55kgs till 1 July

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I had started on the weight loss journey in January. I went along trying to reduce excessive extra fat. I experimented with healthy eating (no food from outside, no cola, no choclates, avoid snacking on chips etc). I also started to exercise..walks, exercise for abs/arms.

I was able to lose a few kgs. Now I want to be more deligent about weight loss with measured goals. I am 59 kgs today and want to be 55 kgs on 1 July. Setting this goal is a big thing for me. I think I set goals that are easy to achieve or vague..so I don't feel like a faliure. It has been years since I kept a goal that I was not sure if I could achieve. Today I set this goal knowing that it could be difficult to achieve. I need to work hard to reach there.

About myself: I am 5 feet tall and 59 kgs. I have fat around the stomach and arms. I stay at home most of the time. I am vegetarian and non alcoholic. I crave for sugar at times. I am not a skinny person by body type. The excess weight I have is a result of unhealthy eating and lack of exercise.


Why I want to be 55 kgs: I was once 50 kgs..and I felt good. I want to
be able to shop and wear nice clothes. I want to be fit and active and in control.

Target: To loose 4 kgs in 3 months. Be 55 kgs on 1 July

The plan

Food: Eat healthy. Milk, veges, fruits etc. Limit food from outside

Exercise

Mon: 45 min walk + abs+ skipping
Tues: 45 min walk+ abs+ arms+ areobics
Wed: 45 min walk+ abs+ skipping
Thur: 45 min walk+ abs+ arms+ areobics
Fri: 45 min walk+ abs+ skipping
Sat: 45 min walk+ abs+ arms
Sun: 45 min walk+ abs+ arms+ skipping

I want to make full use of me being at home ans spend time doing exercise.

All the best..here I start
 
Breakfast: oatmeal
Lunch: 2 wheat bread, cottage cheese and peas, beans, yogurt (ran out of oil..so it was cooked in butter!!!!!)
Snacks: 1 cup milk, melon, 2-3 bites of hazelnut bar
Dinner: 2 wheat bread, cottage cheese and peas, lentils


Exercise
45 min walk
Abs
50 skips
40 min of badmintion
 
Eating healthy food is now becoming a habit :)...earlier I use to remind my self that I need to eat healthy..now its becoming part of the lifestyle. 3-4 days I have not posted but all of these days I was able to stick to healthy eating and some exercise.

I no longer feel the need to pen down everything I have eaten..I will record if I eat something wrong!

I will continue to focus on exercise..even if it becomes tiring and boring.

tk cr
 
Its good to focus on healthy eating and exercise. But really everyone should take a break from exercise at least one day a week. Your body needs to repair tissues and rest. If you start pushing yourself too hard you will end up bored and tired and unhappy sooner.

I am very pro writing down exactly what you eat and do because then if there's a glitch in the weightloss program, you can see exactly where you might be going wrong and make adjustments.

When you eat oatmeal, what is it you are eating exactly? Is it pre mixed with sugar and milk in it or do you add it extra? I call it oats but i think it might be the same thing. I buy rolled oats and cook it with water and a pinch of salt. I add cold milk after. If i don't cook it i add milk and fruit. I don't eat it with sugar. I think cutting sugar out entirely helps reduce cravings. And i think the reason maybe partly because of a more steady blood sugar level.

Unfortunately nearly always i get bored with my exercise routine after a few months. It's a challenge to keep it interesting especially once you get down to a lower weight. I suspect that the best way to do it might be find exercise buddies. I haven't done that except when i was training for triathlon some years ago. I liked running with a group once a week and participating in races - until i injured my knee from bad shoes and over training.

good luck with your program.
 
fortyfour said:
Its good to focus on healthy eating and exercise. But really everyone should take a break from exercise at least one day a week. Your body needs to repair tissues and rest. If you start pushing yourself too hard you will end up bored and tired and unhappy sooner.

I am very pro writing down exactly what you eat and do because then if there's a glitch in the weightloss program, you can see exactly where you might be going wrong and make adjustments.

When you eat oatmeal, what is it you are eating exactly? Is it pre mixed with sugar and milk in it or do you add it extra? I call it oats but i think it might be the same thing. I buy rolled oats and cook it with water and a pinch of salt. I add cold milk after. If i don't cook it i add milk and fruit. I don't eat it with sugar. I think cutting sugar out entirely helps reduce cravings. And i think the reason maybe partly because of a more steady blood sugar level.

Unfortunately nearly always i get bored with my exercise routine after a few months. It's a challenge to keep it interesting especially once you get down to a lower weight. I suspect that the best way to do it might be find exercise buddies. I haven't done that except when i was training for triathlon some years ago. I liked running with a group once a week and participating in races - until i injured my knee from bad shoes and over training.

good luck with your program.
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Dear fourtyfour..thxs for dropping by..,you are right..recording what you eat makes you more aware of what you are eating..I have not been wrting down for the past few days so I feel that I am getting relaxed about my diet...I will try to continue to post what I am eating and exercising.

