Friday, 19 January 2007

Very Good Days

I have had a couple very good days. Ate well and was quite active. My cravings for the moment (knock on wood) seem to be lessening. I weighed my self and am down just under 2 lbs, although that might just be regular fluctuation rather than real loss of weight.

Will blog more next week, as I get kids and life a bit more under control.

Good luck to you all this week.

Wednesday, 17 January 2007

A bit Absent

Have been a bit busy this weekend and haven't really had a chance to blog - but I have been keeping tabs on this eating business and I have been getting into a bit of exercising. I also got comments -yea - which I have to say was very exciting.

I am thoroughly enjoying reading your blogs by the way(other future MILF) and its absolutley great knowing that you are all there making sacrifices and woking towards being healthier and happier. I also find your blogs very entertaining - don't need to borrow books from the library anymore and I have been ignoring my sitcoms.

So there was no real change in my weight from my first measurement and I am working up the courage to actually put the numbers in here, which I think will be good for me. I have stocked up my fridge and I have been doing the little things (thanks for the advice) - no 'bad' snacks, making sure I have a good breakfast, not skipping meals, drinking lots of water, splenda in my tea (and I have cut back as well), preparing meals in advance - so I am not tempted to have fast food or eat something bad. Gonna start walking and I would like to join the gym in a few weeks - I am waiting a bit, cos I don't feel completely motivated yet and if I join and not go, I'll just feel guilty. SO hopefully in the next couple weeks I'll get into a few classes .

Good luck and continue fighting the good fight.

Thursday, 11 January 2007

Will beat the tea out of me

Okay, so I didn't really stick to the plan yesterday but I did avoid some common pitfalls. Only had one cup of tea all day and then one at night - with only one small spoon of sugar each. Had ony 2 slices of bread but might have spoilt it all by having spaghetti for dinner.

Today was a lot better - got a bit of exercise in. Not the gym kind - but running loads of errands with two toddlers. I had (yucky) healthy cereal and milk for breakfast - and only half my cup of tea - it just doesn't taste as good without sugar. Only a couple glasses of water and a chicken sandwich for lunch. But will try to end the day on a better note.

Aim for tomorrow - to do some menu planning and find out more about what I SHOULD be eating rather than guessing. Also to start thinking about some kind of exercise regimen, that I can stick to. Good luck to all of you Future M.I.L.F.'s - will weigh in tomorrow but not expecting too much considering my poor effort this week.

Tuesday, 9 January 2007

Sad Sad Eating Day

Well I meant to post this yesterday, but again I find myself awake at 3am and I am embarssed to list what I ate - but very happy as well. Isn't it strange that you can walk around in denial about your eating habits, but when you actually put it in black and white ...

Had a tuna sandwich for lunch - skipped breakfast. Had two iced doughnuts as a mid-afternoon snack, with my second cup of tea...total 4 teaspoons of sugar thus far. An egg sandwich for dinner -fried egg (did I mention I like bread), with another cup of tea. I have just had a couple slices of toast with butter and yet another sugar laced cup of tea.

In my defence (or the usual excuse/ justification), I haven't been to the supermarket so it was hard to find healthy stuff...no need to tell everyone that I had broccoli, peas, corn in the fridge - chicken breasts and fish in the freezer - apples and oranges -and that I was too lazy to cook...and the bread and doughnuts were easier. I will be better tomorrow, which is really today - must change the time on this blog to UK.

Healthy breakfast with either sugar-less tea or no tea. Steamed veg. and chicken breasts for lunch. Fresh fruit as a snack - lots of water. I promise to try to stick to this. Should throw out the rest of the loaf now.

Fat Mama to M.I.L.F. - hopefully

Want to thank Mom o Matic for the impetus/inspiration to get off my butt and start a weight loss program and a blog. I have been meaning to do both for quite some time now - but I have so many excuses to justify my laziness and apathy.

I was one of those children/teenagers who was painfully thin, lanky with no curves, breasts, butt or even calves - at a time when waif like and anorexic looking was DEFINITELY NOT the way to go. So I spent so many of those years trying to put on weight, trying to make myself look curvy and always bemoaning my lot in life. In my VERY early 20's I weighed around 105-110lbs and I'm 5ft 7 inches.

Then without really paying attention - I started gaining weight, without trying (from around 23). Now I am a 30 year old mother of 3 and I am more than 40lbs heavier than I was in the begining of this decade - shame prevents me from saying just how much more. I can't blame the kids - I have twins, but right after having them, I went back to within 5lbs of my pre-pregnancy weight and in my second pregnancy I gained about 20lbs.

I put on the weight before my first pregnancy and in the months BEFORE I got pregnant again. I have no self control and I never stick to things. I drink too much tea/coffee with too many sugars, bread I love, pasta -yum yum... I have joined gyms and gone like once or twice and then quit. Had loads of exercise equipment parked up.

I want to lose weight to be healthy and feel good about myself. I also want to have energy to play with my kids and set a good example for them* . And well I would love to be a M.I.L.F.

Good luck to you all.

(I could so easily be this Mama - proabably am already and in denial)
*Your Mama So Fat
when she step on the Weight Scales it says...'to be continued'...
she once went on a seafood diet...whenever she saw food she ate it!
folk exercise by jogging around her!
when she bends over, we enter Daylight Saving Time.
she sat on a Nintendo Gamecube and it turned into a gameboy
she make Kiko the Whale look like a Smartie
NASA plan to use her to shore up the hole in the Ozone layer
she was measured at 38-26-36 and that was just the left arm...
small objects orbit her.
she make olympic sumo wrestlers look anorexic.
when I tell her to haul ass, she gotta make two trips.
when she farted she launched herself into orbit.
she lost a game at Hide&Seek only cos I spotted her...behind Mount Everest.
when I had to swerve to avoid hitting her on the road I ran out of Petrol!
she could be the eighth continent.
she nearly put Safeway out of business
the only thing that's attracted to her is gravity.
her Uni graduation photo was an aerial
when she auditioned for a part in Raiders of the Lost Ark she got the part of the big Rolling Ball.
she make Jabba the Hutt look anorexic.
her fave food is seconds.
her belt size is Equator.
she eats Desert out of a Trash Can lid
she wears an 'X' jacket and Copters attempt to land on her
she shows up on radar.
she needs a map to find her butt.
she fell into the Grand Canyon....and got stuck!
she wears an asteroid belt.
her Passport photo says 'Picture is continued overleaf'
she has TB ... 2 bellys.
she's once, twice, three times a lady.
she was in the Daily Record last week on page 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9.
the circus use her as a trampoline
stunt agencies use her as an air mattress
when she opens the Fridge it says - 'I give up...'
she got a new gig at the Cinema...she works as the screen
she once told me 'I could eat a horse'...believe me, she wasn't kidding!
she deep fries her toothpaste.