DOUBLE DIGITS!!! OH YEAH!!!!

I just jumped off the scales that I made mum bring to me today and I have FINALLY hit the double digits!! WOO HOOOOOOO!!! OH YEAH!!! No more triple digits here!!!! I am estatic as you an probably tell. Thing I have to go and do some retail therapy to celebrate now!!!

OH SO CLOSE!!!!

I was at mums today and yes, as usual, jumped on her scales for the weekly weigh in as I know her scales are dead accurate and I am 100.4 kilo's!! 500 grams off being in the double digits!!! OH MAN!!! Just have to work extra hard this week to make it up!!

I think doing lots of walking at work is really helping plus also doing some toning. I suggest to all you ladies and gents out there, get a retail job in fashion!! Not only will you look good in your new sexy small clothes, but you'll do allot of walking!!! I have to remember to put on my pedometer for one of my shifts and actually see how many steps I do actually do.

Anyways, just thought I would give you all any update... Cheerio :)

Almost at double digits!!

Well I jumped on the scales at mums today and I was rapt that I was down to 101.5!! YAY!!! but still not quite there with the double digits yet!! I am so going to celebrate when i hit the double digits!! No more triple digits ever again for me!!

There's not much to report really. I have still been slacking off and I really need someone to shove a stick of dynamite up my ass and get me motivated!! I did got for a 3km walk last week and that was about it. I felt really good afterwards too. The weather has been really crappy here in lovely Perth lately so I guess I can use that as an excuse, but I won't be able to for much longer as the weather is starting to fine up now!! I went and had a bit of a splurge last week after work and bought some new exercise gear which I must admit I look pretty hot in!! hahahaha.

School holidays are just around the corner (like today at 3.10pm) so i am going to make sure I go bike riding with the kids and get my ass into gear a bit more.

Anyhow, that's all I really have to report for now. Until next time.........

Daughter v's Mother

So you think overweight, almost 30 year olds can't do handstands??? Well guess again!! YES, that's right, my almost 7 year old daughter said to me today, "Mum, can you do handstands?" I let out a sarcastic laugh and said, I used to when I was your age, but I think I would break something now if I tried. She then said, well why don't you try. You always tell me to give it a go. Which is true. i always tell the kids to give it a go before they say they can't do something. So here I was, shaking in my whatever it was I was shaking in, and I did it, a handstand. Something I haven't done in over 10 years!! And gee I still had my knack!! It took me a couple of goes to get to a walking handstand, but I got there!! hahahaha. Must have been an absolute good laugh if anyone was watching!! But I can tell you that I am going to absolutely feel it tomorrow. And yes, I did do stretches and warm up. I am still as limber as I used to be. Can still do the splits as I discovered today, but that's another sore spot I'll feel tomorrow as well!!

But it just goes to show, that your confidence gets a huge boost when you have lost a huge amount of weight. Even though i still have another 25 - 30 kilo's to go, the 22 i have already lost has made me feel unbelievable!! I am doing things I haven't done since I was an energetic teenager. I am starting to feel really good about myself and I CAN start to see the difference when I look at myself in the mirror. even though sometimes I still see the 130 kilo me, I can see the difference when i look hard enough.

It's also amazing at how different people treat you. even though I am still overweight, people treat me differently. I guess because they see me different and can see a new personality coming out in me. But it does make you wonder why society snubs overweight people. We are no different from the thin people in the world. We are just bigger. We still have the same blood and same heart, but after losing weight, we are just a smaller person. I guess unless you have been an overweight person, you don't really know how much you are judged and how society treats you differently. It's wrong, but that's just the way it is.

I am starting to love the new me. I am still very cautious and nervous as being overweight for 10 years is a long time, but the new me is starting to show!!

So I'm a slacker!!

I know!! I know!! I have been really slack in posting and keeping all my fellow followers hanging on by the edge of their seat with my progress!! hahaha It's wishful thinking to know that I have that many of you watching and reading about my progress, after all we do have more important things to be doing like waiting anxiously for the return of Grey's Anatomy or Desperate Housewives!! I know I am!!

Things have been going great!! I had a review with the fantastic Dr Watson on the 4th. I had only lost about 4.5 kilo's since the last visit, but he says I am doing superbly. He said to me that if everyone came in and told him "I only eat when I am hungry" he would be out of the job. But on thinking about it, I do. i don't get the opportunity to snack between meals because the little amount that I do eat fills me up until the next meal. I do occasionally have a cracker or maybe a biscuit if it's offered, but apart from that, NOTHING!! He didn't put a fill in this time, but mind you, i am still coming to grips with the last fill. I have a feeling that I may have reached my 'sweet spot'. If I have, i am a very satisfied woman!!!

