Kez's new diary!!!

kezzypear

kezzypear

New member
Hi all!!

Joined a few days ago and I'm addicted to this forum already! I come on at least a couple of times a day, even if I don't post anything, just reading all your successes and triumphs and motivating each other is often enough!!

Anyway. I'm kez, trying to lose the 40lbs I put on in my first 2 years of uni!! (see my thread in the newbie section)

I am doing well so far (been trying for about a month). Been doing it by restricting myself to 1000-1500kcals/day (depending on how busy my day is!)

I am trying to execise more too. I already walk EVERYWHERE as can't afford a car!! (at least an hour a day) but i'd like to up that a bit. Went to the gym yesterday, did a proper hardcore work out! Almost an hour and a half and I used nearly all the machines! Thought I'd be achey as h*ll this morn but I'm fine!

My housemate is taking me swimming in bout half an hour. I can't swim you see (or only a v slow, pathetic, doggy paddle for bout 25m!!) and she is a swimming teacher and has finally persuaded me to let her teach me to swim!! She has made it her challenge to teach me to swim 200m by the time I've lost the weight.

To be honest, I'm rather nervous!! She's like, a county standard swimmer and I can't do it, I had SO many lessons as a kid and just never got it. I'm worried it'll be really embarassing if I can't do it, you know? (even though we're really close!) And I think I still have a bit of that childish fear in me, of swimming pools etc. Sometimes even the smell of chlorine and I'll start feeling nervous again before I even realise why!!

BUT. Reasons to do it.
1) It's a bit pathetic, a 21 year old woman who can't swim!
2) Good exercise, fight the flab, variation from just working out in the gym
3) It's a good goal to work towards.
4) I have never ever let fear stop me from doing something. The fact that I am a bit nervous and scared is only more reason to do it!!

So on that happy and positive note I am going to go off and dig out my (very dusty) swimming costume fromt he back of the closet!!

I'd really like it if any of you want to post here :)

I'll post again tonight with how the swimming lesson went (if I don't drown in the process!!) and food for the day.

much love, think slim!!

Kez
 
Welcome Kez.

I can't wait to hear how your swimming goes. I'm sure you'll do fine.

From your newcomer post......

kezzypear said:
Already lost 9lbs, I just hope I can keep it up.

The problem is, I diet so much!! Usually fairly half hearted attempts which last less than a week!! My last serious attempt was in January, I lost nearly a stone but got bored, gave up and piled it all back on (and then some!!)

I REALLY want this to be The One though!! I have to stick to my willpower and avoid the temptation to binge and give up!!
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Don't get bored! I think you can go more than a week. Rather than thinking of this as a diet, think of it as making lifestyle changes. Take one step at a time. If you skip breakfast or eat an unhealthy one, make it a healthy one. If you drink too many sodas, limit yourself to one per day. If you eat lots of sweets, limit yourself to one at a sitting. If you eat no fruits and veggies, start eating 1 or 2 per day and slowly increase that number to 5-7.

Post on your diary and on others, and they will post on your diary. Binging generally stems from boredom, stress, unhappiness, right? And it's easy to eat unhealthy when you are always on the fly.
 
Thanks!

Thanks patty!

You're right bout the overeating. It usually happens to me when I'm stressed. Eg exams. No time to exercise/cook, so sitting at desk all day, ready meal for dinner, and a packet of cakes next to me to snack on!! Those days are over though :)

Re the thing about the swimming lesson from my first diary post, well, we walked all the way down there, queued for ages, to be told that they were closed! They are only open for public swimming lessons at very dodgy times, and I am so busy this week, next possible opportunity is Sunday, and that will be a squeeze!

I am quite disappointed, even though I was apprehensive about it, seeing as I'd psyched myself up etc!!

Well. Never mind. I'll do an exercise dvd in a min instead (have already walked 1 and a half hours today, to uni and back then to the swimming pool and back) so I think I'll be pleased with that!!

K
 
Well gee, sounds like you're getting plenty of walking in at least :)
Sorry to hear you couldn't go swimming though!
Don't feel pathetic about not knowing how to swim b/c I can't either :p heh
I'm sure you'll eventually be able to go and your friend will be a great teacher to you! :)
 
Food journal

Thanks for the messages guys!!

So- journal for today.

Breakfast
Small amount sultana bran with smoothie not milk (I eat it out of a mug, with a teaspoon instead of using a bowl. Makes it last longer and I feel like I've eaten more!!) 200cals

lunch
Half mug of hot veggie casserole 100
low fat yogurt 120

dinner
Half baked sweet potato 150 (I think)
Cottage cheese 100
Ham salad 60

Supper
Special K bar 90

Total calories in today=820



Exercise
Hour and a half walking Burned 430cals
30 mins aerobics exercise dvd Burned 230 cals

Total calories burned =660


Pretty good, I'm very pleased with that!! Only had a couple of hungry moments too :)
 
Hey welcome....... swimming is something I hated till I could do it, now I love it.
I don't know your weight so just make sure your calories don't get too low...........
 
