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ski_bunny30

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So things in the diet department haven't been going at all well for me lately.
I've been stuck in this phase where I have just been binging every single day for the past month or so. I have piled on sooo much weight. I feel so fat and ugly and I look at myself in the mirror and fee disgusted with what I see. Every time I binge I always say - tomorrow i'll start a diet and then the next day and then the next day etc etc it's always the same. I think that was the guilt speaking after every binge but I think I knew deep down that I was always gonna binge the next day. Not an excuse but for the past few weeks I've been feeling really tired and exhasted and everytime I thought of diet and excercise I felt even more tired - I haven't really been sleeping properly but I believe that's because my belly's been full of the rubbish I've been eating.
So last night I went to bed and I stayed in bed until I was no longer tired - no alarm waking me - jst wanted to sleep so I could have a better start on my journey.

So last night I asked myself the following:

WHY I want to be healthier, get fitter, have a healthier glowing complexion, better skin, reduction in the look of my cellulite and overall lose weight for a better body.

Success - My first goal would be to lose a stone in 8weeks. My long term goal would be to have a figure like Kelly Brook. I think she's got the perfect womanly figure. She's thin but not stick thin and has womanly curves in all the right places.

RECOGNITION I've thought about the feeling I will have when people start to comment on my weight loss. I think i'll need to lose about 1-2stone before people wil start to comment on this.

HEALTH This time last year I weighed the same, my blood pressure was borderline high. I went on to lose 2stone last year and my blood pressure was then completely normal. I expect that now I've put that weight back on my blood pressure would be higher - not good.

INCREASED ENERGY Lately due to the sheer amount of rubbish sugary fatty foods I've been eating I've been feeling sluggish and tired which has in turn made me lazy and wanting to eat. I know that if I can follow a healthy diet for at least just a few days the sluggish feeling will pass and I will feel more alive and energetic.

FAMILY It's important to have your family support you in your journey to a healthier lifestyle in turn I hope I can encourage my family to join me.

BUILDING SELF CONFIDENCE Currently I'm feeling really fat and really ugly and I hide under baggy unflattering clothes. I know that getting fitter and looking/feeling healthier will make a difference in me feeling more confident.

COMPETITION A good motivator is to have someone to compete with. Who can lose the 1st stone the fastest etc. I plan to join my sister with our weight loss journeys and in terms of competition I have plenty of friends who are also overweight that I can compete against.

SEX AND RELATIONSHIPS Probably shouldn't be putting this on here and I don't think you guys want to be reading it but this is really important to me. I hate my body and I hate my bf seeing me naked. This of course has an adverse effect on our sex life which I hope one day can change when I become fitter healthier skinnier which will make me feel more confident.

EMBARRASSMENT Yes I've had a few embarrassing moments due to my weight in recent years. About 6yrs ago when I was at my highest weight ever of 252 I was on my way to Mexico and the seatbelt wouldn't fit. I had to get a special one that they give to pregnant women. I swore to myself I would never be that person again. Most recently though like a month ago someone implied I was pregnant and pointed to my fat belly and called it a "bump" I was not amused.

So I think I've basically covered everything. I am gonna do this thing properly this time round. I'm gonna take some pics and post them on here later today. I plan to do this monthly (hope you guys are not completely repulsed by them) and I'll be on here every day posting a diary of what I'm eating, what i'm doing and how I'm feeling.

I hope to make friends with some people on here who feel the same as I do and hope that I can meet/chat with people that can share excercise and healthy tips/recipes with each other and basically jst be there to help and support each other.

