Keeping up a constant battle

Even though you went off track a bit, it sounds like you've got the right idea; planning, accountibility and awareness of what you are consuming. You won't always be able to curb that emptiness inside of you that craves to be filled with food, but if you can do it most of the time then that should be good enough to get you to where you need to be. Also, if you chop and change and add a few calories here and there, you'll find you lose a lot more, and plateau less. Sometimes our bodies get used to the routine of how we do things, and we never take it out of its comfort zone, so if you alternate your calories then it will give it a bit of a kick up the bum. And you'll see more definitive results. Promise.

Oh and that sounds revolting and disturbing about the dead animals being found in the oil. Are you being serious? If so, how did it happen?

*Peels grape*

CandoATU said:
Well yesterday was a test - and i failed. Not too depressed, disappointed but still happy that i have learnt a lesson. I gained 0.6kg, which isnt always a clear indicationi BUT it should be because i messed up a lot yesterday. I ate at the wrong times and ate the wrongs things. Also i didnt find the time to excersise. The weekends are always the hardest for me because my boyfriend is home and we go tot he football all day and then i go to work. Im just going to list all the bad things i ate yesterday because i kept telling myself it wont make a difference when really, it did!

- Didnt make time for brekkie so i ate a packet of chips and too many nuts
- Lunch i had a white bread snadwich because my boyfriend didnt want both of his.
- At work i was feeling tired before i started so i drank a red bull
- At work our cheff decided to be nice and make a plate of chips with dianne sauce for us behind the bar
- I had my staff drink which could have had a lot less calories
- I ate a sandwich when i got home

I have to say though, i did do a good thing yesterday. When i was leaving work my boyfriend wanted to go get maccas, but then i resisted and said i didnt want anything form there. Which would have saved me an extra like 1000 calories. So im happy with myself for that reason.

So what could I have done to fix these problems?

- Make better plans for brekkie
- Always ask my boyfriend exactly what he wants so i dont over make his food and hence have to eat the same thing as him.
- I usually remember to take my green tea to work but i forgot - BAD - always take my green tea with me and resist the sugar hit
- When tempted by the free chips, just remember my old job when i had to clean out the hot oil and found a large amount of dead animals floating in the bottom
- I work in a bar! And i know what alcohol has less calories and have all the mixers on the planet to make what eer drink i want! So why dont i do that and have a little fun with it!!!!
- I have so many different options for food when i get home, there was no need to eat a sandwich.

So hopefully i will do better next time!
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Yeah unfortunately the dead animal thing is true. I used to work in this really crappy resturant where the health standards were not very high, and the owner was heaps heaps dodgy and paid off the health inspectors a lot of money. Pretty messed up huh?
 
Weigh in: 62.9kg - GAIN: 0.1kg

Body Fat: 37.49%
Fat Amount: 23.24kg
Lean Amount: 38.76

Well they are the figures. I acutally found a cereal that i like and has so many good things in it. I managed to control myself fairly well yesterday except fo rone red bull which i managed to avoid until one of the guys at my work bought it for me. Hmm....

Been for an hour walk today, and its only 10am. Im definately feeling so much more energised, im sure big results are on their way... lets hope so anyway...

So its now 11 and i just burned out another 400 calories through cardio, now im going to move onto my resistance training before taking lunch to my boyfriend. Then i have all afternoon to rest up, have another quick cardio session to get me pumped up so im very alive for work tonight.

Also this whole proportion eating thing is really starting to work. I generally eat two sandwiches for lunch, but instead ive been limitting myself to one. And today was the first day where i was so completely full after eating one that i couldnt ever image eating another. Cool huh?
 
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Well well well....

Todays weigh in... loss of 1.5 kg! Now thats a lot, my body seems to do that a lot, i work my ass off for a week with it going up and down little bits each day then one day, massive loss. Usually followed by a gain of about half of it. Not sure what thats all about, it definately not water retention. But oh well....

YAAAAAAY!!!!!!!:party:

Came at a good time though because i resisted sooo many temptations yesterday. I didnt drink any red bull, curtosy of my boyfriend bringing in more green tea to my work.

Also i ate dinner before i went to work but obviously over the 5 hours i got a bit hungry after a while, but i knew it was all in my head cause there were a lot of sausage rolls and pies being sold and maccas adds must have been on repeat or something cause i sware they were on tv like non stop. However when my boyfriend mentioned to me about getting maccas after work i decided to calculate how many calories there are in the maccas home meal, and i found that there would be atleast 5200 calories in that one family meal. Also when i got home i looked at the crackers and thought "Hmmm, im not really hungry but they look so good", then i just turned off the light and went to bed without eating anything.

