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I find this not weighing thing very hard - I feel that I don't know whether I am doing okay or not. I get the urge to weigh myself all the time - morning and night - and I know that if I do, I will get so confused by the fluctuations in weight and what they mean that I will get myself in a state. So, weighing myself weekly is the best way - these urges will die away.
I have cut out all the unhealthy food with no problem whatsoever. Yesterday I had a couple of biscuits, and that was after hard thought in choosing the most healthy alternative out of a selection of cakes and biscuits, but that was my first bad thing. I haven't missed chocolate one bit, but I rarely had a day without chocolate previously.
But I still don't know how I am doing. My weight was brilliant on Thursday, but then, my husband had a great weight loss mid week last week - unfortunately by the following Monday, most of it had disappeared. I would hate to gain weight - it would really throw me I know, and make it hard to continue.
Oh well, this is all just the discomforts of settling into the diet I expect, and if I just bear it for long enough, it will improve.
I have cut out all the unhealthy food with no problem whatsoever. Yesterday I had a couple of biscuits, and that was after hard thought in choosing the most healthy alternative out of a selection of cakes and biscuits, but that was my first bad thing. I haven't missed chocolate one bit, but I rarely had a day without chocolate previously.
But I still don't know how I am doing. My weight was brilliant on Thursday, but then, my husband had a great weight loss mid week last week - unfortunately by the following Monday, most of it had disappeared. I would hate to gain weight - it would really throw me I know, and make it hard to continue.
Oh well, this is all just the discomforts of settling into the diet I expect, and if I just bear it for long enough, it will improve.
Remember to average your weights out for a short period, three days or even a week would be great. It helps to reduce the effect of any one individual day of eating, and to "smooth out" your weight chart giving you a better idea of what your "true" weight is.
Congrats on the losses though, and especially on the complete disappearance of chocolate from your life!
Congrats on the losses though, and especially on the complete disappearance of chocolate from your life!
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Well, I weighed myself today, and as I suspected I am one pound higher than I weighed Thursday. I thought I would be gutted, but I am okay about it. At least the targets that I achieved still stand. I kind of knew from my clothes that I wasn't going to have lost more weight.
On a positive note I think my period is going to start. I am tempted to think that the pound weight gain is just premenstrual weight, but I know from past experience that I do not always gain premenstrually. However, it is normal for me to have dreadful sugar cravings premenstrually, and I haven't. I wonder if that is because I have eaten very little sugar? I have read that if you keep food "clean" then you don't get cravings. I suppose it is like drugs -everyone knows that if an addict fools themselves into thinking that one small fix is all they need they are lost back into drugs.
I find things difficult the first few weeks on a diet because instead of getting smaller, I seem to get bigger. I think this is because I start actually looking at myself, rather that being careful what I see. I start noticing how tight my clothes are, and how badly some fit, and how bad I look. And I want to not eat and to have tons of weight fall off really quick (preferably before breakfast) so I don't look so bad. The fact that I have already lost weight kind of gets lost in the fact of OH MY GOD! DON'T I LOOK LIKE A PIG! I NEED TO LOSE WEIGHT NOW!!!!
It's a case of putting my head down and plodding on. I shall be so glad when I have lost the next half stone though as that will double the amount of clothes I have to wear out of my wardrobe, and I am getting very tired of the few that I can squeeze on at the moment.
On a positive note I think my period is going to start. I am tempted to think that the pound weight gain is just premenstrual weight, but I know from past experience that I do not always gain premenstrually. However, it is normal for me to have dreadful sugar cravings premenstrually, and I haven't. I wonder if that is because I have eaten very little sugar? I have read that if you keep food "clean" then you don't get cravings. I suppose it is like drugs -everyone knows that if an addict fools themselves into thinking that one small fix is all they need they are lost back into drugs.
I find things difficult the first few weeks on a diet because instead of getting smaller, I seem to get bigger. I think this is because I start actually looking at myself, rather that being careful what I see. I start noticing how tight my clothes are, and how badly some fit, and how bad I look. And I want to not eat and to have tons of weight fall off really quick (preferably before breakfast) so I don't look so bad. The fact that I have already lost weight kind of gets lost in the fact of OH MY GOD! DON'T I LOOK LIKE A PIG! I NEED TO LOSE WEIGHT NOW!!!!
