The Final Countdown: Shrinking to Slinky.

overtherainbow

overtherainbow

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Hullo everybody, my name is Ruth and I am a 29 year old mum of two from London. I am 5 foot 9 and weigh 14 stone 7, or 203 pounds, and I am am the un-proud owner of a big double chin.

Think I have finally reached the level of self loathing necessary to actually stick to a diet. I get through the first half of the day with lots of milky sugary teas (15 mugs, four to five sugars each!), and the second half with vodka and full fat cokes. I don't actually eat too much, or too badly, so it must be easy for me to change, right? WRONG!!! Tis not easy at all. I only drank sugar free coffees yesterday, and today, and have found myself raiding my kids trick or treat stash in search of an instant energy boost. That was after I had finished the leftover candy bracelets that nobody had come to my front door to claim.

I am incredibly disorganized and never do food shopping in advance, I usually buy my dinner on the day. A lot of the time I will just get a take-away. I don't eat big portions and that is basically all I eat all day.

Aim one: Only drink sugar free drinks.
Aim two: Do a weekly shop in advance.

If I do this, I will be slinkay. Fingers crossed...
 
Hi overtherainbow! Good luck on your journey - sugar is the devil when it comes to giving it up. I'm sure you'll do amazingly :)
 
Ruth! So pleased you're back :hurray: I remember your addiction to sweet tea! Does sweetener not hit the spot for you? Looks like you need to find something that hits the sugar craving but isn't horrible for you. Easier said than done. Keep posting!!
 
Hiya BlueBean, thanks for the words of encouragement, fingers crossed, eh? Sugar is a total bitch.

Haha Hannah, I knooow, that is all I ever went on about, I will try not to this time, hopefully I will just man the eff up and JUST DO IT. I think prolonging the agony isn't doing myself any favours at all.

ADIOS SUGAR, YOU MOTHERFOOKING BEYATCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sorry about being so sweary today. I have a freezing cold house as I have no hot water or heating atm, and I have not woken up in the best mood in the world. I also have a cold, which I know is really nothing to do with being physically cold, but it sucks being freezing with a leaking ceiling and a leaking nose.

I am thinking that maybe my cold might help a bit with the first few withdrawal days of my diet... I will feel a bit shit anyway, so the added bonus of feeling a little bit shitter won't make any difference.

I'm thinking about joining the gym. I am an unemployed layabout with both kids now in school, it would be nice to have something to give my day a bit of structure. I am so so so unfit though. I mean mahoosively. But the gym will fix that. Was thinking that I will go Monday to Friday... I could take my daughter to school in my gym clothes and then go straight there. This would mean being a bit organised in the morning, packing a change of clothes and a towel etc. A level of organisation I do not have haha.

While I am here I will have a moan about gym showers. WHY ARE THE CUBICLES SEE-THROUGH? They force you to show your lumpy silhouette to the people either side of you. I don't like it.

I took before pictures yesterday. Just in my bra and leggings. It was really depressing and I don't think I will ever share them no matter how skinny I become.

I will always write yesterdays food. That is the rules.

Shreddies
An undisclosed amount of Jam on toast
Sushi selection
a berry medley fruit salad
Chilli con Carne with cheese and the tiniest bit of rice
3 vodka and diet cokes

Todays aims:
Actually really do the shopping online. For definite.
Buy jogging bottoms and a couple of tops for the gym.
NO SUGARY DRINKS! AT ALL! NONE!!! WHATSOEVER!
Spend a few house getting my disaster zone of a house sorted.
Finally have a lovely big hot bath without fear the ceiling will come crashing down.
 
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I will not moan about lack of tea and sugar. I will not moan about lack of tea and sugar. I will not moan about lack of tea and sugar. I will not moan about lack of tea and sugar. I will not moan about lack of tea and sugar. I WON'T!!!! There.... I didn't.

So, yesterdays aims.. 3 hours housework, check, no sugary drinks, check, hot bath, check. I turned on the hot water supply at my own peril. The hot water man came and looked at the cylinder, took all the insulation off it, which made the leak worse, and scratched his head. Water came pouring down out of the ceiling below in even more spectacular style. The Sitting Room was flooded in a cm of water. So I am still freezing. I'm sure I read once that being cold makes you more hungry.

I didn't buy gym clothes, have decided to wait a month or so before joining as I have so much DIY to do in the house, which is a form of cardio for me, as I am so unfit. So, all my energy will be going into that for the time being.

Also, despite my bestest attempts I still didn't manage to do the food shopping online. Well.. It all went in the shopping basket... but I didn't check out. So near yet so far! I couldn't get in touch with my bf to get his cash card details. I have no money. Also no winter clothes. i can squeeze myself into a size 16 but I am kidding myself if I think that they fit properly. I think I get some more money in two weeks, by which time it is possible for me to have lost a cm off everywhere. I shall be getting size 16 clothes, no matter what. Just cheapo ones, and I will invest in nice accessories which will do me whatever weight I am.

