Tuesday, November 24, 2009

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.


Tuesday, November 17, 2009

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.

Sunday, November 1, 2009

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.