Tomorrow

Hi everybody, a new update arrived!

At the moment, I'm seriously thinking about going to sleep at 8 p.m., just for the fact that tomorrow will be there sooner. There's more than one reason to look forward to tomorrow, but (in order of importance) I'll go to the tutoring session of economics again (I'll explain this later), I'm allowed to go to the 3rd phase and it's my birthday! The 3rd phase contains breakfast again, so I'm allowed to eat 30 gr of whole wheat bread (or 20 gr of oatmeal) with 100 -120 gr of fresh fruits and 150 gr of fromage (which is 0%). Honestly, it's been sooo long since I've had a proper breakfast, it was april.

The last time I went to the doctor was about a week ago and she told me that I should keep on doing the 2B phase for another week or two, but when I asked her if it was possible to go to the third phase on my birthday, she said yes! Lucky me :D The only small problem is that I normally should go to the 3rd phase when I lost 20 kg, but that's not the case... I've only (ha-ha) lost 17.4 kg so far, but that's okay for me as well. My current weight at the moment is 66.0 kg, but that's okay for me. Btw, the day after I posted the previous post, my weight went up again and it was 66.8 kg. Must've been the after-camp shock or so :)

Then, for they who want to know (because this is absolutely non-Pronokal related) the reason why I'm so happy to go to the tutoring session again: a boy! There's only the two of us in the tutoring session, and we're there for the next week every day from 1.30 pm to 4.30 pm. He's a bit older than I am, (he's in his 3rd year) but rather cute and I somehow fell a bit... Head over heels! Sadly, he's already taken, he has a very pretty, very blond and very thin girlfriend. Not something I can compete with. But hey, there's nothing wrong with taking a good look :)


That's about it, I'll go on dreaming about tomorrow!

And the reason why?
Make an effort, I honestly believe that you can put all the clues together and figure out who it is :)

666, The number of the beast

Hi everybody,

You've got no idea how long I've been willing to post this tittle, because of the awesome song that's linked to it. Specially for you, I'll put it in this song directly in the blog. So why the song? Because I finally passed 66.6 kg. It must've been a couple of days ago because my weight this morning was 66.2 kg, but you can't find a cool song about that number :).

Next reason to celebrate is the fact that I'm finally not overweight anymore! My BMI is 24.92 at the moment, so I'm still very close to the overweight/not-overweight line, but hey, I've passed it.
The fact that I've passed this line made me think about how far I've come, and how far I've got to go, but mostly it made me realize that I never ever ever want to go back to my starting weight! I know it'll be a lot of effort but it will be worth it. I also feel a lot more confident about myself (and not only the way I look, mostly who I am) which gets confirmed by other people as well. To motivate myself, I sometimes visit the site modelmydiet.com. The left side of the picture is how am supposed to look at the moment, the right side is how I used to look at the very beginning... Such a change, you can see for yourself:

Then, for the running part! Yesterday evening I came back from the two last camps, who were absolutely fun but very tiresome as well... The hour that I went sleeping variated between one o'clock and three o'clock in the night. The next day was mostly a day where nothing much was done + it was super warm (way to hot to run) so I didn't go running the last couple of days. Today I won't go either, since I haven't got enough sleep the last two weeks. I'll make sure that my sleep-level will be back to normal as soon as possible and then I'll start running again :)! No intention to stop, just a bit too tired to keep on going. 

There's good news though: I'm back so I'll update regularly again! Every wednesday from now on, you'll be updated again :)

And the reason why?

The person I'm doing it for is starting to love me for being me more and more

Long story short

Short update!

First: the scouting camp was super awesome! Great weather, even greater with the children who came with us and amaaaaaazing (yes, you can read this in the Astrid Bryan-way) people. The food our cooks made was delicious, they did a wonderful job for me too. Therefore, I didn't had to eat anything that was not on my list, so I've stayed in ketosis and kept on losing weight. So now, the moment you've all been waiting for (tududuuuuuum): my weight is currently 67.8 kg. I'm glad I was able to keep doing the diet, even though it was sometimes rather hard when the rest of the leaders and the cooks were eating fries and pizza, drinking Passoa and eating candy (This was only the last night, never ever with the children!) but I've sticked to the plan and the result was visible :D.

I ran 10 km today, but on the other hand, I haven't had a run in a week, just because there was no time for doing anything beside playing with our members. That's about it for the running part I guess...

