Weigh In: 2.1: -6lbs

The weekend was an unmitigated disaster socially, but my weightloss could not have gone better! My appitite, helped along by a bout of nausea, is at an all time low. I am eating but only really my meals. I couldn’t ask for more.

Last week: 15.4/214lbs
This week: 14.12/208lbs
Loss: -6lbs

I guess a lot of it is water, but that does not matter to me. All I know and care about is that the scales are going in the right direction again, I am looking and feeling slimmer and am in control again. My stomach is MUCH flatter and my face is not so podgy. It is great!

First Day…

I have changed my layout once more, the effort I have put in this time really does reflect just how serious I feel about it now. I guess I had to get to the point where I need to turn it around and last night something clicked into place in my head, it felt different, and I guess that was motivation and focus that I so badly needed.

I was really bad with eating last night, once I have a bad choice that is pretty much it, the day is a write off, so I just ate with abandon, knowing today would be completely different. If I am perfectly honest though I did wonder if it would be any different today but when I woke up it just was, like motivation had parked its bum in today.

I stayed awake all day yesterday so that I would sleep last night but when it came to it I’d worked myself up into such a tizz about The Boy that sleep was not forthcoming at all. That is why I ended up redesigning my blog. It was 6am before I got any zeds, I had to get up at 7am and was back to sleep at 8am and was rudely awoken by the electricty company at 11. So as you can imagine I am shattered.

When I woke up I was quite busy, and frankly full from last night, so I didnt eat. I just had a cup of tea, with a dash of skimmed milk and canderel. Then I went over to my friends until 4.30pm so didn’t eat a thing all day. I came home and had my toast with marg and jam and another cup of tea (tea and toast is such a treat!) but got hungry within the hour so had my puffed wheat and a banana. I am just cooking up my dinner which is sweet potato, veg and salmon fishcake. Hopefully it will be all I eat tonight as I will take a Nytol tonight to get off to sleep and will give me a head start.

I weighed in this morning. I knew it would not be pretty and I was right. 15.4 stones or 214lbs. But it can only go down now that I am watching what I eat.

Seven Pounds Down

I really should update more often, I am sorry! This past week has been very busy though. Because I couldn’t go out on Saturday, I ended up going out Friday, then a flame from the recent past turned up that night too. I ended up going out Sunday too, and then on Tuesday I went to a Beck gig and last night (Wednesday) I ended up over town again! I didn’t drink last night though, I thought I should save my liver.

I have started to make sure I get out and about every day in the sunshine and that has really helped my mood. Dramas with The Boy are not helping me to stay too focused and happy at the moment but I am trying really hard anyway! My appitite has reduced significantly.

I had my first weigh in with wwonline yesterday and had lost 3lbs. This morning I am down another pound. But from my highest weight in recent times of 15.2, I am now 14.9 so that is a loss of 7lbs, or half a stone.

Starting Again…

I was doing really well with my weightloss and then I developed a really bad infection that put paid to my efforts. However, today is the first day where I feel more healthy (despite feeling a bit fluy) and so here I am with my attempt at yet another fresh start.

I have been really quite bad this past week with food. You don’t want to know the amount of ice cream I consumed yesterday (I blame the sun!). But I *have* been doing a lot of walking again, which seems to off-set too much damage. I think I was about 14.6 when I got ill and last week I was 14.10. Getting on the scales today I convinced myself that I would be out of the 14’s and into the dreaded 15-era again but I was pleased to see I have stagnated at 14.10.

I almost went and joined weightwatchers classes yesterday but didn’t because I really can’t afford to at the moment. I was hoping to go to the gym again today but feeling fluy, and my insomnia being rife, stopped me. I will take my son for a walk down the waterfront later though.

I bought a new pad the other day and I am writing everything down in there. It has tabs on each page so I am writing my weight down in there. So by the time I have used the pad up you will see my weight dwindling down.

Weigh In Week 2

Two weeks into my serious weightloss plan and I am going at a slow and steady pace, which I am happy with.

