A new me! (hopefully, with some help)

Aw Kate, that really sucks after having worked so hard this week!! Do you feel like you're retaining fluid or bloaty at all?


Also I know that you did amazing this week... did you eat enough to power yourself and the workouts you were doing? I know you definitely didn't eat too much!


Don't let this get you down, maybe you need to change something up a bit! Or you've been achey a fair bit recently, I know it sounds TERRIBLE but have you thought of having a week of rest to let your body recover with a lower calorie intake? Then getting back into your routine? Or purposely on a day eat up to maintenance calories, then get straight back into it. Shaking something up usually gets the weight coming off again.


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AAWWW KATIE that is total BULLSHIT. :icon_bs: Where are your scales? WHERE ARE THEY? They need a good talking to and a slap on the battery compartment.
THAT TOTALLY SUCKS.

You have done SO WELL and you know it. I am so pissed off for you! I reckon that the next week you will drop an enormous amount. Your gorgeous body must just be in a state of shock because you have been so good to it.

Don't lose it, sweetheart. Stick with it. STICK WITH IT!
 
ADAY 128

Breakfast: 2 small slices of wholemeal toast with light spread and marmite
2nd Breakfast: same as above
Lunch: Granola bar
Dinner: Lamb steak with dry roast potato's, mashed swede and squash, carrots, cauliflower cheese and gravy
Snacks: Go bar......3 CHOCOLATE BISCUITS, 2 DIGESTIVE BISCUITS, TWIX BAR & A HANDFUL OF CRISPS!!!!

Exercise: 5 mile run

I was so so so soooooooooooooooooo pissed off this morning :cuss: I actually had that 'bollocks to everything' thought. I was so angry!! In the last three weeks i have lost ONE friggin' pound!!! 1lb what a bloody joke!!!!! So much for reaching my target by christmas. I have failed with my 40lb target!!!!!!!!

I weighed on the bathroom scales and they said that i had lost 2lb so i really was floored when the Wii (my official weight) said no loss. Fucking peice of shit!!!!! What am i doing wrong???????

I went for my run with Jane this morning and we did 2 min walk/3 min run interval up and then ran all the way back.
Stats:
Time: 1hr 11 mins
Distance: 5.67 miles
Pace: 12.29 mins/mile

I'm so glad i went on my run. It was good to run off my anger and i had a good rant to Jane.

I am gonna be really honest and say that i posted that this morning and didn't want to come on here at all today. I wasn't even gonna post my diary this evening. I was so embarassed that i thought i had done really well this week and i totally failed. I couldn't bring myself to have a 'fuck it' day, thank god, i did have a 'lets see how much chocolate i can ram into my face in the shortest space of time' this evening.

Lucy Aww thanks sweetie, you are such a love :) I have been bloated since i mentioned it a few weeks ago, not every day and not all day but most days, usually late afternoon. I have an appointment at the Dr's on tuesday about being sterilised so i will mention it to her then. Actually, thinking about it, it has been for three weeks.
I have been eating just under 1200 calories a day. Even when i go to the gym i eat the same amount and the treadmill says i burn about 500 cals. I really don't want to up my calorie intake, that's the whole idea, burning more than you eat? yes?
What do you reckon i should do this week?

Joh Aww thank you for being pissed off for me sweetie. I was so angry with the Wii, i felt like throwing, i really did!!! I will stick with it, hopefully!!!

Princess Cheers hun, i bloody hope so :)

I have just had a thought, this week i am gonna try and not eat any wheat and see if that makes any difference to my bloated belly.
 
Hi Kate, I think not eating wheat for a week will fix your bloating/fluid retention. I'm not a Coeliac but wheat bloats me up like a blimp, gives me such a belly ache & also constipates me. I can only tolerate about 6 small crackers at a time. I reckon dropping it will also drop a couple of pounds off you. You probably lost inches this week, rather than pounds. My body used to alternate between the 2. I'd trust your scales, before your wii. I really admire your commitment to exercise sweetie. Keep it up & don't be disheartened, xoxo Cate

PS I didn't think you were complaining about your boobs being too big. I was just teasing xo
 
If you're eating less than 1200 cals a day and doing that much at the gym, then I definitely say up your food. I'm eating around 1300 every day at the moment and I'm pretty much bedridden, and that's a 1000cal deficit for me, and I know if I make it bigger for an extended period of time then I don't lose either. Find out how much you're burning on an average non-exercise day, I use fitday to track. When I was working on my feet all day I was eating around 1700cals, and upped it on exercise days to around 2000 for the same deficit. If you're worried about upping your calories by a fair amount, I would say this week aim for maybe 1300-1400?


