Staying strong - My weight loss story

Not feeling much inspiration to write a long introduction post, a little too hungry at the moment. I started dieting 3 days ago, slimfast is my poison and at 20 stone I am looking to go down to 12 - 13 stone over the next 12 months.
I am semi happy with how I look and feel but due to a few medical complaints the doctor has recommend I lose weight, so my main motivation is losing some weight so the Doctors will stop blaming all my problems on my weight and start digging a little deeper.


Friday I had 2 Bananas for breakfast, a slimfast shake for dinner and a 500 cal ready meal for tea.
Saturday I had 2 Bananas for breakfast, a slimfast shake for dinner and a chicken dinner for tea (home made, slimming world cooking guidelines, so healthy(
Today I had a slimfast shake for breakfast and a banana, a slimfast shake for dinner and for tea I had oven cooked salmon, peas, carrots, sweetcorn and potatoes

THE DIAL ON THE SCALES WONT MOVE.


I hoping to revisit this diary at least 3 times a week and im hoping that future posts are a little more positive

Rob

Good luck Rob on your weight loss journey!

I don't know if you would call today a success or not, I had a shake for breakfast at 07:00. Planned to have another shake at dinner but ended up getting enthralled in work; by time I realised I had missed dinner it was pushing 5pm so just decided to wait until tea. Which was a slimming world recipe chilli con carni, one popadom a banana and a low fat yogurt. All in it was about 650 calories I believe.

Hunger pains were not to bad today I must admit but working within smelling distance of a Greggs, a Burger King and a chippie certainly didn't help matters.

The scale still isn't showing any improvement, 127 kg Friday, 127kg Saturday, 127kg Sunday and 127kg today. I know I shouldn't get to hung up on it but a little bit of momentum downwards would give me so much motivation

staying strong ~~~


rob

Well, I woke up this morning and jumped on the scales. And ohhh Caloo calaaaay they actually moved, 126.1 kg. grabbed myself a slim fast shake at 7am and another shake at 1 pm. Back on the scales before supper showing 125.9kg. Had left over chilli con carnie from last night with a generous portion of actifry potatoes (made with fry light) and a muller light 100cal yogurt for dessert.
Didnt notice the hunger pains today, but was very rushed at work..


rob

Well that is day 8 almost over and done with, still staying strong - not cheated once. I weighed myself this morning and the scaled said 124.6kg so not doing to bad, I have been weighing myself morning, night and dinner for the past week and I have since been advised to try to get out of the habit of weighing myself daily and move it to weekly, so I am going to start weighing myself on Friday mornings only.

Well I am here at the 1 and a half week mark. Does this get any easier???
I just weighed myself and currently sit at 124.7, so I have lost 2.3KGs in the first two weeks. Anyone able to enlighten me as to if this is about right for a diet, it seems to be going slower than expected but that may just be me with my false expectations. If it is about right for someone my size just starting out then I will persevere.
In the two weeks since starting I haven't cheated once, I have had a shake in the morning, one in the afternoon and an evening meal. Always home cooked using fry light when required, and cooking in the actifry..

Rob

Nice job Rob! I've only had one solid stretch of weight loss in my life, and I can assure you that it DOES get easier. Keep it up - the longer you go, the easier it'll be!

Hello Diary, well it was two weeks ago today that I posted my first post on here and two weeks and 1 day ago that I started with slimfast, I weighed myself this morning and came out at 123.2, TBH I am still weighing myself every day and didn't think the scales had moved all week, but looking back at my last post on here I have lost another 1.5KG in 4 days so I have to be happy with that, I am as the title suggests "Staying Strong" and still haven't cheated at all; im hoping I can still say that 3 months from now. I have chosen not to tell my work colleagues about my diet, I have in the past and I really cannot stand the "Ohhhhhh your looking thinner" comments when they know you are dieting. So I have explained away my slipfast drinks as a Protein drink from the doctors. :\
They currently have a farmers market outside my work, I went for a wander round it today to locate the source of the delicious smells drifting in the office windows and counted 6 BBQ stalls, 6!!!! and that is the reason I don't take an money to work with me


Rob

Wow, really finding the weight loss diary useful, took a look at the scales this morning and saw 121.7kg and though damn this is taking forever, then logged on tonight I seen only two days ago I was 123.2... So not so slow after all.. The wife and kids had a a chippie tonight and I consoled myself with a jacket potato so I'm feeling totally strong tonight

bluwind said:

Wow, really finding the weight loss diary useful, took a look at the scales this morning and saw 121.7kg and though damn this is taking forever, then logged on tonight I seen only two days ago I was 123.2... So not so slow after all.. The wife and kids had a a chippie tonight and I consoled myself with a jacket potato so I'm feeling totally strong tonight

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Not slow at all! Well done! Chippy food is my Achilles heel - I can assure you I would not have resisted! Go you!

