Jelly belly and spare tyre be gone!!!

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Lilith1

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My goal is to lose the 6 kilos that I have stacked on since a death in my family late last year & to conquer this new self destructive habit of binge eating that I have formed.

I am using Lite N Easy which has worked really well for me in the past; I live alone and find that I spend amount the same amount of money on purchasing fresh food anyway. Also, I tend to have an all or nothing personality and have trouble with the concept of moderation :toetap05: In addition, my body has become accustomed to having a lot of calories lately due to the binge eating (I've no idea how many) so I think it vital that I'm on a program which is strictly calorie controlled and I don't have to think about it a great deal :smilielol5:

Day 1

Breakfast: Toasted multigrain muffin with jam plus cup of coffee
Mid morning snack: Orange and cup of green tea
Lunch: Roast chicken tender with salad & garlic lemon vinaigrette

STOP: Here is where it all went pearshaped!

Afternoon tea with the family. On arrival i had a severe mood swing which I think was probably from consuming less calories than I had been previously. This weakened my resolve and I consumed about 4 party pasties and 4 petitte size quiches PLUS a piece of cake :drool5: However, I declined to have some wine and even took a bottle which I opened the previous night (to get it out of my fridge!).

Dinner: Apricot chicken with vegetables

Before bed: 1 dry Vitawheat biscuit

Exercise: 45 minute walk

Water: About 1.25 litres
 
DAY 2

I started the day off by reluctantly weighing myself. I am now 63.7kg and now have a BMI of 25.6 which puts me in the OVERWEIGHT category. So glad that I have started this!

Breakfast: Baked beans on wholegrain toast with coffee
Snack 1: Piece of toast with honey and green tea (extra item)
Lunch:Warm potato & bacon salad with tomato vinaigrette plus apple
Snack 2:Sultana tea cake with a coffee
Dinner: Sausages with mash & vegetables. I added some extra spinash from my mum's garden (yum!)
Snack: Stewed apple with some sultanas & tsp sugar

Exercise: 45 minute walk (which is why I had the extra piece of bread)
Water so far: About 1 litre
 
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Hi Lilith :)

Are you counting the calories in what you're eating outside of the Lite and Easy meals? It strikes me that you could make better choices which allow for more food on less or similar calories/ kilojoules. (For example, porridge for breakfast, unsweetened or with fresh/ frozen berries is much more filling than toast and jam. Using the kind of stuff I buy it'd be a little more calorific, but that's what I have for breakfast and it keeps me satiated until lunch. I do usually snack between breakfast and lunch, but that's a blood sugar issue more than a hunger issue). I try to calculate as exactly as I can, but I realise that's not feasible or desirable for most people, so the other thing I recommend doing is having an awareness of how many calories/ kilojoules are in things (if you're following this as a 1200 calorie diet, be aware there are 4.2 kilojoules in a calorie)- for example, off the top of my head, the bread I used to buy contained 110 calories per slice, and the strawberry jam I have in my fridge contains 38 calories per tablespoon/ 15g, whereas 50g of porridge contains 178 calories- much more filling to me than even 2 slices of bread, so this is where I save my calories- and 75g of the blueberries I like to have with them contain 24 calories)

Also, are you eating to your calorie needs, or just trying to eat as few calories as possible? I'm no expert, but my understanding of what I've read is that you should eat what you need, and that 1200 is the bare minimum that the smallest most sedentary woman needs to live. I recommend using this page to work out your requirements: , multiply your BMR by activity level, and take 500-1000 off that number (your maintenance calorie allowance) for the amount of calories you need to eat a day to lose one or two pounds a week (the principle being that a pound of fat is 3500 calories, so if you drop 500 calories a day, you'll lose a pound of fat). Don't drop the number below 1200. (of course, if you've been told differently by a doctor or dietician, feel free to ignore this)

My principle on my diet is that I need to keep myself satisfied (with interesting food and by staying relatively full) or else I'm not going to stick with it, and my guess would be that that's why you had a little too much to eat when visiting family. I haven't actually been in the situation yet (I've been actively avoiding social gatherings which involve food), but I imagine the thing to do would be to have something filling and relatively low calorie before you go so you're not driven too far astray.

Just applying my usual "tell you everything I've thought of and see if anything sticks", hope some of that is of some use to you.
 
