week 10

Current Weight: 84.4kg
Last week:      85.4kg
Week's loss:         -1.0kg 
So far:         -12.6kg 



Wednesday's seem to come around really quickly this year - maybe I'm just so anxious to see the results.  And this week, I'm tickled pink with another whole kilo gone, which means I'm under 10kg from my goal of 75.

Exercise wise I  really had to up the intensity to get this result. And having my new polar bear on my wrist has given me another set of stats to track which seems to be all the motivation I need.

Polar bared

My very sexy POLAR FT7  Heart Rate Monitor arrived today...woot woot!!!!!

I'd already done my hour plus on the Wii Fit before it arrived, but just HAD to go out walking to see if I was burning anywhere near the calories that myfitnesspal calculates.

This was (roughly) an 8,000 step walk, which at times was a little bit passive.

So to hit the 500 calories burn per day mark, I'm going to have to find the time to add to this walk in both distance & intensity PLUS throw in some time doing something else.

At least now I can measure it accurately - and being the first, I now have a benchmark to build upon too.

By the time we've taken the dogs for a stroll tonight, this could be an 800cal burn day!

How 259 calories looks...

Today's lunch was Y.U.M.M.O & a bargain at only 259 cals;

Lite white wrap            110
Avocado    30g              64
Tuna in springwater     70
Capsicum  25g               10
Lettuce  1 cup                 5

Soooo much filling made wrapping it an exercise in itself!

Compared to yesterday's lunch of 340 cals which was basically the same minus the avocado but with a multigrain roll rather than the wrap - and about half the size - today's was a total winner.

Aiming for a lean day today to get those scales moving again.

My new, new bestie

Today, I proclaim my everlasting love to www.myfitnesspal.com

As an iphone ap, this little beauty tracks my daily calorie spend and burn, scans product barcodes to enter food quick as a wink, and allows you to enter your weight daily (I know it's naughty but it keeps me honest, motivated, blah blah)

But the BEST thing about this website is when you log in on your PC to access the reporting function;

When I've been tracking  for a full month, the weight chart will (hopefully) appear more impressive than it currently does!  But to me, this is a brilliant way to lay it all bare and see where you are meeting your goals and also where you're cheating yourself.  How many 1200+ days in the month, Raelene??  Hmmm??????

I would walk 500 miles

One of the first things we did waaaaay back when we started this change was to buy a pair of pedometers. We're both fairly competitive with each other AND our selves, so we have worn them daily and always track our progress (an excel spreadsheet for Loz & an exercise log ap for me).

My back surgery was on Nov 3, and the pedometer came on Nov 8 so I've got a few days missing from my tally.

My first post-op walk was on Nov 7, and I barely managed to get to the corner and back. Seriously... it took nearly 20 minutes to go 400m.

But each day got a little easier;
Nov 10 2,236 steps
Nov 11 5,520 steps
Nov 12 7,816 steps which was totally over-doing it, resulting in;
Nov 13 4,888 steps

I was so desperate to crack the 10,000 mark...

which I first managed on Nov 16 and only backed it up 3 more times that month.

December saw me REALLY stretch it out, and as the month rolled on, I was regularly getting over 14,000 steps each day.

I had a set of routes that I'd measured, and mid way through December I tried beating my own best time in terms of steps per hour.

That 60 minute morning walk has now stretched out to an almost 7km circuit, and even though some mornings I'm stiff in the back and really can't be bothered, and it would be SOOOO easy to throw an excuse out there, it's just NOT going to happen.

If I manage to keep this up I will have walked over 217km in the month of January!

Big day... HUGE day

I felt that I had a really good day yesterday.  Personal best step count - 17,603 - plus 45 minutes on Wii Fit - plus pretty much bang on my 1200 cal for the day.

But I was a little surprised at the scales this morning... 84.8 (and I've got the pic to prove it).  That's a 600g loss in 1 day.

So I'm going to monitor this for a few days.  Could I have been eating too few calories (900 to 1050 per day)?  Or was it just time for a REALLY good day on the scales?  Or even some water retention over the past few hot days?  Whatever the reason, I'm going to take the loss and enjoy it :)

The best bit... I'm under 85kg, which was the next mini-goal.

 My reward? Aromatherapy massage.  But I'm a bit sore through the back and hips, in fact have been for a few days, so instead of complete luxury, I've booked a remedial massage instead.  Don't you hate being a sensible grown-up at times?

Week 9

Current Weight: 85.4kg
Last week:      86.3kg
Week's loss:          -0.9kg 
So far:         -11.6kg



This week's almost kilo loss surprised me a little as exercise wasn't easy to come by due to the hot, hot weather. And, as much as I hate to say it, my back has decided that "stiff" is it's choice for the past few days!   My food choices were smashingly good though, and even included a BBQ dinner - 3/4 plate of salad and a small steak.