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Cheeselover

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I have totally been struggling with the weight loss lately – I lost a bit of kg, then regained, then lost again, then regained... urggghhh :( I should restart writing a weight loss diary.

Short intro: Female, 33 years old, 1.71 m (5’7) and at the moment my weight is 86.5 kg (190.3 lbs), living in Europe, and vegetarian since the age of 6. The long term goal is 64 kg (141 lbs), total weight loss of 22.5 kg (49.3 lbs)! Yikes!! :eek:

Why I start again? The other day I have been making inventory of my clothes, getting rid of the old stuff or the stuff I do not like anymore. I found out that I have sooooo many nice clothes which do not fit me anymore! All my summer clothes are all at least 1-2 size smaller than I need right now. Winter clothes fit though. I decided to do the following – if in a year (October 11, 2017) from now, these clothes will not fit me, I will get rid of them all!!!! (which I do not want as I have some really good items) Otherwise for 2-3 years I am trying to fit in those clothes again, but actually doing nothing serious about losing the weight permanently. :(

My short term-goal is to lose 4.5 kg (9.9 lbs) till 11.November (in 30 days). Maybe a bit too many kilos, but considering that it is the first month, it is doable.

So, here I go again.

Kcal: around 1400-1600 kcal a day.
Gym: at least 4 times a week.
10,000 steps daily.

:waving:
 
Hey Cheeselover, stalking you right back :) I love your clothes-deadline; it´s good motivation but even if you should end up having to throw some of them away it feels good to not have stuff staring you in the face every day, accusing you of not doing what your inner critic thinks you should.
Best of luck on your journey! LaMa
 
I have become silent observer again. J But seeing how motivated at the beginning of the year the other people are, it motivates me to restart my healthy lifestyle as well.


Short update for the previous year:

I did manage to lose 3.5 kg instead of the planned 4.5 kg till November 11; however I did regain it during the rest of the November and December. Although I had wonderful holidays for 3 weeks in December, I was upset how bad I felt in bikini :( I just have to lose weight to feel good in my body in bikini again!!


Today:

My weight as of January 5 is exactly the same as the last time I posted here and it is 86.5 kg (190.3 lbs) and I will be sticking to the same meal/sport plan as stated above. :) To be totally honest I have not been to the gym since the beginning of the last November. I have done walking during the months, but no intensive workout at all.


I still have several holidays and today I have decided to do the cleaning (how I dislike doing that… urghhhh) and I will get rid of some items that I do not need; I just love freeing my living space! :) I am moving towards minimalism. This will be my activity as there will be no gym today, but I will force myself to go to gym tomorrow.


Another thing that might be worth adding is that I can be included in the same wine group as Hanna, Cate and Kate. :) I do enjoy a glass (or two or three :D) with my dinner, but I have decided that the January (except 28th January) will be no wine/champagne month! Wish me luck!


1st short-term goal, January 31: 82.5 kg (181.5 lbs) which means that in just under a month I have to lose 4 kg (8.8 kg). It’s doable!


Have a wonderful year and lots of success in losing the extra weight!
 
All the best for 2017, including for your bikini goals :) I'm slightly taller and slightly heavier than you and my goals are very similar (yikes indeed!): maybe we can keep each other accountable? I have to force myself to go to the gym today as well...
 
Welcome back cheeselover. I also love cheese. What's not to love? Hmmm. Maybe the calories :(
Hey, hon. At least you can wear a bikini! I'm just a little bit jealous xoxo
 
Thank you all ladies – LaMaria, Sunflower and Cate!! :)

LaMaria – yes yes, keeping each other accountable, let’s do that!! I can stalk your diary and bother you as much as needed ;) :D

Cate – Right, who does not like cheese?!?! I am very upset with the person who invented the cheese, would like to meet him/her and say a stronger word! ;) Hmmm, wearing bikini is one thing, but how it is looking on you – totally different story! :( But we will achieve our goals, right? ;)
 
Week #1
Just lost 0.2 kg (0.4 lbs), very disappointing :( To be sticking to my plan I should have lost at least 1 kg (2.2 lbs), hopefully I will be able to improve the number next week. But I totally know the reason for my small loss – calories were not that good, above my planned 1500 kcal, to the gym I went exactly one time (one time!! that totally s*cks!), however steps were 10 000 or more for all of the days. I believe I would have lost more if I would have eaten more protein and a lot less carbs – this week was crazy, I had way too many slices of bread and pasta!

My mini goals for next week:
1) Restrict bread/pasta intake to minimum;
2) At least 4 times go to the gym.
 
Any exercise you enjoy more than going to the gym? Especially in the beginning it really doesn´t matter what you do as long as you´re more active. Dancing? Swimming? Running up and down the stairs?
 
You know LaMaria the reason for not going to the gym it is not dislike. I like all of the sports – gym, dancing, swimming, water sports… well everything. I have been doing sports more or less my whole life (played tennis for 13 years semi-professional level when I was younger). The problem at the moment is just laziness. I am lazy to pack my bag and bring my butt out to go to the gym, I am lazy to make my sheets in the morning, I am lazy to put the face cream in the evening, etc. u know where I am getting. I think it is just such a period in my life – it is winter, depressing weather and not a lot of sun, not getting enough D vitamin I guess ;) But I went to the sunbeds yesterday and feel already much better :) This cold weather is forcing me to get under the blanket in front of TV/Computer and doing nothing except eating! :D Ehh excuses excuses…!!

Yesterday in the gym I felt a bit embarrassed as one of the trainers (rather new one, I have not communicated with her much before) came to me and was asking why I am not coming to the gym as frequently as I did previously (apparently she can see that from the entrance chip) and was there anything that she could help me with or was there anything wrong. Hmmm, I just had to confess that I was lazy and promised to improve. The trainer said she will keep an eye on me. I thought it was a bit weird her coming up to me and asking like that, but I believe she meant well and maybe being a new worker she is still super hardworking and enthusiastic. As a result I made an appointment with her to make a new exercise plan (we have free appointments from time to time already included in the gym package).

