Vindrea
New member
Hello everyone! 
This is my first entry here, and my first diary as well! I was a lurker here for quite a while, reading other people diaries and posts, until I gathered my courage and decided to register.
I have never done any documentation online of my weight loss, so this all is new to me. Everyone seems very nice and supporting here and that also motivated me to register. Some info about me:
* I'm 28, female
* My height is 167 cm
* My current weight is 76 kilos.
According to my BMI I'm about 6 kilos overweight. My goal is to reach 60 kilos, and after that see if I need to loose more.
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A bit of my background if anyone's up for a story time:
I was always on a bit chubby side. Only when I was little, maybe up to 12 years of age, I was so skinny that my family nick named me 'little ant' When I was a teenager I started to gain weight as my body was developing. I always was the most 'feminine' from all my classmate girls. At the age of 14-15 I had problems with my menstrual cycle and was prescribed contraceptives. It helped to regulate the cycle, but I also gained a lot of weight. At school I dealt a lot with bullying and kids making fun of my appearance and my shyness. And at home I was the only child, so my parents allowed me everything, especially eating whatever I want and as much as I want. We never ate fast food, but I was constantly overeating of whatever my mom used to make, plus there was always sweets around.
We didn't have any scales at that time, so I don't know for sure what my weight was. When I was 17-18 (we finally got the scales, yay!) I weighted about 75 kilos. I started to really worry about my appearance and that's when all the self-hate and dieting started. I lost about 10 kilos at that time, but I wasn't feeling healthy. There were few times when I tried forcing myself to throw up after a meal, but luckily it never became a habit. I remember when I finished high school and got into uni, my weight has returned to what it was. During my last year of studying I got back to dieting and skipping dinner, and at the end of the year I weighted 60 kilos.
At 22 I found a job in another city. I had to move out from my parents and rent a one bedroom apartment. It was a stressful office job - sitting all day in front of computer and eating irregularly. I was trying my best to stick to my old routine (eating little amounts, skipping dinner), but I still gained few kilos back. I have to say I was in a very unhealthy relationship with myself. I didn't love myself, every time I would look into a mirror I wanted to cry. All I could see were flaws and how disgusting I was. Everything was wrong. I had an awful job, I was single for more than 2 years and that didn't help with my self esteem.
When I was 24 my weight was around 70 kilos. At that time I met my current boyfriend and a year later we moved in together. It's because of him, first time in my life I was able to look at myself differently. He loves me the way I am and he never cared about my weight and always was patient with compliments of how beautiful I am. It helped a lot with my confidence, knowing there is a person who accepts me and supports me no matter how I look. I got so relaxed about myself being with him, I completely ignored my weight. We ate whatever we wanted (fast food, chips, sweets, beer once in a while) and I have to say it felt really good! But of course it couldn't last forever. Last year during spring ( about 2 years after my last weight check) I felt most of clothes don't fit, and sure enough - my weight was 82 kilos. I was heaviest I've ever been.
I started to panic, but my boyfriend calmed me down saying if we work together- we can fix this (he also gained about 10 kilos). We completely quit added sugar and meat, and ate only vegetarian/vegan meals. At the end of last summer my weight dropped to 74 kilos and I felt amazing! And it's all because this time I tried to be smart about my weight loss - I ate 3 times a day, plus snacking in between. I ate full meals and included variety of beans, wholegrains, seeds, nuts and loads of vegetables and fruits. When autumn came we kinda neglected our new eating habits and got back to eating unhealthy. We had a lot of stress at that time with our jobs, money, plus there were problems with our landlord and we had to change our apartment. Healthy food was last thing on my mind.
On New years day I promised myself that this year I will loose weight for good and will stick with it. I'm 28 years old and my whole life I was dealing with weight issues and distorted view of myself. When I was younger I always surrounded myself with dreams of how slim and healthy I want to be, and I always believed that in the future I will be able to reach it. I think the future has come and it's time I need to do this, or else I will continue to dream and feel sorry for myself... I wan't to establish a healthy relationship with food. I already feel that last year was a good start, I lost about 8 kilos at that time and it was pretty easy and fun (compared to dieting and skipping meals).
