(title refers to link at bottom of post)
Warren has gone to Wellington for the week and I’m planning things to do. (watch out Auckland). LOL.Actually if I had thought about it better I could probably have organized a get together with a friend who recently separated from her husband as I am sure she would be up to letting our hair down and getting out on the town, but I imagine I have left it too late as she has two children and lives 2 hours away so a bit more planning would have been needed to execute the plan.
Anyway, tonight I am dropping my daughter off with her Grandad and my mother, sister and niece are all off to a fashion parade that is put on by a chain of woman’s clothing stores. Actually my sister is one of the models who will be walking the cat walk so the rest of us peasants will just be spectators. I actually went to the same event last year and it was quite enjoyable. The fashion parade is held in one of the stores after hours and they have drinks and nibbles on arrival. The evening includes a few spot prizes to lucky people who either have their ticket drawn out of a lucky dip, or who manage to sit on the lucky hot spot chairs. The prizes are defiantly worth winning. There are a couple of minor that are a $25 voucher to be redeemed at the sponsers stores, then there are a few $50 vouchers, with the big prizes of the night being $250 and $500 worth of shoes and clothing.I will be staying the night with my sister and niece, then tomorrow I have booked the third dermabrasion appointment at the ‘all about you clinic’. I hope its actually doing everything it claims it will, (promote new cells in order to make the outward appearance of your skin clearer) as its not cheap so I don't realy want to waste money if its just another quick fix dud.
Now in regards to the optifasting. Things are still going fine. I started to crave protein at dinner time (was fine throughout the day) but could have eaten fish by the kg last night. I am aware that protein does not contain carbs so I will remain committed to the opti fast shake at the moment, but will ask my specialist about my protein cravings when I have my one month review in a fortnights time. I am sure I can do this. As I am under medical care for my PCOS my specialist (who is just lovely, have I mentioned he is just a doll. He is from the old school of chilivry and always gently guides me by my elbow as we walk towards his office. I think it is very sweet, as he is not a young guy, and it probably should be me making sure he doesn’t need assistance) lol.
Before I sign off for another day, I thought I would add this link that I watched today. Aside from watching it and thinking WOW (real tear jerker) I thought how lame it was that I was sitting around contemplating how difficult opti-fasting is when this man has dedicated his life to helping his son. What I'm doing is nothing.,,,,, gee I’m pathetic sometimes. Please take a view minutes to watch this awesome guy, truly an amazing man.
http://cjcphoto.com/can/
Sunday, June 24, 2007
Opti-Fasting
I think I have this blog page all sorted out now, and will now attempt to update regulary. After starting journaling (for a second time) I actually fogot my password and dispite repeated attempts to illict assistance from the powers that be (blogspot) my password never arrived. About a week ago I was clearing out our old xtra webmail account and dilly brain me discovered that I had used that as my contact e-mail, rather then my regular hotmail account so they had been sending my password to that account and there were 7 messages waiting there for me. What a numbskull I can be at times. Anyway, here I am again, and this time I have ticked a little box titled 'remember me' so that all I have to do is put my e-mail address in, and waaah laaaa, I'm in. (I should be able to handle that).
Ok, back to the opti fast. As I had mentioned previously in my diary x journal, along with carrying a ton of excess weight, I also have PCOS (polycystic overies). I am under a specialist at Mercy Hospital in regards to monitoring the side effects from this infliction. Anyway, two weeks ago at my check up I was dismayed (but not surprised) to find that my weight had crept up another 11kg since my last appointment in 2005. My specialist sat me down and started discussing the importance of dealing with the weight as it would help the PCOS as well. He recommended a product called opti-fast as a way to achieve quick weightloss as an initial plan of action. Basically it works along the same lines as the atkins diet by restricting the amount of carbohydrates you consume. This forces your body into what is known as ketosis, which means it has to use its own fat for energy.
Technical bit:When we consume food our body processes sugar/carbs first, and as most foods have sugar/carbs in them, then even if we eat an apple, our body will burn up the energy in the apple before attacking our fat stores. If we stop giving our body sugar/carbs it will be forced to use the energy from stored fat faster then it would under any other diet.
Now this option may seem extreme, but I got excited when I heard my lovely specialist talking about i,t as I finally thought that I could be onto something that would actually suit the way my body operates. For those that don't know, I have tried weight watchers, and considering the amount of weight I carry I should have been able to lose at least 1 +kg (min) in my first week as most people my size would lose 1.5 - 3kg to start with. Well, I lost 400g in my first week and for two of those days I only drank water as I was sick and knew that anything I put down would most likely reappear again. (I lost 200g in my second week)
So, a week and a half after starting opti-fast and I am feeling GREAT. The first three days were the toughest. My specialist had already warned me that I would get a headache, caused by the purging of toxins from my systems, and he wasn't wrong. By day four I noticed that I didn't have the same appetite I used to have and going without eating meals wasn't such a big deal anymore.My first real challenge came at the weekend when I normally do some baking. I made a carrot cake and the smell of that delcious cake baking just about drove me insane. I decided that continuing to do weekly baking will be like self torture, so knowone in the house knows it yet, but they are about to find out just how much like home baking all those shop bought goodies that advertise they are just like homemade really are. LOL.
So, there you have it. I know I said my next post would be about goals, but since there has been such a dramatic change from doing ww to now doing opti fast, I couldn't really change the gameplan and not mention it.
