Camy's diary

Oh my goodness, only 15 grapes as your breakfast? If I ate like that, I would collapse. I eat a half a cup of cereal with milk and a piece of fruit or a cup of yogurt in the morning and I am starving three hours later. I can't imagine what my body would do to me if I only at 15 grapes for breakfast. That's some willpower you have.
 
Ha, 15 grapes is not a nutritious breakie by any measure, so Deidre, don't call it willpower!

Remember Camy eats no gluten, so it gets a little limited sometimes. YOUR breakfast sounds perfectly balanced and nutritious.
 
Yeah Deirdre (nice name, didn't catch that was yours!), when I am in a hurry and/or have forgotten to buy me some breakfast I can't really just eat a sandwich or some cereal, so I have to make do with whatever little I can find. I try to eat better than just 15 grapes... but it doesn't always work.

I am back up the 2 pounds I lost when I didn't eat... well makes sense obviously, and I do not want to starve myself anyhow, so 2 pounds are ok. Hopefully by the end of the week I will be down those 2 pounds again. Won't be my goal of 132, but will be better than anything.
I also may or may not be getting my period (last time was 36 days ago) and I always lose most of my monthly weight the 2 weeks after my period comes.

I went to my dance class and had so much fun, moreso than yesterday! My toes are a bit sore, because I dance barefeet. Oh yeah the rest of me is quite sore too... I may or may not go swimming later. Have my stuff with me, but I am not sure I will manage, first I have to do some work for my dissertation. I can't believe in less than 4 weeks that thing is going to be in and I am free... only those 3 weeks I have to work well hard!

Food of the day:
Breakfast: 3/4 of muller rice (felt yucky! couldn't finish it), 200 ml of OJ
Lunch: 4 bean salad (3 bean salad plus green french beans on top), huge packet of melon and grapes (together 420 cals)
Snack: caramel lite frap
Dinner: prawn curry with half a bowl of rice, salad, 4 sweets

Exercise:
90 minutes of contemporary dance


Camy
 
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Glad you had fun dancing!!!

Be careful not to get injuries... they can set you back. Make sure you are supporting your body correctly in all the moves.

Eeeek, 3 weeks and you're DONE? like entirely?
 
Thanks Anke, I think I am ok, won't hurt myself! Only my toes are unhappy (and my calves but that is just soreness). Today the teacher was happy with me and told me "well done, nice footwork" twice! I am quite proud of myself!
And yes, in 3 weeks I am fully done, I will have to defend my thesis on the 10th of September (but that won't be too hard I think) and then after that I am fully fully fully done!

I did my dancing, then went swimming and now will have lunch, then start working on the dissertation. This evening we will go to have nigerian food at this friend of a friend's place, will be interesting. I hope nigerians don't eat wheat! This is quite early, around 6, so I had a midmorning snack, instead ofmy usual late afternoon snack.

Food of the day:
Breakfast: muller rice
Midmorning snack: 1 apple
Lunch: left-over prawn curry, salad
Dinner: nigerian food

Exercise:
90 minutes of contemporary dance
20 lanes swimming

Camy
 
Let me what the Nigerian food was... I love North African cuisne... I'd expect potatoes or some sort of corn/maize product... with lamb mmmmm *fantasizing bout that one time, at that one place...*
 
Yes, my name is Deidre. It's a name that you definitely have to grow into-- it's too much for a young child. Growing up I was always Dede. That has matured to Deeds-- a favorite of my friends. My mother often calls me Digit-- a gross hybrid of DeDe-Midget, just because it is easier/quicker to say Digit.

Wow, best of luck on your dissertation when the time comes to defend. If I were you, I would be pissing my pants. That's a great attitude to have that it will be easy to defend. I have to do something somewhat similar in my undergraduate studies. It's called a capstone; I'll have an entire semester dedicated to researching outside of the class that will accumulate in a gigantic thesis paper that I must present... to the public. I'm not looking forward to it.

And another oh my goodness, I wasn't aware you could not eat gluten. Let me know how the Nigerian food turns out! I'm starting to be a bit adventurous and sample international foods. I absolutely love Indian.
 
