130lb Journey Down the Scale

Hey Lisa,
I'm so sorry to hear you're having a rough time too :(
You can do this! I think you need lots of distractions, maybe try a list of little things you can do when you feel like snacking.
Your poor eyes, hope they're better soon!
Sending you a big Aussie :grouphug: we're all here with you.
I reckon your attitude is great too, all of this WILL make you stronger.
Best of luck with next week, load up your iPod and hit the gym! Sometimes good music can make a huge difference :)
 
Hi Lisa

I think it is especially a difficult time of year, are your exams all over now? Can you give yourself some relaxation time? I used to keep a personal diary to write my emotions and thoughts is and it really helped, if you can, make yourself write in it a bit even when you don't want too.

I'm thinking of you.

Anna
 
Lisa - Thanks hun :) I'm definitely trying to do at least one thing every day to make me healthier, such as eating less, eating more fruit, exercising, getting in plenty of water etc. Eventually all these things will just come automatically (I hope!).

Jess - I've been reading a lot lately, and I'm finding that I'm not getting 'emotionally hungry' like I do when I'm watching TV or doing something that isn't interactive.

Anna - Yeah, exams are over now. I'm getting bored though because I don't have anything to do lol. I'm writing in my emotion diary every day! I'm finding it really helps, especially to reflect on why I've eaten and how I'm feeling in general on a heavy eating day.

I've been finding that now that I can identify 'emotional hunger' I am eating less. I weighed myself the other day and was 132.9kg, which is the same as at the beginning of the month, so I'm hoping that this is the week that I will finally lose a little bit of weight. I got my hubby to pull out my bike the other day and fix it up, so once the weather clears up I will be able to get out and go for a ride. It'll be helpful over the holiday period when the gym is closed a lot. I get really bored on the stationary bike at the gym, and since I can't go to the high energy classes coz of my calf I've been really demotivated to go. I'm hoping that the bike will rekindle some interest in exercise for me!

Lisa.
 
Oh yeah, I also forgot to tell you guys that I'm trying really hard to cut out fake sugars. I've replaced my tea sugar from spelda to low gi cane sugar, and I'm eating naturally set yoghurt - no preservatives or fake sugars. I'm also cutting back on diet fizzy drinks.
 
Argh, I'm so frustrated with this. I felt down today because I hopped on the scales for a 'peek', and I had a gain... and I ended up eating terribly and not exercising. Now I've just screwed it up more, and I doubt I will have any kind of a loss this week. I know there's no point dwelling on it otherwise I'll just make it worse, but I really want to lose this weight. I guess there's nothing else to do but try harder.

I've decided that next week I'm going to give calorie counting another go, while also focusing on what I have been focusing on.
 
Try not to worry too much over the holiday period. None of us are going to be at our best. Just don't use it as an excuse to pig out and you'll be ok. Then we can all start the new year ready to lose weight.
 
Hi Aussiegal! First of all, big hugs :grouphug:

I suffered from severe depression for a couple of years when I was younger so I know how crippling it can be. I couldn't stop gaining weight and I relied on food so much without realising it. I think I got to my heaviest when I was 18, I got up to about 90kg.
Just know that you can get through it, and making exercise and healthy eating as part of a daily ritual is a MASSIVE step to making you feel good again.

Also regular exercise helps regulate your hunger and the amount you feel you can eat. Exercise is really important in weight loss-for fat loss 1hr per day is recommended, not necessarily all at once... think like 2x 20 min walks and 20mins of incidental exercise, such as taking stairs, gardening, cleaning etc- but food is moreso. Just make sure you're eating regularly, eating healthily, but most important eating food you enjoy and can see yourself eating for the rest of your life :)

BTW- I'm a Perthie! Whereabouts in Aus are you? I'm currently dying from the humidity... blah
 
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Ugh, I'm feeling so sick today. I don't know if it's the flu or if it's hayfever again. Sucky :(

Ecky - holidays or not I'm still trying... I've never had to deal with Christmas before, because we don't usually celebrate it here. Fortunately I know that there will be healthy choices available - prawns and salads and sorbet :)

Luzdafuzz - I know what you mean. I started my weight loss journey in April last year, was doing Weight Watchers. At that time my highest weight was 127.7kg, and I got down to 115kg, I was exercising regularly, and even jogging. Then I suffered a major hit that brought back my depression and since then I've gained back all the weight I lost, and then another 5 or 6kg on top of it. It's really frustrating because I know I can do this, but for some reason now its just not working for me. As long as I stick with it I know eventually it will though! And I'm in Melbourne sadly. Jess is in Perth I think.
 
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Well today feels like I'm starting all over again :)

I worked out how many calories I need to just maintain my current weight and it was a bit over 2500 calories a day. I decided to lose weight I would drop this down to 1900 per day, but I prefer to think of it as 13300 per week - much easier for me as I get hungry days and not so hungry days. I also decided that to start with I will burn 1500 calories a week on exercise, and try not to eat those calories back. So that means that I will be in deficit of 5700 calories a week, which will mean I will lose between half a kilo and a kilo a week (I hope!).

