General hysterical diet related rambling: From Flab to Fab.

go rainbow~~~~~~~~~~~~saturday is here ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~GLAD YOU ARE sure about it this time you can soooooooo do this girl!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Waiting to hear about your day:seeya:
 
AAh thanks Becky and Princess!!! Well, all our diets have gone to pot since we started to get a life! Maybe now we have settled into a routine a bit more now and are less stressed about suddenly having stuff to do all the time, we can succeed in our diets!

Thanks for all the positive vibes!!!!! :D

I have had sugary teas today, because I am overdrawn and can't afford sweetener and coffees (I know! Awful!), but apart from the sugar I have done well, and I haven't found it that hard. YEEEEHAAAAAA!!!!!

Day 16 - When did you first decide to lose weight?
In May. We were having the occasional warmish day, and I was trying on a summer dress in peacocks, and I couldn't believe that the reflection staring back in the mirror was actually me. I can still picture my then-reflection perfectly in my head. I felt so frumpy and horrible. I also really wanted to go on a beach holiday... and I know that I would never have the confidence to ever wear a swimsuit surrounded by women with "Normal" bodies, let alone anything more revealing.

Day 17 - What is your favourite treat meal?
Chicken tikka masala with vegetable rice, with saag aloo, onion bhajees and peshwari naan.

Day 18 - What food is your weakness?
Anything sugary and pizza.

Day 19 - When is your favourite body part to work on? Why?
I got results quite fast with sit-ups. So sit-ups!

Food
Medium portion of porridge
Apple and banana
carrot and coriander soup with a crusty roll
Lasagne and loads of veg
Apple and two plums
9ish sugary teas.
 
AAA!!!oyu are really back!!!im so glad you are !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yes ok about the sugary teas so what you are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:hurray:


you wrote about your fantasy somewhere back and i really smiled!!!!i loved it!!!!

Think i 'll go back myself to get those question , as i didnt answer them too..........
 
AThanks Jess!!!! Your excitement is making me even more excited!!!! Yup, I;m back. And I am going to be really good for the next month. All I need to do is sort out the sugar now! But maybe I should just take one step at a time and not try to push myself too hard.

I am in the midst of another boyfriend crisis. Each one gets worse than the last. I very much doubt we will stay together. I will tell you all about it when he has gone. I have spent a good few hours today crying and I feel rather drained.

I have done well on my diet although I have had the hungries today. Its not been too bad though. And the scales have already gone down 2 pounds since yesterday :hurray: It feels SO GOOD eating loads of fruit and veg, its like my poor, probably malnourished body can taste every single vitamin, and is cheering me on in glee.

I will be out all day tomorrow (Lunch and dinner), just hope I can stick to it then! I am going to go to Uni well prepared.

Day 20 - What is your favourite form of cardio?
Dancing like a loony or running around with the kids, throwing them onto the sofa or singing ring-a-ring-a-roses.

Day 21 - What is your favourite resource for healthy living info?
I haven't really been anywhere other than the fat forum.... I am all resourced out after my last diet. I completely overloaded myself with information from magazines, books, newspapers, the internet etc... Then, and I don't think my brain is interested in knowing anything more!

Day 22 - Quick! What are the 5 things you like best about yourself?
I feel other peoples emotions very strongly, so I guess I am quite caring.
I am a good mum.
I act quite dopey and silly but I am secretly a little bit brainy underneath.
I am a good cook.
I am creative-ish.

Day 23 - Did the media play a role in your wanting to lose weight?
No, not really. Although, that does remind me that I once did have a regular email correspondence with Monica Grenfell, the health columnist of the NoTW's Sunday supplement :)

So.... Foodfoodfoodfoodfood.....

Large glass of apple, lime and kiwi smoothie
Large carton of plum tomato and basil soup with a crusty roll
Sweetcorn, cheese and onion 3 egg omelette with a mountain of peas
2 small bananas, apple, plum and satsuma.
Bout 10 sugary teas. Oooops.

I am hungry.

EDIT---- And a slice of ham.
 
