We are what we repeatedly do...

I'm also having trouble keeping on track at the moment. The foods ok but the exercise is practically non existent this week. Come on us, we can do it. :)
 
Yup, go us!! We can pick up the slack, I know we can :D

I ate about 2200kcal yesterday, which isn't terrible, at least I don't think I'm gonna gain because of that. Infact I was 12stone 8lbs this morning! I'm not sure if it'll last though.

I'm going to make a big effort this week to get my calories between 1500kcal and 1600kcal day.

This Saturday I'm going out for lunch with my mum and step dad and then I'm going out later with friends to celebrate my birthday so that is going to be a complete day off I think. I'm even going to have cake :) (not a whole one lol I promise!) but it is my birthday and it's the only day I'm planning on having off the whole of my birthday week.

I tried on some of my clothes I bought when I was around 11 stone and I'm getting closer to fitting them again. I really can't wait to be at that point! I only have two full days off planned in September and October, one I already mentioned and the day I'm going to see some old friends in Manchester, October 23rd. So the rest of the time my aim is to keep up my healthy eating and exercise.

Anyway, thats enough boring diet talk.

I have lots of dull tidying up to do now instead, bleurgh!
 
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First off - Happy Early Birthday! Haha I think that justifies you for a bit of cake!

I'm fairly new here. Or at least new to the posting, I've lurked for a while. I'm a college student too, about to be 21 in November, so I can totally relate to how that lifestyle makes your weight fluctuate, but it ultimately seems to keep you on the high end of the scale.

It's seems like you're doing great! I think in the end its better to lose the weight slowly with some hiccups in the middle because that makes it more permanent and teaches us not to give up the whole thing just because we've had a bad day or week. I can definitely see success in your future! Keep up the great work!
 
Hey there queen, welcome to the forum! And thank you for the post - I think slow and steady wins the race too ;)

I was 12 stone 9 this morning, so that's great.

I'm going to try and get a nice dress for the birthday next saturday today. I'll post in a bit to describe what, if anything, I've bought...

Shopping can go one of two ways for me - complete depression or joy that I fit into a size 14 dress. lol
 
I have been in such a mess lately. My moods have been all over the place and my period seems to have come more than a week early. I think it might be my thyroid acting up so I'm gonna go book a doctor's appointment.

Anyway I hadn't done any exercise for literally days but I managed to get out yesterday for thirty minutes of cycling. And I'm going to make sure I do my weights tonight!!!

Oh yeah and I had a big meal out on Sunday (steak and chips) too but it was pretty much my only meal so I doubt I went that much over my calories.

I'm still 12 stone 9 lbs, so that's ok.

Anyway, gonna go eat now :)
 
Grrr I've been so lax the last week.

First my exercise has just not happened at all for a week. Then from about Thursday my food was out the window too. Chinese takeaway on Thursday, very little food on Friday, big 3 course meal out on Saturday with my mum and tonight I'm going for a meal with my boyfriend and some time this week my father is coming up to take us out for another meal... Oh yeah a next week I'm going away for a wedding so I can't watch what I'm eat then either.

ARGH!

I think I'm just gonna have to sign this week off. On the weekdays where I'm not going out for a meal I think I'll try to stick to more or less what I'd ususally eat so then my calories should be ok but .. yeah .. no more weight loss for me until October the 4th.

I realise there's more I could do to try and make this week better but I just can't be bothered. I'd rather cross it off completely and start back up again when all these obstacles are gone.

To be honest, the big issue here isn't that I'm having this week off because I know come next Monday I can get back to tracking calories just fine...

The big issue is my exercise. It's getting REALLY cold here in Newcastle now and I just don't have the same enthusiasm about going out for a bike ride when my hands start to turn blue lol.

I would join a gym but I don't have very much money and the gym that's only 15 minutes away is way out of my price range and the uni gym is about 30 minutes away and to be honest I'm not sure if I spent the money on membership that I would bother to go.

So.. I have no idea what to start doing for exercise. I walk to my placement most days now so I am getting 1hr20 minutes of walking three or four times a week but nothing else...

I'm gonna have to have a good think about it!

