Thread: V's Diary

You can probably tell by today's title that I'm happy. I couldn't stay off the scales and ended up weighing myself this morning. Despite having started incorporating food on Mon, my weight loss is not stalled. In fact I've lost another pound already. More importantly though (as we all know weight fluctuates on scales anyhow) the bodyfat percentage has budged a fair bit since I started. I don't trust the figure on the scales (necessarily) but I do trust the trend/change. The scale says I've come down from 37.8% to 35.5%, which feels like a huge achievement.

So, a happy day for me (despite having a lateshift later)

V

Hi Dreamer,
3lbs a week is really good i'd be happy with that,Your doing really well.
I'm a similar weigh if my calculations are right!?!

Hi nce1, thanks for the message Yeah I guess 3lbs is an alright loss really...I'm just impatient when it comes to weightloss! I think you're right about the similar weight by the way.

Unfort this WI I actually put on weight (due to Sat evening and Sunday off due to parents visiting) but I do know it's just my glycogen stores replenishing. Hopefully I'll show a loss next week.

V

When I started back on CD SS this time, I had just been using left over packs, and then I decided to build up back to a normal diet. Thing is I had a fair bit still to lose, but I couldn't really afford to get more packs. Anyhow I've gone through my budget and I usually set a max food limit of £20 per week, but £15 for socialising (coffee, cinema, going out). So for the short term, both together add up to enough for me to afford CD. I'm not planning on more than 4 weeks though, as spending nothing on socialising is going to make me miserable if I do it for longer. I'll still meet up with friends, just won't go anywhere that costs money. By the end of CD this time, I reckon I'd be down at a weight I feel comfortable to start losing gradually from.

In other news....my first day back on CD was Tuesday 6th May. Today, Thursday, I spilt my chocolate shake down my beige sofa. I managed to clean up the arm rest, and am trying to dry it off with a hair dryer. One of the 3 cushions though got the brunt of it....so I put the cover in the washing machine...and the white lining inside went all "bitty" and some of my clothes look like they would if I'd put a white tissue in the washing machine with them. To top it all off I'm now feeling hungry as I only got to have about 2/3 of that shake maximum, plus I'd been to the gym (makes me more hungry).

So not a brilliant day really...

Well yesterday I went to a BBQ, and only planned on have a few veggies (peppers and the like, and only a tiny bit) but I ended up having lots of potato salad, lots of pasta, ate a continuous supply of crisps, and a piece of french bread with salsa on it, as well as a tiny bit of salad. On the plus side, although I've put on weight mid week, on the whole this week I've still lost weight, in time for my first weigh in with my CDC tomorrow. I'd hate to have put on weight for my first weigh in!

Well, I had lost weight at my first weigh in (on CDC scales 2.2kg which is 4.85lbs) but I tend to do my weigh ins on the Monday mornings, as I've always weighed in in the mornings previously. I can only go to my CDC in the evening, which is fine, but I just don't trust the weigh in. Not long till the next weigh in really.

The CD part itself is going surprisingly well too. This is 3rd time (1st time I gave up, 2nd time I was just using up my leftover packs) and I have had even less side effects. First time I had major toilet issues as well as headaches, second time I had mild headaches infrequently when I first started but couldn't sleep too well, and this time, no side effects whatsoever. Plus this time and the last, I didn't feel hungry at all. Hope this lasts when I start slowly adding in food!

First, confessions: I had a fair amount of milk in my massive costa coffee (with sweetener, not sugar) both yesterday and the day before. And I had about 125ml orange juice. But I've generally had quite a good week...mostly sticking to the diet and keeping up with the gym.

I weighed in a day early today (Sunday) which was my original weigh in day anyhow. Anyhow that bit's the great news...I've lost 5.1lbs. I've counted again and again (as I don't keep a note of my weight, just the amount of loss each week by taking it off my original weight) to make sure I've not made a mistake, and I've not. I really have lost 5.1lbs! Anyhow I'm ecstatic about that.

One thing that I'm not dwelling on is that I've not met my 2nd target either to reach 14stone by today. To be fair I'm only 1.8lbs over it, so I reckon in the next few days (by Wed/Thu) I should meet it. Targets wouldn't be so useful if I were meeting them too easily...I think mine are just the right amount of challenge for me. So I'm turning this all into a positive

V

So, I've now met my 14stone or under goal as I'm 0.6lbs less than that now. BMI is also now approaching just overweight, rather than obese; that should happen over the next 10 days or so.