Take Care Guys and I hope to make friends with some of you soon xx
 
4th June 2011
Weight: 16stone 4 3/4lbs (228lbs 3/4)

Breakfast: 30g of vitality cereal
I'm just about to go and start my house work before having soup for lunch chunky lentil and vegetable yummy and perhaps an apple or some mandarin segments.
Then i'm going to walk to my bf house which is a 4mile walk. I have no idea what he's got in for dinner tonight but I expect it will be chilli so i'll have a small portion of that and a couple of glasses of wine (Saturday is the only night I touch alcohol and I'm no where near the point where I need to cut this out. This will be reviewed when I hit that dreaded plateau)

So I walked 5miles to my bf house burning about 400 calories according to an app I have, so now I'm relaxing with a glass of wine :) oh and dinner is scampi, not my choice but I'm hungry since I only had soup for lunch, I had no time for my mandarins etc.
But I'm happy with today, feel good :)

Total Calories Consumed: 1476
Burned Off with excercise: 613
 
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Hi, and welcome to the forum :)

Do you have a strategy or a diet plan or anything like that to help you lose weight, or would you like suggestions for one? (I'm a calorie counter)

I read in another thread that you hope to lose a stone in 8 weeks. If it's any hope to you, I lost a little over a stone in seven weeks.
 
Hi Amy thank u that's the first bit of motivation today. I hope I can lose more than a stone and reach my first goal quicker. I'm a calorie counter too, I'm not into weight watchers or silly faddy diets. I believe if I eat less calories than I need a day I will lose weight and any exercise I do will jst b a bonus. I do plan on exercising tho to make me fitter. How many calories a day did u stick too? I was thinking about 1200 on any days I've not exercised and 1500 for days that I have

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I think you should work it out based on your BMR, as if you eat too little you'll risk slowing your metabolism. I use this website as my guide: For me (given what I've read about safe and sustainable weight loss), the hard limits are lose no more than 1kg (2.2lb) a week, and eat no less than 1200 a day. I try to eat to lose between 0.5kg and 1kg a week (it's about a 500 calorie range), and eat no less than 1000 calories under my maintenance figure. I incorporate exercise into my daily figure rather than eating different amounts on different days. I don't think it's a good idea to go around saying "try this number" because we're all so different. That site will give you an estimate (I think the best you'll get without seeing a dietician or similar), but it'll be a better one than a blanket recommendation.

If you look at my diary you can see how I calorie count- it looks complicated, but it isn't, I have a (free) calorie counting program (called cron-o-meter- I can give you the link for the free download if you want) that does the numbers for me, as long as I know the weight of my food and the food's in the system (I've entered most of my foods). I find weighing food very important as I found out when I got my digital scales how bad I was at guessing. I also try to eat nutritiously and incorporate some treats into my diet to stop myself from binging.
 
So today I'm feeling spooky tired, I slept for like 9hrs and had a good sleep as well but I feel really sleepy and my head hurts. May have something to do with those few glasses of wine I had last night lol!

I've been feeling a little anxious today like i've been wanting to eat like a lot of bad stuff, I found myself sitting thinking about food and what I could eat and contiously talking myself out of it. I hope this is a feeling that will pass with time. The only thing that stopped me from binging on rubbish was the thought of having to write it all down here.

Anyway today for breakfast I had a bowl of rice krispies
Lunch was two rolls with tuna & sweetcorn a spoonfull of coleslaw and a spoonfull of cous cous followed by 4 strawberries.
Snack slice of toast and jam
Dinner is reggae reggae ckn (quorn ckn bits) with the sauce and a few spoonfulls of rice
Treat is a ricecake with chocolate on top its only 100cal so not bad so I had two
No exercise tho but still did ok cal wise so again I'm happy my 2nd binge free day in a row :) :)
Also I've tried to upload some pics but somehow its not working.

Total Calories Consumed: 1261

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ski_bunny,

I'm hoping you'll get the loss you want. I'll be checking out on you, trying to support you.

I share a few problems with you: I'll start tomorrow... then, when tomorrow comes: I'll start tomorrow... and so on. And the lack of energy. I'm feeling so tired all the time.

It's a good thing you've done that walk. Sometimes, while watching tv, I get up and down, up and down... perhaps it sounds pathetic, but it's out of guilt for being sedentary.

The more you move, the more you feel like moving. The more you don't move... the more you feel like not moving... it really works like it.

Let us both try to move more.

