Lula - Working it (or at least trying)
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Hey,
I just wanted to encourage you to keep your before and afters up.. I have a body that's very similar to yours, and I find your pictures inspiring since it's something that I can relate to. I have lots of respect for those who have more weight to lose, but I find your pics to be more helpful as you are closer to my age & weight. By the way, you look absolutely stunning in your dress. I can't wait to see how great you look when you finally reach your goal weight.
I just wanted to encourage you to keep your before and afters up.. I have a body that's very similar to yours, and I find your pictures inspiring since it's something that I can relate to. I have lots of respect for those who have more weight to lose, but I find your pics to be more helpful as you are closer to my age & weight. By the way, you look absolutely stunning in your dress. I can't wait to see how great you look when you finally reach your goal weight.
leave the pictures be - theres nothing wrong w ith them - people of all weights have pictures posted here... the only opinion that matters is your own
Hey,
I just wanted to encourage you to keep your before and afters up.. I have a body that's very similar to yours, and I find your pictures inspiring since it's something that I can relate to. I have lots of respect for those who have more weight to lose, but I find your pics to be more helpful as you are closer to my age & weight. By the way, you look absolutely stunning in your dress. I can't wait to see how great you look when you finally reach your goal weight.
Thank you
I might wear it again, still a bit unsure - I've already done it lol. While I also have a lot of respect for the people who have a lot to lose, I thought it was good too to have a wide range of bodies and weights, from the ones going from a very high weight, to the ones who are less overweight. I might just made a private album and put it in my sig, so if I do I'll send you the password. Good luck with your goals
you can do it. Thanks a lot for your input too!Too late I've already done it- thanks for your input/support. I guess you're probably right, but hey I'm still self conscious and everything, and don't want any drama, so maybe I'll put them up at a later date.
TomO
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Lula, I understand about the drama -- some people are just petty, that's all. You're doing a fantastic job, and you're a welcome addition to WLF -- I don't care what anyone else says.
I had a lot to lose this time around (70 lbs.), but there were attempts earlier in my life when it was a lot less. I wish I would have had a board like this. It seems to me we should encourage EVERYONE who wants to lose weight and be healthy to this board. I mean, what happens when people reach their target weight and just want to maintain? Should we kick them off? That would mean goodbye to cym and Steve and a bunch of other great people.
No, stick to your guns and don't let petty minded people bother you.
I had a lot to lose this time around (70 lbs.), but there were attempts earlier in my life when it was a lot less. I wish I would have had a board like this. It seems to me we should encourage EVERYONE who wants to lose weight and be healthy to this board. I mean, what happens when people reach their target weight and just want to maintain? Should we kick them off? That would mean goodbye to cym and Steve and a bunch of other great people.
No, stick to your guns and don't let petty minded people bother you.
lukewarm
New member
I didn't see those comments but I'm SO sorry someone said that to you. You are an incredible inspiration for me and you have great advice and knowledge to offer. That is horribly annoying. You're awesome, I'm happy you're here. I do agree with what you're saying as well about the rudeness flying around. Every exchange should remain respectful.
nataliejo
New member
Lula .. you a welcome addition ... just like the last poster said ..
You have alot of great info and you are very friendly to boot ...
Its always nice to have a delightful person around ..
don't pay attention to the hostility ..
just let it go
and I would love to see your before and after pics .. I should pm you ...
You are doing a great job on your weight loss ...
You go Girl!
always
ttylater
natalie jo
You have alot of great info and you are very friendly to boot ...
Its always nice to have a delightful person around ..
don't pay attention to the hostility ..
just let it go
and I would love to see your before and after pics .. I should pm you ...
You are doing a great job on your weight loss ...
You go Girl!
always
ttylater
natalie jo
Laptop battery dead so no easy internet access, so will have to leave for a while until I get one - very quick post:
Bad news: council now claims I owe them £2000 ($4000), which is a) not true as I'm a student b) don't even have £20 to spare. We also received our electricity bill, which is insane for a small flat (few £100s) thanks to our electric heaters.I might break up with the bf who is driving me insane. I might be pregnant (unlikely but 2mo late so who knows). I binged today after work on food I shouldnt even eat as it makes me ill, so I feel shit in every possible way. I also feel like a whale and will never try shopping ever again.
