A record of the journey.

Too Quick !

Re : Being away & Training.

Well, this week, I've skipped the hotel and gone and stayed with a friend - who coincidentally is also trying to shed a few pounds - I took my scales with me !! and am able to continue the journey.

But normally, and for the next 2 weeks it will be hotels. Some have gyms some don't - I've checked next weeks and it don't. But you're right, I can do some stuff in the room - not sure I'm brave enough to go through the lobby in gym kit !

So, thanks for those ideas - I had assumed it was the gym or nothing - but you're right there are other options - Where this is a will there is a way !!!

Re : Progress

I'm getting a little concerned now - the weight is dropping of me. Lost 6Kg in the last 2 weeks, lost 1Kg (of the 6) between today and yesterday. Not sure what's going on - there is no way my calorie deficit is this great. Now I'm worried it's too fast and I'll have the saggy skin problem. So today I'm going to deliberately eat more. See if I can slow things to a more reasonable pace. Never thought I'd have this problem!

This morning I even achieved my next "milestone" - To drop below 16st - but it didn't feel as good as I expected - 'cause it's all happening too fast. (There's no pleasing some people) :)
 
I'm glad I could plant little exercise seeds into your mind!!! It's easy to think, well I can't go to the gym so that's it! (I've done that myself) but there's always something that can be done :) Have fun at your friends and hopefully you two can get in some workouts together!
 
Double Digits

Well, this morning I got into double digit Kilos (99.99Kg to be precise).

Rate of loss has slowed to a healthy 2lbs per week, so I'm happy with this.

Just got to address the "exercise" problem as not really doing any at the moment and I don't want to loose the progress I made on the fitness level.
 
Good job on all your weight loss thus far!

It can be hard to keep consistent with exercise, but it just has to be done to reach any goals you have. Good luck on getting back to it :)
 
Another milestone.

Well, my official starting weight was 19st 6lbs - although I had been up over 20st earlier in 2009.

Today I achieved 15st 6lbs - so that's exactly 4st or 56lbs.

So, I've taken a new photo for the album, so I have photos at 19st 6, 18st 6, missed 17st 6, captured 16st 6 and today I've captured 15st 6.

Quite amazing to see the progress captured in that way.

A lot of other things have changed in my life since the turn of the year, I've moved and joined a new gym. I don't like it as much as my old gym but it's better than nothing - it's quite busy so can be hard to do a regular circuit as you can't count on being able to use any piece of apparatus at any time. But those are just excuses - just need to get up there regularly and do something.

I'm just 15lbs away from no longer being OBESE !!!!

Will celebrate when that day arrives.
 
Congrats!! You are doing amazing :D I'm so happy for your weight loss and you're so close to achieving a really important goal :)

It's too bad your new gym isn't as nice as your old gym, but no matter what your gym is, you can definitely make it work for you :) You may not be able to do things in the order you like to, but hey, as long as you do it you'll be fine. Or if you can't use a certain piece of equipment, try something new :)

Again, you're doing awesome!

BTW - I think it's a great idea to take pictures along the way :) It really helps to show the changes that you may not notice otherwise. Good job!
 
Early start and another new wardrobe.

Got to the gym early today - in the hope it might be quieter - but still quite crowded - never mind - I got on a treadmill with a window so shouldn't complain. Will try to get along early every other day this week - see if that routine works better for me.

Treated myself to new clothes (again) yesterday. I purchased new shirts for the office only a couple of weeks back - but last week someone commented how they were already looking baggy. I've not done all this work to look "baggy" so I nipped out and got some smaller shirts. I also purchase smaller trousers and went through my old clothes and bagged up loads for the charity shop. Again, I'm not doing all this to walk around in over sized clothes - them days are over. (Actually purchased my first EVER pair of denim jeans.) So, I've dropped from a 48inch waist to a 38inch waist. It must be over 20yrs since I was below a 40inch waist.

Milestones approaching :
  • Lost 60 Lbs (2.8 lbs)
  • Reached 15st (4.8 lbs)
  • Lost 65 Lbs (7.8 lbs)
  • Reached 14.5 St (11.8 lbs)
  • No longer Obese (12.3 lbs)

Once I started on this journey - my "Goal" was to no longer be Obese. (I hate the label never mind the physical consequences) My ticker counts down to a BMI of 29.99. To think, that to achieve anymore than that, was even a remote possibility was unrealistic for me when I started.

But now that no longer being Obese is in sight (12lbs away) - I have to seriously consider how far I want to take this - Can I - Should I - press on to no longer being Overweight (46lbs away) ? All my life I've been "fat" - I now have the knowledge about nutrition and diet to change that - do I have the will and desire ?
 
Again, I want to say congrats. You've done amazingly, all the pounds and inches you've lost. You're so close to so many milestones I'm excited for you!

I can understand your feeling about how far you want to take it. I've always been overweight myself and I can't see myself as thin because I've never been there. It feels almost impossible to me to be able to be thin. However, it's something that I've always wanted and no matter how impossible it may seem, I'm damn sure going to get there!

