A new me! (hopefully, with some help)

DAY 23

Breakfast: 2 wheatabix
Lunch: chicken, lettuce and light mayo wholmeal sandwich, yoghurt and 97 cal crisps
Dinner: Chicken salad with new potato's
Snacks: banana and 155 cals of chocolate!

Excercise: i totally forgot i had a party to do tonight so can't go to the gym (i do Ann Summers parties ocasionally) so tues, wed, thurs and prob fri too will be gym nights this week.

I've had an ok day. Not wanted to eat crap but have really suffered with period pain and bloated tummy today. Proper rubbish!! i really wish i wasn't female sometimes!! I think i am gonna have to go visit the Dr, this is not fun. Trying to get Mark to have the snip but he isn't too keen lol.
Can't think of anything else to say.....I'm just plodding along (slowly) I have 2 and a half weeks to lose 4lb to reach my goal, only losing 1lb this week has made that goal a bit hard.
Love to all.
 
DAY 24

Breakfast: 2 wheatabix
Lunch: Chicken, lettuce and light mayo wholemeal sandwich, yoghurt and 97 cal crisps
Dinner: Chicken & light mayo salad with a small jacket potato with a small blob of light spread
Snacks: banana. I have 260 cals left so will have to have something else.

Exercise: Session 6 on my C25K. It was so so hot today, running was a killer but i did good seeing as i haven't done it since friday. I am not taking a rest and i'm gonna do the next one tomorrow. That one includes 3 min running intervals!! i'm scared lol.

I made a decision today....I am stopping taking my pill. I wasn't sure whether it would be ok to just stop so i went to the Dr's and it is ok. She mentioned other options but i just don't want anymore hormones in my body, it really doesn't agree with me. We also talked about me or Mark being 'done' which is what we need to decide on. So we are just gonna use condoms (i can't believe i am telling you all this lol) for the time being. Problem is Mark is quite happy to carry on like that and he says it me that doesn't like using them, he says i am 'too impatient'!! i told him that i'm happy to not bother having sex lol which shut him up lol. i'm gonna see how long it will take before he caves. I'm really pleased that i have decided to stop my pill cos i know i am gonna feel so much better in myself and i might even loose more weight too!!

I was hoping to take Jack camping at the end of the summer (Mark doesn't do camping and i love it, i even go on my own to really chill out, it's the best!) but we have had to fork out £1200 for our cars this month as well as £350 for a new fridge/freezer cos ours died so we are mega skint. It was looking like camping wasn't gonna happen.
I was talking to patient today about her holiday park (we live in North Devon in a seaside town and there are lots of holiday parks and campsites around here) i was saying it would be cool to get away somewhere local for a few nights and bless her, she said 'it's only a patch of grass if you're camping, come stay at ours, i wont charge you!!!!!!!!!!!!!! How lovely is that?!?! So, Me, Jack and a friend of his are going camping in Woolacombe (about 5 miles away!) for about a week. It is stunning there, 3 mile sandy beach and loads of beautiful walks around as well as awesome ice cream shops!!! We never go to Woolacombe, especially in the summer, cos it is always packed with tourists but i am gonna be one of those tourists so i won't care. Can't bloody wait. At the moment i am planning to eat healthy but that has never happened in the past so it will be a miracle if i manage it!

I've just realised that i have waffled lots of rubbish and it really has nothing to do with eating healthy, whoops, oh well. But it has totally lifted my rubbish, can't be bothered mood so that's good.
 
Hello gorgeous! :) That camping trip sounds SOOOO lovely! And it is so fantastic that you can still find a way to take a break and have a little mini (5 miles! awesome!) holiday even though you are a bit skint. That's really really cool.

SO F*KING PROUD OF YOU for sticking with the C25K programme! Can you see yourself getting better? I really am jealous... I wish that I could be doing it right now at the same time as you... BOO! But WOW it is so great that you have just done session 6. Two weeks down, girl! And you will KICK butt at that 3minutes of running. Just take it at your own pace and you will rock it.

Your food is brilliant for a hormone machine, which you seem to be at the moment, poor chicken. Usually my period equals a thousand brownies and ice-cream tubs and muffins... so I am really in awe of your control.

You lost 1pound. Sure it's not enormous, but it is still a loss. I feel like I am regurgitating all the things that people were saying to me a month ago when I had been the same weight for three weeks, even though I was doing everything right. But stick with it, like I did too, and then it will just FALL off you! Looking forward to seeing that happen to you, girl!
x
 
hunibun??>>>???i m looking for my diet -friends today and no one seems to be online!
How was your day?
 