Week #2 – no change weight wise as I was not following my diet. As simple as that. No need to say that the week 2 mini points were not followed. The same mini goals stay for the week 3. To be really honest, I am saying I am on a diet, but actually I am not. I am not doing anything different at the moment as I did in any other previous non diet days. :confused: But I feel my mind is slowly getting to the right direction. Fingers crossed!
 
Free plan updates sound awesome to me! Not sure I´d ever go back to a place where the trainers were actually checking whether or not I was coming in though :D Is there anything that would make going to the gym easier for you at this moment? Pack your bag in the morning, go right after work without sitting down or even going home, going with a friend, checking in with someone to brag afterwards? Sounds like you´ll be fine as soon as you get back into the habit of going to the gym.
 
You'll get back in the swing of it CL. LaMa's suggestions sound good. Anything that makes going to the gym a little easier would be good. I get lazy too & just make myself put one foot in front of the other. It always makes me feel better, even if I was feeling miserable before.
 
Thanks for the encouragement ladies, LaMaria and Cate! I am ashamed to admit that I even do not need to carry my bag around as my gym is 2-3 min walk from my home. The problem was/is that I come home and instead of straight going to thy gym, I start to get cosy and sometimes I just fail to go at all. However, I have found a good solution at least for now and I am going to the gym in the mornings! Yay! Gives the energy boost for the whole day. :)

Week #3 – I am sad and disappointed, cus I have lost just 0.1 kg (0.2lbs). But last week was close to perfect – ate the right amount of calories, made at least 10 000 steps per day and had altogether 5 trainings. That’s why I almost wanted to cry when I saw the scales. On a positive note, I do feel that my body is ‘lighter’ and it feels that the clothes fit just a tiny bit better :)

Mini goals achieved - 5 times gym, once 1/2 pizza :) Go me!
 
Exercising so much more in such a short time usually means your muscles are holding on to a lot of water while they adjust. Keep it up and next week will see you a "normal" loss and in some weeks you´ll see a somewhat bigger drop because the water is starting to go. Good work so far!
 
Well summer is slowly finishing with all its wonderful holidays and I should refocus on my diet and exercise! Yet again! The positive thing is that my weight since I last logged it has slightly decreased and as of yesterday it is 82.4 kg (181.3 lbs).

The last time I reported here it was 86.2 kg (189.6 lbs) and it is nice to know that I have lost a bit during the summer. I did not follow any special meal plan, but I still was sticking to walking minimum 10 000 steps a day.

The goal weight stays the same – 64 kg (141 lbs).

I am setting the first 3-month mini goal: to lose 8 kg (17.6 lbs) by October 30 and by each month it is planned as follows:
  • August 31 – minus 3 kg (6.6 lbs)
  • September 30 – minus 1 kg (2.2 lbs)
  • October 30 – minus 4 kg (8.8 lbs)
The first short term goal would be to lose 3 kg by August 30. This could be a chanllange as I am going for a short 5 day trip at the end of the month, but I will try to manage to do my best till the holidays.
 
Cheeselover said:
Well summer is slowly finishing with all its wonderful holidays and I should refocus on my diet and exercise! Yet again!
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I hate to tell you this but anyone who´s been heavier for a while without it being due to outside circumstances (like pregnancy, in some cases, or going abroad for a couple of months without control over your own food intake) will have to pay attention to what they eat for the rest of their lives. So don´t blame yourself for having to refocus sometimes: that´s how it is if you want to lose weight and keep it off. You can still do it, but it probably won´t get a lot easier.
 
Have you taken your measurements? With how much you try working out I think also taking weekly or monthly measurements may help you see progress. Just because the scale isn't bugging as much as you want doesn't mean you aren't actually losing fat.

I too struggle with poor eating. It is really hard sometimes not to eat too much or to eat only healthy foods and stay away from junk. Keep going, don't get too upset when things don't go as planned, and just keep getting back up and moving forward. You can do it!!
 
LaMaria, so true… so true…. I am happy that at least the way I was eating my weight was not creeping up, but yes – if I do not reduce or eliminate several foods and take care of overall food intake while I am trying to reduce the weight, then there is no way I can succeed. That is a fact! :)

Hi Icychic! ;) Well, actually I have taken the measurements at the very beginning of my highest weight around April, but I have not taken them recently. Good that you reminded me, I should do that! Although now I do feel that the clothes are fitting better and there is an extra space! Yay! :DHowever, I am still learning to move forward in case of screw up, many times I just want to let it flow…. ;)

My disappointment of the week is my gym! :( I have (now had) 2 gym chains within 5 min walk from my home and from the August 1 my gym took over the other gym chain and my nicely looking gym moved to the other gym’s location. I know it sounds silly and maybe childish, but I am so unhappy at the moment with this change! I do not think it is because of the habit, but my previous gym was very well maintained (always everything in place and very clean) and they took care of everything even not by days but by hours. The new gym place is for my taste too much used and a bit too dirty, ok, it can be explained that the new place is huge compared to my previous gym, but still… Ok, the very positive thing about the new gym is sauna, which I was missing in my previous one. I really hope that this is just transition period and the gym will be renovated and improved according to my gym-chain’s standards… If not then I think after a couple of months, if nothing changes, I will have to look for something new.

On a good note, did 7 km run today. :) As to the food, my morning always starts with a smoothie that consists of yogurt, banana, berries (blackberries, blueberries, raspberries or strawberries) and protein powder. The rest of the day is… well.. not always so healthy as my breakfast! :D
 
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