Symply too good to be true?

I bought the Symply Too Good to be True cookbooks years ago, on another health kick. They are quite convincing! Some of the recipes require too much work for my liking; I am no chef.. not even a cook. My greatest invention is the grilled cheese and vegemite sandwich with butter on all sides of the bread and cheese in the middle AND on the top.. oh good times.

I wonder if I will ever stop thinking like a fat person....?

But in the meantime, there are some sympler recipes to make in these books. My favourite is the Chicken Parmagiana - oh universe this is yummy with salad... and its one of the only things I make that look like they do in the book! (Book 5, 8 WW ProPoints per serve)

Today, much to the joy and delight of the kids (and me!) I made the Chocolate slice. Yuuuum. Its so good. And it has Weet-bix in it..not canned prunes and prune juice like the one on the WW website! And, yes, I did spend 11 bonus points on gobbling on this during the day :s (Book 5, 3 ProPoints per serve)

The last one pictured is Berry Dream. I bought all the ingredients to make it about 2 months ago, but we all kept eating the yoghurt before I got around to making it. I think I will give it a go this weekend. (Book 2, 2 ProPoints per serve)

So give them a try! And then go and buy the books. Let me know when you do, so that when Annette Sym and her publishers come after me for copyright royalties (for publishing her recipes on my blog) then I can try and charm them out of it, by emphasising the awesome word of mouth I started. :)

Baby Steps

So I went for a walk today to the other end of my street and back (still took an hour..long street!) for the first time since that vicious Magpie Attack... see Hurt Feelings, below :)

Universe, I have turned into a scaredy cat. I nearly turned back after the first 5 minutes, because I saw a Wagtail on the electricity lines. Wagtails are also black and white, but they aren't evil. I stopped for a sec, my heart racing, crossed the road (even though it doesnt matter) and found a big stick.

Big stick = friend.

But it's hard to carry when you are also holding your phone and a water bottle!

After the reassurance of another walker that there were no Magpies ahead, I discarded the stick... but then picked up another one down the road.. in case the walker didn't go through that way! But it was just fear... nothing happened. Once I made it to the end, I'm pretty sure there would have been a noticeable bounce in my step as I knew there was nothing out there to get me on the way home.

I feel ridiculous though. I can't afford to join the gym again just to avoid magpies! I need to invent a stick. Hahahaha. A stick that easily becomes small enough to fit in your pocket - like a radio antenna lol. Only in Australia.

Feelin' Groovy

I'm happy to report that I have lost 1.4 kgs since my last weigh in :)

Current weight: 103.9 kgs

Just keep swimming...

swimming... swimming ...


I have signed up for the free Weight Watchers online trial - and set the alarm on my phone to remind me to cancel before they charge my card for the next month :)

I'm following the new ProPoints program. I did the normal points one last time, and lost about 9.5kg, down to 95 kilos I think. Then we moved house and I stopped. The weight crept up to 120kgs over the following 18 months. I'll get back down there soon ;)

I have purchsed some WW stuff from ebay - so I'll be able to track the food I eat and watch the weight drop off.. slowly but surely. On the WW there is a 12 week challenge - slim down for summer or something.. so my goal is to lose 10kg by 1 Dec. Anything more is an awesome bonus. I need to motivate myself to stick to it. The B2B thing isn't working out, mainly because I can't do the 5km, and I don't really wanna walk for 2 hours before Uni on the Sunday morning. So I have to force myself to stick to this.

I need to start a mini-goal. I need to increase the incidental exercise and plan stuff with Zeke, like bikerides and other active stuff. I have to admit I'm still scared of magpies. I don't really want to go anywhere new!

And I have a new little mini-tactic - apart from following the PP system, I'm going to blog here to keep myself motivated. I tend to drop off these weight losing schemes sonner or later..

I'll just keep swimming. :) I love Ellen!


I just got Zeke to take my photos... eeeeew. I'm so pudgy. In 12 weeks I want to post this photo again, with a new one taken that day in the same clothes :)


Measurements

(Thinnest part of my) Waist: 99.5 cm

Stomach (taken just below my belly button): 117 cm

Hips: 118.5

Upper Thigh: 75 cm

Above the knee (4cm above the freckle): 55cm

Neck: 42 cm

Upper Arm: 44cm

Weight: 105.3 kg

BMI: 36.4 Obese!

OK, so I'll do the measurements again in a month - 21st September. And I'm done with putting before after pics on here. I don't want to be seen like this.. ironic cos everyone sees me like this everyday!

Not in these clothes by the way, unless I went to the gime.

Last but not least, meet my chin. I want to see a difference here too! No make-up :s

The journey starts with a single step... have a little rest and then keep going!