Hello and Welcome

Hi there,

My name is Sonya and this is my blog. Firstly I would like to say welcome to the continuation of a long journey which started in 2007.

To give you an idea of where I have come from and where I am going, I shall give you the story of what happened to me to bring me to this point in my life and how it has made me determined to keep going.

In 2007 I was obese and depressed. I hated myself and didn't want to look in the mirror.

I went to a birthday party for my father in law in May 2007. We went to a beautiful restaurant that served my favourite food - Italian. I was in 7th heaven as I ate garlic bread, bruschetta, steak diane and white chocolate mud cake. Driving home however I started to feel violently ill. I went to bed and woke up the next morning feeling like I had gastro. I recovered but found that whenever I made anything with a rich flavour containing tomatoes, capsicum, garlic and onion, I felt physically sick and had really bad heartburn and stomach cramps. I knew something was wrong. I was 115Kg and very sick.

I saw my GPand asked for a referral to a gastroenterologist. I wanted to see if I had a stomach ulcer or any other problems with my stomach. I was booked in for an endoscopy after a full family history questionnaire. Although I was the right age (30) to be getting an ulcer, I didn't have one and was diagnosed as healthy. This frustrated me so I decided to go back to bland, basic food in order to keep going. My meals were rice and steamed vegetables. I ate bland cereal with no toppings other than a banana and milk. It was not a good diet and one which left me craving for fun food. After 12 weeks I had dropped 15 Kg and felt better so I decided to try normal foods. Over the next few months I put weight back on. After being on a bland diet for so long, all the cake and stuff I ate encouraged my body to regain 5.4 Kgs. I was starting to go backwards and I was deeply unhappy.

A friend visited me one day and I told her how desperate I was to lose more weight. She suggested I come to a Weight Watchers meeting with her. I arrived feeling overwhelmed by it all. I rang home after seeing how many people were in the room and begged my hubby to let me join Weight Watchers, which he agreed to, so I signed up that night.

I have been steadily going to Weight Watchers for over a year and have lost a total of 25 Kg to reach the top end of the healthy BMI scale of 25, and I am still going. I want to have a goal weight of 74 Kg.

I wish I had joined Weight Watchers a lot sooner, I would have felt as free as I do now a lot earlier in life.

Enjoy my blog.

Cheers,

Monday, November 2, 2009

YAY, what an experience!

Hi All,

Well I finally conquered the 10Km walk in the Race 4 Life! I managed to do it in just under 2 hours and I felt like it had been a huge achievement for me. I also met up with the leaders and staff from Weight Watchers for the Weight Watchers Pink Ribbon Lunch which was full of delicious low-point foods before going for another walk. Then I ended up staying in the city to buy Nibblies and some sheets for our bed. Needless to say, when I went to bed I had racked up a massive 20.28Km walk which earnt me 10 bonus points!! I was so stoked!! I can't wait to get on the scales this week and see the results but boy was it a great feeling knowing I had exercised so much!

I am feeling it today however with muscles aching in certain spots but as they say no pain, no gain! I kept thinking to myself that I was doing it all for some special people who I've come across in my life and I figured that if I kept their images in my head it would spur me on to keep going even though some of the inclines around the Torrens were tough going, especially in 36 degree heat. I certainly felt like I had done something special, one in memoriam of one of the people I know who passed away from breast cancer two years ago and one for someone close to me who is currently suffering through the process of chemotherapy. I keep the thought that I only get one shot in life and to make it a fulfilling one as I know that in cruel twists of fate some people don't get the chance to fully live theirs.

To the two ladies I walked for yesterday, I would proudly like to say it was my honour to do it for you.

Until next time,
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