100lbs Need to Go - No excuses this time

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ski_bunny30

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A Well here I am again! Same old same old! Same stupid me with yet another new diary....I'd like to say that this will be the last but well those of you who know me will be thinking the same as me....yeah right!

 

So for those of you who don't I'm 31 years old and weigh 244.25lbs.  I kinda knew it would be bad when I stepped on the scales today but I was frozen with shock with what I saw today.

About 6years ago i weighed 251lbs which was my highest ever recorded weight.  I lost 14lbs and maintained that for something like 3yrs then last year I lost 34lbs and was at my lowest recorded weight in my adult life of 196lbs so where did this 40lbs come from????  To be honest i know fine well where it came from and I know what I need to do to change.

 

I can blame a lot of things for how I piled on 40lbs.  I was so financially stuck, I fretted about money all the time, i hated myself, I had no clothes, i had no nice make up, I used a bag to work that was ripped I had debt up to my eyeballs and i constantly felt sick.  I used to go to the pound shop and buy like £6-£7 worth of sweets and everything and made a great good go at eating most of them.

Now I am fine financially and now its time to focus on me - now is the time to do this I have nothing else on my mind but this so this time I WILL DO THIS!!!

Any words of advice help and/or encouragement will be greatfuly received.

Mucho Love x
 
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DAY ONE    Current Weight: 224.25lbs          Weight Lost: 0lbs          LBS to go: 100lbs

 

Breakfast: Nothing  - yeah I know it's not the best start but I had no milk.  Having no breakfast is something that I aim to erradicate - Breakfast everyday for me.

 

Lunch: 6 rough oatcakes with smokes salmon.  It was rank.  I used to love smokes salmon but I think I've went off it a great deal.  But my lunch = 500cals

Dinner - chicken, potatoes broccoli and carrots.

Snacks - two slices toast and peanut butter and a few fingers of shortbread.
 

Exercise = None really, i went into town today for 2hrs walking about the shops so it's not really exercise really but I could easily have sat on my backside in my cosy house today instead but I did not.  We have red alert weather warnings due to severe gale force winds so anything other than that is not gonna happen today.

I feel ok about today. Didn't have the best but didn't binge or anything just made a bad lunch choice and since I'm in the process of moving my cupboards r bare.

Tomorro I have my lunch laid out to take to work - tomorro will b a much better day
 
Yvonne!! Your back girl:):) Great to see you are want to lose weight again like the rest of us, i know you CAN DO THIS. This is a fresh start to lose those unwanted pounds:)


Can't wait to hear your updates, all the best darling xxx
 
A[quote name="Irishprincess" url="/t/52878/100lbs-need-to-go-no-excuses-this-time#post_816584"] Yvonne!! Your back girl:):) Great to see you are want to lose weight again like the rest of us, i know you CAN DO THIS. This is a fresh start to lose those unwanted pounds:) Can't wait to hear your updates, all the best darling



Hey princess, thanks chick. There's no going back not this time. I've slipped up a tiny bit already but just with a handful of jelly beans and a few fingers of shortbread. Not a binge tho so i'm not freaking out. Just leftover Xmas treats kicking about. You know how it is.
 
AOmg I'm just watching the biggest loser UK. It's incredible the amount of weight these people lose in just one week. Definately great programme to watch for motivation - I'd love to lose that much weight in a week.
 
Hey girly, yeah i agree its very good for motivation but not so much realistic. when i was younger i was like ' omg how come i can't lose as much weight as them in a week' but they burn like 6000 calories through exercise everyday and only eat 1200 cals. I read somewhere that the majority of contestants gain back all the weight after the show because they don't know how to approach their lifestyles.


But none the less its a very entertaining show. I used to love Jillian ' calaories in versus calories out' haha


hope you had a good day hun xxxxx
 
AToday I'm feeling ok. I just looked at myself in the mirror in my work dress and look just awful...I can't imagine what people must think when they look at me **sigh**

Eating wise though so far so good.

