Showing posts with label Before and after. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Before and after. Show all posts

Thursday, 21 March 2013

Tips to loosing weight


Once upon a time i was giving my baby a bottle of water and he started playing with the bottle and then threw it down, so i handed my baby to my nanny and decided to give to pick the bottle, tried squatting to pick it the bottle and it was just impossible so i decided to bend down yet my hand could not reach the floor i was obstructed by the 160kg fat which had made sure i could not pick the bottle. Then reality struck me, i was severely obese and need to do something right now before i die!
I thought about my sedenatry life which never included exercise and my eating habit? just too sad to mention, i became desperate to loose weight ... i started with taking walks in the field but i noticed i get tired easily and i was not loosing as fast as i wanted to enable me start running. Was introduced to Cambridge diet by a friend/consultant and since then i got hooked.

As a beginner, starting a weight loss journey takes every being in you, you need to need it more than ever before and be determined enough to go through it... whether is waking up and exercising or just watching what you eat or even dieting, it needs to be a lifestyle and that's the only way to get through.
Whether you have 5kg or 80kg to loose you need to find your motivation stick on it and dont ever think you will start to see results from day 1.




Know yourself: What will work for you may not certainly work for me, study your body and know what is good for you. not everyone can diet like am doing, even me at a time i could not diet because i always wanted to eat even when am not hungry.

Baby Steps: You did not put all those fat in one day so dont expect to loose it in a split of a second. Have a goal every week and try to acheive it, i used to walk on the steps 5 times when i started then i pushed myself in walking 10 times and more ... dont worry you will see the changes pretty soon.

Dont be discouraged: There are days when you feel "hey am not loosing any weight i rather continue eating" that's the worst thing you can ever do to yourself. Just keep calm and be focused, people may not notice those little changes you get to feel but you know (deep in your heart ) that you are turning around to your dream weight.

If you mess up, try again: Just because you cheated or skipped a work out session doesnt meant you should quit. get up dust yourself and try again. Stop the self pity and move that fat around.

Start from your comfort zone: Not everyone can do those workouts as seen in the videos, they actually started from somewhere, like me am avery busy person so working out from mondays to fridays is almost impossible, what i do is after ensuring that my kids have slept, i go to the stairs and climb 20 times have my bath and sleep, this is my comfort zone what i can do so i make it a routine. if also you are dieting and cannot do a liquid diet all through, the add some meals, just ensure you watch the amount of calories you are taking in.

Focus on the end goal: As i said earlier, always begin with the end in mind, you are trying to change your life and this is not an easy thing to do, just keep doing what you are doing and never forget when you tend to achieve at the end.

Listen to your doctor: Always ensure you consult your doctor before you start any program.

Anyone else have any advise to share? any specific question?

Wednesday, 20 March 2013

Nelly's things I heart giveaways...



So I have been thinking of a way of making my blog very interactive and fun. I can see people come in view and never comment ...thats not fair naa, motivate your sister…


Anyways so I came up with this idea...


Every other week I will be posting my before and after photos…So during this period (starting from now) you are to guess my total weight loss FROM NOW TO 30th of MARCH for a chance to win fabulous giveaways, THIS WEEK HEARTY GIVE AWAY IS A MASSAGE AT BNATURAL SPA.



How to enter:

1.       Simply LEAVE A COMMENT HERE (leave your name and phone number to contact you if you are the winner) on this blog posting with your answer followed by “well done dear”

2.       Follow me on Twitter @nebogu

Contest period ends:  30th March 2013 (GMT) Sunday 31st of March I'll draw a name using a random number generator and announce the winner here on my blog! so watch out... 
 Scroll down to # of coments to leave yours. I will also email the winner at the address provided. You will have one week to respond to my email or another winner will be chosen.

REMEMBER, YOU HAVE TO DO THE 2 STEPS TO QUALIFY AND ONLY ONE ENTRY PER PERSON

Blog comments are moderated so there may be a slight delay (up to a few hours) in seeing your comment/entry post.

This applies to readers in Lagos and Abuja for readers in other states in Nigeria, you will get the money equivalent in any Recharge card of your choosing. 
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Tuesday, 19 March 2013

Day 25 before and after photos!

Week 4 Day 25 Work in progress ...



I know, I know! I said Saturday before I show new photos but just couldn't wait lol...

I have also lost a dress size, used to be a dress size 24 now am dress size 22!
Just hoping my hand and big tummy will start showing a visible loss!

Yes! People who don't know am on a diet see me and scream "what are you doing? Keep it up dear" and I just can't help but blush sheepishly like a village girl being asked out for the first time lol.
I am much happier, smarter and not giving up!
This is just week 4 of 12 weeks and my fabulosity is already glaring hehehe!

Check me out in few weeks time, impossible is nothing to this chique... #teamslimbody

Oya Nelly back to work!


Monday, 18 March 2013

Mind Over Matter





Me in year 2



So i have been getting alot of buzz from people asking me why i chose the cambridge diet and why i dont want to jog or watch what i eat, they too are big and have been watching what they eat,  ... blah blah blah...

Anyways una no go understand,as far as am concerned, all you people calling yourself fat, you guys are actually slim beside me oh! dont allow my pics and my height to deceive you...
I promised to tell you guys a bit about me so here is it ...