I'm with you!
 
Awww thank you again...It's great to have someone support me and likewise I'll be here for you too :0)
I was feeling a little anxious earlier as I felt like I wanted to eat bad things. normally on a sunday night I'd eat a big bag of dorito's with an onion and garlic dip - yummy but I promised myslef I would do this properly this time and the though of writing down everything I eat publicly would've been a little embarrasing.
Yes I definately need to get up off my fat behind and get moving. It's the only way. I need to get fitter.

Tomorrow I'll be going for another long walk - what about you, what plans do you have to get moving!
 
Hi guys!

Had another great day :0) :0)

Breakfast = 30g of vitality cereal
Lunch = ham salad sandwich (homemade) Asda low fat strawberry yoghurt and an apple
Snack = berry meddly made with 2 strawberries and a small handfull of blueberries and rasperries
Snack #2 = a homemade fairy cake - I was thinking should I or shouldn't I. I didn't ask for it but a friend from work jst left it beside me on my desk so i licked a bit of the icing, but then by this point I had only ate jst over 400 cals and I knew what I was having for dinner and knew I could afford to eat it so I did and is was YUMMY!!!

Excercise = Walk/run for 3.17miles burning 423 calories then 50 stomach cruches and some weight work :0)

Snack #3 = slice of toast with smooth peanut butter

Dinner = Vegetable cous cous with oven roasted vegetables

Total Calories Consumed = 1140
Calories Burned = 423 calories

So yeah great day - feeling good. Don't feel like i want to binge/eat loads and feel really energetic. I hope I can keep it up :0)
 
Hi Everyone!

Still going good.

Breakfast = 30g cornflakes
Lunch = ham salad sandwich (homemade) a low fat yogurt and an apple
Snack - 50g pineapple
Dinner = Tuna pasta and 5 slices of salami.
Snack = chocolate rice cake

I did walk for 3miles at lunch time.

Total Calories consumed = 1501
Burned off = 412


I think I did really well today. I had to go to the shop and buy milk etc. Normally I would buy packets of biscuits, crisps and bars of chocolate etc with the intention of eating them BUT today I went in bought milk and pasta and a pepper and jst before i went in I thought to myself I'm going to buy a packet of french fries for a treat later but guess what I actuall FORGOT to buy the crisps lol! I am so so pleased with myself xx
 
Well done on not buying those crisps. Supermarket temptation is really bad (although once you're over that you're more or less set- if you don't have any in the house it's harder to eat it).

You need to make sure you're getting at or over 1200 every day, no exceptions (bar major illness/ family emergency sort of thing). An apple probably would've gotten you to 1200 the other day. You don't want to jeapordise your health by starving yourself.
 
Thanks Amy. I had loads to eat the other day as well even a yummy fairy cake and I still managed just under 1200 calories. It's not something I want to do or anything i'm aiming for it just sort of happened.

In future though I'll make sure I eat a slice of toast or an apple to get my calories up x

Thanks again x
 
So today I felt incredibly hungry and really really tired.

Today I've eaten
Breakfast: 30g cornflakes
Lunch: ham salad sandwich (homemade) Asda low fat yogurt and an Apple
Snack: 2 strawberries a small handful of raspberries and blueberries
By 5pm I was so hungry, I thought about binging, I thought about going to buy biscuits and chocolate etc but what I did was went to boots and bought boots shapers crisps and a shapers chocolate bar both had 97 calories each.
Dinner: 4 vegetable fingers, a few tablespoons of savoury rice and 5 baby new potatoes.
I've literally jst ate that and I'm still hungry. Why is this?
I've planned that my nxt snack would b a slice of toast and peanut butter. A snack I could do without but i'll need it.
So I finish today on 1558 which would b ok if I'd done some exercise today but I have not. So.I'm feeling a little blue :(


****UPDATE****
I've just eaten two pengiun cake bars - I don't know how many calories is in that grrrrrrrr What is going on today!!!! Frustrated.com!