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Thanks for the feedback amy1985. That's a good point you made about having an additional snack that is more value for calories, my preference would have actually been raw nuts but I don't have a lot of food in the house at the moment due to having my meals delivered.

I used that BMR (?) calculator and I am supposed to be having 1886 calories a day!!!! I've tried 1500 before and found that way too much so I'm now aiming for around 1350 (1200 from delivered food plus a bit extra when I exercise which is usually 4 plus times a week).

Social occassions are really hard when dieting. Yesterday was my first day and after binge eating the last few months, I was so hungry even after my lunch. In hindsight, I should have eaten a banana beforehand, nevermind today was a new day and I have been good so far!

Thanks for the welcome Sunflower :)
 
I didn't know what lite and easy was. Now i see. I think it sounds like reasonable food that you've got on it. I don't know how it works though. They should be able to tell you the calorie loading of the meals? Have you asked. They should also be able to tell you about proteins, carbs and fats.

raw peanuts are delicious and healthy but also high in fat. So go easy with those too. I can't stop once i start.

I am going to be sorely tested by family eating delicious things around later in the year when my sister gets home. I think i am going to try not to look at it. Try to pretend its not there somehow. And if the smell of fresh cooked food is strong, I will probably have to vacate the premises as soon as I can smell it. I find my sister very triggering. Its an emotional thing to some extent. Not being hungry is one good to minimise the damage and to delay and slip ups. What about just having a glass of water or even tomato juice in your hand the whole time. At least you've got something to put in your mouth. But i think if you let yourself ponder on the temptations too long, you are bound to give in. I don't know. We just have to think about these things in our calmer moments and try to be prepared for them as they happen.

Anyway, its not a terrible start. I find as the days go on, i settle more into my diet and work things out more and more. I often make changes near the beginning while i am finding my way.

Try not to be devastated if you make a mistake. Just move on and restore your resolve. That's my approach anyway.
 
I find that I'm not as easily influenced by food when I am working out, it's not worth blowing an hours worth of exercise for a bad snack. And I'm more focussed on being healthy too so don't want to put crap (saturated fat & sugar) into my body. So you could always join a gym in the lead up to her coming or do some other form of exercise (assuming you don't already).

I thought you would have Lite N Easy in Queensland. It's really good but to totally contradict myself, I am a bit of a health freak and hate putting preservatives or anything unnatural in my body (I have this dilemma with antidepressants too!). The other downside with LNE is that you don't learn how to do it yourself, I get the general idea but probably need to look at something long term once I lose this weight i.e healthy cooking & appropriate portion sizes).
 
DAY 3
Weighed myself this morning - 63.9kg so I have gained 200g!!!! I am pre-menstrual though.

B: Museli with milk. Apple
S: Yoghurt
L: Beef burrito with salad (additional item: v8 vegetable juice)
S: Crunchy noodle sticks
S: Cup of soup (additional item, was working back late & getting peckish)
D: Lamb shanks with veg (additional item: spinach)
S: Peaches & apricots with prunes

Water: 1.75L
Exercise: Zilch - I worked late
 
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Lilith said:
The other downside with LNE is that you don't learn how to do it yourself, I get the general idea but probably need to look at something long term once I lose this weight i.e healthy cooking & appropriate portion sizes).
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You need to look at the second last post on my diary. There's a link where you can get more info. I think its a great help.

I have no money to spare for gyms. But i can do other fitness, as I"m doing now. I was doing it last year when she came home. But then i started a job and it was all too complicated. This time i am going to be ready for it. Mind you, there will still be the odd fight in the kitchen. There always is and its really difficult to see how we can avoid them. One thing that might make it easier this time is that she will home before me because I will be on my holiday when she gets home from OS.

No money for bought food either. I would never do that. If i was rich, i'd have a cook though.

ps, did you watch Paper Giants on the ABC the last two nights? It was excellent. I'm gonna buy a DVD for the first time in my life. For my sister.
 
I have gained 200g!!!!
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Don't be alarmed about this. My weight bounces around ever day. And it definitley does go up during menstruation. Partly because i often need to eat more but also because of water retention. But even for the other three weeks, up and down happens from day to day. So long as the overall direction is down. That's the main thing. You are on the right track so don't worry too much about it.
 
Lilith fluctuations are perfectly normal and certainly nothing to panic over, while menstruating and after intense exercise you can expect some large fluctuations due to fluid retention.


What exercise are you doing in addition to following your diet ?
 
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