My journey to good health....and a hot bod ;)

Wellll today has been a successful day.....sort of.

I've had.......

A bowl of cornflakes with semi skimmed milk
2 chicken sandwiches (4 slices of bread) with a packet of snack a jacks
A mars bars (OOPS!!) I finished it literally a minute ago and i'm already feeling incredibly guilty. It has been 3 weeks since I had chocolate though, so i'm trying to not feel too bad about it.

And for tea I will be having 2 scrambled eggs.

Why oh why did I buy that chocolate bar? I thought to myself 'I really fancy a chocolate bar, i haven't had one in a while.....this is treat' and then before I knew it I was marching off to the vending machine outside and now i'm already punishing myself for it! Good job i'll still be in my calorie range ain't it!!

EDIT: Exercise done! :)
 
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As long as your in your calorie range it doesnt count........ or at least that is my excuse, maybe thats why i'm at a plataeu!

Well done on losing a pound :)

Charlie
 
Well the scales didn't go down this morning, not even by a couple of points which i'm a little disappointed with because I did exercise at stupid o'clock at night. But nevermind!

I am in a good mood today though! Anyone who knows me knows i'm a Twilight fanatic and tonnes of Breaking Dawn images were released last night/this morning which has put a HUGE smile on my face. So so excited!!!!!!
 
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Well I haven't eaten at all healthy today. Yes I feel a little bit crap about it but I haven't been feeling well today. I've felt faint and sick since early this morning, so on my way back from uni at like 11AM I though oh sod it, i'm going to get a take away, I can't be bothered to cook.

So today i've had......

2 weetabix with semi skimmed milk
A burger with chips and a can of coke
A packet of snack a jacks
A glass of semi skimmed milk
A yogurt

I've basically spent my day in bed sleeping, I just don't feel well at all :( I'll defo not be doing any exercise tonight either, i'm not up to it. I expect the scales will go up tomorrow morning but I hope they won't be too hard on me!

EDIT: I did do a little bit of exercise last night, 30 mins cardio, no toning. Scales went down by .2 this morning, so i'm happy with that.
 
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~ Howdy, from one Stacy to another. :D

*Congrat's on your 20 lbs lost so far!!*

Don't beat yourself up re: bad days/choices.

We are all going to visit that sometimes.

Just dust yourself off and move forward. :grouphug:
 
Hi Stacy! Thanks for stopping by :) its true, its all we can do when we fall off the bandwagon. In the past if I fell off for something as little as 1 weekend, then I wouldn't go back to my healthy eating or exercise, i'd just give up. Thanks to this website and the lovely people such as yourself i've never done that since joining! *touches wood*

EDIT: I've had......

2 weetabix with semi skimmed milk
2 yogurts
2 chicken sandwiches (4 slices of bread)
A cup of tea
A packet of crisps with a mars bar and a bottle of coke (OOPS!) I blame it on being up late and essay writing! Always brings on the munchies - I did need them though, I was starving and don't really have anything in to munch so had to make do with the vending machine.

No exercise today. Ugh dreading the scales tomorrow *bottom lip trembles*
 
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Well i've not had a great weekend at all.

I've had to cancel my trip home tomorrow :( because i'm not well, i've more health problems over the weekend so going to have to visit the doctor hopefully tomorrow or tuesday. Either way i've wasted money on train tickets, they weren't refundable :( I don't really want to say whats wrong with me but i'm hoping its not too serious, so please keep your fingers crossed for me.

I've not done much exercise over the past few days due to feeling ill and being busy with uni work. Eating hasn't been great either :( ..........

2 weetabix with semi skimmed milk
A crisp sandwich (4 slices of bread) and an extra bag of crisps
And thats about it.

I don't have any food in thats why so will be buying some tomorrow :)

The only good news is that the scales haven't gone up (yet!) for my slip ups! I just want to get better and go home to see my family :( I feel so gutted because I was looking forward to going back, so was my family. :banghead:
 
*hugs*

I will be keeping my fingers crossed for you, hoping that everything is ok!