DAY 25

Breakfast: 2 wheatabix
Lunch: Ham, lettuce and light mayo wholemeal sandwich, yoghurt and 97cal crisps
Dinner: small bowl of chilli & rice
Snacks: banana and 1/2 granola bar

Exercise: session 7 on C25K.....So so loved it!!!

I've had an awesome day, well, i've had a pretty normal day but spent all day thinking about my run tonight (i started doing 1 min run/walk interval running, then 1 and a half minute and today was the first 3 min ones). I was worried that it would be too hard but i was also really looking forward to the challenge and, i know this is sad, i was excited about doing it!!!
It was awesome and i managed it, yeah it was hard and it was so so hot at the gym today but i felt so so good afterwards and wanted to do it again. I want to run!!! This is something i never thought i would say. EVER!!!!! Get me!

I was talking to one of the girls at work today about dieting. She goes to a slimming club. The conversation made me realise that i have been doing this for nearly a month now and i have not eaten more than my calorie allowance yet!! Not even once. I was really proud of myself but still worry about when it won't be like that and i know it will happen, i hope i have the strength to push on thru like you guys have.

All in all a really good day.....I ran for 3 mins lol Sorry, so excited!!!

Ooh, Ooh my gym buddy noticed my weight loss today and i weighed myself at the gym tonight and it said a 3 and a half lb loss since i went last wednesday can't wait til my official weigh in on sunday!!!!

DM Yeah, i can definatly see the difference with my running. It is getting easier, i don't hyperventelate now (well, not as bad lol) and my style of running is better, i don't think i run like a spaker anymore, i seem to have found a rythm. So loving it!!!

Jasper Cheers for popping by. I've had a good day as you can see lol. i have read your diary and well done on doing good with the food even with a 2 yr old pushing you too far.. I'm gonna go and write on your diary about 2 yr old boys in a minute, i've so been there and done that lol, mine is going to be a teenager in 6 months!!!

Love to all and another huge thank you for just being totally awesome and changing my bloody life!!! You rock. Xx
 
Not a single day over calories in a month- you are AMAZING! :party:

Ah, the universe is smiling upon you with the free camping :) That lovely lady who made it happen, is really lovely!

Thanks for saying nice things about my diary :BEAM: !!!

I know what you mean about the getting into a rythm with running, when I first went to the gym (this was bloody years ago now before I stopped going), I felt like such an idiot. I was SO self concious it was unreal, but after a while, you just find yourself at it like a proper pro :) Glad you are enjoying it.

Its good you came off your pill... Hopefully thats the end of barstard periods for you. Theres a new one in the pipeline for men isn't there... maybe he can take that eventually if he doesn't want to get the snip.
 
YAHOOOO!!!! You are kicking some awesome running BUTT girl! :) SO proud of you! I know I said it before, but I really am! I feel like I'm living out my C25K dream through you!

x
 
I wake up most days thinking the same things....
but then I remember "Waiting one more day is just another day from me achieving my goals!!!" I need to get out of my mental block.... it is the last 20-30 lbs!! That's it.... I do not like who I see in the mirror... especially trying on clothes!! We can do it!!!
 
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Not a single day over calories in a month- you are AMAZING! :party:

Its good you came off your pill... Hopefully thats the end of barstard periods for you. Theres a new one in the pipeline for men isn't there... maybe he can take that eventually if he doesn't want to get the snip.
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Wow, I am totally impressed. You didnt go over calories at all in a month? Not once?? That is fantastic. You have stellar self discipline!!

I actually also stopped the pill this month - wish I had a reason to get back on it though, ha, ha.
 
Good for you getting off the pill.
I much prefered being off it (aside from other worries) even thought it meant using condoms.
I'm now on the implant, it's hormones still but progesterone only which agrees with me much much more.
Did she not talk about any hormone free contraception such as the copper coil? The copper "mimics" oestrogen but there isn't any hormones. Works wonders for some but awfully for others, same as any really, but might be worth asking?
Also, ever thought about natural family planning (I think that's what they call it), it's quite interesting, involves taking your temperature and noticed certain body changes, but done correctly is quite effective.