Breakfast - 30g rice krispies

No snack between breakfast and lunch as I'm on early lunch this week at 11.45

Lunch - tin Heinz ckn veg big soup and Apple

Snack - banana

Dinner - marks and Spencer fajita chicken, 4 baby potatoes, peas and roasted vegetables

Then my sweet tooth got the better of me, I had a handful of jelly beans (they're all gone now the jar is finished) 4 fingers of shortbread and a bag of velvet crunch eeek

I'm still not freaking out I can't give up absolutely everything at once and I've tracked everything and still eaten under 1500 so I'm happy with that for now as normally my snacks r family bag of dorito's with dip, pack of biscuits etc etc.

Tomorro i'll replace one of those sweet snacks with a yogurt or fruit. Phase out something one at a time - make it a habit and I'm more likely to stick to this but overall I'm ok with how today went :)
 
Hey Ski_bunny30,

I read your last post, and I hate to break it to you, but people are probably not thinking about how you look! They are more concerned about how they look! So, keep you chin up and focus on what you can do to change yourself and not anyone else! I like a quote I heard once (not that I always follow it mind you!). "What you think of me is none of my business"!

So, keep focused on your goals and make losing the weight an objective (not just a resolution) and set yourself some really short terms goals (that are a stretch, but achieveable) and keep at it. Most of us fall off the wagon on our happy, well-intentioned journey because we lose interest or something else takes priority...it takes work, and this forum will help...in the end you must do the work...and we're right here cheering you on!


Sarah
 
A[quote name="scbibhouse" url="/t/52878/100lbs-need-to-go-no-excuses-this-time#post_816666"] Hey Ski_bunny30, I read your last post, and I hate to break it to you, but people are probably not thinking about how you look! They are more concerned about how they look! So, keep you chin up and focus on what you can do to change yourself and not anyone else! I like a quote I heard once (not that I always follow it mind you!). "What you think of me is none of my business"! So, keep focused on your goals and make losing the weight an objective (not just a resolution) and set yourself some really short terms goals (that are a stretch, but achieveable) and keep at it. Most of us fall off the wagon on our happy, well-intentioned journey because we lose interest or something else takes priority...it takes work, and this forum will help...in the end you must do the work...and we're right here cheering you on! Sarah [/quote]


Aw thanks Sarah your so kind. Liked reading ur comment it made me smile.
I've had a good day today I did have a thought today to just buy a bag of sweets but just one and I didn't give in so I'm pleased with myself. I was also so snowed under at work today that I didn't have my afternoon snack and didn't feel hungry til about 4pm and then just had a banana as a snack at 5.
Thanks again for popping buy. Really gave me a wee spurt of motivation.
Mucho love x
 
Hi Ski,


I know it's difficult sometimes to not think about what others might think of us but the most important thing is that you like the way you look and feel healthy and if you DON'T like the way you look... the only thing you can do is change the way you look. You're definitely doing that! Just by being on this forum and having the courage to not only take up a diet, but change your lifestyle. I've been there myself though, looking in the mirror before going to a party or to an event. Just yesterday I was meeting up with some old friends from HS and I caught myself looking in the mirror thinking "damn, why didn't I start my diet a year ago?" but it's all about patience, - a virtue that I lack btw! But that's what it's about. While dieting and working hard, we want the weight to come off right away...it never does, but waiting is worth it!


We started our diets around the same time. I weigh a little more than you but it will be interesting to see where our diets get us :) Keep your head up bunny! You've already taken the biggest step.
 
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Hi Ski,



I know it's difficult sometimes to not think about what others might think of us but the most important thing is that you like the way you look and feel healthy and if you DON'T like the way you look... the only thing you can do is change the way you look. You're definitely doing that! Just by being on this forum and having the courage to not only take up a diet, but change your lifestyle. I've been there myself though, looking in the mirror before going to a party or to an event. Just yesterday I was meeting up with some old friends from HS and I caught myself looking in the mirror thinking "damn, why didn't I start my diet a year ago?" but it's all about patience, - a virtue that I lack btw! But that's what it's about. While dieting and working hard, we want the weight to come off right away...it never does, but waiting is worth it!



