Posts by nutbox

thank you all!

i just put soooo much pressure on myself and i think because this is the most ive ever had to lose i dont see the results anywhere nr as quick and give up.

i lost 11lbs at beginning of the yr and was already a stone lighter than i am now but the result wasnt enuf so i gave up.

theres so much im unhappy about n i think i tell myself that being thin and losing the weight i so loathe will answer all my sadness....b0ll0x i know!

Darkylinky and Samanth81 - read my history and my journal before making judgement, unhelpful comments to be honest.

i have thought of nothin else, soul searchin since postin this, i hate being so pathetic.  N i think whats triggered this is my moms wedding, she booked it last fri for in 6 weeks time i went into panic mode, thinkin....OMG whats the max i can lose in 6 weeks and i think its had the opposite effect bcuz i was soooo happy n very comfortable knowing i had a yr to do this n i was all settled in my mind that this was not a rush thing.

also i think about calories, breakdowns, foods too much.  its literally all i think about, anything u mention to me i cud bring bk to weight and/or calories and/or health.

I need to focus on getting out, being happy and being me and just back off on the food crap.

ive been doing this over half my life now (how fkn sad) so i know wt to eat whats good whats not, i can quite easily make everyday healthy choices without all this restrictin, counting, balancing, percentages.

Thats what im gonna do against most peoples advice i know but im not going to count for a while, i will weigh when unsure but i dont do big portions anyway now, i know what they should look like roughly.

im gonna focus on getting out, being happy, being me and actually talk to my friends about summat other than y i cnt drink, y i cnt meet for lunch, going to the gym, being healthy, calories in all foods that they ask me etc.

im goin to go bk to my long term goal, next yr and take it a month at time, one goal for each month.

This month.........no lager.

thats it, no more rules/regulations and strict regimes to stick to, just no lager!

I hate rules, i hate routine i get bored SO easily and have such a short attention span so here we go!

thanks again

ye im not so much stressed about it now, i just wana look good for ma mom's sake and for mine.  weve got lilac strappless dresses...ma mom loves em bless her.

i hate hate strapless lol but of course for mi mother i will wear it lol.  ive asked if we can get some pashmina's n she' looking around for those so yano not too bad.

I suppose really all it's made me do is be a bit more strict abit sooner, now ive got a reason to not have 6 pints n a 'day off' not sayin that will never happen again but it cant until after nov 14th haha.

the dress is like a detailed bodice/corset style top to just above the hip and then a lose skirt kind of thing (hope ive explained that well lol)  so what worries me is that because it goes off the top[ of your hips....the widest part lol.

just gotta wait til they get here i spose

thanks guys  xx

WOW!! then how come the phord and CC aid to consume 1417?????

I would say im moderately active, i have two clear days off and on my on days i do 2 days half hour cardio and 3 days 1hr and half of weights and resistance/cardio.

Think i will defo not reduce further then, stick at 1700 dya think for now?  The exercise is a huge massive difference to my body, never been this active not even at school.

Are there any food i can eat that will increase my blood sugar levels? Protein....seeds, nuts? Bananas? i do allow myself 100-200 kcals for a treat a day, lil sweet fix or something but would prefer to get out of that being a daily habit and do eat proper foods as such that my body will benefit from?

am i right in thinkin foods high in iron help with blood sugars? or have i just dreamt that up?

Thanks, once again, GI....your knowledge is invaluable  :0)

i really am totally confused....how can i eat 180g of protein but then they recommend that a female eats no more than 45g a day and that if you eat too much protein it can cause liver problems??

OMG this is so confusin?

smwhipple - it's not a high rate!

1.5-2lbs is what ive been recommended by CC.

That 5lbs is from the 8th Sept to the 24th so that is just right.

Not everybody is advised to shed 0.5-1lb a week, it depends how much you have to lose etc.

Fidget - yeah is ee ur explanation, it was 0.1% so not too fussed by it but thanks yeah does make sense spose.

Didnt expect such negativity

Hey Willow.............

What kurichan says is completely true, the advice most often given for a plateau is to have a maintenance day or two and then get straight bk on the norm and repeat every week or two.

Plateau's are basically the body gettin used to the routine you have gotten in.  Dotn panic just try and mix things up a little.

Try doin a completely different exercise to what you have been every other day, incorporate some weights if you dont already? Eat maintenance for a day then say 3 norm days and then a maintenance again n then 5 norm days etc, just to keep your body guessing and shock it out of the nice comfortable place its gotten into hence the plateau.

thats basically what happened to kurichan.  Also try not to think of what your doing as a diet and mroe of a permanent lifestyle change so dont 'take a break from the diet' as such just mix things up a little and instead of lowering kcals higher them and try couple of maintenance every other week or maybe one maintenance every other week, whatever you're comfortable with.

