Cathys Diary -the future is now

Trattis

Trattis

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Hm, where do i begin?

I am 16 years old, as of today i weigh 70 kgs (154 lbs) the number kinda snuck up on me this morning and usually id try to make and excuse and say that the scale must be broken or something but this time i want to do something about this and stop and reverse my wieght gain before it completely goes out of control.

I overeat alot. I do it because i am bored most of the time and need something to do so i cook, or bake and then eat all of it by myself. I also eat because people expect me too, its a stupid reason but i guess ive always been the fatty and my friends just assume that i want to eat all the time and so ive tried to live up to it. And as of now, that is over.

My parents, two brothers and i are all from sweden, we moved to Saudi Arabia in 1994 when i was 4. We then went on to live in Iran, Bahrain and UAE before we returned to Sweden in april of 2004. I think that this has had an effect on me because when u move to a new place it takes time to adjust and to get friends so i was bored a lot of the time and sad because i had to leave everytime i had finally made a life for myself, so to fill up the hole i had in me, and to make time pass, i ate and ate.

All the junk has caught up with me and now i dont know what to do. Ive tried eating right and healthily and compared to last year im eating soo much better, but for some reason ive gained 10 kg since last summer.

This is my last shot because if this deosnt work then nothing will and so im praying that this will make a difference!!! wish me luck and ill keep posting my progress!!
 
Trattis said:
My parents, two brothers and i are all from sweden, we moved to Saudi Arabia in 1994 when i was 4. We then went on to live in Iran, Bahrain and UAE before we returned to Sweden in april of 2004. I think that this has had an effect on me because when u move to a new place it takes time to adjust and to get friends so i was bored a lot of the time and sad because i had to leave everytime i had finally made a life for myself, so to fill up the hole i had in me, and to make time pass, i ate and ate.
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I know what you mean, I was an Air Force brat, we moved every 3 or 4 years when I was a kid. The great thing about this place and the people here.....is that no matter where you move or where we move, this place will still be here and we'll all be on here to encourage each other.

Welcome to your diary. :D
 
Thank u!! i think this will be fun!

also im glad someone else understands the expat lifstyle:p it feels like im the only one here in sweden, not many ppl i can relate to.

im glad i found this place!!!!
 
Alright so ive spent the last couple hours getting to know this place and trying to learn form other people and stuff... and ive now developed a little plan for myself!

Since it is summer vacation i dont really do much, most of my friends are on vacation so im at home watching tv or on the computer. but from now on im dedicating myself to training and my diet!

My Rules:
1) No sugar
2) Eat many small portions throughout the day
3) Keep a food diary to count the calories eaten and burned
4) Burn more calories than i eat by
- walking the dog for 1 hour /daily
- doing exercises for 1 hour /daily
- join a gym /go 3-4 times a week
- Swim /once a week
- Start playing tennis again /1-2 times a week
5) i'm going to allow myself to 'cheat' like every other day in the start because otherwise ill end up quiting on the 4th day if not earlier, plus this will be like a reward so that it doesnt seem like im missing out completely!

OK well,thats all for now.. :)
 
Trattis It looks good till the cheating. If your talking about eating a small pudding or some such that prob wont hurt other than it may take longer to shake any sugar or carb cravings. I didn't start my cheat days till about a month later but everyone is different. Just be careful that you don't offset your new way of eating to-wards more of an unhealthy slope than is already there.
 
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hillbillylee, ur right.. maybe i should cut the cheating down to once a week. on the day that i burn the most calories or something. that way i will still burn it.. thanks :)
 
I only say this because a little snack here or there almost killed my diet at the beginning. This is just hillbilly thinking But I think we are weaker at the beginning of out diets than we would be a month later.
 
Welcome to the forum, Cathy! :D You can do this with your plan. Just don't do too much at once or you'll risk injury. Keep your focus and you'll do great :D
 
Welcome, Cathy. Good luck with your goals.

