Wednesday, June 30, 2010

I AM NOT YOUR MUMMY!!!

JUST BECAUSE I AM "ON THE BIG SIDE"
Was going past some kids who were selling stuff and they were calling on me to buy something. "Mummy, come buy! Mummy, na original one!" Now, maybe I am really getting very touchy these days but I nearly slapped the kid! Who is your Mummy!??? Idiot! I have always said of weight-loss victories (no matter how small) that they are so overrated! Once a woman start attending the aerobics class frequently for a week she decides that she can now show off her arm in the bright red tank top... or tuck her shirt into her pants... and knack belt on top! It's very psychological! It becomes annoying therefore when a stranger (who has no idea where you are coming from!!) looks at you and calls you "Mummy!"

LIFESPAN OF HIGH-HEELED SHOES
Wondered why my high shoes get wobbly and old before i have worn them well enough. If my friend (and co-sojourner) had not mentioned this I would never had made the connection. She said she wants to lose weight so that she can fit into her clothes and stop wobbling on highheeled shoes. Yup! Fat people also have balance issues!! We tend to be balancing our bulk on stilts when we attempt high shoes. Thank God for the return of platforms and scholls etc... very fat-friendly! LOL!!!

GYM TENACITY
One question for the skinny people I meet and leave at the gym every morning. "What is it?? What is pursuing you from your house??? Who is putting you through this physical torture??" I get to the gym at 9.00 am and you are there! At 8.00 am you are there! At 7.00 you are there? Na wetin??? I spend 1 hour at the gym and I am prepared to go, and you start on a new machine and set the time on 45 mins! You no get work?? I spend 45 mins on the treadmill and I am wilting... but 2 hours after you are still sprinting like you just got there!

You know what? These people are no inspiration to me! If anything, they kinda dampen my hope! I can never have as much time as they seem to have (Is that what's required???). Most books and trainers say 3-4 hours a week, but they do this in a day, and everyday. And they are already Size 10!!

Ok... I have vented! I shall persevere! Wednesday water today...

Sunday, June 27, 2010

POWER WEEK!!!

MAKE OR BREAK
I will admit to you guys, it is getting harder to stay as disciplined as when I started. I find myself willfully eating some "no-no's" and worse, feeling no remorse. But this week has to be the one! I think I will repeat the no dinner week... err, repeat??? Have I done that before? I know I have "hoped" to! And Wednesday water is due this week. That should guarantee a good drop.

EXERCISE TO THE RESCUE... YES? NO?
The problem is that the more I exercise the hungrier I get! How does one take care of this situation? Issue is I have more time again so I will surely step up the gym and swimming.

God please help me!

Friday, June 25, 2010

MASTER CLEANSE THERAPY!

THEY HAVE COME AGAIN O!
I was chatting with a friend on FB last night who lost 10kg in 14 days using the Mater Cleanse therapy. Apparently, by eating nothing and by drinking loads of this liquid therapy made up of fresh lemon juice, maple syrup and cayenne pepper you can drop 10kg in 2 weeks! My question is always the same, why buy maple syrup for 60 pounds to starve for 14 days. Why don't you just starve anyway for 14 days and just drink water! I bet you will lose the same if not more!

THE PARADOX THAT IS WEIGHT-LOSS
Was just discussing with a friend today about the paradox of weight expenses. It is cheap, very cheap to add weight and it is very expensive to lose weight! One would have thought that the reverse will be the case. A good leafy salad costs about 3 times as a burger would in the same restaurant!

IT'S GRAPE-FAST FRIDAY
I hit the gym again today after a loooooong break! It was good to get the heart pumping again! Will try to do a lot more of that in the coming weeks...

So how was your week?

Monday, June 21, 2010

FAT PEOPLE ARE PEOPLE TOO!

MEANIE OLD MEANIES
I guess maybe it is a Naija thing to be insensitive but when you are the subject of the insensitivity, it really hurts! So, this is me doing my countdown to the "fabulous and flabless" me and hating the fact that I am really depriving myself of too many of the things that bring me joy. I get up everyday knowing that I will have definite temptations, desires for certain meals and snacks, and knowing that I will not be able to have any of them. I drive by the usual eateries and stores and they beckon as usual and I look away, sometimes more easily than other times. Anyway, you get the picture.

So you can imagine how it feels when people make comments like... There was this time I was at a party and as usual the gist moved to dieting, exercise, weight management etc. I made a show of wanting us to change the discussion to more pleasant things. "Hey, Uloma no follow for dis gist. Obviously she has given up! I don't even blame her sef" That hurt. I haven't given up!

Then there was the other time I finished a training session... very recently. I took a glance at the feedback forms at end and saw a comment that made my heart cringe. "I thoroughly enjoyed the training. The facilitators were really very interesting especially the FAT woman. She really understood our industry". That hurt... It also haunted me for days.

People just gotta be nicer to fat people...

Friday, June 18, 2010

A VETERAN IS BORN!

