Week Seven

Week Seven

I didn't record any weight loss this week, it's the first time so I was feeling quiet down this morning. But I had my appointment with Belinda at the gym for my first fitness evaluation since starting at the gym. My body Fat percent went from 45% to 43%, my Muscle mass stayed about the same at 46% which was fantastic. It means all the weight I've lost has been purely fat! My Visceral Fat (fat around the organs) went from a 10 to a 9. This one was the most surprising of them all, I was already at the top end of the healthy range which is between 1 and 12 but Belinda told me that she normally doesn't see this change until after three months, for me, it was 6 weeks!

So you can see from these photos that it's coming off. Totally lost my boobs, so typical, they could have stayed. But I have also lost most of my tummy so now people don't ask me if I'm pregnant! Belinda has now 'twigged' my weights program a little so that's sure to hurt next week.

But it's all good and hopefully next week we'll see more weight loss but I am due to have my contraceptive needle in a couple of weeks and I have heard from other ladies on the same one as me that their weight loss was really hard around the time they were coming up to their shots so we'll see. Fingers crossed.

Week Six
Since I now weigh in on a Friday this has been a longer week and I have lost 1.1kg ( approx 2 1/2 pounds). But a week full for of hurdles. My eldest son Davin has been diagnosed with a learning disability which could turn into AHAD and because he wasn't diagnosed till after he started school we can't access the hospital system and have to go private. But at least we now have something to work with.
We also celebrated my little brother's engagement to Tina, a day I never thought would happen. So happy for them. But of course that was a event full of food and drinks, where I had little say in, tried to eat healthily but it wasn't easy.
The next day Sunday we all went to Fun Flight Day and enjoyed a joy flight. It was the kids first time up in a plane and it was such an enjoyable day but again lunch & drinks were provided so again I had little say in what to eat.


I also had Davin home with tonsillitis for two days so wasn't able to go to the gym as much as normal, but I did put in an extra effort on the days I did, in a bid to make up for it.

I am sure the following weeks leading up to Christmas are going to just as challenging as life becomes more social and my business becomes more busy. I can't wait till next Friday as I have my first fitness evaluation since starting, look out for a new photo. If I never, never give up I WILL succeed.

Week Five

Waist- 100cm...........................91cm loss 9cm
Hips- 126cm...........................122cm loss 4cm
Bust- 101cm..............................97cm loss 4cm
Arms- 35cm..............................33cm loss 2cm
Thighs- 82cm...........................78cm loss 4cm
Dress Size- approx size20........approx size 18 loss 1 size

Well 1 month has gone and I have lost another 500grams (just over a pound) this week. That makes a total for the month of 4kgs (8.8 pounds) and 23 cms gone, bye bye! I can tell you that I feel great and I am noticing that my clothes, particularly my tops are getting looser. My front garden has been a great source of physical work when I can't get to the gym, it a rain forest style garden. I've decided to remodel and since we haven't touched it for over 3 years there is alot to pull out and rearrange.
On the fundraising side of things we have raised $860, which is great but wound love to see more. Thanks to all who have donated. Heartkids are a great charity who help so many people. They have personal held me up many times. Please visit my fundraising page and help.
http://www.gofundraise.com.au/Liv

And if you want to know about Heartkids, go to http://www.heartkidsqld.org.au/

To read about my son's journey with CHD go to http://danesjourneyminetoo.blogspot.com/

I've decided to change my weigh in days to Fridays so this week is only going to be four days so don't expect a huge change.

GETTING HEALTHY FOR HEARTKIDS

Week Four

I've only lost 100grams this week and I am hoping it's a case of fluid retention. I also know that with all this exercising I'm doing, that I've got to be building muscle under this fat so next week when I have officially finished 4 weeks I'll retake my measurements . I'm sure I've lost in centimeters because most of my clothes were tight all over and now I am experiencing areas of 'looseness'. Let's hope it's not from my clothes stretching! LOL