I'm glad you still went running and came back to post. I hope you get a big loss next week!!
 
Hey kate that is really horrible wanting something so bad you worked hard for BUT it desnt mean that you didnt loose anything.

First of all i dont know what wii scales are.I wouls trust my regular scales.Then it is very possible you have lost inches,and dont think its nothing to loose inches it is SOOO importan its like weight loss.

I get that embaressed feeling sometimes too but as yiu know thats the reason we keep our journals!!!It OUR reality and life!!!

DOnt be angry,there may be several reasons, what comes to mind is that you said you have been bloated not able to go to the loo properly,that makes a HUGE difference.PLUS water retaining...


Now i am not an expert but what you said about when working out hard you still have 1200 cals , i dont think thats what you should do.I hope someone that KNOWS more about this come on and tell us but what i understand is that when you work out you must eat more cause your body uses the cals as fuel , if you dont eat enough cals your body stops at sometime to loose weight.

Now i am telling you again i am not SURE its exactly like this , this is what i have understood these past months.


You are so worth to be proud of for all your work and it IS paying of even if this weigh in wasnt what we hoped for.It just a little obsticle you get over!:grouphug:
 
Originally Posted by katehunibun

DAY 128
Breakfast: 2 small slices of wholemeal toast with light spread and marmite
2nd Breakfast: same as above
Lunch: Granola bar
Dinner: Lamb steak with dry roast potato's, mashed swede and squash, carrots, cauliflower cheese and gravy
Snacks: Go bar......3 CHOCOLATE BISCUITS, 2 DIGESTIVE BISCUITS, TWIX BAR & A HANDFUL OF CRISPS!!!!
Exercise: 5 mile run
I was so so so soooooooooooooooooo pissed off this morning :cuss: I actually had that 'bollocks to everything' thought. I was so angry!! In the last three weeks i have lost ONE friggin' pound!!! 1lb what a bloody joke!!!!! So much for reaching my target by christmas. I have failed with my 40lb target!!!!!!!!
I weighed on the bathroom scales and they said that i had lost 2lb so i really was floored when the Wii (my official weight) said no loss. Fucking peice of shit!!!!! What am i doing wrong???????
I went for my run with Jane this morning and we did 2 min walk/3 min run interval up and then ran all the way back.
Stats:
Time: 1hr 11 mins
Distance: 5.67 miles
Pace: 12.29 mins/mile
I'm so glad i went on my run. It was good to run off my anger and i had a good rant to Jane.
I am gonna be really honest and say that i posted that this morning and didn't want to come on here at all today. I wasn't even gonna post my diary this evening. I was so embarassed that i thought i had done really well this week and i totally failed. I couldn't bring myself to have a 'fuck it' day, thank god, i did have a 'lets see how much chocolate i can ram into my face in the shortest space of time' this evening.
Lucy Aww thanks sweetie, you are such a love I have been bloated since i mentioned it a few weeks ago, not every day and not all day but most days, usually late afternoon. I have an appointment at the Dr's on tuesday about being sterilised so i will mention it to her then. Actually, thinking about it, it has been for three weeks.
I have been eating just under 1200 calories a day. Even when i go to the gym i eat the same amount and the treadmill says i burn about 500 cals. I really don't want to up my calorie intake, that's the whole idea, burning more than you eat? yes?
What do you reckon i should do this week?
Joh Aww thank you for being pissed off for me sweetie. I was so angry with the Wii, i felt like throwing, i really did!!! I will stick with it, hopefully!!!
Princess Cheers hun, i bloody hope so
I have just had a thought, this week i am gonna try and not eat any wheat and see if that makes any difference to my bloated belly.
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Aww Kate, there are few things more frustrating than working that hard and not getting the result you expected! But you did so good not giving up! It's so easy to be like eff this where's the m-effing pizza, but you overcame that -- you got up and went running! that takes some real willpower, I am in awe! :) You shouldn't be embarrassed, everyone knows you worked your ass off this week and your body is just being stubborn, sometimes it just takes time.

