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SwissChocolate

SwissChocolate

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Hey, this is a great idea, I'm gonna try it too! I have another weight loss blog, but nobody reads it, so this is probably better. ;)

I lived in Canada for almost 2 years, and when I got back to Switzerland, I weighed 224lbs. The funny thing is, I didn't really feel that fat in Canada. Maybe it's because more people are overweight there than here, or maybe people just don't remind you of it all the time. But here, I was reminded of it daily. I was heavier than my own father, who isn't a skinny man. My sister weighs 120lbs. My brother not much more than that. It's so different here. After a couple of months back here, I randomly started exercising one day and eating better. I can't remember exactly, but I don't think it was a conscious decision to lose that excess weight then. But somehow I just went on and on, and it worked.

I just wrote about this in my other weight loss blog, but sometimes I feel like a fake. Because this hasn't been as hard to do as it has for other people. I feel like I should have had nervous breakdowns and big binges and all these things, but I haven't. Of course it has been hard sometimes to get off my butt and exercise, and I've had days when I ate too much chocolate, or when I had too much alcohol. But all in all, this hasn't been all that hard. And I feel like I shouldn't admit that sometimes.

I am now 14lbs away from my first big goal weight of 152lbs. And I feel good. Except for that nasty cold that I can't seem to get rid of. ;) I think that this week I won't have a big loss, because I hadn't exercised in a week because of my damn cold. And it's okay. I didn't exercise and I didn't gain. That's a great feeling, and it gives me hope that I will be able to maintain when I'm there.
 
Good for you :) thats a good way of looking at thinds when your sick, such a positive attitude :) hopefully we can help and support you so you can reach your goals :D
 
Thanks smiley! :D

Today has been really good. Even though I said in my last post that I can't seem to get over my cold, I'm actually feeling a lot better tonight. I even exercised earlier. It went really well. I didn't do anything spectacular, just 30 minutes on the stationary bike and then some crunches and leg lifts, but it felt good. I can't believe that I missed exercising when I wasn't able to do it. If someone had told me a year ago that I one day I would look forward to physical activity... I would have laughed in their face.

Friday is my official weigh-in day. I have to admit though that I'm one of those people who weigh themselves everyday. But I've learned not to obsess over it. But anyway, this Friday probably won't show a big loss. The three Fridays before that have been wonderful. I lost more than 2.5lbs on each of them. That was after my big plateau, and of course I didn't expect it to last forever.

Hm, it's so much easier for me to use kg instead of lbs. Although 2.2lbs sounds better than 1kg. Hehe. ;)
 
Glad to hear your cold is letting up.

I know just what you mean about looking forward to physical activity. In my current condition I still dread it, but when I was in the low 200's I couldn't wait to get home from work and take a quick 2 mile run followed by some weight training with friends. Hopefully I'll reach that point again.

Keep dropping those pounds ... err, kilograms! You're an inspiration :)
 
Hehe, thanks Chubby! (Just wait, one day soon you will have to change your username into Former Chubby Buddy! ;))

Today has been pretty good. I did skip breakfast though, which I hate doing, but I ran late and had to go somewhere, so I didn't eat until 10:30am. I also had a glass of wine today, because I went to a birthday party. It's okay though, a year ago I would have drank a bottle. And to think that I sat at a table filled with yummy food... and it was so easy for me to say no. I had some loaf thingie, but not much, and it wasn't too unhealthy. Plus, I got compliments from 3 different people at the party. Lifts my spirits so much, although I'm so bad at taking compliments. I get so embarassed. But of course internally I couldn't be happier about them. ;)

I had a really good exercise. For some reason my heart rate went really high though, a lot higher than usual. Maybe it was the heat, or maybe it's still remains from my cold. But I did high intensity interval training, which leaves begging for mercy. Hehe. It was only half an hour, but damn was it good.
 
Thanks smiley! :D

So, just like I thought, this week’s weigh-in isn’t even really worth mentioning, but of course I’m going to do it anyway. It would make no sense just not talking about small losses or no losses, because it’s all part of this whole thing. I lost 100g this week (0.1kg/0.2lbs).