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My current plan for weight loss is:
* Eating 2-3 full meals a day. Sometimes I don't have time to have a lunch at work, but I always have one or two bananas, one apple and a good handful of nuts on hand. It's enough to fill me up.
* No added sugar, eating only fruits
* Reducing cooking oil intake (1-2 tbs per day)
* 3 liters of water per day
* Only one cup of coffee per day (I add no sugar, but I do add almond milk)
* I do not plan to count my calories (I used to in the past and it's an absolute burden for me)
* Regulating my meal portions. I use medium size plates and the amount I eat is enough for me to feel full, but not stuffed. But I do have a habit when finishing my plate - go and take a second one. I want to stop doing that.
* Choosing healthy options if I want to snack - fruit, nuts, rice cakes etc.
* Exercising. I'm extremely lazy when it comes to exercising, I don't enjoy it, especially when you can't see any results that fast. But I decided to exercise 3 times per week at home using weights that I have (I have 1 and 3 kg dumbbells and a weight rod with 1, 2, 5, 10 and 15 kilo weights), plus I have an exercise mat, stability ball and resistance bands. I have a lot of stuff, I just need to start using it lol! I want to exercise a specific region for a day ( one day I'm exercising my upper body, second day - my middle body, and third day - my lower body). I want to do it in this way because I'm looking for a way to not get overwhelmed with pressure and to not get bored. Later I want to register at a gym, but not for now. My main goal is to just start exercising and make a habit out of it.
* Getting 7-8 hours of sleep per day
I started this plan last week when I weighted 77 kilos (didn't exercise yet though), and today I checked my weight - 1 kilo is gone. Of course I should weight myself at the end of the month for a more accurate numbers, but I am still very happy
I guess that's it for this first entry. I do apologise for any inconsistency in my sentences. English is not my first language and I do struggle when writing larger chunks of text.
Any thoughts, opinions and suggestions are more than welcome! I will update this diary at least once a week and share current results and how everything is going
This is my first entry here, and my first diary as well! I was a lurker here for quite a while, reading other people diaries and posts, until I gathered my courage and decided to register.I have never done any documentation online of my weight loss, so this all is new to me. Everyone seems very nice and supporting here and that also motivated me to register. Some info about me:
* I'm 28, female
* My height is 167 cm
* My current weight is 76 kilos.
According to my BMI I'm about 6 kilos overweight. My goal is to reach 60 kilos, and after that see if I need to loose more.
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A bit of my background if anyone's up for a story time:
I was always on a bit chubby side. Only when I was little, maybe up to 12 years of age, I was so skinny that my family nick named me 'little ant'
When I was a teenager I started to gain weight as my body was developing. I always was the most 'feminine' from all my classmate girls. At the age of 14-15 I had problems with my menstrual cycle and was prescribed contraceptives. It helped to regulate the cycle, but I also gained a lot of weight. At school I dealt a lot with bullying and kids making fun of my appearance and my shyness. And at home I was the only child, so my parents allowed me everything, especially eating whatever I want and as much as I want. We never ate fast food, but I was constantly overeating of whatever my mom used to make, plus there was always sweets around.We didn't have any scales at that time, so I don't know for sure what my weight was. When I was 17-18 (we finally got the scales, yay!) I weighted about 75 kilos. I started to really worry about my appearance and that's when all the self-hate and dieting started. I lost about 10 kilos at that time, but I wasn't feeling healthy. There were few times when I tried forcing myself to throw up after a meal, but luckily it never became a habit. I remember when I finished high school and got into uni, my weight has returned to what it was. During my last year of studying I got back to dieting and skipping dinner, and at the end of the year I weighted 60 kilos.
At 22 I found a job in another city. I had to move out from my parents and rent a one bedroom apartment. It was a stressful office job - sitting all day in front of computer and eating irregularly. I was trying my best to stick to my old routine (eating little amounts, skipping dinner), but I still gained few kilos back. I have to say I was in a very unhealthy relationship with myself. I didn't love myself, every time I would look into a mirror I wanted to cry. All I could see were flaws and how disgusting I was. Everything was wrong. I had an awful job, I was single for more than 2 years and that didn't help with my self esteem.
