Being less lazy and having less excuses

Hi cheeselover, I think you are doing really well, making good decisions every day. Drinking a glass of water in between each glass of wine is a great idea. Not snacking while you were drinking showed great restraint. Well done you! I don't think eating the same thing every morning makes any difference. If you like it & it works, why not? Keep up the good work & you will be looking great on NYE. :party: I just accepted a party invite too. One of our nephews turns 40 on NYE & is having a party at a beach, with accommodation for only $20ph & we have decided we'll go. :D Cheers, Cate
 
I can't even bear to think about NYE at the moment lol but at least it's a reasonable time frame. Not too far in the future (we all like to think we can make up for lost time when we set goals to far ahead) and not so close that its unobtainable!

I always find it incredible how great it feels after exercise. Like you say, the motivation can be seriously lacking sometimes, and the temptation is to think "not today...I'll make up for it tomorrow" but that's a slippery slope. Well done for going and for recognising you have to keep it up in order to get the benefits :)
 
cate said:
I just accepted a party invite too. One of our nephews turns 40 on NYE & is having a party at a beach, with accommodation for only $20ph & we have decided we'll go. :D Cheers, Cate
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Oh, Cate, having NY celebration on the beach (or somewhere where the weather is super warm/hot) is so cool and is one of the things in my TO DO LIST, I have always wanted to be in the swimming pool with a cocktail in the hand on NY Eve. So far I have always had a NY celebration in a cold weather :(
 
On Friday morning my weight was 75.5 kg (166.1 lbs), that is a loss of 1 kg (2.2 lbs) since last week. But o Friday and Saturday I did some partying and went eating out, therefore I am not sure how good/bad I did these two days in terms of calories, but I did have a training on Friday and did a lot of walking on Saturday, so hopefully that not good eating and wine will not give me a big plus on the scale. Today I will try to stick with my diet. Have not decided whether I will go to training today or not.

Although I have not lost much weight, I think that my face seems slimmer and I feel much better physically and I love the feeling of being not overstuffed with food.

I wish a healthy day! :)
 
It's amazing isn't it how great you can feel when you start eating right and shifting some weight. Even more amazing that we've lived without that great feeling for so long!

Well done on your loss. What is your total loss now? Seems like you are doing very well indeed :D Keep it going!
 
Just feeling slimmer, when you start eating "cleaner" counts for at least a 2kg loss(in your head) anyway. That's my theory & I'm sticking to it. If I feel slimmer I eat like a slim person! That's why I think building self-esteem is one of the most important factors if we want to lose weight. Sounds like you're doing well Cheeselover! 1kg loss already :D
 
LouLou86 said:
What is your total loss now? Seems like you are doing very well indeed :D Keep it going!
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Thanks LouLou86, but I think it seems better than it actually is :D

As I started to log here in the middle of August I was 77.2 kg (169.8 lbs) and then I believe I gained a bit weight to 78-79 kg (171.6 -173.8 lbs) in the three weeks I was not reporting here (that was 18th September) :( Upps... and then I started to drop the weight off and as of last Friday I was 75.5 kg (166.1 lbs), so I have lost not that much of weight so far – I don’t know exact number, but I have lost some 5-7 pounds in 2-3 weeks. Could be better, but could be worse as well.
 
cate said:
Sounds like you're doing well Cheeselover! 1kg loss already :D
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Thanks Cate! Sometimes I think it is a shame the weight is counted in kilos instead of pounds, 1 kg does not seem that much, but if to convert in lbs, then it is already 2.2 lbs lost :D
 
Yesterday was no training and eating.. well.. it could have been better. Yesterday I had the feeling, that I want to snack all the time.. all day... the good thing is that I do not have bad food at home, so everything I snacked was quite healthy - nuts, toasts with light cheese and more and more... I believe the amount could have been a bit too much! :D Ok, more than a bit too much! BUT today is new day - continuing with healthy eating and gym today. I think I will do weight training today.
 
Monday and Tuesday I was eating rather at maintenance level than having a deficit. It is getting colder here and the weather these two days has been awful.. Although it is still around + 20 C (around + 70 F), but it is windy and rainy. The winter is approaching... :( I already cannot wait till the next summer :) It seems that these last days my organism is/was trying to adapt to colder weather and I wanted to eat all the time (but I didn’t! Yay!)
With the weather being colder, it means that I have to change my food. Till now I was eating kind of ‘summer food’ – salad, cottage cheese and other ‘light’ and raw food, but as the weather gets colder it is not possible (at least for me) to eat cold/uncooked products and get the satisfaction of them. Which means I will have to spend more time preparing and making some warm/cooked food as it fills me better in the cold weather. And here comes that big challenge again – protein! Mostly protein products I consume are not cookable (and are cold) – protein shake, cottage cheese, quark. Well, I will have to think about the new diet plan still.

Today after couple of days without a gym, I am going and having my weight training! And I will do my best to eat under maintenance level today. Go me! ;)
 
To me Winter= soup. I could live on soup. Soup is comfort food for me.....Soup with lentils.......
"Protein in Lentils
One cup of lentils provides about 18 grams of dietary protein, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Nutrient Database. A more reasonable portion size of 1/2 cup of lentils thus contains about 9 grams of protein. Although the protein in lentils is classified as incomplete, meaning it lacks some of the essential amino acids you require to build proteins within your body, eating complete proteins or complementary incomplete proteins – such as brown rice – during the course of the day helps ensure your amino acid needs are met."
 
Good morning!

This whole week I have been eating at maintenance level (not with calorie deficit as I should :/). Doing good, but at the same time I am upset that I cannot keep myself devoted and do something about the weight loss. I do have the problem with not being patient – I want all my weight gone and NOW PLEASE!
I do not want to make the same mistake as previously – I am (as it comes to weight loss) ‘all or nothing’ person. I can maintain very strict diet and lose weight rather fast, but then when the weight is lost, I cannot maintain it because of the strict diet before. That is the reason why I am learning the balance now, but unfortunately not very successfully.
Hoping and trying to get myself in this balanced weight losing thing ;)

And cate, I will try to put lentils in the soup. I do love soups, especially cream soups, but as I am always putting just veggies, then I don’t get the satisfaction for a long time, in an hour I want to eat again :D
 
Part of learning to maintain weight is exactly that....learning. Nobody jumps straight into long term weight loss, everyone has to work out how to do it and how it works best for them. Most of us here do not have healthy eating/activity habits, we're all having to start from scratch and figure out how best to lose the weight then keep it off, how best to alter our diets so that we can still eat variety without over-doing in, how best to remain active without spending our entire lives in the gym. Don't beat yourself up because you don't have it all worked out yet...it takes time, practice and (sorry) patience :p

On the topic of patience....I feel you, I have little of it myself. I'm one of those people that does a day of dieting and expects to feel slimmer. I lose a pound and expect my clothes to be falling off me. Weight loss can be a long, slow road to walk, but going slow is better than not going at all. It will all be worth it in the end.

Keep going, find your motivation, keep aiming for that goal! :hurray:
 
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