It’s okay though, I know that I will do better next week, because I can exercise again. And even though it’s a really, really small loss, it’s still better than a gain. It does bug me a little bit that I didn’t get under 75kg though. Heh. Oh well, next week I will.

Last week: 75.3kg (166.0lbs)
This week: 75.2kg (165.7lbs)
Loss: -0.1kg (0.2lbs)
 
So, I went swimming today. Even more, I went swimming in my mom’s bikini! :p Sure, nobody except for the neighbours’ kids were around to see me, and sure, I had to tuck in the twins more than once, because my mom’s boobage is smaller than mine. (Sorry, TMI ;)) But it doesn’t matter. I swam. In a bikini. And the most wonderous thing? I caught a glimpse of myself in the window, and it didn’t look hideous.

It was a great workout, too. I swam for half an hour, and it was a lot harder than I remembered. Hehe. I can totally feel it in my arms and in my legs now, and it feels great! I’m not exercising my arms enough usually, except for some fake push-ups, so if the weather stays nice… well, nice to swim, not particularly nice for my hate of heat… it should be very good for my arms. Heh. After the swimming, I did 50 leg lifts on each side, in the water, and it damn near took me 5 minutes for a series of 50. ;) I also did some ab-exercises, which was very hard in the water. Not hard as in exhausting, but hard as in my body just won’t move that way in the water.

Eh, my mom’s best friend just told me that I’m flat in the back. She meant it as a compliment, but I do not like it. I don’t want to have a flat ass, dammit, I want a real booty! Hm, I wonder if some butt exercises could help…

It dawned on me today that I have a series of small goals right ahead of me. Some of them are kg-related and some of them lbs-related.

One more lb down: 60lbs lost (that thought is scary enough, but it’s even scarier to think that I had that much to lose!)

5.8 more lbs down: I will be in the 150’s.

4.2kg or 9.2lbs down: Healthy BMI.

5.3kg down: I will weigh less than 70kg.

They’re so close I can taste them! Hehe. Might reach that first one in the next couple of days. Good stuff. :D
 
Nice Manu! Congrats on losing 60 pounds! And good luck reaching those next three goals. I have no doubt that you'll make it.

You know, I'm sorry to say that no matter how much weight I lose I doubt I'll ever look good in a bikini. :D
 
Way to go a bikini!! and congrats on the 60lbs
Speaking as someone who has a ghetto booty(frakish stuff! enough to share :p ) squats are good, so are lunges, use free weights when you do em they add resistance. :)
 
If you didnt have booty you couldnt hold up a pair of pants..remember that....
I used to do aqua aerobics and i loved it...I did it thru my first pregnancy also and i had a very healthy preg w/ my first. I have actually thought of joining a fitness club this winter and doing water aerobics once a week to mix it up.
 
Thanks you two! :)

I haven't updated in a while, but not because I fell off the wagon or something. I just haven't been online as much, and actually I've been doing really well in the weight loss department. I've lost another kg (2.2lbs). I've also been working out everyday, either swimming or biking.

I have been eating really healthily, but I've noticed that I haven't allowed myself to have anything bad lately. I'm not sure when I started doing it, but I used to allow myself chocolate or other "bad" things in moderation, but now it's been so long since I've had something like that. This might sound strange, but I have to learn to let myself have these things again. One day I want to be able to eat like a normal person and maintain my weight, and a normal person eats chocolate sometimes, or ice cream. I've lost so much weight WITH these things, so I don't understand why I'm not letting myself have them now. So, as strange as it sounds, my goal for next week is to allow myself to eat "bad" things if I really want them.

I have been getting dizzy spells when I get up from sitting or lying down. I know it can't be from not eating enough, because I'm eating plenty. But my mom said that it could have something to do with the weight loss and suggested to see my doctor about it. But to me it seems kind of silly to make an appointment just because I'm a little dizzy for a few seconds from time to time. Any opinions?
 
Hey congrats for keeping on track! :)
as for the dizzy spells, how many cals do you get a day?and are you drinking plenty of water?i get those once and a while. it mostly happens if ive been lying down and i get up really quick. if your on track with the cals and water id go see the DR just incase. youd want to rule out stuff like low blood sugar or BP and such :)
 
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