Officially Half The Girl I Used To Be

Happy days, comrades! I lost 1.5 lb (0.68 kg) this week, which means I'm finally officially Livin' in the Seventies! 79.6 kg! Everybody get down and boogie!

(I am sure my mum must be thrilled that the fancy Electronic Publishing course she sent me on after university gave me nothing but the ability to Photoshop my head on to other people's bodies. Still, wouldn't it have been cool if there'd been a ginger Bee Gee?)

It has been a gruelling slog getting back to this most groovin' of decades. I hadn't been there since Year 9 in high school, fourteen years ago.

I had cruised into the 80s in February of last year and kept losing steadily for awhile there. I got halfway to the 70s but then I larded back up to 89.4kg in mid-December, after eating way too much during and after our holiday in Australia. So if you go from that point, it has taken a ridiculous 34 weeks to finally crawl under that 80 mark. I know one is not supposed to get hung up on the scale, but I have been SO bloody sick of seeing eighty-point-something that I almost ran over that digital beast with a truck. But better late than never, I suppose.

My current weight of 79.6 is also a nice wee milestone - I'm officially half the girl I used to be! I've lost 50% of my starting weight. How freaky is that!? It does make the stats on the sidebar look kinda cool.

Alas, there are many dietary dangers lurking in the week ahead! It's going to be another busy set of seven, so I'm aiming to maintain and not go crazy. Stay calm! BREATHE!

But I've only just scraped into the 70s, so part of me worries it was just an illusion. Like when it's a really hot day and you're walking home from the train station and you think you see Johnny Depp waiting for you on the street corner brandishing a margarita, but when you get up close you realise it's actually just a mailbox.

Comments

[1 · Posted by Rachel · August 10, 2006 at 08:42 AM]

You very much rule the school. Well done, lady!

[2 · Posted by Ann-Charlotte · August 10, 2006 at 09:01 AM]

Congrats on the 70s, woohoo! Milestones like that kick ass. You should have an imaginary Margaraita to celebrate. ;)

Amazing job - 50% of your entire self is just *poof* gone! Great stuff :)

[3 · Posted by Sandra · August 10, 2006 at 09:16 AM]

Woo Hoo!
175lbs lost. That's awesome.

You make a great Bee Gee too.

BTW: I am having a sickie at home today and reading this on Firefox (rather than explorer at work) and the site is looking good.

[4 · Posted by lainey · August 10, 2006 at 09:36 AM]

Fan-dabby-dosie!

It boggles the mind to think that you are now half the size you once were.

Here's hoping I'll follow your v. impressive lead!

Yay to DG!

[5 · Posted by Marshmallow · August 10, 2006 at 09:55 AM]

ROFL @ Photoshop-come-Bee-Gees-Image-Hax! And congratulations on becoming a 70s chick, never mind being less than 5kg off from the biggest shiniest prize that you will never receive an aluminium trophy for. You're OFFICIALLY on your last ten pounds, way-hey!

[6 · Posted by Cat (NL) · August 10, 2006 at 10:29 AM]

someone was born a little late, you definitely would have fit in ;) congrats on reaching the 70's!!

[7 · Posted by Cat (NL) · August 10, 2006 at 10:30 AM]

someone was born a little late, you definitely would have fit in ;) congrats on reaching the 70's!!

[8 · Posted by Ros · August 10, 2006 at 10:51 AM]

Congratulations:d
Why u choose the Begees?

[9 · Posted by dg · August 10, 2006 at 10:57 AM]

because... they ARE the 70s!

[10 · Posted by Bozoette Mary · August 10, 2006 at 11:45 AM]

You should be dancin", Yeah!

[11 · Posted by Ails · August 10, 2006 at 11:57 AM]

Wow! Congrats on the great weigh-in results! To be literally half the woman you used to be is one awesome feat! Great pic btw :)

[12 · Posted by kathryn · August 10, 2006 at 12:16 PM]

You rock, and you'd make a top Beegee!

[13 · Posted by Margaret · August 10, 2006 at 12:28 PM]

freaking hell, I could say you lucky so and so, but lucks played no part in this serial, just your hard nosed determination and good old Aussie spirit, go you good thing, you bloody lucky so and so!!!!

[14 · Posted by dg · August 10, 2006 at 12:53 PM]

ah ha ha ha... stayin alive! stayin' alive!

i do feel kinda guilty for sticking my head over Maurice's. Poor Maurice. RIP, mate!

Margaret, your comment reminds me of the Sydney 2000 Olympics. Anyone remember the song from Roy & HG? Featuring Johnny Farnham? Go you good thing! Put a gap in 'em. Go you good thing go!