Milk needs to be added in oatmeal..sugar is optional..so I dont add.

Exercise does get boring at times..but I must do exercise..I need to loose these kgs!!

All the best for your weight loss...Tk cr and keep in touch.


Breakfast: 1 glass milk
Lunch: 2 wheat bread, lentils, fenugreek, yogurt
Snacks: 2 chips, 1 glass milk, orange
Dinner: 3 wheat bread with some butter!, spinach, cabbage and peas

I was feeling tired and looking for instant energy..so I had.....3 sips of cola!!!!

EXercise
There was no major exercise..except 5 min walk..but I was on a cleaning drive today. I cleaned the house...I threw away things that I have not been using for long...I was such a relief to have the clutter out of the house..I feel that I can breathe easier now..I dont want so many things lying around whrn I dont use them...I gave the stuff to a needy person..feels good...she was happy even to take old biscuits and newspapers

Next week I will do the same with my clothes...if I dont need it..it doesnt need to be in my house.

gotta go now
tk cr
 
It might also be worthwhile to weigh your portions (or at least give some indication of size)- while oatmeal (which as I understand it is the same as porridge, it's just called oatmeal in the US and possibly Canada) is a good meal, it's only good if you have a small enough portion (I have 50g from dried). You can also make it with water if you want to save yourself calories (if you're counting calories), and I don't find it makes a lot of difference to taste (although I do add milk to it after I've cooked it, like I would to cereal).

I'll second the recommendation to keep writing everything down- it keeps you accountable (whether to yourself or to other people), and, for me at least, makes me think about what I want to put in my mouth. It then gives you a record of what you've done right or wrong, as fortyfour says. (I use a calorie counting program called cron-o-meter, which you can enter foods into and it remembers your frequently eaten foods. You do really have to weigh your food to use that effectively though, and that's a lot of hassle for some people. The program's available for free download and can be readily found on Google). It also tells you how you're going as to a calorie goal (it sets you at maintenance, I adjusted mine lower), and how much protein, carbs, fat, and other things you should be eating (it could be quite complicated but I've actually disabled most of the options to make it simpler).

It's also important to watch what kind of things you're eating- when you have bread, how refined is the flour in it? Is it effectively a simple carbohydrate (I've almost eliminated bread from my diet because it's higher calorie, low GI, and so a sugar spike that won't keep you full)? What kind of cottage cheese are you using, is it low fat? What about your sodium levels? What you're eating seems to be generally good, but without more details it's hard to tell (and possibly hard for you to tell as well)
 
I am back today after a long time..almost a month. I was 59 kgs at the start of the month. I am 58 kgs now. I hoped I would be 57 kgs by end of April but it is 58 kgs. This leaves me with 3 kgs to loose in 2 months.

I am not following a strict diet..I do have chips and chocolate occasionally. However I have cut out on bread, oil, butter and sugary stuff. I have started walking.

Above all I have found the reason I do binge eating. I tend to eat salty/sugarry stuff when I am bored. Boredom makes my brain freeze and so unhappy that I go out and look for instant ratification and I eat.

When I am working and have my mind preoccupied with some stuff..I dont eat. So the idea now is to always have something exciting to do, something to plan, to buy, to see.

Anyways right now I am planning on buying new dresses. I have bought some and plan to buy some more. This weekend I will be buying office wear and next week some party clothes.

Apart from this I walk when I am bored. My target is to have 8000 areobic steps a day and burn atleast 200 calories from walking each day.

I would like to read stuff and gain knowlege...interact with friends..do every thing..but get bored.

ok so 58 kgs now aiming for 55 in 2 months.
 
Losing 3 kg in three months is quite possible, even when on your small frame it is probably harder to lose 1kg for you than for me. But i am not certain about that last idea.

I think you may need to be a little stricter about what you are eating, even if you choose to continue eating some chips and chocolate occasionally.

You see i think it may be a mistake to cut out the bread, (if its wholegrain) Bread contains nutrients and gives you energy and compared to chips and chocolate it has a lot less calories and is more satisfying. Whole grain bread is a complex carbohydrate so its good for you. Its mainly what people put on it that makes it a problem. Or if they eat too much of it. 4 slices instead of 2.


Oil is also good if its vegetable oil and you need some of it in your cooking sometimes. Sure limit how much you use but there shouldn't be any need to cut it out altogether.

So i'm wondering what you are eating. Are you eating enough still?

But i am glad to see you've cut out the sugary stuff and at least till you reach your goal, the butter. I"ve cut butter out and as much as i love it, i have not missed it for a single minute of my diet. Which surprises me.

How many steps is 8000? How far are you walking? Try to do at least 30 minutes about six days a week.

