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

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Stacey.

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My journey to good health....14lb away from a healthy BMI!

Hi guys, i'm Stacey, i'm 19 and a student in Manchester studying Criminology.

For as long as I can remember, i've always been a little chubster. I just love my food too much. But at the same time, I feel like crap because I know I look like an oompa loompa. And then I get a craving, eat junk, feel like crap and the whole cycle starts again.

So now, i've decided it's finally time for a change. I don't want to be unhappy anymore, I want to be someone who has confidence and isn't thinking about how she looks 24/7. It's strange, I hate the way I am, yet I don't stop eating the junk.

2 years ago, I lost around a stone I think, and became a dress size 10/12 which I was happy with. But I came off the healthy eating, and within a few months I was back to my unhappy chubby self. Since then i've never bothered again to lose weight.

I've been browsing on this site and realised if other people have the ability to lose weight, then I do too! So yesterday when I did my weekly shop at Asda, I ignored all kinds of fatty foods, and picked up things like apples, bananas and lettuce, things which normally I wouldn't.

I am a sucker for pizza and crisps. Crisps are my biggest weakness, today I was craving like crazy some crisps from the vending machine (here at halls), but instead I said no, you can ignore that craving, and I went to the kitchen and made myself some weetabix instead (semi skimmed milk), which may sound nothing to someone else, but for me, to ignore a craving to binge on crisps, that is massive, so i'm quite proud of myself.

I weighed myself today for the first time in about 4 months, 177lbs, which means I need to lose 51lbs to be at my goal weight (9 stone). I'm only 5"2 which is crazy for my height :(

My journey starts here :) wish me luck folks!
 
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I must say, I probably will post quite alot in this thread, i'm hoping it will motivate me to keep going.......particularly if i'm having an off day.

Today i've had.....
- Salad for lunch, lettuce, turkey, cucumber.
- 4 extra slices of turkey.
- 2 bananas
- An apple
- 2 weetabix with semi skimmed milk.
- 3 cups of tea.

I'm not sure if this is too much......if anyone has any opinions on this, feel free to say so!

Also, today I did my faithful old exercise dvd for the first time in quite a few months. Found it quite hard to get through, but i've managed it. Now i'm sitting here feeling quite happy, though exhausted!
 
Hey Stacey,

Glad to see you here, there's a lot of tools out there for tracking food and calories in vs. calories out, I use myfitnesspal and it works good for me. You can google it and it will tell you about how many calories you need per day to reach your goal.
 
Day 3

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

- 2 weetabix and semi skimmed milk
- an apple
- a banana
- 5 slices of chicken with half a plate of lettuce
- 2 cups of tea

I'm absolutely shattered, i've just finished my workout dvd, my muscles in my legs were screaming at me to stop, but I thought no no I have to do this. So I did, it was agony, but I can chill out now it's all done and dusted! :) Well as far as one can chill out when they have an essay to start :(

I'm not sure when to next weigh myself. I was thinking maybe every wednesday so weekly. At first I thought daily but then thought no, because if you put on a pound of whatever, you'll freak out. So weekly is good enough for me. What do you guys do? Everyday? Weekly? .....Why? :)

That's it for me for now folks. I'm off for a nice shower, and to start this essay of mine!
 
Day 4

Today has been such a long day, 5 hours of uni, i'm exhausted.

I've let myself off doing any exercise tonight, I reckon my muscles deserve a break after protesting so much yesterday. I will do my workout dvd tomorrow though. Oh, I should also mention, i've not done the workout dvd today but i've done the stomach workout section, so i've done a tiny fraction of exercise :)

Today i've had....
- 1 cup of tea
- 2 weetabix with semi skimmed milk
- Chicken salad
- 5 chicken slices later on in the day.......my tea really, I was too lazy to make anything else, ha!

I've had quite a good day today, got some marks back from uni which were good so i'm happy with those. And i'm feeling positive about this whole weight loss thing.....I think this is it for me, i'm officially on the bandwagon.

Ohh and I know I wouldn't weigh myself for another week, but i'm one of those people who can't stand waiting to see results.....so I weighed myself, and according to the scales, I am 173lbs, which means I have lost 4lbs. Result! I have my concerns that my scales aren't correct though, I keep worrying they are saying i'm lighter than what I am.........but aslong as they are going down then that's good right? When I weigh on the carpet, it says i'm a stone lighter than what I am on the wood surface. So I usually go by the wood surface, that's right......right? Eventually when I go back to the gym, I will weigh myself on their scales, but for now, i'm making do with my own. But still 4lbs lost.....it's a start! :)
 
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Day 5

Today is day 5. Wow already?