A:hurray: :hurray: :hurray: :hurray: :hurray:

YAY!!!! Ruthie is back!!!! So so pleased to see the old you back and raring to get it done.....And 2lb down already :hurray: :hurray:

Looking forward to seeing more sassy Ruthie pictures when you have lost some more and are confident again.

Love and hugs Xxx
 
I was thinking about sugar today in coffees and really it is just a wate of calories.So i decided i'll have my regular 2 spoons sugar and milk coffee when i have the time to actually enjoy it (with the bad smokes) and then i'll just have coffee with sweetner no milk in between.Maybe you could do something like that?Like have a tea of coffee the way you like it and the rest plain?

You made me remember my mum , when i was really little like 7y.old in the morning she used to drink sweet tea with milk in and leave my a bit in the cup!!!!I never met anyone else that had tea with milk.Only my mum.Sure probaly half the planet does but i just havent met anyone.Ok rambling over!!!!!
 
AI'm not only down 2 pounds any more Kate, I am down 5 pounds! And that is after eating my brekkie this morning! Whilst I know that its probbaly due to my not-as-blocked-up intestines (Yes, tmi :), I know!), I do also feel slimmer. My tummy isn't bloated. And maybe its because I got an early night last night, but I have woken up this morning FULL OF BEANS!!! WOOOOHOOOOOOOO!

Yesterdays food was- Eat natural bar and a brunch bar and a cappuccino, a chicken shish kebab, and a pear. The kebab really filled me up. I didn't leave Uni till half 8 last night. Got another busy day- About to go to uni and finish of my work on the drawing board which will take a few hours, and then the British museum to do some drawings, then I need to buy some art supplies and spend the whole evening doing different drawings. Eeeek. So its gonna be a busy day. I have probably got about 30 hours work (More if its going to be completely fabulous) to do by Monday, which is quite hard when you have 2 kids to look after. Plus I am completely dense when it comes to Vector works (an architectural drawing programme), so I really do need to spend a day reading a book about it and practising to make me less scared of it. Argghhhh.
 
AO rainbow I am so happy u found ur way back.....ur 5 pounds is awesome...it brings me so much hope!! Well done love... well done!!!!
 
AYAY!!! 5LB now....Get you girly!!! So so chuffed for you.
You definatly sound like the old you is back. I know what you mean about feeling better that your body is not all blocked up with crap food, it really makes a difference. And :hurray: to feeling skinny!!! It rocks!!
Rob is inundated with loads of uni work too, they really work you guys hard. Just think of what you will have acheived at the end of it though.

So so pleased that my Ruthie is back :hurray: :hurray: :hurray: I have really missed her...........
 
A:grouphug: :D :D :D

Thannnnnnnnnkkkkkkkkksssssssss!

I bloody know! I can't believe that this time I am actually doing my work and not at the last minute either! Ruthies back? No.... the old me has disappeared under a mountain of coursework... Lets hope she never gets out again lol.

Its definitely harder to eat healthy wandering around the streets of London... I was SO hungry this afternoon and I don't know how I steered myself away from temptation, but I did! I am having a nicely slobbed out day tomorrow (gonna try and get some work done but don't think it'll be possible with Lily at home!), so hopefully it will be a bit easier, just have to try and stay away from the teeeeaaaaas, the dreaded sugary teas. God, I had forgotten how much I love it.

Day 24 - When did you first notice your hard work paying off?
I remember trying on a size 14 Dogtooth coat that I hadn't worn in a while. It was always too small as I had bought it at the start of an attempted diet, thinking that I would slim into it. I still wore it a few times as I loved it, but it flattened my boobs, the buttons gaped and it wasn't flattering. I had a photo of me wearing it actually, but I deleted it off facebook as I looked too fat. Wish I hadn't now! Anyway, I bought other coats so I hadn't worn it in a couple of months, and I remember feeling over the moon when there was breathing space in it again. I was like "WOW!" I have actually lost some inches!

Day 25- When you reach your goals, what do you plan on doing to maintain your results?
Once I get to a size ten, that is IT. I am never going to buy myself size 12 or higher clothes as a temporary measure. I hope to be sensible most of the time, but I am not going to kid myself that I will never again have a bad couple of months like I just had. But if I am busting out of size 10's, I will diet until they fit me again! Like I'm not going to buy myself any size 14's now... Gaining weight was my wake-up call, and hopefully it will always be!

