Thread: Slimjim's journey to sustainable weight loss

Hello!

I am starting a new diary in the healthy eating forum as that is my aim! I've been hanging about in slimming world & trying it out, but I've had enough of points & syns etc... I want to be free from it all Basically I'm trying to find a sustainable/maintainable plan where by I don't feel denied & deprived....aren't we all

I'm a long term yo yo dieter (10yrs+ - basically my entire adult life) & for the last several years I've fluctuated between 9st10 & 10st10. I tend to settle at 10st3 but for my wedding earlier this year I hit 9st7 on my scales at home Good times! I maintained it for a few weeks but the honeymoon put paid to it & I ate too much bread & chocolate & drank too much wine!!

I'd love to get back down there again and MAINTAIN it So this is my experiment...I've got to find a way to keep the weight off while not depriving myself too much....

If you got this far thanks for reading

So after a weekend off any kind of plan I decided a 2 day detox was in order. My usual weigh in is a Wednesday but I weighed myself yesterday to see if it's made a difference. My weight was 141.5lb. The detox is based around freshly made juices, which is not the best way to take in fruit and may have a negative effect on my loss. However, hopefully my internal organs will be feeling better!!

Monday:

Apple & dextro to start before my run. I'm following c25k and I'm on week 5 - day 1
B: Ginger Pear Cooler juice
Sn: almonds, seeds, 2 dried apricots & 2 plums
L: mixed salad with beetroot & beans, Wound Healer juice
Sn: hummus & crudités
D: Stress Tonic juice with bean & veg soup
Sn: pear & nuts
Lettuce & Apple sleepy head juice

Added the beans to lunch & almonds to morning snack as VERY peckish!!

Tuesday

B: Minted Greens juice & half an apple
Sn: walnuts, apple & hummus & crudités
L: Perfect Passion juice, & salad with beetroot & beans
Sn: red grapes, plums & seeds
D: Blueberry & Acai Berry shake & bean & veg soup with some brown rice (too hungry)
Sn: cashews
Lettuce & Apple Sleepyhead

I ate more than I should of but it's the things they said I can eat just 2 tblspn instead if 1!! I was so hungry yesterday afternoon! Still I had my seeds & grapes then went to my brothers to sing happy birthday. I resisted the cake & cava & enjoyed a lovely mug of lemon & ginger tea instead!! It was ok though as I knew I could take some cake and have it post detox!!

THE RESULT of this detox came in this morning....I weighed at 137.25lb, that's a whopping 4.25lb loss in 2 days!!! Obviously it's just a short tern thing and the idea now is that I stay very healthy for the next few days & slowly introduce other foods eg red meat, bread, pasta... I doubt that'll happen, but I'd like to at least keep it off and not gain this week.....gotta be good, gotta be good....

Congratulations on your detox, you did really well
And I bet you feel fantastic in yourself now too!

I am thanks and I really really enjoyed my jacket potato for lunch, real food!!

So yesterday I enjoyed my chocolate a little too much!! Still I felt deserving after the detox

Pre run: banana & a couple of almonds
Post run: apple & glass milk
B: oats so simple with blueberries
L: jacket potato with tuna, bean & beetroot salad
Sn: yoghurt & berries
D: bean & veg stew with 3 fish fingers & brown rice
Sn: nuts & raisins, 4 chunks maya gold, WW toffee bar 2x caramel Rose type choccies
Small glass red wine

I also did week 5 run 2 of c25k & cycled to work & back, so the food intake is probably ok...? We shall see....

Thursday

B: apple, berries, muesli, shape & lf fromage frais
Sn: granola bar, half banana
L: plum, tuna, beetroot & rice salad
D: chicken & veg in Piri Piri sauce with yoghurt on rice followed by arctic farm frozen yoghurt
Sn: Shapers mint bar & large glass of wine

Cycled to & from work & supported someone to swim, so I'm sure some calories burnt

Probably going to see a gain this week but it's just a test & I feel good for it

Your lunch and dinner sound interesting. When do you weigh-in? Glad you're still feeling good after your detox

Well we're not sure we'll have the dinner again any time soon. My husband bought a jar of hot Piri Piri sauce, the yoghurt was to calm it down. Now I like hot & spicy food but it took my mouth an hour to calm down!!

I WI on a Wednesday morning at home, but I GI to boots every now & then as I have a ticket from 2008 where I weigh 132lb & I'm striving for that I suppose! Probably still thought I was gigantic then!! Low 9s for me would be brilliant, I don't think I have the motivation, will power, or lifestyle to go any lower

Yes still feeling good about the detox, got comments at work yesterday as it really flattened my tummy. I am going to aim for 1 clean day a week, so no prepared/processed food, meat, crisps, chocolate, booze etc & see if that helps...

Originally Posted by slimjim79

Yes still feeling good about the detox, got comments at work yesterday as it really flattened my tummy. I am going to aim for 1 clean day a week, so no prepared/processed food, meat, crisps, chocolate, booze etc & see if that helps...

Ooh, that must have been nice! Good idea about the one clean day a week - you can see how you go from there!

Friday

Difficult day - I had my (step) granddads funeral, not nice. The wake was a nice opportunity to remember him & see some old faces, but also involved more drink than I can remember...

Pre-run: rice cake & houmous
Post-run: special k with skimmed milk
Sn: apple
L: WW bagel with flora light & beans
Wake: small buffet plate, 3 pints lager & approx 3 or 4 glasses if vino
Late: bread with ham, walkers crisps, some sweets & chocolate

So not brilliant but managed a 20 minute run, no stopping, which with the warm up & cool down burnt 360 calories. So that should help...

Sorry to hear about your granddad and thinking of you, take care x

Originally Posted by fit4hols

Sorry to hear about your granddad and thinking of you, take care x

Thank you, not the easiest of times

Weekend....hmmmm

Saturday - not great, hanging a bit if I'm honest!

B: special k with milk, 1 piece jam & flora light on toast
Sn: apple & banana
L: low fat supernoodles & skips
Sn: 2 x bread & flora light, walkers crisps, small glass of fruit juice
D: chicken with roast veg in tomato sauce with potato wedges followed by shape delight with raspberries
Dr: a 20 cal beer & large glass vino

Hmmmm....not very healthy!! And I've promised myself a cream tea tomorrow!

Sunday

B: homemade muesli, yoghurt, apple & berries
L: couscous, chicken salad & pasta salad (picnic)
Sn: scone with cream & jam
(went to a national trust place today hence the picnic & my promised cream tea!!)
D: fresh pesto chicken pasta, shape delight & berries
Dr: bottle peroni & Czech beer

So I have guesstimated my calories on my fitness pal & working from Monday to today it reckons I'm 26cal per day over my goal of 1540. I have it set on losing 0.5lb a week as I'm not in any major hurry. So fingers crossed after my clean day tomorrow & cleanish day Tuesday the WI shouldn't be too awful!!

Ooh, cream tea, makes my mouth water! Bet it was nice! Sounds like you're not too badly over your calories though - hope Monday and Tuesday go according to your plan and you are pleasantly surprised by your weigh-in!