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

I see you're now a stone down. Great work!!! :)

Well i'm actually having a change for food today, I skipped breakfast because of the time I woke up so having a bigger dinner instead :)

My plan for today is.....

Weight watchers biscuits
Roast chicken with potato, 2 yorkshire puddings, broccoli and gravy
Either scrambled eggs or a tuna salad
And a yogurt

That is my plan today, i'm happy with that. And hopefully do my exercise later. I'm feeling good today. I kept those clothes that came through yesterday, 10-15lb down the line and they'll fit perfectly so I might as well hang on to em. Bit of motivation :D
 
Sorry to hear things have been a bit rough Stacey. I second the notion that the weight gain is probably initially due to your periods. It just happened to me. I put on 1.6kg overnight! But now i am down to near where I was a few days before. It took a couple of days. But if you ate junk out of depression or travelling well that might add on too if you ate enough of it. And of course when you are travelling, you hardly move so that doesn't help either.

When i travel (and i'm in good eating mode) i take lots of fruit with me. Its also a good idea to take a premade sandwich. And then just buy something like a coffee or drinks along the way.

I hope you don't give up because things aren't going smoothly. You got to get used to that because dieting never goes smoothly. Learn to detach from the thing on the scales., rather than be too disappointed.

I read before you said the yorkshire pudding are low cal. That surprises me. Are they home made? How can they be low cal. I thought they were pure stodge cooked in oil. At least they are when this English woman i used to live with made them. Gravy also can be pretty high fat if made with meat juices (because there's always a bit of fat that sneaks in. I"m not saying you shouldn't eat it.

Anyhow, i hope tomorrow is a better day for you.
 
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Sorry to hear things have been a bit rough Stacey. I second the notion that the weight gain is probably initially due to your periods. It just happened to me. I put on 1.6kg overnight! But now i am down to near where I was a few days before. It took a couple of days. But if you ate junk out of depression or travelling well that might add on too if you ate enough of it. And of course when you are travelling, you hardly move so that doesn't help either.

When i travel (and i'm in good eating mode) i take lots of fruit with me. Its also a good idea to take a premade sandwich. And then just buy something like a coffee or drinks along the way.

I hope you don't give up because things aren't going smoothly. You got to get used to that because dieting never goes smoothly. Learn to detach from the thing on the scales., rather than be too disappointed.

I read before you said the yorkshire pudding are low cal. That surprises me. Are they home made? How can they be low cal. I thought they were pure stodge cooked in oil. At least they are when this English woman i used to live with made them. Gravy also can be pretty high fat if made with meat juices (because there's always a bit of fat that sneaks in. I"m not saying you shouldn't eat it.

Anyhow, i hope tomorrow is a better day for you.
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Depends what you call low calorie. I read the packet and they have 38 cals in :) so I can be a little more generous with them. I think in that dinner there was around 650 calories if my measurements are correct including a yogurt. Thats ok with me because the rest of my meals today will take me to around 1000 calories and i'll be exercising later so i'm not worried :)

I'm not giving up, i'll defo get back on the bandwagon. I'm like this at some point every month, i'm kind of used to it, but that doesn't me ranting, hehe!
 
38 cals for yorkshire pud? That's nothing.
Awesome.
So glad you're motivated and exercising later.
I should follow your example but i'm not sure i can be arsed haha.
 
Haha half the time I can't be arsed either. I usually have to force myself to do it but 10 minutes in and i'm loving it.

Well today has had a chance of plan in terms of food (not necessarily a bad change) ......

A packet of weight watchers biscuits
5 grilled mini cocktail sausages, small dollop of mashed potato, 3 yorkshire puds (mini ones) with gravy and a yogurt
A packet of snack a jacks with a yogurt

And thats my wack for the day :) Exercise has been done :hurray:
 
I am upset that i've had to go down on my ticker to how much i've lost. I thought that lb would come right back off like usual but nope. I just feel rubbish right now. I'm back to 156lb, which is 6lb away from my end of April target :(
 
aw hun i'm sorry you're feeling down about it.
But if you continue as you are, you will see losses FOR SURE again.
<3 Keep your focus.
You can do it.
 
You're right, I can do it :) it's just so frustrating.

