Day 10 : First stall, pfft.

Starting weight : 152.4kg

Yesterday's weight : 149kg (was the same weight as yesterday, conveniently!)

Current weight : 149.3kg

Current loss/(gain) : (0.3)kg

Total loss/(gain) : 3.1kg 

I knew there was a risk of speaking too soon, and lo and behold, 3kgs down and it's my first stall. Boooooooo. 

Good thing is, tonight I'm going to have to find my own way home either by bus or walking, so I might just do the latter and see if I can jog myself out of this small stall! :D

It's too soon to be feeling deflated, but I can't say I'm delighted. I'm starting to see why a lot of people tend to flood FB groups with complaints about the scales not budging - and I'm already feeling so blah after only 3 days! Hahaha.. Calm down Alia, geez. 

Anyway, here's the stats from yesterday

Day 9
Breakfast : Acai Bowl - bananas, strawberries, full milk, peanut butter and mixed nuts topping

So I have to explain this a little bit, was typing and realised it was a full paragraph so bear with me. We were looking at nurseries yesterday and I had a rough time (don't get me started, I've only just calmed down), so we stopped by this yoga retreat cafe that had all these funky, new-age, hippy, healthy things on the menu and this looked like the  yummiest safest choice! It was just fruits, and instead of the homemade almond milk which had like a tsp of coconut sugar in [still sugar!], I opted for full cream milk and ran with it. Honestly, it was soooooo tasty, and thick like ice cream! I'd heard of healthy gurus banging on about acai bowls and how fabulous they were, but I wasn't expecting ice cream! Haha.. Anyway, this is probably the cause of my 0.3kg bloat, but anyway, I was prepared for the hunger strike from the post-fructose high and it was not that noticeable. What IS noticeable though, is the amount of CALORIES in this little innocent looking acai bowl! I googled a recipe online and the total came up to 849 for a serving!!!! Crazy. Anyway, maybe for like a realllllyyyyyy occasional treat then, cuz it was so darn tasty and I really don't mind making it my substitute ice cream treat! :P

Lunch : Tall filter coffee from Starbucks with pouring cream

Pre-Dinner snack : Broccoli slaw, and deli meats (fructose crash, and too hangry to wait for dinner!)
Dinner : Courgetti pad thai with butter sauteed salmon

Oh my gad, y'all. I've never had courgetti before, but hawt dang, that was sooo tasty! I probably overloaded on butter and peanut butter, but it really tasted like noodles and was so yum! I'll share the recipe now so y'all can have some too. 

Courgetti Pad Thai
300g courgetti (courgettes, spiralised)
knob of butter
1/2 tbsp sesame oil
1 tbsp tamari (or coconut aminos)
tsp of crushed garlic
tsp of chilli flakes
2-3 tbsp crunchy peanut butter (optional, or reduce if you're not a peanut lover like me!)
salt and pepper to taste

1. Melt the butter, and toss the courgetti on medium heat. Add all the other ingredients leaving the PB for last, adding it when the noodles are done so that it just melts into everything. Serve piping hot with meat of your choice. 

349 calories - don't know the breakdown for this specifically, but I'll find out soon and post it up!

This is going to fill every niggling craving I get for pad-thai, guilt free, and yum to beat! Woot woot! :)

MFP stats - Day 9 - 82 calories OVER (thanks Acai *eye rolls*), 23% carbs, 63% fat and 14% protein

Day 8 
Day 8 was a model-like day actually, here's what I had:

Breakfast - Caesar Salad with Cardini's dressing, 2 eggs and roast chicken
Snack - 1 tbsp peanut butter, 20g cheese
Dinner - Broccoli slaw and 5 Buffalo Drumsticks

MFP stats : 76 calories under, 55% fat, 39% protein, 6% carbs - WOOT!

Day 8 : Down, down, down she goes!

Starting weight : 152.4kg

Yesterday's weight : 149.6kg

Current weight : 149kg

Current loss/(gain) : 0.6kg

Total loss/(gain) : 3.4kg 

We are on a roll! Feeling so happy that there's still huge losses on the scales! Can't wait to be officially out of the 140s, but I can do with a downward trend for now!