Are you close to your goal? 

hey im 22 and want to lose 46lbs and i feel the same as you...i have always battled with my wieght since 11yrs old but i found a happy weight at 19 and maintained for a year until i got with my other half 3yrs ago and bang it all went bk on and some.

Please feel free to add me as a buddy and read my journal and message me anytime im more than willing to share.

It is a lonnnng process and my biggest thing has been my learning throughout this whole process.  its definitely a lifestyle change, not a diet!

baby steps is the way forward lol ;0)

thanks tealparadise.

Im not too paranoid but i know i am doin a hell of alot more workin out, in fact more than i ever have in my life lol, and i am lovin it, its just i want to be doing the right thing n not damaging my body etc.

karozel - bit confused by your post that sound like a good ish theory but which one?

neanderthin - Calories over maintenance??? im trying to lose weight so how does this work? ive got 46lbs to lose and maybe more so i cant possibly eat over my maintenance??

Thanks guys  :0) 

dont count my protein?

im 186lbs at present....eeek! lol

i eat lots of chicken and cheese and ham really are my main.  Ive incorporated more seeds and nuts too and the odd tbsp of peanut butter.

i have cereal for brkfst or toast with egg etc and chicken/cheese with veg or salad, sometimes ham or tuna salad and sometimes salmon and veg and ocassionally homemade bolognese and cottage pie etc.

So pretty much every meal has protein with it.

This sound like enough or too much?  thank you :0)

OK so im learning, thanks all!

The running is what i do at 6.30am just to get me going for the day so its not before my initial workout which is at 1.30pm on my dinner break.  I am using machines but i have a reviewsoon and im going to ask for a programme on the free weights.  Currently i do chest press, seated leg press, hip adduction, seated row, seated dip and then on the mat which is the only 'free' weight, as such, that i do is my sit ups, leg raises, side crunches etc.

I go on my lunch break so i only have hlf an hr i do 20 reps on each of the above and it seems to take bout 20 ish mins n then i stretch etc.

Melkor i hear your a man of great knowledge on this subject and what you've said above makes no sense to me at all ;0) sorry...i have no knowledge of fitness or how it works or how your body/muscles work etc so if you do have some time i would really appreciate any information that you can offer.

I have so far learnt that your muscles need a days rest to repair, i am doin 3 days of weights m, w and f.  I realise that you should do weights before you do cardio which i always do. 

I am slightly confused as to how  i can be doing TOO much cardio??? I like doing it, i like the exercise and the way it makes me feel so just how is it bad for me?  I dont ache or feel over tired etc, i do listen to my body.

Please could you offer any advice, anyone with knowledge..?  How can i do more weights until i move onto free weights and how am i doing too much cardio.

Thanks again guys, thanks alot!   :0))  xx Appreciated

Oh and my goals are to overhaul my lifestyle and become healthy and fit and to eventually work up to doing at least an hours exercise 6 days a week.  I would also like to lose 46lbs, tone my thighs, arms and if ever possible have a flat stomach....not 6 pac, just flat 

OK so I hear ur point about the drinking and take aways until im well 'in the zone' lol!

i totally appreciate the psyching, trying, wanting zone too but thats totally where i am......u must have experienced that at some stage?

Ive just eaten chips and guess what i feel totally totally gorjed and bloated, so altho it tastes nice the actual pleasure aspect last about 10 minutes....because afterwards i regret it, feel bloated and no im helpin myself put on weight not take it off.

KAREN and 10bysummer ive added u as buddies, thought we could drag ourselves out a this together.

WHY do we do this eh?

Anyway to get into the doing zone im going to pledge the following.........

4 times gym

twice kickboxing

one swimming

one aerobics class

1500kcals a day - shared however i fancy but NEVER exceeded

only have a saturday off exercise

relax

destress - spend time on myself...nails, hair, make up, dvd etc

weigh weekly monthly thing just didnt work

for every 7lbs lost treat myself to either clothes, shoes or accessories

dont drink any alcohol for 1 month OK this might sound really bad but i am going to find this unbelievably hard, like ive never gone that long without even so much as a glass of wine or a couple of bacardi's etc....this may be too ambitious? ?  I'll think about it!!

PLEASE can you guys set some targets too?? pwetty pwease lol?  ;0))

K so they start as tomorrow morning! (good day its my day off exercise hehe)

I will print these off and stick em all over ma bedroom wall n ma food cupboard! This is my future, my happiness, my health!!!! In the words of GI Jane ' out with airy-fairy' and in with the new!

xxx  :0))

yep used to ALLLL the time.   What i do is just NOT mither about it.

