Okay so let's get down to the reason I started this blog. I am roundly proportioned (as my grandma would say). never used to be, but unfortunately I have become this person, who inside feels like Elle McPherson (even though I'm about 12 inches shorter that her and my legs only reach my knees, not my neck) but outside looks like Miriam Margolyes. I am now on a mission to lose weight and am doing it with the help of #Michelle Bridges 12WBT.
As my fellow travellers know I teach kids with disabilities and not so long before I ventured along this pathway I was in a classroom on preppies (about 4 years old) and I managed to extricate my large posterior from one of those ridiculously tiny chair, stood up and stretched to my incredible height of 5ft 9" (okay okay I was wearing 6" heels) When one of those lovely little cherubs looked up at me and sweetly said "Excuse me Miss" (lovely manners) "yes darling "I replied "what is it" ... That little angel fluttered her lashes and out it came "when is your baby going to come" Out of the mouths of babes is a statement so true. "I'm not having a baby darling, I just have a big belly right now"
Inner self at that point decided it was really time for me to take control and do something. I hadn't weighed myself since I saw that I was 122kg ( if I don't see it, then it can't be true) so I stood on the scales and KAPOW!! there it was 129.6kgs. That should have been enough to spur me in but seems I needed more. One week later after a bit of a health scare I went to the hospital to have a liver scan. This showed that I had a fatty liver and the doc told me I needed to change this if I wanted to live a healthy, long life. That was my deciding moment. RIGHT THATS IT!!! I was determined to lose weight. LAPBAND SURGERY! that's the answer. I called the doc, who wrote a referral for me. Then I called my health fund, who informed me that they wouldn't pay until April 2013. I was distraught (okay, mildly upset) "okay, I'll show them" I thought " I'm going to diet and show them that it won't work"
A work colleague the next day asked if there was anyone there who wanted to do the Michelle Bridges 12WBT with her ( my hand shot up!! ... Just kidding) Hmm, another one of those celebrity things that don't work but inflate a "B" listers ego. Honestly. (whisper) I had always found Michelle irritating (sorry Mish), I much prefered the American one. But, I signed up that day not telling anyone. I was 128.7kgs when I started. I didn't tell a soul until, during the pre season tasks we were informed that we needed to let people know and make ourselves accountable. So I did, I posted on my facebook (wonderful social tool, helps you remain a little anonymous) and every week thereafter I posted my weight loss for the week. What I didn't realise was that people actually cared about how I was doing and (this made me cry, which I will never admit) Some people said that I had inspired them to do this programme. By the end of round 3:2012, I had lost 17kgs ( the last 2 weeks were a washout) and my liver problems had started to get better.
I signed up for round 2 thinking that I would be better and as you have seen from my posts, I have only really started losing weight in the past couple of weeks. I decided to make myself accountable again, hence this TOME!
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