I will be skinny again!!!

Woah thats a big shopping bill.
My mum spends about three times that much a week for three od is, but living on minimum wage and a student loan makes everythin seem so much more expensive.

I use sunflower oil I think. I just bought whatever was cheapest at the time and literally only use it for chicken and pancakes, which we have once a year.
Will have to get something better in though when this runs out.
 
I'm up at 11:20 am today. Thats early for me! Having a pear at the moment so I don't reach for the biscuits or the bread while I'm typing this and waiting for Martin to get up.
Going home for a couple of days today so won't have as much control over what I eat.
I'm actually dreading it :/
Might go for a fast walk with my mum later today or do some yoga/pilates in the front room.
She also has stepper machine which I'll borrow.
Weigh day tomorrow!! eek.. I'm so nervous.
Might weigh myself when I get home, wearing my jeans and after eating, that way I'll king of know what to expect tomorrow in suit pants and tee shirt, after toilet and before food!
It's been well over a week so I'm really hoping for a big loss but I'm not so sure...
Last time I weighed myself I felt different, my boobs felt smaller and now I just feel the same.
:(
I shall update later with food etc. And potentially weight.
 
Food
Breakfast Porridge made with semi skimmed milk and water, with one teaspoon of sugar.
Lunch One slice of wholemeal bread with one slice of ham, a banana and a cereal bar, low cal one.
Tea Chicken en croute, roast potatoes, yorkshire pudding, sprouts, broccoli, peas, carrots and gravy. I ate all my veggies,all the chicken, about a third of the pastry it came in, three small roast potatoes, half a yorkshire pudding.
Snacks Ice lolly, small slice of leftover pizza, thin crust, mushroom cup-a-soup no bread.
Exercise for today.
I walked home from the station. I got of one stop early and walked along the canal relatively fast.
Just about to work out, might do some yoga/pilates then maybe some stepping.
Did 15 minutes of pialtes then my DVD broke :( No stepping because I was annoyed.
 
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Have fun at home mate..I thought I'd put on a fuck-ton when I went home for 4 days but I still had a loss so you might find the same!
 
Not with my pilates DVD sticking in our rubbishy DVD player and no food in :(
But you never know, its shopping day tomorrow so it might not be that bad.
Think I might be going out tonight too, so I'll have to watch myself if I do.
 
Well I got on my scales in my jeans and studded belt, with the pockets full, like I said I would, and even though it was only two pounds heavier than my last weigh in weight I wasn't happy.
So I stripped to my underwear, much better :)
Not posting it today but hoping for about a three pound loss from last time by tomorrow morning, two would be good though :)
 
Well I'm not happy.
It seemed so promising yesterday!
I weighed in at, you guessed it, 205!
What is the point?! I've exercised more, eaten much much better, drank more, drank less full fat drinks, had one bottle of wine over the period of a week!
I'm annoyed, I blame the implant.
I had the implant in March, and after coming off the pill before my op, I hadn't have a single period.
Until about two weeks ago, and since then, I've had one every other day! I'm on a day, off a day, on a day, off a day. It's driving me insane and it's no wonder I haven't lost. When I was doing weight watchers, I would always gain when I was on, even if I had had my points exactly.
Pfffft
Rant over, but I might be back later. Will weigh myself again tomorrow, but I'm on again today so god knows.
 
Knew I'd be back again..
The one day I actually want to exercise and I can't :(
My mum has gone shopping but she'll be back soon, which means I can't exercise in the front room. I have no space in my bedroom or anywhere else in the house and our garden in on a hill.
I can't go for a walk because she'll be back soon and I need to be in.
Going into work later today to hand in my written notice and ask where all my shifts have gone, so I might walk then, although the last thing I want is to go into work all sweaty and horrible.
 
Back again.
Bet you're all getting sick of me by now :p
If anyone is reading this anyway.
Decided to start properly counting calories now.
I'm a little bit worried, because I know what I get like, but here goes.
So far today, according to fitday, I've had 230 calories and 5.9g of fat.
Anyone tell me how much protein and carbs you're meant to have?
I never knew bananas were so high!
 
Of course people are still reading!

If you are going to start calorie counting, why not have a sit down, read up and plan what kind of calories that you are eating? So then the balance is right and you can get the right sort of food at the right time of day? As for not managing to eat a decent breakfast before work....!!!! I have to get up at 5am and still manage to force-gulp a bowl of porridge or cereal down!

Plus, I just wanted to say (and I am bad for this too), its a long term thing. You might not see the changes this week or next, due to hormonal shifts etc... but if you are using more calories (all those little walks and stairs add up!) than you are eating, AND its the right kind of food - healthy veg, fruit, right kind of carbs and protein, THEN long term in the next months you will see a massive change. I always get down when I hop on the scales after a week of being really really good and see no or little change and think "why bother?" but have to remind myself that there's a one month time lag with me in that now I'm seeing the effect of what I did last month (overeating?!?) and I got to stick with it to

Good luck and keep at it.
 