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Ok so had a bit of a bad day yesterday! I just had to pick myself up and not let it get me down!

I am still feeling tired though - but it's a different kind of tired like instead of a sluggish tired it's more of just tired tired if that makes sense.

Feeling nervous about my weigh in on Saturday. Although I have done pretty well I think apart from the cake bars etc that I ate yesterday I feel heavy you know like I don't feel within myself that I've lost any weight. Sooo soooo nervous about it just now. I would just die if the scales have not moved.

Anyway for today:
Breakfast - 30g cornflakes
Lunch - sandwich made with wafer thin chicken and salad (homemade) Asda low fat yoghurt and an apple
Snack - 80g pineapple
Snack - bag of quavers
Dinner - spaghetti with meatless meatballs in a low fat bolognese sauce
Snack - 1 slice toast and low fat peanut butter

Exercise - 3 mile walk at lunch time.

Total Calories - 1428
Calories Burned: - 391

Now to study booooo!!!
 
Remember that every day is a new day. There's no point in beating yourself up over what you've done in the past, unless you use it to learn better habits in the future (but there's probably even limited utility there). Be kind to yourself, look for the positives, and just make the very best effort you can every day.
 
God I am so sick of this weather, I feel like I can't get out running at night cos the weathers so rubbish. I need to get myself a proper running jacket/windbreaker - a fleece is just not suitable its either raining or too warm, although 99% of the time its raining :(
So today
Breakfast - 30g cornflakes
Lunch - same again, con salad sandwich, Apple, but with an activia yogurt it was yummy
Snack - berry medley
Snack - slice of toast and jam
Snack - pack of Asda frootz - they're lovely its these wee fruit buttons and only 70cals per pack
Dinner - wild mushroom rice fushion thing & 3 crackerbreads with low fat hummus.

Total cal - 1428
False burned - 389 I did a 3 mile walk today.

Weigh day tomorrow. So nervous. I really hope its good news.
Wish me luck and I'll let u all know how it goes :)

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Urgh, tell me about the weather. *shakes fist at sky* I have a heater on, I'm freezing. :(

And good luck with the weigh in. Yay, another Saturday weigher!
 
Yeah me too still got my heating on and its June I am seriously sick of it now.
Woohoo I'll hear how u get on tomorro too x

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Woohoo weighed myself and I am mega mega chuffed. I am 220.5lbs which is a loss of 8 and 1/4lbs. I can't believe it. I know it won't b this way all the time, but I'm now over half way to my first goal - honestly I can't explain how happy and over the moon I am

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Saturday 11th June 2011 = Weight 15stone 10.5lbs or 220.5lbs - loss this week 8.25lbs


:party: So yeah perfect start to the day :0)
I had to go to the post office to collect a parcel so I walked there - it's probably about half a mile and then got outside the door and discovered I had no ID so I turned back and I ran all the way back without stopping. So that was amazing for me. normally I can only run about a minute and then I have to stop but I just kept going today - although it worked out as only about 5minutes or so but I just can't belive it - it's such a wonderful feeling. AND for a change it's nice outside :0) although if the weather for the past month is anything to go by it will terrential rain by lunch time haha.

So I know I've already update this today but I just wanted to re-post to show my new weight loss tracker and that i've lost 8 and a quarter lbs this week :0)

Breakfast = 30g Cornflakes
Lunch = slice of toast with peanut butter and two chocolate covered rice cakes.
Dinner = Pasta with oven roasted vegetables.

Later = 1 bottle of white wine.

Total calories = 1212
Burned = 219

So yeah I'm now just about to glam myself up for a wee night out with my lovely boyfriend for some much needed relaxing few glasses of wine. I have counted an allowance for a bottle which is normally 4 glasses but I may have 5 or something or maybe a wee cider mmmmmmmmmm. I know alcohol has loads of calories but the calories I get from alcohol will be re-assessed after I've lost a few stone and have reached a plateau AND I have allowance in my calories to have it sooooo why not :0)

Hope you all have a lovely weekend xxx
 
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