I CAN DO THIS!

Cooking with Weight Watchers, 1972

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I kinda have a thing for old cookbooks. The pictures in some of them are so delightfully hideous they could very well turn you off food for life. I was having a browse at the local Salvation Army shop and came across a 1972 Weight Watchers cookbook. Ooh!

Before getting down to the business of actually making the scrumptious delights, such as the Jellied Vegetable Hors D’Oeuvre, or the Jellied Chicken (the liberal use of gelatine seems to run riot through the entire book), I decided to read the Introduction.

Oh my, have we come a long way!

Here are a few quotes:

“Believe it or not, it is a book especially written for fat people.”

“Surely, eating is the one thing fat people should not do.”

“… there are in Britain today thousands of former fatties who have already become, or are learning to become, permanently slim people.”

“Why not give fat people the Programme and let them get on with it?”

“… most fat people cannot learn to re-educate their eating patterns on their own. However much they try they find it impossible not to cheat.”

THEY?? Is the world populated by two types of people - normal people, slim and in control, and Them, the fatties, who are out of control, have no sense of when enough is enough, a poor, afflicted bunch who’s only salvation is to be found within the pages of this cookbook?

My final quote: ” If they do cheat, they know they will have to confess at the next meeting. That in itself is a strong deterrent.”

I can’t get the image of Nurse Ratched out of my head… *shudder*  

As I already commented on this, I can’t be arsed exclaiming over it again.  Love it.

Wiiiiii

I think I just talked my mother into buying me a Wii Fit.  ZOMG.

Another week down…

A 0.1kg loss this week.

Not a lot I can say about that, except I spent the week picking at stuff like peanut butter and sour cream. I blame PMS. Whatever.

I also drank too much wine last Friday night. Eh…

At least I lost something…

13.4kg lost, total.

That’s 29.5lb.

Okay.

I have a couple of milestones to reach sooner rather than later. One of them is 30lb. The other is a similar deal, just kilo based…

Not sayin’

God, I’m so fucking bored…

…with this whole weightloss thing… I could barely force myself to log in here.  I haven’t given up - not by a long shot… I just get really bloody tired of thinking about it.  Maybe when J is back on the internets [c’mon Wednesday!] I’ll find my mojo again.  Sigh.

I haven’t been as strict as I could be the last week or so.  No huge drama, but I’ve been at this for a good 3 or 4 months now and there comes a time when one must take their foot off the pedal for a minute and breathe.  I haven’t been bingeing out or anything, which is grand.  I know I’d hate myself forever if I did.  Hmm.  Maybe something’s sinking in after all.

Ok, so since I last logged in here, I had a gain of 0.1kg, which is such a piddly number it’s not even worth converting… and also it was the week before last, so it’s so long ago that I’m just going to ignore it.

Then last Tuesday’s weigh in showed a loss:

Loss: 0.8kg [1.76lb]

Total loss: 13.3kg [29.3lb]

Which is all great and all.  I’m stoked.  Really.  I am set to be weighed again tomorrow and I don’t know how that will go, especially as my period is now late… blah.  Eh… whatever.  She’ll be apples.

My clothes are literally falling off me.  I think I may have to pin my black skirt.  Nobody has said anything to me about it for weeks though, which is a bit disheartening.  Sigh.   People noticing really does make a difference.

I’m still not exercising.  Not much else to say about that.

Hm.  That’s it.  I really just can’t wait to log out of here.

BYEE.

Playing Catch-Up

Ehh… I didn’t feel so much like updating last week. I gained a little, which wasn’t a big deal but I just wanted a week off the weekly report. I think I was retaining fluid after having some alcohol on the Sunday night. Weigh in is Tuesday and booze always has that effect on me for at least a day or two.

So, to keep up with all, here are last week’s results:

Gained: 0.2kg [0.44lb]

Total loss: 10.8kg [23.8lb]

Do people who think in lb, usually take decimal points in to account? Every bit helps, methinks…

Now for today:

I was feeling not terribly confident. No really good reason for this, except that I’d been dipping my fingers in peanut butter and sour cream and nibbling on grated parmesan a little more often than I should… and I was feeling a bit um.. blocked up or something. Just a bit off.

Then I got on the scale.

Loss: 1.8kg [4lb]

Total loss: 12.6kg [27.7lb]

1.8!!

I nearly fell off the scale.

Seems I really was retaining fluid last week…

I still didn’t do a sceric of exercise and I spend the majority of my life sitting on my arse or lying down… but I’m doing something right. I’m guessing that rarely eating all the food on the menu is helping. I mean, I am supposed to eat a lot of food….

Calories in… calories out… yada yada…

12.6kg is exactly TWO STONE, by the way. Oh, yes.