Thanks :)
I know it's a long term thing, it just gets me down that I've worked so hard for apparently nothing, and the only place I'm losing inches is my boobs!!

I've only had 230 cals for breakfast, which seems a little low but I physically couldn't have eaten more. Bananas really fill me for some reason, and I had an egg in there too.

I've registered on fitday, so I'm not tracking my calories that is, that way I'm less l ikely to obsess as I'm "detached" from it.
 
Proper food update.
Breakfast Banana, scrambled egg, breakfast bar (230 cals)
Lunch Tuna and ham salad, with cucumber, peppers and tomatoe, and a bit of salad cream. My daily total is now at 482 calories including breakfast.
Tea Prawn salad, as about but with prawns instead of tuna and ham and with some lettuce.
Supper Don't normally have a supper as such but I had a light tea because we were going out but then we didn't go out. Ham sandwich on wholemeal bread, french set yoghurt.
Snacks Cereal bar, melter biscuit :(, doughnut :(

Calories at 1461 according to fitday, which is below what I "should" be having because of my weight.

Eeek that's bad. Will explain more in later post.
 
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I avoid Indian food like the plague..So unhealthy! But you're right, you can do damage control by not having naan and too much rice and stuffs. Just enjoy yourself. I calorie count every day and it's been really helpful to see where I'm going wrong and such. Good luck!
 
Been looking at what to have and so far, chicken tandoori with boiled rice seems a good option. And I'll be drinking water rather than alcohol.
I hate calorie counting because I really do get too into it, but I didn't mind it on weight watchers because it wasn't X number of calories, it was X number of points, which worked sometimes for me, until I started to think, well if one item is more than 7 points, I'm never allowed it. So I would never have any treats or anything. Which is why I'm wary now because that was why I put back on a tonne of weight.
 
I had a doughnut because I could afford to because we weren't going for a curry.

A whole doughnut.

*cries*

And a biscuit, a big juicy buttery tasty amazing biscuit.

I feel so guilty, I've had my 5 a day and not gone over my calories, but though two things put my fat at almost 50g today!!

And made it look like all my calories come from carbs, which they used to but not anymore.

Pah rubbish,

Except it's not really given how well I ate the rest of the day. I don't know which way to look at it.

And I said I was going to weigh again in the morning.

:(
 
Hey Redpiggy, I use fitday as well and according to that my day is usually 30% fat, 30% protein, and 40% carbs. If it's ever different it's more carbs and less fat- I know some people don't like doing that but I do a LOT of exercise and find I need it! How many calories are you aiming for in a day?
I really wouldn't worry too much about not losing one week- I know it's DAMN frustrating after putting in hard work and wanting to see it... but you're going to get weeks where nothing happens. If you stick with it you'll see the numbers start dropping :)
 
*GASP* a WHOLE doughnut!? Shame on you. I'm sending the diet police to your house right now! You will be charged with solicitation of a pastry. :) just kidding of course.

I know it's tough with all the work we're doing to avoid the stuff that got us into this, but give yourself a break now and then. This is supposed to be a lifestyle change remember. No one can be expected to avoid tasty treats for the rest of their life. That's just crazy! (If anyone expected that of me I'd be on a clock tower somewhere with a high power rifle making some serious snack cake demands.)

You just slipped a little. It's not like you had a dozen of them and washed them down with a super sized double chocolate milkshake. (mmmm....milkshake)

If I can survive a swan dive into a gravy boat you'll make it thorough this. :) You're doing well so far, just remember to cut yourself a little slack now and then.
 
Haha, thanks for that, it's good to see how other people see my "fails". I was so annoyed mainly because I was going to be sooo good after not losing any, and being at home isn't easy food wise.

BUT.

And yes it is a HUGE BUT... (No I'm not talking about my arse :p)

I dropped another 2 pound!! I knew it wasn't right not losing any when I weighed myself yesterday. I'm not exactly 14stone 7. 203 pounds.
I'll be under 200 before you know it :)
 
So food for today.
Breakfast Banana, two small apples and cherry low fat yoghurt, all mixed up like a lovely creamy fruit salad
Lunch Baked beans and scrambled egg on toast
Tea Boiled Pollock, fried (in nothing) mushrooms and a big dollop of cream cheese, low fat of course.
Snacks Glass of milk, two rich tea biscuits.

Exercise for today.. I'm putting up a tent to practice and it's windy. Should get me out of breath a little!

Fitday tells me that only 7% of what I've eaten today is fat woo :) However 86% is carbs!! Stupid fruit. But hey, it's healthy carbs right :p
Even after lunch I have loads of carbs.
pah
Rubbish.

Fitday looks much better now, still appears to be too many carbs, but at least today it's from fruit not doughnuts!!
Some strawberries were going out of date at the local shop so I got a biggish punnet for half price :) So will probably have them with some yoghurt or something soon ish.
I got a little bit peckish hence the biscuits, they're still sat next to me but I stopped at two :) Go me! :p
 
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