Ok so end of rant. I'm probs gonna be back up to 13stone by next monday but hopefully I'll get into gear and get back to 12stone9 fairly quickly.

Hope everyone is doing better than me at the moment!
 
Sorry you are having such an off time. I hate it when that happens. It's so hard to get back to it too. Just try to keep the damage down as much as you can this week so you don't backslide and pick it up when you can. Good luck!
 
Wow ok after a week of debauchery I'm back.

I haven't calorie counted today but I've eaten well so hopefully I'm back on track to losing weight.

I'm back to 13 stone :( but oh well, just got to get back to working out etc...
Talking of working out - I've decided I'm going to join the gym at my placement hospital - it's really cheap and means I can go early, work out in the morning, shower, do my placement and come home without having to worry about working out in the evening. Woop :) hopefully it works out that way any way lol.

Can't be bothered typing much more now - gonna go reset my ticker :( but it'll be back down soon, promise!
 
Call me crazy but I'm going to try not to count calories for a while.

I'm going to eat as I would when I'm counting but just not do the counting. I'm going to see how it works - I might give it up if I find I'm hopeless at it!

I'm hopefully also going to get the gym membership sorted on thursday :)

No other news!
 
Hey Holly, sounds like a positive step - joining the gym...just make sure you use it!

I've found by now whether I count the actual calories or not, I KNOW when I'm eating right...and eating wrong...and if I don't know what's in something, chances are its going to be bad bad bad!
 
Hey Holly, long time no speak!

How the devil are you hun? Just read through your last posts and we definitely have had a similar week. I've been dreadful but hey, I've held my hands up and now you and I can fix it. Well done for resetting your ticker, I can't bring myself to do it. I know I should.

Good news about the gym hun, I do quite enjoy going down to the gym but I find it hard to physically get myself there...once I'm there I'm fine hehe. How's your placement going? x
 
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Call me crazy but I'm going to try not to count calories for a while.

I'm going to eat as I would when I'm counting but just not do the counting. I'm going to see how it works - I might give it up if I find I'm hopeless at it!

I'm hopefully also going to get the gym membership sorted on thursday :)

No other news!
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I never try to count carbs and try not to weigh myself too often. I find it is less pressure 'cause I dont get as upset with myself if I have a treat. I dont want to spend the rest of my life counting carbs, I want my diet to be a lifestyle change and not just a short term measure until I reach my goal weight.

good stuff on the gym membership!
 
Hello everyone! Thanks for the posts, it's nice to have a visit every now a then :)

Well I'm back down to 12 stone 9 and considering I haven't tried that hard to lose weight since my week off, I'm pretty pleased it's only taken another week to get back on track.

I'm much more comfortable trying to use my judgement to eat the right amount and the right things rather than carefully weighing and counting everything that goes in my mouth. I hope it continues to work.

I didn't join the gym because I realise I just wouldn't use the membership, it would have been a lot of effort to take a gym kit, make up, change of clothes and toiletries to placement everyday.

I'm going to try to keep up weights on tuesday and thursdays and then go for walks/bike rides as often as possible - nothing too formal - I'm trying to stick to the easy/simple/no stress approach. I think I'll download some audio books to listen to on walks!

How the devil are you hun? Just read through your last posts and we definitely have had a similar week. I've been dreadful but hey, I've held my hands up and now you and I can fix it. Well done for resetting your ticker, I can't bring myself to do it. I know I should.
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Hey! I'm pretty good really. My placement has been kinda boring, it was musculoskeletal week last week and I'm not a big fan of bones/fractures etc.

It's neurology week next week though so that should be really interesting.

We'll be back to losing again soon I'm sure. Hope you have a great week lovie.
 
Congrats on your loss since I've been gone!! All shall be explained in my new thread going up later tonight.
Good call on the food thing. I've been attempting that but between busy days, late nights and massive lack of money it isn't happening!! I'm maintaining at least though.

What course are you on? Is it actually Medicine? (I so tried to spell that wrong lol, the french way, I can actually spell :p)

Sounds good though. I bet neurology would be sooo interesting.

redpiggy xx
 
Welcome back Red!

