Blog entries by Smick

Yikes! A friend announced today that there are only 11 weeks + 2 days till Christmas. (She is pregnant and due Christmas day) What to do???? How do you tackle the silly season? This is the start of my social season. Drinking, parties and BBQs all conspire to tempt me. It begins with my hubby and...

Not a huge loss this week. 0.6 kg to make me now 96.7 kg. That means I have lost 20.3 kg so far. My 20 kilo goal has been achieved! I have had a good couple of weeks and am happy with the 600g loss. Next major goal is to get under 90 kilos. OMG I cannot even remember when I was last in my...

This weekend I purchased a full length mirror and installed it in my walk in robe. To many this would not seem like a great deal, BUT, for me it is. I have always been uncomfortable with looking at images of myself. I have been overweight (obese) for so long and have been embarrassed. We have...

Well it has been 100 days since I started taking Duromine. I have lost 20 kilos in that time . Weighed in at 96.9 this morning. I am so thrilled and pleased that I am finally having success. I have never been able to stick to something for this long and have never had such results. Part of it is...

Today, as a part of my spring cleaning binge, I tackled my dreaded walk in robe. The floor in there was almost a meter deep with stuff. Slowly but surely I cleaned and sorted and tossed. 12 large garbage bags full later (plus assorted stuff that would not fit in garbage bags without piercing...

WOW! What a week it has been. Last week I was just over 100 kg at 100.1. Very frustrating. This weeks weigh in I am 97.3 kg a whopping 2.8 kg loss. That gives me a total loss for the 14 weeks (Just over 3 months) of 19.7 kilos. This week I have been super determined for a couple of reasons: 1...

It is not weigh in day (that is Tuesday) but I just had to share because I want to shout from the rooftops that I finally am under 100 kg. Yay! DOUBLE DIGITS. Thought I would do a sneaky jump on the scale this morning. AND...... 98.9 kg ..... yep, I finally made it. Under 100 kilos. That...

OMG. First of all... I am shocked that I managed to lose as much as I did this week. Pleasantly :D I started this week at 101.5 kg and am happy to announce that I lost.... 1.4 kg. BUT that means that I now weigh 100.1 kg. What the......! Anyone who has been reading my blog will know that I am...

Just thought I'd share. This is what I have had for lunch the last couple of days. It's yummy, low cal, gluten free and filling. Grilled tuna and cheese corn thins Just mix up the grated cheese, mayo and tuna and put it on top of two corn thins then grill. Yummo. :p Doesn't look great in the...

Whatever you call it I now have an overhang. Before, my tummy was firm and round (i.e. FAT). Now I have lost 15+ kilos, I am finding that my tummy is sagging and has a kind of flap. Sounds gross. I am really worried that as I lose even more weight it will just get worse and I will end up just...

Hopped on the scales yesterday and the numbers are OK but not fantastic. 101.5 kg a total of 15.5 kg lost so far. It is slow going now, only 0.9 kg lost this week. I really need to put a bomb under myself to get under the magic 100. In good news though.... I have had 14 days in a row where I...

Spring is here and I have a spring in my step. I am spring cleaning my life as well as my house and it feels great. I have been out and about enjoying the great weather we have had and getting much needed exercise (though it has rained since yesterday). My house is beginning to sparkle and I am...

After a rotten couple of weeks with injury and no net weight loss, this week I am back on track. I think it really helps that I have been recording everything I eat, drink and exercise. It has made me very aware of my limits. Even though I had a weekend that was not very great, with one night of...

Was back at the doctor's today. Seems there is a small nodule on my thyroid but nothing to worry about. Doc is not in a hurry to put me on Oroxine but wants me to see an endocrinologist in a couple of months who may decide otherwise. Spoke to my doc about continuing wit the Duromine as I am...

Not a very happy chick this week. Over did the exercise and injured my back. This resulted in pain meds, no Duromine and no exercise. Could barely move at all! Back is getting better and I am now off the pain meds. Can begin to get moving again. Yay! Weigh in. Knew it would not be pretty. Really...

:mad::eek: Since yesterday I have been in acute pain. I have done something to my lower back and it has meant I am barely able to move at all. Even sleeping is difficult as every time I move or try to roll over, I am woken in pain. I think it is all the exercise I have been doing. The Bike...

Only a 0.5 kg loss this week. Down to 104.9 kg. Have exercised 6/7 days. Up from almost none! My body is sore. I have also had the whole week doing my own menu planning. No more Lite'n'Easy. I am doing OK so far with it. Creeping closer to my goals. I no longer am feeling any of the nasty side...

Things have begun to move again. Yay! This morning I weighed 105.4 kg that is down 2 kg from last week and makes a total of 11.6 kg lost. I finally broke through my first mini goal of 10 kilos. WOOO HOO. Next goal.... Double digits here I come. I hope everyone is having a great week. Sharon...

Today I had a wonderful day! :rolleyes: You may wonder why? I hopped on the scales this morning and was two kilos lighter than the last time I weighed myself. I realised that what the scales tells me has a huge effect on my state of mind. The past few weeks has been difficult because I hit a...

This week I tackled two things that have been scaring me. 1. A day without Duromine 2. A day doing my own meal planning (no Lite'n'Easy) I am happy to report, I was successful with both. I have been worried about having to have some time out from D as I have only 5 weeks left and then I have to...