Countdown to starting on Sept 14!

Wednesday Sept 9.
Just five days til we all start the six week Go Sleeveless Fat Loss Project, for which I am a very willing and somewhat excited "guinea pig".

I started this weightloss journey last year (2008) on Oct 28 weighing 128 kg (282 pounds). Today I weigh 101.8kg (224 pounds). So I am well on track and only 300 grams (less than half a pound) off being halfway to my goal of 75 kgs (165 pounds) by October 2010. I am in New Zealand where we converted to metrics decades ago, however I will try to remember to convert to pounds and inches where possible for those using imperial measurements.

My user name "girl who clicked" refers to the fact that
a) I clicked (in my brain) that I had to lose weight, or die of some obesity related disease sooner rather than later and
b) I use the internet (clicking) to help support, educate and motivate me.

Somehow in my continuous search for more information, I was clicking around and found Gosleeveless.com and Coach Rylan. I have already learnt and read a huge amount about this topic of weight loss and nutrition online, in books and with my personal trainer in the past at the gym etc, so when saw Coach Rylans info online and read his free e-books and blog, I knew he was right on track with my philosophy garnered from these sources and saw he used a lot of the tools that I had starting using already. So of course I have jumped at the chance to gain more information, and lose more weight and tone up even more, from commitment to this Fat Loss project.

Even prior to the Project, I had started putting some steps from his free e-books into place and added interval training (power walking uphill) in the past three weeks 2-3 times a week. My weight had been a bit stuck on the 104 kg level for nearly six weeks, but this alone kicked my butt and I lost about 800 grams a week for the last 3 weeks. This is in addition to the strength training (Les Mills Pump) I already do twice a week. Since I started last year I now eat very well 99% of the time, no processed foods, I watch portions, eat fruit and veges, low GI, protein, low fat, no takeaways. I bake, so I eat the odd lick of the bowl and enjoy half a bottle of wine on a Saturday night with my husband. I suspect this will not be the case for the next six weeks..? So I will make sure I enjoy my last wine this weekend, before I drop the alcohol (for six weeks at least). Celebratory bubbly at the end aye?!

So what am I hoping to get out of this?
Learn more about excercise and nutrition (and apply it)
Continue to tone up more, all over, but specific "areas" of concern are thighs, butt, tummy and arms
Focus on fatloss, rather than weightloss
Have my butt kicked for a special six week push, ahead of summer
Become even stronger again, both physically and mentally.
Be able to help and inspire others to lose weight without the need for pills or surgery