We started our diets around the same time. I weigh a little more than you but it will be interesting to see where our diets get us :) Keep your head up bunny! You've already taken the biggest step.





Thank you so much success. It's really kind of you to stop by and the comments do put a smile on my face and make me feel better. Since we started together and have a similar amount of weight to lose, it would be great if we kept in touch with each other and see how we both get on. I'm sure we can both learn from each other and support each other through this.

Hope you've had a great day x
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AArrrrgggggghhhhhh bad bad bad day.
I'm not even going to put on here what I ate. I swear tomorro I am not going to eat anything bad at all....can't believe it two days into my diet and slipped up majorly.already **sigh**
 
So what you had a bad day love, TOMORROW BE EXTRA GOOD. Put this day behind you and start afresh tomorrow, its the only way:)



Best of luck darling

xxx
 
AIt's alright to have a bad day every once in a while, the more important thin is that you have a lot more good days than bad. I had a lot of bad days over the past 5 months, but I kept going no matter what, and I am now down over 26kg.
 
So what!!! bad day? None of us are perfect and never will be. Pleaseeeeeeeeee dont give up!!!! Start over!!! I'd love to have a buddy to as we continue or weight loss. BTW i started on Dec. 28th @ 366.6 as of today am at 346.6. Sounds like alot but i was so full of water that i already feel like a different person. We CAN do this!!
 
Hey,

I agree with irishprincess, smilin and MLB! You've had a bad day...so before you put it completely behind you, you might consider doing a little writing about what you were thinking when you had these 2 days...did you have some resentments you "ate at someone", did you lose focus on what's most important (short term gratification vs longterm) or not thinking at all and just ate out of habit? it's not my business, but it might be revealing to you to know so you can identify it before it happens next time...I'm a firm believer that weight loss is physical as well as mental..and sometimes I can be a real mental case! So, pick up your chin and get refocused and go for it girl! as your title says "no excuses this time"!

Sarah
 
AThank u all for ur kind comments its great to have the support from u guys.
I don't really know why I did it..Breakfast and lunches seem to b ok and balanced it seems to b when I finish work I somehow have it in my head that I want to eat. I don't know why.
So I've had a bad few days. They are now behind me. I weighed myself this morning...saturdays will b my weigh day and I'm pleased to say that even though i've had those slip ups I haven't put on any weight but have lost 3/4lb so today I started the day badly and had a few fingers of shortbread. I had it in my head that I can't do this but rather than throwing this day away as a bad one and telling myself I'll start again tomorro I will not...I'll make sure the rest of my day is a good one. I'm just about to start a 7mile walk to my bf house. I'm having a late lunch which will b chicken fajitas made with a bit of chicken and loads of veg, I'm going to the cinema tonight it starts at 8.30pm so probably won't eat again after that.

Thanks again guys for ur kind words and support. It really means a lot x
 
AGod that was a tough walk. As soon as I started walking my calfs really killed. I walked two miles with real sore calfs then I popped into a shop along the way to pick up some things for dinner and walked the other 3 (i went the short way) and they were fine, but I had a jam packed rucksack on my back also. So it was tough but I am sooooo glad I did it :) go me x
 
So proud of you ski_bunny30! Your body was trying to take the easy way...but your mind persisted and kept you going...good job! that mental toughness will get better as time goes by I'm sure...just like physical exercise is easier as you get in better shape, so does mental decision making as you make more and more good decisions! Keep up the good work!
 
AThank u so much scibhouse im really glad I kept going :) I haven't eaten Tue best the past few days but still better than before. I weighed myself this morning and I'm 242lbs that's 2lb down on last week 1lb more than I'm aiming for so I'll take that extra lb woohoo
 
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