And I don't know where you have your wii fit, but I know mine is on carpet so it's much less sensitive than my scale.

I do think you probably need to be eating more, I use this site to estimate my calorie needs http://www.freedieting.com/tools/calorie_calculator.htm, calorie goals should be based off of your BMR

Don't give up on your Christmas goal yet, I know when my body starts to plateau a bit I always see a huge loss on the way out.

Just keep that determination you've had, you had a perfect week, you're body will catch on soon enough!
 
I know I already wrote today, but just popped back to give you another :grouphug:


Hang in there, I know it's really frustrating and annoying when you put so much in but the results aren't there. We have control over what we put in our mouths, and what we do during the day to burn off our energy, but unfortunately our bodies really do with it what they want. I'd say since it's been 3 weeks you could now consider yourself in a plateau, so it's definitely time to shake it up!


I hope you consider eating more, as I would say that could be part of it. If eating more every day worries you a bit, then maybe organise 2 days a week where you eat 500cals more, and eat the same as you have been the rest of the week. It kind of works out the same as adding 100-200 cals a day but it mixes it up more. Otherwise, definitely add in an extra snack.


Taking a few rest days couldn't hurt either, if you are starting to always feel achey and tired then maybe your body is trying to tell you something. If it's only the days after running however, I'd suggest maybe only running 3x a week with a day off in between every day... maybe for 2 weeks? Another alternative if you don't want to give up running for a week.


Haha even more suggestions- mix up your cardio with cross trainer/bike/rower/jumping rope and alternate days of those and running to get some other muscles working and get a bit more variety in. Or, pick a food you find yourself eating every day, and only allow yourself to have it once or twice a week and have different alternatives to change your food up a bit. Ie- if you're eating bread every day, swap it up a few days with pasta, starchy veg, rice... it'll force you to change a few times a week what you're having with it also. Or set yourself a challenge to have either a fruit or vegetable with every meal, as it'll force you to rethink and get creative with what you're eating. Maybe swap a run once or twice a week with a class at the gym, or splurge on 1 personal training session a month and ask for a new exercise plan (this is always a great idea if you're thinking of branching out into other exercises you haven't done before, as you are shown how to perform them and corrected while you're doing it).


You can beat plateaus, the best way is to change something (haha or everything if you're desperate). Just make it something new, but something you still know you can stick to.
 
ADAY 129

Breakfast: 50g porridge & banana (270 cals)
Lunch: Ham salad with light salad cream, mini babybel cheese, mini ryvitas, minestrone cupasoup & a yoghurt with lindseeds in it (477 cals)
Dinner: 500g homemade spicy pumpkin soup (249 cals)
Snacks: Granola bar, apple and i'm gonna have a bag of snackajack rice cakes in a bit (355 cals)
Total calories = 1360

Exercise: Nothing :)

Do you guys know how totally bloody awesome you are???? DO YOU?????

I was totally bummed out yesterday! I felt like a stroppy child, sulking because i didn't get what i wanted. I'm rather embarassed. Anyway, I was totally blown away when i came on here this morning to see all your lovely messages. You really made such a difference. I properly felt the love and support. YOU ROCK!!!!!!

I have decided to put my calories on here too now because i think i need to be accountable cos looking at my calories i have been under by up to 200 cals a day. Even on days where i have been running!!!
Tut tut, such a naughty girl!!
I am going to eat between 1300 and 1400 a day this week and NOT do any exercise. See i do as i'm told. :)

Cate I think wheat does the same to me. I have been bloated, constipated etc since i had those cheap wheatabix 3 weeks ago and the muesli i have been having wasn't much better so this week i am not going to have wheat based cereal or any bread, i seem to be ok with pasta so i will see how i go with that for now. Thank you for your encouragement, it means so much.
I have always complained that my boobs are too big lol Mark says i don't have boobs any more......just nipples!!!! Cheaky shit, he does make me laugh though.

