Hitting a BMI milestone!

Today's weigh in puts me at 87.2kg, a 2.2kg loss since last week! I love adding up my running total of weight lost, and as of today, I now weigh 39.3kg less than I did 6 months ago.The other very exciting milestone is that I am officially 'overweight' on the BMI scale! My BMI is currently 29.9! A huge improvement from the 43.3 at the top of the scale in August last year.

I have my 6 month check up with the doctor very soon and had my blood test done last weekend. I got the results in the mail this week, and although I can't interpret everything on the results page, Nothing is too far out of the normal ranges, with the exception of my usual B12 deficiency. Also exciting on the health front is that my cholesterol has come down even further, now down to 4.4! My HDL is still a little low, but everything else is completely normal.

It's been three weeks since I did my measurements, and I promise I won't do them too often, but I definitely feel like I'm starting to get some centimetre shrinkage! A quick look shows that I have lost 2cm each off my waist and hips, and 1cm off my bust this month. Not a whole lot, but enough to know that this is still working! My neck, forearms and thighs are also a little smaller, about 1cm off each.

And for some photo action, I have a comparison photo from 2010 which makes me cringe, and a photo from an awards ceremony last week - enjoy!

May 2010 at the greyhounds

Receiving an award at uni last week

Weekly progress report

Not a lot of progress this week but at least the scales are still moving in the right direction. Today's weigh in was 89.4kg, so only a 1/2 kilo loss. I'm not too worried, things are pretty busy in my life right now, so the weight loss isn't worrying me too much.

Progress to date - 37 kilos! 4.4kg to go until goal weight.

Belated weigh in

I think I have plateaued a bit this past week and a half. As of Sunday, I weighed in at 89.9kg, so no movement for a couple of days. I really need to get back to the gym and try and break out of this sloth-ness. I just don't seem to be able to find any time! No excuses though.

Make me over!

My favourite moment in reality tv, particularly in Next Top Model, is the makeover episode. You know the one where there are tears and fighting and no-one wants to change their look? Hilarious viewing!

I've done the makeover thing a couple of times in the past, but it's always been no fringe to a fringe, or dark hair to foils - nothing that really has that 'wow' factor. I had no intention that today would be the day to change all of that.

I've always wanted to try short hair, but with my extra weight, my face was, well politely I would call it rotund, but quite simply it was fat. Short hair or a blunt fringe were never going to work for me, no matter what anyone said. I had in the back of my head that I'd like to try out shorter hair, but I was waiting on reaching my original goal weight of 85kg. I had a hairdressers appointment this morning, and she was blown away with my weightloss and told me that I had no reason to wait - I deserved to look amazing NOW, not in 5kg time. How can I argue with a woman with Italian blood and shears in her hands!

So I did it. Four hours in the chair and I am a new person. Not just on the outside, but all of me. I feel like everything about the old me has been wiped clean and I am starting again. I have confidence in myself and my abilities - in my career, my relationship, my hobbies, my friends. I'm starting to work out who I am, and I really like that person.

Anyhow, the grand debut of the new me!

Before - from the front. You can see the garish orange on top

Before - from the back. Dark hair with a few foils through

Progress

 

The first cut is always the hardest

 And now for the reveal
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Short hair!

Even shorter at the back!!!

And I'm a blonde!

Surprised? Me too! Although they do so that blondes have more fun. I'm ready to test the theory out!

Oh yeah!

I'm an '80's' girl!

89.7 baby!

Check in

Weigh in time as usual. This weigh in comes with a side of measurements. I figured it was time to see some different numbers to validate what the scales have been telling me.

My measurement progress is below:
Area - 30/8/12 - 9/2/13 - cm lost

Neck  -   43cm  -  38cm  -  5cm
Chest  -  133cm  -  113cm  -  20cm
Waist (bellybutton)  -  135cm  -  116cm  -  19cm
Hips  -   143cm  -  121cm  -  22cm
Bicep  -  36cm  -  32cm  -  4cm
Thigh  -  79cm  -  65cm  -  14cm
Calf  -   46cm  -  39cm  -  7cm

Total cm lost  =  91cm lost!

That's the first time I have tallied those measurements up, and it blows me away to even think of how far I've come in this process. While I know I've lost weight in the usual spots - boobs and bum etc, to see the difference in my neck, my legs and my arms, those mean just as much.

Do you know I am starting to feel my bones. Like actual bones in my body. If I run my hand down my upper arm, I don't just feel flab, I can feel my clavicle, and my bicep and tricep muscles. It's just such a weird sensation.

My BMI has dropped from a high of 43.3 at my biggest, to today's BMI - 31.7. I am so close to being in the 'overweight' category, and no longer being obese.

Oh and today's weigh in is 90.6kg, 1.5kg lost this week, which if this trend continues - I will hit the 80's next week! Milestone ahoy!

Work wear

One of my favourite things at the moment is getting dressed up for work. It's a whole new ball game for me. Yes I love getting dressed up, but in the past my options have been very limited. Now I'm dragging all of my old skinny favourites and new purchases together!
I'm trying to (when I remember), post my work outfits to twitter. Here are two from this week. I like comfortable, and not too formal, but try and stay tailored rather than casual.

Purple jacket made by a tailor in Thailand

Torrid skirt, Bodysuit lace top