Week 11 & 12: Don't you forget about me!

Good morning my trusty readers! I must apologise for being lax in my blogging. I would like to say that it is because we have had a hectic time looking after a critically ill family member, trying to get Christmas sorted and still getting on with the crazy life that is a family with two babies. However true, it is still a bunch of excuses!

Having said that- please don't forget about me! I may have disappeared off the blog-radar but, my timid friends.... so did you! Please send me a message on Facebook or reply to my blog and ask me where the heck my updates are! These are the times I need you the most! I love it when I am doing well and people comment or send me motivational messages... but it is just as important when I am not doing well because that's when I need this Jog & Blog diet to work for me- which is when I am doing it tough and I need the spurs on to keep going!

When I didn't quite achieve enough to even donate last month I was very disappointed in myself and it's ok to hear it from my fellow followers that I need to get back on the horse! Otherwise my little Kilo-for-Kids project feels like a flop and I KNOW that it is not! In the last couple of months Phil has lost 8 kilos and I have lost over 5 and have so far raised $364.50. Not so bad for two people already wearing one dress size less (well Phil a pants size less hahaha) and who now walk 7km's most evenings and eat far more healthily!

So... my new time low for the last week has been 91.4!

I want to be in the 89's by Christmas- THIS IS MY NEW GOAL!!

Please keep me in your thoughts and leave me a message (down the bottom you can reply or leave it on Facebook on the Kilos for Kids fan page) and I am going to do my damndest to get there!!!!

I hope that the beginning of the silly season is seeing you all happy-crazy and I look forward to catching up with you all in the holidays!

XOXOXO

Week 10: Second Donation Milestone- (and Strategy Overhaul)

Good morning Fellow Followers! What a busy month it has been for us here at Kilos For Kids!

The website building for our fundraising campaign is happening in the background and as soon as we find ourselves a sponsor to fund it then we will be ready to rock and roll. We have had a few people contact us and say "wow what a great idea... I have been searching for the right motivation to make it stick and I know this is it! How do I join you?" and hence the website will have the ability for each and every one of you who want to start your own journey!

My journey has seen only one more kilo come off since the last donation milestone (that 91.7 number is really haunting me! I have never worked so hard for a kilo before and yet I have enjoyed some luxurious feasts at a wedding, a weekend away and well maybe one pork roast too many.

So a strategy rethink is in order- I vowed not to participate in any "fad" quick weightloss methods and I truly mean it! I have thought about shakes and pills and laxatives so that I wouldn't let my adoring public down. But I really want to remain a steady influence in my sons lives and that means eating a healthy breakfast, lunch and dinner with them and not eating something "different". It has meant that I have had to cook very healthy for them too which is an added side bonus- though I have always put more priority into what I have fed them than myself. Having said that I am more than prepared to reintroduce some more (EEEK) salads and raw foods back in place of some of the simple carbs I have been eating. Happy to hear suggestions!!!!

So lets talk Money- if you have only joined in on our conversations recently and want to contribute regularly or even once off- the details are on the bottom and the current loss since day 1 stands at

Current Tally 5.2 Kilos!

So some of you contributed at the 4 Kilo mark and every dollar counts if you are prepared to make a small donation for the remaining 1.2 then please do! We can also catch up at the next milestone if your bank has a minimum transfer amount!!!

I also need a corporate sponsor to fund the website! If anyone knows anyone who is looking to invest in a great idea and get behind an exciting charity- email me at kilosforkids@gmail.com

So please all have a fabulous and prosperous week and I will touch base with you next week in the lead up to Christmas I know I will need your support more than ever!!

XOXO

So..... for donations please-

If you have a PayPal Account or want to use your plastic-

please click on the Donate button below!!!!

Or to make a donation via internet transfer (or at the bank)

World Hope Australia Overseas Aid Fund

BSB 633108

ACC 133102038

REF: KilosforKids

If you email info@worldhope.org.au and give them your address or email they will forward a receipt- all donations $2 and over are tax deductible!

Week Nine: Better Late than Never!

Good morning fellow followers! 