Also my abs are REALLY feeling it today. Gave them a pretty hard work out yesterday and it feels painful but still sooooo gooooood!

So i tried to excersise before i ate brekkie this morning because they recomend you get your body going before you eat so to kick start your metabolism but i have to say the after affects werent very good. Because there was nothing in y stomache it kinda hurt... Im thinking not such a good idea.
 
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Okay so as i predicted there was a bit of a gain today, - 0.8 to be exact. But thats okay. Im starting to seeing a pattern so all is good. Eating habits were good last night. Didnt really get hungry for late snacking until i was about to go to sleep, but i know i really was hungry, infact i was feeling like i was starving. So i had some tuna.
 
.8 is hardly a gain worth worrying over anyway :D And knowing that you actually can keep the weight coming off is quite motivating! Keep it up :)
 
Thanks J I love how motivating people are on here.

Weigh in today. Now i know i should weigh myself everyday but honestly its what motivates me every day to keep trying and gives me insight into my weight patterns. So i love it, no matter what people tell me.

So today was a loss of 0.7 kgs. Now i knew there was going to be a loss today but it was a bit bigger than i thought it would be. Ive been trying to vary my calorie amounts a bit more so to keep my body guessing. So yesterday i ate two sets of dinner. All together 300 calroies, so i guess you could call it one meal but i ate half a serving of beef before work and a small amount of fish while at work. At first my body didnt react very well, i think the salt content was a bit high because i got a major headache, but i was a bit of a ruffle of the feeathers for my metabolism. Also yesterday i did very light excersise. My theory is that my body seems to react well when i shuffle the amount of calories at different times of day around i get better results. However im making sure that i dont skip any meals, but i put the emphasis on at different times of day. Which will also be helping my schedule convience. As much as i hate working nights there is no way around it at the moment. So i think this kind of action plan will help me without sacrificing my energy levels for work.
 
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Well the last couple of days have been crazy, hence the lack of posts. Work has been riding me like a bitch, plus taking up a 5th job has sorta added to it, but thats okay. They all seem to work together however some days they fit together so well that i do not get a break. Hence it has been hard to fit in excersise. Eating habits havnt been too bad, btu could be better. Ive found im giving into food at work far too easily lately, but thats pretty much because somebody at work found my hidden storage of soups (bastards) so when i get called in with no notice i dont really have time to organise anything. Also for some reason work hasnt been ordering the only thing on the menue which doesnt have a million calories. But oh well.

At the moment im at 62.2 kgs. It has been up and down heaps. Also my body is kinda pissed off at me, i feel so sick and lathagic because it got so use to the excersise. So ive been trying to do a few things to compensate. Like today i had to do groceries so i made sure i kept a quick pace while doing to as well as instead of carrying all the bags of food up at once (i live up four flights of stairs, great huh?) i decided to only carry two bags at a time so that i had to do 6 trips.

Just little things like that at home, and at work ive been doing my leg squats as i refill the fridges and stuff like that. Offering to unpack all the orders that come in etc
 
I always thought that getting sick was great for people losing weight. Apparently most people dont eat as much and the simplest tasks takes out so much energy. But im like the opposite. Sure the simplest tasks like coocking dinner is beyond me, but then my boyfriend goes and buys mcdonalds and i know i could have flat out said no, but i was so stuffed i couldnt be bother. Same as when my best make brought over hot chips. Bah, im so weak when im sick.

And through the last week work has been riding me while ive been sick so excersise has been really hard. I did a fair bit last night which stopped the hot chips taking too much control away from me. But it still comes down to the fact that ive gain weight back up to 63 kg.

And while it is frustrating to put on weight and not know why, it is even more depressing to put on weight and know that it is your fault, and your fault alone. I know exactly why i put weight on and boy am i feeling depressed because of it now...
 
It seriously is keeping up a constant battle. I constantly find myself saying "Come on, get back on track", fighting with late night snakcing and take away foods. Getting into a routine and then slowly slipping away from it. But im determined to keep on trying.

Loss 0.4 kg, im currently at 62.6kg. And im not planning on having any gains for a while. Ive promised myself anyway. Today i went out and bought ankle weights. Yes they look silly, but as long as i wear long pants no body notices. They both weight 1/2 a kilo, so my legs are carrying an extra kg where ever i go. So far so good, it is really useful when im cleaning or walking to the shops cause i can feel them working, but not to the point where i feel like im going to colaspe from exhaustion. Very very good, just making walking that little bit more intense i think will see results while toning me legs. :)

Will let you know how it goes.
 
Well first day of the weights went good, didnt even notice they were there while i had them on at work, 7 hours of it and didnt notice it at all. Pretty cool really.

