Posts by boudjies

Hedgren, thank you.

I know this can become a bigger problem than it already is, and I'm not going to let that happen.

Right so plan of action - 1600 a day for two weeks (light training), then 1800 for two weeks, then 2000... just looking at this makes me scared but I'm going to try!!!

again thanks for the feedback, just what I needed!!

hi suckafolove, I had something similar with my dad, he had a drinking problem and only ate red meat and bread... and never ate breakfast. So really unhealthy. My mom divorced him because of his drinking habits and my dad and I have a really rocky relationship because of his drinking. He never listened, we begged him to  stop, I never took friends to his house because I was embarrassed, I learned to cook age 11 because I was fed up when visiting him of only eating red meat and bread. - not that he ate what I made he still had his red meat and bread and my brother and I would have veggies and stuff my mom use to make -

anyway, to cut a very long story short, he got very very ill lost 30kgs because, his liver started failing and his body stopped absorbing nutrients from the food, he went to his GP who immediately referred him to a specialist, he then told my dad if he doesn't stop drinking and start eating properly he will die in 3 months.

At last he listened, he doesn't drink anymore and started eating veggies, he is slowly starting to pick up weight and getting better. What I'm trying to say, is sometimes they have to get to the very end before they turn around and realise they still want to enjoy life.

Good luck with everything, I'm thinking of you (I'm also an emotional eater but getting better at it, sometimes I still fall off the wagon, but get back on it the following day , I managed to not feel guilty afterwards anymore)

Enjoy your evening.

I was eating a peanut butter and jelly sandwich and my boss asked me: What on earth are you eating? After telling him he pulled a face and said, oh no he'd never be able to eat THAT... after a couple of minutes he admitted that he'd never in his whole life had peanut butter.... how is that possible? Almost 40 and never had peanut butter... ?!

Oh I love my George, it's the best thing ever. I make chicken thighs, drumsticks, pork chops everything on it. The bones don't matter too much, the chicken just take a bit longer but on a low heat 175degrees, it still stays juicy. The best is, that your chicken breasts come out really juicy, pan frying sometimes makes it really dry.

I've made sweet potato drizzled with honey... mmm yummy. toasted sandwiches, you can basically make everything on it and the best thing is - chicken in the oven take more than an hour to get nice and tender, on george it's about 12 minutes for thighs.

I totally agree livingindubai08, the winter is getting to us, it's cold, miserable and wet and that makes a difference. Why dont' we start a motivation blog and each day log whether you cheated or kept to your plan.

I can start off by saying thank you to m_c_85 for saying the best thing possible, forget about it and start again, don't regret it, and just focus on what you want to do.

I did really well yesterday and am really proud of myself, it really does give you a boost of confidence if you get one day right because then you know you can do it again!

So come on girls, think about the summer and yes imagine it is summer and everyone is in their bikini's.

(You can clearly see I'm more motivated, if you said something like this to me last week I think I would have laughed at you, but lets try, it's all we can do)

Hope to hear from anyone again.

Thanks but my routine is working out fine - the only problem is my arms and getting them stronger.

I love eating avo, so I would definitely try that, as well as the portions, I would have to make it up at home so that I can't snack on the other portions though... lol. I was told by a friend the otherday that if you are so hungry you can't wait anymore, to have one teaspoon of peanutbutter on a piece of celery... imagine that, i hate celery, but it's quite good.

Juliadil, I think nuts are healthy and I don't think you have a problem or else I would have a problem too... he he he

thanks guys, enjoy your nuts!!!

Whitney

I feel horrified after reading all your replies on the good posts. This website is the best thing that has ever happened to me . I'm 5,4" and 125llbs, which is a healthy weight. I do still have a couple of pounds that I can get rid off, but I know that it's going to take time.

When I started obsessing about my weight (just like you are doing now) I wanted it off in a month. I tried the 3day diet (DON'T DO IT!!!) and stuck to it for a couple of months. I lost a lot in the first month (from 132LLB to 125LLB) and then stopped completely. Guess what, I started gaining then. Still stuck to the 3day diet, and still gained.