Its really good you've found the reason for your binging. I think its important to identify our weaknesses and understand what triggers them. I also eat out of boredom. But since i've been keeping my diary, i've been able to resist boredom. I sometimes find other distractions. I already have some projects and can go and do those things. The time goes much faster when you are active.

Clothes shopping would be fun. I'm envious.
 
fourtfour...

I have been eating wrong...I am going off track....I lost some weight..got too happy abt it..and thought healthy eating was a way of life..and then I had chips, the next day chips and coke..the day after chips, coke and chocs..and now I am not eating that healthy.

I have time at my hand..that leads to boredom..I" have chocs in my fridge...that can be too tempting..

so I am starting again..after failing to follow the healthy path...I cant I cant..I just cant...I cant be fat..I want to be healthy. My weight loss goal is not too much..I musssstttt keep on track.


Breakfast: 200 ml milk+ 100 ml yogurt+ muselli+corn
Snack: Muselli and 3 chocolates
Lunch: 1.5 wheat bread + chickpeas

from now on I am back on healthy diet, recording what I eat and how much I exercise....this is a way of life..I must follow it.
 
okkkkkkk..so i am back on healthy diet..

dear fourtyfour...thxs for ur post..it has motivated to get back on the health plan..stay away from junk

no bad snack in afternoon
Dinner: 2 wheat bread, chickpeas, cottage cheese and capsicum, one spoon of yogurt

Exercise
40 min walk
climbing up and down four floors

tommmm I need to eat healthy too..I have to go out on office lunch...need to stay away from those snacksss

tk cr
 
okkkkk...its the end of the month..time when I do a weight assessment..after months of moving in a positive direction..i dun know what happened in May.

I did loose a kg..infact just a few days afo I was 57 kg..finally in the normal weight BMI..today the scale shows 58 kg..meaning no improvement from last month..
I have eaten healthy..walked around, exercise..I dun know the case..apart from a few chocolates and noodles..I dun think I was way off the diet plan..

Any way..I will not give up..I will continue..I must get to 55 kg..I will be more careful about eating and exercise.I will start writing the food journal again..I must must must get to 55 kg.
 
hi all,

i know it has been quite some time...

the excellent great news was that i actually reached 55 kg on 1 july./..it was an awesome feeling..what accomplishment!....


and then what did i do????...thought my weight is so under control..i had chocolate cookies,..4-5 a day, chips, juice, cakes..and then,,,today morning i saw i was at 56 kg...1 kg!!!

my aim is to be 50 kg by end of this year..i must continue to loose weight..i cannot go back to anything i was before...

today

breakfast: 1 bread, peas
Snack: 1 apple, watermellon, 1 chocolate cookie (bad)
lunch: i had packed a good healthy lunch..but ended up in a lunch meeting..had one garlic, bread and one slice pizza..very very bad..i limited myself to one slice only
evening snack: cottage cheese capsicum roll
Dinner: plan to hv soya, 2 breads and cabbage

Exercise
40 min walk
3 times up- down stairs...6 floors

i must be more cautious about food and exercise..i am feeling bloated already..bloody this one extra kg...i will get to 50 kg by dec
 
Rewards

Congratulations on reaching your goal!

It's fairly typical to reward with food, but in this case, it's sabotage! Plan NOW, how to reward your successes with non-food happiness so you don't regret your accomplishment!

For example, my ultimate goal reward (which is about a year away), it to take sailing lessons. It's something I've always wanted to do, but my weight stopped me.

Keep up the good work!
 
espressowhip said:
Congratulations on reaching your goal!

It's fairly typical to reward with food, but in this case, it's sabotage! Plan NOW, how to reward your successes with non-food happiness so you don't regret your accomplishment!

For example, my ultimate goal reward (which is about a year away), it to take sailing lessons. It's something I've always wanted to do, but my weight stopped me.

Keep up the good work!
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thxs espressowhip.....yes..i am going to be very careful now. All the best for yur future sailing lessons..am sure u will do a fab job and reach ur goal soon..
 
Breakfast: 2 brown bread, soya and peas
Snack: 1 apple, few slice of melon, very hungry around lunch so had 2 chocolate cream biscuits
Lunch: 2 wheat bread, lentils, soya and peas
Snack: 200 ml apple juice 100 kal
Dinner: not decided maybe 2 breads, lentils and some vege

Exercise
got up late so no walk
climbed up/down stairs once
paln to do atleast 30 min walk 2 day
 
yesterday I was on holiday and had to go for family lunch.

Breakfast: skipped breakfast
Lunch: 2 wheat bread with lots of butter, lentils, cottage cheese, rice, peas, yogurt
Snack: 2 spoons ice cream
Dinner: diet pepsi, one bread, peas and cottage cheese

I did say no to a lot of sweets .

Exercise
no exercise.
In morning I did go out till the grocery store to get fruits, vegetables, cottage cheese and other healthy stuff to eat.
Also after the heavy lunch..went to the mall,...just walked here and there
 
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