The flu isnt as biblical today, still icky but definately on the mend.

And the weights dont seem to be hurting much cause weigh in today was - 0.6kg loss. Whick brings me back to 62kg! It will take a couple of days to figure out if it is the weights making the difference, but shall keep posting about them.

Also bought a new diary today, i find the more time i concentrate on fiddleing with it, the more focus i am on my weight loss.
 
Well another loss today, so that is good. I think the ankle weights are really really helping, but still too early to judge. I lost 0.5kg, so im down to 61.5, but i also have to say that i wouldnt recomend running with these weights unless you are an experienced runner. My boyfriend borrowed them and took them to his use on his clients, just as a bit of an experiment. He wanted to see what the limits were and pretty much he found the clients whom didnt have the muscle build up through the ankle felt them start to strain, hence he told them to take them off straight away because it would likely lead to injury, however his experienced runners simply didnt notice they were there - until after he made them do a couple of sprinting laps, but then they started to feel it in their thighs and calfs, rather than ankles - hence it was good for them to give them a bit more resistance.

I worked out heaps yesterday though, burnt like 800 calories. Have to get ready for the weekend when i rest and dont have time to excersise.
 
Well weigh in today was a gain of 0.7kg, making me 62.2, but i did my body fat% and it was all pertty much lean mass, so thats all good.

Also today was the day when i dont really have any of time to myself for excerise and ended up having massive MASSIVE exercise withdrawals. Really weird huh? I felt heaps lathargic, massive head ache and just felt really really sick. It sucked big time. I got home from work at 11.30 pm and couldnt take it anymore, so i pumped out 30 mins on the cross trainer and now i feel heaps heaps better. Bloody crazy if you ask me, even though it does make perfect sense.
 
Blah just found out that it isnt a cold, it is tonsil-please kill me now-litice. And my body does not handle it well. SIGH

Anyhoo, gain of 0.6kg, didnt get to excersise yesterday, so my body pretty much hates me, but im making up for it today. Been for my morning walk and done 350 calories on the cross trainer. I have done my goal break down for this month too.
 
It is starting to get frustrating going up and down to the same points weight wise, but considering i know why it is happening i guess it is okay. could be worse, i could just be gradually putting weight on and not losing any.

Okay so after a gain of 0.6 yesterday today was a loss of 0.6. Ho-hum. Pretty boring huh? I guess thats where motivation really needs to be on your side and you've got to learn to be an honest optimist. Staying positive while at the same time not lieing to yourself. For instance i know the other day i didnt work hard enough (or at all), hence i put on weight, then i knew that i had done the work so i had a loss. So im happy that im going in the right direction but at the same time i know i still have to keep working at myself to stay on track.

Not sure if any of that made sense... oh well. Sooooo i was going to write this up yesterday but didnt get around to it so here it is now. This is the mathamatical break down of my goal for this month. Just so you all know i dont really like setting exact numbers for goal weights, i put it down more to a weight area because its unrealistic to say i wanna be EXACTLY 59kg.

The goal: Get down into the 59kg area (loss of around 2 - 3kg)

1 kg = 7000 calories
3 kg = 21 000 calories

Days in this month = 31 days

My daily BMR = 1600 // My monthly BMR = 49 600
My daily intake = 1200 // My monthly intake = 37 200
Calorie loss = 12 400

Excersise needed to make up the difference = 8600 total // 280 daily
Excersise schedule = Sat/Sun - 200 calories
Mon-Fri - 320 calories

Conclusion...

Daily intake = 1200 max
Mon-Fri Excersise = Atleast 320
Sat/Sun Excersise = Atleast 200

All excersised missed on certain days will be made up the following day.

So yes that is the break down. Now i realise that these numbers can never be accounted for completely accurately, but this kind of thing makes me feel like i do have some form of control and is a major motivational tool for me.

Waaaaah!!! No mlik for my cereal!!! Man this sucks, stupid me left the milk out after making my body mash potato last night. As if it isnt bad enough that i have to make mash and not eat any more myself...

Also i am also doing weekly goals from now on. This weeks goal is to hit below the 35% body fat mark. Im also about to work out where my weight needs to be at through out the month.
 
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I just made a huge pot of veggie soup!! Figured it out that the whole pot worked out to be around 200 calories. The WHOLE pot! I reckon it will feed me lunch for the next week and it is heaps heaps yummy! Im about to look up the benefits for each veggie.

Weigh in today had no movement. Exactly the same. But for all you girls out there who are trying to lose weight, that time of the month does offer an extra bit of hardship. Well it does for me anyway...
 
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