June 20th 2015, Saturday

Had a very 'damn I look good moment this morning'.

 And by that I mean I tried on one of my bras and it was so saggy I had to put it aside but the rest of my bras were in the wash or dirty and there were only two left that had never fit me but I had always held onto. And whaddayouknow! Put both on and they both fit. Size 14 (NZ)!

I've never worn this top before either because I was too self conscious but now! Woo!

Ignore the no makeup but this moment had to be captured in a selfie:

Also... I think it's time for some new shorts:

They're falling off me! 

(Sorry about the belly button!)

June 16th-18th 2015, Tuesday to Thursday ~ A Keto Diet Rundown Post ~

So with life being a bit chaotic at the moment and my journals having to remain private for a while I thought I'd address some more keto stuff which (despite the stress and crap going on) I have managed to stick to for the past 10weeks.

I've done updates before but I thought this time I would go into a bit more detail about what I eat and how I keep track of what I'm putting in my body.

You'll have seen in my previous updates this app from my phone. It's MyFitnessPal; possibly the most common and comprehensive diet and exercise tracking tool. As it is I don't track my exercise (mostly walking) but everyday I put in everything that I eat.

Breakfast: Canned Tuna (sea chicken), mixed leafy greens, half an avocado, and some caesar salad dressing.
Lunch: Nothing (if I'm peckish then a couple bits of dark chocolate or a sugar-free polo mint perhaps)

Hand rolled sushi for tonight (no rice of course)
Mayonaise, seaweed, chicken, salmon and
some soy sauce

Looks like I enjoyed some dark
chocolate this day

When you enter everything you eat the data is added and put into a nice summary for you.
You can also custom set your macros to the numbers you need for your diet.
I got my numbers from the keto calculator. However, while carbs look like they have gone
over the limit, the carbs I calculate are 'carbohydrates' minus 'fiber' which equals my net carbs.
MFP is not smart enough to work out net carbs. 

This picture gives me a nice rundown of
how I spent my calories. Mostly on dinner
as you can see.

This pie chart is to show me how I spent
my nutrition today. Mostly on fat, a good
amount on protein and a little on carbs
(although this is still the wrong number of
carbs due to the inclusion of fiber)

Since I wrote this post I actually woke up this morning to a big drop! My scales screwed up yesterday and I couldn't weight in but when I did today I'd hit 14.5kg lost! Crazy! Almost under 90kg.. Just gotta keep calm and keto on.

May 15th 2015, Friday

It Finally Fits ~OOTD~

6 weeks ago I couldn't fit in this outfit.

The skirt would barely make it over my thighs and it felt far to short to wear outside the home. The top fit, but tightly and I was too uncomfortable to wear it anywhere.

Please excuse my makeup-less face. I just woke up like this

Now, the top is a loose fit and the skirt fits perfectly. 

So excited to be able to start feeling good in clothes again and to rediscover some lost wonders of my wardrobe. 

I can't wait to head out today and feel perfectly happy with how I look.

Top = Who's Henri (size XL)
Skirt = Clette Amazon Store (size 4L) [Japanese]

First Weightloss Goal Conquered! ~10kgs on Keto~

I did it! This number has been eluding me for a few weeks now. Jumping up and down on the scales by 200 to 500grams.

But finally!

This morning I stepped on the scales not hoping to make a big loss but hoping to make a loss nonetheless and there it was!

97.2kg

That's 10kg loss and a WHOOSH of 500grams loss from yesterday. This waiting has been worth it. I can feel the motivation flooding back in.

This means that I am a quarter of my way to my initial goal of a 40kg loss.

It's been only 6 weeks which is hard to believe. I feel like it's been months. But on any other diet/exercise I could only hope to lose that kind of weight in a year... not a matter of weeks.

I'm looking forward to getting further down on the scale and all the benefits that come with; more energy, more clothing options, feeling healthier.

I think I said in my last post about Keto that it's hard to eat out and socialise when you know you need a major fat or protein bomb but don't have access to one. And watching everyone else eat food you love is hard.

When I've talked to people about the diet the response is always "I could never do that. I love carbs too much" or some variation.

WELL GUESS WHAT

I probably love carbs more than you could ever imagine! It was 80% of my diet before this. Potato chips, fries, bread, rice. I love all of it and would eat FAR too much of it. Going to the movies without popcorn, even now, is unthinkable.

But I'm doing it. And it's successful so far. Nobody has ever said losing weight was easy and although I think Keto is the easiest thing I've ever done that doesn't mean it's not hard.

If you really want to lose weight then you will do what it takes to achieve it.

That turned into more of a rant than I was meaning to make...

Anyway, I'm happy! Weightloss is going great! And I see only bright things ahead!