I'm shocked...I've lost 4.2lbs. Ok, to be fair, it's a Monday weigh in which is 8 days since the last one, instead of 7...but still, it feels good to lose 4.2lbs. My weightloss seems to be gathering pace rather than stalling. I have started moving up the plans in time for my London trip mid June, and it looks like again, eating might have kickstarted my metabolism...to higher than it was when I initially started. Anyhow, even if I don't fully understand....I'm very happy

V

My BMI's bang on 30 at the moment, so I'm so close to being overweight. Most people won't be happy being overweight, but I'll be ecstatic when I'm consider overweight (rather than obese!). I've broken the 40lbs mark from my max weight which is great. I'm gonna weigh in tomorrow morning, and I might just be just overweight then. Fingers crossed...

V

I'm down into the overweight category Is so nice to not be obese anymore. My weight loss was only 2.9lbs when I did my WI...which I'm ok with, although would have been nice to see a little bit more (even 3.1lbs...something to take me over the 3lb barrier), but I do realise I had a large loss last wk which could contribute to a lower one this week.

I'm really happy that I'm getting down to nearer a weight where I feel happier in myself. In about a stone from now, I don't feel fat anymore...just a bit podgy, which is better than feeling fatter than everyone else.

In other news...my last gym session was Saturday just gone (31st May) at JJB, so I checked out the uni gym and it's really, really nice. I'm trying out the gym with a 4 sessions for £10 trial starting Tues, so I hope it lives up to how good it looks. Shame I don't have an ipod....you can plug it in and watch the movies on the screen. Am trying to get my friends to join the same one so I can play racquet sports with them there too

I've been to the uni gym twice now, and they gave me the first session as a freebie so I have 3 more to go. I like it there. It is a bit busier than JJB (cos I used to go quite late to JJB) and the weekend opening hours are not as good, but I'm enjoying it there. I'm going there tomorrow as it's been a couple of days since I went. Then I'm going twice next week before heading to London on Saturday.

Speaking of London, I'm a bit worried. I don't want to miss out on all the restaurants. I'm vegetarian and don't usually get much choice of eateries here...espec when a lot of them don't really understand what's veggie and what's not....so when I go to London, I love going to the many veggie restaurants. At the same time I don't want to put on any weight, especially since I've now got an invite to Buckingham Palace for the Red Cross Garden Party on 9th July, and want to look my best for it. Some of the best veggie/vegan eateries in London that are affordable are buffets...and in my head, the more I eat, the more I get my money's worth. I've always struggled with buffets...can't help it.

V

I feel like I've cheated but I haven't. It's odd. I think it's because I've strayed outside my own plan where I'm working my way back to eating. I was gonna have 2 packs and a meal today, but I've had 2 meals today (and will have a pack later). I've still eaten healthy, small portions, so wouldn't consider it cheating...but I still feel as I have. It's odd. I think I craved the extra meal because I put some salt in, and I crave salty foods after a gym session. I went to the gym this morning. Anyhow we'll see what my weigh in says tomorrow.

I've lost 3.3lbs in the previous week, which I'm really happy about. I think I mentioned near the start, that the figure 3 seems to be my number....and it really seems to be. In the next couple of days, I'll run out of packs completely...and I'll be back to eating normally, allbeit on not so many calories as I was previously used to. Scary, but exciting too really. It'll be a busy time for me, so it'll be a good time for me to make the full transition...as when I'm busy, I tend to not eat so much. Tonight, I'm going to see if I can find some nice black combats/cargo trousers from one of the supermarkets. Tomorrow I've got the gym, then a friend coming round for some tea. Wednesday, I've got my haircut before I start my lateshift. Thursday I've got gym, and then if I've not got my trousers today, I'll need to get some from town (Thurs is late-night shopping night). Fri I'll need to print out all the info I need for London, and pack all my stuff and book a taxi. Saturday early morning, I'll be on my way.

Well I'm getting back into the healthy eating and exercise to aid my weight loss. I started at the beginning of April and have over 2/3 of a stone. Unfortunately I have had a fever the last few days and I don't like to have a calorie deficit while ill (just in case it makes the illness longer) and I've probably put a lb instead of losing a lb in the same time. I'm looking forward to getting stuck in again though...hopefully dieting from Tuesday again, and doing some light gym work from Wednesday morning. My first goal is probably not doable now, but my 2nd goal is well within my reach I think. I'm just getting impatient with being ill....I want to get back on track!