I think that you're doing so well that it would be a shame if you didn't continue on! You can reach any goal you want, you're already proving you can do it, take it all the way and don't be afraid :) We'll do it together!
 
Thin !!

@Risty : THIN !!!! The thought of actually being considered THIN has - genuinely - never entered my mind - I've only ever thought about this journey as being to a destination that is less-fat - never to THIN. But - hey - you're right - why not shoot for thin ??? (Although the saggy skin concerns me)

Wore the new clothes to the office today - EVERYONE commented - felt amazing. (And I'm a bloke remember - you gals must love it when you downsize the garments). My boss asked how my numbers were doing - I told him my weight and he put his hand out and shook it - turns out I'm now lighter than he is !!!!

I look at the new clothes and they look like someone else's they look too small to be mine - I've looked at larger clothes for so long.

So am on a bit of a high at the moment - as I've just come off a 9 day plateau and got the numbers moving back down again.

I can do anything !! :jump:
 
Congrats on the progress. You're right - if you can lose that much weight, you can do ANYTHING!!

Many years ago I lost weight until I was "thin" and it took a long time to adjust. It was a good feeling to be thin, but it just felt strange to not feel fat anymore. I bought lots of clothes and spent a lot of time looking at myself in the mirror :) Unfortunately, I went through some personal issues that threw all my exercise and diet routines into a tailspin and here I am again at almost the same weight that I started at before. But I do remember how good it felt to buy small clothes and to have people actually SEE you as a person and not just a fat person.

Enjoy your success, whether you decide to keep going to thin or not. You have done a great job, and you should be proud of all your work!!
 
I'm so happy that everyone at work noticed! It's an awesome feeling when people can see the difference in you and it proves that you're working your ass off! *literally!* lol...

I can't wait to buy smaller clothes myself. It's one of my goals to be able to buy pants/skirts at the mall. I can buy shirt there, but not really pants or skirts. So the day I can do that, I'll be sooo happy!

I think you should go for thin/fit! I wouldn't worry about the saggy skin though. Even if you had saggy skin, clothes will cover it and you'll still look good (better than being overweight). Plus, you could always get it removed if you really didn't like it. It's always an option. But I wouldn't worry about that until it comes to it. I think being thin/fit with some saggy skin still looks better than being overweight! So I say go for it :D
 
60lbs down.

@Risty - Yeh, shopping in 'normal' shops again feels good. I've only had the 'large' man shops and mail order catalogues to choose from for so long. Browsing through the racks in a 'normal' shop feels great -and I HATE shopping :)


Achieved milestone - 60lbs - lost since the start of this journey(3rd Aug 2009)

Just 10lbs off no longer being obese. That's the "big one" for me and from my calculations I'm 86.75% of the way there from my starting weight on 3rd August 2009.

Not sure how to celebrate that. I celebrated my 17st Goal with a large pork pie - took me a week to get the numbers moving again as I recall - so I'm not doing that again. But celebrating with a lettuce doesn't quite hit the mark.

So any suggestions for an appropriate weight-loss goal achievement award ?

Milestones approaching :

* Lost 60 Lbs (Achieved 21st Feb 2010).
* Reached 15st (1.8 lbs)
* Lost 65 Lbs (4.8 lbs)
* Reached 14.5 St (8.8 lbs)
* No longer Obese (10.4 lbs)

Oh ! - And yesterday, at the gym, I achieved a Personal Best when I jogged, at 9.5kph for 20 minutes without stopping, walking or dieing.
 
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First of all, that running you did at 9.5 for 20 mins without walking, stopping or dieing... that's just NUTS! I'm so proud of you. I remember when I started to learn to run I was just happy to run 30 mins (doing 10 mins walking 1 min running at 5.0... ok so it was more like jogging than running, but that was huge for me since when I started I could only go 30 seconds before I needed to start walking!) So what you did is just amazing. I haven't run for almost 2 years so I have to start over again, I mean I'm not started at the point of 30 secs and walking, but I think I need to start with 2 and 1's or 3 and 1's and then build up again.

Second, I agree that a pork pie isn't a good achievement celebration thing, and you're right, neither would lettuce! You could buy something you've been wanting for a long time... maybe a piece of exercise equipment you've been wanting, or maybe a movie or a game that you've been wanting. I don't know how much of a computer person you are, but if you're big on computers you could always do a nice little upgrade!

I don't know what your clothes situation is like, but you could buy a nice new outfit to show off your non-obeseness!

OR, and I know you're a guy, but treat yourself to a spa day! If you've never had a full body massage then that's a GREAT treat! It feels so so so good and it'll be nice on your muscles too! I think this will be my goal celebrating present! A nice one hour full body massage and maybe a full pedicure (they massage the feet and calves depending where you go! So that's a bonus along with nice looking feet!) If you're married you could always do a couples massage thing, I did that with my husband and it was really nice :)
 
@Risty Yeh - I did the walk - run/jog thing. In fact my first visit to the gym - the guy got me on the cross trainer (eliptical trainer) and set me going on it whilst he chatted about the gym. He left me on it for 3 minutes and at the end of those 3 minutes I couldn't talk I was so out of breath. I think that unless you've been there you can't begin to imagine how un-fit it's possible to get. So it's taken my 5-6 months to get to the point where I god go 20mins without stopping and walking at all. I couldn't even do that when I was at school - I never once ran all the way around the 400M track at school - I really hated PE (gym) lessons.

