Thread: SA's 810 and beyond diary a.k.a My daily kick up my own behind ;-)

I just googled Hotel Chocolat.... my gosh. I want one of those choc eggs with more choc in it.............

No you don't

And neither do I really...

There's hotel chocolate shops too.

We have a thorntons cafe close by and I love it. Unfortunately the coffee alone comes to 2 million calories, and you can hardly go there for just a coffee can you??

Originally Posted by Serena A

Someone posted something along the lines of "don't worry your tastes and your attitude will have changed once you've reached goal". I've seen others say this before and I thought - well hang on a minute, if that's really the case then why do 95% of those who lose the weight then go on to regain it??

Indeed. I'm sure that some people might think I can be a tad negative about maintenance. I certainly don't mean to be. Wouldn't change it for love nor money! But I want to be realistic.

I do think that many people have an assumption that the work is in the diet and when at goal, everything will be worked out.

However I have already proved my own strength by getting this far and I will prove it again by maintaining my achievement and to hell with what anyone else thinks or does as they are not me - so there!

Dead right there

THERE IS ALWAYS WORK TO BE DONE KD!

Bren'X

Only 4lbs to go to goal, OMG you total and utter star, so proud of you my lovely kind lady, ohhhhhhh yeah damn hot too, from what I hear.

Originally Posted by penny35

Only 4lbs to go to goal, OMG you total and utter star, so proud of you my lovely kind lady, ohhhhhhh yeah damn hot too, from what I hear.

Thank you my darling, you are always too sweet and kind to me xx

Lost another 2lbs tonight...yay!

Now moving up to the 1000 calorie step which I'm both happy and anxious about. I've been thinking about it a lot recently because I know I will put on some water weight next week due to the reintroduction of carbs, and although my "logical" head knows it is absolutely nothing to worry about, my "sabotage/fed up with CD/you deserve a treat blahblah" head is trying to mess things up for me. I've therefore written a letter to myself in preparation for this which I will post now so that I can read and reread as required...hopefully I might listen to myself!

Thought for the day:

"Change has a considerable psychological impact on the human mind. To the fearful it is threatening because it means that things may get worse. To the hopeful it is encouraging because things may get better. To the confident it is inspiring because the challenge exists to make things better."

Dear Me,

I heard you were feeling a bit fed up because the scales didn’t quite tell you what you wanted to hear, so I thought I would talk some sense into you before you give it all up in disgust.

First thing’s first...did you stick to your eating plan this week? No extras or sneaky ingredient swaps? Because if you cheated then try coming back for tea and sympathy when you’ve done it properly - bah! Oh you did do it properly? Good girl, I knew you wouldn’t let me down.

So here’s the thing...if you stuck to your plan then DO NOT WORRY what the scales say...you don’t need a mechanical object to tell you that you still fit into those new jeans – your jeans tell you that! Those scales are simply a tool to indicate to you and your CDC that you’re generally travelling in the right direction but when it comes down to a lb or two when you’ve stuck to plan then see it for what it is...just an indication.

After all, if you and a 30 stone person could step on some scales on the Moon you’d both weigh in at around 2 ounces - that’s if you hadn’t floated away first! But in reality one of you would be an awful lot larger than the other regardless of the numbers...

Still feeling down huh? Tsk...I’ll put it yet another way for you. You’re only a few lbs away from your ideal weight. Your weigh-in is usually in the evening, fully clothed and several pints of water glugged, right? So go and get weighed tomorrow morning in your undies (not the saggy greying ones – show your CDC you’re a classy bird really) and voila – instant goal!

What do you mean that would be cheating yourself and it doesn’t alter the fact that you want to lose a few more lbs to fit into the clothes size you know you’d be happy in?

I hope you are seeing this for the nonsense that it really is. I will repeat it again - if you have stuck to plan you are going in the right direction. Any fluctuation is water weight which has absolutely no impact in the long term unless you choose to use it as an excuse to overeat.

Got it now? Good.

Love,
Me xx

Love it!! x

Serena you are doing so well. Almost goal.....go hun!!! Love your letter to yourself.

Bless you,loving your letter to yourself, decided it was for me too, cos Iam selfish that way.
Congrats on doing so well, darling please could you tell me what size jeans your in now and your top size, just so I can be alittle more jealous.

So, my first day on 1000 with lots of lovely starchy carbs waiting for me and...I go and eat two CD cranberry bars for my dinner

Have hubby's grandparents coming round for a meal tomorrow and will not have time to do all the cooking and housework before they arrive. Therefore today I got in from work and made steak pie filling, a plain beef stew for me to have instead of the pie, and a bakewell tart (all from scratch) for tomorrow's meal. By the time I'd done all that the last thing I wanted to do was start cooking again for myself...

I did have a few new carbs today though - had plain fat-free yoghurt instead of milk allowance and topped it with frozen mixed berries - delicious!

I also turned down the mountains of luscious looking choccy cakes that someone had brought into the office for their birthday.

My biggest concern about this step was "Oh no, no ketosis to keep my mind in check so I'll be swapping lots of calories for stuff I shouldn't have yet" which hasn't happened. So all in all I am pleased with how my first 1000 day went, not ideal of course but it could have been soooo much worse if I'd let my sabotage head have its way.

Thought for the day:

"Being happy doesn't mean that everything is perfect. It means that you've decided to look beyond the imperfections."

Hi hon,

Glad you enjoyed the berries! ;-) Fruit is lovely! What fruit are you allowed on 1000? All sorts? Or low GI?

Fruit rules! :-)

x

Fruit does indeed rule! I have to be careful what I have because my teeth are super-sensitive so the acid in most fruits hurts them. Today I've had mainly blueberries - they're not in the CD book but CDC said they were ok and calorie/carb values are comparible to other fruits. I also had some grapes and raspberries which are allowed as well. We can also have kiwis, strawberries, peaches, apples, kiwi, mango etc - even bananas are in there!