Weight Loss Report Week #4

It’s been about a month now since I started my blog and I’m happy to report some new measurements this week, plus some other little findings. My measurements now are 38″/31″/35.5″. Here are some photos:

Sorry for the slightly crappy quality. My regular photographer, BF, has been a bit sick lately and needed his rest. So here are some selfies lol. Unlike last week, I can definitely see a bit of difference now. Stomach looks less flabby and smaller. Boobs look a touch smaller too 😦 I wish you could direct where you lose fat, I tend to lose it off my boobs/bum/legs and pretty much everywhere else before my belly. I also see that my body has more shape, or definition perhaps? Whereas before my body fat would throw off my shape and if I wore the wrong clothes, it could look a bit unflattering.

So I’m pretty happy this week, I’ve finally started to lose some off the belly. I do think this is related to the fact that I’ve really stuck to not eating any grains, ate a lot of fat and protein and said no to most of the food when I’m out – as most food outside my home is grain-based or full of “God-knows-what”. I’ve also only had a little bit of dairy, mostly in cups of teas and coffees. I feel because I was more dedicated this week than the other weeks, that I’ve been able to make more progress in shaping up and now I’m finally starting to see that diet really is connected to weight loss. It probably helps too that I’ve been making good gains at exercise too, mainly aikido.

Well hope you guys have a good day, I’m off to have brekkie 🙂

Lost an inch or so off the belly – surprise, surprise!

Still house-hunting. We had two leads that looked good, but for whatever reason are ignoring texts/forgot about us. Sigh. Waiting to find out if two applications we put in the other day are successful. On the upside, getting paid tomorrow so I can refill my fridge and cupboard again 😀 and also working on a small project with a good friend. It’s very interesting and exciting, it keeps my mind off my shitty housing situation lol and hopefully if it’s a hit, it could lead to some really good things later on.

Another good thing that happened was that I checked my waist and oooohh it measures 31.5″. But must keep up diet. Exercise can be easily covered, it’s the discipline to stick to eating right which is really quite hard. Like I said, my main temptation comes when I’m with friends. It’s hard to eat out and you feel like a sore thumb sticking out when you’re not gulping down vast amounts of sugar, etc.

Lastly, the boyfriend and I have decided on a little deal to lose body fat both and get fit. He wants to get down to 12% by years end (though I suspect if he really pushes himself, probably a whole lot faster) and I want to get down to 20%. Lofty goals, but whoever gets to the finish line first gets the privilege of having their feet kissed by the loser, declared King/Queen of the Universe and the loser must buy the winner a treat of their choice under $40. Perhaps I should up the odds, make losing more painful. Maybe something under a $100, a $150? That’s more ouchy >:)

Anyway, it looks like I’ll have a busy few weeks with finding a house to live, eating right and uni starting up soon again! Eeek!

 

Short weight loss progress report

Just a real short one. Anyway, I’ll be posting photos and measurements soon. Not sure though I’ve made much difference… yet lol. Boyfriend says that I have lost a little bit of weight and even my stomach isn’t as poochy :D. Also ordered body fat calipers off the internet, so I can be a bit more precise with my goals instead of just relying on whole body weight loss. Hopefully they should be in this week. I’ve also been taking daily walks, doing my aikido and eating mostly right.

However, in the last two days I’ve been dipping into processed/wheat junk as I only get paid once a fortnight, so by the last few days of each fortnight I’m usually dipping into junk because I can’t afford much else It has made me rethink my shopping habits, and I do know there’ s a bit of waste going-on especially with fruit and veges. I’m thinking I’ll buy as much fruit/vege as I need for a few days only, instead of projecting two weeks worth of fruit/vege and obviously wasting some by the end of it. I’m not a fan of grocery shopping (but I don’t think anyone is lol), but I’d rather do a few trips and ensure I always have something healthy on hand, and not packaged junk with 5000 different artificial colours/preservatives and who knows what else. I might also have to consider expanding my food budget, in order to set aside money for extra fruit, vege, eggs and sometimes meat.

IUD + weight loss

As an addendum to my previous post of my weight loss plans, another reason of why I’m recording my weight loss is because I have the sneaking suspicion that my IUD (which I’ve had for about 5-6 months) could stall weight loss. I’m not gaining anything but I’m not losing either. I’ve done aikido for a number of months before deciding to start this plan… and I just thought it was a little odd that I didn’t lose even a little bit but stayed a steady 134-136 pounds/61-61 kg. Of course, it could of been my diet through the last months, lots of bread, many sugary treats, other fast food type junk. Plus the stress of uni in the last few weeks probably didn’t help much either.

But I’ve been reading a lot of anecdotes from other women who claimed to have gained weight or had a difficult time losing the weight on an IUD. A few even said they lost quite a bit once they were off the IUD. Of course, this worried me a bit but at the same time I wasn’t going to assume my IUD was completely at fault.

Anyway besides that tidbit, I’ve have been doing 45-60 min walks almost everyday. I’ve been doing it for a week and a half now, and even now it’s becoming a little bit addictive to go on these walks. It’s interesting exploring the neighbourhood and everyday I usually take a different route to prevent boredom. It’s also good that where I live it’s very hilly. Lots of real steep hills with great views of the city at the top 🙂

I’ve also been reading more of ‘The Primal Blueprint’. Interesting stuff on the perils of excessive insulin and mishandled cholesterol. However, I admit I’m pretty keen to get into the chapters about food and exercise. Sisson, the author, also makes occasional references to the link mind and body and that’s something I hope he expounds upon later in the book.

Finally, a quick product recommendation. After trudging up all those hills today, it’s nice to soak my feet into a warm bowl of water with the Milk Bath from The Body Shop. It’s about $15.00 and it’s great. You add probably about tablespoon or so of this powder into the water, and it all turns all milky white. Smells good, but better yet my feet come out all clean, soft and relaxed. I also add a bit of coconut oil just to make it a bit more moisturizing too.

Well, that’s all for tonight, I’ll see you guys again soon 🙂