Small portion of fruit and fibre with whole milk
Chille con carne with a little bit of cheese and rice.
Mr. Tom nut bar.
8 chicken dippers with ketchup.

NO ALCOHOL! NO SUGARY DRINKS!

Todays aims:
Do food shopping in person.
3 hours housework
Read a a few weight loss diaries
 
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Still cold. Kind of getting used to it now.

So yesterday I did my shopping in person, and lugged back shopping so heavy I had to make a contraption where I tied the bags handles together and had half resting on my back and half on my front, with my shoulder bearing the brunt of the weight. I know I should have just got a cab or a bus, but I really wanted the trip to be a form of exercise. But today I have woken up with a hugely painful back, arms, ribs and knees. At 4am. Is this not a time for going to bed? I shouldn't be waking up at this insane hour! Especially when I have a busy day ahead of me. Nonononono.

I didn't even realise my arms or ribs were hurting at first as my back is so bad. I had a exploratory poke at all my muscles, and I was surprised to find out that my stomach isn't simply a whale like mass of blubber, there is actually some muscles creating structure under there! Who knew?! They stretch from hip to hip all the way up to the sternum, lots of little muscles, all knitted together. I squeezed them and relaxed them a few times, just getting used to the idea that they are actually there. I am quite sad they aren't hurting as pain is gain.

Ever since I was 13.5 stone, my thighs and hips have stayed almost the same size, and my stomach has grown. A couple of people have asked me if I'm expecting, and its really silly that sometimes when I feel blubbery, I make up a pretend birthdate for my pretend baby in case anyone asks :) Yes! 10 weeks to go, I'm 7.5 months gone, I'm due in the middle of January! Haha. I wonder about my imaginary pregnancy sometimes. Will it be a girl? Will it be a boy? Will it be a huge bowl of sugary tea being pushed out of my pelvis? Who knows? :D

At my heaviest I was 16 stone, 223 pounds, or 101 Kilos, which means that most of the three stone gain was around my tummy area. So I have lost 20 pounds, but still haven't gone down a dress size, as there is no change below the bulge I am wearing the same bottoms, and my tops were all in a style that could be worn loose, so they all fit me round the boobs and arms still, they just come to rest at a slightly lower location. I have been size 18 FOREVER now. I just want to go down a size!!! I'VE EARNED IT! ........ Or have I? Hmmm. I will earn it. I will BUST THIS BELLY!!!!

I didn't have the best day ever foodwise yesterday. I walked past Costa coffee, and I knew even before I went in that I would be indulging in a muffin. I also put sugar in my Flat White. The total was 600 calories! And that alone most probably pushed me over the daily recommended intake of 2000 calories. I didn't even enjoy the cake. They look so nice sitting there behind the glass, but the reality never matches up to the expectation. Blah. At least I regret it.

Fruit and Fibre with whole milk
Chocolate Muffin and flat white
Tomato soup (small can)
couple of slices of ham
kids pack of yoghurt coated strawberry flakes
Minted lamb cutlets with 5 roast potatoes and a massive pile of mixed veg
4 Vodka and diet cokes
 
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Reading your diary makes me smile, even though having a cold house and two kids can´t be a happy combination.

Being cold doesn´t make you burn more calories, being in a cold environment while maintaining a decent body temperature does. Sleeping in a cold room means you can burn up to 200 (don´t remember the source so I can´t be sure about the number) extra calories. Actually being cold - as opposed to being in a cold room or wearing thin clothes - makes your body´s defences against viruses less efficient so even though the common cold isn´t caused by cold, being cold does enhance your risk of being sick.

Hope your heating gets fixed soon!
 
Maria, you are the Ice Queen :) Thanks for sharing that info. I hate being wrong about things, so this is one more subject tht I will be right about ;) Heating is still not fixed. I live in a housing association home, and we apparently are not a priority as it has been two weeks now. I had very strong words with them, its supposed to be done tomorrow, but tbh I expect them to bail out. Again. We and the next door neighbour had trouble with our leaking gutter causing structural damage, they weren't bothered about that either. It took almost a year, and the neighbour actually wrote a letter to the local MP, which kick-started it all off again.

Sunflower, oh god, it was awful going without both electric and gas, but the whole house could have burned down, which would have been even more awfuler. I just thank the bloody universe that it didn't happen when I was out. I would have come back to a sooty carcass of a house. At times like this, with both flooding and fire happening in a week, I am starting to think it would be a good idea to get some home insurance.

I've had a good weekend foodwise... I did cancel plans to go to the fireworks on Saturday and up to my friends new house a long way away on Sunday. I have also cancelled my mother in Law coming over today. I feel quite bad about letting people down, but I just feel completely disgusting as I haven't had a proper bath, my hair was so awful. Have just been in a rather moody mood in general, and feel it best not to inflict my company on anyone. I have a busy week ahead of me anyway. So at least I'm having a little break.

