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Skye2

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Yes, my thread title is a bit ironic because we're here to lose weight and not gain some, right? But to me it's like climbing on a mountain. There are like thousands of obstacles in my way and I need some help to overcome them.

First of all, I'm not a native speaker so please forgive my spelling and grammar mistakes and let's just focus on my progress, ok? :blush5:

Of course, we need some stats first:
Height: 161cm
Current Weight: 53,3kg
BMI: 20,56

I hope you don't think that I don't need to lose weight. Well, I am not overweight at all (at least not in my opinion and according to the BMI) but my problem is that my body is very unproportional. I am really small (even for a woman) and all the weight is concentrated on my thighs which looks ridiculous and I don't feel comfortable with wearing pants or even worse a bikini or underwear. I hope you understand.

I've already tried more than just a several times to lose weight and I managed to come down from 57 to almost 52kg but now I gained some of the weight again and I finally want to come down to 50kg. That's still a BMI of 19,29 which would still be healthy. So, no need to worry :)

I really want to do this the healthy way. In general, I am a healthy eater. For lunch it's mostly salad, I prefer whole wheat and I don't drink sugary drinks like Cola at all (in fact, my favourite drink is luckily water ;-))
What's your problem?, you might ask. I'll tell you: I am not that disciplined when it comes to chocolate. There are times in the afternoon or even in the evening when I am alone at home (still living with my family) or when I am unobserved. In these times I run into the kitchen and basically just stuff all sugary and forbidden things into myself. It's like a curse. Once I started, I cannot stop myself. So indulging is no option for me. It really has to be nothing at all. I've succeeded in this once and I can do this again, I'm sure. But I need this thread and your comments to control myself and not to make any more excuses.

From tomorrow on I am going to report my food consumption and how much I exercised. I like sports in general so this shouldn't be a problem. Really, it's all about the chocolate and the sweets :(

I'm looking forward to going on this journey with you guys =) See you tomorrow!
 
It's a cold Sunday and I'd like nothing more than lying in my bed but despite the lack of sleep I had to get up and go to a brunch. I was afraid that I would eat too much but it was considerably good.

Brunch

  • 2 coffees (without milk & sugar, I prefer my coffee black)
  • 2 slices of bread (whole wheat with nuts in it) with marmelade and honey
  • 2 spoons of yogurt with strawberries and rasperries

There was also some delicious cake standing in front of my nose but I consiously said NO and tried to ignore it until someone else ate it :)

Now I'm home again and I have the whole afternoon to do some studying and cleaning up. It's a bit dangerous because I could lose control and have some chocolate that my father bought yesterday (ah, why is he doing that??) but right now I am sure I can deal with it.

:::Update:::

Dinner
1 portion of spagetti with tomato sauce (I took two little portions which can be combined into one big portion)
2 slices of white bread


Uh so the bread wouldn't have been necessary... I first was convinced not to eat any but then I gave in... I have to remember that these things also add up, especially in the evening. But at least I didn't have any chocolatey or sugary things today :) So I would speak of a minor success!

Exercise

Burned about 300 calories with my hometrainer
slept a lot in the afternoon (hey, that burns calories too, right? :))
 
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The day isn't finished yet but I thought I could still report my day so far :)

First of all, I thought of a new concept. It isn't that original so don't get too excited ;-) The part we all have to struggle with is to reduce our calorie intake and to burn more calories to lose that weight. Once we did that, we can eat normal again (read "normal" and not "falling into old patterns").
Now I am trying to "save bites" in order to save calories. If I always leave a bit on the plate, I am eating less calories at the same time and will lose weight faster.
It is not about an unhealthy way of eating or not eating enough. All I'm saying is that I try to forgo a bit of everything so that I learn that I'm also saturated by a smaller portion. Let's see how it works :)

Morning*
one low-fat yogurt (saved 2 spoons)
one apple

Lunch
salad with two baby tomatoes
WW French salad sauce

For Lunch I passed on a bread roll because I wanted to save the carbos (= extra calories).

