Operation Roxy - In Progress

Saturday, July 02, 2005

The Beginning

So here I am at the beginning of my big challenge I honestly think this will be the biggest challenge of my life!
I am going to loose weight.

I started a few days ago at 114.5kgs
I am 173cms
BMI of around 38
Anything over 30 is considered Obese (yay trust me to break right through that barrier)

Now as Dr Phil says I didn't get this way overnight. I got this way because of my lack of exercise and my bad eating habits so now it's time to change all of that. So I went to see my Doctor.

My Doctor tells me that Yes I do need to loose a lot of weight so he has told me to start on the Optifast plan that you buy from the chemist. For those that don't know Optifast is a meal replacement milkshake. You replace every meal with a shake.

I also have to get moving - so 20 minute walks everyday (as recommended by both Dr and optifast info sheets)

So far I have stuck to it It has been VERY hard and only 3 days - You know what though, I can do this. By September 21 I should have lost 20kg. 20kg is my halfway mark.

I have to loose 40kg to get within my healthy weight range.

After September 21 I will slowly wean myself off the Optifast (I think) and onto a healthy eating life.

Of course I won't be doing this alone - I will work closely with my Doctor and I am getting support from my family and friends (though I wish my family would quit eating so I am not tempted by the smellllssss Yummmmm)

Mum has been walking with me and even just over the 3 days it has become easier.
Where we live is on a circuit type street and to do the circuit takes 20 minutes (perfect) for now on the inside of the circle.

Already today I changed our walk and we did the outside of the circle. YAY
A small achievement but an achievement all the same.

The circle bores the shit out of me though so I think when we are doing really well we will do the circle once and then go out and do maybe 15 or more minutes somewhere else. - I don't understand how people look at the same scenery every day.

Ok So to recap a little my starting point we already know

I am or was 114.5kg (252.5 lb)
I need to be around 64kgs (141 lb)
which is a 40kg loss needed (88 lb)
I am currently a size 20 - 22 + in jeans
(16 - 18 US - 14 - 16 UK)
I want to be a size 12 - 14
(8 - 10 US - 10 - 12 UK)
My goal is to walk for a minimum of 20 minutes a day

I ran a tape measure around myself and the results were
Waist - 122cm (48")
Chest - 118cm (46.5") (I would like to keep my boobs!)
Hips - 138.5cm (54.5")
Thigh - 72cm (28.5") (A Problem area)

I cannot believe my belly has gotten bigger than my boobs! OMG
Let's see how we go shall we
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