Faithy's Diary

[Kohinoor]

Hi Faithy,

funny that you say that about my hair, I was thinking over the past couple of days maybe I should chop it off.. is it wrong for a 40 year old to want long hair??

Hehe - before you run for the scissors, go check out Heavenly Lamb's photos. Now, she went in reverse - had shorter hair earlier - but her last photo just STOOD OUT to me (so I commented). So, there is one lady who has long hair, and it looks so good on her. Well worth a look methinks...

Whatever makes you look good is right - long hair or short, blonded, streaked, whatever. When you are a whole New You, you may wish to "have a go" at something else (it'll always grow back if it was a bad move )

Koh

[baloo]

Hi Faithy,

I only just realised how much weight you have already lost. Fantastic effort there. Very impressive. I have no doubt that you'll hit your goal by your birthday. 5 months and 27kg, should be doable.

Well done !

[Faithy]

Koh .. true.. I've been prettyblessed with hair that looks good in pretty much no matter whatever style LOL.. I just LOVE the idea of butt long hair.. not practical though really.. it's so think & coarse..
I'll have to do something a bit different though soon I think.. LOL no going blad.. bleh!!!!

Thanks heaps Baloo I hope so, but I'm over stressing about it now.. so long as I get there I dont care how long it takes


So tell me someone.. WHY THE HELL AM I SO HUNGRY THESE PAST 2 DAYS????

I'm not going to blow it or anything, I'm just curious.. I'm doing everything exactly the same as always & I usually am never hungry, but yesterday & today I feel like I could eat a horse.

[ropemaha]

hi faithy,

cant answer the hunger question but i get days like that too. in fact i seem to get moments like that regularly. like right now my hubby is sitting next to me eating a cooked brekky that i could simply wrestle out of his hands and devour

not going to though.

just ride it out as usual.

cheers pen

[meagain]

It could be that you have had an apple as one of your fruits, or that you have had tofu or cheese as sone of your meals, not drunk enough water.

It may help to have one of your heavier proteins - such as red meat or chicken breast or fish - for breakfast, separate your fruit out (I found kiwi fruit great for this, I bught 80gm kiwi fruit, allowance 160 gm, so I could have a half a kiwi fruit 4 times a day, plus one other fruit. I went orange, so I could have 6 serves!!! (I halved the orange as well.)

keep in there.

[pandora]

Hi Faith

Yes i agree with Penny re the hunger thing. I have generally not been hungry at all since starting Cohens mid August. However, i have had the odd really hungry day, even tummy grumbling etc, happened at random and didnt happen the next day. Must just be your body re-adjusting over and over.

One mind game i play is, you know when you have to go for a fasting blood test or even better example, fast before an operation? When that happens we just put up with the discomfort cos with the first example, we want the blood test to show best result, and in second we dont want to throw up during or after the op! So, as i say, its the mind over matter that matters! Hunger is uncomfortable but of course not life threatening! Go put on that lovely black negligee hubby bought and have another look in the mirror at the new emerging you! Nothing tastes as good as slim feels and there are plenty more gorgeous pieces of lingerie out there in the shops with yr name on girl! Pandora

[Daisy]

Hi Faithy,

How are you going sweetheart, is your hunger over - I was straving for three days, then got sick and dropped 2 kg.

It will be interestingt o see how I go for the next 2 days. I hoep you are well.

Cheers
Daisy.

[ropemaha]

hi faithy,

everytime i post in yr diary i cant stop myself from saying ' i cant believe how much weight you have lost'

seriously tho, even though you are probably hearing this all the time, you have climbed a mountain mate and you so deserve to reach the end of your journey. i reckon you should be thinking about the slimmer of the year competition, although asy might have some cautionary words for you about that.

hey remember, this type of change is going to trigger poor behaviour in some people. especially at xmas when we are assessing what we have acheived over the last yr. you have acheived an amazing amount. try to keep it in mind when people try to sabotage you with food/drinks or nasty comments.

hold your head high faithy cause you are truly an inspiration.

merry xmas to you and yrs. i am going away for a month and i reckon you will be seriously on the slide down to goal by the time i get back. good on you.

cheers penny

[Debs]

Hi Faithy

How're things going?

