130lb Journey Down the Scale

I can tell ya for a fact Jess that Dreamworld itself is definitely not flooded - my brother lives across the road! Ahaha so if you can find a way around all the bloody flooding the kids will have a ball! I hope it doesn't ruin your holidays hun... that would just suck.

I weighed in officially this morning and I came in at 133kg, so a loss of 800g! YAY! :party: I finally lost something! I'm hoping that next week I'll have a bigger loss because I wont have binge days, and I'm hoping to exercise more because my gym opens up again and I have to start training myself to wake up at 6am and take the dog for a walk for when I start working. I'm hoping to have some bigger losses at first... I'm dreaming about being at my goal weight by my 23rd birthday in late January of 2012.
 
Well last night I gave myself a cheat meal, but then tonight hubby suggested that we go out to a restaurant famous for its Laksa. So we went... and I ordered laksa. BUT, I was prepared beforehand, and I knew that I had 1100 calories remaining for the day and knew that a seafood laksa was about 500 - 900 calories for a bowl of it. When it came it was MASSIVE, so I ate all the seafood and tofu from it, plus a little bit of noodles and a little bit of the sauce. I left about 2/3 of the bowl full. I had 1 spring roll, and a little bit of dessert (didn't really like it anyway, so had 2 teaspoons of it). I left feeling satisfied and very proud of myself! I don't really know how many calories I ate, but I'm taking it very easy for the rest of the night if I get hungry.

I weighed myself this morning and the scales said I gained 1.2kg overnight... is that possible? I had a cheat meal last night yes, but it wasn't overly extravagant! I have a feeling that it is water retention because my fingers are swollen - I can't even put on my rings that are normally very loose. But my ankles usually get swollen when I'm retaining water, and they're not so I don't know. Someone please assure me that it's not fat!?!?!
 
Yeah the earthquakes have been scary... but I think that flooding looks worse than what we've been through.

I used to live in Rocky (when I was a kid) and its been interesting watching the pictures from there. Those poor people!

I'm sure your weight gain was from the sodium and MSG in the Laksa. Give it a few days to wear off (and drink heaps of water to help your body get back to normal)... I LOVE Laksa, but usually have Tom Yum instead now, its alot less fat and cals :)
 
There is no way that it is fat gain with what you have eaten so don't worry about it. I'm sure that everything will be back to normal in a couple of days.
 
Thanks guys for your reassurance :) You were right... I weighed myself this morning and I'm back down to 133. I can't wait to see the 120's again this month, it'll be so nice to be back there. Gonna start exercising again on Tuesday when the gym reopens. I have to start getting into a routine for work - waking up at 6am, taking the dog for a walk, and then around 6.30pm - 7pm getting to the gym for a class or a regular work out. I have a feeling that once I start working some weight will just fall off because of generally doing more and not being able to snack so much. I'm thinking about making up some meals to freeze and take to work, but I have to wait to see what facilities they have. I'm so excited to start working... I'm getting sooo bored being at home all the time!! Only 2 weeks left to go!
 
When I was working 9-5 I found scheduling exercise and eating much more succesful. I got into really good sleep routines and exercised when I planned to etc... it was so cool...I hope it works for you too :)

Now I'm a shift worker I have no routine! blah
 
Routine is definately a good thing for keeping your eating on track. I return to work after the Xmas holidays and will be taking my lunch and a snack. Sometimes I leave my bank card at home, just to make sure that I have no money to spend at the shops :)

Once you hit a routine, and are away from the "temptations" of home - you will defo see a difference! ;)
 
He lives across the raod? How good would that be!!!
We're off in 3 days Woot!

I think it was definitely the salt in the laksa too - salt messes me up bigtime so I totally avoid it now.

I think you're right, once you start your new routine the weight will be flying out the window. Also, once I started seeing a result, it made me work even harder because it just feels so good to lose.
You're on the way mate, keep it going! :party:
 
295to200 - I think I'm so lucky in the fact that my office is in the middle of an industrial area that has NO shops around it! I definitely think the routine will be good for me, and the fact that there's no shops around means that I won't be tempted to go get junk! Yay :)

I had a really tough day today - I had really strong urges to binge eat. I nearly gave in at one point but I was caught by a Jenny Craig ad that really spoke to me - so I didn't binge. But the urges kept coming back all day, but I managed to resist them. I did pretty well otherwise, but I'm having trouble getting into any exercise at the moment because of TTOM :(
 
YES! I weighed in this morning and had a 1.1kg loss! I'm SO happy with that! I'm FINALLY losing weight for good :) I feel so happy that my emotional side of eating isn't stopping me anymore and I can just keep charging ahead with calorie counting. I feel so good! :D
 
aussiegal said:
YES! I weighed in this morning and had a 1.1kg loss! I'm SO happy with that! I'm FINALLY losing weight for good :) I feel so happy that my emotional side of eating isn't stopping me anymore and I can just keep charging ahead with calorie counting. I feel so good! :D
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Well done aussiegal! - that is great to hear :party:

Keep up the good work!
 
Ok so I've kinda gone off the rails since I started work - not good. I've gained quite a bit of weight again :( I'm around 135 - 136kg I think, I'm too scared to weigh myself. My main problem is dinner time - I get home from work and just scoff down whatever is available and waaay too much of it!! Plus I'm not getting in any exercise due to sheer 'I'm hungry, need to get home' after work. So my plan for this coming week is to have my regular healthy breakfast and lunch, but also have two snacks - one mid morning, and one mid afternoon. Then after work I will get to the gym for as long as I feel I want to, whether it be 5 minutes or an hour. As long as I get into the habit of getting to the gym every day after work. Then when I get home, I have pre-cooked and frozen meals available (that I made myself) that I can just microwave and eat. I'm gonna keep doing this because it's convenient, and I hopefully wont be hungry right after work, so I will be able to get to the gym for a little bit, and then when I get home, I can have a lovely dinner available within 5 minutes.

