Time to lose weight!

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Thanks. I mean well! I haven't lost any weight yet. I'm eating less but also exercising less as I'm too bogged down with appointments this week. Went for a one hour walk yesterday. No 3 hour hikes though. Going to see a dietitian tomorrow. I've been eating chocolate. Oddly chocolate won't stuff me up like most junk, it's satisfying. Potato chips, could eat forever, so don' buy them at all. Nearly did, fancy chips for $2 half price. Bought rocket instead, and a capsicum and a tomato. Put them in multigrain bread rolls along with some brie cheese for a lazy dinner. I think multigain bread might be a thing, don't think I'll toast away like good bread :/ Have to find more healthy foods that don't suck and are cheap. I love vegies so more of that. Pita bread with salad and dip is good too. If only berries were free, raspberries are so delicious and soooooo expensive!
 
I watched an episode of 600lb life last night and it was really disturbing. These people are so messed up, they must be in so much pain. I want to lose 10kg to protect my health and be able to wear my very expensive pretty clothes again! lol, I don't want to spend hundreds of dollars buying the same stuff a size or two bigger, so there's me and my rather vacuous motivation! That tv show did scare me though, I don't think that could happen to anyone though. What scared me was how their weight effected their mobility. I'm going to touch my toes now. All good, so I'm lucky, I can move about. Lot of people can't for many different reasons. And I love to move, to walk, run, swim and dance. Going to do these things as much as I can because screw being trapped in way by anything! There's always a way around. Think I'm too fat to pole dance, really I'm not flexible or strong enough and no-one is paying me! Those people on the tv show always have nice houses and most of them get a lot better. They are extreme cases though. I can't really relate. eat whatever I want and have a switch that tells me when I'm full and they don't have that I think. Feel sad for them because they have an addiction that started in childhood. I've read that food can turn into alcohol and also morphine like chemicals in the body and brain, would like to read up more on this. Food can be medicine in other ways to repair immune system we hope? I feel sorry for my dietitian, she's going to need that degree tomorrow!
 
Hey Charlotte! Was just reading your diary and I totally understand where you're coming from with the breakfast thing. I usually don't eat until about two to three hours after I wake up. I have a protein shake (does this count as a meal? 110 calories) and then coffee, but not a full meal until lunchtime (that's why in my diary it's called breakfast/brunch). When I would eat first thing in the morning, I'd be ravenous by lunch and overeat. It sounds counter-intuitive, I know. So - yeah! Know where you're coming from!
 
Too heavy for pole dance? Google Roz the Diva, she´s absolutely amazing. You´re very right, though, we often tell ourselves we can´t do things for completely bogus reasons - and it´s not helpful at all.
 
Saw dietitian today. Going to keep a food diary for a month. Mostly I've been told to eat more legumes, nuts and vegetables as I'm a vegetarian. More protein basically. Less carbs :( I knew that. She seemed more worried about me getting enough iron and protein. I seem pretty much on the right track if I stay away from bread, cheese and chocky etc... and have more vegies and chickpeas, lentils, nuts and seeds. Meh. Serious lack of motivation. I just think somewhere in my brain that if I start now, I'll get where I want to be, just normal me! Those $100 clothes will fit me! My old t-shirts will fit me too, and those are irreplaceable lol. Yes my crusty old band tees are even more important, and movie tees. They'll still be old and a bit shabby but they're mine lol.
 
Falafel, spicy dhal, black bean chili, shredded roasted nuts and seeds to sprinkle over every dish... Nothing wrong with any of that :p But I'll admit it doesn't sound glamerous.
 
Hommous, lentil curry.....I love Sri Lankan & Indian food. Get adventurous with your cooking Charlotte. You can do this honey!
 
Someone had mentioned lentils to me recently as well, I think I might try them out. I'd love to know if you try a lentil recipe that you love!
 
Don't know how I'm doing really. Some days good and some days not so good. Added up some calories on a couple of days. one day was around around 2000 another was 2500. Know I'm going to either eat less and/or exercise more or my weight will stay the same instead of going down. I've been eating chick peas lots! Not much vegies lately because they've been super expensive. Bought some frozen vegies, don't know if maybe I'll try them soon? Not keen.
 
Yesterday I ate 2000 calories. Yay! I guess when I was young I could eat 2500 a day and run around enough to sort it out. I didn't feel hungry yesterday though because I have a cold. I still felt it was less than usual. If I could stick to around 2000 a day weight would come off slowly. If I could eat 1800-1900 that would speed things up a lot. It might take me a few goes. My body seems to be settling down. When I was sick 2 years ago I weighed the same as a 13 year old me, and I was thin then. I was very, very sick and could only drink sustagen and don't remember much. It was like floating and it was so cold. I gave up smoking, coffee and cola, everything caused pain. Pain all the way from my ear to my neck and horrible pain in my jaw made it hard to sleep. Eventually I won that battle but I'd lost 20kg and I was very underweight. My skin turned grey. Within a year I put on 30kg, more than the 20 I had lost. And then I put on another 5. Jeez! So I'm 15kg more than my normal weight. I'd be pleased to have a 10kg loss, the other 5kg I don't care about. Everything works normally now. I'm not ravenous or binge eating. Food tastes better being a non smoker, it also tastes worse though! So my weight hasn't changed at all for 6 months or more. I think that's good. I think my metabolism did mess up and hoping it's back to normal. I think my appetite is becoming normal.
 
I´m just glad you got healthy again; that´s a LOT more important than a couple of kilos. But it probably is healthiest to get back into a "normal", varied eating pattern. Frozen veggies are fine, by the way, I always buy my green peas frozen and often sweet corn, broccoli or brussels´ sprouts. What I don´t like are the cheap mixed bags because everything ends up tasting the same to me but other people love them.
 
I'm glad you got healthy again too. It's much more important than a couple of kilos. ( I must remind myself that too :) )
Re: frozen veg- Most frozen fruits and vegetables are quickly blanched, boiled, or steamed, and then frozen within hours of being picked, a process that helps lock in both fresh taste and nutritional value. Frozen produce is also available year-round, and in most cases is cheaper than fresh. It's great to always have some frozen veg in the freezer.
 
Thanks for support and advice :) I'm still eating too much, I just weighed myself and haven't put on any weight, still exactly the same. Yep more vegetables are needed. Eating beans and chickpeas a lot. Honey roasted cashews and French vanilla almonds are my main vice. Fancy as! Think if I'm going to eat something indulgent, it's going to be over the top. Anyways, I'm happy I don't put on weight. Might even have lost a tiny bit as I didn't weigh until midday, not going to weigh myself much. Have started to count calories though. Obviously I have to eat a bit less to lose weight. Also have a magic tape measure :) Confident I'll get there. Had hoped to have lost a couple of kilos by now, maybe by this date next month is a good plan.
 
The last 3 days my calories have been around 2000 :) That's down from 2300-2500. If I can keep it at 2000, science says I must lose weight! As I am not gaining weight eating 2500, I think if I kept it around 2000 I'd be losing weight slowly. Really hope I can do this. 2000 cals is a normal amount of food. If I can get used to that for a few weeks I could possibly eat less and speed up weight loss. I'd prefer to add swimming into the mix, that always gets me fitter. So happy at the thought of eating normally and not overeating :) I don't care about looking like a model, I just want my body more like it was before health dramas. Always thought things would go back to normal in time, seems to be happening finally :)
 
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