DIDN'T FLINCH
Too much hype about the wednesday water! I found that it was just as awful to drink (and smell) but my strategy worked. I took it early (at 6 p.m) so my 8th visit (and last) was at about 2.00 a.m. which made it possible for me to still have another undisturbed 4 hours of sleep! For some reason, I also didn't have the acute nausea like the last time so it was really quite a breeze! So for all the worriers, chill out cos this girl's on top of things!

COULD EAT A HORSE... DAMN NEARLY DID
New problem though... By thursday morning I was ravenous! I could not stop eating! I was quite undisciplined too! Even had 6 chocolate chip cookies that Bube had oh-so-temptingly forgot in my fridge for a week! (Bube is mean to me, really!!!) I battled the temptation for minutes, hours... no make that "days"! I couldn't forget that there in my fridge were the most scrumptious Cadbury's cookies ever made. Rejected by Bube... and serving as a lure to my "long-throat". Ah, but long throat na bad thing!

I wondered why I succumbed this time. If it could be tied to my prayer-life. Yeah, I hadn't prayed in 2 days because I just upped and went really early because I've been so so busy! I have asked for forgiveness today! Let's see how I fare. Besides today is Friday, the no-food day!

I GOT COMPANY
A friend of mine started the program (for the first time) on Tuesday! I am so glad... could do with the company!

I will do my weigh-in at 12 noon. I doubt that I achieved the 2 kilo loss...

Wednesday, June 16, 2010

SAME AS ANY OTHER SUICIDE!!

IT'S PREMEDITATED
I picked up the poison today. I knew that if I picked it up then I would be more inclined to take it, innit? So she looks me in the eye, the chief torturer, smiles (I can swear I detected an evil glint in her eyes!) and she say, "Drink it. It will help you!" Of course it will help me, I think furiously! It will help me stay up all night making dashes to the loo. It will help me appreciate how big my house is, as the loo becomes farther and farther away from my bed. It will help me realise that sleep is a good gift from God, when you have it! It will help me... I guess it will also help me get the much needed 2kg shift!

THE PSYCHING
Been walking and jumping up and down! Talking to myself in the mirror. Convincing myself that I have to do this and that I can! Besides I had a piece of KFC chicken this afternoon... make that 2 pieces. Figured that I could afford a slice of heaven since I was headed to hell later! I must flush that out!

THE "KNOWING" THAT IT IS BAD FOR YOU!
No sleep tonight.

THE "GOING AHEAD"
2kg loss is ringing in my head! Nothing else matters right now!

THE REGRET... IF YOU LIVE TO HAVE THEM!
I have set it all out. The poison. The toothpaste on toothbrush to brush immediately after. The spoon of natural honey to further dull the taste. And of course like every other good suicide... the suicide note for DH.

No looking back... Details tomorrow!

Sunday, June 13, 2010

ABUJA AGAIN!

"BE PREPARED"...
Always the Girl Guide. I went to the children's school this time prepared. I had a huge bowl of salad, steamed fish and Moimoi. A bit more than I needed but it was important to surround myself with the right stuff! I succumbed (again) to the small chops... a few samosas and puff-puffs (I always do!!) but not enough to worry, I hope!

GREEN TEA
I forgot to mention that I have introduced this "wicked" green tea into the mix. Take it every night laced with lime and a 1/2 teaspoon of natural honey. It has improved my bowel movement... That was becoming a problem at some point!

I will definitely be doing GBS2 this wednesday... still shudder at the thought!

Bye peeps!

Saturday, June 12, 2010

PIECE OF CAKE!!

NO, NOT WHAT YOU THINK!
I did NOT have a piece of cake! Hell NO!!! Not now... I am doing very very well with controlling the kinds of things I eat. The only cake I look forward to is the one I promised myself for the 13th of July, My birthday. I hope to be quite decadent that day!!

But to be honest, I am quite proud of myself and I do believe that with your support I might just crack this once and for all! (mmwaaaah to y'all)

MASSAGE 'N' GO!
The piece of cake is really about me and the massages. I surprise myself with how easily I lie through them. It has gotten so bad (or is it 'so good') that I have started a one-(wo)man campaign for the rolling pin to be added to the massages! Yes o! I am fast becoming a torturer myself! I figured since my pain threshold has increased, I might as well pile on the pressure. Truth be told, these massages are quite effective. (I wonder about later... but I am happy to cross that bridge when I get there!)

BUSY BUSY BUSY
It is good and bad, being busy, you know. On the one hand I don't quite think "Food" while I am lecturing but when it is over... when it is over, I begin to search for my "pat on the back". But so far, so good!

MY WEIGHT GRAPH
Those that know me well won't be surprised about this. I started a graph (chart)... You won't believe the joy it gives me when I find that it is constantly inching south... ever so slowly. At first it was a crazy yo-yo picture, going up and down like that was the intention... but lately it has been on the downward trend and it is good to see!

IT'S ALL GOOD, BUT...
I lost .3 kilos as at last weigh-in on Friday. (Is anyone keeping records? LOL!!!)I think you will agree with me that we may need to do Wednesday water this week... and it is not an idle threat this time! I need to do something impressive this week and I thing GBS2(That's the scientific name the torturers call it) is just the thing! So, that means a miserable wednesday night, a weak "Uloma" on Thursday, but a delightful weigh-in on Friday!