Good news: Hadn't binged in a long time? Might be single soon? Might not be "preggers"?
Bad news: council now claims I owe them £2000 ($4000), which is a) not true as I'm a student b) don't even have £20 to spare. We also received our electricity bill, which is insane for a small flat (few £100s) thanks to our electric heaters.I might break up with the bf who is driving me insane. I might be pregnant (unlikely but 2mo late so who knows). I binged today after work on food I shouldnt even eat as it makes me ill, so I feel shit in every possible way. I also feel like a whale and will never try shopping ever again.
Good news: Hadn't binged in a long time? Might be single soon? Might not be "preggers"?
DeepGreen
New member
Lula,
Just to introduce myself, I am 20 year old college student, who is also a science major (specifically pre-med ) (not sure what science i'm majoring in yet ...was orginally molecular biology, but I may change...i was considering biochemistry, whats your opinon on this?)
Good luck with everything, I will be praying for you. I personally, wasn't offended at all with the pics and i was actually very inspired (its hard to tick me off...part of being a libra )....I would like to see you progress...and was saddened to see you remove your pictures. They were great motivation.
Good luck with everything, including the money situation and the boyfriend...and the other personal topic. Also, best of luck trying to kick the habit of smoking.
This forum has a wise diversity of people...we have great wonders like Steve, and then the average spammer, thats trying to advertise their own website. We are all in this together, and I'm so happy you have decided to make this effort to change and become healthier. Not only are you incredibly good looking, but you are incredibly healthy as well. Keep it up.
adam
Just to introduce myself, I am 20 year old college student, who is also a science major (specifically pre-med
) (not sure what science i'm majoring in yet ...was orginally molecular biology, but I may change...i was considering biochemistry, whats your opinon on this?)Good luck with everything, I will be praying for you. I personally, wasn't offended at all with the pics and i was actually very inspired (its hard to tick me off...part of being a libra
)....I would like to see you progress...and was saddened to see you remove your pictures. They were great motivation.Good luck with everything, including the money situation and the boyfriend...and the other personal topic. Also, best of luck trying to kick the habit of smoking.
This forum has a wise diversity of people...we have great wonders like Steve, and then the average spammer, thats trying to advertise their own website. We are all in this together, and I'm so happy you have decided to make this effort to change and become healthier. Not only are you incredibly good looking, but you are incredibly healthy as well. Keep it up
.adam
Thank you I might put them back up once I fix my laptop! I found some good old ones... I'm from the UK so we have a different educational system. I think we do more at high school (in terms of how many years I'm pretty sure we have one extra secondary year), so we don't do the same kind of first year (you guys need a high school diploma and a year at a US university to study in the UK. I hear you do more general stuff in 1st year then specialise) - in the UK it's a 3 year course, sometimes 4 with a year in industry, and I will have a "BSc. (hons) Biochemistry". We don't have minors or majors. We don't have pre-med either here. For medicine: it's 5 year basic course with an intercalated year where on top, you get a degree in whatever you specialise in, e.g. Biochem or Mol Bio.
Mol Bio and Biochemistry are essentially the same, except in Biochemistry, you do a lot more chemistry and metabolism. Chemistry is very hard for a lot of students, so many find themselves switching to molecular biology. I nearly did myself, but decided I'd stick to what I'd started, and glad I did to be honest, although it was very hard at times. It's really up to how you feel Doing metabolism is also relevant in medicine. If a good mark is very important and doing chemistry might lower your mark, then go for mol bio - my advice to people who study in the UK.
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BAD NEWS:
- Bf and I broke up 2 days ago. I'm very very sad
- Laptop still not fixed.
GOOD NEWS:
- Aced the exams - really did think I did badly so I was shaking like a leaf when I opened the letter and didn't tell anyone for a few hours, until it sank in. I managed to get a top mark while failing an exam completely (mixed it up with another so didnt revise) so pretty surprised. I can retake it next year too if I want. Mwaahaahaa I'm going to get such a good mark, and I actually have a social life! Now I need to work in believing in myself a bit more...
- NOT pregnant. Didn't think I was, but hormonal contraceptives can easily be affected by illness or medicine, so I had to check.
