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Jul. 15th, 2011 06:34 am Stepped on the scales this morning and was gratified to see that I'm 12st 5lb. I'd been starting to feel like I was failing, as I'd gone back up to 12st 7lb mid-week and I couldn't really work out why, as I'd not been overeating or cramming high calorie food in - but it turned out that it was just my body doing its hormonal thing and retaining water. I'm the lightest now (so far as I'm aware) that I've been since I started this blog. And I think I'm seeing it in myself - my abdomen no longer protrudes out as far as it did (there's a long way to go to getting it back to the waistline I really like though) and my thighs are definitely slimming down. My upper arms are also less pendulous. I have another 11 weeks out here in Australia, so I'd like to continue on this trajectory. It would be realistic to be well below 12st by the time I get back and that would allow me to get into a much higher proportion of my wardrobe at home. Of course, I'm on a restricted level of clothes here, so just getting back to my normal range to choose from will be excellent - but being able to access nice stuff that has been taunting me from the wardrobe from upwards of three years will be terrific!
I'm hoping to continue losing weight when I get home, as I still want to get back to being under 11st and I don't think that it's wise for me to aim for that in the 11 weeks I have left. Being unrealistic about how much weight I can lose is one of my biggest demotivators - if I aim too high, it disincentivises me if I don't meet those aims. So modest, slow, long term weight loss and better eating habits are the aim. The better eating has indeed proved to be easier when I'm catering for myself. The freezer has gradually filled with tasty meals, from me cooking a batch, eating one and freezing several and I realise that I probably overestimate how much food I need per day when I'm shopping. Although I still maintain that food is expensive out here, due to an administrative cock-up from my company, who forgot they were supposed to be putting some money into my Australian bank account, I did an inventory yesterday and realise that I've enough food to continue to eat well and adequately for at least three weeks, possibly longer. The odd supplementation is needed - bread, milk and coffee are the things that spring immediately to mind, but some salad and stirfry veg might also come into play- but I have 12 homemade ready meals now in the freezer, sufficient ingredients to make another 8 portions of risotto, 12 portions of pasta with sauce, 6 portions of savoury minced chicken with potatoes, some steak, some chicken, some fish and some crabsticks. There's a big jar of muesli and some Cheerios for breakfasts and various potential sandwich fillings, such as Vegemite, peanut butter, sardines, tuna, sliced chicken and eggs. There are 8 portions of quick cook noodles too. So I'd thoroughly under estimated how long my food would last and I think I'm going to attempt to eat down to very little, so that I get a more realistic feel to how much to buy for the remainder of my time out here too - no point in excessive expense on food!
I'm hoping to continue losing weight when I get home, as I still want to get back to being under 11st and I don't think that it's wise for me to aim for that in the 11 weeks I have left. Being unrealistic about how much weight I can lose is one of my biggest demotivators - if I aim too high, it disincentivises me if I don't meet those aims. So modest, slow, long term weight loss and better eating habits are the aim. The better eating has indeed proved to be easier when I'm catering for myself. The freezer has gradually filled with tasty meals, from me cooking a batch, eating one and freezing several and I realise that I probably overestimate how much food I need per day when I'm shopping. Although I still maintain that food is expensive out here, due to an administrative cock-up from my company, who forgot they were supposed to be putting some money into my Australian bank account, I did an inventory yesterday and realise that I've enough food to continue to eat well and adequately for at least three weeks, possibly longer. The odd supplementation is needed - bread, milk and coffee are the things that spring immediately to mind, but some salad and stirfry veg might also come into play- but I have 12 homemade ready meals now in the freezer, sufficient ingredients to make another 8 portions of risotto, 12 portions of pasta with sauce, 6 portions of savoury minced chicken with potatoes, some steak, some chicken, some fish and some crabsticks. There's a big jar of muesli and some Cheerios for breakfasts and various potential sandwich fillings, such as Vegemite, peanut butter, sardines, tuna, sliced chicken and eggs. There are 8 portions of quick cook noodles too. So I'd thoroughly under estimated how long my food would last and I think I'm going to attempt to eat down to very little, so that I get a more realistic feel to how much to buy for the remainder of my time out here too - no point in excessive expense on food!
