Qjay's thread

I hope I KEEP feeling better eating in the new way; but my energy levels seem to be dropping, as well as my endurance for going out and about. On the other hand, I seem to need less sleep than anytime recently, so there is a definite change in my sleeping patterns.
There are so many factors involved, that I am having a hard time sorting them out. Well, it could be worse! :D
 
I'm sorry to hear that your energy and endurance is dropping. I hope it's a temporary thing, but I am sure you will find a way to cope regardless. You have been working towards your weight loss goals for a while now and finding ways to get there. You have developed a range of supportive habits and I am confident that if you need to, you will find a way to adapt to make this keep happening for you.

I bet there are many factors involved! :) One way or another you have to be at some sort of transition time in your life right now. That must be having some emotional impact.

Funny you should say that about sleep. I am definitely sleeping less and noticing the impact less these days. I try not to push this too far in case my body needs the sleep just to take of any baddies lurking, but I do rather like feeling that sleep isn't such a big deal. Do you feel like your sleep change is a good thing or is it related to getting a bit less exercise?
 
I'm not sure about the sleep thing, there is still a lot to look at relative to it.
But there is good news! :D

I weighed myself today, and am at 325 lbs!
That was in the evening after a big meal, too!
Me = Ecstatic!
 
I'm so VERY very happy right now. I've had to add a new notch to my belt and everything! It's a nice feeling.
My food intake today was kinda lame, actually for the past few days it has been, but I am still keeping my belt all the way down to the smallest hole and getting ready to add another one! :D
 
lol, I have about a foot and a half of "extra" belt now :p
That is a really nice feeling. I am small enough that I have given up trying to wear the clothes I bought last summer :D
Time to go buy some new pants! I will still wear the oversized shirts, I like the comfy ones.
 
Shopping after losing weight is great - it's so nice to get a new visual of your result and slimmer clothes will give that to you in a way that the old loose ones can't. I hope you have fun with it!! :)
 
lol, I get to put off spending the money a little longer. I found a box of old clothes (from up to ten years ago!) and some of them fit :D Lucky for me, I don't really wear clothes that have a discernible "fashion" sense to them, so it's mostly just jeans and T-shirts and I can wear them ;)
 
It's funny, but I have a case of the dieting blues going on. After all, I am dropping all of these sizes and losing all of this weight, but still a fat bastard. I guess it's good that I take the long view on all of this stuff, innit?
Well, on the positive end of the spectrum, I get to go spend some time with people I love tonight and watch one of my best friends make his triumphant "return to the ring" after an injury.
He's a pro wrestler here in one of the local shows, and it's always a good time :D
The healthiest snack they offer down there is popcorn popped in olive oil, but I usually just stick with the water anyhoo. It should be a good night out.
See ya all later!
 
Awww.. I'm glad you came by! :D
Thanks for the non-patronizing sympathy, I've been kinda down lately with my cheating heart (cheating on my food plan), but I seem to still be dropping the inches, so that's a good thing! I'm making a new notch in my belt right now.
 
There's a lot of that dieting blues going around, that's for sure - part of the package I guess. Regardless of expecting it to happen some time, I am still not pleased to be stalled already.

It's heartening to know that you are still doing the thing and making notches in that belt. Good on you. :)
 
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Qjay said:
It's funny, but I have a case of the dieting blues going on. After all, I am dropping all of these sizes and losing all of this weight, but still a fat bastard. I guess it's good that I take the long view on all of this stuff, innit?
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If you read back my diary, i had the same dilema over and over. You can loose tons of weight, tons of clothes sizes, and still nobody notices because you're still fat. I think it hits home exactly HOW fat you were to begin with though.

And from somebody who is soooo much closer now to being at the goal than i was, its TOTALLY worth it, all the bad days etc.
I may still weigh heavy, but i am the size of an "average" female and most definatly not fat any more. If i stopped loosing now id be happy.
 
Yeah, that really is the whole fly in this soup, for me. I don't even mind if I never get to where I'm not "fat", I just want to try things out and get to my first goals. I have to see if I am going to like whatever weight I get to; and I am saying that in all seriousness. I really do see some benefits to being my size, and I look at all the strongest men I know and even the ones on TV, and none of them are that "pretty" build that the media tells us is supposed to be most appealing.
I like being able to do a lot of the things my size lets me do; if it wasn't making me sick, I would not be able to lose the weight I am losing, I am just comfortable here, for the most part. Fear of success is a part of it, I suppose.
 
Of course it's up to you to decide where to stop, Qjay. I am really glad that you're still going with this for now though - for your sake and mine.
 
Oh, I am still a good ten inches or so from reaching my first goal (a 42 inch waist), so I have no intention of going back to my old eating habits. I still am feeling better than any time in years (I'm already at my lowest weight in the new millennium) and am looking forward to a lot of things; I just like to remind myself that failure doesn't have any drastic consequences.
I need to remind myself about the lack of horrible results if I fail at something, it takes the pressure off (weird, I know) and lets me just get on with things. Basically, if there is nothing to lose, I worry about it less. If there is no place to go but up, then I enjoy the process more than if I have to worry about big problems. A happier QJ is a more successful QJ :D
 
One reason I gained weight after dieting before is that I went too low. I was a good girl and got to the goal I had been given, and felt like someone walking round in a thin suit - felt like I was pretending to be someone I wasn't, and didn't even want to be. So I hear where you are coming from.

Of course then I shot back up to a level that was more than I was before, and still felt miserable!
 
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