Revolution of the guts - what a wonderful weekend

Realising that it is the weekend coming, I decided to "let go a little bit" to reward myself and had these on Saturday
a) a chinese takeaway
b) a slice of cheese cake
c) peanuts

Bad bad bad... these are not just high calorie food, they also have  high oil content. I paid for it.

Sunday has been spent reading magazines in the toilet. Metformin + Xenical + oily food = DISASTER.
Gut wrenching. That is what it was. Went through 2 lovely rolls of toilet paper. Enough said. 

Lets fight the fats!!!!

I found a really great blog  called "becoming obesity's worse nightmare!" That is so inspirational - I can see shed loads of determination there! I like the photos of those numbers on the scale between nicely painted toes  :) I dont think that I can do it. I have really ugly toes. 

That inspired me to immediately do a stock take of what I have done since 1st January, and what I continue to do:

Since 1st January:

1. get off the train one station earlier  on the way to work
2.  walk to the further train station, if I am not too tired by the time I go home
3.  substitute more pasta/noodles meals with konyaku/shirataki noodles! These noodles helped lose 1kg this winter, instead of gaining the typical 3-7kg!!!
4.  Only eat things that are really delicious, especially if it is "bad". No more cheap cakes and chocolates
5. Two size 14 trousers joined the "being worn" category. These replaced  2 pieces of  totally worn out size 16 trousers (ie there are holes there). They started off really tight and ugly, but a good reminded to stay away from biscuits and cookies in the office!
6. Started metformin

Continued from last year

1.  Xenical - no longer needed daily, since I am mostly "good". Only take when eating out (and suffered the consequences)
2. Walk, walk walk.. whenever there is an opportunity, I walk.
3. Ensure there is at least an "active day" a week - be it some time in the gym, or a few hours spent window shopping
4. Water... & fruit teas, avoiding juices 
5. Increased salads, reduced carbs!
6. TOTALLY refuse to purchase even 1 more piece of size 16. Size 16 is obese for my height. If I remain on this size, I might as well get naked or lose those bits.

Xenical Day 7

When I see cakes and yummy pasta dripping in olive oil, my imagination goes wild. 


I see oily stool, leaking oil which stains my panty liners ( eeewww totally disgusting) in my mind. I hear myself farting and my stomach rumbling from the gases.  My stomach feels bloated, and I feel like vomiting from that bloating stomach. 


This is the psychological damage from Xenical? Yay!!!!

Xenical and I, Day 6

I have lived with Xenical for 6 days now. Apart from my naughtiness and it very well deserved pay back time of oily stool, I have been good. I have been watching what I eat!


So, no more leaky oily stools. There is no visible oil in my stool (good!). However, I still get very soft stools and visit the toilet a few times a day, instead of my once daily trip to do the "big one". Yes, I am farting. Yes, I am bloated. I am even nauseous for a few days! But heck, I am eating very healthily now. 


I guess the best reward from taking Xenical is my husband had been very cooperative - he is totally disgusted with the idea of leaking oily stool. I also made it known leaky stool means no baby making is possible - it will be just too disgusting.  


He had been willing to live with healthy food this weekend!