It's a case of putting my head down and plodding on. I shall be so glad when I have lost the next half stone though as that will double the amount of clothes I have to wear out of my wardrobe, and I am getting very tired of the few that I can squeeze on at the moment.
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Hi Qjay,
I am only getting weighed once a week from now, so it's not going to be an issue really anymore. I was wondering what the measurements in your signature mean to you? Is it motivating having them there?
I have to say I didn't have any problems at all giving up the chocolate. The night before I began the diet I made myself eat rather a lot of chocolate until I was so sick I could not eat any more. I found the last bit of that last night - maybe that is why it was so easy.
I am only getting weighed once a week from now, so it's not going to be an issue really anymore. I was wondering what the measurements in your signature mean to you? Is it motivating having them there?
I have to say I didn't have any problems at all giving up the chocolate. The night before I began the diet I made myself eat rather a lot of chocolate until I was so sick I could not eat any more. I found the last bit of that last night - maybe that is why it was so easy.
Following through on goals can be a real challenge for me, so I leave my measurements up as a reminder of what I want, and where I started. It is very easy for me to forget about those sorts of "details" and get negative about the effort involved in eating a healthier diet. I also have a solid helping of the "I WANT THIS WEIGHT OFF NOW!" followed by "IT'LL NEVER COME OFF, SO WHY WORK SO HARD?!" complex, so I am just trying to do a few things the right way.
My daily food count comes down to accountability, recordkeeping, tracking exercise, and remembering to pull out my boot lace and see if the ends can touch yet. It's a 54 inch boot lace, and it does touch if I cinch my belt in tightly, which sounds absolutely stupid to say, but I am right on the third to smallest belt notch right now for my normal daily wear. I was on the second for a few days, but it was just water weight, and I knew it wasn't a real loss.
I started on my 6th smallest belt notch, so I figure that is pretty good for just having to keep my trousers up.
Basically, I started to feel like I was losing track of everything, and even now I sometimes think I started at 56 inches, which would mean I haven't lost ANY size... so I posted it to remind myself of what little bit I have lost.
I dunno if I am down any weight or not, but I am feeling better in several different ways, even with all the stress of midterms just past and graduation coming up and never having enough time to do everything I want.
Essentially, it is just a reminder for me, and I haven't located a ticker that tracks "waist size" for my sig, yet.
My daily food count comes down to accountability, recordkeeping, tracking exercise, and remembering to pull out my boot lace and see if the ends can touch yet. It's a 54 inch boot lace, and it does touch if I cinch my belt in tightly, which sounds absolutely stupid to say, but I am right on the third to smallest belt notch right now for my normal daily wear. I was on the second for a few days, but it was just water weight, and I knew it wasn't a real loss.
I started on my 6th smallest belt notch, so I figure that is pretty good for just having to keep my trousers up.
Basically, I started to feel like I was losing track of everything, and even now I sometimes think I started at 56 inches, which would mean I haven't lost ANY size... so I posted it to remind myself of what little bit I have lost.
I dunno if I am down any weight or not, but I am feeling better in several different ways, even with all the stress of midterms just past and graduation coming up and never having enough time to do everything I want.
Essentially, it is just a reminder for me, and I haven't located a ticker that tracks "waist size" for my sig, yet.
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I am applying for jobs, and boy, do I wish I were slimmer. The applicants for one of the posts had occupational testing today - we were all sizing each other up, and one lady just looked like she was gong to walk into the part - she was so cute and put together.
I had taken ages trying to find something smart enough to wear that wasn't my interview outfit which I am wearing to the interview tomorrow, but I still felt like a sack tied with rope.
I had taken ages trying to find something smart enough to wear that wasn't my interview outfit which I am wearing to the interview tomorrow, but I still felt like a sack tied with rope.
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You gotta do what works. I DO want to lose weight, I really do, but I really want to stop "using" food as well. I want to find other ways of dealing with my emotions, and I suppose I have been lucky in not having anything upsetting happen yet - today was a bit stressful, and I haven't eaten as well as I could have, but neither have I eaten everything in the kid's treat boxes, despite the kids having them out today, and offering me stuff.
