my loss diary- in need of encouragement

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katyloulou

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I'm writing this so it's official- my weight loss diary.
this is a long thread, so get yourself a cup of tea and settle down!
I'm coming up to my 23rd birthday and for as long as i can remember, i have been on a diet. at the age of 8 i was 8 stone, at the age of 14 i weighed 18stone. by the time i reached my 15th birthday, i had managed to slim down to 13 stone, which is healthy seen as in 5ft 10. i managed to keep this weight off until i was 18, and leaving home sent my appetite soaring! since then i have been up and down until i stepped on the scales last April (2008) and i weighed exactly 17st 12 pounds! i was mortified, so i decided i need to lose weight for my upcoming holiday to Egypt. i got down to 16st 4lbs and stayed at this weight until November, when i had one too many nights out (too much alcohol and takeaways) and managed to put nearly all the weight back on.

i really need to break out of this cycle - my mother is 50 this year and has always yo-yo ed! i don't want to spend the rest of my life feeling guilty about eating and not exercising and i want to feel comfortable in my clothes!

so this is it- i have been doing a detox or the last few days- the lemonade detox. i know it's not recommended, but i just needed a break from food, to get rid of my food addictions and give my digestive system a break. i have already got back down to 16st 9, so it's a plus! i just need to keep going and keep the weight off afterwards!!!

i just need some advice/encouragement. i just really want to lose this weight and keep it off forever, and writing this down, hopefully, will make me feel as if a have to stick to it!

so this starts a very long journey- i have to get to 12st to have a healthy weight. i am going to update this as often as i can, and would love or anyone to comment or give me advice!
 
Hey Katyloulou! Welcome to the party! :hurray:

It sounds like you have the goal, now what's the plan? I always like to hear about other's approach to weight loss and it might help you to write it down.

Oh, and I WILL be checking in to see your progress. Hope that serves as motivation for you! :biggrinjester:
 
I've read about the lemonade detox a bunch of times and thought about trying it so I'll be interested to read how it goes for you. Wasn't sure if I could handle the lemonade with syrup and cayenne pepper or the gallon of salt water you're supposed to drink in the morning but I bet you'll feel good after you get through the first few days, lol. Anyway glad you started a diary so we can all support you as you get started :) Welcome to the forum. ~Lisa
 
day four

thanks for the encouragement guys xxx

well I'm now on day 4 of the lemon detox diet, just weighed myself and i have lost 10 pounds!! i have one of those scales that monitors you body fat/muscle etc and most of it but 2 pounds is fat(the other two pounds are muscle). the thing is i have barely done any exercise for the four days, so this may be why!
i don't see the lemonade diet as a long term weight loss thing, just feel as if i need to give my body a break- however, when i come off the detox i am going to be very careful i don't but the weight back on- this detox has not been easy and i'm not going to let it all be for nothing!
i haven't been doing the detox word or word though - i tried the salt water thingy, took a sip and nearly threw up, so decided it was not for me, so i have just been drinking the herbal laxative tea, which only tastes mildly better.
as i sat watching my boyfriend scoffing a whole pizza to himself yesterday, i was so desperate for food! i though- 'to heck with this diet, i'm eating some porridge' -(i never really liked porridge). it was definetly out of hunger, not because i just wanted food, so instead i ate a peach and a pear and felt much better. (i hadn't drunk a lot of the lemonade though, so this was why) i then felt like i had to get out of the house, so i went swimming and sat in the jacuzzi for half an hour - needless to say i felt great when i got home.
so the plan is...
maybe do this detox thingy up until seven days, or if i can bear it, i'll do 10. then i will come off the diet gently- fruit and veg and light broth etc. then healthy eating: around 1200- 1500 calories a day. i do an hour of cardio everyday anyway, so i may have to up it to two hours of cardio, or maybe i will start going to yoga classes or pilates after my hour o cardio. i love running, so my aim is to be fit to run a marathon next year- i know i would literally die of a heart attack if i did one now, so i believe this is a great goal!
wow- this diary is great, i feel so much more positive now!
 
Hey just popping by to say welcome and also congrats on the 10 lbs weight loss - wow, major achievement!!! I need to look into this lemon detox thing myself, I'm so jealous :)

Well done also for passing up on pizza/porridge episode and having fruit instead, great stuff. Isn't it terrible when your partner is sitting there eating something calorie laden and delish ... normally I am sorely tempted to grab it & throw it out the window hahaa :smilielol5: I am not good with temptation when it's right under my nose. So well done to you girl!

You'll find with time it will become easier to make the correct food choices. It's just habit and major willpower but we can all do it. :grouphug:

Honestly I spent all of last year stuffing my face and I've done a complete turnaround, and I'm working out and eating right ........if I can, anyone can.

