Daily Archives: August 2, 2010

RawRRR Food Weight Loss – Another 2010 Challenge lol

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Yep, here I am again.  I actually recorded two videos before this one but procrastinated so badly at having to learn video editing on a mac when I’m used to a pc, that they never saw the light of day!

Anyway today I decided enough was enough and I have to get over myself and push through the multitude of little challenges and JUST DO IT.   So here it is – the first video in my latest 2010 weight loss challenge and gawd I found it embarrassing to do (you’ll see me turn bright red) and well.. I’m horrified at the state I’ve eaten and drank myself into.  I can’t make changes until I acknowledge things though eh!

I need to make a specific plan I know.. if I have a plan I can then get organised and then I won’t need to ‘think’ about food every day – just one day a week.

I am not going to say I’m going to be 100% raw vegan. I am going to aim for 80% and hope to surpass it.

I will be eating a lot of fresh fruit, making green juices and as soon as I have new blender (blog post to follow about that saga), I’ll be creating lots of delicious green smoothies as I truly think they are the best thing ever.

I’m also going to get my raw food recipe books out and video them as I create.  If you’ve seen previous videos you’ll have a good idea that it doesn’t always go according to plan hahaha.

Indulgence will also be part of my repertoire this time.  In the form of raw icecreams and chocolate and  some of the denser foods in my dehydrator for when I crave different mouth feels or something ‘naughty’.

Then of course there’s the question of exercise…  (moves swiftly on)

So for the record, here’s my weight and measurements for Day 1

Weight:  10st 10lb / 150lb / 68kg

Body Fat: 35%

Chest: 40″ / 101.5cm

Waist: 34″ / 86.5cm

Belly: 40″ / 101.5cm

Thigh: 23.5″ / 60cm

Arm: 12″ / 30.5cm

I’m 5′ 1.5″ / 156cm tall

Please tell me your favourite recipes and I’ll give them ago.  Thanks for your support!

Sarah x

Weight Loss Same Old, Same Old.. or is it?

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Sarah Cairncross smiles and snarls over Weight Loss Same Old Same Old

Ahhh me and my weight loss quest or is it a conundrum?  It’s been ages since I’ve blogged.. let alone done a video.  In fact, embarrassingly I think my last video was me starting yet another weight loss challenge back in February *lol*

And here I am again.. starting again.. video to follow.

I’ve had someone comment before how disappointed they were that I didn’t just stick with it and DO IT.  That I was a failure.

Now I do have an ego and to be honest, truth always hurts.  It didn’t hurt what she thought or that she thought I was a failure but it did hurt that the truth was I HAVEN’T JUST DONE IT.

I know I’m not alone with this – the amount of men and women who yo-yo with their weight is frightening and  I never used to admit I WAS a yoyo dieter but looking back over my blog.. well I am.  Sort of.

Here lies the rub.  I don’t follow a specific diet – I don’t want to think of myself as someone who ‘goes on a diet’.  I don’t want to be a slave to that, to constantly be thinking about what I can’t have as that is what dieting means for me.  I’d rather concentrate on what I CAN have, cos goddamit, it’s plentiful, looks beautiful and tastes delicious.

So what do I want?

I want to change my relationship with food.  I want to DESIRE the food choices that will automatically bring me optimum health.. make me glow and look more youthful.

I KNOW what food choices they are – lol – hell, I’ve even accomplished this state for a considerable period, a couple of times.

So what went wrong? Why am I back here (admittedly not as fat as I have been in the past, thank gawd – I’ve been stones heavier than this…)

I’m two stone overweight from my ideal weight.  I was 8st 10lb for years until I got settled into a relationship that led to my marriage, then a mix of poor food choices, regular drinking, having two babies, being miserable, eating for all kinds of reasons – happiness, sadness, sharing, consoling.

Me and food went awry somewhere along the way, which is why when I start to feel too much (of anything), I tend to reach for foods that will numb me.

So it’s habit that’s gotten me back here.

Maybe a bit of fear too.

My life is changing radically this year.  And for a lot of people close to me too.  Underneath it all I sense great excitement but I also know I have to dare to be the best I can be and do it NOW.

I have no idea what eating a higher raw vegan diet will do for me but I just know that as I do it , everything will change – for the better.

So I say… BRING IT ON!  I’m ready  :D

PS.  I’m also in love.. did I mention that?  *grin*