Thread: CrazyCatLady wants to lose weight for good this time!

I'm 25, just finished second year of Uni. I've been on diets since I was at secondary school. I just seem to be on a diet for about 4 months, I lose a stone and then I put it all back on again for the rest of the year. I'm not overweight by that much, I'm 5'2" and currently weigh 10 st 11lbs. My BMI is 27ish so not that bad. However, I hate the way I look. I am sick of seeing my double chin when I look in the mirror. I hate seeing my stomach sticking out. I don't feel like I look like ME, I don't feel like I look young.

I am getting so fed up of going round in circles, I just want to lose the weight once and for all.

I am doing it by cutting down on refined carbs, cutting out what I call the 4 C-words, crisps, chips, cake and chocolate and cooking myself low-fat meals from a BBC Good Food cookbook, doing lots of walking and I am going to start going to Zumba classes. I really need to do more exercise but I can't afford to go to the gym and I got fed up of running last year.

Any words of wisdom or messages from people who can relate to this would be appreciated.

I really want this to be it this time.

Thanks for listening

I know what you mean, I am in my 40's and constantly seem to either being on a diet or eating rubbish. There is no middle ground with me.

I have found doing the "30 day shred" dvd really helpful (and hard) Has really improved my fitness levels we and is only £5. Jillian Michaels says the best way to lose weight is intense cardio and her DVD certainly is.
Wish I knew the solution to yo-yoing

Thanks bluenose, I'll have a look on amazon. I like Jillian Michaels

Overeating is an ingrained habit - changing this requires time and 2 steps forward 1 step back constantly. The best thing I have found that no guru ever tells you is that you must embrace this success-failure cycle as normal. My hypnotherapist told me about the cycle of change which explains it - google that and it should be helpful.

The diet industry sells easy fast WL - some people can do that, but its not realistic for most of us. I just keep thinking - where do I want to be in 2 years time?

I mean - after 30 years of WL efforts I am finally grasping that slow but permamanent WL is the only way. It's hard being patient sometimes!! GRRR!

It's very hard to be patient, I can't seem to stay on track for more than a few months. Because I'm small, I have very small losses. Also, my weigh-in is tomorrow but I've been wanting to hop on those scales for days now lol!

I'm being positive though. My Jillian Michaels DVD should come in the next few days, and as I've paid for it I am going to get lots of use out of it. Also, this morning I went for my first run in 9 months. I need to work hard to get back to how well I ran last year but I did quite well this morning.

Just weighed in, 10st 8lbs meaning I have lost 3lbs this week so pleased! Going to keep going, watching The Biggest Loser tonight for more inspiration and some Jillian!

My 30 day shred DVD arrived today. I'm at my mum's and I just found out the DVD player doesnt work. So a fat lot of good that does (no pun intended). And I've got a funny few weeks ahead of me, on placement and couch surfing as I don't have my own place at the moment, so it looks like I won't be able to go on it much. Still, I am going to try and snatch the odd 20 minutes whenever I can. So watch this space.

Yay just got it to work on my laptop! Man it killed me but it is great as everyone says.

Did second day of level one this morning. My arms are feeling it! Not sure when I'll be able to do some more, hopefully within the next week

Did my third day of Level 1 of Shred this morning. Those side lunges really hurt. Legs and arms aching. Starting to do the harder version.

yay keep it up gal!

Originally Posted by Lynnella

yay keep it up gal!

Thanks Lynella Level 1 day 4 completed. Felt sick afterwards like the previous times. Will stick with it though. Looking forward to seeing some results. Not looking forward to level 3 though

Day 5 and 6 of Level 1 completed and I'm very proud of myself. It was a lot easier this morning. Today I start a placement and last night I decided I didn't want to miss a day of shred so I decided to sleep in my workout clothes so I would be ready to do it as soon as I got up! How committed is that?

Weigh in tomorrow, will post the results tomorrow night, after I've been to the theatre to watch Phantom of the Opera with a friend! Seems like an eternity since my last weigh-in. Oh yeah, Zumba tonight!

Well I did day 7 of Level 1 of 30 day shred today, and I weighed myself in Boots and....I gained 4 pounds! Just a pound under my start weight now and I've been on this diet for 4 weeks. Denying myself of food I love, checking labels, killing myself with the workouts. Not very happy at all. I'm really trying to stay with it. I want to continue doing the Shred. I hope I lose 7 pounds next week. I was wearing heels on the scales. Would that make a difference? Also it's nearly my TOTM. It can't just be muscle though. Surely I should have lost at least 3 lbs of fat with all those calories burned. Making it a 7lb gain of muscle in a week.

Some help would be much appreciated...