Saturday, May 16, 2009

Catchin zzzzzzzzzzzzzz's

So, it's been a week 'maintaining' my weight. I tell you, 'maintaining.' The scales this past week have not been underneath 64 ONCE, except that magic day I reached goal. Most usually, they are between 64.5-65.5kg. MOST DISHEARTENING.

Now, before you say that this is due to 'reaching goal' celebrations, or too many glasses of red, I have to present my defense. I've still been exercising, as usual, this week. I have been counting points, as usual, this week. The only difference - lack of sleep! I had no idea what kind of impact lack of sleep would cause. I'm studying, and at the moment, under a LOT of pressure to get things done. Because I also work full time, my schedule tends to break down to 1.5 hours exercise/get ready for work, 8 hours work, 8 hours study, with the remainder of the time sleeping or eating. Not sustainable! But on average this week I've gotten 5 hours sleep a night, not enough to achieve two REM cycles [apparently].

So, I noticed the scales creeping up each day, despite vigorous and regular exercise, and staying in points and loads of water. On Friday, I was at 65.9kg, a full 2.5kg above the week before!
However, I indulged in a night's sleep, a full 11 hours, and BAM! This morning when I woke up, I was back down to 64.4kg. Tonight I anticipate another full night's sleep, and a further loss. Fingers crossed.

Will need to weigh in for maintenance on Monday to claim being within 2kg of goal, so will definitely need a good night's sleep Sunday! Sweet dreams :)

Friday, May 8, 2009

63.9 - just in time

Weight Watchers Goal Weight!

63.9 was my official WW weight on Thursday morning - although my scales said 63.5 (?!).

Either way, I've done it! WWGW, here I am - to STAY!

I have officially begun maintenance, although I plan to keep attempting to lose. In fact, I may reduce points from 19 to 18 to see if I can't ramp up my weight loss for a few weeks to get well under the 64kg mark. Six weeks from now (staying within 2kgs of goal), I'll be a lifetime member :)

Then, ultimate goal is 60kg, and it's not far away now! I can bust that by July!

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!

Pictures to come (although I don't look much different, really.)

Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Closing in

Just a quick one tonight. After weeks of stress-gaining and over-exercising, I've decided to take it easy! The result: my scales are in the 63s!

All being well, I'll be weighing in at WW tomorrow morning to claim goal weight. Here's to the scales being on my side for the next 24 hours (oh, plus infinity).