I'm hoping to start walking to work soon, to move along the loss a little faster but I'm also worried that I won't have a back up plan for when I start to stall.. Is it silly that I want to wait until I stall so I can play my "walk to work" card to get things moving again? Hahahahha.. :P

Anyway, here's the stats from yesterday:

Day 7
Breakfast - Bolo sauce, small avocado, cheese crisps and soured cream (eaten like a taco bowl, yummm!) and milky coffee

Snack - 3 tbsp peanut butter, two glasses of sparkly water with teissiere sugar free cordial

Dinner - Salmon in butter, broccoli slaw, and milky tea

MFP Stats : 64% fat, 25% protein, 11% carbs, 302 calories under allowance. Win!

I've decided to record yesterday's food instead of today's, since that makes more sense right? So far the only thing I've had today is a caesar salad, and it was soooo tasty yum :) Haven't had any intense cravings yet, although yesterday I felt a hankering for ramen with peanut butter... Muhuhu.. Anybody have a low-carb ramen recipe? :P

Day 7 : Out of the 150s! And Week 1 Update!

Starting weight : 152.4kg

Yesterday's weight : 150.3kg

Current weight : 149.6kg

Current loss/(gain) : 0.7kg

Total loss/(gain) : 2.8kg (and officially goodbye to the 150s!)

Can I hear a WOOT WOOT! :D I'm so excited today, I'm feeling grreeaaaaaat!

So the weekend was a big change for us, members of the Couch-Potato club. We did a 5K fun run on Saturday, but it was a different sort of "marathon" because it was non-competitive and most importantly, there were fun bouncy castle obstacles to go through at intervals, and it was fun walking towards one and then attempting it and moving on! :D

Faces BEFORE the event, all smiley and not knowing what to expect.. Haha!

I was expecting the walking/running to be the hard bit, but what I really didn't expect the obstacles to be the one that left me breathless and completely zonked! I was happy to be done with them and to walk to catch my breath each time! Haha! The first obstacle at the very start was this very slippery steps that you need to climb over, and then slide down, and as we waited for our wave to start I couldn't help but notice that most of the people that slipped and fell were people of my size - and I was sooooo nervous and I would be mortified if I was unable to climb over! In particular, there was a couple who were really stuck and I thought for a moment that they would have to walk around the obstacle cuz they just couldn't climb it and I'm like.. omg.. that will be me. 

BUTTTTT when it came to our turn, I slipped a few times but managed to climb over it just fine - and I wasn't one of the last ones over it HAHAHAHA! I was so happy! 

But then the people I so shamelessly YES'D *fistpumped* at quickly overtook us on the "run" and I think we might've been one of the last ones in our wave to have finished. LOL. No matter, what DOES matter is that we finished everything and we didn't die! Bear in mind, total couch to 5K here ok, and no training whatsoever!

My step count was craaaazzzyyyy! I did in total, 9,792 steps JUST from the 5K exercise! We decided to go grocery shopping after that and at the end of the day, my steps count was closer to 12K - it was so awesome! Would I do it everyday, no way.. But I wouldn't mind doing it at least once a week - I plan to walk to and from work and make it a daily thing. It'll be good for my steps goal but also save money on petrol.. Haha! We'll see though, small changes first, big changes later. 

Anyway, here's the MFP chart analysis of my progress for the week. 

Small dip due to the carb-binge, and the effects afterwards. Quite happy that it didn't have a huge lasting impact though!

Weekly average stats - Fat % is almost on point, but carbs is very high - have to work on this one. 

Two binges, and the rest are almost perfect. Rock on Week 2!

Guys, I can't say how proud I am of Week 1. I'm definitely sticking to this method of weighing myself everyday, and documenting meals and making sure I go under my calorie quota everyday. I'm feeling great, and optimistic and this time around I didn't suffer any side effects from going low carb - perhaps my body is actually used to it by now?! I don't know, but my tips this time seems to be working fine for me. Onwards and upwards!

Day 4 : And there it is, little spike due to the carbs..(and KFC!)

Starting weight : 152.4kg
Yesterday's weight : 150.5kg
Current weight : 151.8kg
Current loss/(gain) : (1.3)kg
Total loss/(gain) : 0.6kg (still a loss, YAY!)

Yeah, so the carb-loading from my Pizza hut joint is showing up on the scales - totally expected this to happen but I can't complain. At least I didn't undo EVERYTHING in that one sitting! :P

Also last night, we were doing some shopping after work and my tummy was grumbling for food. We were buying things for the business at Costco, and Ikea so I knew I couldn't have lasted (at least not happily) until we got home - it was so annoying, as I know it wouldn't have been so bad if not for my carbfest the night before :( So we went to KFC, and I had three chicken thighs - I don't mind having KFC as a meal because it never used to have an impact on my diet but I think I overdid it with having dinner as well later that night. So carb count was a bit higher last night, and calorie intake was 526 OVER my limit too. So that kinda sucked. 

