Gone With The Wind ... 10.2kgs That Is

Another 3 weeks and a bit have passed and another 10.2kgs has disappeared on top of my other total. To say that I am more than happy with this result is an understatement to be sure. Today I also went to the eye doctor and my eyes do not have bleeds to the back of them so that was great news too. I have not reached a plateau yet it seems but I am afraid it will come, so as of next week I will be changing my workout regime by riding to work only on Sunday, also riding the bike on my days off, Wednesday and Thursday and the other days I will be going to the gym for some working out on the good old muscles and abs and all the other stuff that needs, well, tightening ;) Really looking forward to it but yes, a total loss of 45kg in 3 months and a bit.. I am very very happy :)

Another 7.2 kgs down, a few more to go ;)

Ok, 7.2KGS lost in the last 3 weeks, totalling just over 35kgs in total now. Needless to say that I am stoked with that. I still have a long way to go but I am getting there slowly but surely.
It has been a while since I blogged on here, mainly due to time restraints. I am really trying to make it a point of exercising every single day and eating as healthy and little as I possibly am allowed by my apps I use.
MyNetDiary is the main food app that I use and the great thing about this particular app is that it tells you what you can eat and will not allow you to lose more than 2kgs a week, which is the healthy amount. This is includes the fear of most people who are on a diet of putting it back on when the target has been reached. Once I do reach the target it will revert to a setting called 'Maintain Weight' and well.. that does exactly what it says it does.
In the next couple of weeks I will start putting my rides on the bike on here as well to get this going a little bit more but for the moment, this will have to do. 

Walking Home and Riding To & From Work

On Tuesday I went with Sharon to weigh at the PMC, because they have a proper scales and it turned out  have now lost 28.5kgs since the beginning of January. I could not be happier with that result. I know it will plateau at some stage but to lose this much so fast, I feel great, it is such a major win when I actually fit into clothes again that had been stored away because I had become too big for them.
Last Wednesday we went to see Dr. Champion and I think he was very pleased with my progress because he only wants to see me again in 3 months! He was more interested in the apps on the iPhone I use to keep track of everything than anything else, which is great because that just meant I am doing the right thing. I do have to thank everyone around me, Sharon, Emma & Beth, all my friends who have been so supportive of the things I have to do and even of some of the things I do not have to do but I want to do.
The last two weeks have marked major wins for me, I have walked home on a hot day and on a rainy day. It is the walking home that gets me, I actually am feeling I want to walk, I am actually enjoying it very much. Last Sunday I rode home on the bike and today I actually rode to work and will be riding home as well, so so stoked about that! Here are the two results for both ride, to and from work.

Here is the morning one from home to work:

Here is the afternoon from work to home:

So, somehow I lost 200 meters somewhere lol oh well, great fun and I beat the rain lol
Thanks for reading everyone!

Another 12 days, another 6.8kg

The hard work of  the last 12 days has paid off, I was a little dubious due to the fact that we went away as well and had Emma's birthday in between but keeping the working out going, it has worked out fine. Tomorrow I am going to see Dr. Champion, the Endicronologist and to be honest, I am not really looking forward to it. Mainly due to the fact that I actually do not know what he is going to do, or not do for that matter.
Last Sunday I actually rode home from work on the bike for the first time and that was awesome, I canot wait to be able to ride to and from work every day. Yesterday, I walked home from work for the first time and I made it! Something I did not think I was going to be able to do a little while ago.
Still dieting of course, keeping things moderate, saying no to things I never even thought twice of in the past. Yesterday evening, I came to a horrible and absolutely shocking realisation. Even though I can still have the Dutch Cheese Fondue, I cannot actually have it on something because the fondue is eaten by dipping little pieces of bread in the cheese stew. I am gutted lol
So, I will report here after I have been to Dr. Champion tomorrow, wish me luck !

First Time More Than 10K!

Today we drove down to the Regatta Centre, however, due to flooding the bicycle paths were closed off. Now that was a bummer, because I remember from in Holland I used to love riding alongside the water, it shaves off a couple of decimals of temperature ;)

Anyway, went back to Jamison Park and had another great ride with Emma and Beth. It is quite funny how long the lap around Jamison Park actually is, because it does not look big at all. I would like to be able to do at least 20k in an hour within the month or so. Once I start riding from and to work as well the workouts will come almost automatically. 

I feel better than I have in a long long time to be honest, not that I felt bad but now that I feel better than I did I know that something was not right before my episode over the Christmas time.

I sure have a long way to go though but steady as she goes and I will get there, I am 100% confident :)

 

Today we drove down to the Regatta Centre, however, due to flooding the bicycle paths were closed off. Now that was a bummer, because I remember from in Holland I used to love riding alongside the water, it shaves off a couple of decimals of temperature ;) Anyway, went back to Jamison Park and had a ... http://the-diabetes-adventure.posterous.com/first-time-more-than-10k

Am I The Biggest Loser ? ( Shut Up Aaron )

At some point in time I actually watched an episode or two of the Biggest Loser and such shows. It seems that those shows put an emphasis on going hard, missing out on things and so forth.
I have now come to the conclusion that you probably have to do the above if you want to lose the amount of weight they need to lose for that show. However, it does give the wrong impression to people who are watching it that it has to be a "go, go go, shut up bitch, work' sort of scenario.
On the contrary, I actually do not feel I have been missing out, I have not been going incredibly hard, I have just been doing my own thing, eating regularly, excercising regularly, going out for dinner, doing normal things really but in moderation.
I really believe that that is the key word of dieting, moderation in everything and the weight has been dropping of me like nothing else. I actually am flabbergasted by how it has been going.
I tried those bars and shakes and what not that you can buy, all I can say is, fuck that shit! I would rather have only half a sandwich of something I really like than a bowl full of soy shit that I do not like lol
I am not losing the amount of weight those people on those shows do, but in my own little world I am .. the biggest .. (go on say it)

Max To The Max

Well, today marked the first of the slightly longer rides, together with Emma (who got kicked off the bike for one lap by Beth!) we rode our first training session :) The ultimate goal of it will be for me to be able to ride to and from work and the plan will be that on the way home from work I will do 30 minutes around Jamison again. Reason? Sharon works till 1800 and I only until 1700 so if I do that, we will probably arrive sort of at the same time at home.

We had a lot of fun today, I really really forgot how much fun bike riding actually is and I am almost ashamed of that because being Dutch, it is in our blood! Hell, there are 3 times more bikes in Holland than there are people for crying out loud!

Anyway, this was another murmur, tired but satisfied, I will talk to you all again soon :)

Well, today marked the first of the slightly longer rides, together with Emma (who got kicked off the bike for one lap by Beth!) we rode our first training session :) The ultimate goal of it will be for me to be able to ride to and from work and the plan will be that on the way home from work I will ... http://the-diabetes-adventure.posterous.com/max-to-the-max