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holly1986

holly1986

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Hey everyone
A few months ago i started posting on here, eating healthily and making sure i ate and exercised to help my body, i had a huge way to go i wanted to loose 80lbs - taking me from 19st to 13st. Its a lot of weight - i know, but i was prepared to do it over the course of a year, maybe two to finally ditch the dreaded weight.

Well, life 'got in the way' and i stopped, i ended up loosing 15lbs and then putting it all back on.

Now im Hypoglycemic and im finding it harder than ever to diet. Im stuck! i have to eat every 3 hours. Can anyone help me with a diet?

My life has been whipped upside down over the last few months for reasons i wont go into, but im back and i want me to be the best version of me and not be held back because of something i CAN contol. Im not using this as an excuse for anything anymore, i want my life back, i want to be the same as every other joe bloggs out there.

Im taking steps to better myself as a person and to improve my confidence issues.

I also have a youtube account where i sing so if you all want to see me and hear me sing (i need a lot of work in that area too) go to youtube.com/hollysturgeon

I would love for you all to help me on this journey - thank you all so much already your stories are inspiring.

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Just wanted to update with my nutrition details for the day

Cals 1728
Fat 55 g
Cholesterol 134 mg
Sodium 3746 mg
Carbs 212 g
Fiber 11 g
Protein 92 g
Sugars 53 g

Is this too high or what would you all suggest?

Thank you x
 
Hi holly, how's it all going?
Are u doing any exercise. Your calorie intake looks ok and not too low so that's good, if ur doing some exercise It's even better x

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Have you calculated your maintenance calorie allowance? It depends on your stats and activity level (for me it'd be a little high, for some of the very small girls here it'd be catastrophically high, for men it'd almost always be too low) Try this site: You want to aim to lose no more than 1% of your bodyweight a week (and never eat under 1200 calories a day without medical advice).

Do you know what the grams of fat, carbs, and protein represent as percentages of your total calorific intake? If so, compare them to the information here and adjust accordingly: If not, see if you can find a way to figure that out (I'm sorry, I'm not sure how to, my calorie counter does it for me).

What kinds of things do you eat? The more you tell us the more assistance we can give you.

I can have hypoglycemia-like symptoms (although I haven't been diagnosed), and I manage them by eating lots of fruit and vegetables as snacks, and slightly lowering the size of my meals. Some days my snacks are a quarter or more of my total calories. But that's what works for me- you need to experiment with things yourself to find something that'll work for you.
 
oh yeah sorry i just never thought to post them they are as follows

Daily Intake Totals
Cals 1728 Fat 55 g Cholesterol 134 mg Sodium 3746 mg Carbs 212 g Fiber 11 g Protein 92 g Sugars 53 g

Your Customized Nutrient Goals Revert to Recommended Daily Allowance

2081 68g 312mg 2497mg 312g 26g 52g

Percent of your Recommended Daily Allowance based on a 2,000 calorie diet scaled to your calorie goal

83% 81% 43% 150% 68% 42% 177%

i use livestrong.com

i mainly eat chicken (lean) fish and turkey, probably too much bread (3 slices a day) salads, soups etc

You seem to manage yours well i crash out then go and gorge on a load of rubbish and then i dont stop because i dont want to crash out again. Im sometimes sick of eating, and other times i want to go and eat a load of rubbish for no reason even when im not in a hypo. I dont know why but i get some satisfaction from it like ive accomplished something it sounds so stupid does that mean theres something wrong with me?

thank you both for your replies
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It doesn't sound like the healthiest attitude to have towards food. I used to use my hypoglycemic episodes as an excuse to eat lots of sweets, but I've worked out if I want to lose weight I can't do that. Would it be better to think about weight loss and your desire to eat rubbish as a battle to fight- that way you have something to work against and you're less likely to get satisfaction out of eating rubbish? (These are the types of psychological games I play with myself, anyway) Does eating more low GI food at meals make your hypoglycemia more manageable? I'm finding I can leave longer between eating now than I used to by choosing lower GI foods (I still need to snack, just nowhere near as much as I used to).

I think with diet you can eat what you want as long as it works for you and you're getting your nutrition (this is more or less what I try to work around: ) I personally rarely have bread because I need a lot of it to feel full, and it's quite high calorie for what you get (the bread I used to get- I'd buy whatever was on special or multibuy- ranged between 90 and 120 calories a slice. I'd need to eat 4-6 slices to be full if I had it with a meal)- but if it works for you, then there's nothing wrong with it. I really would emphasise getting at least your five a day (if not more) though, as fruit and vegetables are packed with nutrients (and are almost all very low calorie, so you can have almost unlimited amounts)

Does 2081 represent a deficit or is that your maintenance calories? I aim at a 500-1000 calorie deficit myself (theoretical loss of 1-2lb a week)- any more than that isn't supposed to be good for you.