I went to the gym today!!! But don't get too excited as I just went there for a shower, and now I feel human again, for a day at least. If they didn't let me have a shower without membership I would have just joined as the hairdryer at the council swimming pool showers are like a hot of breath air, plus I didn't want to travel there as I was starting to smell like a hobo.

The number on the scales this morning completely delighted me!!!! Its two days until my official weigh day, I cannot wait to share my loss with you :D Its gooooooood :) :) :)

Saturdays food... Apple, banana and pear. Scrambled eggs on a slice of multi-grain toast. Small child-sized portion of spaghetti bolognaise, thee glasses of rose wine.

Sundays food... Small portion (served in a mug, and inch from the top) of porridge with stwed apple and cinnamon. Ham and cucumber multigrain sandwich. Two bottles of strawberry milkshake (an ot-ol at 275 calories each, discovered after drinking them), a chiile con carne meal replacement for dinner because of the calorific milkshakes.

Today... May as well do today as I am half way through it... Banana, a handful of fruit and nut medley, 365 calorie sushi selection, jerk pork cutlets with basmati rice and sweetcorn, 2 pears and 2 apples. Oh, I had a can of full fat coke this morning, naughty me!

My new thing is blackcurrant concentrate made up with hot water and a bit of sweetener. I prefer it to herbal teas. And it hits the hot-spot in my stomach that only milky tea and coffee usually reaches. Have had 4 mugs already and its only lunchtime. Its going to be my saviour, I can tell! Its been a bit easier without sugar today (I say after my calorific coke lol). My head feels nice and clear again.
 
I feel your pain about not wanting to see people when you feel like crap. You´re allowed to do what´s best for you without always putting other people first! Hope things will get fixed soon, if not you might buy the neighbour a new fountain pen...
 
Hey Ruth,

Welcome back! Was on a bit of a hiatus the last week or so. Glad to see you're still working at things.
 
Thanks all :D

I might have to buy the neighbour a new house, not just a fountain pen haha.

Our spare room ceiling has just totally collapsed. We were told it was safe. I cried down the phone to them and was told it wasn't a priority. I actually got it collapsing on film which was good :) I just touched the floor above it. If I had walked on the floor above it I (or my kids!) would have fallen through the ceiling into the high ceilinged room below. It is impossible for them to access the hot water tank to repair it now. I am livid!!!! LIVID!!!!!! Its my daughters birthday today as well so our plans have been ruined. Blah.

But anyway, for some good news :)


I HAVE LOST 7 POUNDS THIS WEEK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YAHOOOOO!!!!!!!


:party: :party: :party: :party:

I have edited my ticker, and it is a double cause for celebration, as not only am I now in One-derland, my BMI is also plain old overweight instead of a 30+ obese :)

Will catch up with your diaries tomo, I need to have a cleaning spree before the repair men come round. Then Birthday time for my girlie. I shall be having some of my favourite food, which is birthday cake. But won't let it ruin the day/week, I haven't eaten lunch to compensate for the innevitable cake.

Food: Ready Brek, cappuchino, chicken pie new potatoes and petit pois, birthday cake.
 
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Congratulations on the amazing weightloss! The rest... I... ugh... I don´t know what to say. What does it take to become a priority? Nuclear waste in the living room? An appearance on national tv?
 
7 pounds is outstanding. I may be wrong on this being American and all but I believe that's half a stone, no?
 
Hi all, sorry I have been awol, it seems every day I have something planned and then I have my crazy kidlets to entertain in the evenings. I thought that all unemployed mums did was sit around watching telly all day ;)

So it's Wednesday, weighday, I haven't really done very well this week, have only lost 1.5 pounds, but I have had a few takeaways and also drunk alcohol three nights this week, so its not too bad considering :) I am in the 13's now at least. Christmas is coming so fast, and although I have hardly any winter clothes I have decided to buy nothing new until the boxing day sales, when hopefully I will fit nicely into a size 16. I have a particular leather jacket that it is my mini goal to fit in comfortably. I have taken a picture of myself in it... I can do it up now which is good :)

For all weeks I round up or down the numbers as it can get a bit silly counting every half/ 3/4 of a pound.

S/W: 14 stone 7
Wk 1: 14 stone 0
Wk 2: 13 stone 13

Something that is propelling me to do well is that I TOLD EVERYONE MY WEIGHT ON FACEBOOK!!!!!! Yes, you heard right! I cannot NOT do nothing about it... I have to get down at least into the mid 13's by the the 5th. I HAVE HAVE HAVE to!!!! HAVE to.

Hence, this week is going to be a super good week. Just you wait and see ;)

Thinking about holidays, tummy tucks, and size 10 body con dresses.
 
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