AZ's On EP Again

[Kristine..]

Hey AZ

For me, motivation is the key

Not the pump me up, please inspire me, type of motivation

Just simply, what am I doing this for?

And for me, it comes down to one very simple thing: I want to be able to tuck my shirt in.

Yes, it is now Winter ... well, Winter, officially, starts tomorrow .... but the cold weather means larger, looser clothing and I am all right with that

By the time we are wearing lighter clothing I will have been at Goal for nearly six months and finished the main part of the shrinking, plus and a very important plus, I will believe my new body weight when I look in the mirror

Right now, I am still seeing how I was, only in January, only four months ago.

I don't look like that now but I can't see how I look yet.

So .... tucking my shirt in. That's it, and that's all, for me.

What will take you over the monthly weigh in ... whether it be good, bad or indifferent?

AZ: What's your motivation??

Lotsa love
Kristine

[AZ1908]

Thanks for visiting Kristine!

For me, I want to fit into my beautiful wardrobe of clothes that I bought back in 2014 and 2015. 2016 was my undoing and I had a lot of changes going on in my life and I lost control of my eating.

Anyway, my motivation is to get back into my wardrobe and look and feel great!!!

[AZ1908]

Hi All,

I forgot to drop in yesterday and update you for my 4 Week weigh-in.

So, I lost 1.4kg and I am totally thrilled. So a total of 8.4kg in 4 weeks.

How are you all going?

[AZ1908]

Pretty excited. I have lost another 1.0kg in the last 2 days bringing my total to 9.4kg in 30 days YAY!!!

[annagirl]

Hi AZ,
It appears we might be the only active ones on here at the moment lol

Awesome work on 9.4kgs in 30 days! Go you!

[AZ1908]

Hi All,

Great loss this week of 1.2kg! So 68.2kg so I'm happy with that 😃. Should reach the 10kg mark this week 😊

[annagirl]

Well done. Not far to go now!

[AZ1908]

Thanks Annagirl!

How are you going this week?

[annagirl]

Going good this week thank you. 2 week weigh in was today, lost a total of 9.1kgs and 40cm's in 2 weeks, I can't believe it in such a short time, starting to do the pants hitch already lol

[AZ1908]

Wow Anna! I'm impressed with how quickly its coming off for you!

I am down another 0.5kg since Monday which takes me to 10.1kg in 37 days so I am thrilled that it keeps coming off. But I'm at that in-between phase at the moment when I don't have many clothes that fit right now. I know it's only a matter of weeks and I'll be back into my lovely wardrobe though

[annagirl]

10.1 kgs is not to be sniffed at, that works out at just under 2 kilos a week, thats 2 x 1 kg blocks of cheese, 4 x 500 gm pounds of butter each week off your body. You are doing so well, wont be long at all until you are into that slim chick wardrobe.

[AZ1908]

Hi All,

Week 6 weigh in and I have only lost 0.6kg. It's my own fault. I have decided to make sugar-free, low carb ice-cream and I have been experimenting for a while but yesterday, I developed an amazing chocolate recipe and proceeded to eat 4 ice blocks. Only 1.5g of carbs but NOT Cohen's friendly. This has resulted in a gain of 0.4g since Friday.

Anyhoo, I have decided that my ice cream will need to wait until maintenance as I really need to kill this before I go to NZ on 16th August.

[annagirl]

Hi Az,
Your still doing so well, not long to go now!

[AZ1908]

Thanks Anna!

I am down 0.9kg so far this week (down to 66.7kg today) so hoping for a big number come Monday.

Also, I should explain that my Goal of 60kg is to get to before I do re-feed so I am hoping to finish overall at 58kg.

[AZ1908]

Hi All,

I am so disappointed with my weigh-in this week. Last week was only 0.6kg and this week is only 0.9kg. I honestly feel like crying. I have no deviated and I have never had this problem two weeks in a row. I fear my goal date of my NZ holiday is fast approaching and I will certainly not even be close to goal at this rate.

So very disappointed!!!

[annagirl]

Aww don't be disappointed AZ, I think you are doing fantastically, 0.9 is a wee off 1 kg and from reading other peoples diaries when you are getting close to goal that 500-1000 grams each week is hard work and hard earned. And perhaps you are doing the measurement shrink rather than the scale shrink?

[AZ1908]

Thanks Anna,

I have done Cohen's a few times and have consistently lost more, even close to goal. These were my losses first time around.

[annagirl]

This is my first time so I dont really have any experience in what should or shouldnt be happening. I just look at your loss of 11.1 kg in just 7 weeks and think what other program can you even come close to that. I exercised 6 times a week and watched what I ate for over a year to loose just 10 kg and in just 7 weeks you have lost more than that, I would take that as a win

[AZ1908]

Thanks Anna, I keep thinking I might step onto the scales and have a big loss one of these days, but alas, it was not today either. Been going up and down around the same weight (66.7kg up to 67kg) for over a week now and I'm quite frustrated so early into the program this time. I am hoping that tomorrow will be that 1kg loss overnight day. Fingers crossed!!!

[AZ1908]

Hi All,

I am on a serious PLATEAU.

No deviations so I'm really not sure what I am doing wrong. All my usual tricks of cutting out dairy and eating seafood are not working. And I am actually feeling starving every night when go to bed with my stomach growling at me.

Today, I am cutting out all Diet Coke and chewing gum (which will be very hard as they are my "treats") as I read somewhere that this affects some people. It has never affected my weight loss before but at the moment I'm willing to try anything to get the scales to move DOWN (not up).

Any suggestions are welcome PLEASE!!!