If i say to myself im goin to the gym then thats it, i just dont think about it again-like autopilot and i remind myself that i do actually like it, that il feel great afterwards, that i only have to do half an hr if i feel like it and that its helpin me reach my slimmer self.

what i mena by this is i used to go over n over it in my head findin excuses why it wudnt matter if i didnt go etc.  so now i just make up my mind first thing in the mornin n thats it, dnt give it a second thought n if i get those niggly oooh but itd be nice not to i just remind myself of the above.

I go 5 times a week tho so i get 2 days off from the gym, i do other things but i get 2 clear days off from the gym and i found this helped me.  I set myself a target....4 times a week minimum at the gym and ive ended up with 5 lol.  However if i do only do 4 im not too bothered either, 4 is my minimum.

So maybe if u set urself some goals as such, some barriers, u wudnt be left to mithering n feeling so forced to go?? i dunno, it works for me lol.

Plus with your hike, ur work and goin 5-6 times a week pls remember that one day off is normal, fine and very much OK.  Dont panic, if u didnt feel like it u just didnt feel like it.  Tomorrow is a new day and all that.  If you put too much pressure on yourself you'll get yourself down which will make u feel low and you may end up not wantin to go again.

Just forget it and get bk to normal and say WELL DONE for your success to date, for still goin, for the changes you've made etc.  Realise your success and how far you have come!!   xxx

OK thank you ALL!!!

Ive had a slight reality check and thought there MUST be a reason for this small amount etc.

So......I went bk through my journal, addedd up every days kcals, worked out my maintenance over those days, subtracted what id eaten and divided this by 3500 and GUESS WHAT!!! lol what a freakin revelation........im ALOT happier :0)

It went like this ...

Maintenance - 552500kcals

Eaten - 46245kcals

Deficit -  9005kcals = 2.5lbs

Therefore thats equals 2.5lbs and guess what i lost 2lbs....(the scale was flashing between 13.1 and 13.2 so im guessing 2.5lbs is spot on)

I am fine with it now, i know that it's because of what ive eaten, so those 'few' 'bad' days have actuall been more frequent and bigger than i remembered and they are the reason i have not lost any more! 

Yes my lifestyles a million better and yes ive learned so much and also this is me now, i cant imagine 'going back' i dont feel like theres anything to go back to...this is it!

So in that respect these measly 2lbs arnt gonna go bk on are they lol.

Now i can see that this result is down to my actions and not unexplained i am fine with it.

I always said baby step because i wanted to focus on permanent lifestyle changes so the 'diet' as such wud have to be subsequent to learning new habits. 

Anyway goin forward i now realise that not only do 'bad' days cause a hugh influx of kcals but they also increase my apetite for the following days and leave me feeling sluggish and bloated....all in all not worth doing any more frequent than once a month, maybe even less.  for an occasion not just because i fancy it!

So theres one major lesson learned.

Also i see that alcohol has a massive effect mainly because my 'bad' days have been due to having consumed far far too much alcohol.  So i will now endeavour to consume an average and/or more reasonable amount and a lot less regularly.  I also realise that there are healthier versions of salty foods other than chinese takeaways, pizza and crisps lol.

Another major lesson.

So i need to back up take those 2 lovely lbs for what they are...a result of my learning and not a result of failure and be proud and happy and go forward.

At least this way im slowly saying goodbye to the old me....and this way it is alot less likely to return.

Im goin to weigh again in a fortnight (im still conscious of not becoming obsessed with the numbers again)  fortnightly is plenty i think.

thank you very very much!!!   xxx

Well it cant be BDD, it cant be imaginary guess why...............cuz ive only lost 2lb!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2lb in 2.5 weeks WHATTTTTT????????

Never ever ever have i done so badly in the first 2 weeks of dieting.

excuse the anger but i just feel so let down by this.

i wont give up, im healthier and fitter i know but seriously, 2lb????? why, what am i doing wrong? what av i gotta change?

WTF???

spose.

i am very hard on myself and i find it hard to relax sometimes, i have phases of being perfectly happy n fine n then thinkin this is too good to be true, i must change something/something must be wrong.

I may weigh once a fortnight.  i think i will definitely get weighed on Monday......or shall i just put myself out my misery and weigh tomorrow morning n every fortnight after that or as and when i feel like this?

this is where this has started, ive convinced myself that i must be putting weight on or not losing because i am not finding it that difficult and then low n behold i start mithering n therefore finding it difficult.

I have to say this though.......I AM VERY PROUD that i have not given up! Ive carried on with the gym and my kcals intake etc.