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MakingNoExcuses

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I have start my quest for a new healthy lifestyle and to lose the weight I have stacked on over the bast 2.5 years...40kgs to be exact...I used to weigh 60kgs and now I weigh 100kgs...I hate the fact that I allowed this to happen to me but I did, now am going to get off my toosh and reverse it...weight has always been a struggle for me...I have to work hard to be slim all my life and it really annoys me that others dont...anyways this is what it is and I need to accept it and deal with it..Please feel free to share your stories, challenges and results with me...
 
Welcome to the forum! Have you taken a look around at the Diary section or the Before & Afters? You might find some very inspiring stories there!
 
Its day seven of my trip to slimdom...so far all its going really well..I know I shouldn't be weighing myself to regularly, but I just cant help it..Its like I need to know if what I am doing a is making a difference..Weight isnt always the way to measure your progress only because it isnt always accurate...

At the start it is because I have so much weight to lose, so the scales will tower down...So far I have lost 5.9 kgs..I am now weighing 95kgs..The changes I have made are, I now measure my food and keep a log of what I put in my mouth, I use a white board that is stuck to my fridge to jot down what I eat..I thought if my log is on the fridge I will see it and I will use it, besides it reminds me of what I have eaten before I open the fridge door and pull out something that will not fit into my eating plan..another change I made is I keep really active, I ride my spin bike indoors when the weather is not good, I go for walks with my puppy Zak or my Sister, I go swimming a few times a weeks and I workout to fitness DVDs, mainly Jillian Michaels ones but I also have a interval spin cycling DVD by Robert Sherman, its a killer of a workout, but very rewarding, lastly to keep active I do heaps of work around the house, my latest big task was to trim up all the large hegde plant around the backyard..I was totally drenched in sweat and panting from doing that, it felt like I had just run a marathon..trust me they are very big hedges and I trimmed them with manual hedge trimmers, great workout for the old tuck shop lady flabby arms..In the first week you lose alot of weight, I never anticipated that I would lose nearly 6kgs, This is huge motivation to keep going, all the way to the finish line...then the hard bit is to keep it off...The last time I lost forty kilos, I kept it off for 5 years, then I had some personal family issues which drove me back to fatland, over a period of two and half years...All my hard work had been a waste of time...This time will be different, I want a permanent lifestyle change, not just a temporary diet..Its going to be hard to go back to work tomorrow after having 3 weeks off..I promise I will not lose focus..Tired or not I will make time for exercise afterwork, I have a gym membership, a spin cycle, workout DVDs and there is always walks I can take, so there is really no room for excuses...looking forward to dropping more kilos now, only 35kg to go...I know I can do this..





"NOTHING TASTES AS GOOD AS THIN FEELS"
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Good luck with your weight loss journey! 6 kg of lost weight is a really great start! I have read it somewhere, that you shouldn't weigh yourself more often than once a week, because the weight fluctuates daily depending on such things as water intake. But I never was able to follow this rule! I weigh myself everyday in the morning - this is when I am going to see the lowest number, and I like that!:) I think there are benefits in checking your weight every day - personally I am less likely to overeat when I check my weight daily.
 
Congratulation Ella you are the first entry on my thread, thanks for dropping by..Please allow me to introduce myself, name is Natalie..You're new here too...im still trying to learn how this thing works..just bluffing my way throught at the moment..iv never been on a forum before, so if im saying the wrong things or typing too much rot, please forgive me lol..


Im here to help stay motivated and focused on getting rid of the fat lady for good..Im so sick of yo-yo-ing up and down in sizes all the time, iv gone from size 8 to size 22 in my 42 years of life..It is beginning to drive me around the bend because I dont know what I am doing that is so wrong. Other than the obivious of course, eating lots and not exercising hehe, maybe thats it?? Will definitely change that quick smart, I love the way I feel when Im between a size 8-10 and I wish I had what it takes to get there and stay there for good..I make too many excuses for this and that and I just end up stacking the weight back on..I need to find my inner strength and use it to my advantage before I lose the plot with it all and throw in the towel..


How naughty are we checking our weight so often lol..its all good if it brings out the positive stuff in us, like sticking to our eating plan and exercise schedule..


Thanks for dropping by Ella..really appreciate your feedback...
 
ANice meeting you Natalie! I have actually been good recently- no more three ice-creams per day!:) I am not big on exercise either! I just try to stay as active as possible, and with a one-year-old son it's really easy to achieve now! I came here to stay motivated and to motivate others:) and all I want is to stick to healthy eating as much as possible:) keep me posted on your progress! I haven't been to too many forums eiher-trying to figure out how it works;)
 
Welcome Natalie, congrats on the 5.9 kgs! I also for some reason have to weigh in everyday to see my results but sometimes try to eat something as soon as I wake up so I won't weigh in. I started my weight loss journey on October 1st and have lost around 17 lbs which I think is around 8 kgs. I didn't really lose any in December because of the holidays but as long as I didn't gain any I'm not going to complain. Welcome to the forums and good luck!!
 
Hi there thanks for the warm welcome and thank you for your feedback...Congratulations to you for your efforts too...Wow i cant believe you didnt put weight on over Christmas, that is something to be very proud of, not many people can say that so well done...I love the idea you have about eating something quickly in the morning so you are not tempted to jump on the scales, that is awesome, I will give it a try but I cant promise that I will behave, Im just too excited about finally seeing them go down at the moment and how Im am feeling as well...I havent felt this good in what feels like forever and to be frank, I am really proud that I have finally found the courage and the strength to finally better myself. Its not just the weight thing its mentally as well...I was being to really hate myself, I looked at myself as a disgusting fat thing with no worth..Now I am loving myself (in a good way), I am still 35kgs (about 77 lbs) away from my goal and looking as fat as an ox but I still love myself because I am a changed woman to what I was a few weeks ago and it feels good, welcome back Nat I say...anyways enough about me, tell me more about what you are doing to lose your weight, I would love to hear your story..I guess that's what we are here for, its not all about the weight, its also about meeting people who really know how we feel, who walk in our shoes and who will not be small minded about what we see and read on this forum, because we are all living it..Im so tired of being judge and having a finger poked at because Im not a model looking thing...its not nice and its certainly not fair, there is obviously a legitimate reason for it, but hey who's making excuses anymore, not me..hehe =) Thanks for listening, I could seriously go on forever but I will stop here for now, keep in touch I would love to hear how you are travelling and what you aim to achieve. Regard Nat (",)
 
Way to go, Natalie! I believe in goal setting, but even more than that I believe in the power of positive attitude! We need to love ourselves first in order to lose weight! If we don't, it's much more challenging to lose weight because we feel desperate and discouraged. I believe that in order to start losing weight we need to imagine how we will feel once we achieve our ideal weight goal. We need to imagine how we will look, what we will be wearing, what compliments we will be getting from our loved ones and friends and how we will feel about all that! When we do that, the picture is just in our head, but the feeling of happiness and accomplishment is real!!! Once we know how great it feels to achieve that ideal weight, we could recall that feeling at any time - nobody can take away from us that feeling! And that positive feeling is what will drive us and motivate to stick to our weight loss plan! I personally have done this with my weight loss goal and with so many other goals and it works. Our mind is extremely powerful, and once we start visualizing what we want in life and feel positive about the goal, our subconscious mind will remember that great feeling of accomplishment. Without realizing that, we will start making choices that bring us closer to our goal and to that feeling of accomplishment! Anyways, I just wanted to say that you are definitely on the wright path!!!
 
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