My 8 year old healthy, happy, slim boy came home last week and announced he was too fat and that he wanted to lose 1/2 a stone (7 pounds). He wants his own scales. We approached the school as we were worried where this all is coming from (he seems to have linked healthy eating to losing weight, and I KNOW that isn't coming from us, we do not talk diet in front of the kids, or weight) and his teacher tells me that she thinks that this is quite a common worry amongst youngsters. Really?
Times have changed.
I should be relaxed about this - he hasn't begun restricting food, but you hear such bad things about kids developing anorexia when they are young, that I am quite unsettled.
My 8 year old healthy, happy, slim boy came home last week and announced he was too fat and that he wanted to lose 1/2 a stone (7 pounds). He wants his own scales. We approached the school as we were worried where this all is coming from (he seems to have linked healthy eating to losing weight, and I KNOW that isn't coming from us, we do not talk diet in front of the kids, or weight) and his teacher tells me that she thinks that this is quite a common worry amongst youngsters. Really?
Times have changed.
I should be relaxed about this - he hasn't begun restricting food, but you hear such bad things about kids developing anorexia when they are young, that I am quite unsettled.
The best thing you can do is teach him about height and weight and what weight is healthy for his height. While you are at it, you could also start teaching that being overweight is often just due to lack of knowledge, and then teach him about how much half a stone weighs. I'd use a bag of potatoes or apples or something, so that he can see the "size" of it, in an easy lesson. It's not a perfect example, but it is very easy to understand, and it is pretty close.
It is important to dispel some of the myths about "healthy eating" as well, like his association of eating right with dieting. And no, you don't have to do this, but kids talk about all sorts of things like this at school, I did when I was a kid, and it looks like misinformation is still rampant in the schoolyard.
It is important to dispel some of the myths about "healthy eating" as well, like his association of eating right with dieting. And no, you don't have to do this, but kids talk about all sorts of things like this at school, I did when I was a kid, and it looks like misinformation is still rampant in the schoolyard.
Sleep, keep your immune system strong, too. The first few weeks in a new environment, ESPECIALLY an office, usually expose you to a ton of new germs. If you have some AirBorne or other immune boosters, make sure to take them every day for a few weeks (if you believe they'll help you out).
Congrats on the job!
Looks like "Miss Thang" had to yield to skills and experience!
You'd think they were interested in yer brains or somethin'.
Congrats on the job!
Looks like "Miss Thang" had to yield to skills and experience!
You'd think they were interested in yer brains or somethin'.
Happy Valentine's Day...
Do something fun for your heart today
Do something fun for your heart today
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Thanks for the congrats on the job. I don't start until 5 March, so I am sorting out what childcare I will need at the moment. I bumped into Miss Thang near my kids school - and she said that she was told she hadn't got the job because of her lack of experience, so you were right Qjay.
I tried really, really hard not to look triumphant as she looked a bit sad about not getting the job, but am not sure I entirely succeeded.
I have had the worst period I have had in about 3 years - I just wanted to roll moaning on the sofa with the pain for about 3 days, and I've had a pounding headache, zero energy and been burning up. Healthy eating went out of the window. Exercise? Hmmn. What I didn't do was binge though. Nor did I eat any chocolate. Well, I have had some chocolate - my DH and I had a small chocolate heart each on valentines day, but I have not eaten any more, and do not intend to - it has become something of a point of honour. I am now beginning to get some energy back - I helped my SIL move into her new house today, dragged the kids out on an energetic dog walk and made a stew for dinner full of veg and lean meat.
At least this took my mind of weighing myself!
So, tomorrow - new day, new start.
I tried really, really hard not to look triumphant as she looked a bit sad about not getting the job, but am not sure I entirely succeeded.
I have had the worst period I have had in about 3 years - I just wanted to roll moaning on the sofa with the pain for about 3 days, and I've had a pounding headache, zero energy and been burning up. Healthy eating went out of the window. Exercise? Hmmn. What I didn't do was binge though. Nor did I eat any chocolate. Well, I have had some chocolate - my DH and I had a small chocolate heart each on valentines day, but I have not eaten any more, and do not intend to - it has become something of a point of honour. I am now beginning to get some energy back - I helped my SIL move into her new house today, dragged the kids out on an energetic dog walk and made a stew for dinner full of veg and lean meat.