[15 · Posted by laura · August 10, 2006 at 01:01 PM]

Wicked achievement, your hard work and determination are paying off!

[16 · Posted by Trish · August 10, 2006 at 01:11 PM]

Congrats DG :) LOVE the photoshopping you gorgeous girl you :)

[17 · Posted by Linda · August 10, 2006 at 01:20 PM]

Congrats - I love the photo.

[18 · Posted by Debbi · August 10, 2006 at 01:31 PM]

What a perfect BeeGee you are, DG! Congratulations on your milestone!

[19 · Posted by Erin · August 10, 2006 at 02:01 PM]

Congratulations! The last bit is the hardest, you've accomplished so much and I can't wait to get your book. Great picture of you by the way.

[20 · Posted by blubbah · August 10, 2006 at 02:02 PM]

Yay for you! I was in the 70s briefly, as low as 78.2 at one point, but I've slipped upward slowly and seriously need to get my ass in gear. It felt really good to get there.

[21 · Posted by Erin · August 10, 2006 at 02:12 PM]

*corrected url
Damn it's hard to spell your own made up words correctly.

[22 · Posted by bridget · August 10, 2006 at 02:29 PM]

That totally rocks!!
YAY you!!!

[23 · Posted by NicoleW · August 10, 2006 at 03:01 PM]

Woohoo! Congrats on making the milestone -- and thanks for making me splurt coffee out my nose with the BeeGees pic.

[24 · Posted by Vicky L. · August 10, 2006 at 03:17 PM]

MUCH CONGRATULATIONS! You have met every ounce of loss with the fiercest determination. You really are an inspiration that goes far beyond the scope of weight loss.

You should Be Dancin’ Yeah

-Vicky

[25 · Posted by Anne-Marie · August 10, 2006 at 04:06 PM]

Hiep Hiep Hoera! Congratulations!

[26 · Posted by Sybil · August 10, 2006 at 04:15 PM]

Maurice would be happy for you too! Congrats!

[27 · Posted by Lynne · August 10, 2006 at 04:19 PM]

It's not POOF gone! YOU HAVE WORKED DAMN HARD - Be proud! And be ever diligent this week, and you will see the 70's again... Maybe as a happy member of the Patridge Family....

[28 · Posted by melanie · August 10, 2006 at 04:20 PM]

congrats, my dear. perhaps i should pick your brains for tips on sticking to it. how much would you charge me for a phone consult? (only halfway joking.... sigh.)

[29 · Posted by Fig · August 10, 2006 at 05:31 PM]

Congrats DG! I absolutely LOVE hitting milestones. You are one of the very true inspirations I find online. Thanks for your comments at my place- your blog is like the bar on Cheers where everyone is friendly and mine is like that strippers bar that you sneak into when you feel the need to get your freak on. LOL.

Girl, I like the way you roll.

[30 · Posted by Donalda Bint · August 10, 2006 at 06:26 PM]

Ahhh, I have been watching that wee counter for a while now. Watching. Waiting. Bloody well done, girl.
I'd have preferred a photoshop ABBA, but that's just me.

[31 · Posted by velo girl · August 10, 2006 at 06:58 PM]

Awesome! Ginger Gibb has a nice ring to it. Congratulations!

[32 · Posted by Gina · August 10, 2006 at 06:59 PM]

Wow. And wow. And, can I just say, "Wow!"?

Does this mean you will be adding your in-the-70's pic to your photo page? Can't wait to see it!!

[33 · Posted by sarah · August 10, 2006 at 10:09 PM]

you have halved yourself. That is amazing. I have been a faithful reader for sometime now, you are such an inspiration. Way to go!
Sarah

[34 · Posted by Nyad Oio · August 10, 2006 at 11:24 PM]

Congratulations, you tough thing! That is some serious hard work, and you should be proud. Thanks so much for sharing the journey with us. I found you after I started my own journey. I'm 1/3rd of the way along now. It feels wonderful.

That's no mailbox! Johnny Depp is a master of disguise! You should snog the mailbox and demand a margarita.

[35 · Posted by Kimba · August 11, 2006 at 12:14 AM]

Congratulations Tiger!!! I remember how bloody brilliant it felt to hit the 70's (oh, distant memories...) You should be damn proud of yourself! I know I'm damn proud of you :)

[36 · Posted by Lindsay · August 11, 2006 at 02:01 AM]

Everytime I read your blog it encourages me that I can do that same!!! Congrats on 50%. You totally rock!

[37 · Posted by judy · August 11, 2006 at 02:24 AM]

A slight variation on 'Go you good thing!.

'Go you mighty stallion!'

Rugby league commenatators, such poets.