Like your celebration ideas - will give them more thought and let you know what I come up with. Thanks for all the encouragement you provide - it really really helps.
 
Actually I know exactly what you mean. When I had first joined my gym you get a trainer to show you around and give you a little routine. Now I've never been in shape in all of my life (in school I could barely run, etc as well). So she put my husband and I on the elliptical and after 2 minutes literally I stopped and said I just couldn't go on anymore. My legs were burning so bad, I felt pathetic. She said that I should work up to 10 minutes for a warm up. I couldn't believe I couldn't even do the full warm up!

But yeah, like I told you with my running, 30 secs before I had to stop.

All I know is now I can go on the elliptical for an hour (I hate it, it sucks but I can do it and I know I could keep going on it too if I had to). As for running, like I mentioned before, I'll have to start it up again.

I actually remember going to the gym with my sister and this was after I had starting trying to learn to run on my own and I was listening to this one song and just begging myself to make it to the end, just make it to the end and it was a 3 min song. Well later on after I had started the learn to run clinic and I was partway through the program, I was back at the gym and I picked that song and I ran that 3 minutes no problem. You couldn't imagine how happy I was!

I still can't believe I ran 5k a couple times, I have never been able to do that ever in my life. Now, I have to work up to that again, but I will and then I want to work up to a 10k. If I can make it to 10k then who knows, maybe I'll try a half marathon... we'll see... lol.

Sorry for the long rambling post here! I like talking as you can tell, lol.

I'm glad that I can help encourage you! That's why I come on here, for people to help me and so that I can help out others too!

I'm also glad you liked the reward suggestions. I think if we reward ourselves with food it'll defeat the purpose of what we're doing and trust me, I've rewarded myself with food before. This time around, I want to do it different and find other ways to treat myself... mmm full body massage! I am SO there! lol
 
A step back

Well it's a long story, but I ended up eating out on Sunday - at an Italian - Had Garlic Bread with cheese (Starter), Chicken & Mushroom Risotto then Apple pie with Ice Cream for desert.

Ok, so hardly a low-cal day - but did I really deserve to be TWO Lbs heavier on Monday morning !!

How does that work - you have one meal "off plan" - and the lbs come flying back.

Still, only myself to blame - I know what I have to do to see the numbers go in the right direction and when I don't do those things then the numbers don't do their thing either.

So, here we are - day one of another week, maybe this will be the week when I drop into the 14st category ( less than 210 lbs)

Today wasn't so bad. Had to go to the office, which reduces the options for lunch, I've been opting for the Tuna Mayo (Which is heavy on the tuna and light on the mayo) - I reckon that's about the best choice. Had a pear with it. Then this evening I grilled some big sardines and had them with roasted Carrots and Parsnips.

So let's see where the numbers go tomorrow.
 
I had a bad week this week, one day in particular... well two to be honest and I went up in weight as well! I also slacked on the exercise at the end of the week so that didn't help!

Ah well, lets hope this week is better!
 
still close.

@Risty - well, your in it for the long haul - so one (or two) bad days, you just have to forgive yourself, pick yourself up and get back on with the job

I dropped back to 0.6lb over 210. (Was 0.8 over on Sat) - 210 is 15st - so it's a mileSTONE - so the fact my body seems to be stubbornly refusing to cross that particular threshold is a little disappointing.

Ate well today - well as well as can be expected. Had a bowl of cereal for breakfast, with fully skimmed milk. I've switched to fully skimmed milk and really don't notice it anymore, which is great. I had a chicken and salad baguette for lunch from the canteen. It did have mayonnaise on it - but even so, can't be that bad right ?

Then my evening meal, I diced up a chicken breast, fried it with some onions and garlic and a small drizzle of olive oil. Then poured in a tin of chopped tomatoes with olives and herbs, a stock cube and a couple of spoons of chick peas and a few mushrooms. And baked a parcel of root veg (one small onion, one carrot and one parsnip) with a drizzle of chilli oil. And I only served and ate 2/3rds of the chicken. And that was it.

So that's gotta be a day when I was under 2000Cals - surely !!!

So, lets see if we can break the 210 in the morning
 
Yeah I've learned to move on from mistakes. That was a really hard thing for me to do when I was trying to lose weight a few years ago. I would get so down on myself I'd give up for a while and then have to start again. This time I've learned that things are going to happen so I need to be able to forgive myself for those and move on! Which that's what I'm doing now, YAY! lol

As for your little plateau there, you'll cross that barrier! Just keep on trying. The lighter you get the harder it'll get to lose the weight it seems. So just don't give up!

On the mayo note, a little bit won't kill ya for sure. I mean, for my tuna sandwiches I have to have mayo in it. At least when I make it myself I know exactly how much mayo I'm eating, the problem with someone else making it you have no idea how much is in there. Still, if you're not buying lunch out often then that won't kill ya either!
 
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