Posts by amanda111w

Hi everyone,

I am struggling again. Up 1lb this week. The last few days i have been eating loads of chocolate. I dont usually have it in the house except for some very small bars (kids lunch box size) for occasional treats. but this weekend my husbands daughter bought him a giant (400g) bar for Fathers day and my parents were visiting and got us a box of chocs. i am working from home and i have just been picking at them and now they are gone!!! Today, my totm arrived, so i guess i was just craving it. Hope to get back on track soon but now i am am really craving some cake. i have not excercised this week either, i am not feeling motivated......

kae, hang in there, you have done really well in the last 3 months. I know what you mean though, i am less than half way and this site says i will reach my target just after christmas. Some weeks we struggle with motivation some weeks are ok, but we WILL get there eventually.

Moday weigh in, i have lost the 3lb i put on in my 2 weeks of weakness. back to 184 lb

monday weigh in, lost 2lb this week, which is suprising as i have not been "good", had my worst average clories for the week since i started.

I went to a hen party on saturday. We paid in advance and had a 3 course meal and unlimited drinks. Since starting this diet in Jan i have no more than 2-3 glasses of wine over a weekend, so my body did not know what had hit it after a few glasses of wine and 3-4 gin and slimline tonics. I was fine on saturday and had a great night, but yesterday i felt so ill. I didnt eat anything until the eveining and then had bad things including chicken burger, fries and 6 choc biscuits with full sugar coke.  This week i will have to be good, as next week i am going to a conference in Scotland. staying in a hotel that serves full scotch breakfast, for 5 nights. of couse i will try to eat cereal and fruit some days, but i will allow myself a fry up 1-2 days.

Hi Jeanus, welcome back!! i was wondering what had happened to you, as you started the post but i havnt seen you post for a while. Dont worry about gaining, just treat this as a new start.

Thanks for starting the post, i have found it helps to keep me on track. The monday weigh ins are good for my motivation, and if i have not done so well i use it as a confessional LOL!

Weighed in today, i lost 2 lb, down to 187. Thats good as didnt lose last week, i think it must have been water.

Morgi xx, You, have done really well for a year, keeping up healthy eating habits long term is hard. I have only been here for 4 months and somedays i struggle and just want a diet holiday. I am trying to hold off for as long as i can. But, now you are giving it another go, just take each day at a time. Try to focus on the positives and how far you have come already.

Also, i find zigzaging my calories helps, so i am trying to average 1500 per day so during the week i have maybe 1350-1550, then i can have 1800 on staurday. That way i can satisfy a craving or 2 on saturday, helps me from falling off the wagon., good luck!

Monday weigh in, i didnt lose any this week. i went up 1lb and then back down again. I have been sticking to the planned calories and i excerised 5 days out of 7. So this week i am trying to increase the intensity by adding intervals of 1 minute jogs into my walks. I started this morning, i probalbly have not run since i left school (like 20 years ago!!), apart from the odd burst of energy when i am late for a bus. So this was quite an acheivement for me! I am hoping to build up to running for a full 20 minutes, and then maybe 30. small steps but hopefully i will start to lose again.

hello everyone,

I lost 2lb this week, so i am happy that i am back on track. I have been eating better but still have a few little chocolate treats from easter. I am only 1lb away from my mini-goal of losing 10% of my start weight (21 lb). i hoping to get there by next monday.

My husband is setting up a weight training bench in the garage so i am hoping he will show me how to include some strengh training into my exercise. At the moment i have an excercise DVD that i do twice a week and i walk about 2 miles 3 x per week.

Hi,

I have increased my calories a bit this week, but i have still lost one lb so not bad. I went to the supermarket this morning and my husband and i bought half price easter eggs in the sale. It was probably a really bad idea as both of us are trying to lose weight. I bought lots of little things rather than a big egg and have spent the afternoon on the web calculting how may calories in a lindt mini egg and mini bunny, etc LOL!! So i will have to ration my little treats out over the next few weeks.

I am going out for a walk now to burn the calories for a chocolate treat tonight!

Ok, time for the monday weigh in.

start weight: 210 jan 7th

lest week: 196

today: 194

lost: 2 lb

I am happy with that.

My husband is dieting with me, he had about 20 lb to lose and is nearly at his target weight, whereas i have 40 lb to go, boo hoo. It will be so hard to stay motvated when he is allowed 1000 cal more per day then me !! this weekend we have been mostly good but did spend quite a long time hovering in the chocy puds section of the supermarket. The choc pud we wanted was nearly 500cal but we did find a whipped cream filled meringue with a little choc coating for 150 cal. It was nice to have dessert as we havent done that for a while.

i have had the same problem. I lost 10lb over 6-7 weeks and did not lose a single inch from my waist or hips, but 1.5" off my chest. It is annoying but persevere, it will come off eventually. Now i have lost another 2 lb and finally i saw an inch lost from my waist. it just takes time. it comes off where it wants to!