I've had today.....

2 weetabix with semi skimmed milk
Chicken wrap for lunch
Weight watchers chicken curry for tea

I miiiight grab a bag of crisps later before I do my workout, simply because i'll need some sort of energy.....but having nothing in food wise that would be suitable (vending machine outside for crisps).

I'm not feeling too positive today, but maybe that's because it's saturday and i'm stuck inside trying to write an essay :(
 
So I had 3 bags of crisps extra. Shameful I know. I wish I hadn't, I didn't even enjoy them because I knew I shouldn't be eating them.....but I justified it because I knew i'd be doing exercise.

What a mistake that was. I done my workout dvd an hour after having them, and right now I feel like vomiting. It has made me feel so bad. I guess that's one lesson learnt. Never eat crisps then exercise, it just doesn't work!
 
Day 6

Another pound gone. Yay! Lets hope it stays off of course.

Today i've had 4 weetabix and semi skimmed milk (separate meals)

And a packet of snack a jacks.

It's sunday so I don't really have much food in. I'll be doing my weekly food shop tomorrow so will be getting bananas and what not in then!

I haven't even been exercising and eating healthy a week yet and already I feel better.....maybe it's because I know i'm being healthy that it's making me happy! :)
 
Keep up the good work :)
I've got scales that I don't trust completely, but it isn't all a question about the weight either. I mean, you can gain weight if you're gaining muscle, and still lose fat ;)
 
looking at a few of your days foodwise you may be eating too little which is not good for you and not sustainable in the long run, It may be a good idea to log into one of the calorie tracking sites to get a better idea of what calories your consuming.

BTW i am also 5'2
 
Frey said:
Keep up the good work :)
I've got scales that I don't trust completely, but it isn't all a question about the weight either. I mean, you can gain weight if you're gaining muscle, and still lose fat ;)
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Yeah this is why I don't worry if I add a pound or two because I know aslong as i'm looking better, then I must be gaining muscle :)
 
Trusylver said:
looking at a few of your days foodwise you may be eating too little which is not good for you and not sustainable in the long run, It may be a good idea to log into one of the calorie tracking sites to get a better idea of what calories your consuming.

BTW i am also 5'2
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To be honest I don't eat too little because I think that's going to make me lose weight, if i'm eating healthy that's just usually what I eat....out of preference I mean, there's not many healthy foods which I like which is why I don't eat much unless I want to end up eating half a dozen bananas :p

Oh I also think it's important to say that i'm not starving myself....if i'm hungry I will eat. But atm, that's filling me up. I'm considering buying some weight watchers brownies and maybe yogurts too though. Thank you for your input! :)
 
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Sooo day 6 is coming to an end, and I can quite honestly say that i'm exhausted *yawns*

I've just finished my workout dvd and had a lovely shower. Now I reckon it's time to head off to the land of nod!
 
K1nS03 said:
Hi hun, im from Manchester too! :D Sounds like your doing really well so far, keep it up :party:
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Thanks! :) I intend to. I'm already seeing a minor difference - due to the exercise I imagine :p:

Ahhh well i'm just a false mancunian. i'm a geordie at heart! Haha :)
 
Day 7

Today is day 7, i've just been to Asda for my weekly shop and picked up the usual chicken and lettuce, blah blah. But also for a change, i've picked up some weight watchers snacks (chocolate chip cookies), also their meals and some snack a jacks. I don't mind healthy eating if the food is yummy :p:

Tomorrow is tuesday so official weigh day technically, and i'll be able to see how much i've lost within the first week!
 
Hi hun, glad things are still going to plan. Its shopping day for me tomorrow *must not buy any choc, sweets or crisps* if I keep telling myself that, maybe ill stick to it :D
 
K1nS03 said:
Hi hun, glad things are still going to plan. Its shopping day for me tomorrow *must not buy any choc, sweets or crisps* if I keep telling myself that, maybe ill stick to it :D
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Have you got a celebrity who has a figure which you want? I tend to find that I find it easier to stick to a healthy eating plan if I keep that celebrity in mind because its giving me something to focus on.

If you walk into the supermarket and think right I need to find some healthy food, you shouldn't have any problem not picking up fatty foods....I thought it would be quite hard but i've found it quite easy. Good luck anyone!

Btw, you could pick up some crisps, quavers are healthy eating friendly i've found. Only 86 calories per pack I believe! :) (I can't buy them though, because if I eat one bag, i'll eat six, I LOVE them! Ha)
 
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