Well Deidre, you would have loved the food yesterday then! Because she didn't cook nigerian at all, she cooked chicken korma...
it was ok, but I ate a small portion and a lot of salad. I found the people there very interestng and easy to talk to, they were 1 nigerian man, the girl from Niger and her husband from England (they just got married last week!), our friends who are english and american (getting married in 2 weeks!) and an english dude.
My man wasn't quite so fond of everyone, he said that his friend was fake (he is, he is so fake, that it is almost authentic... for those who love "Friends" he acts exactly the way Phoebe's overly excitable friend, everything is "amazing" or "astounding" or "wonderful"... honestly! Like he asked for something to drink and the guy was like "you want soem water?" and he went "OMG, water would be splendid!"... I am not kidding you!) and I think he was a bit itimidated by the fact that they are like us in 3 years... they have all lived in Africa and now are settling down, getting married etc... and my man being who he is, felt like "ahhhhh... too much of the future in one room with me!".
Anyhow it was a very enjoyable evening I thought.

his morning I didn't go to dance, I feel like a loser for not going but I have so much to do and at 3 I have to go to the airport, plus my throat hurt when I woke up and my nose was blocked so I thought better rest another half hour.
Also I am stuck on 137 pounds... I think it is because now my period is going to come, and I stay still until it comes (up to 3 weeks) and once it came I lose a few kilos pretty quickly... It makes no sense because I know I only ate 1400 cals every day this week and exercised to burn about 800 every day this week, so techically I should have lost weight. But I am ok, I will continue like this and then see the big fall after the period... hopefully! That is what happened when I was stuck at 143... so at least I am 6 pounds lighter that then... and if I lose another 6 pounds in my next cycle I will be happy!

Today my food is going to be off... Breakfast was a snickers and apple juice, lunch will be sushi on the train, dinner who knows... maybe a salad.

See you guys in 6 days!
Camy
 
Snickers??? Like the candy bar?!?!?!?! That dinner party from your guy's POV is great, he sounds like SO MANY guys I know! Oh boy. Good luck!
 
You're always so busy, Camy, on the run. I'm hoping for the weight to budge this month, too, especially after my stupid TOM. I bloat an inch or more.

And a snickers I do not view as too bad. It's practically like eating a granola or energy bar in amount of calories. The ratios of fats and carbohydrates will be different, but you're allowed to splurge.
 
OK, so I am back from my beach hols... they were very good, the first time EVER I actually enjoyed beach holidays. I was not covering up, but enjoying running around in my bikini (still feeling fat at some points, but my family were amazing with their constant pointing out how skinny I look, and how well the bikini fit me), I swam in the sea, even surfed a bit (well more like threw myself into a wave on a board and got slammed into the ground... so much fun!), swam in the pool, ate really yummy food and enjoyed my time with my family so much!

I think I may have gained a couple of pounds, but i am not sure, haven't weighed myself properly, will do that tomorrow morning, but I also got my period yesterday, so now the 3 weeks of good weight loss start. I am hoping to reach the 120ies this month (I am going by my mentrual months of 3 weeks loss, 2 weeks no loss or even slight gain, period and then back to the beginning).

I feel very positive and I hope I can really do it! Yesterday I splurged, had a giant milkshake, fries and a choc pudding, but from today on i will be good again. I come back with renewed energy and now I am on the home stretch, I want to lose these last 15 pounds and have it over and done with! On the 1st of october I am going back home for a last week of family time before going to Ghana, I would like to reach 125 by then (which means 10-12 pounds loss in about 6 weeks). Then hopefully lose the last 5 pounds in the first 2 October weeks and go the Ghana being 120. But even if i am 125 I won't complain.

I wanted to dance this week, but I won't be able to, because I have to work a lot and write hard on the dissertation, so i am just going to do my usual.
Ideally I will swim 3 times this week and rollerblade/run/gym 3 times this week, eat in my 1200-1500 cal frame, drink enough water/tea and do a fair amount of walking (I have been walking tons in the past 2 or 3 days!).

thank you to everyone who has been visiting lately my diary, I promise it will get more interesting from now on!
Here, I go!

food of the day:
Breakfast: strawberry milk rice (220 cals), tea
Lunch: jacket potato with 1/2 a slice of chicken breast and tomato sauce, small salad
Snack: slice of cheese
Dinner: salad with prawns

I don't think I will able to exercise today, because I have so much to do, but I may make up tomorrow!
Camy
 
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Yay! You had a bikini holiday!! Glad you had fun!

