Thread: Smelly Elle's fantastic diary: Weight Loss? What Weight Loss?

Hi everyone, welcome to the wonderful diary of me! I'm bored of my blog so thought i'd continue here. But first I will copy and paste my blog so far until I have time to write something new lol.

xxx

Start date 12th June

Posted 4 Days Ago at 02:45 PM by elle2585
OK, so this is day one... Well. Not exactly. I've been trying to lose weight for a while now. Just that today is day one of me actually putting some extra effort in. I've got until the 12th August to look decent, and then however long it takes me to lose the rest of it. (I'm going on my usual holiday to Cyprus - i'm from there so almost every year I go and every time I do I end up getting depressed. It's rare to see local even slightly overweight, and when i'm sat on the beach looking around I just want the ground to swallow me up.)

I don't know how much I weigh but i've decided that tomorrow morning i'm going to swallow my fears and just do it. If I can face up to that I can lose it.

Today i've had cheerios in the morning, a glass of smoothie, a coffee and some water, a healthy chicken sandwich and a packet of quavers (i'm going along the lines that they're 87 cals per pack so not necessarily that bad.) I wanted to go for a walk but it's raining... I'm hoping to go swimming very soon. And I do a few exercises every night. COME ON!!

Last thoughts of the day..

Posted 4 Days Ago at 01:36 AM by elle2585
Just about to go to bed...feeling a tad nervous about my first weigh in tomorrow (in a long time). I just hope I haven't put all my weight back on...

The people on here are all stars by the way, i've been on here for a day and I feel motivated, like i've got a thousand friends helping me along.

See you tomorrow with the results... (eek!)

Weigh in results...

Posted 3 Days Ago at 11:42 AM by elle2585
So this morning I woke up, brushed my teeth, washed my face and weighed myself... and the results were a bit shocking. I thought I would come out at around 15st 5lbs but in fact I am....drum roll please...

14st 9lbs!

I am incredibly pleased with this, especially since I remember very clearly when i was 15st 12lb... It's definitely given me hope.

Another shock of the day:

I calculated my BMI and i'm not obese like I thought (just...), i'm overweight and my ideal weight extends to around 12st 5lb! So in essence I need to lose around 2 and a half stone. I've set the goal on my ticker as 12st 3lbs if i remember correctly but ideally i'd like to end up at around 11 and a half. ONE STEP AT A TIME THOUGH.

I'm planning on going for a walk after work, get a bit of exercise.

Oh and one last thing:

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY

XXX

p.s. i laid off the cheerios this morning... lol

Yes indeedy...

Posted 3 Days Ago at 12:07 AM by elle2585
I went for that walk today, to a lovely place called Himley Hall where i've been before. There's an ace steep hill that I like to walk up...no...struggle up huffing and puffing and sweating like a maniac. Anyway, because it was relatively sunny and a friday evening there were lots of extra cool teenagers messing around. I was BEGGING THEM (within me) to bugger off but unfortunately this didn't work. When I got to it I was this close --> || to not going through with it, dreading some form off piss-taking from them. And then I thought, i'm not coming all the way to Himley Hall and NOT BLOODY WELL CLIMBING MY HILL!! So i turned up my headphones and went for it (looking immediately ahead of me at all times). And that, my friends, is the most exciting thing that's happened to me all day. Apart from the Holland - France match, that was awesome.

Food wise, i'm refusing to clear the dishes because I made some delish pasta and, in a typically greek way, made 50 times too much. I know i'll go in there and keep munching so someone else will have to get off their lazy ass. Basically.

I've done well today I think, i'm quite proud of myself .

Positive thoughts

Posted 23 Hours Ago at 12:06 PM by elle2585
Had an awful weekend but i've already posted about that so lets not go there. Positive for the rest of the week till the friday weigh in! I've had a small serving of special k so far today, although I was shocked to see theyre slightly more calorific than cheerios! Which makes me wonder why cheerios are supposed to be so bad... Anyway, I have my lunch with me - a little bit of rice and chicken, half a pitta bread and some yoghurt. Oh and a nectarine. Walk after work and my late night exercises and i'll be right back on track!! So it's all good. Just got to SMIIIILE now

I ALMOST DIED JUST NOW! In Greggs....!! Well fine, I didnt almost pop off to the place in the sky but the b*&%!@ds were giving out free bits of apple pie and cornish pasty! I was like, AAAAAH, get me out of heeeeeeeere before I cave in. Thankfully, dear friends, I did not. I think that brings my willpower up a few notches after my acheivements yesterday (please see the thread "yay everybody " under general discussion for more details.

In other news, i'm feeling a bit peckish. Might eat my lunch at one. Yum xxx

p.s. I wasn't in Greggs for myself, I was there picking up some lunch for my boss. do you see what these people put me through?!

Good afternoon dearest friends and acquaintances!! hope you all bode well on this fine sunny day!

Last night I was muchas fearful, as I was staying at my nan's house, and her favourite things include: 1)gardening 2)sewing and knitting etc.. 3)stuffing as much food as she can into me. She asked me what to cook and I said no chips please, so she made a traditional greek chick pea stew and we had it with some salad and wholemeal bread. And then I had some lovely watermelon, and declined the plate piled high with chocolates and biscuits as an accompaniment to my cuppa later on. I think I did quite well people, even if I do say so myself, so hurrah to me! Also, I absolutely love my nan's scales, as they make you around 6lbs lighter, lol. I think we should all go by those scales.

Today i had 2 slices of toast in the morning and half a cup of tea, and then a bit of leftover chick pea stew with half a roll of wholemeal bread and a nectarine for lunch. Walk after work and exercises before I go to bed....now it's just my dinner i've got to worry about! Incidentally, I did my exercises downstairs at my nan's house, and narrowly missed smacking my hands into the 'chandelier' (aka posh looking glass light fixture)...

Finally, a thought for tomorrow...my first weigh in after i've started dieting..and during the evening time i'm going to a bbq. REALLY need to be aware of what i'm eating!! Argh. Oh and on saturday i'll probably be going to Nandos!! So i'm thinking a bit of chicken with some rice, no chips or coleslaw. And keep the portion size down - i dont have to eat everything. Does that sound ok peeps?

Much love xxx

So i'm thinking a bit of chicken with some rice, no chips or coleslaw. And keep the portion size down - i dont have to eat everything. Does that sound ok peeps?

Well done on planning ahead of time as I have found it does help when I have done it.

And you are right "you don't have to eat everything"

Love Mini xxx

Hi chick,

Good luck with ya diet plan, sounds fab. Can't believe ya had to go to greggs. TORTURE.

good luck elle

x x

thanks everybodyyyyyyy! weigh in tomorrow! wooooo. bet you anything now i'll be 5lbs heavier. haha x

Well, how incredibly depressing, i've lost but one measley pound. I find this really hard to accept since two days ago I weighed myself and came out at 14st 6lbs. Although I've been eating less and doing more exercise, and eating no crap at all, I think I blame it on an increase in carbs over the last couple of days. Today i'm drinking more water and have decided that from now on I will restrict myself to no carbs after 6pm. Does anyone agree that this might be the case? xxx

Right, not letting that bad result get to me, i'm starting afresh! The weekend went ok, I didn't eat loads and loads but did have pudding on Sunday. Today i'm limiting portion size as much as possible, going for my walk as usual and doin my exercises tonight. If i keep going i know i can get there...