[38 · Posted by Lynda · August 11, 2006 at 03:23 AM]

Wow you have lost has much as you now weight! Congratulations DG. You deserve to look so fabulous.

[39 · Posted by Q · August 11, 2006 at 04:21 AM]

Well Done DG!
Its hard to think of extra praise on top of all you already have for this post, but you so deserve it :)

Roy and HG would be proud and you should have your own theme song.

Go you DG!

[40 · Posted by Emily · August 11, 2006 at 06:02 AM]

YIPPPEEEE!!!

[41 · Posted by joc · August 11, 2006 at 08:04 AM]

Woo hoo good stuff 70's girl!!

[42 · Posted by Tracy · August 11, 2006 at 08:57 AM]

Wohoo! Awesome!!

[43 · Posted by dg · August 11, 2006 at 09:24 AM]

dudes! we are mighty prolific today! thanks for you comments and have a tops weekend.

[44 · Posted by EllenK · August 11, 2006 at 01:15 PM]

Ooops - I meant to post this here. Just getting used to the new design! I like how you have a blog featured on the right nav in "Elsewhere In Fatblog Land". Will you be "featuring" a blog regularly. I think that would be cool. I like it instead a list of blogs b/c that is overwhelming. It could be like the equivalent to oprah's bookclub instead dg's blog pick of the day or week! Okay maybe I am cheesy. Congrats on the weight loss!!! You look awesome in your pics from tongue.

[45 · Posted by dg · August 11, 2006 at 01:27 PM]

howdy ellen! :)

i decided to add Elsewhere... in the same vein of Current Obsessions on the What's New Pussycat sidebar.

I agree that link lists can be overwhelming, and even more I find the politics of link lists too overwhelming - keeping the links updated and trying not to offend anyone by who you do/don't put on it.

so rather than link to blogs i prefer to highlight specific blog entries or other articles that i enjoyed. you don't necessarily want to write a whole entry about it, your just want say, here's something interesting! it's worked well on WNP so thought i'd give it a go on here.

(of course i was inspired by Kathryn's getting to goal today. that's something to shout about! she rules the school!)

[46 · Posted by ganching · August 11, 2006 at 06:12 PM]

Half the girl and twice the woman!

Congratulations from someone who has only just discovered this particular blog and is filled with admiration.

[47 · Posted by PopFitnez · August 11, 2006 at 07:51 PM]

Nice Photoshop job I like it, and congratulation on your weight loss progress

[48 · Posted by Isabelle · August 11, 2006 at 11:58 PM]

What they all said. And more.

[49 · Posted by Isabelle · August 12, 2006 at 12:00 AM]

Goodness, I am very old and dumb. I was just looking at your photo with the other BeeGees (you're a DeeGee?) and marvelling at how VERY thin you were looking, and then it occurred to me... Well, it's late and I'm tired.

[50 · Posted by Gina · August 12, 2006 at 08:44 AM]

CONGRATULATIONS! CONGRATULATIONS!
CONGRATULATIONS! :-)

[51 · Posted by Marla · August 12, 2006 at 01:52 PM]

Hooray! So glad for you!

I had the same shock as some other commenters - I mean, I KNOW you photoshopped your head on, but that totally flat chest on you freaked me out! Took me a second to work it out. DOH! ANyway, congratulations lovie!

[52 · Posted by dg · August 12, 2006 at 02:06 PM]

mwahaha... JUST the head! i will never have a body that tiny unless i start taking some serious 70s-style drugs!

[53 · Posted by Coco · August 12, 2006 at 08:09 PM]

ROCK ON!!!!!

[54 · Posted by Kellie · August 13, 2006 at 12:03 AM]

Am trying to think of something profound to say about you being half the weight you once were but twice the woman....bugger it, YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY will have to do instead

p.s have reached my own new decade for the first time in 8 years: hello 60's!!!

[55 · Posted by kathleen · August 13, 2006 at 01:20 PM]

Congrats!
I jumped on the scale this morning to see a 76.7. Leaving on holiday and determined to see a loss afterwards!
Next year I wanna be in the sixties :o) (late sixties, that is :o)

Kath

[56 · Posted by K · August 13, 2006 at 10:20 PM]

Congratulations! Woohoo!

Well, it may not be your body (thank heavens) but your face certainly looks very sculpted these days. You have cheekbones and things...

[57 · Posted by Nessajane · August 14, 2006 at 12:22 AM]

There's not a whole lot to say really except I'm so bloody proud of you. How's the home stretch looking? Think of yourself as Pharlap with a huge heart and a never say die attitude and you'll be past that finishing post before you know it. NJ xx