Starting weight: 14.12 /208lbs
Last week’s weigh in: 14.7 /203lbs
Today’s weight: 14.5 /201lbs

This week has seen a number of highs and lows so let’s see the good and the bad in view:

Good

• I have managed to lose a steady pace of 2lbs this week.
• I have started introducing more exercise to my daily activity again after my recent lethargy (don’t feel so tired any more).

Bad

• I havent been logging what I eat and drink every day.
• I have not been drinking enough water.
• I didn’t go to the gym.
• I didn’t blog every day, mainly because no one was commenting and I lost interest!

I am really happy with my progress so far. I have lost half a stone since I started, which is pretty cool. If I do that 3 more times, I will be 2 stone less and no longer “fat”, it really doesn’t take an awful lot of effort once you get into the swing of things.

Weigh in 1

So, today marks one week where I have been seriously, consciously and actively trying to lose weight again. I think it has been a fairly successful week:

Starting Weight: 14.12 stones/208lbs
Week 1 WI: 14.7 stones/203lbs

Seeing this new tracker is good. Although I have only lost 5lbs this time around and I am used to seeing a lot more lost, I only have 67lbs to lose this time, which is a much better figure than the 130lbs I had when I started.

John is Fit does a weekly pro’s and con’s to his behaviour the week before and I thought this was a good idea so have stolen it!

My Good

• Every day but one I managed to restrict my food to the point where I lost weight.
• Wrote everything I ate in WLR
• Wrote in my weightloss blog every day.
• Made a conscious effort to eat well – get my vitamins and nutrients, 5 fruit and veg and drank 2litres of water most days.
• I got some exercise on 5/7 days.
• I have mostly managed to curb my sleep-eating problem.
• Stayed away from beer on Saturday night.

My Bad

• I am still expressing some binge eating behaviours now and again. I need to work on this further.
• I didn’t go to the gym because I (think) am anaemic. I have slowly been getting more activity again though.
• Ate on average 35-40g of fat in my daily food intake, would like to lower this to 25-30g.

Weighing Daily

Ever since I started to lose weight I have maintained that it has been paramount for me to weigh in daily. This is something I still stand by, in fact I will say times where I am successful are when I have been weighing daily and times when I am not are when I have been less successful. It is an unorthodox approach as all the advice has been to weigh no more than once per week, but it seems the tide is turning.

In a slimming tips article on Weightloss Resources, it says:

Weigh yourself daily: This might seem more time consuming not less, but according to the experts that compile the National Weight Registry (which looks at the habits successful slimmers use to keep the weight off) it helps you spot weight gain early so you’ll only have1-2lb to lose not half a stone. ‘Weight can fluctuate daily, but if you see a gain 3-4 days running, cut back on treats for a few weeks to rebalance things,’ says nutritionist Liz Tucker.

Confidence

I widgetized my sidebar and it messed up the background and looked funny and I couldn’t work out how to fix it so I have taken off my colourful background image. 😥 At least it looks clean, I guess.

I went out last night and have vague memories of tequila shots and am feeling rather delicate so the fact that I am writing in here today now is testiment to just how serious I am about wanting to get back on track with losing.

I weighed myself just now and am still 14.9. It is starting to fustrate me a little bit now. I always always lose weight after a big night but I haven’t this week. Probably something to do with the lovely big burger I ate last night (before I went out) but it was delicious! I didn’t dance last night really so did not burn off calories but I did end up walking across the city at 4am on my own to get to my mums house because I lost my friends and had no money on me. I know! I was very scared but luckily nothing happened to me. Actually I ran for a quite a while too. W00t.

When I lost all that weight I felt so confident, I was untouchable. I really felt on top of the world. But the last few months I have started dating again and due to bad choices (when will I learn!?) my confidence has slowly been eroding. It hasn’t helped that due to boy-stress I ended up putting 10lbs on so when I looked in the mirror lately and could visably see those 10lbs around my waistline, my confidence has plummeted further. The last few weeks I have got my mojo back, and my sense of equilibrium, so I have slowly been re-gaining control of what I eat. But the thoughts I have when I look in the mirror these last few days are quite worrying. I haven’t felt this bad about myself (well, my look) since I weighed 19 stone. I really don’t know what I can do about it other than to start losing weight again (don’t bother telling me weightloss on its own won’t bring confidence – it does!) so I need to get really serious about this. REALLY SERIOUS.

