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Hannah Jo

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I’ve just joined up mainly for some encouragement with my weight loss really, I weigh 77kgs(170 lbs) Iam 5f 7” I think, I’ve never been this heavy or volumous.
I started a food journal last week and is going REALLY well, but, I go back to school next week-potentially disastorous. I eat really healthy, always have, but quantity is my challenge..
IAM THE WORST bored-stressed-sad-procrastinating-eater. I eat when I’m not hungry, I eat when not even thinking about eating, I snack, I pick while I cook, I over eat at main meals.
sometimes when I feel so horrible I go on 2 month cleansers ( no alcohol, caffiene, refined sugar etc) but I find myself almost panicking that i’ll miss out on food so I eat more than I would have in the first place! It may be good food, but whats the point if you eat so much. I fear feeling hunger, I think. Thing is today after my, I must say, excellent week of eating well/less that, after a swim I did feel hunger, and I liked it.

I felt light and upright, and it felt good to know what my body was doing, I was aware of needing more fuel. Sort of that me and my body were on the same page, you know?

I’ve been pretty chuffed with my exersize this week too, four weeks ago I started aqua jogging, this week I either cycled or aqua-jogged 5 out of seven days. At the moment, I’m not setting myself any serious rules, but if I exersize more than 3 days of the week I can feel good about it.
I’ve also not had any alcohol for two weeks, which is huge for me, I rarely get drunk, but I eat out and drink, drink with lunch, have a drnk after work, and also drink when I’m stressed( which is terrible). And the worst part… it’s 9/10.. beer, cool, refreshing, calorie-filled beer.
But no more! this is also not a strict rule, I feel as long as I’m feeling this good I don’t need it, and certainly don’t feel like it, even though it’s peak summer in little New Zealand.

I think this is a good start but I fear my good habits with exersize and quantity control will go out the window as soon as i have an assignment due, especially if I am not confident my efforts are paying off?

Tell me, how you get over the emotional eating ?
Could any body give me some tips/ reassurance that I’m on the right track- when will it start to pay off?
It'd be great to find a friend whose in the same kind of heavy boat, maybe to compare and motivate.

Hello Everyone
Hannah Jo
 
welcome to the forum.
Im a bit of a quantity eater as well - i find i just make sure i have a bunch of low calorie snacks about so i i ever find im in a munchie mood then im saving myself.
Eventually you train yourself out of eating some foods - but dont deny yourself totally - let yourself have the odd treat (so long as you can keep control on the quantity thing) so you dont end up feeling really deprived.
 
Hey thanks. god it's nice to have people to share this stuff with. None of my freinds struggle with keeping a consistent healthy weight.
Yeah, I'm descovering all sorts of snaks at the moment, and I'm lucky in little New Zealand, unprocessed food is the norm, and there is locally grown and organic everywhere.
Just being a little more careful with prepackaged things and whats hidden in them is working.
thanks heaps.
 
Thanks guys!

I was just reading Veronique- a newb too- post and the reply by malificent(wrong spelling sorry), what exactly should Veronique be doing(for my own persnal knowedge) I suppose I do mainly cardio stuff( biking treks/ aqua jogging) is this not an efficent use of my chubby body?

Could anyone give me specifics, I don't belong to a gym but am loving beoing active in the sun.

Thanks
from
miss-new-to-this

p.s. also after 3 weeks of increasing exersize and my first 10 days of eating super well, I bought some scales today...
I've lost .. 3.6 kgs, or 7.9 lbs !

much more than I was expecting!
thanks everyone.
 
Well I'm back, I've been lazy on the diary part but not the weight loss. I haven't felt as in control, as I totally slacked off from using myfood diary I keep.

I'm down to 71.3 from 77.7 six weeks ago kg's now, but that fluctuates a bit. I've been swimming and aqua jogging and biking 5 days a week, a twice weekly group weights class and three weeks ago I started Pole dancing, yes pole dancing, not the seedy bar kind, the hard core dancing for firness kind, man, I tell you, it's harder than my weights class!

I'm a little less concerned about what I eat now, I've had a stressful scholl week this week so the sugar content has gone over the top, but I reckon I've burnt it off .

It's nice to be back and reading all the motivating info.
:) HJ
 
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Well poo.

I have been back at school since Feb and yes, my fears were realised at first sign of school stress. Eating properly and for the right reasons is soooo much harder when your so stressed! Also exersise has halved since last post, I just can't seem to find the time everyday. Am I exusing? yes probably.
I had a cold last week so didn't exersise for 9 days but my apetite left me a bit too.

I can confidently say I'm consistently doing this routine every week now.

* Monday or Tuesday- a serious pole dancing class
* Wednesday- bike to gym (massive but 10min hill), hour weights class
* Thursday- swimming lesson, 30 mins
* Friday- bike to gym (massive but 10min hill), hour weights class

I also do a half hour pilates video once a week on one of my less active days and I bike short distances all day/everyday- I bike to all my classes and work.

I think I mostly miss the out door stuff I was doing( it's now too cold in New Zealand to go to the outside pool and go on coast bike rides. I'm probably doing one super bike ride a month, or I have this month, whereas Jan-Feb I did atleast one a week.

Just dissapointed in myself really.
My exersise buddy has lost alot of enthusiasm which isn't helping too.

I've started craving hibernation food too (stews, meats, pastas), cos it's colder- alot harder to portion control I think.

I have had one night out drinking since 28th Feb, and two glasses of wine last weekend at a wedding. Pretty good I think.

Alcohol makes me very socially akward and, when consumed enough, depressed and paranoid- much more than pot.
So I have no desire to drink now thats it not a habit. Also a commendable effort.

All considered, now that is all written down, I'm not doing too bad. My colds gone so good habits are returning. I've not lost any weight even with no weights classes for a week, but haven't gained any either whch is great.

It amazing how quickly ones fitness level declines in such a short space of time- Swimming was near impossible, and this weeks weight class, I was using a kg less weights on each side of bar-thing.

Hope everyone reading my written rant, has had a great health/weight week. Look forward to your responses.
HJ
 
hi hannah jo, i too am a no 1 stress/ boredom/any reason eater. also a late night when everyone is in bed eater:eek: .still have my bad times, but the urge to get slim is so motivating at the mo its stopping me pigging out too much. also the fear of what i may become if i dont stop.when things are bad, i tell myself repeatedly "i will not let this beat me" or something similar. what also helps is every now and again i have an evening where i eat what i fancy (within reason, sometimes its something stodgy, sometimes sweet). next morning i start afresh.. imo you cant totally deprive yourself of things you like, too much like a "DIET". this helps me keep eating well majority of the time, plus sometimes eating a bit more now and again has helped me kick start weight loss if its been a bit sluggish. all the best, slim
 
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