Congrats on the fantastic loss of lbs and inches! You really are doing great! We all have times where we slip up (a mars bar is a tiny slip up if you want to compare it to my many nights of binge drinking the past 2 weeks...ooops *innocent look*) ... i think it's important that we don't restrict ourselves TOO much! As Miss Charlie said, as long as it's in the calorie range, why not?!

I honestly think it's important to eat what you want (within reason)...or else one day you'll go off the handle bar and eat a crazy amount of junk food and relapse! (or at least I have a fear I will! I see myself eating out an entire grocery food store someday!! hehehe)

You're doing a great job! I know how hard it can be to maintain a healthy diet during the really busy times of year! School can completely drain you! It's hard working on essays and projects, it leaves you with very little energy to want to cook, clean and exercise! but you're pushing through and getting it done! So major kudos to you girl :)

I hope everything is ok girlie :) *hugs*
 
Hi Hun, sorry to hear your feeling so Ill. Have you been to the doctors yet?

It's sooo hard to eat well when your il, don't get annoyed, you are doing well. I hope you feel better soon! X
 
Hi ladies! Thanks for stopping by, I really haven't been paying much attention to my diet lately, no food recording, not much healthy eating, no exercise, just haven't been up to it. I've been to the doctors twice and the hospital today to get bloods taken today. They won't know whats wrong with me until next friday and then I might have to go for further tests, so its just a waiting game now :(

The past few days i've had pizzas, chicken strips, burgers, chips, chocolate, crisps, coke. I've just given up, I was feeling sorry for myself i'm not going to lie. But i'm getting back to my healthy eating. Despite eating all that, i've still lost a pound this week, so I guess thats good news. Whats not good news is the doctor recorded me as obese which i'm not anymore, she didn't even weigh me, so that left me thinking oh wow do I look that bad? And then when the next doctor did weigh me, her scales say i'm about 7lbs heavier than I am. Has anyone noticed that? The doctors scales always say you weigh more. It's depressing.

Today i've had........

2 weetabix with semi skimmed milk
5 slices of corned beef with cucumber and lettuce with a yogurt drink
2 weetabix with semi skimmed milk
2 bananas

Not sure about exercise yet. I might decide to get my backside up. I've well and truly fallen off the bandwagon, I really want to get back on before I destroy all the hard work i've put in, but its so hard!

Good news is, i'm going back home tomorrow for a week so finally get to see my family after a month apart. And I only need to hand in 2 more pieces of work then i've finished uni for the year.

Now isn't this daft, i've had tests and samples taken but I can't get my results in my home town. If I want to know I have to go to the doctors back in Manchester which is just a pain because i'll be travelling back just to visit the bloody doctors, I wanted to go home for easter *throws tantrum*.

Sorry this post hasn't been the most positive one but I don't have much to smile about at the minute, i'm just so worried for my results :(

EDIT: Exercise done :hurray:
 
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Don't give up. I know how health problems (and the emotional kicking they bring with them) can knock you around in terms of diet, and how tempting it is to just rely on comfort food to give you that momentary burst. How rude of the doctors to record you as obese without weighing you (and potentially medically counterproductive!)

Just remember tomorrow's another day. At least in terms of diet, you can always start again the next day, don't worry about what's gone behind you.

I'm in the north of England as well, and given how lovely the weather's been lately, how about going for a walk to clear your head? I'm finding the sun, the hints of warmth, and all the flowers around to be really uplifting, not to mention the fresh air. It's not much, but it's something.

I hope everything picks up soon.
 
Thanks for stopping by Amy. You're right! The weather is gorgeous at the minute, I defo plan on enjoying it when I get back home! :)
 
I'm glad you are getting to go home for a bit, i am sure it will cheer you up! :) fingers crossed you feel better while you are there.