- Lost a bit more weight
FOOD:
Don't even know where to start. It's been a rollercoaster ride when it comes down to food. I went back to my parents on 4h sleep - my bro graduated from school, went to his graduation ball and got lashed with him as he had a VIP free drink pass thing and all his friends bought me drinks as I'm the big sister, had 3h sleep as we had to wake up early, went to the graduation ceremony, drank lots of champagne and ate nibbles as my brother did very very well, went out with some friends for a birthday party a few hours later, got lashed on more champagne and booze (they have 10 years on me and know I'm a broke student, so they were telling me to stop worrying about them getting me drinks - they kept telling me "when you're rich and famous" each time they gave me a drink. Quite funny and very sweet), went back to friend's house and got a huge kebab and chips on the way, drank some more wine and found some !! Of course we ate it, followed by some cheese. Following day after 4h sleep, I got my exam results and celebrated by having all of the 3 desert choices while having lunch with my parents: the ice cream cone, the slice of cake and the fruit with cream, of course preceding lots of french smelly cheese...
I then got back home, broke up with J, and since then, I haven't been able to eat much, except the strawberries, rasperries, cream and meringues that my friend James brought back, which did cheer me up. After all these abuses (diary, alcohol etc), my IBS has of course flared-up big time. No surprise here so not wingeing about it!! 100% my fault.
Funnily enough, I have continued losing weight. I'm now at 55.2kg (121lb) and haven't been in the gym for a week. This gives me a BMI of exactly 21.0!! Maad.
HOLIDAYS:
Off to Portugal tomorrow! Taking my trainers and found a gym! If they allow me to register for a month, then I'll join. No clue how easy it will be to get internet access.
I might put them back up once I fix my laptop! I found some good old ones... I'm from the UK so we have a different educational system. I think we do more at high school (in terms of how many years I'm pretty sure we have one extra secondary year), so we don't do the same kind of first year (you guys need a high school diploma and a year at a US university to study in the UK. I hear you do more general stuff in 1st year then specialise) - in the UK it's a 3 year course, sometimes 4 with a year in industry, and I will have a "BSc. (hons) Biochemistry". We don't have minors or majors. We don't have pre-med either here. For medicine: it's 5 year basic course with an intercalated year where on top, you get a degree in whatever you specialise in, e.g. Biochem or Mol Bio. Mol Bio and Biochemistry are essentially the same, except in Biochemistry, you do a lot more chemistry and metabolism. Chemistry is very hard for a lot of students, so many find themselves switching to molecular biology. I nearly did myself, but decided I'd stick to what I'd started, and glad I did to be honest, although it was very hard at times. It's really up to how you feel Doing metabolism is also relevant in medicine. If a good mark is very important and doing chemistry might lower your mark, then go for mol bio - my advice to people who study in the UK.
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BAD NEWS:
- Bf and I broke up 2 days ago. I'm very very sad
- Laptop still not fixed.
GOOD NEWS:
- Aced the exams - really did think I did badly so I was shaking like a leaf when I opened the letter and didn't tell anyone for a few hours, until it sank in. I managed to get a top mark while failing an exam completely (mixed it up with another so didnt revise) so pretty surprised. I can retake it next year too if I want. Mwaahaahaa I'm going to get such a good mark, and I actually have a social life! Now I need to work in believing in myself a bit more...
- NOT pregnant. Didn't think I was, but hormonal contraceptives can easily be affected by illness or medicine, so I had to check.
- Lost a bit more weight
FOOD:
Don't even know where to start. It's been a rollercoaster ride when it comes down to food. I went back to my parents on 4h sleep - my bro graduated from school, went to his graduation ball and got lashed with him as he had a VIP free drink pass thing and all his friends bought me drinks as I'm the big sister
, had 3h sleep as we had to wake up early, went to the graduation ceremony, drank lots of champagne and ate nibbles as my brother did very very well, went out with some friends for a birthday party a few hours later, got lashed on more champagne and booze (they have 10 years on me and know I'm a broke student, so they were telling me to stop worrying about them getting me drinks - they kept telling me "when you're rich and famous" each time they gave me a drink. Quite funny and very sweet), went back to friend's house and got a huge kebab and chips on the way, drank some more wine and found some !! Of course we ate it, followed by some cheese. Following day after 4h sleep, I got my exam results and celebrated by having all of the 3 desert choices while having lunch with my parents: the ice cream cone, the slice of cake and the fruit with cream, of course preceding lots of french smelly cheese...I then got back home, broke up with J, and since then, I haven't been able to eat much, except the strawberries, rasperries, cream and meringues that my friend James brought back, which did cheer me up. After all these abuses (diary, alcohol etc), my IBS has of course flared-up big time. No surprise here so not wingeing about it!! 100% my fault.