This morning I woke up very early and went pre-christmas-day shopping (all of the things I bought actually had nothing to do with christmas except for two bottles of wine as a hostess gift for tomorrow), and I was walking pretty fast around the shopping centre for an hour, and when I got into my car I realised I was sweating. A lot. So I decided that I'd count that as 15 minutes walking moderately/slowly. Is that allowed?
 
This morning I weighed myself just to check, and I have gained a fair bit - weighed in at 133.8kg, a gain of 900g. I am confident that this week I will lose it though - I've been doing really well so far. Yesterday I stayed well within my calories, and today there is plenty of seafood and salad available. As long as I take it easy on the alcohol I'll be right. Tomorrow might be difficult as I have a 1st birthday party to attend, as well as a name day, so there will be a lot of fatty foods around, but I'm sure I will figure something out, even if I have to make my own salad!

Hope everyone is having a Merry Christmas :)
 
Well I did well on Christmas day. I tracked and only went a few hundred calories over. Then yesterday for the name day I completely went overboard. I think it was because I went too long between breakfast and lunch. I tried to have a healthy lunch of prawns and salad, but I felt like I was starving and it was genuine hunger, so I started eating chocolate, and fried meat, and pavlova... it wasn't pretty! I woke up this morning determined not to let it get to me though, and so far I'm doing well, except I feel hungry still. I don't know why! I will still try to keep it under control and go back to having 1900 calories a day. I REALLY want to have a loss this week! I'm going to have to be creative with exercise though because the gym is closed for the next few days :(
 
Grr. I started off today so well, but I was just craving all the leftovers we had in the house, especially the sweets. I had a bit of a binge :( But everything has been thrown out now. I have no idea how much damage I have done over the last two days, but I really hope it's not enough to mean that I don't have a loss this week. I'm getting back on track tomorrow, no matter what.
 
I also went off track over the holidays but have also thrown everything out now so we can start off fresh now and get back to healthy eating.
Happy new year to you and good luck with the weight loss.
 
Thanks ecky :) We threw out everything yesterday morning and I was immediately back on track. I did really well with my calories yesterday, and I weighed myself this morning to see a 700g loss so far. Official weigh in day isn't until Friday, but now I'm excited!

I found a brand of natural sugar that claims to be derived from the Stevia plant, so is therefore more natural than other sweeteners. I'm trying it out to see if it will make me crave sweet things more. I have noticed that since I started using regular sugar that I crave chocolate a lot less, and that I feel more in control of my hunger. Dunno... weird... I'll have to do some research on Stevia...

I keep forgetting that it's Christmas and New Years. It seriously just feels like another day!! We don't really celebrate either - this was the first year we've done anything for Christmas. Our family have gone away on their holidays and so we're stuck looking after dogs and cats for them.

Lisa.
 
Hey Lisa, sorry you had a bit of a slip but well done on turfing everything out and starting again. That's the important bit hey? Not giving in.
You'll be losing in no time. Oh and I totally count walking around the shops as exercise! I park as far as possible from the section I need to go to as well. My mate told me ages ago too, if you're sweating then it's exercise :)

I'm a bit further down from Sydney, Wollongong.

Fingers crossed for Friday for you, bet you do great :Angel_anim:
 
You are trying so hard. I just read a good book called the Vice-Busting Diet book and I think it is a more realistic approach. I know you want to lose weight fast - believe me you will lose weight, I think getting started is the hardest part because you haven't had any results yet. But you will build on each success. Be kind to yourself, you're doing a good job.
 
Hey Lisa

I've just been watching the flooding on telly, are you anywhere near that? Looks like a big mess. I thought the earthquake here was bad, but all that mud and water looks heaps worse. Makes me thankful in a way.

Good luck for the weigh in tommorrow, hope you are doing well today.

anna
 
Chubbette - thanks hun :) I know I will lose weight soon... its just difficult knowing that I haven't been doing the best I can because of some invisible barrier that I have to work hard to break down. I'm getting there though!

Anna - no I personally am not anywhere near the flood areas, but I have lived in a couple of the places in queensland - Emerald and Bundaberg mainly. My family all lives in queensland, my mum is an hour away from Bundaberg so hopefully she doesn't get flooded any time soon. I know that they're having a lot of difficulty even getting into their driveway because of all the mud, and my mums way into work is flooded over (she lives out in the country). It all sounds very scary up there!! New South Wales is also flooded I think, but there hasn't been too much on the news, or at least not what I've seen. I saw the earthquakes that you guys have been having and that just looks sooo scary! I don't think I could live in a country that was prone to earthquakes, it would just freak me out too much, wondering when and where... I hope you and your friends and family are ok over there though!
 
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Within driving distance Jess! Ahaha :)
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Hey we're heading up to Northern NSW next week - it's pretty flooded up there. I'm originally from Byron Bay and around those parts. That's where a fair bit of my fam is, and I have a brother that's flooded in Brisbane! I'm so hoping the rain stops and doesn't ruin our hols :( The kids are so dying to get to Dreamworld :auto:

Hope you've had a great day! :Angel_anim:
 
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