So, tonight I'll be leaving again for the next camp, but I'll try to update as soon as I'm back online! Keep on going the good work guys :)

And the reason why?
It finally seems possible to reach the goal I've made to this person.

Finals are over

Hello everybody,

Sorry I'm a day too late, it was a really busy day yesterday! I went for a run, painted the ceiling of the bathroom and had a sleep-over, so I kind of forgot... I'm sorry :). My week has been great, first of all because my exams are finally over. The only thing left to do is wait for the points, but all the stress of studying is gone. The stress-relief showed itself on the scale as well, so now I finally have a 6 as a first number! YAY! My current weight is at the moment 69.4, which is 14 kg down and 11 to go from the original 83.4 kg I started. The last time a had a 6 as a first number, I must've been 15 I think... Looooong time ago, but now it's back and it will never ever leave again!

Because at the moment I feel like I've almost got it all..

 Which is scary, because nobody can have it all.

As for the running part, I ran 10 km yesterday morning. It was in one hour and 15 minutes, so my average speed was something around 8 km/hour, which is not as fast as I want to run the Energizer Night Run, but if you look at the progress I've made the last 20-something days, it's amazing. I wasn't able to run more than 33 minutes the first time I went for a run and now I'm able to run 10 km. Yes, I'm kind of proud of myself, I'm sorry if it seems a bit complacent. But it just felt really nice, hehe.

For the next two weeks (up till the 16th) my posts will be even more irregular because of the scouting camps. I'll post whenever I have a computer around me, but that probably won't happen too often. I'm sorry about that, I'll write you guys a very long text when I come back. As for the food on the scouting camps, I've only ordered ready-to-use products. I hope this will work and they'll stay fresh... Those will be two interesting weeks :)

I just realized both of the pictures are rather sad, but just so you know, I'm not. Those were pictures I came across while searching for movie quotes, and they really made me wonder about life and how mine is at the moment.

Enjoy your summer-time and you'll hear from me in a couple of weeks!

And the reason why?

It would be a shame if somebody would not tell you anything right now so you would have to wait two weeks, wouldn't it?

Slowly

Hi everybody, wednesday again!

How has my week been? Busy, I must admit. I've had two exams and I went for a jog every two days. The idea of running a competition is still alive and kicking, the only problem is that the original competition (the "Bollekesloop") was the weekend that I'll be in the Ardennes with some friends. Not a very realistic goal to come back to Antwerp, so I looked for another competition. That's how I found the Energizer Night Run (http://www.nightrun.be/) which is even closer to my house. My goal for the run is to finish in less than an hour. It's 9 km, so the tempo won't be too fast. The registration fee is already paid, so I can't change my mind anymore. This summer will all be about training for the run and of course studying too (august my friend, august), since I'm not going anywhere (except for the scouting camp).

It's a picture of the Engergizer Night Run of last year. It's in a park, and with everyone wearing those headlights, it somehow reminds me of some fairylike event through the woods. Which I will actually participate this year.










Then, the weight-loss... As the three points after the first sentence indicate, it hasn't been so great. I've lost 600 gr in a week (so my weight is at the moment 70.6) and it somehow frustrates me. I know the second phase is going slower than the first phase, but I just miss the fact that the weight-loss went so fast. Yes, I do realize it's not possible to keep losing weight that fast, but the very fast vs very slow weight-loss is just frustrating. On the other hand, it took me years to gain all these kgs, so why would they vanish in a couple of weeks? I'll say this to myself as a mantra: "Patience my dear, patience."

Well yes, I must admit this is one of my motivations for exercising and dieting as well. But hey, nothing wrong with a good motivation as long as it keeps you going! :)








Anyway guys (and girls of course), that's about it for this week. If anyone would like to run the Engerizer Night Run too, let me know!


And the reason why?
Changing. That's how the person I'm doing it for sees me.

Lucky us

Hey!

Until yesterday, I was thinking about writing a big, giant complaint about the diet and how it sucks. Lucky for both of us (me for the effort and you for the reading), I decided not to yesterday morning. The reason why I wanted to complain about PronoKal? My weight had been the same for over more than 10 days and I didn't do anything wrong, I followed their directions precisely, so I was rather frustrated about it. It was of course not PronoKal's fault, but it just sucked. Monday the tenth, I filled in a new ordering-form and they called me to confirm the form and see if I had any questions left. When I told Bente, the super friendly girl in the calling-center, about the plateau, she said that it was perfectly normal (even though it's not really motivating for me) because of the warm weather and so on. Nothing to really worry about. She told me to just wait a couple of days more and see.

