51 things in 1051 days ... My to do list

I have been for a while now planning to put together a todo list of what i intend to do when i become "agbani" not like i want to get down to agbani's size oh! dress size 12-16 is OK for me joor.

Ok Oya Nelly focus... eh heh hmmm... lol

Meanwhile have you enrolled for Hearty giveaways? if no please do it now here

My to do list after the cut...

The desire to put in a list stems from my satisfaction ... instead of having a big goal at the end of a year i decided to have small goals and work towards getting there. So i want to share with you my my to do list ... here they are...

1. Do so something about my enormous weight Started...
2. Loose 10kg in 4 weeks done in 3 weeks 15.03.13
3. Loose 30 kg in 12 weeks
4. Loose 60 kg from my initial weight
5. Loose 80kg from my initial weight
6. Fit comfortably in a plane seat I think i can
7. No need to ask for extra belt seat
8. Start climbing stairs every evening consistently
9. Take walks on weekends
10. Play games with my kids without panting Kinda.. lol
11. Ride a bike again
12. Ride a Horse
13. Wear fitting shorts for my son's birthday in Aug (i love shorts cos i have the legs ... lol)
14. Start jogging
15. Visit the Gym 2 times a week
16. Visit the Gym 3 times a week
17. Run on the treadmill 2 hours non stop
18. Enroll for a half marathon
19. Enroll for a 5k Marathon
20. Go dancing
21. Go clubbing and not just sitting down
22. Play tennis
23. Get a massage (and enjoy it)
24. Wear something sleeveless
25. Wear knee lenght skirt
26. Wear heels again (dont care if am tall)
27. Go to the beach
28. Wear a swim suit witout complete shame
29. Learn to swim
30. Of course take a "nat geo" Vacation with hubby (fishing, hunting ... he loves it...)
31. Go to gambia/kenya (wild life things)
32. Go to Australia!
33. Be more confident
34. Go for a full fashion shoot ...
35. Cut my wedding and engagement ring size down
36. Take pictures of me completing the todo lists
37. Donate most of my plus size clothes (if i will see someone to give it to)
38. Start up a "teamslimbody" club... (name could change)
39. Sing karoke!
40. Encourage others
41. Be a consultant
42. Wear a lesser size in bra
43. Buy pretty bras
44. Be able to walk in to a clothing store and pick dresses not just earrings
45. Stop snoring
46. Speak in an audience without wondering if they are checking out my size
47. Of course eat right!
48. Stay on a 1000 calorie intake
49. Love more!
50. Be smarter!
51. And be healthier!

Does blogging help me loose weight?

So i got this email from a reader asking me;

"does blogging about your weight help you loose weight?"

It got me thinking very much and my answer is "it really depends" i will tell you why...

I have tried loosing weight alot of times and i keep failing even now am a diet, there were days when i felt like discontinuing and nobody really cares, but i had to remind myself about my end goal. So i came up with the idea of sharing my story with the world, whenever i know and see that people are actually viewing my blog, it (in its own way) makes me feel i cant let my readers down so i strive to be better and never cheat.


Pros:

• I have become very accountable of my descions and am more consious especially now i know am sharing my story with the world.
• The act of writing out my journey has lead me in identifying patterns of some of my behavior and also ways to enable me remedy them.
• I have been able to encourage others through their journey, really you can never have "too much" support.
• If you really want to share your story and be heard, blogging is a great way to do it.

 Cons

• You have to be open to criticism, always have it at the back of your mind that not all readers are rooting for you.
• Blogging makes you analyse yourself alot, and at a time you begin to wonder if you are letting the readers down.
• Depending on your goals it can be intensive, i spend hours on my blog after working hours trying to make out drafts for the next day also responding to emails and all. For me i do want people to know my story so i put more efforts in sharing my blog by broadcasting it.

 The good thing is that you can start a blog and stop when your goals has been acheived. alternatively you can start as a journal privately, it all depends on what suites you.

I will like to here from other weightloss/fitness bloggers what are your pros and cons?

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?

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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...

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Day 26 ... The worst thing about being fat...

I usually thought that the worst thing about being fat is that people already know your "issues" even before you get to know them; I mean usually you need to be close to someone before you can share in their story, but mine is right there in my stomach, arms, and my intimidating height doesn’t help matters.

Standing at 6ft tall with a weight over a 120kg, my "issues" are very "obvious". They instantly know am out of control and anything else am good at is being negated.

Other things wrong about being fat

 

Going for shopping with friends or family and only picking up an earring or necklace as nothing else fits! (That’s why I hated shopping).

Being hot all the time and sweating like I was poured water on all the time (with all that sweat yet the fat won’t go away!)

Going to concerts or shows and not being able to fit in a T-shirt.

Narrow aisles in stores (God have mercy! I literally have to squeeze my fat to pass through)

Being limited to 1 clothing store, just for fuller figures...

People analyze your orders at the restaurant. Forget going to the ice ccxream bar because if eyes could kill...

Airplanes bathroom size!  Enough said

Tray tables on the plane and sitting in the middle ... not funny

Entering the bank and it keeps screaming "only one person allowed"

Adding "Orobo" to your name before any other person does and you feel hurt... I did chubby Nelly

Having pictures taken and looking for the best angle that won’t depict the obvious

Painting my toes or buckling my sandals… phew!

Worrying about that sound on the chair ... sorry I would rather stand.

Sleeveless, short, revealing, definitely not fat-friendly.

Seatbelts at the back seats!

Seats at the cinemas!

Taxi charging higher than expected ... of course you can’t walk!

The fear of one day in my youth, I will be on medications even my grandparents at old age did not have to take.

Never getting a piggy back ride or being swept off my feet *sad face*

So I have also decided to feature other people's weight loss journey too, this stems from people sending me emails saying if they cannot do the CD, what other ways can they get to their ideal weight and of course I don’t intend to be on CD forever so I have to begin now to share healthy ways of living to prep me up for the days Cambridge diet is over.

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

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