When I was 24 my weight was around 70 kilos. At that time I met my current boyfriend and a year later we moved in together. It's because of him, first time in my life I was able to look at myself differently. He loves me the way I am and he never cared about my weight and always was patient with compliments of how beautiful I am. It helped a lot with my confidence, knowing there is a person who accepts me and supports me no matter how I look. I got so relaxed about myself being with him, I completely ignored my weight. We ate whatever we wanted (fast food, chips, sweets, beer once in a while) and I have to say it felt really good! But of course it couldn't last forever. Last year during spring ( about 2 years after my last weight check) I felt most of clothes don't fit, and sure enough - my weight was 82 kilos. I was heaviest I've ever been.
I started to panic, but my boyfriend calmed me down saying if we work together- we can fix this (he also gained about 10 kilos). We completely quit added sugar and meat, and ate only vegetarian/vegan meals. At the end of last summer my weight dropped to 74 kilos and I felt amazing! And it's all because this time I tried to be smart about my weight loss - I ate 3 times a day, plus snacking in between. I ate full meals and included variety of beans, wholegrains, seeds, nuts and loads of vegetables and fruits. When autumn came we kinda neglected our new eating habits and got back to eating unhealthy. We had a lot of stress at that time with our jobs, money, plus there were problems with our landlord and we had to change our apartment. Healthy food was last thing on my mind.
On New years day I promised myself that this year I will loose weight for good and will stick with it. I'm 28 years old and my whole life I was dealing with weight issues and distorted view of myself. When I was younger I always surrounded myself with dreams of how slim and healthy I want to be, and I always believed that in the future I will be able to reach it. I think the future has come and it's time I need to do this, or else I will continue to dream and feel sorry for myself... I wan't to establish a healthy relationship with food. I already feel that last year was a good start, I lost about 8 kilos at that time and it was pretty easy and fun (compared to dieting and skipping meals).
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My current plan for weight loss is:
* Eating 2-3 full meals a day. Sometimes I don't have time to have a lunch at work, but I always have one or two bananas, one apple and a good handful of nuts on hand. It's enough to fill me up.
* No added sugar, eating only fruits
* Reducing cooking oil intake (1-2 tbs per day)
* 3 liters of water per day
* Only one cup of coffee per day (I add no sugar, but I do add almond milk)
* I do not plan to count my calories (I used to in the past and it's an absolute burden for me)
* Regulating my meal portions. I use medium size plates and the amount I eat is enough for me to feel full, but not stuffed. But I do have a habit when finishing my plate - go and take a second one. I want to stop doing that.
* Choosing healthy options if I want to snack - fruit, nuts, rice cakes etc.
* Exercising. I'm extremely lazy when it comes to exercising, I don't enjoy it, especially when you can't see any results that fast. But I decided to exercise 3 times per week at home using weights that I have (I have 1 and 3 kg dumbbells and a weight rod with 1, 2, 5, 10 and 15 kilo weights), plus I have an exercise mat, stability ball and resistance bands. I have a lot of stuff, I just need to start using it lol! I want to exercise a specific region for a day ( one day I'm exercising my upper body, second day - my middle body, and third day - my lower body). I want to do it in this way because I'm looking for a way to not get overwhelmed with pressure and to not get bored. Later I want to register at a gym, but not for now. My main goal is to just start exercising and make a habit out of it.
* Getting 7-8 hours of sleep per day
I started this plan last week when I weighted 77 kilos (didn't exercise yet though), and today I checked my weight - 1 kilo is gone. Of course I should weight myself at the end of the month for a more accurate numbers, but I am still very happy
I guess that's it for this first entry. I do apologise for any inconsistency in my sentences. English is not my first language and I do struggle when writing larger chunks of text.
Any thoughts, opinions and suggestions are more than welcome! I will update this diary at least once a week and share current results and how everything is going