I have really been dragging myself  around this week and for reasons that I dragged myself around 28 days ago I almost didn't want to blog this week because I really had seen any loss for nearly two weeks which really made me feel like I was letting everyone down. Plus someone else in my house has been losing weight at the speed of light and I realised that I can't compare myself to anyone else. Everyone's journey is different and it will come off slowly some times and fast at points and really- just get up and at it and keep going.

So I did. And I moved a bit more this week- did a couple of extra 6km walks without the kids at a faster pace.

I didn't the cake. I didn't drink the vodka orange that I felt like the other night when I was at my most hormonal! 

But grateful to be in the 91's!

And after someone near and dear to me breaking her weight into the 80 somethings I know have a new goal for the end of this month. So in a weeks time it will be my second donation milestone and I had better work my bum off again- this time I don't think I will be recording 4 kilos but I think for me, if I reach a milestone of being 80 something kilos that will be enough for me! 

So watch this space for next week and get ready to part with a little bit of moola in support of my struggle and to help the struggle of others overseas where World Hope Australia use the money we raise!

So.... eye of the tiger and all that! Think of me this week working hard 

to bring the end of month number up in the last week!

Have a good week too!

XOXOXO

Week Eight: Damn the Cab Sav!

Good  morning my fellow followers. Thankyou for those of you who have sent reminders for me to post this weeks blog. It is quite comforting to know that you think I had forgotten to weigh in! Ha!

Truth is, there was this beautiful wedding, a princess wedding. And at this wedding there was all the princesses favorite things. Haigs chocolates, Roast meat and potatoes with gravy, pavlova and apple pie and icecream. And did I mention the cab sav? It had been three years between drinks so I may have had a couple or 5.

So come Sunday morning, the indulgence had procurred an extra kilo on my white truth-telling scales. So it took Sunday, Monday and Tuesday of being back on deck, walking 6 kilometres a day to get to this moment so that I could record a loss!

A massive LOSS! 

100 (gms)

92.2 =  4.6kg gone

So, lesson learned! Thou shalt not dive into meats of plenty and drink wine as water. Thou shalt serve a modest plate of salad and nurse the one glass as though it were many.

And on top of all that- my husband has started this journey a couple of weeks ago. Lost like 5 kilos in the first minute- so he has already out done my nearly 2 months of struggle in 2 weeks. So I have new motivation and a new "watch dog" so I have no reason not to start showing some much bigger numbers now!

Its time to crack the 80's I reckon. Watch this space!

See you next week..... (Monday this time I promise!)

Oh and Kilos for Kids has $322 in the kitty from last months donations too.... I am so proud that my struggle can help end others struggles so I will continue to do what I set out to and make a difference to my waistline and the world!

XOXO

Week 7: Still Going Strong

Early start to my morning with the two little ones thinking that early daylight meant early breakfast but now that they have temporarily returned to sleep I figure this is my time to get this weeks blog up!

What a week.

Last week was our first donation milestone- which we will do after the end of every month.

So, in our first month (and the donations are still coming in) we have so far managed to raise-
Drum roll please.......................

$270!!!!!!!!

Which is totally on track for my journey to eventuate in me 20+ kilos lighter and $1000+ raised for World Hope Australia which is just SO AMAZING!!!!!

So with this motivation in my heart and some extra good weather of late I have been pounding the pavement again managed to lose nearly another half a kilo!

Which brings me now to 4.6 down and 20 odd to go!

So in awe of the incredible support we have received so far.... including those who want to create their own Kilos for Kids journey and raise their own money too which is JUST AWESOME!!

I am also looking forward to getting the website up and running in the next week or so 

SO WATCH THIS SPACE! 

I am truly blessed to have the friends and family that I have in my life.

Looking forward to another great month and it feels like a good start so far!!!

Have a great week peoples

XOXO

Week 6: First Donation Milestone- Lets make it worth my while!