I picked up all the weight that I lost during the 3 day diet, and had to start from scratch... (if only I didn't google for quick fix diets and found this site earlier)

The problem was I was eating less than 1200 per day, I then started getting ill, flu, constantly tired, running out of breath quickly, and getting extreme headaches. I found this website and started reading about the calorie deficit etc (and everything that everyone has told you so far). At first I didn't want to believe it (just like you) and then one day i decided to give it a go.

I'm married and I still enjoy good food (love cooking) and I eat what my husband eat, I just started limiting my calories. Now I'm eating between 1400 - 1500 per day and it is enough to keep me going for the whole day.

I joined a gym and now I'm a gym junkie - I go 4 times a week and I really enjoy it!!! I;m back on 125llbs, but I've lost a lot of inches around my thighs and waist and bum its amazing. I had to get all my new clothes adjusted as it was falling off me.

The bottom line is.... you have to eat more and yes you will most probably gain a bit again - not saying you will gain all of it, especially if you exercise which I didn't at the time. But before you do it, you have to sit down and write down why you want to loose weight... are you doing it for someone else? or for yourself? I don't want to know, but you have to know that you are doing it for yourself and not for anyone else.

These days all you see in the magazines are size 0 models and it's not pretty, there you got it from the horses mouth, that men don't like it when girls are so skinny.

I'm going on about this because like healthybmi said, you listen to the one person that says yes you can eat 1000cals a day, when there are scientific facts about how much cals you need to be able to function.

Please girl if you don't believe anyone on this site, go and see a nutritionist. It has been suggested and then another person will tell you that what you are currently doing is messing your metabolism. I saw changes in my health after 3 months.... you might not but it can happen now or later. All you have to do is start eating more and healthy.

Here is what I had yesterday

Breakfast - Jordans muesli with 2% milk - 292

Snack at 10h00 - 10 fresh cherries - 43

Lunch at 12h30 - wholewheat roll with lettuce, cucumber, lunch meat, and low fat cheese - 440

Snack at 4pm - 2 carrots and a banana plus one block of chocolate

dinner at 8pm - lean steak, with boiled potato and steamed vegetables - 466

Also went to the gym for an hour after work that is a total of 1452 cals for the day.

You don't have to eat that much, but you have to eat a variety, get protein, carbs, natural sugars etc. and you are allowed something nice every now and then.

I'll stop now, and if you want to talk just shout please

see ya

When I'm thin, no one will ever be able to tell me to loose weight again!

Perhaps my stats can be a bit of a motivator....

November 2007 was my turning point, I decided that I should loose the extra kilos that I've been carrying along with me.

I went on the "wonderful" internet and looked for diets as I didn't want to joint the gym just yet, I found a thing called the 3 day diet, it is sooooo hard and you really starve yourself but none the less stayed on it - didn't know any better - lost 5kg in a matter of a month. I then went on holiday.

Didn't stay on the diet in December and was so fed up with eating nothing, but yet, I started it again in January.

I completely stopped loosing weight, I went on the internet again and found CC where I read the forums and realised that my body was in Starvation mode.

I then changed my eating habits by eating more calories and more times a day and I also joined the gym, I excersize 4 times a week - weight training 3 times a week and extensive cardio once a week.

II still weight myself once a week but the scale says that I've only lost another 2 kilos since January. My husband told me to start measuring myself and did that for the first time 18 February. Last night he measured me again, and guess what?!

According to the scale I'm the same as what I was 3 weeks ago, but according the the measurements, I've lost 5cm around my waist - lovehandle area- and 2 cm around my bum....

I realised that the scale is only a measuring tool. But the proof is in the clothes I wear, and the people that see me.

Bottom line - hang in there, and don't only use the scale, get a tape measurer and start measuring. you are bound to notice a difference.

Not offended at all, I had a friend with an Eating disorder, and know what she went through - hell!

I don't know you but I still don't want you to go through that again. I'm also struggeling to loose the extra couple of kilos that I have. I'm not fat but as you say I have couple of kilos to play with in my safe weight zone that I want to get rid off. so I know the feeling.

Good luck, let me know if you've found a way to start loosing those "moveable kilos"