Yes I'm a medical student but I try to keep it on the down low haha I don't want to be one of those people on the internet claiming they know everything about the human body because I definitely do not!

The last few days have been good - though I think I actually under eat when I'm not counting calories because I'm worried about over eating by mistake.

I'm just so excited about being 12 1/2 stone again. That means from here on in I'm at what I classify as my low weight - I'll be sooo excited to be under 12 stone again - hopefully it won't be too long.

I'm gonna go get a hot water bottle now, I'm freezing!
 
Ok I'm gonna make an admission... The last few days I've deliberately missed breakfast and lunch and only had dinner. I know this is really bad behaviour but when I'm not counting calories I get so worried about going over my limit that I go way under so that I can feel secure. Does that make sense at all?

I really don't know what to do...

I'm pleased to be 12 stone 6 and I want to lose more weight but I know I can't and shouldn't keep on skipping meals.

BUT I'm also not hugely keen on counting calories again because at best it takes up time and is a general nuisance and at worst it makes me feel obsessive and like I'm wasting my life (even more than usual) on dieting.

I know it sounds lazy but I just feel like I can't possibly spend the rest of my life weighing everything!! I lost almost 3 stone before over 6 months by counting calories but part of the reason I fell off the wagon was being SICK of weighing, logging and portioning everything. It doesn't help that I'm a perfectionist and a defeatist - if I can't do something exactly as I think it should be done then I just give up and resign myself to failure.

Argh!

I guess this is part and parcel of being a serial yo yo dieter. The whole reason I'm still overweight is because I haven't found something that works for me yet. Or I haven't found the right balance.

I've been toying with the idea of low carbing again but I think it's just desperation... I dunno - I can think of arguments for and against going low carb.

(You should probably understand that I believe low carb diets are relatively healthy and a reasonable way to lose weight IF you can stick to it that is... Anyway that's a whole other rant)

For:
- no calorie counting!
- it makes my skin and hair look nice
- I can get a weight loss boost hopefully
- benefits from appetite suppression
- I have felt healthier/had more energy on low carb in the past
- if I could stick to it for the long term I could be at my goal weight

Against:
- the food can get boring
- going from low fat to high fat can make me feel sluggish and sickly to begin with
- it's more expensive than low cal
- it'll be more difficult to make suitable food for me and my boyfriend (he might have to cook for himself - god forbid!)
- my boyfriend won't be keen on me going on what he sees as a fad diet

Arghhhhh! I don't know. I really don't.

I think underneath it all I only want to change plan to feel excited and enthusiastic again. Or I'm under the illusion that there's an easier way. The name of this diary is all about the fact I'm terrible at being consistent and this is just evidence of that - I can't just keep on keeping on.

I feel useless :(

My boyfriend just tells me to eat when I'm hungry and that makes me feel so frustrated. I know he's only trying to help but I simply cannot do that and I never have been able to. I wouldn't be overweight if I could. It's completely ingrained in me now that if I'm not struggling to lose weight then I'm overeating and gaining it. I don't think I've ever actually just stayed the same!

Having this massive rant is kinda helping.

I'm probably going to carry on as best I can until I can get out of this mental rut and decide what I want to do.

Sorry for all the craziness :(
 
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I tried low carbing for like less than 48 hours and just felt too sick from eating more meat and cheese than I'm now used to. So yeah thent I knew I couldn't do it! LOW CARBING = WORST IDEA EVER! For me, anyway.

Now I have an entire chicken I dont know what to do with lol...

Anyway I guess I'm gonna have to buck up and get back to the calorie counting game. Nothing worth having was ever easy to get? Right?
 
I am reflecting briefly, having had my breakfast of 'wheat biscuits' (oh tesco, you rip offs!) and having read some other journals around the place...

And my reflection is this: I was doing fine before and I was doing things the right way - I was enjoying the food I was having and I was losing weight - so I don't know why I needed to change that but I'm going to put it right by getting back on track and forgetting about the whole episode!

I DO need to try to be more active but I'm going to take this a day at a time and see how I go.

So todays plan: eat sensibly and do at least 30 minutes of some kind of exercise (probably a run, bike ride or maybe swimming).
 
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