Lucy Awww hun, you are such a sweetheart :grouphug:
I am going to do as you tell me and have 1300-1400 a day this week. I did it today and it was a struggle to get the food in!!! I really had to scoff loads at lunch cos i knew i had soup for dinner. I was totally stuffed after lunch!!! I had to go to the shop and get some healthy snacks and some cheese etc to bulk up the cals as i was just going to have salad and yoghurt seeing as i wasn't having bread this week. Oh and i put a banana on my porridge this morning too which i never do!!! I always thought that was too many calories for breakfast. It's like i am having to re-educate myself.
And regarding exercise, yes i do ache, especially my legs so......I am going to do nothing this week. Nothing at all, i might do my crunches but that's it. Lets give this body a bloody shock huh!!!
The fact that i am not having wheat based cereal or bread makes me change my food so i am gonna try and change that about alot. I have the same breakfast and lunch every day so i am gonna change that.
When i start exercising again i will try and restrict my running and do different stuff or maybe do a shorter run and try the bike or cross trainer. I think i will do an aerobic session a week too but not at the gym cos i dont wanna pay for it!!!
Thank you so so much for your ideas. You truely are a bloody star :grouphug:

Jess Thank you soo much for your support, you are lovely.
It is frustrating when we try so hard and the scales dont tell us what we want to see. I have felt thinner this week, especially my boobs and waist. So maybe i have lost inches but i have never measured myself so i don't know.
I think you are right. i haven't been eating enough so i am gonna try and do something about that. :)
Thanks again for being such an awesome friend :grouphug:

Sparked Thank you so much sweetie. I did think of you when i was wallowing in self pity yesterday. I remembered reading your diary and you mentioned that you had hit a plateau and this time was the first time that you pushed on thru it and it gave me the insentive to just keep going. So thank you, thank you, thank you!!!! :grouphug: You rock!! And yes, i know now that i haven't been eating enough :blush5:

I am totally blown away with the support and lift you guys have given me. Love you Xxx

Off to catch up on your diraies, sorry i neglected you all yesterday!!
 
Funny how a few extra calories can make such a difference hey! Yum, I love banana on porridge... I used to microwave the banana for like 45secs so it kind of melts and starts to caramelise, then put it in the porridge and attack it with a hand blender. Makes it taste way sweeter for some reason, also good with a bit of vanilla! And peanut butter lol. It's like breakfast pudding!


I've actually been eating completely gluten free for almost a month now, and it hasn't really changed my food at all. I do feel loads better though, also wondering if it has anything to do with my seemingly accelerated weight loss this month? I'm dying for a pizza though, so bought some gluten free pizza base mix, might do that on the weekend! I have frozen spinach and feta at home, best pizza toppings!


Enjoy your relaxing days off from exercise, hope you don't get withdrawals!
 
Hi Kate, loving your attitude sweets. You seem like an absolute darling. I think we're all feeling the love this week, which is really nice :grouphug:. Life is good again. Hey, I'm even eating bananas this week. I'm usually too scared to, which is bloody ridiculous. Love MFP! Yum mangoes, yum bananas, xoxo Cate
 
AHi sugar! Hope your day has been a good one today :)

I think it's a great idea to start keeping track of your calories for a little while. And good on you for upping it a little - particularly because you are such an exercise fiend! And I ALSO think it's a great idea to give your body a little break from the exercise. Maybe in 4 or 5 days you will really have a hankering for it, but that;s great - that's the way it should be, huh?

Hey, just wondering, do you listen to music when you run? Back eons ago when I started the C25K business, my music was so incredibly important to how successful I was. When Dunc came runnign with me, I'd still put my headphones in, and he says it was sooo obvious when I reached a chorus, as I'd almost double in speed.

I was just about to write about how much I love those mini babybel cheeses... but then I realised - here I am, talking about cheese again. Bloody hell! It's an illness! LOL.