Day 26 - What excites you most about reaching your goals?
All the lovely clothes I will be able to wear, and just the general feeling of skinnyness :)

Day 27 - How do you stay on track in tempting situations? (e.g. BBQs, Birthday parties, out with friends, etc.)
Well, I haven't exactly got a great social life lol, so it isn't that much of a problem. When I do go out, I try to be reasonably healthy still. But its a bit pointless if you are drinking calorific alcohol.... So I would say sod it :)

Food
60 grams porridge oats
2 small bananas
bacon and avocado granary sandwich with a cappuccino.
Carton of winter vegetable soup.
Apple
4 coffees and one tea.
 
AWell done on staying away from temptation!!! :hurray:

Ok, so maybe not the old Ruthie back.......How about a hotter, sexier, more confident Ruthie!!!! Either way i'm happy that you are back on track and kicking some food ass!
 
Hey Ruthie!!!!


Looks like we both disappeared! I am also backkk!! Yayyyy!! :)


boyfriend crisis...>< I hate that feeling that you know it is not going to work. It is such a dark hole to be in! Ah..love..it hurts. I just found out yesterday night that my ex-gf deleted her fb probably because of me...makes me quite sad actually. =[


Let's get back on track Ruthie!


- Ken
 
Hey Ruthie, I read some more of your recent posts and just wanted to say we all get into slumps, but don't give up.


I disappeared and fell into a bad slump of eating poorly a lot. I am very weak at times and lack the willpower to eat better or exercise adequately. I love this forum because of people like you... i can relate to your struggles and i know i am not alone in this. *hug*
 
AKEN!!!!! YOUR BACK!!!!!! YAY! Will go and check up on you!

Well he has promised to behave himself now... Enjoying it while it lasts lol. Bloody hell, deleting her facebook seems a bit extreme. Unless you were being a crazy stalker and she has moved country and cut all contacts to avoid you! I did deactivate my facebook for about 10 minutes when I was hugely upset about something... But longer than 10 minutes, and its a sign of an unhinged mind! Trust me, your well shot of her :) The only person I know who has deleted his facebook had severe issues. Point proven!

Slumps *SHUDDER*, yep, they're horrible. I think there is something in the air though... Everyone seems to be getting back on track now, a lot of people have been struggling for the past couple of months. Lets make this time THE time :)

Kate The sexier, more confident me is itching to be released so she can shimmy her way into various rooms :) She is pictured below...

I am sitting here with soaking wet hair because my hairdrier has broken. Humph. Now I have that out of the way, I can talk about food. It has been good! Again! WOW!!!!

Someone on here (Sparked) was saying that when she is feeling tempted she looks at new clothes and holidays, and she has an imaginary trip to spain planned along with all the outfits she will be wearing there, and that made me get moodboarding again. I totally fell in love with this skirt, but its only available in a size 8, and I can't afford it what with my new cheekbones and Christmas. I even put Kensington in the background as that was a part of my little weight loss challenge story :)

ultimategoaloutfit.jpg


The woman looks like she is looking down her cleevage and thinking "I may be skinny, but theres not much going on there".

Food
One and a half large glasses of apple, kiwi and lime smoothie
Multigrain ham sandwich
A banana with seeds
Carton of chicken soup and half a roll
3 plums

My hair is still wet.
 
she was just hanging onto something that wasn't there and I think she finally realized it one of these days. She's a great girl..i am just not ready to settle..not my time...i know the typical lame guys excuse. She had a small social circle and i guess over the 2 years she had a lot of my friends on fb and even without me on fb...i get tagged in a lot of pictures of friends so...i think she was tired of seeing that stuff. Sad. I hate knowing that i am the cause of enough pain to delete her fb account. That hurts me because I still care for her and hate it when she is down. =[


ANYWAYS. That's a really good idea looking at clothes. I'm actually back into the whole looking half-decent thing now that I am single...been clothes shopping a lot more. I shrunk some of my clothes doing laundry in my new place so I really need to slim a bit down so I can still fit well into these clothes!!!