Week Three

This last week has been a busy one. I've had 5 exercise sessions and on Friday my brother and his family came over for a BBQ. Sunday I was a little panicky because I hadn't done anything too physical since Friday, that I washed all the interior walls of our house and pulled out plant out of my front yard. I decided that it needs a overhaul, it's become very over grown since Dane was born.
Saturday Dane woke up with a nasty cough and over the next couple of hours I watched him go from bad to a lot worse. By 12 I was rushing him to the doctors thinking a visit to the hospital was going to be on the cards. He was prescribes some Prednisolone for the next 3 days plus antibiotic. If he didn't improve by that night we were to go to the hospital, luckily he responded to the Prednisolone really well.
I weighed in yesterday and have lost another 0.9kg (1.98 pounds), that's a total of 3.4kg. Really happy with that loss, knowing that suddenly my body has gone from doing no exercise to speak of to doing 5 sessions a week, which includes two weight sessions. A strange thing that I have notice is that with my muscles getting tighter, it's making me feel thinner then I am. It's weird, I look in the mirror and feel a little disappointed that I can't see any drastic changes because inside I certainly feel it. I know I have to keep in mind that It took over three years for the weight to come on, I can't expect it to fly off over a week or two.!

WEEK TWO con't

I have just come home from my second weights session this week and OMG I have sore muscles where I never knew they existed! It's mainly the muscles on the upper leg, inner and outer thighs. I literally can't sit down or get up without being in pain! A least now I have a 3 day break from the weights and will only be doing cardio workouts.



But you know it doesn't matter how sore I get or how hard this challenge becomes for me, there is a little boy who showed so much courage, strength and fight just to be alive today that anything I endure is nothing compare to what he endured.

So I might tell you about my aches and pains but you won't ever hear me complain because I am doing this to get heart healthy and is something my son will never be able to achieve, so I'll do it for him.

WEEK TWO

Today was my first weigh-in. And WOW I was in for a surprise. I lost 2.5kg (5 1/2 pounds) in one week, I know that it's mostly fluid but who cares. The last week has been with it's challengers. I was only able to go to the gym twice due to prior appointments, one being Dane's Cardio appointment at the Mater. That's an all day affair being that it's on the other side of the town. The up side to that is that Dane was cleared for another six months. :)
I was also able to use the time to get some fundraiser poster up at the clinic and on the ward. Today was really the first day of my new exercise program, I did about 45 minutes of low weights but high reps and boy could I feel that I haven't used those muscles in a while. Tonight I finished off with a Pilate's class. This particular class I like a lot, it's more about the focus and meditation. You are still working the core muscles but in a slow, precise way. I always feel very centred and ready to take on the world after doing it. Bring on the next week!

Time to Face up to it

Today was the day that I surrendered myself to the gym to be fully evaluated and as you can see from this photo, it's not a pretty picture. They have one of those wonderful scales that not only measures your weight but also fat%, Muscle% and bone density.

You know when I look at this photo, this is not how I feel and I feel very ashamed that I've let my self go this far. The majority of this weight was put on after Dane first Open Heart surgery. I was already 10kg overweight when he was born, but the extra 15kg that came later and that is purely comfort eating & drinking!

Anyway back to those wonderful scales. What I did learn is that I am 45% fat! Can you believe it, nearly half of me is fat.

The good news is that all my other measurements, bone density, muscle% and fat around the organs were all in the healthy range. My blood pressure and resting heart rate were all good too. Which means apart being a big fat pear the rest of my insides are not in too bad shape.

Belinda, my trainer seem to really understand what I am wanting to achieve and I finally feel like I'll get the right kind of support to achieve my goals.

Dane has his Cardio appointment tomorrow, fingers crossed, all will be fine. Ironically hospital's are really bad places to find healthy food and emotionally I don't handle going back to them..so many bad memories.

So it Begins

So today is the start of my fundraiser and weight loss journey. I jumped on the scales and I must say I was alittle shocked! I weighed 90kg. The funny thing is I don't feel that big but then again I sit on alot of that, I'm a very pear shaped person. On Wednesday I will be going to the gym for an assessment and new program. I hate these because I always feel so exposed but the reality is, that I am obese and have to face it.
My Measurements:

• Waist- 100cm
• Hips- 126cm
• Bust- 101cm
• Arms- 35cm
• Thighs- 82cm
• Dress Size- approx size20