round 2

Well, I'm back!!!

Last time I was talking about this horrible thing that is "slim fast". No only they tasted disgusting but they didn't work.
So here I was after Christmas, fatter than I started!!! How did this happen??????
As per December 09 I was my heaviest ever (with no baby growing in my belly to blaim) 86.8Kg
Obviously the cycling didn't work (too effing cold and wet in the UK). Mr Gunnar still in his DVD case unopened (just like I thought he would be) and my diet .... well, I am fatter so that tells a lot

I then had a bit of a problem with my asthma and I had to go to see the nurse. What does she do? she wants to weight me, how dare she!!!!!
So before she gives me a big bollocking I start telling her how desperate I am to lose weight and how hard I'm finding it without a bit of a kick in my ass.

So here it is where I am now: the nurse enrolled me in this MILIFE program (looke it up if you are interested) where I wear a wrist band (like I've been in jail kind of thing) that monitors all my physical activity. It's also conected to the scale they gave me and records my weight and then I download everything in the especial online program. There I also tell how much I've eaten (ish) and i have a weekly review of my targets.

So i'm forced to eat less, move more and keep an eye in my weight. I have lost 4 kilos and I have started to power walk with a friend. I've also got a nintendo Wii and keeping a bit more active than I used to.

However I do still lie about how many calories I eat. It's not that I eat lots and lie about it, is just that I can't be bothered to look how many calories the food I eat have, so I give an estimate.

It's not working no more. I'm not loosing as much as I should and I'm gonna have to be more aware of calories. Just what I need!!!!!

The other flabfighter still can't post because she's useless with computers :-p

First week of torture

So, here we are after the first week of not eating much food. These milkshake and cereal bars do work but Oh My God are they disgusting or what????

Due to the inminent wedding I decided to have a go to these unhealthy ways of losing weight:
The good points: I did not feel hungry at all and you don't have to worry about what the f@$k you're going to cook.

The bad points: I do miss having food in my mouth, the flavour, the texture the joy of eating.... This week has been an absolute torture. Cooking for the rest of the family does not help to control these undesired urges of putting the delicious food I prepare into my mouth. Cause I have to say, I am GOOD at cooking. Of course, having this sudden desire of being a good housewife and cook the dinner in advance, does not help either :-)
Did I behave?? well, 95% of the time I did, every now and again I would steal food from my kids in order to cope with this rubbish diet (not eating does nothing for my temper either or my parenting skills).

So, what about the exercise? well, that's another story all together you know, one step at the time, man, one step at the time.
The best thing of this week was to get on that bloody scale and realise I've lost 2 kilos, now that made me happy :-D shame that my nice clothes don't fit yet. I would have then a perfect excuse not to carry on with this monster of diet regimen.

My next goal is to see if I can get my ass of this computer and do some effing exercise, cause Gunnar Peterson is waiting for me :-P

September 2009

It has been a while since we created this blog. The fact is that I've been away on holidays and my friend doesn't seem too comfortable with the technical side of this blog :-p



Going back to your parent's for a long holidays is not always good, and is not only the psychological well being I'm talking about. After 4 and 1/2 weeks back at my mom's I came back with 3 more kilos on my middle body. Well, it might be evenly distributed but it sure it feels it's concentrated in my legs, tummy and bum. I knew I should not have been such a lazy cow while on holidays :-(



So, here we are 1 month later of our "wake up call" and we are even fatter. That shows will power, doesn't it?????



I think we should start stating some facts, however painful it might be. Therefore I'll start:

I am R, a 35 years old woman that, until last July though did look good for my age, a bit on the plump side but not horrible.

I am 1.68cm tall and currently I weigh 83 Kilos. Yes, I know, I know is well beyond the recommended BMI but if it wasn't like that there would be no reason for this blog, would it?

Having 2 kids has not helped at all to keep my figure as it was. (Isn't it great to be able to blame the children for all your weight problems??) However, for much that I would like to put all the blame on them is not really their fault that I like my food. I eat lots, I eat when I'm not hungry, I eat when I'm sick, I do eat snacks in between meals, I eat healthy and unhealthy food and my only luck is that I'm not into sweets.



My friend and me decided that to be able to see any change it would be a good idea to take some before and after pictures. However, after I saw a couple of snap shots of my holidays I really grew scared to face pictures of my wobbly bits online. But I should be brave enough to take some pics and post them here, I hope this can put someone off their lunch and stop them getting to where we are now :-p





So what's the plan?

Easy peasy. Everyone knows that to loose weight you need to stop eating and move your ass and that is the plan. First problem: I am asthmatic and therefore exercise sometimes is not easy for me. What a great excuse I got myself!!!!!

Solution: I'm going to try to follow Mr Gunnar's workout DVD and get Jenifer Lopez's body. Of course that training at home, in my converted loft it's not quite the same that Ms Lopez would do, but hey I can try. Would I stick to this program??? probably no, it is boring to train on your own plus I have a busy life :-D

That's where plan B kicks in: I'm going to cycle, again, everywhere. This can not be avoided as I have no car and my DH (dear husband) will not give me a lift anywhere (my suggestion). That, obviously will only happen when my asthma allows it.



What about food??

I am cheating. Following my friend's advise and in order to lose weight quickly for her wedding, we are trying this horrible thing that it is "slim fast". We substitute breakfast and lunch for a milkshake and a cereal bar. It is quite filling but it gives you bad breath and of course, is not real food. I am not hungry, I am not eating at all till dinner time but my God do I wish I was!!
It is torture to cook lunch for the children and not being able to eat some of it, just the leftovers...
I only started on Friday so I don't know how long I will be able to follow it, it all depends on how much weight I lose and how I feel. This is only a temporary solution to try to fit in one of my dresses to go to the wedding, after that, I'll do the traditional thing of watching what you eat, eat less, more healthy food and all that boring shit. Right now, I would kill for a McDonnals.

How and why

My very best friend and me went yesterday to get some studio pictures taken. Our hair and make up got done professionaly. After the photos were done we looked at them in order to choose which ones we liked best, but we were not very impressed with these pictures:

First problem: we looked old
Second problem: we looked fat

Due to the inhability of change our age, we decided to tackle our second issue. So there we were, in shock, eating a pizza each, while we complained about how bad the pictures were :-)
That's when we decided to set a blog up to help each other to lose some weight, and this is the result.