Sorry I sound like some babbling anti-hormonal contraception freak :p

P.S. Way to go with your calories :D
 
DAY 26

Breakfast: 2 wheatabix
Lunch: Ham, lettuce and light mayo wholemeal sandwich and 97 cal crisps
Dinner: small bowl of chilli (there is loads, gonna be having it for a few more days too lol)
Snacks: Banana and a tiny apple

Exercise: i did session 8 on my C25K TWICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Had another good day. I can't stop thinking about running!!!!!! It's offical, i am a freak!
I suppose it's better than thinking about food all day which is what i would normally do!
I figured out today that this C25K app i have on my phone can be set back to the beginning of the session so i thought 'oh, i wonder if i could get away with doing it twice' and i can and did!! Very proud of myself.
I am going to have some choc in a minute cos i have got over 300 cals left.

RainbowI don't feel that it's amazing that i haven't gone over my calories, it's really weird. I have started dieting every single day for the last two years and not managed to last all day, definatly never more than a week. I would always gain back what i had lost at the weekend but this forum and you guys have flicked a switch in my head and i genuinely don't think about food much anymore, i think about the gym. I have switched my addiction lol
I love your diary. It rocks!!

DM I love the fact that you are proud of me for my running. I was in total awe with the amount of exercise you do when iread your diary and that is what inspired me to get off my very fat arse and do some myself. It really means a lot to me that you are proud. I am proper proud of myself too.
 
:D Love that you are proud of yourself. What a flipping great feeling. Remember it when you have a down day!

Funny that you say you were in awe of my exercise... I LOVE my sport and it kills me that I can't do it at the moment. And just doing upper body work seems like 'fake' exercise to me. I need to get puffed, or it feels like a waste, which I know it isn't. It's SO great that you feel like you have changed your addiction - what a breakthrough!
 
DAY 27

Breakfast: 2 wheatabix
Lunch: Ham, lettuce and light mayo wholemeal sandwich, 97 cal crisps
Dinner: A small bowl of chilli (still some left for tomorrow!! I eat so much less now that it always lasts so much longer)
Snacks: banana and a granola bar. Got cals left so gonna have a solero ice cream lolly in a minute (you should have seen me squeal in Tesco's when i saw that they only had 90 cals. That is awesome!!!!!)

Exercise: Non, i have done all three of my runs this week so not supose to do it but i was really really tempted to go do one anyway but my back is a bit sore and i didn't want to agrivate it.

I had a dream about bloody banoffee pie last night!! Tee hee. And then when i got to work this morning one of the girls mentioned it too!!! It is starting to stalk me now! My birthday is in a few weeks time and i think if i make 15lb i will have some! Yum yum

Pretty good day, same old same old. Even my food has been the same for the last three days....Chilli will be finished tomorrow thank god!!
 
I became pregnant with my daughter on the coil (the one that releases hormones as well!) it made my periods really painful as well. But different things work for different people.

You've got a fantastic attitude towards dieting. I really envy it. Its really good that you aren't obsessing over food and having dramatic high and lows, your just getting on with it, without thinking about it too much. Your will reach your goal for sure.

Have you got any plans for your birthday?

Ooooh, also just noticed we have the same amount of weight to lose before we reach our goal! I know mines 4lbs less than you, but Ideally I would love to lose a few pounds more than my actual goal. You can be my competition :) Think you'll win it tho!
 
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Hi Rainbow.
I got pregnant with Jack on the Mini pill!
I know that they all affect me to some degree or other and i'm just fed up with them all. Jack is gonna be 13 in feb, We don't want another baby so it's a case of which one of us is gonna get 'done' looks like me at the moment lol but i feel i needed to stop with the chemicals.

I am in a good place with food at the moment but this has happened to varying degrees in the past. I was nearly 19 stone when i was 20 and about a stone lighter than i am now is the lowest i've got to since. I Know that the enthusiasm with fade but i really really hope i can rant and rave on here and you guys will slap me back into shape. I have never got to my goal, unless it was like 'i want to lose 2 stone' for some event.
This time i have set myself a goal that is massive, i was a 14 at my smallest and that was at when i was like 15 so this is a really big ask but, you know what, i am so up for bloody trying.
I get back form the gym buzzing and while i have a shower i think about the things that would be different WHEN i'm a 12 and i want to keep that thought for when i am struggling.

I'm gonna go for a curry with the girls for my birthday!!! And you know what? i am more excited about having curry than i am about going out with my friends!!! I have even already started thinking about what to have. (and there's me saying i don't obsess about food lol. Ok i just obsess about curry and banoffee pie. Oooooh i'm gonna have some of that too!!!!)