You mentioned before that your family has been unsupportive before, I'm glad they commented on your weight :)

Now back on track, and lots of exciting things to look forward to, huh?

Have a great week!

Ciao!
 
I am not feeling well... don't know if it is because I ate something wrong or what the heck is wrong with me. So no exercise and weird food choices, because I feel nauseous and don't eat, then get extremely hungry and eat a ton, etc...

Food of the day (yesterday):
Breakfast: 1 apple
Lunch: half a bowl of rice with veggies, 1 strawberry with whipped cream, 100 cal of teddy bears, 2 slices of cheese
Snack: 1 bounty bar, coffee frap (only about 3/4 of it though)
Dinner: small green salad, 100 g of asparagus, 200 cals worth of pickled artichokes

Food of the day (today):
Breakfast: 50 cals worth of blackberries, small vanilla yoghurt (75 cals)
Lunch: smallish salad (but with some ham and potatoes in it, so was about 400 cals), small amount of sushi (prob. 100 cals), 100 cals worth of apple juice
Dinner:

Camy
 
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Aww, hope your body feels better soon!

You've almost lost 30 pounds yourself, my have we come far!!! :)
 
No Anke, I haven't, I updated my own ticker wrong (because I am that stupid... wanted to put 138, 3 pounds more on it, instead wrote 133...). I have lost 20 pounds :(... It is getting ridiculous how slow my weight loss is going and I think it is because I am not exercising enough!

I really want to be at 59 kg at the end of September (well 58 if possible) which means I have to lose about a kilo a week in the next few weeks. I am sick of not losing weight and I am starting hardcore again. No refined sugars, no milk-products, lots of exercise! If I manage to finish my dissertation this week (which I should... I am going to be writing ehem "full time" today and tomorrow), I will have a ton of time off to exercise properly.
I want to see that 5 at the beginning of my weight (and the 12 in pounds).

I am too comfortable in my weight now, but not comfortable enough, know what I mean? People are telling me "you look great" and "you don't need to lose anymore", but I want and need to lose more. I need to feel good with myself, completely good, not like now that I feel good for a few hours and then awful because I see myself fat again.
I am going to conquer that scale and get down to 59, I am, I am totally determined!

Camy
 
Ooopsie! hehe

Aww, good luck with the dissertation!

Glad to hear you're gonna revamp the lifestyle again! You can do it!!!

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People will always tell you that you do not need to lose weight. They see the progress, but not the hard work or the potential you still have. Some of us are perfectionists! And, when you keep losing, all they notice is you shrinking. Hopefully you will not get the backlash, where you are accused of body dysmorphia or other mental disorders. People who do not exercise regularly just do not understand, nor do those who have never been overweight.

I hope your transition into the new lifestyle is smooth. Best of luck! And great job with the bikini, I can't imagine wearing one yet. I'm proud of you!
 
Hey,
my internet broke, and I have been dissertationing like crazy, that is why I was AWOL. I do not know what AWOL stands for but I think it means disappeared.

I think I still weigh the same, although I don't know and I have the worst allergy any human has ever had... my nose is blocked, my brain feels blocked too, my eyes are producing yellowish gunk that pastes them shut in the morning and I wake up with gunk coming out of nose and eyes when I wake up, unable to breath and with a very very dry throat.
That is what happens if you don't tidy up your room for about 5 months and then do it all one day at once, when you have a bad allergy to dust mites! Yuck!

Since I have finished the diss from hell I can finally start exercising again.

Small (well actually rather big) sin of the week: my friend baked me a gluten free cake and I ate about half of it in one day (yesterday!). I had forgotten what cake tastes like and man... I LIKE it! So no more cake baking from friends for me or I will be back up to 160 in NO time!

I am in good spirits and ready to tackle the weight!
Camy
 
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