I'm not sure what the percentages represent, I'm afraid. You should aim to get 45-65% of your diet from carbs, 10-35% from protein, and 20-35% from fat.

Do you enter your own foods onto livestrong, or do you use the defaults there? While I use some defaults on my calorie calculator, as it's US based I've had to enter a lot of my own processed food (pasta, rice, yoghurt, porridge, etc). Some of the foods in my calorie counter's database, while they might be good for America, are really wrong when compared to UK products. You may also want to keep that in mind for your program.
 
hello again thanks for replying.
I find if i eat a lot of protein i neednt eat as much but sometimes out of nowhere i crash out and its whatever i can grab to give me a boost, i bought some glucose capsules and i take one, sometimes two if i get quite bad and then i have a small amount of protein.

I will try the lower GI meals!

Yeah youre right the bread is high in calories, i eat it through convenience mainly, sandwich at lunch soup and slice of bread for dinner lol however ive been recently having baked potatoes instead.

The 2081 apparently will help me to loose 2lbs per week (obviously with added exercise) i always aim for a little less than this. As for adding my calories to livestrong, i check what im eating first, then when i come on livestrong i check their default if its the same i add it by default, if not, i add manually, because like you i noticed some of the calories were way off - ie - 123 calories for a semi skimmed coffee, i checked my own stuff and it was only 26 calories in total so obviously they went by starbucks or wendys lol

Thanks again for your help x
 
Yes, I think protein helps but sugar is still important. One of my friends who suffers from low blood sugar says it's important to mix all the macronutrients (carbs, protein, fat) into meals and snacks so that way you're less likely to crash. (I do it with the meals, not so good with the snacks) But I agree with "whatever I can grab"- if I crash it can be a matter of my own safety, and that comes well before weight loss.

I wasn't criticising that you eat bread, I was saying that I don't eat it and why- it's a perfectly acceptable/ healthy food if it works for you. (It doesn't work for me)

If 2081 is a 2lb reduction per week, then I would consider this your absolute minimum, and aim to eat between 2081 and 2581 (or maybe 1981 and 2481 if it makes you more comfortable). Too much of a deficit and you're going to cause your metabolism to slow (as the body will think it's starving) and weight loss will become even more difficult (the more weight you have to lose the easier it is to lose weight). Don't be too impatient, it'll come. (Incidentally, the absolute maximum weight loss my GP will tolerate without giving me an enormous lecture is a kilogram- 2.2lb- a week- including bigger losses that follow a plateau),. Also remember to recalculate your calories whenever you lose weight, as those numbers will change.

Incidentally, how are you checking your own things? This isn't a criticism, more something I learned and so I'm trying to help. I started weighing my food about a month into calorie counting (with a digital scale that weighs to the nearest gram) and I was horrified by how wrong I was with some of my guesses (because my calorie counter has me do everything in grams). Milk was a particularly bad one- I thought a dash of milk was 20-40ml (whereas for me it's actually more like 40-90). (And another common one- the only apples that are actually 50 calories are those tiny ones that are packaged for kid's lunchboxes- the more normal ones are closer to 100 calories)

Feel free to check out what I'm doing if you think it'd help you.
 
Oh, and here's some self-promotion that might help you. (If I don't sound like I'm from the north-west of England, it's because I'm not :D I just live here)
 
Thanks very much for the help & support

I had chocolate cake yesterday - not a full cake HA! just a slice, right after i did my exercise. (it was my sisters birthday) and even though i felt awful for eating it, i didnt feel like my whole diet and lifestyle had been ruined because of it, i just felt like 'oh well, next time you have cake for a birthday, have half a slice instead' is that a healthier way to think?

I bought EA Sports Active 2 for the wii recently, and it arrived this morning and i am sooo excited to try it. (Sad eh?) so once im finished work i'll be on it! Ive heard really good things about it, the 9 week programme helped someone who reviewed it loose a stone and a half which is excellent. if i could loose a stone every 2 months id be veeery happy lol

Ps - can someone help me with this tracker ticker thingy in the signature? where do i go to get one and how do i add it to sig & edit it etc?