Funnily enough, I have continued losing weight. I'm now at 55.2kg (121lb) and haven't been in the gym for a week. This gives me a BMI of exactly 21.0!! Maad.
HOLIDAYS:
Off to Portugal tomorrow! Taking my trainers and found a gym! If they allow me to register for a month, then I'll join. No clue how easy it will be to get internet access.
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I'm back from holidays - I've been back for a while actually.
I feel like shit. Shit shit shit shit shit shit.
Portugal was great - lots of fun. Lots of partying, drinking, smoking and eating, and only made it to the gym twice. Somehow overall I only managed to put on about 2kg (2-5lb) in a month, but I guess I must have kept pretty active. It was great to be single again too
Pictures
On the right. Looking tanned in Portugal - happy but the weight gain is showing round my face and waist (and NOT MY BOOBS raah).
On the left. Taken last weekend - you can see I've put on weight around my face. I'm severly hungover at Notting Hill Carnival, looking wrecked and feeling shite.
I came back to England almost 3 weeks ago, and the partying carried on. Started smoking a lot again (20 a day) and drinking a lot of booze (which makes me do things like cook at 5am for myself and all my friends). Due to the smoking, I haven't dared going to the gym more than once.
Result: I've put on 3-4kg, or 9lb, since my last post. I've also avoided this website like the plague. Right now, I'm hormonal, bloated and I feel like a whale. I know it's not the end of the world, and I'm nowhere near fat, but putting back on weight so fast, and feeling my clothes getting tighter and tighter has scared me to death: I am so scared of becoming overweight again. Body fat still ok I guess - up to 25% from 21%.
I'm on day 3 of not smoking, currently sucking on a nicotine lozenge. The first 2 days were hell and I ate incredible amounts of food. Today was ok. Tomorrow I'm hitting the gym. I was meant to go to a massive pub crawl tomorrow, but I can't face it. I was meant to wear a cat outfit (fancy dress), which was quite revealing, but I feel too shit wearing that.
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MOTIVATE ME!!! Any tips on not feeling shit? How do I get my arse into gear and hit the gym again, control the weight/no smoking dilema, and most of all feel better about myself? I'm usually a happy and confident person. At the moment (although that might just be PMS GRR) my self esteem when it comes to my appearance has gone rock bottom. The fact that I look around 6 mo pregnant due to the bloating doesn't help (IBS baaad atm due to all the alcohol I drank the last few weeks). Seriously I should take a picture.
I feel like shit. Shit shit shit shit shit shit.
Portugal was great - lots of fun. Lots of partying, drinking, smoking and eating, and only made it to the gym twice. Somehow overall I only managed to put on about 2kg (2-5lb) in a month, but I guess I must have kept pretty active. It was great to be single again too
Pictures
On the right. Looking tanned in Portugal - happy but the weight gain is showing round my face and waist (and NOT MY BOOBS raah).
On the left. Taken last weekend - you can see I've put on weight around my face. I'm severly hungover at Notting Hill Carnival, looking wrecked and feeling shite.
I came back to England almost 3 weeks ago, and the partying carried on. Started smoking a lot again (20 a day) and drinking a lot of booze (which makes me do things like cook at 5am for myself and all my friends). Due to the smoking, I haven't dared going to the gym more than once.
Result: I've put on 3-4kg, or 9lb, since my last post. I've also avoided this website like the plague. Right now, I'm hormonal, bloated and I feel like a whale. I know it's not the end of the world, and I'm nowhere near fat, but putting back on weight so fast, and feeling my clothes getting tighter and tighter has scared me to death: I am so scared of becoming overweight again. Body fat still ok I guess - up to 25% from 21%.
