dancing-shadow
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Ok, so I'm trying desperately to get healthier/fitter/slimmer, and I'm obviously doing something wrong as I'm not getting anywhere.
My stats currenty:
Weight: 165lbs (ish)
Height: 5'5
Measurements: 36-33-37
I started this journey a couple of years ago. I was 189lbs the first time I went on the scales during my 'heavy' stage. Having just started to reach for the size 16 (UK) clothes in shops, I was miserable, and knew I had to do something about it. I'd let my love of junk food and complete lack of excessive ruin my life. I used to be a healthy size 10-12. I never had tight abs, but then I never exercised. I'm sure now that if I had have looked after myself and worked-out more I could have toned up and would be where I want to be right now. Hindsight really is a bugger.
I started by simply cutting down on portion size. I refused to cut out any specific food, because I knew it wasn't possibly for me to stick to something like that. It took me a year, but I lost around 22-25lbs, and was no longer reaching for the size 16's. I was still in 14's though.
So I started cutting down on junk food, and trying to eat healthier. I even started doing Zumba once a week. Nothing changed. My weight and my measurements all stayed the same.
Another year has gone by and I'm still hovering around 165lbs. I've now cut out all junk food - no crisps, no pasta, no rice, no bread. I drink nothing but water (around 3-4 litres a day). I also now do a 30 mile bike ride on a weekend, Zumba twice a week, and I do sit-ups/crunches/squats first thing in a morning 5 days a week. I record everything on mapmyfitness, to try and see what I'm eating too much of (it was fat, but I'm keeping check on that now). I do allow myself a little treat occasionally, as long as it doesn't put me over my daily totals.
I now have a holiday coming up in 5 weeks - my first for 10yrs, and I'm struggling to find a nice bikini that I feel comfortable in because of my muffin-top. I'm getting desperate, and miserable. I'm sure I'm not eating enough calories any more (on average about 900-1000 a day), so my body is holding on to everything, but I don't know how to increase that without over-doing it or eating the wrong foods. I do snack through the day on fruit (which doesn't fill me up in the slightest) or on graze's healthy nut/seed/fruit punnets. I'm at a loss at what to do. I can only just afford my twice weekly Zumba class, so going to a proper gym is out of the equation, and
I keep telling myself to be patient, and it will come. But if I'm not doing this right, then it won't come, and I won't know about it until another year has passed. At least I'm still hovering around 165+/-. I'm not putting anything on. Which is good. Just wish I could lose these inches round my middle. I could do with losing around 6-8", so it's not like I don't have it to lose.
Persistence I guess. That and searching round on forums like these for advice and tips of how to tweak my current routine.
*sigh*
My stats currenty:
Weight: 165lbs (ish)
Height: 5'5
Measurements: 36-33-37
I started this journey a couple of years ago. I was 189lbs the first time I went on the scales during my 'heavy' stage. Having just started to reach for the size 16 (UK) clothes in shops, I was miserable, and knew I had to do something about it. I'd let my love of junk food and complete lack of excessive ruin my life. I used to be a healthy size 10-12. I never had tight abs, but then I never exercised. I'm sure now that if I had have looked after myself and worked-out more I could have toned up and would be where I want to be right now. Hindsight really is a bugger.
I started by simply cutting down on portion size. I refused to cut out any specific food, because I knew it wasn't possibly for me to stick to something like that. It took me a year, but I lost around 22-25lbs, and was no longer reaching for the size 16's. I was still in 14's though.
So I started cutting down on junk food, and trying to eat healthier. I even started doing Zumba once a week. Nothing changed. My weight and my measurements all stayed the same.
Another year has gone by and I'm still hovering around 165lbs. I've now cut out all junk food - no crisps, no pasta, no rice, no bread. I drink nothing but water (around 3-4 litres a day). I also now do a 30 mile bike ride on a weekend, Zumba twice a week, and I do sit-ups/crunches/squats first thing in a morning 5 days a week. I record everything on mapmyfitness, to try and see what I'm eating too much of (it was fat, but I'm keeping check on that now). I do allow myself a little treat occasionally, as long as it doesn't put me over my daily totals.
I now have a holiday coming up in 5 weeks - my first for 10yrs, and I'm struggling to find a nice bikini that I feel comfortable in because of my muffin-top. I'm getting desperate, and miserable. I'm sure I'm not eating enough calories any more (on average about 900-1000 a day), so my body is holding on to everything, but I don't know how to increase that without over-doing it or eating the wrong foods. I do snack through the day on fruit (which doesn't fill me up in the slightest) or on graze's healthy nut/seed/fruit punnets. I'm at a loss at what to do. I can only just afford my twice weekly Zumba class, so going to a proper gym is out of the equation, and
I keep telling myself to be patient, and it will come. But if I'm not doing this right, then it won't come, and I won't know about it until another year has passed. At least I'm still hovering around 165+/-. I'm not putting anything on. Which is good. Just wish I could lose these inches round my middle. I could do with losing around 6-8", so it's not like I don't have it to lose.
Persistence I guess. That and searching round on forums like these for advice and tips of how to tweak my current routine.
*sigh*
