day woman), so we’ll see if the weight loss makes things easier. Hopefully it will, but by the way my lower back has been aching, it probably won’t…

Oh well! Not complaining. Not today.