Here are my intentions:

• Stick to 1600 calories, or less.
• Do NOT eat during the night. Ever.
• Drink 2-3 litres of fluids every day.
• Some form of exercise every day.
• Gym 3x a week.
• Weigh myself daily.
• Write in my blog daily.
• Keep my food diary updated.

I am also going to the doctors tomorrow for a blood test. I have been feeling wiped out for weeks now and it is not only intefering with my exercise plan but my life in general. I don’t think it can be anything too serious as I have not had it affect my weight but I think it is a good idea to get these things checked out.

Mix Up

Current Weight: 14.0 stones
Yesterday’s Weight: 14.3 stones
Yesterday’s WW Points on track? Yes
Exercise Taken Yesterday: None
Challenge Points: 4

I am back to putting this information at the top of the post because when I was doing that last time it really helped me to stay on track and lose weight. So you can see from this information that yesterday I had a good day of staying on track. It was my first such day in many weeks. I find it so hard to keep the motivation when I havent been doing it for a while but I maintain it is a lot to do with the chemicals from bad foods that make it so uncontrollable. I woke up yesterday after my night out on Saturday and just decided that would be the day I get back on track. Instead of gorging on bad foods to nurse my hangover, which I have been doing lately, I decided to cook up a treat in the way of a home made vegetable soup. It was lovely and curbed my need for bad foods and binging. Lately I have had a real problem with eating through the night (because I don’t sleep well) and last night was the first night I did not feel the need to do that, despite being up until 4am, so there has to be a connection between eating bad foods and wanting to gorge in the night. It is all good though.

You may wonder what the “challenge points” are? Well Betz and I have been talking about setting up a new challenge to help re-motivate us into weightloss. Rather than go for who can lose the most weight, we thought we would offer points for good behaviour, and then the person with the most points at, say, the end of the month is the winner. If you would like to get involved with this then leave a comment and I will update your results every week (on a Monday). Here is how you get points:

• Staying on track with food (either on points or under 1500 calories) – 3 points
• Full workout at the gym – 3 points (half arsed one, 1 point)
• 5 fruit and veg – 1 point
• 2litres of water – 1 point
• 30 minutes of exercise – 1 point (you cant count this into your gym workout to get more points, this is exercise other than a gym workout)

If I can think of other things to add for points then I will, if you have any ideas then let me know, but these are the basic stay healthy-stay on track incentives. I will do a weekly update, but the overall winner will be monthly.

I have changed my layout back to my original one. This is psychological in the main part. I was doing really really well when I had this layout. So I am hoping by putting it back up it will bring me success again. Plus it is pretty.

Today is also weigh in day. Last week I weighed in at 14.0 stones (196lbs) but over the next four days I was gorging through the night uncontrollably as I hinted at above, and by Thursday weighed in at 14.9!!! Saturday I weighed in at 14.3 and today I have weighed in at my lowest weight again of 14.0, so while I havent officially lost on my weekly weigh in, it is a huge success that I managed to regain control again and not end up two stone heavier. I am really looking forward to being in the 13’s now, like you cannot imagine. And it is going to happen in the next few days!!

Weigh In 17/02/2008

I weighed in today at 14.1 – down from 14.2 two weeks ago. I did weigh in at 14.0 yesterday but that was probably dehydration from drinking the night before. I am close to the 13’s now, I can smell them.

This weekend the problems that arose last weekend were rectified so depression is not an issue now and I feel more capable of getting on with the loss of weight. I did intend on going to the gym today but a 2-day hangover has sort of scarpered that idea, LOL. Will go tomorrow.

It is the school holidays now so I have taken the chance to stop buying bread this week. I eat far too much of it, I am possessed almost in the face of a sandwich. So no school lunches to prepare this week means we can do without it in the house. I have gone 3 days already and attribute this to my weightloss this week (I was 14.6 a few days ago). I eat far less when I don’t eat bread.

I need to find a new activity in my life. I would like to do something active. I think I may take up swimming. I have been saying it for ages now, but I really must just go and do it. I think I will take my son later in the week. Yes. Yes, I will.