Slowing Down

We haven't posted for awhile as we have been so busy with work!! We are in the midist of a very busy wedding season and are looking forward to the end of March where everything is going to slow down a little bit! So we are still here and still going strong!!! We have both lost over 9kgs!! Which I think is amazing! My clothes are loser and I actually looked at my body in the mirror yesterday and hey I actually am starting to see my waist!!! Hubbys beer gut is getting smaller and his double chin is almost all gone. And he can almost ... well he can actually fit into his old jeans!! He was very proud! Our goal for this week is to get to our 10% or or 10 kg!!

We are going slow and steady now!! I'm just really excited about knocking back those numbers!!

Vanessa & Tama xx

Indulgences!

Well it was a long weekend here in Auckland so we decide to go on a road trip up north to Tama's mum & dads batch. It is just soooo gorgeous up there and well I was in NEED of a weekend getaway. We had great weather! great company and well great food!!! We stopped at the world famous Mangonui fish and chip shop! Our first visit I was really super good.... got a battered fish but just ate the fish and not the batter and a lovely salad, on our way back home was a whole different story! Got fish, scollops and oysters and chips! All deep fried! HHHmmmm not very good but we throught "its not like we come up here every week!! haha

So since we have been back I've just been thinking there is NO way we were going to lose any weight this week! I think if we don't gain that would be an absolute achievement! Tama also had sooooooooo many beers that well I just didn't think there was any hope!

Again to our suprise ..... We had a lost this week! and for the second time running I lost more weight then Tama!! WOOHHOooo! I lost 1kg and Tama lost 500g! We are really please with that!!

My new goal is to get to my 10% and have 3kgs till I get there!! Can't wait.

I was thinking today after my weigh-in that I just can't believe I've lost 6.2kgs!!! It really is quite amazing too me! I'm so looking forward to my 10% and then my 10kgs!!

Well its a new week!! and new challenges! We are aiming to go for a walk 5 times this week and another loss will be brillant!!

Vanessa & Tama xx

Smiling Ear to Ear!

I seem to only post on our WI day!! hehe Life is so busy in the Iti house hold! Bella Cupcakes is going from strenght to strenght and my little munchkin is driving both of us crazy! We are thinking she may be ready for daycare?!?! Quite scary thinking about putting her in but we think it will be good for her.

Anyhow this week as been so busy that well we just haven't tracked anything we have eaten! and well I didn't manage to fit in any exercise. Hubby had cricket practise and a full day game. I wasn't feeling to confident about todays WI! I know hubby would get to his 5kgs!! and was really looking forward to seeing him get there!!

To my amazement Hubby got to his 5kg -5% and so did I!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OMG!! I just could not believe it!!!! I was just hopping for 5oog!! and was thinking I would get to my 5kgs in a couple of weeks!!! I have official lost 5.2kgs and hubby has lost 6.5kgs!!! My mind just goes what the hell!!! Thats in 3 weeks!!!! I still can't believe it!!! I am now in the 80's!!!! WOOOHHOOO!! and Hubby say hello to the 90's!!! I'm so proud of both of us!!!

5kgs lost! CHECK!!! 10% here we come baby!!!!!!!

Vanessa & Tama x

D Day!

Well its Thursday!!! and Thursday means Weigh-in day!!! I wasn't feeling to confident about hopping on the scales today after a nightmare of a day on Saturday!! I was really really hoping for a 1kg loss but I didn't think it was going to happen! Hubby on the other hand was thinking that a 2 kg loss could be on the cards! I wish I was as confident as him.

Anyhow hubby weighed in first and well what can I say!! Bloody Awesome!!! a 1.9kg loss!!! That's a loss of 4.9kg in 2 weeks!! He was so close to 5kg bookmark!! I'm just so proud of him =)

I hopped on and just didn't even want to look at the numbers!! haha So I didn't look till she gave my pocket book back. To my complete surpise I lost 1.4kgs!!! HUH!!! 1.4kgs how the hell did I manage to lose that?!?! I ate a BK Hawaiian burger, had a 3 course meal of italian food and I still loss weight?!?! The mind boggles at trying to answer that one!! None the least I was very very happy with that!!! Yay!! for us!!!

Let week 3 begin and hope another good loss is in the cards.

Vanessa & Tama x

What a week!

This week has been very busy and stressful and we have had many many challenges to face!! Some I think we succeeded and well we (well Me) have failed miserable!!

Saturday was the biggest challenge for me! I had 3 large orders to get done and well I'd pretty been surviving on a total of 8hours sleep in 2 days!! Hubby had gone and brought the munchkin some Burger King for lunch and well he decided he would get me a Hawaiian BK chicken seeing that I was going to be really busy and not have time to eat lunch!! OMG that was the worst thing he could have done!! It was nice of him to think of me but well what the hell was he thinking?!?!? I TRIED so hard not to eat it!!! But by about 1pm I was very very stressed with cupcakes a little munchkin who would not leave me alone and no hubby insight! (Saturday is cricket day) I ate 3/4 of it!! to make things worst was we were going out to dinner at one of our favourite Italian Restaurants! I did feel very proud of myself at dinner tho! We had a 3 course meal and I think I chose the most healthiest options even tho I would have total blown my points!

Anyways I've been crawling back the points ever since and tried to fit in some exercise!

Let's hope for a better week next week!!

Scales don't lie!

Well we had our very first weigh-in on Thurday night!! I was hoping for a 1kg loss but well you never know how it will play out!

Anyhow hubby was first to hop on the scales and he lost a whooping 3kgs!! I just couldn't believe it!! Thats like 6 blocks of butter GONE!! Well I was next and my heart was beating so fast! I hadn't felt that nervous for a long time!! I was just crossing my fingers for a loss ..... what I saw on the scales well I just could not believe it!! I lost 2.1kg!!! Yes thats right 2.1kg Woohoo!! I was just sooooo happy and had the biggest smile on my face!! Oh it was just an amazing feeling!! 5kg here we come.

Introducing us!

Ok! Well first I guess we better introduce ourselves. I'm Vanessa and this is my hubby Tama and our gorgeous little girl Isabella. My hubby and I have finally decided to take the steps needed to get back into shape. After having Isabella our weight has sky rocketed, we look at ourselves in the mirror and cannot recognise who we are anymore. We joined Weight Watchers on the 7th January 2010 and feel really good that we have joined! I have about 30 kgs to lose and Tama has about 25 kgs lose. I have to say that these numbers are quite scary but not scary enough for us not to keep going. We use to be a HOt Hot HOt couple before having baby and we are sooo looking forward to getting back to US!! We also know that that it is going to take us some time to get to our goal weight but are sooooo looking forward to getting there together!! We know it is just going to be the most amazing feeling ever .... its going to be awesome.

We will be posting our highs and lows of our weight loss journey and will also include photos here and there.

So this will be our story~!!! Let's get started!!

Vanessa & Tama xx