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Laele

Laele

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Hi,
I'm Laele, I'm 25 and I'm a fat girl. Yes, it took some time to admit it but now I've said it.
I've always been chubby and I always wanted to do something about it but I never had the strength. Almost four years ago I finally managed to lose 45 pounds. I was soooo happy with what I had accomplished and I was sure I'd never gain the weight back. Obviously, I was wrong. I've gained back most of my weight and for a long time didn't want to face it. I kept saying to myself "as long as you don't weigh more than 65 kgs it's ok..." and then "as long as it's not over 70...75...80..." and now I'm 83.3. So, I've decided to give it another try, I know I can lose the weight, I just need a way to figure out how to keep it off.
I've started dieting on monday, so it's been a week. My first week has been pretty good, I'm taking small steps, trying to eliminate junk food and to exercise more.
This summer I had started running but I felt my weight slowed me down and I was afraid I could hurt my knees or ankles because of the extra weight. So for the time being I'm focusing on walking, at least 30 minutes a day.

I hope to find lots of friends here!

ps: english is not my first language, I'm sorry if some of my sentences don't make sense :eek:
 
I've come to the conclusion that the only way to make it work is to see it as a permanent change of lifestyle which involves most of the time eating sensibly and getting exercise most days. We need to work harder at it at first to lose the weight and then we can relax a bit. I haven't reached target weight yet but to me the important thing is to not put any more weight on so if I have something to eat with high calories then I make up for it by eating better the next few days. It's all about total calories over the week rather than daily calories. At the moment I'm just concetrating on exercising and not putting on weight and then next month I'm going to go back to losing weight again.
I like the feeling of control that it gives you to make a lifestyle change rather than to be on a diet that makes you feel deprived all the time.
You'll get lots of help and support here which is a great help when things don't go as well as you want them to.
Good luck with your weight loss, you seem to be off to a good start :)
 
Hello and welcome! I agree with eyckmans, dont call it a diet, call it a lifestyle change. :)powerwalking is just about as good as running, so keep up the good work. We're all here to support you :)
 
Hey Laele! Thanks for coming by my diary! It is excellent to see that we have similar stories and similar goals! Definitely just start off with walking for now until you can get some of the weight off then incorporate a few one minute or two minute intervals of running inbetween the walking. Eventually you'll be back up and running in no time. I can't run nearly as much as I used to be able to but I'm starting off easy and working my way back up. If you've done it once you can do it again. We can do it! I'm glad you've come here. This site helped me SOO MUCH in the past I don;t know why I ever left! It keeps your head in focus!

Oh I'm very curious to know what your first language is? Just out of curiousity!
 
@eyckmans and xorie: yes, this is what I'm trying to do as well. Exercise has always been kind of my weakness 'cause I'm pretty lazy but the BF bought me a treadmill this winter and I'm currently trying to get at least 30 minutes exercise 6 days a week. I hope it will become part of my routine and finally become a habit I won't give up.

@adeon: I'm still trying to get the hang of things around here, but it surely does look like a friendly place! It feels a bit weird for me to talk about losing weight because I always feel ashamed to talk about it with other people, but here I see that everybody just want to help and they understand what I'm talking about. It's great! :)
I'm Italian, by the way, I live between Venice and Verona. Lots of good food here, very difficult to renounce temptations!
 
Today was a good day foodwise. I should probably have eaten more vegetables, but otherwise it was ok.
I walked for 30 minutes on the treadmill keeping a constant speed of 6.5 km/h which for me is pretty fast. I walked for a total of 3.7 km (cool down included). At some points I felt like I wanted to slow down or stop but I didn't and I'm proud of it!
 
I wish I had a treadmill. :) I HATE running out in front of people. And awesome on keeping going on the walking. I find that if I dont stop or slow down when my body first tells me to, it is so much easier after that.

And this website is wonderful. Its great to be able to talk about weight and problems that go with it with a huge amount of people who are going through, or have gone through the same thing. It was a blessing for me when I found this website.

Keep up the great work, and you'll be happy and healthy in no time at all. :D

p.s. I think your english is very good. Better than most actually. :)
 
My, my what a boring day. I've been indoor all day studing for an exam and my head aches terribly. Being inside is no good when you're trying to avoid emotional eating and boredom surely doesn't make things easier. I didn't give in to the cravings though, and I guess it's a step forward. Even if I have been thinking all day about pie, peach pie. Anyways, ate a lot more vegetables today (eggplant, tomatoes, carrots and salad) and fruit. I exercised in the morning walking for the usual 30 minutes, but I find walking in the morning a bit more difficult that I do at night so I had to go a little slower. My body just reacts differently at that time of the day, don't know why. Walked for a total of 3 km.
Tomorrow's weigh in day and I'm hoping for a significant drop. I'll post the results, in the meantime wish me luck!
 
Laele said:
My, my what a boring day. I've been indoor all day studing for an exam and my head aches terribly. Being inside is no good when you're trying to avoid emotional eating and boredom surely doesn't make things easier. I didn't give in to the cravings though, and I guess it's a step forward. Even if I have been thinking all day about pie, peach pie. Anyways, ate a lot more vegetables today (eggplant, tomatoes, carrots and salad) and fruit. I exercised in the morning walking for the usual 30 minutes, but I find walking in the morning a bit more difficult that I do at night so I had to go a little slower. My body just reacts differently at that time of the day, don't know why. Walked for a total of 3 km.
Tomorrow's weigh in day and I'm hoping for a significant drop. I'll post the results, in the meantime wish me luck!
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I know what you mean about emotional and boredom eating. Its my biggest downfall. You had a large variety of veggies today. I think i'm going to copy and have some eggplant tonight. My eggplant in my garden is just about ready to be picked. yummy. :)

Awesome job on the walking. keep up the good work, and good luck with the weigh in tomorrow. :)
 
Quick update: weigh in was ok, lost more than I expected :D
I walk everyday for at least 30 minutes.
More news later!
 