Thank You
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Oh & also, can i ask how i make my uploaded picture a profile picture? i loathe the one i have at the moment lol thank you!
 
I don't know about profile pictures, never bothered with one myself.

But to get a ticker like mine, click mine and follow the instructions, then get the board code they give you, come back here, go to User CP (top left hand side of the window) and you should see an option to edit your signature.

I think your attitude re cake is good- shouldn't have had (so much of) it, it's over now, move on, this is what I can learn from it. Everyone slips up from time to time, don't beat yourself up.
 
Thank you!

im kinda hoping ive sussed the signature now, lol i figured out the profile picture.

Aye i think its a much healthier attitude to have, i actually felt sluggish and sickly after eating it, which is a step foward because normally i would say "ooh just another wee bit wont hurt" lol but today ive been back on it and im happy and not beating myself up for a change.

Hows the weight loss going with you?

Thanks Again
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I'm getting close to goal. I said when I started this that my goal was 60kg (a kilogram is 2.2lb, so somewhere between 6 and 7 kilograms to a stone) but that I'd consider stopping before that if I was happy, depending on my size and health. I said I'd stop somewhere between 65 and 55 kilograms. I'm at 65 now, which is exciting but somewhat daunting. I'm not ready to stop yet though. I have told people to tell me if they think I should stop, but I think I have weight left to lose.
 
Wow well done thats excellent youve done so well!

Well, thats the thing isnt it? only you can judge how you feel once youre there, and if you feel you want to loose more, then go for it. However i would say your weight is really healthy and judging by your weight loss pictures i just seen, you look great! Maybe try maintenance for a few months and then decide from there? I dont know! you look fantastic, and its entirely up to you what you want to do.

well done!
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Just thought id put down some stats about me;

Name: Holly
Age: 24
Height: 5,7
Start Weight: 19st/266lbs
Size: 22(UK)
Reasons for loosing weight: Health, feeling good, happiness, looking good. From a young age i was bullied about my weight, and as ive gotten older, my friends have started to say i could be the prettiest of all of us if id just "loose a wee bit of weight" whilst im unsure id be the prettiest, i know i would look much better if i was thinner. I feel like this weight has held me back in life more than anything and if i would just grow a pair (as a female its impossible, but you know what i mean!! haha) and get it done once and for all, i can move on with my life!

So now all thats by with, what are my goals?

First Target: 241lbs
Ultimate Target: 182lbs
Dress Size: 14/16(UK)

I know my ultimate target is not hugely ambitious, nor is it a 'healthy' weight but im tall and broad, i carry weight fairly well (if theres such a thing!) and if i feel at the time i want to loose more, then i will. Im trying to do 25lbs goals, because i feel theyre more achievable, and yet once i reach one goal i dont have too many to go!

Im really going to work hard at this and i admire all of you who are on the same journey, or have completed your journey.

Thank You
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Small goals I think are the key. I started with just drinking water as a daily routine. I never just drank water just because...but now I'm conscience about it and now I try and drink 5 bottles x 500 ml a day. 1 every meal pretty much. Then after I tackled the eating at night issue by starting with eating a fruit instead, then half a fruit...and now I don't eat at night at all. It was not easy believe me. But small steps (goals) I think will lead to greater pastures. Good luck and great first step of trying to keep up with a diary. I know I'm trying!!!
 
youre doing fantastic ive read your diary (that sounds baaad haha)

Thank you for the encouragement. Youre absolutely right, replacing water with caffeine, fizzy stuff (soda) etc will really help and it shouldnt be too hard considering im a singer (wannabe LOL) and need plenty of fluids.

I just did my first day of EA Sports Active 2 40 day workout and im absolutely knackered LOL but i burned 189 calories which may not seem much but im really inactive and it is a huge step forward for me, i may well be knackered but i feel so good for doing it. Im looking forward to tomorrows workout.

Im going to take your tip ninja! Im going to start with replacing my juices etc with water, as for evening snacking, i normally would eat two biscuits, or maybe even a donut but now ive cut that out. If i feel like i want something, i'll try water first and then if that doesnt help, maybe a piece of fruit.

Thanks so much for the encouragement, keep up the good work youre doing amazingly well!

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Hey again guys!

So today i feel great emotionally, i feel awake, energised and encouraged to do more. Physically however... LOL my arms are a bit achey and i feel a wee bit...funny? Like strained! haha i suppose thats because i have been strained right?

anyways i just wondered how you all felt the morning after a tough workout? (keeping in mind, im really unfit!)

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