(Last nights final stats - 71% fat, 22% protein, 7% carbs. I guess that's not too bad, if only I had less to eat it would've been better!)

Anyway, moving to on better things! My thirst problem is getting better, and the skin on my face is getting clearer already! Because I'm not so bloated anymore, my clothes fit better and I just can't wait until I'm full keto and eating once a day - what bliss would that be!

(Ok, to be fair, my period is almost over so the skin clearing and the bloating thing could be partly due to that - but I doubt it would've been that fast if I'd been carb-loading)

Today's meal plan :

Breakfast - Latte that I made myself, hah! I look forward to Fridays now because I get to have coffee from my own little coffee cart at Waverley Station :) A lot of hard work lugging everything out and setting up, but a free cup of joe is my reward, and instantly makes all the work worthwhile! Haha, I'd do anything for free coffee! :P

Lunch - I don't know what I'll have yet, with the cafe prep last night it was foolish of me not to plan anything to take into work. I might have a salad and some deli chicken from across the street - just as long as I'm staying away from the meal deals, I'm good! 

Dinner - More lamb steaks, and I'll make another big batch of brocolli slaw I reckon.

I'm doing a 5K fun run tomorrow! It'll be my first ever "marathon", and it's a special one because there's all these fun thing interspersed throughout the course, like a giant slide and inflatable maze - it's gonna be so much fun but I'm hoping my step count is going to be great! :)

Stats from MFP to be updated later. 

Day 3 : A little slip won't get me down - almost out of the 150s!

Starting weight : 152.4kg

Yesterday's weight : 151.5kg

Current weight : 150.5kg

Current loss/(gain) : 1.0kg (Not holding my breath for this, but it's pretty good!)
Total loss/(gain) : 1.9kg 

Ok, so last night's celebrations didn't go so well. The husband wasn't feeling up to Nandos and since we were really happy and celebrating I thought I'd let him choose what he wanted and JUST THIS ONCE, I'll let slip on the diet. So instead of the excellent menu I had chosen yesterday, I had half a pizza, a bowl of salad bar stuff and water. And then in the cinema, I had a small Costa Mocha. The damage : 1026 OVER calorie limit, 52% fats, 20% protein and 28% carbs. Meh.

Moving on to today though, here's the plan for attack!

Breakfast (because I'm feeling hungrier than usual, and also thirstier actually!) :

Cock-a-leekie soup, and nescafe with milk

Dinner : Lamb leg steaks in butter and broccoli slaw (can't get enough of this, yummers!)

Stats from MFP - 224 calories under, will update fat %'s later. However, this menu looks like it's probably one of the best ones to stick to for creating one of the biggest deficits in calories so far. The creamy soup is delicious, and I love steak and slaw, so will probably try to have this more in future.

Day 2 : God bless water weight, almost 1kg down after two days (YAY!)

Starting weight : 152.4kg

Current weight : 151.5kg

Total loss/(gain) : 0.9kg (WOOT!)

Note to self : Progress pics and measurements. 

Ok so technically I started on the 6th of June, but since I didn't take any measurements I'm just gonna say it's Day 2. So it's going well, I'm already finding it easier to control my appetite and not feeling constantly hungry/wanting to eat. Each time I revert to my LCHF lifestyle, I find it such a relief - the bloating is gone, I feel lighter already and the absence of hunger is something I happily avoid sugar and carbs for. 

I'm really wanting to push myself into ketosis quicker so my strategy is to prep food to go, so at breaking point there's something to eat NOW! So far, it's working.. Let's hope I can keep it up!

Menu today :

Lunch - Buffalo Crockpot leftovers, 3 slices cheese, avocado, and a bag of mixed leaves

Dinner - Oooohh we're having NANDOS! Haha! The husband finishes his exams today (and his ACCA programme too, if he passes these two papers!) so we are going out to celebrate weeeeeee! We never go out, so pardon the excitement hahaha.. I'll probably be having a green salad, some coleslaw half a chicken and some haloumi cheese. Yum.

Stats from MFP - 106 calories under, 66% fat, 26% protein and 8% carbs.