Lucy's description of her porridge sounds to die for... I might give that a go myself! :)
 
ADAY 130

Breakfast: 50g porridge & banana (270 cals)
Lunch: Mediterainian vegatable salad with french dressing (137 cals)
Dinner: 500g homehade spicy sumpkin soup (258 cals)
Snacks: Packet of snackajack rice cakes, 2 cappuccinos & 2 granola bars (637)
Total calories = 1302

Exercise: Lots of walking around shops trying clothes :)

I have had a totally lovely day today :)
I had my Dr's appointment this morning about sorting out getting sterilised. I had to have (pre-op) bloods taken, height and weight (i didn't mind being weighed for the first time!!) pulse, (which was slow, healthy) blood preasure, (which was perfect) and blood sugars (again, spot on!!) Yay!! picture of health! I mentioned my bloating problems and she thought that i had IBS and told me what i was doing was great. She said it was a case of trial and error figuring out what triggers it. I feel a lot better today so hopefully i have got it right with cutting out wheat based cereal and bread :)

I had the day off today (yep, i actually remembered to take it :eek: ) and i went into Barnstaple to get some christmas shopping done and to maybe try on some clothes :) As i walked alone the high street i saw my nana (my dad's mum) and she very nearly walked straight past me!!! I haven't seen her for a few months and she kept saying 'you look so different, i didn't recognise you' Bless her, she also kept saying 'Are you alright?' I think she thought i was ill. She is that age where she thinks if you are slim, then you must be ill lol. I then went into a sports shop to look at trainers for Jack and thought 'ooh, my size 14 joggers are hanging off me, i'm gonna get a size 12 and see if i can squeeze my butt into them' I also picked up a few size 12 gym tops thinking 'sod it, i'll see if i can squeeze into them as well' Well......It all fit perfectly!!!!! I was so so squealy excited!!! Size bloody 12!!!!!! How crazy is that?!?!? I then thought 'Oooh, maybe i could get some normal size 12 clothes' So tried on a size 12 long jumper thing and it fit!!!! and didn't bluge either!! then i tried on some really pretty embriodered jeans and i got them on and done up!!!! They look like my other jeans when i first got them done up, ya know, everything bluging out the top but Bloody hell....I have got a size 12 pair of jeans on!!!!! So i now own some size 12 clothes!!! I then bought a couple of pair of PJ's that were a 12/14 and they are baggy!!!!!!! I am totally blown away with all this SIZE 12!!!!! When i tried the jeans on i expected the girl at the changing rooms to say 'why have you got those? They won't fit you!' I am still mentally a size 18/20. It's gonna take some getting use to!!

I will get Mark to take pictures this weekend :)

Lucy I am gutted that i can't go to the gym now that i have all my new perfect fitting gear, i had my new sports bras arrive yesterday too......I am desperate to go running now :( not fair. I Have done ok calorie wise, i only just managed to get it over 1300 today but it wasn't a normal work day so i think i did ok.
Your porridge sounds yum, i am gonna put my banana in with the porridge while i cook it in the microwave tomorrow!!! I don't have peanut butter in the house as i would sit and eat it from the jar with a spoon....in one go!!!!

Cate Heya cup cake :) Why are you scared of eating bananas?

Joh Heya cheese monster :) Yeah, as you can see, i had an awesome, mind blowing day today :hurray: :hurray:
I have always counted my calories but i thought it was a good idea that you guys can see exactly how many i am having so you can shout at me when i am not eating enough, or too many!
I do listen to music while i am running. I have a playlist called 'gym music' and it really keeps me going. When i did my first 20 min run i arranged it so i had all my real favourites on for the last 10 mins to keep me going. A good tune definalty keeps me going.
Oooh, Cheese lol Babybels are awesome aint they....great snack size!
 
Shopping- now THAT's fun exercise!!!!!!! Yay for a size 12 :hurray: How exciting for you!!!!


And just think how revved up you'll be to exercise next week because of your new workout gear!!!
 