Off to Abuja tomorrow to see Ugo... Gotta love and leave you
XXXXOOOXXXX

Wednesday, June 9, 2010

WORK AND TRAVEL!

I NEED PRAYERS!
This is the perfect combination for things going really bad! When I have too much work I pat myself on the back by having a "treat". Now, before the "war" a treat would have meant an icecream cone, a chocolate bar or a really sinful plate of fried plantain and egg stew! (sigh ... it is amazing just how much one has had to give up for the cause!!!) Anyway, we are here again and I know the temptations are near, and waiting to pull me down! God help me!

RESULTS AT THE TORTURERS
Lost .2kg. It's all good!

Tuesday, June 8, 2010

OH NO... IT IS CORN SEASON!!

MY TORTURERS DON BOW FOR ME!
I had no idea that I would still lose any weight. Truth is that I expected to add because I cheated on Saturday and Sunday when I had a cob of corn on each of the days. I had driven outside Lagos on Friday to attend a meeting at the Lagos Business School and coming back was when temptation slipped in... Fresh oka and ube lined the road from sellers who were obviously just bringing the fresh cobs in from the muddy farms. And it was a rainy day... My people, who can resist freshly boiled corn and ube on a rainy June evening. Check am!

So that was my weekend o! But I apparently have a new understanding about eating my last meal early. I believe that was what worked for me. So I got in to find only my new chief torturer, Mary, at the "shrine". She eyed me up and down as if to visually assess me before I stood on their "hateful" scale. "I ate corn o!" I blurted out as if I was at the confessional. Then her look over turned caustic as she entered into the register, "She ate corn!!" I said, "Ah! Can't I tell you something in secret? You sef!" "Madam, stand for scale, make we check!" I did and...

I DROPPED ONE MORE KILO!!
Go Lomsee! Go Lomsee!!!

Saturday, June 5, 2010

FAT IS SEXY...

OH YEAH!
You have to be fat to appreciate this. In fact, you have to be fat to think "fat"... period! Last year when I was in the UK I had to stop and ponder when my sis-in-law (and usual shopping companion) said to me, "Hmm, Uloma, do you know that it's only fat people (women) you have admired since we got here?" I guess unconsciously I was looking out for what would be flattering for me by appreciating what looked good on people my size! But the important thing is that I actually began to see the tricks and highlights of fat-dressing! It's a skill in itself and when mastered... it sure works!

I DON DE TIRE O!
I found that the nights and weekends are becoming increasingly difficult! Going out is too much of a temptation and not going out is too much of a bore! The later I stay awake to work (and there've been a lot of loooong nights lately... thank God! - work is picking up!!) the more I am tempted to have a piece of fish or chicken. How am I going to push the weightloss figure to 10kg this week then?

GYM MAYBE?
I will hit the gym on Mon-Wed and see what happens. I can't even threaten to do "Wednesday water" because you know about my liver-failure and besides, the morning after is too busy for me to risk sleeplessness and fainting spells!

This is so hard! But the inches are going off. At least so says my "afternoon shift" torturer who I saw yesterday. I want to believe her!!!

Friday, June 4, 2010

GOOD GOOD MORNING!!!

SINGING IN THE RAIN!!
Hello my lovely people! It's a beautiful day! Not sure why I am so happy this morning cos I really shouldn't be! It's raining cats and dogs as I am driving to the other end of town! I am about to make a presentation at Unilever that I have no idea how they will accept. I have meetings at Ajah from 12 noon till God knows when! I should really be miserable... But I am so not so!!!

COULD IT BE THE DIET?
I doubt it o! I wasn't terribly good yesterday. In fact I was quite bad! And in response to your fears I did not do the wednesday water! I had what we refer to here as "liver failure". Couldn't muster the courage! The torturers begged and cajoled, "Aunty, you know say na im go shift the scale for you. Work still plenty o!". I showed them the mark on my forehead... there is no mark really, but... and reminded them that I need to be alive to lose the weight, abi?

I THINK IT'S JESUS!
I feel a new and wholesome connection and believe it or not I do believe that the denial that comes from dieting is a factor that has helped. Somehow, I am building a 'forgotten' habit of discipline in more things than the diet. In exercise. In my utterances. In my pastimes. What I fill my head and time with, et al! It's great!

NO FOOD TODAY!
Today is Friday again. I'm lifting my glass of grapefruit juice and saying "Cheers y'all!"

Wednesday, June 2, 2010

DROPPED AGAIN!!

WOO HOO!!!
Back on track! Lost the dreaded 1kg again

Still dancing around a total of 6 and 7kg after nearly 5 weeks but I do not despair! I just plan not to add again and concentrate on eating less towards the evening. We'll see how it goes.

I didn't do the Wednesday poison! My heart was beating too fast!!! Pity really cos I'd have had a guaranteed 2kg loss!

Work has gotten really busy so exercise is a challenge. Hate that! But hey... one day at a time, right!??