shuck's way to a smaller tummy

[shuck]

I am 24, married for 9months, no children yet and am studying for an MSc at the moment but going to graduate soon and will need some nice work clothes and don't want to wear tents. Also want to get healthier before starting a family as I imagine myself running around with my future kids.

I have been overweight since I was 4 and now really want to do something about it because 20years of excess weight must have already put a lot of srain on my body. Up to now I am lucky and have no health problems at all.

So I am 5'9'' and weight about 260lbs(I don't have scales, really need to get some). I wear a size 20(UK size so that's probably 16/18 in US). I don't have a certain target weight but want to for now take slow steps towards getting under 200lbs.

I am trying to follow slimming world food optimising but I don't have the cash to go to the meetings because I am spending that money on gym where I swim for half an hour to one hour at least 3 times a week. I also walk lots as my classes are about 2.5miles away from my house.

My normal day looks like this(food wise)
breakfast: 40g fruit and fibre cereal topped up with chopped fresh or canned fruit and 1% fat milk
lunch: varies a lot: on a good day rice or couscous with veg and perhaps quorn(soya) sausages, on a bad day a cheese and bacon toastie
dinner: any normal maincourse: sometimes the usual veg+meat+potatoes, sometimes pasta with sauce etc.

So this doesn't sound too bad but I snack, mostly during lunch and dinner or after dinner: in summer mostly ice cream, in winter hot cakes etc.

I will post my food diary every day now. It would be great if people could comment on it and give me hints on how to improve.

 

[shuck]

some things to help me get my head around things

1. What is your current height and weight?
5'9'', not sure about weight, need to buy scales

2. If you were at an ideal weight now, what would that weight be?
BMI under 30 for the first time since I am 4 probably...

3. At what weight would you like to be at four months from now?
want to loose 4st

4. Why do you want to lose weight?
to increase my chances to fall pregnant

5. Do you want to lose weight for a specific life event such as wedding or reunion? If so, when is that event?
No, really just to be a mummy

6. What obstacles could get between you and your weight loss goals?
sweets and depressions

7. Why do you think that you now have a weight problem?
My parents made me finish everything on my plate, not blaming my current weight on them but they definitely didn't teach me how to watch what I eat

8. What lifestyle changes do you think would help you lose weight?
really just get outside more

9. Have you lost weight in the past? If so, what has worked in the past to help you lose weight?
yes, lost about 25lbs, was in a really unhappy place and later really happy when I meet now hubs

10. Why do you believe that you did not lose weight or you gained the weight back?
I did loose weight OK but had depressions during last year of undergrad studies and never exercised so put some back on as I didn't cut down on food

12. Would you try writing down all food and drink consumed for a given period of time?
already started that with some friends so will continue on here

13. Do you cook at home often? If so, what do you cook?
Always, never by any ready made stuff

14. How often do you go out to eat? Where do you go?
Hardly ever. If I go then to slug and lettuce, chinese buffet or weatherspoons

15. What are your three favorite foods?
fruit, cake, yoghurt

16. What are your three favorite restaurants?
pizza express, slug and lettuce, rustico

17. What are three things you can do differently when it comes to food?
smaller portion size, have veg for every meal even though hubs hates it, eat healthy snacks instead of choc or biscuits

18. If you woke up tomorrow and your body was exactly the way you want it, what would be different?
My parents would think that I can now start life because big people cannot have one in their eyes.

19. Do you eat when you are not hungry?
sometimes when I am bored

20. Do you binge eat (large amounts at a time)?
no, more like grazing

21. Do you hide your food or eat in secret?
No.

22. Do you eat when you are sad, nervous, or depressed?
When I am depressed I either stop eating or eat all day.

23. Do you eat as a reward?
After an exam I tend to go out for a meal or make a cake, so yeah.

24. Do you eat while watching TV or using the computer?
very rarely

25. What do you normally eat for a meal?
usual homemade dishes, everything form lasagne to pie to soup, stir fry...

26. What type of snacks do you eat?
try to only have fruit ot yoghurt for snacks but often end up with cereal bar or ice cream in summer

27. In terms of exercise, what, if anything, are you currently doing?
swimming and walking, normally also badminton but no facilities right now

28. Where do you go for exercise? A local public gym? School/work gym? n/a
in a local gym

29. What, if anything, are your three favorite types of exercise?
badminton, swimming, basketball

30. What is your daily/weekly/monthly/yearly motivation to move towards your goals?
I want to be a mummy.

31. Do you have rewards for certain goals?
going shopping

 

[Sunflower2]

Welcome! Hope to see you posting more--I've found it super helpful to write everything down and keep myself accountable and everyone is so good with feedback and such around here (apart from me, who just posts randomness everywhere with nothing constructive )