Debs

[Faithy]

Hey everyone
Well my hunger has subsided, finally.. I have no idea what was up with that.. I've been doing the same thing pretty much.. it's weird it seems to tie in with me not losing much & then I just seem to drop a whole heap of weight over night.


Penny :P.. I have been thinking about going for Slimmer of The Year.. but I dunno at the same time. I'll just keep plugging along & see how I feel when the time comes. I'm more than to get advice from anyone if they're willing to give it

Well.. I made it through Christmas Day!!! I can't believe how hard it was.
I think I possibly made it harder for myself. It was so weird cause I'd be thinking.. ooo what would I like to eat if I wasn't dieting.. and I'd make it.
There was SOOO much food. Chips, lollies, chocolate my favourite cob loaf dip,.. etc etc (thought I'd better stop there or I'd make you all drool ) Anyway a lot of it was sitting on the lounge room coffee table all day.. & Christmas Eve.. watching movies etc & having it all just an arms reach away. I could smell it all.. it was hard.. but I didn't deviate at all. No licking of spoons, no taste testing anything.

I am for once unashamedly proud of myself.

The other day I went shopping for 'something' to wear Christmas Day. My every wonderful hubby came with me. I again walked in to the fat clothes shop & found NOTHING. So I went in to the sop across from it. I looked & I looked. There was a rack full of dressing, I LOVED them but I thought, no way, not me. Anyway hubby goes, go on try on this one. So I grabbed an 18. Too big. Hubby grabbed a 16. Too big, then a 14, still too big, so I tried on a 12. FAR OUT it fitted perfectly!!!!.
Now I don't hold on to this too much as the make of the dress comes in under the bust & then falls down to your ankles. But I just couldn't help giggling & thinking, WOW!!! I know I'm not a 12 below my waist.. anyway, it was an awesome feeling..

Christmas Eve I decided to clean out my wardrobe. I went through EVERYTHING. If something was even just a little bit too big I'd throw it out. It was such an emotional experience. I'm still not sure why but a cried. I bawled actually. Hubby came in & hugged me & I cried even more. It was both happiness & sadness I suppose & a little bit of uncertainty in there too.

[FotoHijinx]

Oh Faithy - you just made me cry - again!!! How beautiful are you! You must get over this "only seeing the fat girl" you are 62kgs and gorgeous and your beautiful husband knows it - you need to embrace it. I don't ever want to see you sully your diary again by saying you went into a "fat clothes shop" - those days are long gone.

Ooooh, sorry - I don't usually lecture *slap me silly*. No more from me.

How wonderful to be able to throw out all of those clothes knowing you will never, never need them again. I dream about that day - though I'll have nothing left in my wardrobe as I've been this size for 7 years... I can't wait for the shopping for new clothes days - as that will be so exciting and rewarding for all the hard work I, you and everyone else as put in.

Faithy, I think you have turned a big corner and now the beautiful butterfly is starting to emerge. And beautiful she is. Spread your wings and fly high girl, because you deserve it.

Cheers
Irene

[Wendy9]

Faithy, good for you - congratulations on the size 12 dress - doesn't matter that it's look below the waist - it's still a size 12 you're doing wonderful and my gosh are you a stuning women - wait till goal weight - you'll be model material girlfriend!

[Faithy]

Hey Irene .. thank you ehy, you're such a sweetheart..
Oh I'm not 62 kilos just yet??? I wish LOL.. but getting there..
You're right though, those big clothes shops are no longer the place for me. I actually have started to have choices now, it's awesome.

Having nothing in your wardrobe is a pin in the butt LOL.. seriously I find it depressing cause every time I go buy something I know that that too is only temporary. It almost feels like a waist of money. Again my precious hubby says to me when I wear something too big, I know my Baby can look better & then he takes me shopping :P

Today he bought me another dress & also a new bra that fits a bit better.. wow the bra shopping isn't fun. It took me an hour to find something that fits as good as possible. The ever shrinking boobs... who would have thought.

Wendy thanks hey .. That's true too. It IS a size 12 & I am tickled pink about it :P.. It's even better really cause of the style it hides all my bad points. I have yet to gain the courage to wear the dress without a shrug (cardigan) over it cause of the tops of my arms. They are still a tad big & on the floppy side. My family doesn't think I need to worry but I suppose when you've always worried about covering certain areas up it takes a lot of courage to go bare for once.