At least this took my mind of weighing myself!
So, tomorrow - new day, new start.
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I'm repeating this post as it somehow decided to put itself in the middle of my posts rather than at the end.
Thanks for the congrats on the job. I don't start until 5 March, so I am sorting out what childcare I will need at the moment. I bumped into Miss Thang near my kids school - and she said that she was told she hadn't got the job because of her lack of experience, so you were right Qjay.
I tried really, really hard not to look triumphant as she looked a bit sad about not getting the job, but am not sure I entirely succeeded.
I have had the worst period I have had in about 3 years - I just wanted to roll moaning on the sofa with the pain for about 3 days, and I've had a pounding headache, zero energy and been burning up. Healthy eating went out of the window. Exercise? Hmmn. What I didn't do was binge though. Nor did I eat any chocolate. Well, I have had some chocolate - my DH and I had a small chocolate heart each on valentines day, but I have not eaten any more, and do not intend to - it has become something of a point of honour. I am now beginning to get some energy back - I helped my SIL move into her new house today, dragged the kids out on an energetic dog walk and made a stew for dinner full of veg and lean meat.
At least this took my mind of weighing myself!
So, tomorrow - new day, new start.
Thanks for the congrats on the job. I don't start until 5 March, so I am sorting out what childcare I will need at the moment. I bumped into Miss Thang near my kids school - and she said that she was told she hadn't got the job because of her lack of experience, so you were right Qjay.
I tried really, really hard not to look triumphant as she looked a bit sad about not getting the job, but am not sure I entirely succeeded.
I have had the worst period I have had in about 3 years - I just wanted to roll moaning on the sofa with the pain for about 3 days, and I've had a pounding headache, zero energy and been burning up. Healthy eating went out of the window. Exercise? Hmmn. What I didn't do was binge though. Nor did I eat any chocolate. Well, I have had some chocolate - my DH and I had a small chocolate heart each on valentines day, but I have not eaten any more, and do not intend to - it has become something of a point of honour. I am now beginning to get some energy back - I helped my SIL move into her new house today, dragged the kids out on an energetic dog walk and made a stew for dinner full of veg and lean meat.
At least this took my mind of weighing myself!
So, tomorrow - new day, new start.
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Right. New start tomoroow. My goals:
I want to lose 7 pounds to be under 16 stone. I want to do this so that my clothes fit better, but also that I feel better. Once I have achieved that goal I will set myself another short term goal. I intend to do this by moving more and eating healthier - in particular upping the quantities of veg that I consume, and cutting out junk foods.
On 5 March I begin a new job and need nice clothes. I have clothes - so I would like to be able to fit them. I should be able to make some difference in the next 17 days.
In April my DH is taking me to Dublin for a romantic weekend. It would be nice if I had more than 2 skanky outfits to wear whilst we are there. I should be able to make progress on my goals over the next 2 months.
In August my family is going on vacation to France, and we expect to go round Paris, go to Disney and Parc Asterix, and it would be nice to be lighter, so that my feet don't hurt so much as we walk about, and to have nice summery clothes to wear. I should be able to make some progress on those aims over the next 6 months.
I want to lose 7 pounds to be under 16 stone. I want to do this so that my clothes fit better, but also that I feel better. Once I have achieved that goal I will set myself another short term goal. I intend to do this by moving more and eating healthier - in particular upping the quantities of veg that I consume, and cutting out junk foods.
On 5 March I begin a new job and need nice clothes. I have clothes - so I would like to be able to fit them. I should be able to make some difference in the next 17 days.
In April my DH is taking me to Dublin for a romantic weekend. It would be nice if I had more than 2 skanky outfits to wear whilst we are there. I should be able to make progress on my goals over the next 2 months.
In August my family is going on vacation to France, and we expect to go round Paris, go to Disney and Parc Asterix, and it would be nice to be lighter, so that my feet don't hurt so much as we walk about, and to have nice summery clothes to wear. I should be able to make some progress on those aims over the next 6 months.