Wow! The end of the month has come so quickly. This has been a very confronting month. Highs, Lows, sugar cravings, Because I have never embarked on something of this nature- a very public journey- I wasn't sure how it would all work out. With some walking and some small adjustments in my diet I have finally moved some numbers on the scale! I didn't do anything silly, or really even eat much salad! I just made up my mind that I wanted to make myself healthier and happier. I am glad that things have shifted for me mentally and now physically and I look forward to even greater success next month.

I started at 96.9 kilos and am happy to announce that 

this morning I weighed in at 92.7 Kilos! Thats 4.2 down and 21 to go!

First donation milestone- four kilos down!

 So far this month I had received pledges that meant that each kilo lost was worth $17/kg. 

Thats more expensive than bananas! 

For me to achieve my $1000 goal,

losing 25 kilos along the way,

I really need to accumulate $40/kg.

So please PLEASE PLEASE pledge a couple of dollars per kilo and commit to the project for as long as it takes me. I have faith that my friends and supporters can hang in there with me. Thankyou in advance!


So here is the HOW To donate for this months achievement

(4 KG's)

If you have a PayPal Account or want to use your plastic-
please click on the Donate button below!!!!

Or to make a donation via internet transfer (or at the bank)


World Hope Australia Overseas Aid Fund
BSB 633108
ACC 133102038
REF: KilosforKids

If you email info@worldhope.org.au and give them your address or email they will forward a receipt- all donations $2 and over are tax deductible!

Either way please send me a message to my facebook page, or kilos for kids fan page and let me know your awesome contribution so I can make sure I aim to beat this months tally next month, and the months after that!

Thanks again for coming with me on this road trip!

XOXOX

Week 5: Back on the Wagon!

Good morning fellow followers!

Firstly let me apologise for my seeming lack of motivation, enthusiasm and all those other warm and fuzzy feelings that I started this journey with. 

Truth is- this is hard. If it weren't hard we would all be trim and terrific.But when it is hard- I need to remember why I am doing this. And this is why even when I have had crap weeks I still front up and blog.

So thanks for hanging in there with me.

This week I am happy to report that I am officially back on the wagon!

That's another half a kilo!

Our family has had some rather tragic things happening for people health wise this past few weeks and I realised that although I can't heal those that are sick (I wish!) but I can do my best to help heal myself. I am the only one in charge of my weight and the health concerns that come with being morbidly obese- and I am ready to get my body back into "living" properly again!

Seeing as next Mondays will be the official end-of-the-month for the first donation tally- I am going to work extra hard to avoid temptation and to get my butt out there and exercise!

Watch this space.

If you haven't already done so.... please leave a comment and pledge an amount per kilo you would like to donate to World Hope Australia- each and every dollar gives me another reason to stay on the wagon!

I look forward to Mondays weigh in with enthusiasm again!

XOXOX

Week Four: Nothing to see here people

Ok. So I plateau'd again and I am furious with my husband for bringing home Rocky Road Chocolate. Yes it is his fault. Not mine for also consuming Noodle Box. Definitely not mine. I am even more furious that I have walked 5-6 kilometres three times this week without a movement on the scale!

So... nothing to see here people.

I hope to have better news next week.

Call me... harrass me... leave  a motivating comment.

I need it!

Week Three: Back on Track!

Good morning my faithful readers. I am not going to rave on today. I am simply going to be grateful for a couple of things.

• The weather looks like improving which means I can take the pram out some more.
• My family have stayed healthy and are enjoying the extra time together walking and cooking.
• We have discovered a walking track around the creek which is pram friendly and 6km's long.
• I have enlisted the help of my loving husband who is now also helping with the pram pushing- which means an increased pace in the walking!
• My knee is continuing to hang in there despite the conditions it has been put under. I promise knee- you will not have to keep moving with this much weight upon you soon.

And of course... I had a loss this week! 0.6kgs which brings my new total to 3.1kg.

If you didn't catch the last entry- I will be combining the Sept total of 2.5 to the October total for the first collection/donation to World Hope Australia who is working on a project to remove children as young as 4 or 5 from the sex trafficking industry in Cambodia. This is one of the reasons I get up and moving every day- so I can make a difference to children that we don't see or hear about. So please leave a message of support on the bottom of this blog and pledge a donation so I know that it is worth it and that I am doing a good job!