Thanks, don't worry I usually have more (between 1000-1500) just been extra good today!!

I don't want to get silly with this though. Once in the past (and I do mean a long time ago, when I was bout 14-15) when I was dieting (god I really didn't need to back then!) I did take it to extremes. Kinda got addicted to seeing the weight fall off, my parents started getting pretty worried about me. But that was a LONG time ago, and I have a much healthier self image now (despite being a lot fatter!!) And I know that if you eat less than 800cals/day your metabolism starts slowing down anyway!!

I will keep posting my food etc on here though, and obviously appreciate any advice on how I could improve my diet!!

K
 
03/10 journal

Hey!!

Hope you are all doing good.

Tuesdays are always odd days for me, coz I'm at uni 9-4, then gotta go to work from 5-10, which makes it a very long and tiring day, and I obviously don't have time to cook in that either!! So here goes

Breakfast 8am
Lots of sultana bran with semi-skimmed milk 300ish cals

Lunch 1pm
Special K bar 90 cals
Apple 40cals

Tea 4.30pm
Ham salad sarnies 270cals
Giant cookie 250 ish I'm guessing

Snack 7.30pm
fruit salad 85cals

Supper 10.30pm
Half tin veg soup 85 cals
Glass smoothie 85 cals

Total calorie intake = 1205



Exercise
Walked 1 hour 30 mins, burned 400ish, can't remember

Am quite happy with that!!

But I gotta go coz Ive gotta hang laundry up and file lots of work before I can go to bed, and its already 11.30pm and I'm already knachered!!!


K
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Quick question

I was wondering today, which is more important, length or difficulty of exercise?

I mean, if you have to get from A to B, and it is 2km, you could run, which would burn more cals per min, but you'd be running for fewer minutes than if you strolled along!!

Not sure I have just explained what I was thinking very well, but let me know if you guys have any ideas on these random thoughts of mine!!
 
I understood your question very well Kez, but don't know the answer. I'll check out the calorie counting site.
 
K, just typing in random numbers, with my weight, it says that walking briskly for 30 minutes burns about 250 calories. Jogging for 15 minutes burns about 213 calories. I'd rather walk for an hour than jog for 20-30 minutes!:D
 
Ha... I'm goin to learn swimming only after I get to goal weight. I don't want to creat an oil spill in the pool lol:p
 
Tday so far

:D

No swimming yet but am going to aquarobics tonight- it will hopefully be a nice way to break myself into it!!

I'm not doing great today. Forgot to bring my nice healthy special k bar to uni, so absolutely starving by 11am and ended up buying a packet of ritz cheese cracker sarnie things. Just looked up the calories online, and it says 220 per serving. I hope that one serving doesn't mean one cracker, coz I ate the whole pack of 4!!

But even so have already eaten near on 500cals today and i haven't even had lunch yet-ouch!!

Good luck to all v u
;)
 
You don't know swimming?
Oh, you have to learn. It's so much fun and a great way to exercise. You'll feel great once you learn. :D
 
yOU CAN AND WILL DO THIS KEEP UP THE AWSOME WORK LETS ROCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK
 
:(

Oh I have been so bad today :( :( :(

I feel like there is a crack in the dam of my willpower!!! Went into town and have just indulged my sweet tooth non stop and feel a bit crap now, especially seeing all your lovely posts of encouragement since I posted earlier! After the cheese crackers I had a chocolate bar then a full fat baguette then a chocolate brownie- and I didn't even enjoy it that much!! And I got a lift into uni this morning, and the train back, so I've done hardly anything to burn it off.

I know its not the end of the world, but I guess i'm a bit scared coz this is the point where I usually give up on diets (when Ive been good for about a month, and am just starting to really notice results!!)

I'm not saying Im thinking about giving up though, god no. I want this too much. It's just been hard today. Its the first time on my whole diet ive cheated like this!! I've gotta really build that will power dam again (silly metaphor but kinda how it feels!)

:( hope your all doing better than me today!
K
 
G'Day Pearbear!! :D

Just stopping in to say hi - sometimes it's good to indulge cravings. Helps keep you from the dreaded plateau. I read somewhere that up to 4 cheat days a month can be good for your metabo - just don't go overboard and please don't beat yourself up over it. ;)

- and I didn't even enjoy it that much!!
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Don't you hate that!! lol
 
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