Eating food you love that is fattening or sweet as a treat now and again is not "cheating" it is just living. We shouldn't have to go without the food we love, but be sensible about it and don't do it all the time. If you are right on most of the time, it won't matter....you will still lose weight...especially with all that activity you have planned. Looks like a great plan for losing weight.
 
I completely agree with hillbilly.. I myself was much too weak in the beginning of my diet to cheat. For I knew that if I cheated even once a week I wouldn't be able to get back on the horse on Monday..

I think a better idea is tell yourself.. I am going to be super good and do a proper diet for a month and maybe treat myself with a dinner out for it.

Either that or try to incorporate in your diet some of your favourite things.. Say if peanut butter is a weakness of yours, have one teaspoon of it as a snack, instead of your fruit. Next day have a fifth of your favourite chocolate already wrapped in individual paper.. Again as a replacement to your snack.. Gradually you can cut down your sugar intake to nothing..

:) Good luck!

Sday~
 
Yeh, ok i kno u guys are right bout the cheating.. guess i just had to hear it come form spmebody else. Ill use it as rewards!! So once i get half way to my goal ill bake a big cocolate cake for my family adn myself to celebrate!

Today when i woke up i went and hopped on the scale and i had lost .4 kg :p.. I was happy ahaha. and it made me want to come on here and write it down! I'm gonna go walk my dog for an hour and if im right i will burn 210 calories and thats more than what i had for breakfast so its lookin pretty good. Ill take another walk later tonight as well and do my exercises as well.. :D im really exited bout this! thanks all of u
 
Alright i have a couple questions for whoever knows the answer:

1) I know that we burn calories throughout the day naturally (like not through exercise) but how many exclty? cus i want to count that aswell as the calories i loose from exercise...
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2) This is a bit emberrassing but i want to know what happends with the streachmarks? do they go away? or are they forvere there to remind me of how large i am and continue to make me to selfcontious to wear a bikini even though i hav lost all the fattieness?...
 
okay so someone comented on this diary thing (the reputation thing) and said "start by growing up"

and i that hurt cus i am overwight and i need support in loosing the extra weight and just because im 16 doesnt make me less deservant to be here. Girls stop growing around 2 years after they get their periods and so ive stopped growing quite a while ago.. and im jsut trying to get control of myself and i should be allowed to do so and ask for support without any nasty comments.. i get enough of those at home thanks
 
okay so someone comented on this diary thing (the reputation thing) and said "start by growing up"
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you are always going to find negative people. On a public forum like this there are good people along with the occasional %$#%#. You are here, you realized you have/had a problem and now your looking for advice to fix it. You are grown enough. I think you said you were 16. That shouldn't matter....As I said before.......Welcome to the site...........
 
Thank u Hill! u made me feel alot better!
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i'm Sitting in my room right now and im reeeally craving some vanilla ice cream with lots of toffee and chocolate sauce all over it.. there is some downstairs which is why im scared to leave my room.. i want to go make a cup of tea or grab a fruit to kill the craving a little bit but i know that if i go to the kitchen ill end up convincing myself that just a litte ice cream wouldnt hurt and ill end up having some and then ill feel soo guilty and it wont help take the craving away permanently..

I'm having a really hard time right now and its only the second day.. :( this is so much harder than expected it to be....
 
It will be hard then it will get a little easier. Go downstairs and make you a tall glass of extra strong tea. I drink mine hot and it seems to do something for the cravings........
 
Try brushing your teeth. That works for me.
You're doing fine and just think how good your going to feel about yourself if you beat that nasty snack fairy.
 
Thanks for the advice! ill deff use it now and for as long as i have these cravings.. Hill i made myself a big cup of tea and it tasted very good and suprosingly i didnt even try taste the ice cream whilst i was in the kitchen!! :) *proud* baby steps
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Anyways i wnat to make my diary more personal so that all of the people who have to suffer through my whining will know who they are reading about!

so below is a picture of me :eek:
 
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