DON'T PANIC! (Halo's Diary)

2 exams down, 2 more to go :sleeping:
Not much to say really, been going to the gym :) and trying to eat healthy. Not really seeing any progress at the moment I just bounce around between 138 and 140.
Well I should go do some mroe revision, yay :confused:
 
maleficent said:
ya for being half way thru your exams :) that'll be a great feeling when they are done :)
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Yup I can't wait! :)

I got contact lenses today woo! Ive been threatening to get them more or less ever since I had to start wearing glasses which was yyyeeeaaarrrsss ago. And I finally did it :D .

Apart from that Ive been revising for my next exam the day after tomorrow. Il spend all day tomorrow on it, then the morning of (oh yes, and some people cram even more then me! :rotflmao: ) So I should be ok, I hope.

My little bros 18th birthday today *sheds a tear* :D so going to see him tonight and going away to celebrate at the weekend. Really looking forward to having a bit of a break away from revision, its ok because the next exam isnt for a while after that.

Well not much movement diet wise but at least the number on the scale isnt going up!
 
Weighed myself today and the needle was somewhere around 137 and 138 :) Im normally bobbing between 138 and 140 so im pretty pleased :p I really need to get a scale thats easier to read lol. Maybe a nice digital one that will read my bf%, I know they tend to be way out but it would give me a better idea then what Ive got now!

Exam later today, Ive stopped revising now, anything I havnt learn't yet im not going to get before this afternoon lol :rolleyes:
 
Still revising......
Had a weekend away which played merry hell with my diet but back on track now. and had a great time which was the main thing XD
Last exam on friday, cant wait for it to be over.
 
Good luck for Friday. I'm sure you'll ace it!
Remember, not too much beer to celebrate the end of exams. Try the wine or vodka instead:rotflmao:
 
Penfold said:
Good luck for Friday. I'm sure you'll ace it!
Remember, not too much beer to celebrate the end of exams. Try the wine or vodka instead:rotflmao:
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Thanks :) im not really sure how I did, just happy its all over now lol. Im lucky I dont like beer lol :D un fortunatly I do like alcopops, and I think I had rather to many :( so im trying to be good now lol.
 
Ok up untill the end of term I was just happy to be maintaining my weight at approx 140 lbs. I knew there was going to be alot of stress and temptation and I just wanted to avoid un doing my good work so far (8-10lbs might not sound like a lot but it took me since Christmas to do it!)

But then, there was the end of term, after my last exam it was like some sort of hallaluja moment, I was practically giddy knowing it was all over.... And that giddyness sent me on a weekend long celebration that went something like this:

Friday evening/saterday morning: burger and chips, copious alcohol, BLT and chips

a few hours sleep

Saterday: cerial, burger and chips, more alcohol, toast

crashed out for about 12 hours, woke up feeling like death. Not hungover, just like my body was kicking me. Ive never tried to do 2 nights out in a row before.

Sunday: cerial, popcorn, pasta bake

So that was my weekend and I felt awful afterwards... I still dont think Ive caught up on the missed sleep and its wednesday! By monday I was spotty, pale, knackered and weighing in at about 143 lbs :( but I was to tired to really care lol.

So as I say, its wednesday now and Ive been trying to give my body a break, I had a week (starting from monday) to recover from Uni to be ready to start my new job. Ive been trying to get plenty of sleep, drink water and eat well. As of this morning im not so pale, not so spotty and weighing in at 141lbs. Which is an improvement. Im also trying to sort out my sleeping routine which has gradually crept forwards (going to bed later and getting up later) I want to try to rectify that. Or the job will rectify it for me lol :p

Troble is, I dont find it too difficult to get back to my 140lb mark, even dip under it a bit. But I just havnt been able to really make headway to my next goal. I think part of the problem is I tend to think of this weight as 'acceptable' whereas 148lb which I started at was definatly 'unacceptable' im not really happy with it but im not unhappy with it either.

So I think I need to start keeping a record of what I eat again, to try and keep on track.
 
Well it looks like today, nutrition wise, hasnt been too bad. Calorie wise is probably another story...

Fruit and fibre cerial with semi skim milk - 200 cals
strawberries - 20 cals
baked potato with cheese and beans - 600 or 700 cals ?
pasta bake with cheese - 650 cals ?
strawberries and cherries - 50 cals ?

so thats about 1600 ish, not as bad as I thought. Quite a bit of cheese there though, at least the stuff with the pasta bake is the low fat variety. Not sure about the baked potato since that was a take away, better then getting a burger amd fries though.
 
Im back

I think im going to have to blow the dust off my diary lol...

This is what I posted in the new comers section a couples of days ago:

Hello, its been quite awhile since I have posted here.

When I was here before I managed to get down to under 10st in weight and was very happy with my progress, during my exams I managed to keep to around 10st and even when I started my placement work for University all was going quite well.

Then disaster struck, to begin with my job chaged quite substantially from spending the summer chasing around after equipment and temporary staff to being far more desk bound. Not that im complaining, I love my job but its not helping my weight!

But the real problem came when a doctor swapped me from my old birth control pill (which had been working wonderfully for years) to a new one. My moods went round the twist, I was miserable and for someone who has never really suffered with PMT thats quite a big thing. Worst of all I was ravenously hungry all the time, I would eat breakfast as normal then by mid-morning I was feeling literally faint with hunger.

So the lbs started to pile on and I went up to about 10st 7lbs which was when alarm bells started ringing. I went to another doctor for a 2nd opinion and was told I could go back to my old pill immidietly (hooray!) but I still haven't had a pill free week in almost 3 months, until now. (my old pill lets me have a pill free week in between cycles, I think it makes all the differance for me)

So with little/no relief yet from changing back to my old pill and Christmas around the corner I decided to let things lie for awhile. Then yesterday in the sales I bought a scale that calculates your BMI and body fat % etc, I practically fell off them when I saw:

weight: 153lbs
BMI:24
BF%: 28.5

I also made some measurements of myself:

waist: 29 1/2"
hips: 40"
back 32"

I know im not over weight, but I will be soon if this continues and im not happy either, I want my old body back

I would like to get to a weight of 128lbs with a BMI of 20 and a BF% lower then 25. but 1st of all, Id like to get back below 10st 7lbs. Its getting quite depressing now that none of my clothes fit me I did buy some new clothes in the sales but bought them in my normal size (I hope the tightness of my clothes will be some incentive to me).

It would be nice to be down around 10st at least by February, Id love to see some results faster then that but I dont want to be suckered into some faddy diet....

Well I guess Ive rattled on enough for now, will you guys have me back?
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And now for an update :)

Ive been doing my best to eat well since that post and I stepped on the scales this morning to find out that I weigh 10st 11lbs :D ok its not where I want to be yet, but its a good start I think.

Also I have my 1st driving lesson today :)
 
I was very pleased to see when I stepped on the scales today that I was down to 10st 8lbs :D which is rapidly approaching 10st 7lbs (the very highest weight I usually allow myself to get to). Not that I want to be up here again lol...
 
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