Moment of Truth, Day 1 weigh in!

Starting weight : 152.4kg

Current weight : N/A

Total loss/(gain) : N/A

So I stepped on the scales today, and as I expected there was no victory dance there - I've put on all and then some weight from my previous hovering between 145 - 150kg. Hoping that the whoosh comes soon enough and then we'll be rid of the 150s forever!

I did really well yesterday, I didn't eat anything at all at the office, and when I got home I had some of my yummy crockpot buffalo chicken with an avocado, and 3 slices of cheese. That kept me full and I would've gone to bed after that but then I realised I needed to cook because my husband had prepped all the ingredients and laid them out for me (SUCH a sweetheart, right?!) and so I felt it was my duty to make something out of it. I made my chicken, leek and mushroom cream soup, which I LOVE and then had a bowl of that. Couldn't resist, especially when it's piping hot! 

So today I'm just going to have another bowl of the soup at work, and if I get hungry later I'll have another latte (I can afford to since I used to get £3 meal deals and coffee is nicer and cheaper! :P) and then I'll be home for brocolli slaw and salmon in butter! Yummo!

Just logged in my food on MFP and looks like I'll just be 61 calories under my suggested 1770 calories allowance, and 65% fat, 31% protein and 4% carbs. Not bad I think!

A big bowl of Chicken Kurma, and here I am again!

Forgive me Diet Doctor, for I have sinned. It's me, Alia, and here I stand again at the tip of the weighing scale's limit and I'm ashamed, disgusted and angry at myself for letting myself go yet again. I have been on and off the diet, doing a little better each time (although never as good as the first time, honestly, I could kick myself for going off it then!) - but never really sticking to it. Why? Holidays la, people visiting la, going abroad la, oh it's too expensive la. Really, shame on me.

BUTTTTTTT this time, I can feel the wind of change. I had way too much to eat yesterday, and I felt so disgusting. I also got my period too, so that didn't help the bloatedness but for the first time in my life, I felt so YUCK that I wanted to make myself sick so I could feel better :(. I had cooked up some chicken kurma with rice, and it was so godddamn delicious that I couldn't help myself and ate two big bowls (even after feeling satisfied after the first one) and I knew it was too much and I totally felt it afterwards.

I was so disgusted with myself, and I felt so ill. I couldn't believe how far I let myself go, and I knew that honestly, if I continue like this I'm going to die. Is it really worth it to eat myself to an early grave??

I've not eaten ANYTHING today, and it's almost 3pm. I have some buffalo crockpot chicken and some cheese and an avocado on standby if I get too hangry, but I'm pushing it out as far as I can, and hopefully until dinner so I can start off clean. The only thing that's passed these lips today is a latte, so take that fatty belly - there's my willpower in yo face!!

So the plan this time, is :

1) To weigh myself EVERYDAY - because it was a system that worked when I was on Dukan, and it will be a good practice to remain accountable. Don't be such a sissy Alia, and being scared about little fluctuations or how I'm not losing fast enough - it's the big picture that counts! (And I've automatically linked up the chart on the Progress Chart page, so you can see and give me some high fives there too!)

2) No frankenfoods. My fat brain has always focused on what I can eat - oooh look, peanut butter bars, coconut flour yada yada yada - NO. This stops now. I want to focus less on eating, and more on FASTING. The focus will be on REAL foods, with lotsa veggies to bulk up the meal and provide much needed fibre. I have a problem with ingesting too much fat (gives me the runs!) so I will need this to hopefully lessen the effect on my explosive episodes in the toilet - which was NOT FUN - and the reason I gave up and yielded the first time on LCHF. I'm gonna do as Butter Bob says and try to eat as much real food and fat as will make me not want to eat, and then fast the rest of the time. Oh hello Ramadan, you timely thing you ;)

3) 90 days first, and then we'll celebrate whatever the outcome is. So the above twom strictly, and I'll count down the days on my calendar and we'll see how far I come. Thinking about how much I have to lose, it seems like I'm defying the laws of physics. I need to lose half my body weight, and that's crazy. Let's take it a day at a time ok, and then if frankenfoods wanna come into play I'll allow myself to rethink after this 90 days solid work. Yay!

Dah, that's all. I'm not gonna overcomplicate this with workouts and all that. The most important thing is to focus on food control, and everything else will become easier once I have this under control. On your mark, get set, GO!