Thread: Nikki in ??? IT STOPS NOW!

hi all. i've been posting in my diary in the diary section for ages and think that maybe it's time to do a maintenance diary it might just sort out my daft head from thinking lower/higher and anything but STS. just feel that maybe graduating to this section of the forum might be beneficial to my wellbeing.

reference to my diary.... http://www.minimins.com/cd-weight-lo...arted-bob.html

well i've had a really disasterous week. keep getting back to it every day and every day this week i would say it's just gone wrong. my head is not in the best of places to STS and i sometimes wonder if it is at all possible.

Well done for making the move to the maintenance section!! I totally believe that the diet in the lower stages is the easiest diet in the world, but it's maintaining that scares me! I've already proved once that if I take my eye off the ball I pile weight on quickly! BUT you never take your eye off the ball, you keep a very close watch on what goes in and how much you use in exercise.

I think it's the hardest part trying to maintain, but you can do it!!! It will get easier as things settle, your body will adjust to the levels of exercise and cals and everything will balance. Don't know how long this takes though /

Might post in 2 diaries for a while. Posted some pics in my diary of my next skirt that I bought yesterday. I love the skirt but it just doesn't love me! It doesn't love my muscly legs see....

Welcome Nikki.. maybe being over here might guide you a bit better.

as me Lelly, katie are on 1000 plan so good luck hun.!

and keep the skirt x

Welcome to the maintainers board! Once you here you can't ever leave .

There's nothing wrong with muscular legs!! It's the only part of me to ever show muscle! All I need to do is a bit of jogging or a few gym classes and I get thigh muscles like a rugby player - but rather muscles than flab which is what I have at the moment

I think the skirt looks great on you!

Hey Nikki,
welcome to this bit of the forum, everyone is lovely here and great for support and help.
Hope you are enjoying moving up the plans, its so great to be able to see the light at the end of the tunnel.

Love the skirt too!

Have a great day
x

The skirt looks great. I am so impressed, not only with your weight loss but also the runs you have been on. Go you!!!

xx

Hello Nikki, welcome to the madhouse bit of the forum... lol! Well done on your success... fantastic. I am moving up to 1000 tomorrow and looking forward to it. Just wanted to call in and say hi!

xxx

how u got on today Nikki? x

plerpst.... that's the noise when i blow raspberries at myself cause i've just been naff all day. i need to keep busy that is my key to not eating. mind diversion. also i must give up cooking nice things for others even though they like them cause my willpower right now is as good as a chocolate fireguard.

good bit - cleaned the house, washed the floors after hoovering, hung the clothes outside as it was sunny, went out to the shops to take my skirt back and didn't eat anything and walked around. also took the dog for a walk - trail style.

food bit - and bad bit - not too bad initially cd mint bar, then i cooked flapjacks and i picked at them enough to have eaten one whole flapjack , had a quorn and loads of salad sarnie for lunch with a few of hubby's doritoes... not many. just had an options hot choc.

it's weigh day tomorrow and i'm full of grief for a bad week. i think the scales are being bad and are showing 6lbs up. i'm feeling guilty of overeating as i found it hard to get a grip all week long and then friday was hubby's birthday so a visit to the cinema, wine, crisps, birthday cake and 2 slices of takeout pizza later show's the scales's damage. clawing it back is what i've tried to do. was good yesterday and also managed to fit in an hours zumba class. arms aching today so i was really going for it. to my maintenance. i'm a real naughty STS person, i feel that i just can't do it. i mean well but i seem to let myself down. then i do loads of exercise but it seems to have the opposite effect and i loose nothing much. i found that when i do no exercise and follow the 810 i loose 4lbs, when i do exercise and follow the 810 i loose 2lb max. i think my body retains water.

so i struggle with maintenance yet don't give up the daily fight. i'm just greedy and like my food too much.

goodness know's what my cdc is going to say tomorrow.

by the way.... p.s etc this is the first ever time i've decided to go to the maintenance section. maybe my head is needing to be here now.

Nikki have you talked to Julie about maintaining at all?? I didn't I just ran away lol, so I never got chance to ask her what she thought was the best way to go about it. I do remember her saying she always goes back and does a week or two on SS before her holidays and stuff. Have a chat with her about it tomorrow xxx

i've got the books and she says to try to stay away from potatoes and bread. the rubbish carbs like biscuits etc.

just find it frustrating as i would like to eat some nice things and hope that my exercise compensates for it. i'm not talking everyday. i'm talking a couple of times a week.

maintenance is not going well. i just can't do it. i think that is why i end up putting on weight then having to loose a stone or so and doing ss then 810 again.

i'm very worried about maintenance as i just really really am finding it so very hard to maintain.

The thought of maintenance scares the hell out of me!!! I can't understand how I managed to maintain my weight at 17st for years and years and only managed to stay below 12st for a month and then the weight crept back on.!! So the thought of having to try and maintain that again scares me!!

I think that's why when I get down to the lower 13's I mess about a bit, delaying the trauma of maintaining. Oh my god that's like a lightening strike I've never admitted that before!!

You're doing so well Nikki, I know it's a struggle but you're doing an amazing job!!!