[Faithy]

I just tried the yummiest thing ever..

I don't know if I saw the recipe on here or somewhere else, so if it's already here, sorry..

Thinly slice an apple, I use half.. Place sliced apple, diet zero & a few shakes of cinnanmon in a saucepan & cook.
Once all sprite has boiled away, place layers of apple on crsipbread of your choice, mine is Vita~Weats. & then top with another crispbread.
Cool off in fridge for a couple of hours..

Yummo!!!!

[FotoHijinx]

Hey Faithy

Can I borrow your man until mine gets back - I'm madly in love with him already!!! Takes you shopping to buy you clothes - love love love him (hope he reads this too - he's a treasure).

I think I'll make MM read your diary posts when he gets back so he can see what sort of support is appropriate

Cheers you skinny sexy thing (thats for you Faithy )
Irene

[Faithy]

LOL Irene sure you can borrow him.. but I HAVE to have him back..

OK, so that other dress I was talking about.. well the zip broke .. I'm SOO sad about it, so I took it back & they exchanged for another one. I have the feeling the zip is going to go on this one too.. it's not that it's too tight cause I have room to move etc.. it's just the type of zip.. anyway, I got my new dress home, excited that I had it back & then I found it has a tiny hole in the back of it. The nmaterial is linen & we all know what happens with holes & linen.. now I don't know what to do. A close friend of mine suggested I take it back & get the size smaller cause she reckons in no time at all it'll fit me, but it could be at least a month or 2.. or do I try to find the same size for now???
I still have 20 kilos to lose, so in theory I will for sure fit into a size smaller by then??
I just dont know..

Well I made it through New Years without any deviations.. YAYYYYY!!!

Looking forward to weigh in next Tuesday. I hope it's an awesome loss, especially after being so painfully good over the silly season.

Wishing everyone an awesome 2008

[Wendy9]

Hi Faithy, Good for your man taking you shopping. I hit the post Christmas sales and bought some great bargains too - a couple of things I got in next size down as I don't want them to be too baggy when I go on hols in February. I can't believe I've gone down 3 sizes in clothes in 8 wks (2 months). Amazing but absolutely fantastic! I too don't like to wear sleeveless - I look forward to the day that I can.

[pandora]

Hi Faithy and thanks for visiting my diary!

Congratulations to you on getting yr new size 12 dress (even if the zip is a tad strange!). You say perhaps you shld take it back and change it for a size smaller as you have over 20kg to lose and MAYBE you can fit into a size less than a size 12!

Guess what? You can expect to go down at LEAST 2 sizes, so to a size 8 and maybe even a size 6! I was a 12-14, lost 16kg and am now in a 6 or an 8! One of these days you will wake up to KNOWING the reality of what is already happening to you! You are transforming before yr own eyes into a PETITE and already gorgeous woman! Start thinking MUCH smaller sizes than size 12, its only a few more weeks until it shows up in yr reality! Pandora

[FotoHijinx]

Yep, I'm with the others - get the smaller size dress, you'll be in it in no time at all!

Irene

[Faithy]

Thanks guys .. I'm going to see if they'll let me get the smaller dress size today.. it's SOO stupid, I've actually got myself in a bit of a tizz about it.. It's stressed me out which is so stupid.. bleh.. anyway..

Well Hubby took my measurements yesterday so I thought I'd share them. I can't remember if I posted my original measurments or not so I'll share those too..
I'm a rather hippy girl with a much smaller waist so when I saw that my hips are now smaller than what my waist was when I started I had opened mouth to the floor

22nd of April 2007 Arm 45cm ~ 1st of January 2008 Arm 34cm

22nd of April 2007 Bust 130cm ~ 1st of January 2008 Bust 99cm

22nd of April 2007 Waist 126cm ~ 1st of January 2008 Waist 85.5cm

22nd of April 2007 Hips 165cm ~ 1st of January 2008 Hips 116cm

22nd of April 2007 Thigh 80cm ~ 1st of January 2008 Thigh 59 cm

Total cm's lost so far all over 152.5


Next weigh in is next Tuesday (may have already mentioned that).. can hardly wait