My wardrobe is starting to put on a bit of weight now. Since I left Flight Centre (full time) and am now working casual at Suzanne Grae's (YES because I can fit into their clothes) my wardrobe is loving it!! And so am I!! It is such a fantastic and wonderful feeling to be able to fit in 'normal' peoples clothes and to be able to go to their shops as well.

It's great to get comments from other people saying how fantastic you look. My mum sent me a photo that was taken on my 29th birthday back in January this year and then one she had taken 2 weeks ago!! OMG!! What a difference. even though I look in the mirror (like today) and I still can't see it, yet when I look at the photo's I can. Sometimes I wish I can just slap my brain back into the present!! Not going to happen anytime soon though.

I am still being a slack ass though and haven't been to the gym, but I did go for a bike ride the other day and I didn't have a sore butt the next day, which means my butt must actually fit on the seat how it's supposed to. That kind of made me feel good.

Well I don't see the Dr until the end of November and I am absolutely determined to be under the 100 kilo mark!! OH YEAH!! BRING IT ON!!!

20 kilo's down!!!!

Well I go there. I have shed 20 kilo's. I am absolutely dumbfounded really. I mean, where has it gone? I have almost lost the weight of my daughter!! It's amazing and I really can't explain how I am feeling. There are just too many emotions to describe it!! Ecstatic, relieved, happy, lighter, happier etc etc. I am sure I can name a heap more, but those are the ones that are coming to my mind at present!!

I went and had a bit of a splurge this week, well I should say a big splurge!!! I went shopping!!! WOO HOOO!! Us girls all like to shop, but when you have been restricted to 'big girl' and plus sizes for the last 10 years you don't enjoy shopping for clothes that much, but when you don't fit in 'plus' sizes anymore, it's a whole different feeling!! I was so ecstatic to walk into Suzanne Grae's and Rockman's and just fit into their clothes. It was such a great feeling!! I just want to keep going back for more because I know I can!! It's truly such a wonderful feeling!!!

On the subject of clothes and stuff, lets talk about shoes and shrinking feet. The last place that I expected to shrink was my feet / shoe size. I have gone from being size 9/10 to now a 7.5 / 8. Not that I am complaining or anything because I got to give away 14 pairs of shoes so i could make way for new shoes, it's just I hadn't even thought about smaller feet. But again, it's another ecstatic feeling!!

I spent most of the weekend going through all my drawers and walk in robes to remove the evidence of ever being a size 22 and it was a great feeling to just 'toss' it all on the floor. I went from having a full hanging wardrobe of 3 meters to about 30cm. I nearly passed out when I realised the the pile of clothes on the floor was as tall as me, but it wasn't a bad awful feeling, it was a great, fantastic feeling because it meant I had to replace them and go shopping!!!

I weighed myself at mum's on Monday and I weighed in at 106.5kgs, so the weight is still coming off, which is a good thing!! I've just been pretty slack about going to the gym, which is very naughty of me, I know!!! Maybe next week!!!

3 Months down!! YAY!!!

I had my 3 month appointment just over a week ago and everything is going fantastic. Dr Watson couldn't be more happier with the results and says that I am coming along superbly!! It's so great to see his computer system that tracks my results and then for me to actually see it and how far I have come in 3 months. It really makes your head spin!! I only had a smidge of a fill as I didn't think I needed mu more. What a difference a couple of mls makes though, but after a few days you hardly notice it, so I am glad I did get a little bit as my next appointment isn't for another 3 months!!

I am realty starting to actually see the weight loss now. It's taken me a while to 'physically' see it when i look in the mirror, but my brain is starting to catch up and notice it now, which is great. I am really starting to feel good and I can start to see it too, which makes the world of difference in your self esteem.

I went to an annual work ball on Saturday night, and when I was shopping for my ball dress, not only did I buy it 2 sizes down from what I normally get, I had to have it altered in the top part, which made me feel great!! And I must admit, I was looking hot!!

Another victory was when I have to have my belt taken in and have 3 sections pulled off at it was way too big and kept sliding down. Gee did that bring a huge smile to my face and made me stand taller. It was so exciting!!

I know I still have a way to go and I have only just put a dent in, but I am seeing the results which is making me more determined than ever to keep going and to be at my goal weight for my birthday.

I am down to 119.8 kilo's now and keep going down!!