This week I will have to work hard on maintaining my weight instead of losing it. My FIL is abroad for work and my MIL insisted that we go have dinner at their place until he comes back (friday). Unfortunately she's not much into healthy food and she's constantly monitoring what I eat. So I'll have to be a very very very very very good girl and try to make up for the (extremely) heavy dinners with (extremely) light lunches. Sigh! Yesterday she made pumpkin risotto and she put so much on my plate I wasn't even able to finish it. The thing that irritates me the most is that she eats almost nothing because she doesn't want to put on weight but she's always telling me I eat too little. :(
I hope I'll be able at least to maintain and then I'll think about losing next week.
 
Dont worry about this week. It's just something your not going to be able to avoid. Sometimes we have those unavoidably bad situations. Just maybe try to up your workouts to accomodate for the bad eats maybe?? Dunno but dont let it get to ya. Keep on truckin your doing great. Dont be sad. No more sad faces from you! :troll:
 
Thanks adeon! you're so sweet <3
yesterday I had a light lunch and at dinner I tried to eat as slowly as possible so it would look like my plate was always full and I was eating a lot. Looks like it worked 'cause she didn't complain about me not eating enough. The problem is, it was enough and probably a little more. Oh well, friday's around the corner. I weighed in this morning and lost 0.2 kgs, which is practically nothing but I guess is better than gaining.
Went for a 3km walk/run and did it in 29 mins. Pretty good for me! Last week I excercised every single day except on sunday, and I'm very proud 'cause I'd never done that in my whole life. It usually was 2/3 days a week.
Tomorrow I will take my measurements and let's hope they'll be better than this morning weigh in. :)

Have a nice day everybody!
 
Until I read you were Italian, I was hoping you were Spanish cause I need to practice a bit more, hehe.

It would be hard in Italy with all the pasta, pizza, and wicked desserts (tira misu whoo hoo!).

Good thing for you is you know how to lose weight as you have done it previously. I myself are losing weight for the first time in my life after gradually putting on weight every year of my life.

Good luck on your journey!
 
roysymmonds83 said:
Until I read you were Italian, I was hoping you were Spanish cause I need to practice a bit more, hehe.

It would be hard in Italy with all the pasta, pizza, and wicked desserts (tira misu whoo hoo!).

Good thing for you is you know how to lose weight as you have done it previously. I myself are losing weight for the first time in my life after gradually putting on weight every year of my life.

Good luck on your journey!
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Hey! I'm learning spanish toooo!!!!! WOOHOOOOO
 
Weigh in yesterday was GREAT! I didn't expect to lose anything but I lost 0.7 kgs which is a little more than I usually lose in a week. YAY!
Tonight's the last dinner at my MIL's so hopefully from tomorrow I'll be able to enjoy a balanced lunch (I've been eating very little to make up for the extra calories at dinner). It's been very hard resisting temptation this week 'cause usually by dinner I was famished, not having eaten enough at lunch.
I keep walking/running for 30 minutes a day. Right now I can run for ten mins, split in 2 mins sections, and walk for 20. I'm working on improving my running time but I'm still proud of my 10 minutes (hey, I'm a beginner). Last week on thursday and saturday I walked for an hour and a total of 6 km.
 
Well done. That's a great accomplishment managing to lose that weight while you were getting your diet sabotaged :D
 
Just wanted to stop by and say hi! and it looks like you're off to a great start. Good for you for resisting your MIL's tempting dinners, especially so early in your weightloss progress. Good luck to you!
 
Laele said:
Weigh in yesterday was GREAT! I didn't expect to lose anything but I lost 0.7 kgs which is a little more than I usually lose in a week. YAY!
Tonight's the last dinner at my MIL's so hopefully from tomorrow I'll be able to enjoy a balanced lunch (I've been eating very little to make up for the extra calories at dinner). It's been very hard resisting temptation this week 'cause usually by dinner I was famished, not having eaten enough at lunch.
I keep walking/running for 30 minutes a day. Right now I can run for ten mins, split in 2 mins sections, and walk for 20. I'm working on improving my running time but I'm still proud of my 10 minutes (hey, I'm a beginner). Last week on thursday and saturday I walked for an hour and a total of 6 km.
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Awesome job! :) And you're doing awesome at running. I actually read your post, and then had a mini argument with my inner lazy and won, so I got up and got on the treadmill (I'm house/dog/horse sitting for a friend and she has one!) and I ran a mile and a half! thanks for being an inspiration! :)

Keep up the great work!!!
 
Hey everybody,
sorry for the lack of posting in the last few days. I'm studying for exams at the University and I'm very stressed. The weekend went fine funwise but not so fine foodwise. Oh well, I'm back on track now. yesterday I studied all day but around 9.30 pm I forced myself to go run a little and did 5km. I hope I will find the time to do it today but tomorrow I have my calculus exam and I really need to study all day and all night.

I promise I will visit your diaries once this stupid exam is over. I hate calculus!!!
 
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