So, yesterday morning I stood on the scale again (yes I do this every morning, yes I know it's not the best idea ever) and finally, the numbers went down again. My current weight is now 71.2, so 300 g more and I'm halfway through the 25 kg I have to lose.

Things I'm really looking forward to:

- Having a 6 as first number on the scale (1.4 kg to go)

- Having a BMI of 25 or less (4.8 kg to go)

- Having breakfast again (7.8 kg to go)

Having tea every day really has become one of the 

small pleasures in life. It's warm, nice and seems like a hug in a cup.

Since I'm now having my finals, I really don't get any physical exercise. That's why I started to go for a run every two days to have at least some fresh air and a little bit of exercise. I've read the book of Bart De Wever, a politician who lost about 60 kg with the PronoKal method, which said that he started exercising too at one point but had to set goals because otherwise he wouldn't be able to keep himself motivated. I looked up some running-competitions too, and I found the "Bollekesloop". It's the 8th of september and  you can either run 5 or 10 km. At the moment I'm not even able to run 3 km in half an hour, so the 5 would be a challenge, but I'm going for the 10 km! I know it will be very hard, but I don't have to run it in half an hour or so. I'll see for myself how fast I will go, but I'll run over the finish and that's the most important part! 

I'll keep you updated about the progress I'm making, as well for the diet as for the running competition!

And the reason why?

Maybe it's time to put some reasons-why together and see if you can make something out of it :) have fun!

Maybe next week

Hi everybody,

it hasn't been such a good week for me if I look at the scale. The start of the 2A phase might have something to do with it, but I've only lost 0.6 kg this week. Not such a spectacular result I must admit. I don't think I've done anything wrong, 1 spoon of olive oil and nothing else besides water (to drink) and everything that's on the PronoKal-list. Maybe next week will be going better :)!
What doesn't help either is the fact that I'm on a plateau. Since saturday, my weight has been 72.4 and then it's been going up and down between 72.2 and 72.6. The point is that last month this time I was on a plateau as well, and when that was over I went on losing weight. Maybe it's just my body trolling me, I'll wait and see and keep patiently doing it.

Do you know what's hard too when you're on a diet? When your brother and sister their birthdays are in the same week, so there is cake in the house twice a week and we eat their favorite meals on their birthday. For my sister, who turned 17, there were mini-sausage rolls as entree, then there were lamb-burgers with french fries and a salad and the desert was strawberry cake with white chocolate. Yeah that was fun...
My brother, who turned 11, wanted to eat mini-spring rolls as entree and next chicken with rice in curry with pineapple. My mum and I made his cake ourselves, because he's a huge fan of minecraft, so we made him a home-made minecraft cake. All I could do was sit and watch and eat nothing of that. My grandfather came celebrating with us too, claiming that he's on a diet as well or will be starting one. Believe me when I tell you there's nothing more annoying than seeing someone eat fries, burger and cake and then hearing them tell that they're on a diet. Fru-stra-ting!

This is the minecraft-cake my mother and I made for my little brother. You might want to ignore the cupcake with the hearts, it doesn't fit in the theme but I wanted to make a girly-girly cupcake, to look at...














And oh, since I'm looking up quotes to keep my motivation up, I might as well share them with you :)





And the reason why? Well.... This person is a girl, let me tell you that!

2A

Good news everyone: I LOST 10 KG!

Yesterday, I went to the doctor for the appointment, which is every two weeks. I had already checked that morning on the scale and at that moment, I lost 9.8 kg. When I was at the doctor, her scale told me it was 10.5, so I am allowed to go to the next phase! It's called "2A" and you get to substitute one of the bags with meat (not every kind of meat ofcourse) or white fish or two eggs. Yesterday was the glorious moment when I was allowed to eat meat again for the first time in nearly six weeks, and waw. Just waw. Divine, delicious, whatever other pretty word you can imagine. It was great!

Now, I'll be in this phase for another 5 kg. It's supposed to go a little slower because your calorie-intake gets higher. I'm guessing I'll be allowed to go to the 2B phase at the end of june, maybe the beginning of july, but the problem is I'll be going on a camp with the scouts. I'm one of the leaders at the smallest group, so there it shouldn't be a problem cooking my own meals, but when our camp is finished, we'll be traveling to the other groups. As long as they're staying in a house with a kitchen, there won't be any problem, but the last six days we'll be in the middle of nowhere in the Frech part of Belgium. I guess I'm just going to go back to the first phase to make it a little easier for myself and them, and the doctor said it's allowed.

