General hysterical diet related rambling: From Flab to Fab.

AI read your post earlier Becky, and I went and weighed myself, and I had lost another pound. I was wearing my bf';s big heavy man jumper though, so I took it off and the scales went down another two pounds, making me a healthy BMI again!!! So that's 8 pounds in less than a week I've lost lol. If I lose wight this quickly I might go on mammoth two month junk food binges again! I honestly thought it would take weeks of hard work to lose the 11 pounds I'd gained, but I'm only 3lbs off!

On the surgeons website it says prices start from £3800. A lot of money, but the magazines say you should buy clothes and stuff on a cost per wear basis- More money for clothes you will wear for years, and my face is on display 24/7 and will be for the rest of my life, so putting it that way it doesn't seem as expensive after all :) Nah, I wouldn't go abroad for my cheeks... If it gets infected or there are any problems I want to know that I can jump in a cab and get it sorted out straight away, rather than having to fly. I think I am going to get my eyelids and tummy done abroad in the summer though. It is scary, I have researched it very thoroughly, including the horror stories, and I have been having nasty daydreams about the possibility of never being able to move one side of my face ever again, and how that would totally ruin my life. But the chance is tiny so I am trying not to dwell on it!

No, I don't make my own smoothies, a big carton of innocent smoothie is only £2 in asda at the moment though, which is cheaper than making your own most probably. Try fresh pineapple, it is the most gorgeous fruit EVER! The enzymes in it make my lips and round my mouth really sore so I can't eat it, but most people eat it without any problems.

Seeing your family again must be a great motivator :D Ooooh, so are you actually going there for Christmas day, I remember you saying that you were going to be the one cooking Christmas dinner in Holland, have your plans changed?

Kate- I promise I'll do that same for you if I win :) Half of the money I have is from my student loan lol. Bet I'm the only person spending it on new cheeks :) Its quite good getting my loan money so late, I am due another instalment of it in January :D

Did loads of uni work today. I feel like the end is in sight, my to-do list for it all has gone from about 20 things in the past week to 7 (three big bits of work and 4 smaller bits). I have a personal meeting with the tutor on Friday, and she is going to look at all the work I've done so far, so I am going to work super hard for the next week and just get it all done. The shopping is coming in the morning as well, and I have actually bought INGREDIENTS shock horror. I don't care how busy I am, I can still find half an hour every day to cook!

Food
Shreddies 327
Eat natural bar and 300mls mango and orange smoothie 391
Vegetable curry and rice ()small portion 500ish
2 kiwis 92
6 coffees 150
Vodka and coke
=1520

Exercise
Diddly squats.
 
THat is so great the you only have 3lbs to loose from your break.It like the weight is just melting off you!!!!!!!!!!I still must say i am so happy you are on track again!!!!


You have set your mind on the cheek bones so dont go looking at videos and stuff it will only make you nervous!I did that when pregnant , looking at birth videos on youtube and i freked out,it was a nightmare really it was i was sooooooooooo scared after that.

What does your man think of this?does he agree?is he involved at all?How long is recovery?

I want to have botox done on my face but am too scared to.I think i will thouhg when i am around 40.I know its nothing to do with surgey , but its the only think i could actually manage.I am so scared!!!If i wanst i would like to get my boobs upright like a teenager!!!and some pilosuction from my hips!!!!
 
THat is so great the you only have 3lbs to loose from your break.It like the weight is just melting off you!!!!!!!!!!I still must say i am so happy you are on track again!!!!


You have set your mind on the cheek bones so dont go looking at videos and stuff it will only make you nervous!I did that when pregnant , looking at birth videos on youtube and i freked out,it was a nightmare really it was i was sooooooooooo scared after that.

What does your man think of this?does he agree?is he involved at all?How long is recovery?

I want to have botox done on my face but am too scared to.I think i will thouhg when i am around 40.I know its nothing to do with surgey , but its the only think i could actually manage.I am so scared!!!If i wanst i would like to get my boobs upright like a teenager!!!and some pilosuction from my hips!!!!
 