And is apparently two dress sizes. 

Weirdly enough, I’m not really feeling it in a physical sense. I’m not feeling my clothes getting any looser than they were say, a month ago… and I can’t see it in the mirror. I even went out to a family do weekend before last and nobody even commented, which was a little bit disappointing. People at work are encouraging though, which is nice.

Hopefully next week I will break through a barrier. I won’t say what that is, because I will never post my actual weight here, but it’s a nice round number barrier. Gotta love those.

So, yeah… the motivation contintues. I don’t even need much motivation on this food plan, to be honest. It’s that easy…

Week Whatever

Wooo and she’s on a roll.   I weighed in on Tuesday, but couldn’t be arsed posting anything about it until now.  Such is the way…

Loss:  1.2kg [2.6lb]

Total loss: 11kg [24.2lb]

Fark me, that sounds like a lot in pounds…

I’ve been skipping a lot of meals.  At least one a day.  Mind you I am on a fairly high limit, so it’s not like I’m starving myself, but I just seem to have developed the habit of not eating.  I’m not sure how long this will last… it’s like I jsut want the scale to go down yesterday… and it seems to be helping, heh.  My JC consultant keeps telling me off, but what is she gonna do?  I’ve been drinking wine on Friday nights [like, a bottle or two.. ahem]… and that hasn’t made a difference, despite all the tut-tutting from my consultant.  

I’m really not in the mood for crapping on about this right now, so I’ll make it quick.

My clothes are hanging off me.  It’s getting so obvious that people are commenting at work.  Which brings me to another thing…. at the 11kg point, which isn’t far off 2 stone… people are starting to notice.  I’ve always felt a bit uncomfortable when people comment on weight loss.  I mean, on one hand it’s great because they rave about how good you look and it’s all streamers and congratulations.. but on the other hand I’m left wondering…”so how bad did I look before?”… and that takes the shine off, just a little. I really need to get over that, because my work colleagues are saying very nice things I really ought to take it at face value - rather than turn it into a negative.  Hm.

In other news:  My shoes are too big for me now.  I feel like I’m wearing clown shoes.

That is all.  Hope the moving is going well, J… and congrats on your loss, Emma! :) 

This Week

So, I’m sick as a dog but I had a good week weightwise, because I haven’t had an appetite all week and I’ve been skipping meals…

Loss: 1.5kg [3.3lb]

Total loss: 9.8kg [21.6lb]

I’m really pleased, I have to say.  So close to 10kg now, but over 20lb, so that makes up for that.  My consultant made me pick up a 10kg bag of rice… That really put things in perspective.  There’s no way I could carry that around all day.

I also had my measurements taken:

Total losses in cm:

Bust: 5cm

Waist: 12cm

Hips:  8cm

At least I’m not losing so much off my boobs, hah.  

Um… not sure what else to say right now.  I haven’t been exercising because I’ve been sick, but I’ll start again when I feel better.

Onwards!

Hope you’re having a good day today, J xx 

Week 9?

I’m losing track of the weeks… I might give up numbering them soon…

Loss: 0.8kg [1.8lb]

Total Loss: 8.3kg [18.3lb]

Getting back on track by the looks of things, except I had two days off the programme last week because of celebrations and I really expected to gain, if anything.  Feel like I dodged a bullet…

I’m feeling pretty good about things.  I started my exercise programme today, which starts reeeeally small with 10 minutes walks three times a week and work with a resistance band twice a week, gradually increasing weight, intensity, sets, time etc… I felt good after 10 minutes walking and it has occurred to me that it might be a good idea when I up my time to 20 minutes, to walk for 10, then cycle for 10.  Then increase the time weekly.  I can’t see myself ever walking for an hour with my shins… I was just about crippled after 25 minutes, but I probably didn’t stretch well enough and J, you’ve given me some good tips re: the shin splints… thanks :)

I’m eating fine… planning not to drink this week.

I’ve had a couple of people tell me they notice that i’ve lost quite a bit which is nice…. 

Week 8

Just a quick one as I wish not to dwell on this… ahem.

I gained 0.8kg.  I think this is due to a couple of factors.  Two fairly minor indiscretions on my part, and also bloating from PMS.  My consultant exclaimed that I looked really puffy [thanks!], so I guess that’s something.

Um.. yeah.  

I went for a walk on Tuesday night and I’ve been paying for it ever since with shin splints.  I do that every now and then… that is think that I’m impervious to them and go for a hearty stroll.  No such luck.  NEVER such luck.  I could barely walk yesterday… *sigh*  I quite enjoyed it, too…

This week is and will be better.

Hope your challenge is going well, J x