Hope you all have a great week and I look forward to seeing what I can achieve next week and for the entire month!

XOXO

Week 2: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly!

Good morning fellow followers! Firstly my apologies that this weeks blog is a day late. It is only late and not missing completely because I made a decision at the beginning that I would use this platform with transparency and that I would always honestly record my weeks efforts and results. Well that's all well and good but I actually thought I wasn't going to have a bad week. It was all false hope that I would never need to report a god awful failure of a weigh in.

The good news is I am really being melodramatic. It was a rainy week and I wasn't able to get out with the pram walking pretty much at all which meant that although I was eating pretty good (there was a half bag of chicos consumed on Grand Final day along with a couple of party pies... ok I admit it) it just was not going to be an influential week.

Coinciding with a certain regular hormonal event- which usually renders me 2kg heavier with fluid- like clockwork- also meant that despite a good week last week I have been feeling rather down with the " I am kidding myself it is never going to happen" vibes.

So this morning I thought- "Girl get off your chair, go weigh in and STOP being a sook. It won't be that bad!" and though I expected them to have this reading:



In fact, though I felt heavier- in body and spirit- I haven't gained weight! YAY. So I am still 94.4. I would have loved to have tipped the scales (so-to-speak) for the last week of September for a great September total. But alas it was not meant to be. So those first 2.5 kg I will roll into the October count for those of you who have ACTUALLY offered to pledge- hold onto your cash and we will add it into the end of this month!

I promised you the Good, the Bad and the Ugly and Week 2 and I am already confessing to hormonal sugar eating and allowing the weather to flake on the exercise. Hell, I even considered cheating on the scales for the photo and trying to "make it back" next week so that I didn't let you down. But, yesterday, the boys and I were out walking in the sunshine all day and I know next week will be a whopper of a week (not the hamburger, just a great week) and this one will soon be forgotten. STAY TUNED!

Thanks for hanging in there with me and I look forward to an amazing week this week. I couldn't have gotten this far without the blog (usually this is the "give up now and try again later" point) but I have had soooo many people offering support and joining in their own way that I just have to keep going! So Thanks!

XOXOX

Week One- Motivation not Starvation

Well I have survived since Monday. I was quite surprised to learn that a weekend of childrens parties and BBQ food had actually left me a kilo and a bit heavier than the my "guestimate". Turns out my official starting weight was actually 96.9 kilos.

Now this photo brings to light two really important things- 1) I need a pedicure and 2) I am really over my bathroom tiles.

So everyone this week has been asking me "what" are you doing to lose the weight- like they expect me to tell them the "brand" of weightloss. My standard response is to tell them "I am not doing anything really just exercise a bit more and eat good food" and realistically it is probably more to do with the mental shift I have had since making a public declaration against my fat and wanting to really raise the bar and get people on board by having a good week myself. I have my kilosforkids website in construction and there has been an amazing bunch of people want to come on board and lose some weight too. So I really need to keep doing a good job now and I think that is a better plan- using motivation rather than starvation!

So at this point I would like to share some of the thoughts I managed to turn around- more of what I DIDN'T do this week-

• What a crappy day! Where is the chocolate.
• Sure cheese and biscuits are a meal
• Its too windy to walk today
• I know I bought salad for lunch but maybe I could have a pie as well
• I will be late to daycare if I walk today
• I have done well this week perhaps it is ok to have cake with my coffee
• Weigh in tomorrow but exercising today probably won't make a difference now
• Weigh in tomorrow- I shouldn't eat today.

And this weeks results from not choosing my old way of thinking are-

Thats 2.5kgs my friends!!

And no I don't have a fungal nail infection- I decided after the last dodgy photo that this week I would paint them in honor of the pies game- because we are Geelong Supporters and I really wanted Collingwood in the grandfinal cos my husband is a pies supporter and I think it will make the game more fun!

But I digress! 

So 2.5 down and probably at least 20 to go.

If you haven't already... please pledge as a comment below (and Follow me!) the amount of dollars or cents per kilo you would like to donate at the end of the month! This is really important for my success as it has been a really big factor in my belief in myself this week- so get on to it!!!