AYou are doing so great....I think your rubbing off on me....because when i read how well you are doing....it makes me want to get my butt moving and start to work on this next 40 pounds!! I am so proud you found a happy ruthie!! she is awesome :) :)
 
Oooooh, hello Andrea!!!! Will go and check up on you :)


GO TETE!!!! I don't want to write what I am about to write because of what you just said :eek: But I have to... Hmmm.... The happy news that I had a good food day yesterday, although there is some bad news today... I must fess up to two packets of peanut butter cups. They were reduced to 32p each! They are 89p in corner shops, so I bought 5 packets with every intention of eating one a day as an evening treat, however, it didn't work out that way. I gave the remaining three packets to a homeless guy on my way home, I am not to be trusted with them, obviously!


Jasper, I am glad you are too scared to go under the knife because you don't need liposuction from your hips! I booked my surgery today and paid loads of money towards it :) I'm getting it done on the 17th of January woooohooooooo! He is really good, he is going to customise the implants so they are the perfect shape. There was also a camera station thing that takes loads of different photos of your face at the same time, and translates them into a 3d image that rotates on the screen, so he gave my 3-D photo cheek implants, and I've gotta say, I LOOOK GOOOOOOOOOD with them in. I am so excited and I can't wait!!!!!! Nick is fine that I am getting them done, he knows how much being mistaken for a man has affected me, he is the one who saw me spend an entire week crying my eyes out in bed, and he has also seen me not want to leave the house for months over it. It didn't really occur to me at the time that I was having an actual breakdown, but I probably was. And I still have flashbacks to that dreaded night. Feel like crying even thinking of it. I don't want this pattern of feeling like crap every time it happens- It took so long to get my confidence back, and go out properly again, and then it happened again. Maybe it still will happen, but if I feel I look the best I can then maybe it won't matter so much. When I go out I feel like I have to talk to everyone in whatever area I am standing in, of course its nice to talk to people and be chatty, but the reason I feel like I have to talk to everyone is so they hear my voice and hear that it isn't a mans voice, and also hoping that they will like my personality and so not say anything within earshot of me. I have been listening to house music for the past few days, I used to love house music until that night when it all happened, and now I have a phobia of it. But I am trying to listen to it in the hope that I can still go to a big house music club (like ministry of sound) with confidence again.


Beat that in the headcase department Kate lol.


Soooooo.... 50 days to get skinny for my op!
 
ALol Ruthie.....Ok, you don't win, it's a tie lol

i read that and proper laughed out loud (even got a weird look from Mark!!) I think we are all headcases in our own way hun. :)

Oh, i've got some bad news.......You won't fucking believe this but......I didn't win!!!!! How crap is that?!?! Hopefully i will soon and we can get EVERYTHING done :)

So chuffed with you weightloss sexy, you are just doing it to beat me in the 6lb race........Unfair :cuss: No, only joking..... Well done, so so proud of you and so so pleased you are so happy right now :)

Love and hugs Xxx
 
A:D

I played 8 lines on Saturday, and only got one number on two of them haha. I won a tenner for the two weeks before that though so I'm not complaining!

Well, I got on the scales today and I have gone up a pound, so your ahead of me already!

Just a quicky as I'm tired...

Got my gym induction at 10.15 in the morning eeek (remember those groupon vopucers I bought about 40 years ago lol). The trouble is, that I am not sure I can even be bothered to walk to the gym haha. Then I am going to uni and I am going to spend the entire afternoon and evening studying, so I have got to make sure I take a healthy sandwich, a shitload of fruit, and maybe some nuts with me as I will be eating both my lunch and dinner out.

Food
Sainsbury's BLT sandwich
6 reeses peanut butter cups
5 forkfuls of cheesy pasta
Miso salmon with sushi rice and cucuber ribbons, that I actually cooked *gasp*
A large mug of milky hot chocolate
3 kiwis
5 coffees

TOMORROW WILL BE FABULOUS!!!! AND THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW WILL BE EVEN MORE FABULOUSER!
 
ALook girly, a tenner is not gonna get all our surgery we want done is it?!?!?!?