One hour cardio a day is fantastic and I swear if you get your food in check you are going to see results soooo fast you'll be even more motivated.
I love running too, I used to do it regularly a couple of years ago but I am way too grotesque-looking to get myself out there right now - silly but true.:bigear:

Hope you continue getting tons of motivation here with your journal and reading all the other helpful tips and advice... and don't give up! It's so worth it! Have a great weekend :)
 
I'm so jealous you have access to a pool and jacuzzi! The only place here is the YMCA and it's very crowded. The weight you're losing is awesome but can't wait to see if you notice a big difference how you feel healthwise after you're not fighting the hunger anymore :) You're plan sounds good. Glad you're enjoying having the diary, that means you're stick around :D

Happy Valentine's Day!! :hat:
~Lisa
 
u r all sooo helpful and friendly! i can't believe i haven't done this sooner, being able to talk to people in similar situations makes me feel so much more positive.
I have just had a dark few minutes- as i was heating lasagne for my boyfriend i had a few mouthfuls of it, then i lost control and thought- oh well, i i'm going to eat, it may as well be something healthy. so i cooked myself some sweetcorn (on the cob) and had half a macrel..... not a good idea, as my stomach was completely not ready for it after a liquid diet and now i have the worst stomach pains ever- on the plus side- at least i didn't tuck into something really naghty, and looking at my boyriend tucking into a big bowl of icecream for dessert does not tempt me at all- i don't ever want to eat again!!!
i've also managed to go for a 40 minute run today, which i found great. i feel so positive after i have done exercise and when i get home i find myself tidying and getting college work done- think i might split my exercise into two sessions during the day- i will have the tidiest house on the street!
so i've decided, i will stay on the detox diet at least or a couple more days, but i really need to think about how i'm going to wean myself off it! any suggestions?
 
I don't know a ton about it but when I was looking into it there was a website with info on specifically that. Maybe you could scan through it for suggestions? I definitely wouldn't hit an empty stomach with fish, lol. Chicken soups and some protein shakes first say maybe? Again I've never done it so I'm definitely not an expert but I know what I could tolerate after have a really bad flu. I know rice is supposed to be good for you and a detoxifier so maybe some chicken and rice too would settle down ok. Good luck :)
 
Wow, I really need to try that lemon detox thing if it worked so well for you. Congratulations on your successes so far! As for weaning off of it, I think try some fruits and veggie soups for the frist day, and then the second you can have a little more solid foods like rice and soup and small chicken pieces in the rice like the poster above suggested, and just keep introducing small bits of healthy solid foods. Cant wait to see what else you achieve!
 
feeling a little better

Hey thanks, i feel a lot better now, think thats the way to go. i'll make some soups etc for when i come off the diet.
i visited my parents tonight and while i was in the bathroom, thought i would weigh myself, just to see if ive had any success today- to my amazement, i weigh more that 2 stones less on my mother's scales!! i asked my mum and she says that she has recently been weighed at the doctors and she is the same there as at home!! maybe my scales are wrong?
i need to check my weight on some other scales to check, if that is the case, i have less to go to get to my target weight!!!
 
Oh and just so you know you're not alone, I gave into temptation this weekend too. Although I didn't do it nearly as healthy as you did, lol.
 
I suppose the best thing to do is keep positive and learn from it. I remeber how dissapointed i felt so now every time i think of giving in to temptation, i will remind myself how crap i felt, and how dissapointed i will be if i do!!!
I decided to finish with the lemonade diet today, just go back to healthy eating! i made some veg broth yesterday so i'll be eating that to ease back into eating normal food. i read that some people do the lemonade detox once a week and was wondering wether that would be a good idea for me? when ever i diet, i keep a personal diary of what i eat and what exercise i do. i was looking back over my diaries and noticed that when i am in university i NEVER overeat and manage to stick to my goals, but when i am at work (i work as a care assistant in the community) i just snack all day, and i work 2-3 days a week. does anyone think it would be a good idea to do the lemonade diet on these days so i dont binge eat? this may also help speed up my weight loss.
ps, hope everyone had a great weekend!
 
first day without lemonade

so, today has been great!!!
i Managed to get a few of my uni assignments done, and i was so alert during my lectures, i managed to take so many notes!!
i went to my circuit training class and it was sooo much easier this week than last week- i sprinted every time we had to run and i picked up the heaviest weights!!! no cramps and no stitches at all- must be cause i flushed away all of my toxins!
i also went straight to the pool- did 40 lengths! now i've just sat and had a lovely supper:
so here goes, my first day of the lemonades food:
breakfast:
weetabix with skimmed milk and a bannana - 350calories
cup o tea- 29calories

lunch:
vegetable broth (lots of cayenne pepper)- 200calories
2 slices of nimble bread- 130 calories

snack:
small bowl of broth- 50 calories
pear- 50 calories
two cups of tea (one with sugar)- 80

supper: small amount of broth- 100 calories
2 poached eggs- 200 calories
spoonful of beans- 100 calories
butter on bread- 100 calories
2 slices of nimble bread- 100 calories

total calories: 1460
so i think i've done really well today, maybe i ate too much bread, but it was all i really fancied today!
my only problem is not having sugar in my tea!! i had 2 cups without sugar, and i just really miss my tea with sugar! is this really bad? should i try harder to give it up?
 