I have not always been big, the picture above is me in my university days, when i used to be the rocking babe in school... i may not be catergorised as small but i definitely wont be called big...
Even at that i have always been struggling with my weight but it didnt really bother me and all because i used to trek mostly as our lectures were literally scattered all over the school.
Then in school even up till now my slang has been one more wouldnt hurt but i was just in denial, i really let my body rule over mind....
I kept increasing and it never stopped. I have a very catchy personality which people get attracted to first so it was easy to blank my 'fat issues" from anyone and go with the flow... I feel am a shy person (alot of people don't believe that lol) and a goal getter and won't stop until i get what i want. but that only applies to every other thing except my weight...


Me in year 1
Like i wrote in my previous posts, i have tried so many things and have failed at it, even failed at this cambridge diet too! did it a while back when i was still single and had relationship issues and the only thing there to comfort me was food... i even ate more! the ice cream factory and pizza place near my house new my number and would always deliver free and have an extra topping free too because i was a regular customer... i even got calendars at the at the end of the year to show you how regular i was!
Then i started developing pains in my knees when i want to squat, had short of breathe and all...
When i started this journey I weighed in at 160.9kg thought i was 149kg yes am that big and (i have lost 16kg or so in 3 weeks now 144.1kg) I decided to start with baby steps ... it took everything in me to push my fat self to the open space every morning for exercise but i was determined. Funny enough i got support from people who were also exercising and no one called me Orobo (fat girl).
I was motivated but i knew i couldnt jog, so what i did was to walk 10 times the field then in the last lap i jog and go home.
But i really envied the ladies who run 10 laps while i walked, i know i couldnt start jogging just like that, i needed to loose my weight alittle to be able to atleast jog...thus cambridge diet...

To be continued....

Saturday, 16 March 2013

Finally!!! Weigh in moment yes!!!



I have finally figured out the problem with my weighing scale. Imagine it was just to bring out the battery and fix it back in.
Ok that aside! So I weighed in and I lost, stammering I ...I lost 7.8kg!!!
I cannot just believe it! Am in shock!!!
I even had to check like five times but still not convinced you know this scale has been messing up since morning so I did not want to get my hopes high.
I called on my sister to come weigh herself and if she got a low weight then I will know something is wrong but it was correct after like 3 times of checking.
Still not convinced oh!
I called my aunt to weigh and even weighed my son!
Then I was convinced! Am in tears! I look at myself and I cannot believe its me that has gone this far.
I have decided to be posting photos every 2 weeks so please look out for my before and after photo next week after weigh in.
Am so emotional right now... Talk to you guys later...


It's weigh in day!



Infact it's this morning. I don't know why am shaking like a young girl who just took JAMB for the third time and is about to see her results ... Lol
Just the thought that I may loose little or gain some scares me like hell.
Do you know what, I have passed through the scale in my room 14 times already. My Aunty keeps shouting "jump on it already!" As far as am concerned she will never understand. This moment could be a moment of bliss or hmm a moment of beating myself up.
I have dreaded this scale this week not like I cheated but I am not just confident enough, but I have promised to win "myself" in this journey and there is no going back about that.
Ok jus give me 20 mins will get back to you guys with what I weighed for this week... Later


Wednesday, 13 March 2013

Day 18 .... Facing my demon


Today has been pretty much OK, i had 1.5 litres of water this morning (kinda like a routine) before having my strawberry shake, I took my kids to the hospital today for routine checks and so i spent most of my morning there this means i went to work late infact during lunch time...
As i just entered the office, the whole place more like my nose and thoughts was agog with this awesome smell of indomie (am sure its indomie onions) and fried egg with some sausage may be two :). the worse part is that i cannot run out of the office at that time because i have not been in the office all day and had serious stuffs pending... i felt hungry... you know that feeling when you are certain that the hunger is coming from the nose not the tummy :) ... anyways am proud of my self that i scaled through. When i see the picture above, i motivate myself to keep moving, knowing one day it will pay off, dont get me wrong, this is one of, if not the most difficult descions i have ever made but am determined to stick with it. i want to be happy with myself, be able to do little things for my sons like squatting to tie their shoe laces or playing football with them, also when is time for their inter house sports, i want to be there for them, its one sacrifice i make today that will change my entire world....lets run this race together where ever you are and trying to loose weight and really feel like cheating... just remember, its not all about you now... #TeamSlimbody...


Monday, 11 March 2013

DAY 1- DAY16 story so far...




So i started the cambridge diet weight loss plan on the 23rd of feb 2013, which is actually my birthday!!!
it took everything in me to pass through that day without cheating... i died a thousand times when i got two beautiful cakes one red velvet cheese cake and one chocolate cream cake...but i scaled through after crying secretly 
Anyways fast forward to day 3 and 4, those days were terrible! i could not even think straight i just saw food anywhere and every where even in my dreams, had constant headaches but refused to give up, so i drank lots of water than expected.
it was crazy! but then moving to day 7 when i weighed in on saturday ( as i have chosen every saturday as my weigh in day) and i lost 10lbs!!!
It was like the best day ever! i felt like miss world and didn't want to know what anyone thinks...
i was ready to be on this diet for like ever... thank God i had started getting into ketosis and so i was not hungry anymore just cravings those wont stop.
Week 2 was a bit fair, they keep cooking lots of meal in my office and office room is close to the cafeteria and this disturbs me alot, so i devised a means of excusing myself during lunch time for any other place so that i just dont get tempted.
Then Saturday of week 2 came and i had lost 4kg and am so glad, i have lost 9kg in 2 weeks!
This is just an awesome feeling, the picture above left was take before i started and right was taken 2 weeks later.
Will continue to keep you guys posted.

Meanwhile, i have a short tearm goal of loosing 30kg in 12 weeks and 80kg in 1 year... its acheavable!

lets bring it on...#Teamslimbody