We are gonna need to win the friggin jackpot lol

You had better had gone to the gym young lady!!! I'd love you to be as addicted as i am. :)

Hope you had a fab day :)
 
AKATE!!!!!! EVERYBODY!!!!!!!! Today is the day of the exclamations!!!!!!! I AM FIT!!!!!!!! Yes, you heard!!!!!!! I got to the gym and I was too self concious so I hid away in the ladies room at the back, I walked really slow for two minutes thinking eeeeek, my heart rate was 130 I was so nervous. Anyway, after a couple of minutes I bopped it up to 5 km/h. That was too slow so I did it on 7 km/h. I was running and running and running without ANY effort. Seriously, I wasn't even remotely close to breathing hard! I did that for about 10 minutes, then put it up to 7.5 km/h, which put me in a steady rhythm. I wasn't out of breath still but I felt like I was making an effort. I got to about 12 minutes of running and I thought "No-one is going to believe I have run for 12 whole minutes!", but I carried on running and running and running and running, I turned up the speed to 8 km/h, and I was still going, still not out of breath but sweating really badly, and my heart rate was a respectable 164. 17 minutes passed, 24 minutes passed, and I was still running. My right leg was hurting and my toe was really sore (I wasn't wearing socks and I have a HUMONGOUS blister). So I turned up the speed to 10 km/h and hour to have a quick sprint before I finished, and then, I did get out of breath! I ran for about two and a half minutes then I did a cool down which was four minutes :D So I ran for over half an hour and I did 3.5 kilometres!!!! I am really surprised and pleased with myself!!!!! I honestly think I could have even run more but my leg was hurting too much. On top of that, I also did over two miles of walking. I am totally shattered! My calories for today are higher than I thought, but I don't really care. Would've been okay without the coffees, maybe I should start drinking diet coke for my caffeine fix.

Food
Tiny bowl of shreddies 218
KFC salsa twister 546
Go ahead wafer bar and packet of crisps 269
Carton of winter vegetable soup 326
8 coffees200
=1559
 
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that is amazing!!!Well done rainbow!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Im glad you too see how fantastic it is what you achieved at the gym!!!!!


AAAAA those little pounds are going to just vanish away!!!!!!!!!!You rock!!!!
 
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OMG Ruthie!!!!! That is soooooooooooo bloody amazing!!!!!!! So so chuffed for you girly!!

You put me to bloody shame though lol It took me friggin weeks to be able to run over 20 mins and it was really hard work. Ok so i was having to run with 4 tons of blubber hanging off me but wow girl that is so so impressive........You and me are so gonna do a half marathon next year!!!!!!! And i'm not joking either!!!!!!

Well done sexy. So so proud :)
 
AU run my rainbow....u run!!!! So excited for you!! I bet you are so proud!! Because I know we are proud of you!! :hurray:
 
AI am feeling it today, goodness me I am aching everywhere, even my arms and tummy and back and neck! I am walking like a duck.

I am in a seriously bad murderous mood at the moment and I have a clunking headache. Have eaten chocolate. Will catch up on everyones diaries tomorrow, sorry for neglecting you all but I need to go to bed x
 
AHOLY S#$T!!!! You RAN for half a flipping hour!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

No wonder you feel like shit. LOL - JOKING!!! You know that running uses completely different muscles, so you will hurt, lovely! But you will get betteR!!!! And if you area already running for half an hour, imagine what you could build up to...

Have you looked at the C25K (couch to 5km) programme that I started and then Kate did? It works by trying to give your muscles time to build up and strengthen too, not just your fitness.

BUT!

HOLY COW!

*wonderwoman sighting*

xxx :D
 
AYou just put the first smile on my face that I have had all day today. I am horribly ill atm. I am in a daze and I feel horrible. Will be back soon x
 
ASorry sweetie but i did giggle when you said how much pain you are in........Been there done that lol.
Sorry you are in a shitty mood though, i am feeling proper grumpy today too. :(
Hope you feel better soon girly. Love and squishies Xxx
 
Hey Ruthie,


You are doing AMAZING. dropping the lbs like it is nothing and getting on the treadmill too!


I can understand about reading about all the horror stories and thinking the worst even though the chances are so minimal. I thought about doing surgery just to reduce the moobs but I am just scared about surgery in general. Hope everything works out well for ya :)


Hope you feel better Ruthie!
 
So much has been going on for you while I was gone!!


You are doing SO amazingly well! And I applaud your decision to have surgery ( not that I don't think you're awesome just the way you are) I just love it when people decide what they really want in life and then just GO for it! You are very brave and determined, Ruthie!


I just hope you are feeling much better very soon. It sounds like you caught some very bad bug!


Come back soon!
 
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