Charlie
 
Thanks Charlie! :)

Well yesterday I had.....
2 weetabix with semi skimmed milk
2 bags of quavers
A chinese (its tradition when I get home to have a chinese)

So since then i've vowed to be healthy this week. I want to establish a healthy eating routine at home too so I can carry on losing over the summer! :) So went to the food shop today and stocked up on salad stuff and fruit and what not so I think this week will be a successful one. I've also brought my fitness dvd with me!

I had an even further wake up call today when I was sorting through my old summer clothes - which fitted me back when I was 17 (i'm 19 now) and thought jesus did this stuff really fit me? I've not half piled on the pounds over the years - its so easy to not notice how much weight you've put ain't it. It's ridiculous. So i've put them in a drawer and i'll get them out again when i'm 30lb down. I reckon thats enough to say they'll fit me again - I hope. I seriously cannot believe how much i've let myself go over the years.

The doctor thinks it may be a thyroid problem which has caused me to put on so much weight, but I blame my diet, i've never been the most healthy person. Well we shall see, results on friday! I'm hoping they come back saying I have got one, because then they can help me from feeling ill. Fingers crossed!! :)

Well today has been a successful day.

I've had......

A packet of weight watchers biscuits
Jacket potato with beans and a carton of fruit juice
A packet of snack a jacks and a yogurt
Tuna, lettuce, cucumber, banana, weight watchers biscuits

Exercise done :hurray:
 
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If you do have a thyroid problem, it'll make all this a lot easier. Thyroid problems are very, very easy to treat (take a pill every day- yes, for the rest of your life), and so many problems vanish within weeks, never to return (if you keep your medication levels right). I was diagnosed when I was 13 and every so often have reminders of how much problems wrong thyroid levels can have (my thyroid disease is progressive, so every 6 months- 2 years I need my levels adjusting), and how much I (and a lot of people) take being "euthyroid" (lit. "good thyroid" or having correct levels of thyroid function in your system) for granted. If you do have it, be prepared to have to experiment with levels, and be aware that there's a range of normal blood test results (and that you'll feel good somewhere, but not anywhere, within that range- if you don't feel better, keep pestering your doctor to change your dose). The latter unfortunately depends on having a sympathetic doctor, but perservere, the quality of life that comes with a normal thyroid level is not something to be sneezed at.

(Of course, I'm getting ahead of myself here- you don't even know if uou have a thyroid issue to contend with yet)
 
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If you do have a thyroid problem, it'll make all this a lot easier. Thyroid problems are very, very easy to treat (take a pill every day- yes, for the rest of your life), and so many problems vanish within weeks, never to return (if you keep your medication levels right). I was diagnosed when I was 13 and every so often have reminders of how much problems wrong thyroid levels can have (my thyroid disease is progressive, so every 6 months- 2 years I need my levels adjusting), and how much I (and a lot of people) take being "euthyroid" (lit. "good thyroid" or having correct levels of thyroid function in your system) for granted. If you do have it, be prepared to have to experiment with levels, and be aware that there's a range of normal blood test results (and that you'll feel good somewhere, but not anywhere, within that range- if you don't feel better, keep pestering your doctor to change your dose). The latter unfortunately depends on having a sympathetic doctor, but perservere, the quality of life that comes with a normal thyroid level is not something to be sneezed at.

(Of course, I'm getting ahead of myself here- you don't even know if uou have a thyroid issue to contend with yet)
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Thanks for your post Amy! I think I will have actually, my hair has recently been falling out so much more than usual, i've had awful headaches everyday, sleeping a lot, and of course my weight ballooned last year out of nowhere (though of course that could have been my fault) and its caused a few other problems to. I hope it is that which is wrong because I know its simple to fix! :)
 
Welll today has been a successful day.....so far.

A packet of snack a jacks with a packet of weight watchers biscuits and a banana
2 frostie bars (cereal bars)
Potatoes with lettuce, cucumber, roast chicken and a yogurt pot
I may also have an easter egg later (oops!)

I'm not sure i'm doing any exercise tonight, I can't really be bothered, I dunno. Haven't made my mind up yet!!
 
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