Well thats about it from me.
ciao for now
Ok, back to the opti fast. As I had mentioned previously in my diary x journal, along with carrying a ton of excess weight, I also have PCOS (polycystic overies). I am under a specialist at Mercy Hospital in regards to monitoring the side effects from this infliction. Anyway, two weeks ago at my check up I was dismayed (but not surprised) to find that my weight had crept up another 11kg since my last appointment in 2005. My specialist sat me down and started discussing the importance of dealing with the weight as it would help the PCOS as well. He recommended a product called opti-fast as a way to achieve quick weightloss as an initial plan of action. Basically it works along the same lines as the atkins diet by restricting the amount of carbohydrates you consume. This forces your body into what is known as ketosis, which means it has to use its own fat for energy.
Technical bit:When we consume food our body processes sugar/carbs first, and as most foods have sugar/carbs in them, then even if we eat an apple, our body will burn up the energy in the apple before attacking our fat stores. If we stop giving our body sugar/carbs it will be forced to use the energy from stored fat faster then it would under any other diet.
Now this option may seem extreme, but I got excited when I heard my lovely specialist talking about i,t as I finally thought that I could be onto something that would actually suit the way my body operates. For those that don't know, I have tried weight watchers, and considering the amount of weight I carry I should have been able to lose at least 1 +kg (min) in my first week as most people my size would lose 1.5 - 3kg to start with. Well, I lost 400g in my first week and for two of those days I only drank water as I was sick and knew that anything I put down would most likely reappear again. (I lost 200g in my second week)
So, a week and a half after starting opti-fast and I am feeling GREAT. The first three days were the toughest. My specialist had already warned me that I would get a headache, caused by the purging of toxins from my systems, and he wasn't wrong. By day four I noticed that I didn't have the same appetite I used to have and going without eating meals wasn't such a big deal anymore.My first real challenge came at the weekend when I normally do some baking. I made a carrot cake and the smell of that delcious cake baking just about drove me insane. I decided that continuing to do weekly baking will be like self torture, so knowone in the house knows it yet, but they are about to find out just how much like home baking all those shop bought goodies that advertise they are just like homemade really are. LOL.
So, there you have it. I know I said my next post would be about goals, but since there has been such a dramatic change from doing ww to now doing opti fast, I couldn't really change the gameplan and not mention it.
Well thats about it from me.
ciao for now
Joining The World Of Blogging
Well, today I have recommitted myself to climbing back on the weight-loss wagon and tackling the daunting task of losing a large amount of weight. I won’t dwell on what has gone before as I know that to reminisce on past efforts would probably tip me over into mild depression before I even start.This is my second attempt at keeping an on-line journal, and hope it will help keep me focused, motivated and accountable. My first on-line dairy started with hiss and a roar and my motivation was at an all time high. Unfortunately after spending far to many hours loading pages of photos and writing my life history, diary X suffered a fatal hemorrhage and all my hours of work were lost. (along with all my good intentions, so it seems).Anyway, as I said I am not going to dwell on past efforts, but wanted to explain why I made my debut appearance then disappeared into nowhere . So if you have seen me on-line in the past please drop me a ‘hello’ and thanx for stopping by again. The cold hard facts are I have a ton of weight to lose, and the ‘bury my head in the sand and hope it goes away’ approach hasn’t worked too well, so I guess its about time I tried something new.
I have just realised that I am prattling on and haven’t even introduced myself. My name is Lynise, I am 36 years of age and live with my partner and 8 year old daughter. We used to live in Auckland, but several years ago, in a moment of madness we decided we were sick of city living, so we up sticks and moved to the country. In all fairness there is a lot about city living that I enjoy, but at the end of the day the negatives out- weighed the benefits and in hindsight, we certainly feel we made the right choice to move. We live 35mins South of downtown Auckland (off peak time) so are still close enough to be able to travel up for concerts, shows, or shopping. Our home is a 100 year old renovated villa, situated on a lifestyle block. We share our home with one stray cat who adopted us, our spaniel dog, 20 cattle, 6 sheep, 3 newborn lambs, and 9 chickens. I love living in the country and think it’s a fantastic place for children to grow up.
I could sit here all night writing my life story, but I will refrain from boring you to tears and will leave my first post at that for now. Its getting late so I had better sign off here, or I will struggle to get up in the morning. (am currently bottle feeding the lambs 4 x a day so its like getting up to feed a young baby, except its not just one, but triplets. Luckily I will be able to increase their milk to 350 mls per feed in a few days and cut the feeds back to 3 times a day.
Ok, intro over. Tomorrow it will be all about goals.
I have just realised that I am prattling on and haven’t even introduced myself. My name is Lynise, I am 36 years of age and live with my partner and 8 year old daughter. We used to live in Auckland, but several years ago, in a moment of madness we decided we were sick of city living, so we up sticks and moved to the country. In all fairness there is a lot about city living that I enjoy, but at the end of the day the negatives out- weighed the benefits and in hindsight, we certainly feel we made the right choice to move. We live 35mins South of downtown Auckland (off peak time) so are still close enough to be able to travel up for concerts, shows, or shopping. Our home is a 100 year old renovated villa, situated on a lifestyle block. We share our home with one stray cat who adopted us, our spaniel dog, 20 cattle, 6 sheep, 3 newborn lambs, and 9 chickens. I love living in the country and think it’s a fantastic place for children to grow up.
I could sit here all night writing my life story, but I will refrain from boring you to tears and will leave my first post at that for now. Its getting late so I had better sign off here, or I will struggle to get up in the morning. (am currently bottle feeding the lambs 4 x a day so its like getting up to feed a young baby, except its not just one, but triplets. Luckily I will be able to increase their milk to 350 mls per feed in a few days and cut the feeds back to 3 times a day.
Ok, intro over. Tomorrow it will be all about goals.
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