Thanks to everyone who said nice things this week too. I really do want to make people proud of me!

Have a great week and can't wait to see what happens for Week 2!

XOXO Shrinking Violet

I had to change my call sign cos "itstimeforlife" was googling pro-life websites and gospel choirs! LOL

NOW GO PLEDGE!

Don't all diets start on a Monday?

Well.... what to write on the first post of my first blog. Must write something pretty interesting or I won't be able to keep any followers. Whats so interesting about this blog? Well, short of going on The Biggest Loser and taking my gear off on national television (P.S I am not posting any nudie photos along the way) I want to be accountable for my weight and my efforts to reduce my weight. So far hiding my dieting (and hiding my eating for that matter) has not helped my constant battle with the scales.

So far I have tried (and failed) at

• Weight Watchers,
• Meal replacement shakes
• Slim Fast,
• Opti Fast (there must be something tempting about "Fast")
• Starvation (not much fun)
• Atkins-like Protein no Carbs (I do love carbs...)
• Coffee only
• Smoking (much more fun but that was a hard one to give up)

But like most things you can't blame the tool only the operator. So as much as I am not getting paid for any endorsements here I am sure that some of the reputable dieting companies would actually work assuming I really followed the instructions!

The best one I liked was actually not weighing myself so I didn't know how much I weighed. Should have tried it this way;

So how much weight are we really talking about? When I was pregnant with my first son (yup- I have two boys)  my weight crept up to nearly 120kgs. I know what you are thinkin.... "her poor ankles" yes my poor little ankles and swollen feet carried around 120 kilos of baby, fluid and chocolate. Luckily for me my weight quickly fell again to 5 kilos less than my pre-pregnancy weight of 102 kilos.

Just as I was about to get serious about some exercise I fell pregnant again! Seems that sex is probably not a good weight loss strategy (sorry oh husband of mine). The second time around I only peaked at about 108 kilos so now 8 months of breastfeeding later and I am currently around.... (drum roll please....)

95 Kilos 

If I were gold I would be worth a small fortune. We could pay off Nigeria's national debt with that kind of money. I was thinking along the way, whilst trying to find some motivation for getting stuck into my weightloss, that I need to do this for my kids. So I can run around with them, have the energy to be with them and later in life so that I am not an embarrassment to them.

And then I thought- what if I could raise money like a read-a-thon. What if I made it a "fat-a-thon" and got people to sponsor me for every kilo I lost?

I could raise some  money for needy kids along the way. Charities that give Christmas gifts to kids whose parents can't afford Santa and children overseas who don't have access to clean drinking water or who live and work in rubbish dumps.

and then Kilos for Kids was born.

So here is the deal. I am going to start- NOW. Tomorrow I will officially weigh in to a decimal place.

What I want is for people to get onboard and support me. I will post some links along the way to each month's charity and you just tell me how much you will put in per kilo and I will aim to raise as much money as possible every month. If you would like to join me and lose weight and support some important charities- just send me an email to kilosforkids@gmail.com and we can all band together.

This months charity is World Hope Australia a really worthy cause doing wonderful work around the world.

This I promise- I will post a weekly weight. Perhaps a photo of the scale for prosperity- but always an honest reading. I will try not to bore you with ridiculous anecdotes about crying in front of the lolly section in the supermarket. I may even post some photos of the journey as I go- after all what else is an album full of "before" photos good for if you never get any "after" ones. What is my ultimate goal? Well for one I am hoping to have enough confidence to go to the mail box in a bikini (cos I can) but realistically- for my height I am told that 68-75kilos is a pretty healthy weight range. Anything in the mid 70's is a good start I reckon and then we will see! (don't worry if you support me by the kilo at least you know it won't be more than 30!). I am hoping to make this a project over about 12 months which should see 12 charities at least benefit from my efforts!

Anyway- welcome aboard. I hope you enjoy the ride! I have a feeling that this is not going to be easy- but I do have faith that it will be worth it :)

It is time for life.
XOXO