Ruthieee and ken..partners in crime..back for good! :D
 
AAw :( You did the right thing though- If your heart is not in it then there is no point forcing it to keep her happy. I didn't even realise you had a gf when you were on here before! You are a decent guy, so don't beat yourself up about it, it was the best thing for both her and you.

I accidentally shrunk half my clothes and I am quite happy about it actually! Now they fit. Although I am a bit peed off that my favourite jeans are too short. But my advice to anyone who's clothes are getting too big is too boil wash em!

I think its important to look your best whatever size you are :)

Today hasn't been a super low calories day, but hey, its loads better than I was doing last week! I am doing some more food shopping to be delivered on Saturday so that I will be prepared. Definitely not giving up because of one not-perfect day!

Food
Lots of smoothie 304
Turkey, stuffing and cranberry multigrain sandwich, packet of crisps (came free with sandwich, eeek) and a pear 588
Mr. Tom nut bar 210
Chicken pie with a shit load of veg 398
Apple 80
4 Coffees 100
=1680

Exercise
2.5 miles walking
 
A
The woman looks like she is looking down her cleevage and thinking "I may be skinny, but theres not much going on there".
love the comment! ..you made me laugh :) :)



I also love your awesome attitude of late....you seem so determined again....I am hanging on and hoping I catch your attitude soon!! ..you inspire me to no end my dear :grouphug:
 
AAh well Tete, I must confess to eating two huge bowls of honey nut loops last night :gnorsi: I know how hard it is to get on track again and you might have slip ups like I just had, but you can do it! You did it in the beginning and you can do it again now!!!!

I have the money for my new cheekbones now! Just £1000 short *BEAM*. I have got another consultation on Monday, and even if I hate the surgeon, and he quite frankly says to me "Ruth, I am going to butcher you and cut through all your nerves, there is no other way", I am still going to book the surgery and pay all the money I have towards it. We have a two week uni break over Christmas, then we are at uni for one week, then its a three week break after that, so I think I am going to try and book it for the beginning of that three week break at around the 16th January, so that's only 7 1/2 weeks away.

I am DETERMINED to do the best I can in my diet till then. DETERMINED. I want to be a size 10 (Even a tight pull your tummy in, clench your bum sort of size 10 would do). My hips are only one inch off a proper size 10, but my great big ugly chunk of a midsection is 3 inches off. Anyway, I can lose 15 pounds in 7 1/2 weeks, and I will be 11 stone 1/155 pounds. Then after its done I am sure I will be too scared to eat anything in case I accidentally rip my mouth open with it, so I will probably lose loads more weight the two weeks after it has been done, and be really close to my goal.

I have that feeling of hope inside my fat encrusted heart that I am going to be skinny again! I just know I will get there. HURRAY!

Food
Apple 65
Mixed bean salad, two Kiwis 322
Mr, Tom bar and a mini milky way 326
A carton of posh tomato soup with a crusty roll 454
Mango 135
4 coffees 100
=1402

Exercise
2.5 miles walking
 
AHey Ruth! Im so glad you're doing well again :) Have you been weighing yourself a bit? Hope the scale is being kind to you!
It's okay to have a couple of extra bowls of cereal sometimes haha, so long as you're in control, you can easily have a perfect day the next day right?
It must be exciting with your cheekbone surgery coming up, though a bit scary too. How much does it cost in total? Bet its alot eek! Where will you be having it done? Weren't you going abroad for it?
I've decided to try out some new fruit, i reckon i dont like much of it, but mostly i havn't tried much lol. Treid grapefruit a week or so ago, i love it now! Will have to try mangos and kiwi's too! Do you make your own smoothies btw? Id love to try that, i wanna get a blender hmph! Saving money sucks.
I'd love to be a size 10 aswell. At best ive been a big size 12 lol. A 10 would be perfect! For the mo i wanna lose just enough so that im thinner than when i last visited my family, cus we're going again for christmas! Just gotta try not to go mental with food this time :) hehe.
 
AHeya sexy girly!!

So pleased that you have that feeling of hope in there...Good for you sweetie

Exciting that you have got your money together. I am going to win the lottery this weekend so i can get my boobs and tummy done, i'll even pay for your surgery too babe :)
 
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