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skinnywishes

skinnywishes

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hmm where to begin?? well the truth is that im fat....really very fat if im totally honest. I weigh almost 250lbs, and Im 5'8 so that makes me almost 100lbs overweight. This I have known ofr a while but kinda hid from, perhaps made a couple of futile efforts to do something about it....and then failed and added on more weight....sigh....

I had a wake up call yesterday. In a fit of 'lets be more healthy and active' my hubby and I bought some brand new, shiny bikes - the plan being that we would go for lovely bike rides along the beach and work our way up to more demanding routes. WRONG! to get to the coast from our house is less than a mile.....and I couldnt even do that without stopping :( I was so ashamed that i pretended to my hubby that I was worried about the brakes on the bike. I made it to the coast (0.9 miles) and had to sit for ages to get my breath back. On the way back I couldnt use the brake excuse so my hubby knew why i kept stopping and i was so embarrased and ashamed :( Im only 27 so i should def be able to ride a damned bike for 2 miles!

So i figured that something has to give. i dont want to be this unhealthy. I do want to be able to ride my bike and do all the nice day trips that we planned. It really has been a wake up call as I naively thought that it would be like when i had a bike as a kid - scooting around for hours. Obv my kid self was a lot fitter than my 27 year old self.

More motivation has come in the form of Christmas. We will be going back to the UK to see our families for xmas and I would love to be slimmer and fitter. I know that my mum worries about me and im ashamed that I am so big that she fears for me. I repulse myself, I worry my family and now my husband knows that i cant even cycle a short distance...I think i may have hit rock bottom - I can only go up from here I suppose.

So starting stats

Starting Weight - 248lbs (UK size 20) Target Weight - 150lbs (UK size 10 - 12)
BMI - 37.7 Target BMI - 23


Daily Exercise Plan

2 miles on bike at least once per day (I will up this once i can cycle that far)
20 mins yoga
20 min walk


Daily Food Plan

Keep a diary here of all food/drinks
Count the calories every day
Have no more than 1600 cals per day
Limit alcohol intake to weekends only
make healthier choices when eating out

I have decided that the best way to do this is to allow myself whatever I want to eat - but to make sure that i never exceed 1600 cals - so if i use up all the cals on chocolate, I wont have any left to fill me up!
 
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The good thing about rock bottom is that there is only one way to go from here -- up! Good luck on your journey :)
 
My target weight is 150lbs - that means that I have to lose 98lbs in total. This is not a whim, and its not something that I cant do anymore. So for my health and my sanity it has to go.

To help me along the way, Im going to set achievable mini-targets. That will def keep me motivated!


Target 1 234lbs - be one stone (14lbs) lighter by April 30th

Im going to Sydney for a weekend with my hubby, followed by a girly few days with my best friend.

Target 2 220lbs - be two stone lighter by July 1st

It is my birthday so I wold love to have a big birthday night out with friends and feel confident in a new outfit :)

Target 3 210lbs - lose 38lbs by August 30th

No real reason for this target except that it breaks up the year!

Target 4 200lbs - lose 48lbs by October 30th

Two reasons for this one! One its my hubbys birthday and we will be doing something nice for it. Two, it's Halloween and I would love to be able to wear a cute costume for once!

Target 5 180lbs - lose 68lbs by December 20th

This will be the same size that I was on my wedding day (5 years ago!) It will also be lovely to return to the UK in a much skinnier body than when I left it!

Target 6 180lbs - to not put on any weight over the Xmas period

Probably the toughest target that i have set for myself!!

Target 7 170lbs - lose 78lbs by February 14th

For Valentine's Day :) I would love to be able to book a romantic bikini beach holiday for Valentines Day!

Target 8 160 lbs - lose 88lbs by April 9th

Our 12 year anniversary as a couple!

Target 9 150lbs - lose 98lbs by July 1st
My birthday again :) Best present I could ever have is to be my ideal weight and to have lots of lovely clothes!


So I shall get to work on target one as of tomorrow....i feel really motivated now that I have seen how each target moves on to the next!
 
Me likey...

Good idea!! I like your broken down schedule, and I am totally going to do the same thing on my journal... I need to lose almost 190 pounds, and looking at it as one big lump is DAUNTING!!

P.S. Thank you for also teaching me what a stone is, I never had any concept of how much weight it was! :blush5:
 
lol lady! yep a stone is 14lbs...bit of a strange number really! Def split the 190 into smaller targets as it really is too hard too imagibe losing the bigger numbers!!

Thanks for you messages already :) Great to know that there s support out there!
 