Good evening all, Well today was interesting; I think I hit a new stage in my diet, this is the longest I have ever lasted in a diet - even if it has only been 2 and a half weeks. Anyway back to the interesting thing, normally I spend all day thinking about food, thinking about how much I hate dieting and think about how I want to take vengeance on anyone around me eating tasty take aways, but today I actually forgot I was dieting. To the extent that my hand was actually outstretched towards a piece of cake before I realised that I shouldn't. So as the title suggests, im still staying strong!. Mostly by luck at this point I may add.
at the moment im still sticking to two slimfast shakes a day and one evening meal. No snacks and only water to drink.. I am so close to my first goal of 19 Stone, I'm lucky that in my job if I want to go "on street" and walk I can, so only being 1.2kg from 19stone I may spend a few shifts at work on street patrolling and give it the final push.

JamesCrow, thank you for the kind words, I don't know how much of an inspiration I am though I joined minimins in 2013 and only in the past 3 weeks have I actually made any inroads. but thank you

Blondcat, mine too. Everytime I have tried to diet in the past its chippies that have killed it for me. The diet I am on at the moment was recommended by my doctor so I really must give it 100% but serving the food to the kids if you could put weight on by smelling the food I would certainly have gained weight this week, I have changed my route to the bus to pass a few takeaways at night just so I can take in the smells.. They do smell loverly (I don't take any cash to work so no temptation)

Thank you for the kind words ahmedmilton,

well i still haven't cheated, yey go me. I have convinced myself that having a diet coke won't do me any harm, there are over 20 tins of the stuff in the fridge. I know it's an enabler, I used to drink between 10 - 15 tins a night and it always used to lead to me scoffing. So I'll write about all the bad points before I give in an actually grab a tin... The burping gas, getting up 10 times a night for toilet because I drank to much diet coke, wanting to eat Pringles and dip to go with the coke and worst of all..... Going back to 20 stone.. Getting out of breath walking up the stairs to bed and not being able to play with the kids.... Noooooo, diet coke will do me harm..

Sorry about that all, but that really did help to write it down and get it out there.. Oh and so pleased with this mornings result 120.8kg.. STAYING STRONG AND PLODDING ALONG

Well the easiest way to sum up today is "throw enough S*&t and see what sticks". Totally random dieting today, after getting the kids packed up and off to school I had totally missed my morning shake, had my first shake about 13:00,at 17:00ish went to parents evening. Finally got away from parents evening at 19:00 so grabbed myself a co-op meal deal on the walk back, Sandwich 550Cals, crisps 110Cals and a diet coke (my first sandwich in 3 weeks, my first crisps in 3 weeks and my first diet coke in 3 weeks) which Kept within the 800 cal limit for the evening meal, the walk home was 3 mile so they say I burnt off 300 calories in that alone. so all in all today I have had 860 Cals (shake included) and spent an extra 300!! surprised im not feeling dizzy but I am strangely not even a little hungry. Have to regulate better tomorrow I suppose. Weight loss still continuing nicely. 120.3kg's when I weight when I got in so expecting 119.%kg tomorrow.

Welll done you re doing a great job and are obviously really motivated!

I liked what you said about Diet Coke Pepsi Max is my poison and you are soooo right it does make you want to eat more! I can't cut it out completely but I am trying to cut down, not had any today just to ensure I'm not bloated for weigh in tomorrow.

Bluecow, the coke was the hardest thing for me to give up, I always had a can with me.

Not happy with my results the past two days, I am still 120.3kg which makes me want to bang my head against the wall. Due to a crazy work load and 2 poorly kids I haven't had a chance to sleep for more than 2 hours a night for the past three days and I have found my willpower disappear with each waking minute. Both today and yesterday I had 3 Rich tea biscuits 36 cals each :\. judging by my post dinner weight tonight I should see a little movement in my weight and judging by past overnight drops I am expecting to be under 120kg by tomorrow morning.. Not to sound rude but I just gotta remember to pee and poop before weighing tomorrow .

On another note I am now at a stage in which my bike can handle my weight again, went for a short bike ride with the kids on saturday (before we had the tail of this hurricane hit us) and am now looking forward to the next none rainy morning so I can get out for an hours ride before work.
Meals:
21st October
{
breakfast shake
No dinner shake (far to busy)
Dinner yesterday (Actify chips and 3 Lynda mcartney sausages)
3 rich tea biscuits
}
22nd October
{
Apple
No breakfast shake
Dinner shake
Potnoodle
3 rich tea biscuits
}

Hoping a good nights sleep will put my head in the right place for remembering my shakes.

Rob

Hey as far as it goes 3 rich tea biscuits isn't the end of the world, certainly nothing to beat yourself up over.

Well, I can honestly say that if I had the money on me yesterday I would have been sitting down for a chippie.. Had a small tiff with the missus before leaving for work, and all willpower just escaped me.. Luckily for me though I only ever take with me 50p for a small bottle of red milk. So ended up sticking to my slim fast plan perfectly. I'm glad I did s when I weighed myself this morning it's down to 119.1kg. So now just 2kg from my fist target weight of 18.5 stone..

Rob

Well first dinner time post today, on the way to the shops to get some grub as im out of slimfast at work.. hoping that writting this puts my mind into weightloss and dieting mode instead of sausage roll and chips mode which it is currently in.. hmmm well see how it goes