Okay, that was a long paragraph! Sorry about that :) Anyway, my books are calling me back to study, they need me!

Just because I love the movie and her character. And it's a great quote.


And the reason why?
Next time seems a good moment to tell you something more...


PS: my weight is at the moment 73.2

So close

Wednesday, blogging time!

Here I am again, telling you a little bit more about the diet. Let me tell you first that the weight-loss of this week was rather spectacular, so I've listed my morning weight every day.

wednesday    77.2

thursday    76.8

friday        75.6  

saturday    75.6

sunday     75.2

monday    75.0

tuesday    75.0

wednesday   74.8

So, as you can see, I'm currently at 74.8. The doctor told me about a month ago that when I've lost 10 kg, I'll be allowed to go to the next phase. It's called 2A and it is the phase where you are allowed to replace one of the PronoKal bags with a piece of high-protein meat/food. This includes chicken, turkey, two eggs, white fish and white meat. I actually can't wait to start eating "real" food again (not that the vegetables aren't real) but I'm really looking forward to it! It's only 1.4 kg to lose, so come on body! :)

This diet really made me think about how I ate and how it will have to change in the future, because I won't be eating bags forever. The things I've got in mind at the moment are: 

- No more alcohol, except for very special occasions like a wedding, christmas, ...

- Choose between eating carbohydrates or meat with my vegetables, not both of them.

- Stop eating junkfood, McDonalds, muffins, chocolate.

- Limit my fruit-intake to two pieces a day (I used to eat six or seven a day).

- Fries once in a month.

These are the things I'm thinking about now, I'll see how they evolve when the diet goes on.

Next tuesday, I'll be going to the doctor (with her needles, yes...) to check up and maybe even start the 2A phase! I'll tell you more about it, and I will try to keep on posting on wensdays, but I won't promisse anything since my finals are starting next week!

The reason why? 

Remember how I've told you about this person? I can already tell that he/she is already happier about my body than he/she used to be :)

Mommy's closet

Hello everyone,

It's been a week since I've written something, so it's about time for something new! I'm still on track, haven't cheated (yes!) but I am beginning to develop some kind of addiction for the chocolate milk from PronoKal. If you don't mix it completely (so there is a little bit of powder still together) and then heat it up in the microwave, it tastes like real chocolate milk, aaaaand.... the little pieces make it seem like there's real chocolate in it. Omnomnom.

There's not that much to say at the moment, there didn't really happen anything special. Maybe this: my mom has the nicest closet full of clothing, but unfortunately she's a 40 and I'm not. When I started, I was between the size 42 and 44, but today I went to college in one of her dresses which actually fitted and looked nice. I'm seeing progress that way as well, and it's quite nice to notice. My clothes all have become a bit more loose, which I like (of course!)

How about the weight I've lost so far? Well, remember I started on 83.4? I'm currently at...

77.2 kg

so I am rather happy about it! The diet doesn't go as fast as promised, (they said it woud be around 2 kg in a week) but I'm totally fine with it! As long as I keep losing weight, it's all fine to me :D
Remember I told you about the motivation gifts? Well, I've earned my first one since I've lost at the moment 6.2 kg. It were two nail polishes (very girly, I know) but it was exactly the color I wanted!

And the reason why?
Well, I'll tell you about the hair color this person has. It's not much, but it's something, isn't it? It's (drums please......) BROWN! Waw, so exciting ;). The rest, I'll tell you next time

Here is a cheesy line for all of you who are going to have an amazing body in a couple of months as well!

They started noticing

Soooo, hello everyone, time for a new update!


I went to the doctor last monday and the conclusion was that I lost 4.6 kg in two weeks and three days. It's not a bad result, but not spectacular either (for this diet ofcourse :) ). My doktor took blood again, to check all the values and if they still were good. Believe me, it makes me realise how much I hate it over and over again. I've been on a "plateau" for a couple of days, but now I'm losing weight again, so it's still all fine.

Even though the temptation is sometimes very big, I haven't cheated yet, and I'm a little proud of it as well, hehe. Yesterday, we were making cupcakes for the scouts I'm in, so we could earn more money for our camp, and man, they smelled SO GOOD. But I didn't do it, so yay me!