I would like to get out of the habit of weighing myself every day because then if the weigh in doesn't show results it would stop putting me a bad mood for the rest of the day. I'd love to just do it weekly but I have no self restraint. I'm going to try this week.

I've had......

2 weetabix with semi skimmed milk
A tuna sandwich (2 slices of bread) with a packet of snack a jacks and cereal bar
A lolly (Mams a bad influence haha, it was yummy though)
A cup of tea and half a bottle of juice
A packet of snack a jacks with a packet of weight watchers biscuits and yogurt

Exercise has been done :hurray:
 
Well, the good news is, I was really bad last night (my family got a take away and I had pizza and chips). The good news is, i've not put any weight on because of it :hurray: (yeah the whole waiting a week thing isn't going to happen, haha, I feel calmer when I know how much I weigh).

I think this week i'm going to crank up my exercise intensity to see if that will make the scales go down. I'm trying to decide on a weight loss goal for May. Hmmmm.
 
MAY CHALLENGE

May 1st: 156lb (11st 2lb)

May 8th:

May 15th:

May 22nd:

May 29th:

May 31st:

GOAL to be 149lb (10st 9lb)
 
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Mmm pizza and chips.
MAY CHALLENGE MAY CHALLENGE WOO HOO HOOOOO.
I'm gonna join you on your challenge. Oh yeh boiiii.

We can do it.
I'm so motivated by your motivation.
 
Bugger the weigh in once a week. If you've got the scales, why torture yourself. But maybe you just need to learn not to get upset about what the scales are doing when you know yo'uve done the right thing. Likewise if you think you've screwed up and the scales don't show it, well, its bound to make a difference somewhere so i don't think you really get away with it. Unless you ate the junk food but it wasn't much. I hope you know what i am saying.

I weigh myself daily. The numbers jump up and down in a big way but its ok. If i haven't cheated on my diet, i know i am not in trouble and i don't need to feel like shit. If i make a mistake once, that's ok too. But i am not gonna kid myself. I know i can't afford to do that too often.

I think its important to learn to respond to the scales without letting them depress you. I think various types of depression are one of the reasons so many people fail on their diets. (note i am not using the word depression in a medical way but just as a reactionary feeling. Albeit this can certainly lead to clinical depression in some people.)
 
Its natural to be upset though, if you don't get the results you want, especially if you've been good and stuck to the diet. Admittedly I do get frustrated but I just get on with things, I don't give up.

I'm not giving up with my healthy eating this time. This is the longest time i've ever stuck to a plan like this. My longest in the past was about 2 months, i'm starting my 5th month now and very much planning on sticking with it so i'm in it for the long haul. I guarantee I will have days where I don't see what I want to, but its natural to be irritated at that. And some days I will pig out, and get a take away. Aslong as the scales don't go up, I don't mind (fair enough as you say i'll be doing damage elsewhere) but in my mind, if the scales don't go up, I don't feel bothered by it.

I just think its ok for people to be sad and frustrated when trying to lose weight. Its natural, i'm certainly not depressed over it though :)
 
Five months is good going. I haven't been on a diet that long. I will be doing this for a year so when five months comes up and I am still on plan, i will know how it is. Its been pretty cruisy for me so far but i know things are going to get tough down the track.
 
Todays eating.....

A packet of snack a jacks, weight watchers biscuits and a yogurt
2 weetabix with semi skimmed milk
Packet of snack a jacks with a cereal bar
Chicken salad with lettuce and cucumber

Exercise will be done later, and hopefully the cranked up version :)

EDIT: Exercise done.
 
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Is that all you eat?
I don't know how you survive but well done yoooou, you rule.
How many calories do you try to eat in a day? <3
 
Hey Hun.

I think fortyfour is right, it's not so much how often you weigh yourself as how this affects you!!

The scales do vary based on exercise, water etc.

I have the same issues with the scales, no matter how often I weigh in!!

Hang on in there. X
 
I know I have a problem with the scales, I can't help it. I feel anxious if I don't weigh myself, and I feel like shit if it doesn't show a change - if i'm expecting one/put the work in. Some days I know it's going to go up, or stay the same and it doesn't bother. I'm only bothered when I expect it and it doesn't. I can't help the way I feel about them.
 
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