Not Sure If I Need Moral Support Or Just Advice

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ZigZag

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Hi guys,

I am not sure why I'm posting if it's for advice or moral support but hey. I posted here about 8 months ago, completely forgot I actually posted here. Anyway, Last June I posted here saying I found it really difficult to lose weight. It was all put on due to depression with losing family members to cancer. I let myself go, even at a age of 16 when I cared for my grandad to lose him to cancer, and losing my cousin at a cot death. When this happened, I gave up with life, the football, the college, everything I loved. I turned to alcohol and food. Even to this day I mourn. Every day I would follow this cycle.

I used to be a very active guy, playing sports 3-4 hours a day after school/college. Played for a football team. From 2006 to June 2010 I gained a huge 9 stone! From June 2010, I decided to go to the doctor and change things! I am on medication by the name of Olistat. I havent drunk one bit of alcohol for 8 months. Nor have I ate the stuff I back then.

Since then to now and the future I have to see the nurse every 2 weeks at the moment and the doctor every month for more Olistat tablets. I was 19 and a half stone before I started now 8 months down the line I am now 16 and a half stone, that is a 3 stone loss.

I shall not mention wat I expect to get down to as it will look a huge amount away. I look to lose about a stone then look at how much I want to lose next as what I was told by doctors to take small steps.

Along with the amount of exercise I do about 30-60 mintues a day. I am so desperate for the nights to get lighter so I can do more.

What I eat and drink right now is water, if not water then 7up free or tango zero. I am eating either wetabix or brown toast in the morning. Afternoon brown bread with cheese, tomato and salad. For dinner I have these weight watchers dinners they are about 300-400 calories. At night I will have some grapes or oranges. If I crave anything in between I do what smokers do and chew gum. My daily diet is about 1000 calories a day. However I am finding myself become very anxious and feeling I am not losing enough. It's the time of the year I lost my grandmother and I am worried I may turn to the things I haven't turned to for such a long time.

At the moment as mentioned before I am on the orlistat to help make me lose the weight, if you have anything bad the body will throw it out. It can make you feel bad for a few days. They have said at the doctors that I would lose more weight if I was able to stop taking the anti depressants. I am working my backside off to lose weight some weeks I can lose 2-3 pounds, some days it can be 0.1 a pound.

So I don't know what I am asking for advice or peoples experiences that have been able to conquer such things I am feeling right now.

I apologise in advance if my grammar isnt up to scratch.

Thanks for Reading.

I shall be looking forward to your replies.

ZigZag
 
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Hi! Congratulations on your weight loss so far. I just wanted to say keep up the good work. Also 1000 calories for someone at 16.5 stone isn't enough...are you following the nurse/dietician's eating plan or winging it? You probably ought to consider raising your calories a bit...your body will have responded to your slashing calories by simply becoming more efficient and expending fewer calories in its daily tasks - so you're not in deficit any more. Slowly raise your calories a little at a time - you'll have more energy and feel less deprived. Add in a snack morning and afternoon - think fruit, veg, yoghurt, anything healthy. Keep up the exercise! Don't forget that just as your body adapts to the amount you eat and becomes more efficient, it also becomes more efficient at doing specific activities. So if your exercise routine is, well, a routine - i.e. it's predictable - mix it up to challenge yourself. You might even enjoy learning something new! Try swimming, cycling, or taking classes in something new like kickboxing...anything challenging that gets your heart going. Don't forget that exercise releases endorphins - they're natural anti-depressants. The harder you work out the better you feel afterwards! It will help you through the hard times. Bear in mind that weight loss isn't linear and some weeks the weight seems to fly off and others it doesn't shift - I'm currently plateauing at the moment but I'm not worried - I'm just carrying on with my exercise and eating carefully and hoping things will keep moving in the right direction soon! Anyway good luck.
 
Thanks for the reply pleiades. I get weighed every week at the moment by nurse. I saw the nurse yesterday actually and lost another 2 pounds. By the doctor I was told to monitor my daily intake to help increase weight loss however when I shown them this weeks diet sheet and the calories I was told off for not having enough daily intake. I have been told to take now 1500 calories per day. I am currently excersizing 60 minutes aday. If its not jogging or walking its a sport such as football. To be perfectly honest with you, I cant wait till the clocks change the end of this month, as this time a year in the week I have never found it easy to get time to go out and excersize.

Here it what I have had today as a guide line.

Breakfast: Cornflakes & A Cup of Tea (with diet tablet)
Lunch: Salad Sandwich with cheese and a banana (with diet tablet)
Drinking a bottle of water throughout the day at college
Dinner: Fish and Chips with a glass of water (with diet tablet)
Walked 1.5 miles each way from town to home - just over 1 hour and 25 mins

Total of Calorie In Take For 9th March: 1497
 
That's great that you've upped your daily intake to 1500 calories. It might take a bit for your body to adjust to the extra calories, but in the long run, you'll be better off :)

Keep up the hard work!
 
Thanks PLB :)

Update:
A month on and I got weighed yesterday, they seemed happy with me and I'm chuffed last 10 pounds in just under 5 weeks.

August 2010 - Was 19.7 (19 and half stone)
January - 17.1 Stone (Target was 17.7 - Achieved)
11th April 2011 - Now 15.4 Stone
Target Weight was: 16 Stone for 11th April - Carrying on with Orlistat (Achieved)

This 1500 calorie intake and 1 hour excersize a day is really working, weathers getting better so I can get more excersize in.

2 more visits to go and then I must see my doctor and get more support and see the nurse for more visits as he wants to refer me to have plastic surgery later on down the line.
 
Hi guys, heres a update on how I'm going.

Unfortunately its not going well! A Family member of mine has gone into hospital and has been in there for 6 weeks now! Im finding myself going back to the old ways, Family seems to be in complete disarray.

April I was 15.4 May I was 15 Stone, I have shot back up back up to 16.1... Seems to be out of control, too depressed to excersize too depressed to even shave. I am finding myself drinking again and taking the quickest option for food.

I really dont know what to do with myself.
 
Hi Zigzag,

Sorry to hear that you have a family member that's in the hospital.

Try not to be too hard on yourself during this time... Even if you can make some small changes like reducing how much alcohol you have or spending an afternoon making and freezing some meals to eat throughout the week would be beneficial.
 
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