I wont weigh myself again until the end of February - 3 weeks after I've started this plan. I just feel like it's probably demotivating for me to weigh myself right now and face the truth.
 
Helloo :)

I read your diary and I think you are doing good and like myself as far as I can tell you struggle with the food. My initial goal was to get my food under control and then the excercise because I figured what is the point of excercising and burning 500+cals and then going home and eating double that...so all that working out for nothing.
I dont know if you tried calorie counting yet? It really does help paint the picture for you. You get to see what you are doing wrong and by how much you are overeating or undereating even, Ive been doing it for a month now and I lost 17lbs by just mainly watching what I eat and how much. So I just wanted to give you some advice and maybe try the same, who knows maybe counting cals could be a real nice turn around point for you.
Please dont give up, or let weight gain instead of weight-loss win you over. This is a fight we are in...we gotta keep fighting. So what if you gain 1 or 2lbs...ok so the scale won that battle dont let it win the war. If weightloss were so easy we'd all be sexy thin gals right now but it takes time and patience and self-control.
Like you I have some health issues and we are very similar in weight I started out 280lbs and I'm 5'8 and after I found out my health problems something in my mind just clicked.


If you need some more support message me, ill even give you my email or msn and we can chat there and give each other support because I believe that there is nothing better then to talk to those who are going through the same thing.

Best of luck in everything :)
 
Hi guys, thanks for all the supportive messages :)

Nevergiveup - I am doing calorie counting because I find it easier than all the other tracking options. I put pressure on myself to exercise as well simply because I have a gym membership that never gets used and I feel guilty! Lol :)

Ok, so I got fired from my job because I didn't 'fit in'. Yep. Lamo excuse, and personally I think it's really for other reasons, but whatever. I've let myself wallow in my sadness for long enough, and I'm determined not to let them get me so down that I eat my way to 150kg! SO tomorrow I'm starting yet again! I don't know what my weight is and I don't care to know for now. I'm planning on just tracking and trying to stay below my 1900 calorie a day allowance. I also want to get back to going to the gym, even for 5 minutes a day, so I'm starting that tomorrow. I won't be weighing in again until February 26th, so that will give me two weeks to get back to where I was and make me not feel terrible lol. I'm sure I've gained about 5kg, and I'm starting to get health problems like trouble breathing and swollen ankles. I went to the doc and had myself checked out to make sure I don't have diabetes or high blood pressure, and for now I'm ok. But if I don't do something about it now then it's just going to get worse, especially if I don't force myself to eat healthily.

I still haven't figured out a plan of attack for losing the job though :( I'm pretty upset about it - it was pretty much the chance of a lifetime. I think for now I'm just going to keep looking for other work until uni starts again. If I can't find anything before then then I will just go back to studying, which is sad, but at least I can graduate this year! YAY! :hurray:
 
Congratulations on being able to graduate this year :D AWESOME! I know it is easier said than done, but don't worry much about the job, believe me you will find better and soon that company will not be able to "fit in" and fail :D A little harsh I know, but when companies give lame excuses such as they gave you there is an integrity problem and it will eventually sink them...unless they recognise it beforehand and fix it. Good luck on giving it a go again--I'm doing the same, I went from 295 to 251 and went back up to 275, I've been working hard for the past two weeks, and I'm back down to 263, so you can totally do it as well!
 
aussiegal said:
YES! I weighed in this morning and had a 1.1kg loss! I'm SO happy with that! I'm FINALLY losing weight for good :) I feel so happy that my emotional side of eating isn't stopping me anymore and I can just keep charging ahead with calorie counting. I feel so good! :D
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Hey man! How's things? This is so awesome to hear, WELL DONE!!!

Remember that feeling, it's what keeps you going :) So happy to hear you're doing great!
 
Xenon - I know its kinda nice to think they're gonna sink without me... but unfortunately the company that I worked for is a multi-billion dollar international company. The only thing that they're going to sink without is government funding until they're back on their feet :(

Ok so today is day one of my restart. Haven't really done anything yet because I just woke up, but I'm already facing my first hurdle. I have two appointments today that means I will be out at lunch time and need something quick. I'm thinking about shoving into my handbag a tuna and cracker snack, a muesli bar and a packet of almonds/sultanas instead of getting some kind of fast food. I'm also thinking I will go to the gym afterwards instead of going straight home.
 
Had a really good first day yesterday. Ate within my calories and tracked. I didn't go to the gym, but I did get my exercise in with parking far away from my doctors office and walking 10 minutes each way (slowly so I didn't hurt my calf, but fast enough).

Tonight I'm cooking myself vegetarian chilli con carne. I'm using a vegetarian mince made from egg whites and mushroom protein and is YUM! It's 300 calories for an entire 500g bag of it, so I'll be making up a big batch and freezing the leftovers for another meal (or 3) :) Today I plan on pulling out the Wii and doing some exercise on that, as well as some sit ups, push ups, possibly tricep dips, and some dumbell curls. It's far too hot today to be getting in my car and driving to the gym (I don't have aircon or tinted windows!). I am going to be calling my gym to make an appointment to get taught how to use their weight machines. I've been putting it off, but its about time I started to do some strength work. I really enjoy it too, so that's a plus. If I can get that in twice a week it'll increase my metabolism and make me build muscle which will make me look thinner too :) Yay for muscles! Lol.
 
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