Hey I know what you mean about having a wake up call.
I went roller skating last month and could only do 2 or 3 laps around the rink before having to take a break! Unfortunately I also broke my foot that night hahaha (roller skate jammed while I was on the carpeted area, what luck!)

Hoping that once I lose weight I'll be able to roller skate again, plus go biking, and swimming, and whatever else I did and loved as a child.

Your goals are realistic and I like that. Sometimes I find people trying to lose a ridiculous amount of weight in a short period of time.
 
Thank you Heather :) I hope the goals are realisitic - mkaes it easier to see the progression of the weight loss! I know exactly how you feel about not being able to do the things that you want to but at least we have taken the firts steps to doing something about it!!

So today has been good :) My cals have been under 1600 and i managed to get out on my bike and did the necessary 2 miles (altho i still had to stop and I was majorly puffed by the end of it!) I also squeezed in my 20 mins yoga so feeling pretty good :)

Food diary

Brunch - kiwi fruit (50 cals) l/f yoghurt (100 cals)

Dinner - beans on toast with cheddar cheese (800 cals)

Snacks - Lemon energy drink (285 cals) 1/2 wispa gold (130 cals) coffee (60 cals)

Total - Around 1500 cals


Exercise

2 mile cycle - around 370 cals burned
20 mins yoga/stretching - around 70 cals

Total cals burned - 440 cals


Total cals intake = 1500

BMR cals = 2280
exerise cals = 440

1500 - 2280 - 440 = 1220 calorie deficit :)


Ok so that's the maths finished for today! Im aiming to have a daily cal deficit of 1000 + cals. If it takes 3500 cals to burn one pound of fat then this will give me at least a 2lb weight loss every week....or that's the theory anyway!

Day one - success!
 
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LOL thanks!

Ok yesterday was odd...my cals were well within range but i felt guilty as i had a really creamy risotto for dinner...i had to tho its the best thing on the menu and I ws out to dinner with my best friend! I suppose so long as the cals were ok it doesnt matter...I hope!

Food

Lunch - 2 slices wholemeal bread (260 cals) banana (100 cals)

Dinner - mushroom risotto (800 cals) small piece garlic ciabatta (60 cals)

Snacks - Bottle lemon energy drink (285 cals) half wispa gold (130 cals)

Total 1635 cals


Exercise

2 mile walk - 125 cals



Total cals intake = 1635

BMR cals = 2280
exerise cals = 125

1635 - 2280 - 125 = 865 calorie deficit

Total defecit Week 1 = 2085 cals

Still going strong :)
 
Not a single damn bit of exercise today...was sooo tired after work and ended up sleeping for most of teh evening (which of course means im wide awake and its almost midnight!)

Food

Lunch - 2 slices wholemeal bread (260 cals), banana (100 cals)

Dinner - 2 sausages (600 cals), 2 slices bread (260 cals)

Snacks - plain bread roll (200 cals), half wispa bar (130 cals) coffee (60 cals)

Total cals - 1610 cals


Total cals intake = 1610

BMR cals = 2280
exerise cals = 0

1610 - 2280 - 0 = 670 calorie deficit

Total weekly deficit - 2755


Tomorrow I will def do some serious bike riding! At least 2 miles and then a walk with my hubby...I should be off work (but i might get called in :() so I should be able to exercise more during the day and not have to squeeze it in when I get home. i find sometimes that im just exhausted. My work life is pretty demanding so I hate having to keep going...but then i suppose that is what got me into this shape in the first place! So i need to step up and just get on with it!

Tomorrow I will def have over a 1000 cal deficit!! :)
 
Hello!

Great job so far. I like the way you divided you goal! Everytime you meat your goals you're self estime and drive to continue will go up!!!! We all have off days when we skip a workout but hey life happens just have to get back to in the next day and not wait a week!!!!!
 
Thanks Verobc :)

Ok so today Im not working :)I should be dancing around getting all the chores finished and then riding my bike....but instead im sitting on facebook chatting to everyone else who has nothing better to do! Not good so I am writing this so that it is documented that i WILL do a 2 mile bike ride before 4pm....I will get the chores finishes (hateful, thankless bloody task!)....I will do 20 mins of stretching/yoga....and I will do a 2 mile walk with my hubby tonight!!!!!! Dammit I annoy myself - just get out and do the damn things!!! Right Im going now :D :D
 
Ok so tracking the food has become a pain in the ass already! It is sooooo boring but i suppose it must be done! :( i will def start charting it again tomorrow.