I'm on day 3 of not smoking, currently sucking on a nicotine lozenge. The first 2 days were hell and I ate incredible amounts of food. Today was ok. Tomorrow I'm hitting the gym. I was meant to go to a massive pub crawl tomorrow, but I can't face it. I was meant to wear a cat outfit (fancy dress), which was quite revealing, but I feel too shit wearing that.
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MOTIVATE ME!!! Any tips on not feeling shit? How do I get my arse into gear and hit the gym again, control the weight/no smoking dilema, and most of all feel better about myself? I'm usually a happy and confident person. At the moment (although that might just be PMS GRR) my self esteem when it comes to my appearance has gone rock bottom. The fact that I look around 6 mo pregnant due to the bloating doesn't help (IBS baaad atm due to all the alcohol I drank the last few weeks). Seriously I should take a picture.
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Severely hungover.............. typing this anyway!
Today's weight: 58.4kg (gone down from 59kg or thereabouts in the last few days).
Yesterday I ate well but drank like a fish - I wasn't going to go, but some friends organised a pub crawl and I ended up drinking 1 mojito, 2-3 cosmos and 1 glass of wine. That's about 750 calories of alcohol + add at least 2 shots of stuff I didn't want to drink but it was a big group thing. We also went to a Korean and had lots of food - about 700 calories. It was pretty healthy though. In total I must have eaten and drank slightly over 2300 calories, which is ok I guess seeing that I didn't put on weight. I ended up smoking too
It was a fancy dress, so I dressed up like a cat and ended up having to walk all over London like that, some bars that were quite posh. I was wearing small frilly hotpants with a tail attached, cat ears and gloves, but some places made me take them off, so I looked like a hooker! Not good. My flatmate and I went home (she was dressed up as a nurse) because we felt like little sausages in our outfits at the end of the night ...
I went jogging in the park - and survived. Was going to hit the gym today, but that would kill me thanks to my hangover.
Today it's going to be soup and paracetamol day I fear!
Today's weight: 58.4kg (gone down from 59kg or thereabouts in the last few days).
Yesterday I ate well but drank like a fish - I wasn't going to go, but some friends organised a pub crawl and I ended up drinking 1 mojito, 2-3 cosmos and 1 glass of wine. That's about 750 calories of alcohol
+ add at least 2 shots of stuff I didn't want to drink but it was a big group thing. We also went to a Korean and had lots of food - about 700 calories. It was pretty healthy though. In total I must have eaten and drank slightly over 2300 calories, which is ok I guess seeing that I didn't put on weight. I ended up smoking too It was a fancy dress, so I dressed up like a cat and ended up having to walk all over London like that, some bars that were quite posh. I was wearing small frilly hotpants with a tail attached, cat ears and gloves, but some places made me take them off, so I looked like a hooker! Not good. My flatmate and I went home (she was dressed up as a nurse) because we felt like little sausages in our outfits at the end of the night ...
I went jogging in the park - and survived. Was going to hit the gym today, but that would kill me thanks to my hangover.
Today it's going to be soup and paracetamol day I fear!
Dont feel too bad Lula, you're nipping the weight gain in the bud before it gets too out of hand and that's a good thing. You just need to get back in the groove now that you're back from your holiday. What is your routine now? Are you working or going to school? Its so hard to stick to a lower calorie diet and exercise when you're away in another country and feeling like partying and taking it easy for your holiday.
As far as how can you re-gain control over your eating? I've been struggling all summer to get my appetite under control, and 1 week ago I started a diet of low carb/carb cycling and I'm so pleased to say its actually worked! My appetite has decreased significantly, it's truly amazing.
I know its nearly impossible, but try not to attach your self worth to your weight. You're still you with the extra pounds or not, you should not be defined negatively by your weight.
As far as how can you re-gain control over your eating? I've been struggling all summer to get my appetite under control, and 1 week ago I started a diet of low carb/carb cycling and I'm so pleased to say its actually worked! My appetite has decreased significantly, it's truly amazing.
I know its nearly impossible, but try not to attach your self worth to your weight. You're still you with the extra pounds or not, you should not be defined negatively by your weight.