Haha when your own grandma doesn't recognize you, you know you're doing something right! Holy crap size 12 that's awesome!!!! So your perfect week must have paid off ... the stupid thing about scales is that they lie... often! But jeans are always brutally honest! Can't wait for the pics :)
 
WELL THATS GREAT FANTASTIC NEWS KATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!YOU GO GIRLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SIZE 12??????????size 12 is like WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!you have nearlly made it and i am so proud of you doing this!!!All of your hard work has payed off!!!you must feel so wonderfull!That feeling in the changing room!!!!!AAAAWWWW kate im so happy for you!!!!!!and JEANS a size 12???:party:
 
ADAY 131

Breakfast: 50g porridge & banana (270 cals)
Lunch: Ham salad with light salad cream, babybel cheese, ryvita mini's and a yoghurt (386 cals)
Dinner: Small bowl of spag wich had 150g pasta and a spoonful of sauce (387 cals)
Snacks: Granola bar and a bag of ricecakes (291 cals)
Total calories = 1334

I had a nice day today. Oooh, i tried cooking the banana with my porridge in the microwave this morning and it was totally devine. Took loads longer to eat cos it stays really hot for ages for some reason but i loved it. Thanks Lucy :)
I don't talk about my weightloss stuff at work much unless they ask but i was not gonna keep my size 12 clothes shopping session to myself and they were all really chuffed for me, genuinely chuffed, bless them.
Wednesday is my 'going the gym without fail night' OMG i was lost!!! I ended up doing really random jobs, just for something to do. I think i might cave in on friday and go, if that's ok. I would have done 5 days of nothing. Please let me go :) I promise to eat more :)

I am on a course tomorrow, only remembered today (yep, airhead) No idea what the food is gonna be so i am gonna take some snacks with me incase it is really unsuitable!!!

Lucy Thank you sweetie. I did enjoy my shopping trip and boy did i do some walking. I got there at about 9.30 and didn't come home til 3pm. I must have walked for miles doing all the christmas shopping and me shopping.
I am desperate to try my new gym gear. Well actually, i'm just bloody desperate to go to the gym to be honest. I am finding not going really hard!!!!

Sparked Aww cheers hun. I supose i must have done something right last week, even if it was losing inches. I really wish i had measured myself in the beginning, it's a bit late to start now huh lol. What you said about scales lying and clothes not. I am so gonna remember that one. I reckon we should all go try clothes on when the scales haven't moved when we think they should.

Jess Sweetheart, you are a total darling. Don't you ever forget who gave me that first kick up the bum!!!! Yes, it did feel totally bloody amazing stood there staring at these jeans on my body in the mirror!!! I thought i was gonna cry, i really did. NEVER in my wildest dreams did i think that i would ever get my fat arse into a pair of size 12's NEVER. I'm speachless!!!

I just wanna say a huge great big massive Thank you again. You have no idea what you guys mean to me!!!
YOU ROCK!!!!!
 
ADAY 132

Breakfast: 50g porridge (180cals)
Lunch: salad, chicken peices in a little supreme sauce, spoonful of vegatable strogonoff, brocolli, carrots and mange tout (334cals, a bit of a guess but i don't think i am too far out)
Dinner: small bowl of spag, 200g pasta and large spoonful of sauce (446 cals)
Snacks: Granola bar and bag of snackajacks, 2 coffees with sugar!! (345cals)
Total calories = 1325

I did really well with temptation today. When we got to the venue of the course there was coffee and danish pastries!! I had a coffee! Then there was a coffee break with more bloody danish's!! I just had my granola bar that i took with me :)
Lunch was easy, lots of salad and veg with a tiny bit of chicken (i tried to spoon the chicken bit out and leave the sauce behind) and veg strogonoff and no pudding :hurray: Then afternoon coffee with more danish's and bloody biscuits. I just had coffee!! I need to get some sweetners to keep in my handbag so when i go to places like this i don't have to have sugar!
I was really rather proud of myself today. Before i started my healthy eating i would have it all, 3 danish's, biscuits, the lasagne, a mountain of chicken supreme with rice and no veg or salad and i definalty would have had pudding.
Another thing today, i was so much less selfconcious today. I didn't feel 'i'm the fattest here' i felt like a normal non descripe person :hurray:
 
hey you turned your back to those yummy things you did so great!!!Well i guess that knowing you have a size 12 jeans makes you even more determined doesnt it?!!

Those little bars are very usefull and handy for difficult situations , i am out and have to get some cause im looking around for chocolate!

Are you going to the gym tommorow or not?How is your body feeling with this rest?
 
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