Had a good weekend foodwise altho i did cheat and have some ferrero roche - the most delicious chocs in the world! (well it is easter!) I pretty much kept my cals well within the the limit so im hoping to see a pretty decent loss on the scales tom morning! I decided that a sunday will be my weigh in day as it's the official start of the week and it will stop me from cheating over the weekend if i know i cant weigh in til sunday :D

So tomorrow there will be no more chocolate and a very long beach walk...and hopefully a few pounds less on the scale!
 
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skinnywishes said:
Ok so tracking the food has become a pain in the ass already! It is sooooo boring but i suppose it must be done! :( i will def start charting it again tomorrow.
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I found writing what I eat into my journal boring too, I thought it was just me! Something I do enjoy is using fitday.com to log all of my food and calories because it gives me little graphs and goals for my nutrition... I'm a sucker for graphs and charts!

It looks like you are doing a wonderful job!!! :cheers2:
 
Thanks guys i might check them out later today!

So the first big weigh in revealed a loss of 6.4lbs! :hurray::hurray:

Pretty satisfied with that for the first week - I know that a lot of it is water weight and liver glycogen but i dont care....some off it must be the fat on my ass!! Im hoping that I can keep losing 2-3lbs per week and im def on my way to my first mini goal of 14lbs by the end of April....this is great motivation!!

Food

Lunch - Beach picnic so 2 sanwiches (500 cals), some chips (120 cals)

Dinner - Mushroom Risotto with a little parmesan (700 cals)

Snacks - coffee (60 cals)

Total Around 1500 cals


Exercise

2 mile cycle 370 cals
2 mile beach walk (walking in sand is much harder!!) 125 cals

Total cals intake = 1500

BMR cals = 2280
exerise cals = 495

1500 - 2280 - 495 = 1275 calorie deficit



So the week is off to a good start!!
 
Another good day today food wise but absolutely no exercise! :( Im so bloody lazy sometimes and today was indeed one of those times...sigh...i annoy myslef so much sometimes! I will do better tom - 2 miles cycle and a 4 mile walk in the morning with an extra walk at night. I might even try to get some yoga time in too....def make up for today!


Food

Lunch - Sandwich with jam 300 cals

Dinner - Mushroon and broccoli risotto with parmesan (800 cals)

snacks - 2 x coffee (120 cals) 2 x w/w choc eclairs (360 cals)

Total 1580 cals

BMR cals = 2280
exerise cals = 0

1500 - 2280 - 0 = 700 calorie deficit
 
Hey Good job on loosing the 6lb wow!!!!! :cheers2::hurray: You are doing great!!!! I will continue checking on you!!!:hurray:
 
am i an emotional eater...i think i answered that one fairly conclusively last night! :( :( dammit dammit DAMMIT!!

So things did not go well at all yesterday...started off good, low cal lunch, low cal dinner, friends over for drinks so allocated cals for 2 glasses of wine....and then drank 2 fecking bottles ...sigh....and of course because i was more than tipsy i thought it would be a great idea to have a few grilled cheese and mayo sandwiches...i am an IDIOT...

The reason for the over drinking and over eating? I had some pretty bad news from my hubby when he got home and i simply didnt want to deal with it. This is not a pattern that I want to develop and quite honestly i have never used alcohol as a way of coping before but i felt like i couldnt stop until i stopped worrying. The food a purely a by product of my drunken status.

So the calorie must be well over 3000 (double my daily intake) if not more. I dont quite have the heart to add them all up so i think I will just put it behind me and start again. My weigh in day is sunday so i will see what damage i have caused then. In the meantime I will keep the cals low today tor try to compensate a little and will do a tae bo workout since i found my dvd! Just need to remember that everything is not ruined and that i WILL keep going!
 
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So things did not go well at all yesterday...started off good, low cal lunch, low cal dinner, friends over for drinks so allocated cals for 2 glasses of wine....and then drank 2 fecking bottles ...sigh....and of course because i was more than tipsy i thought it would be a great idea to have a few grilled cheese and mayo sandwiches...i am an IDIOT...
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Oh believe me we've all been there...careful all week, plan on having one or two drinks, then 5 hours and 10 drinks later suddenly scoffing half a pizza/hot chips/giant kebab doesn't seem like such a bad idea.

With the emotional eating, I think the odds were kinda stacked against you on that one. With friends over its not like you can go for a run or take a bath or something else to relax when you're feeling tense/upset/angry etc, so reaching for another glass of wine is probably a pretty natural response.

You sound like you're doing great so far, keep it up!
 
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