As far as what days to do your diet I say try it and see what works for you. Only problem I see is you getting so sick of the lemon detox you can't stand to choke it down anymore. I did that with the cabbage soup diet :X. I have the same problem with eating at work on weekends. During the week and my two night shifts its not too bad but Sat and Sunday I'm at a group home and all everyone does is eat, eat and EAT SOME MORE. And the girls almost always want to go out somewhere. Can't wait for the weather to clear up cuz I'm gonna get them to go walk with me at the park, lol.
 
Hey, thought I'd pop in and say I think you're doing great!

Especially with the exercise and sticking to the diet. I remember when I used to do circuit training and wooooh was it hard work, it was a massive class of like 40 people and the instructor was super strict army-style bloke, but he was fantastic at motivating and I had so much fun, I really really miss it like CRAAAZY.

About the tea with sugar -- You're like me, I find it hard to have sugarless tea - what I'm doing is weaning myself off, as I think that's easier for me than cold turkey. So I'll have just 1 spoonful, occasionally with a sweetener, ...... gradually I'll be able to cut it out completely.

I bet you're well pleased to be off that lemonade diet anyway lol.

Oh and about finding out you weigh 2 stones less than you think - that's amazing, I'd be jumping for joy !! You lucky lucky thing. ! :Angel_anim:

Take care! Keep on going as you're doing fab :)
 
Just stoppin by to see how you're doing. Hope you're feeling ok coming off the lemonade diet. I couldn't have lasted as long as you did so great job. Swing by and let me know how you're doin when you get time :) Have a nice weekend ~ Lisa
 
Hey, i haven't logged on in ages- i've been sooo busy with uni work and actual paid work!
well this week hasn't been bad, but it also hasn't been great.
the upside is that i managed to do at least an hour of cardio everyday, and i'm already noticing that my clothes are hanging of me! but as for food-
i attempted to do a lemonade day both days i was at work this week and failed miserably! i do split shifts and manged to follow it all morning, but when i get home in the middle of the day, i just really want some food! nothing to do with being hungry, it's the fact that my job is emotionally demanding and all i want to do is comfort eat. i really need to break the cycle, and this is why i thought doing lemonade days would help. anyway, i have decided rather than give up, i will try again the next day i am at work.
on days when i have been eating i have managed to eat quite healthily, apart from friday- i was so busy all day, i didn't get time to eat until 8pm. by the time i got home, my boyfriend had already ordered and indian takeaway, so i ate my fair share of that. i don't feel too bad though- i didn't exceed my calorie allowance as i didn't eat all day, but it's definitely not healthy to not eat all day, and indian is not a healthy choice for a meal!
havent managed to weigh mysel at all this week, and still havent managed to weigh myself on scales other than my own. going to the doctors this week though, so ill be able to find out then!
still havent managed to wean myself of sugar in my tea!!! i dont want to try sweetners etc cos i'm trying to not eat any processed foods. i tried decreasing the sugar but tea is just not the same. i told my boyfriend how i felt about it the other day and his answer was - 'it's not like you're smoking or drinking!' so i suppose if this is my only bad habit, then it's not too bad!
thanks girls for checking in on me, hope you had a good weekend x
 
hiya! i hope things are going well for you. I've said it in other threads, and i'll say it to you as well. don't worry so much about what you take in. YOU will have "bad' days, just portion it that's all. Make it a part of your life where you can manage the bad into the good. We all want the weight off now, but we want to keep it off as well. i personally feel the best way to do it is to manage while you are losing, so you don't binge once you've lost. If you were your target weight now, you wouldn't care about the indian food you had as much, because you know that you can work it off in no time. that same thing applies now! just be confident in yourself. If you look at what i ate yesterday, you would think i was crazy hahah. not to mention i went out to eat 4 times last week. I pretty much portion what i eat at restaurants, take a lot of it home and eat it later. But i know i can get away a bit more because i am in the gym 7 days a week, about an hour a day. in theory, i probably would lose a lot more that 5 lbs a week on average, but i am satisfied with that, becasue i amd not making horrible sacrifices to do it. i just worry that when we lose the weight to we start to consume a little more because we've reached our goals, but then we start to gain it back, because our bodies are used to our diet for weight loss. of course i am not saying that is the case with you, but i just want to make sure you keep it in mind when you are getting close to that goal of yours, which i know you will hit :) and not to be the least bit discouraged when you eat a little more than you normally would. you are doing great.
 
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