Week 2

Not as easy as last week, however my weight loss was motivating from last week. I am finding it hard to make meals that are the right size and don't include many of the carbohydrates I am trying to cut out. It is hard to make dishes without bread or pasta, rice, potatoes etc. Also, my mother (at my request - before my diet) sent me a lovely box of Easter eggs, I just want to eat them all!!! I will just have to carefully ration them out :) I hope, but am pessimistic about my weight loss this week. At least I am getting nice compliments about looking skinnier which I think helps :)

New measurements!

So, when I got on the scales this morning I actually saw a new number that hadn't been seen for a while! 68! yay! Even after I went to a cheese and wine party after our choir performance yesterday..
Weight: 68.3kg
81cm - waist
91cm - stomach
107cm - round the butt
62cm - round thigh
92.5cm - bust
34cm - round upper arm
38.5cm - round calf

Compared to last week..
Today, I begin at 70.3kgs..
82cm - waist
94cm - stomach
111cm - round the butt
65cm - round thigh
96cm - bust
32cm - round upper arm
40.5cm - round calf
Let's hope the cms go down alongside the kilograms

weird

So I've been using the myfitnesspal.com to count my calories and today it insists that I'm not eating enough, even though for breakfast I had orange juice, cereal and milk, lunch was chicken leg asparagus and potato, dinner was sang choy bow, so basically chinese pork mince and vegetables in lettuce and then i ate the rest for snack (400g!) and 4 chocolate drops..very odd indeed. Still says I need like 420 more calories and that I'll put my body in starvation mode. I don't know if it's because of all the water i'm drinking but I'm full!!! Who would of thought that dieting would make me eat at 10.30pm because before I did it was over 600kCal I was missing!?

German Zumba!

So, had an entertaining session of Zumba at school with my good friend Unni - unfortunately the only thing I had in my computer happened to be a toning session in German! So here we were in my classroom, using paints as weights hahah and trying to understand these blasted German instructions! Surprisingly I felt like some of my long-lost German was coming back to me..language learning and exercise..what an awesome combination! hehehe it actually makes sense because you can see the action they perform as they say the words!

Afterwards I drove to my mother-in-laws place for dinner, which unfortunately was (delicious) and chicken in a creamy mushroom sauce and white rice..I didn't eat much but I could really notice when I ate that little bit of rice how the carbohydrates made my stomach feel.

Since they couldn't do the gastroscopy to find out if I have celiac disease, and apparently blood tests don't always show it - this could be an indicator for me! Apparently you can get money from NAV if you can prove you have it, since eating gluten free is a lot more timeconsuming and expensive! Maybe something to ponder..especially if there are other people out there who suffer from this condition or similar ones.

My worst sin yesterday was 3 strawberries with dark chocolate..fruit and dark chocolate, cannot be too bad right? My sister-in-law made them for dessert and was so proud, plus they were so delicious...feel a little guilty but I think the zumba and all the singing that went on afterwards would have balanced it out?

Besides..the scales have said for the past two days in a row that I'm a kilo lighter than when I started :)  a little something right?

I think this will be a bad day for losing weight..

So, here I am sitting at work with a pile of Maths books as my only company, oh wait, no, I have terrible PMS also. Funtimes. I feel like tearing into that huge box of cookies there, bursting into tears and being snuggled up in my doona watching Grey's. :) Instead..I get the joy of playground duty and then trying to teach pie graphs *sigh*

It's always the way when you decide not to have something, you want it all the more. Hehe, right now I am thinking about a bag of chips left over from the party sitting like a alluring temptress on my kitchen shelf..

I like your advice Heather, I will try to think about bad food as just becoming an extra dimple on the ass. LOL. It's funny though because I think if that were true, my whole butt would be inverted and then I wouldn't have a problem! But no, I won't eat anything.. I WILL GET SKINNY!

Anyway, better get back to the work and hope no one critisises me today..I may headbutt them (and then raid their pockets for candy whilst they lie unconscious on the floor).
Love to you all!

My Fitness Pal

My Fitness Pal is a tool that I've been investigating that is free online software to help count calories and just to be sure of how much you are actually eating! It's interesting because it's told me I need to eat more to meet my weight loss goals otherwise your body ends up in 'starvation mode' and that makes it harder to lose weight.

I can't however, live my life completely free of temptation! Especially, ladies, I'm sure you understand, when PMS rears it's ugly head - Solution: Møkkabonner! A small little reward to get you through the day. Dark chocolate which is good for your heart and in small enough portions that you can go back and have a second one without feeling too guilty! Hurrah for chocolate/coffee tasting beans!

A cookie would never do that..

So, I was sitting here at work being good and munching on an apple.

It began just fine, and now I have this disgusting taste in my mouth. Its all brown and gross in the middle of the apple! ..*runs to spit it out*

..A cookie would NEVER do that :(