Dinner
a tiny bit of pasta (not more than the size of a walnut)
2 flat and small pieces of meat
green salad with French salad sauce

At Dinner I had to really force myself not to have any more pasta or bread but I knew that the portion I was eating would saturate me and now I am even more proud that I made it! :)
So, over all a very successful day!
*I cannot eat a full breakfast in the morning and so I always take food with me to school where I eat it during the morning.
 
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Skye said:
I hope you don't think that I don't need to lose weight. Well, I am not overweight at all (at least not in my opinion and according to the BMI) but my problem is that my body is very unproportional. I am really small (even for a woman) and all the weight is concentrated on my thighs which looks ridiculous and I don't feel comfortable with wearing pants or even worse a bikini or underwear. I hope you understand.

Welcome, Skye.

Just because you are not "overweight" doesn't make your desires less valid than a morbidly obese person. We all have our goals, and an ideal body shape that we are trying to achieve.

In fact, I commend you for not saying "I'm fat" and instead saying "I want to reshape my body". Ultimately what we all really want is to recompose our bodies into a healthier form.
Many of us use the term "lose weight" as a shorthand, when that isn't really what we mean. We want to be fit, healthy, look good in the mirror or whatever.
I think you have a very sensible goal, and I wish you success in reaching it.
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Well, I haven't eaten that much today and I want to keep myself from evening/night stuffing so I am writing another little post to tell you about my goals for the next about two to three weeks.

Well, obviously I don't have that much weight to lose in comparison to others (I don't mean this as an offence, I have the most respect for all of you because you are doing so much better than I am!). So secretly I am hoping to reach my goal quite fast because I once managed to drop about 1lbs per 5 days which I think is pretty good. But I know that after the first few pounds this will slow down.

Currently

June 20th: 117,5lbs


Goals

June 24th: between 116 and 117 lbs

June 28th: around 115 lbs

July 2nd: between 114 - 115 lbs


I guess three goals will be enough for the moment. I didn't give you specific numbers because I don't want to be that depressed when I'm not reaching my goals. As you see I cannot weigh every day because we don't have a scale (who doesn't have a scale?) and the only way I can weigh myself is - *trumpets* my Wii Fit :p
So Thursday and Saturday or Sunday are weighing days, wish me luck!
 
Uh it's 6.20 in the morning and I don't feel well at all. I totally sticked to my diet yesterday but today morning my belly still isn't flat as it usually is after I controlled myself for a day :( Is it because I couldn't do any sport? I don't have that much time at the moment especially not for jogging since I prefer to jog in the morning. I try to use my hometrainer today for about an hour to have at least done something. And today is also going to be a hard. I'm wondering whether I'll have to struggle as much as yesterday...
I already have my food plan for today but we'll see whether I can stick to it.

Have a nice day!
 
Uhm I'm quite full now 'cause I ate so much for dinner. Too much, actually...

Morning
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I became hungry during the lessons and the teachers don't like it when they see us eating something so I waited until the break and then I wasn't hungry anymore. So I didn't eat anything in the morning (not that good, I know, but I'm trying to only eat when I'm hungry)

Lunch
salad, 1 tomato and WW Italian salad sauce
1 whole wheat bread roll
175g milk rice (about 220 calories)

Snack
one apple (because I had a driving lesson and didn't want my driving teacher to hear my grumbling stomach :) )

Dinner
2 spits
low fat ketchup
about 120g of Basmati rice

=S U-uh the rice was just way too delicious and because I didn't eat breakfast I was so hungry! Well, rice is quite healthy so I don't think it's too bad but I shouldn't have had that second spit... and usually I don't have ketchup either. I should stick with that because then I am less likely to eat too much of the rice or pasta.

I haven't exercised yet but as I said I am trying to go on the hometrainer for about 60 minutes.
 
I am devastated :( It's weighing day today... and the scale showed me 54,4kg which means 1,2kg more than last time!!! My BMI is 21,03.
Ugh I had already known that I couldn't have lost weight since my tummy is still blown up and big in the morning. Right now it sucks and I have to find my motivation back during the morning and try hard to go on and not give up because I didn't succeed...

bäh I'd like to go to bed again...
 
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