We have got the same to lose.....Oooooh i see a challange there. That is so cool. We can keep each other going. What size do you wanna get to? I thought you wanted to get to a 12, you aint gotta lose 2 stone to do that zip up!! I am definatly up for doing this together, that would be cool!!!
 
Oh, you as well! Our babies were just meant to be born :) When the doctor pulled my coil out he said there was a 50% chance of miscarriage, Lily has always been stubborn and determined :D I hope you can convince your fella to get the snip... Its a much simpler op for a man isn't it?

Your shorter than me which is probably why you need to lose more weight to get to a 12. My bmi was about the same as yours when I started out tho.

I can't rave enough about how brilliant this forum is for them moments when you would have otherwise given up. It makes you want to keep trying, and not let yourself down, or let the people down who are there rooting for you. Although my attitude towards food isn't as healthy as yours, I still feel like I am REALLY going to reach my goal this time, so I'm sure that if you ever have one of them "toppling on the edge" moments you will feel the same :hurray:

I think that being overweight can sometimes become part of our identity, which is why we don't reach our goals. I am glad your standing in the shower and thinking about your new identity, as a happy and energetic slim girl
:)

Funnily enough, earlier on I was walking past an all you can eat Indian buffet place, and I said to my bf that I will treat myself to one when I get down to 11-stone-something. Indian is my favourite too.
 
YOU DREAMT ABOUT BANOFFEE PIE! :D :D Lol. Sorry about that.

Don't have much time to reply at the moment, lovely, sorry. Just had to say that! And Indian is my fave thing too... But I make a lot of it myself, so I can adjust the amount of fat in it. YUM! My favourite thing is making curries from scratch (and my 'wedding rice', as Rainbow knows all about) and roasting my own spices, etc. YUUUMMM! Sorry, I'll stop talking about it.

How's your back going? Don't push it too hard!
 
Morning all

Had one of those lovely moments this morning when i tried on something that never fitted and it did today. I have this pile of clothes that don't fit anymore and, for some reason, this morning i picked up a pair of black denium leggin type things and pulled them on. I genuinly didn't think they would go on but wanted to see how far off they were from fitting but.......They fit great, i don't bulge out of the top of them either and they feel comfy!!!!! How cool is that?!?

I forgot to say on yesterdays post that my boss bought cakes for everyone at work!!!!! I so told her off lol. Anyway, i brought mine home for Mark (get me!!) which i was cool with but last night at about 10pm there was an advert on the TV about cake and he jumped up saying 'Ooooh cake' and ran to the kitchen! I think i did ok, i only thought 'bastard' once or twice lol

RainbowI know what you mean about being fat is part of who you are. I do worry that i am not gonna be me if i am not fat at all. I still in my head think i am way bigger than i am now. I really have to stop myself buying size 20 clothes cos thats the size my brain thinks i am!!! Hopefully i can conquer it and be happy at a slim size. We shall see cos i am really determined to get there.
I can't wait to hear about how your eye thingy went. I really hope it is everything you want it to be sweetie. Xxx

DM I don't mind dreaming about Banoffee pie and i will have some soon but not yet.
My back is an on going problem. I have had serious problems in the past and have had to see the osteopath every three months but (fingers crossed) it has been great for a year now and i haven't had to see her at all for over a year. I have a problem with my right wrist, i get a sort of arthiris/RSI thing in it and the Dr gave me Naproxyn for it which did wonders for my back too and when i started the gym last sept, that really made a difference too. I didn't realise how much pain i had put up with for years until it was gone. Now i just get a dead left leg and numb foot if i stand for too long but it is like 90% better than before. It does ache after running but the next day it is fine. Before i use to wake up in the middle of the night pretty much every night and Mark would have to help me stretch out cos i had ceased. I had that for years and i don't get it anymore, so all good!!

Off to the allotment in a bit to work, that always annoys my back but it's a great excuse to slob in the bath when i get home.
 
Oh that is AWESOME about the clothes fitting again! One thing I learnt is to not keep my fat clothes 'just in case'. It's terrible for your mindset, and when your skinny clothes start to get tight again, use that as motivation to step up the diet again, not to pull out your fat clothes. CONGRATS!

And I hope your bath is lovely... baths are probably my most favourite thing in the WHOLE world. In fact, my new living in switzerland blog (that I write in RARELY!) is called 'confessions from the bathtub', and I truly thing that bathing is a real hobby of mine! Glorious. Have fun!
 
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