A friend of mine is on a diet as well, and she came with the greatest motivation idea ever. The idea is that I section the weight I'm willing to lose in five different parts, so it's 5 kg everytime. I give my friends an amount of money (10 euro) and they buy me a present with the money I gave them. When I lose a fifth of my goal weight, I get a present. I like the idea very much, so I'm going to try it :D

For now:
- starting weight      83,4 kg
- current weight       78,6 kg
- height                  163 cm
- age                      18 (still)

Aaaaand, somebody (okay, I've told that person I was on a diet) told me it was already visible in my face! YAY

And the reason why?
Ah... I guess you'll have to come back to know the next thing I'll tell you about him/her

After another week

Hello everyone, it's been a week, so it's about time for a new update!


Everything is going fine, I'm not starving neither an uncontrollable bitch (or at least I hope so), so my mood and hunger-feeling are great. No more vomiting for me this week, which is a good thing, yaaaay :D. No cheating on the diet so far, except in my dreams. I'm not kidding, the last two nights I've been dreaming about eating bacon and soup, but feeling extremely guilty afterwards in my dream, so when I woke up, I was rather glad to see I was lying in my bed. Even my subconscious is telling me to eat bacon, thanks for supporting me --'. The PronoKal food is the same as ever, not good neither bad. It's just something that has to be eaten.

So far I've lost 4 kg on 12 days, so I can't complain. It's not visible yet, but I already can feel it in my clothes, they're all a little more loose. Can't wait to lose some more actually, I'm feeling really great about it!

And the reason why?
As promised, I'd tell you something about this person. The fact is that I'm doing it for that person, to make him/her (won't tell you guys the gender yet) more happy about my body. It's someone who's been here with me for a looooong time!

Which is what I'll do!

The first five days

Hi everyone!

Today is wensday, the fifth day of my diet. So far so good, I haven't felt hungry, sick or had a headache. The only bad thing is that when I went out (friday and yesterday), the next morning I had to vomit. No idea why it happend, maybe because I went to sleep late, maybe because I ate pancakes the next morning. I hope it's nothing too serious, since 2% of all people who start with PronoKal have stomach problems and have to stop. Not something I'd like to do now, I'm really motivated.

Nearly all the food I eat at the moment comes out of bags, with different tastes like pizza, nuggets, pancakes... It looks a bit the same after you've prepared it and it doesn't taste too bad, so that's a great plus :).

The weight I've lost so far is okay, but I've been constipated the last couple of days so maybe there is more to loose. I've started at home on 83.4 kg, and now I'm on 81.2 kg, but the second day I weighted myself it was already 81.8 kg. Not that much of a change, but I'm not really complaining. As long as I keep losing weight, it will all be just fine I guess. I also really hope I can go on with the diet, I'm happy that I'm doing it.

Just to tell you something else (not only telling you about the diet), I'll show you some pictures of my room. I haven't cleaned it up, it's a bit messy, but I think it shows a great deal about who I am.

PS: The reason why? There is this one person I will tell you more about, maybe even next time...

The doctor!

Hello everybody!

Monday, I went to the doctor .. I felt very nervous (my mum went with me) but the doctor was very kind, explained everything with patience, took some blood and weighted me. What a shock was that to see! My weight is currently 86, wich is way too much for an eighteen-year old girl who is 1.63 m. She called me the next day, telling me that everything is ok with my blood and that I can start.

Next thing to do was calling the Pronokal center, to ask about my allergies. The person I spoke to was Bente, who was super friendly and explained everything I needed to know clearly and looked some things for me up. I am in the first phase, so I'm not allowed to eat anything except the bags of Pronokal, a big plate full of vegetables and some olive oil. I should drink at least 2 liter water a day (wich makes me sit on the toilet all the time) and no coffee.

So, the order should normally arrive friday and I will be able to start on saturday. 

And the reason why?
Well, there is this one thing I might tell you next time

PS: I have the best friend in the world! I've told some of my closest friends about my diet this week and they're all going to support me and help me whenever it gets hard. It might sound stupid and a bit insecure, but it ment so much for me that they're willing to help me anytime. YAY ME!

The reason why

Hello world! 
Welcome to my blog, it will tell the story of me, Laura, who will try to follow the PronoKal method to lose some (ahum ahum) weight. Next monday, I will be going to the doctor who will tell me what will be possible and what won't. I'm a bit nervous because I'll see again how fat I am and they will be taking blood (yes, needles...) so wish me good luck! 

So, long story short: who am I?
- age: 18
- place: Belgium, Antwerp
- gender: female
- name: Laura

And the reason why?
Well, maybe I'll tell you next time...