Pete&Jo
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Hey guys. You can tell I'm back at work now as I'm not glued to this site!
I had my week 2 weigh in and lost 5 lbs. Jo my gf lost 3 lbs. Which puts us both on an even keel at 17lbs each in 2 weeks.
Now this is going to sound a bit ridiculous but the more I dwell on it the less 5lbs seems to me. I'd like to clarify for all the slimmers out there losing 2-4 lbs a week calling me a pratt you are probably right.
However, I have a friend doing lighter life who has managed to average about 7 lbs a week and has lost over 4 and a half stone in 9 weeks. Now the diets in terms of what you are putting in your body are virtually identical and so I was really looking forward to losing half a stone a week and losing 5 just makes me think... well if I only lose 5lbs a week it's going to take me so much longer to get to goal.
My 15 stone goal I've decided is actually not really low enough as it simply takes me within a BMI of 30 and leaves me overweight and I really want to get to a healthy BMI which means I actually need to lose about 9 and a half stone instead of 7.
Now 7 stone scared the pants off of me. 9 stone or more and I need a new pair! I think I'm just getting overwhelmed by everything and I really don't know how to pick myself up back into the motivated person I was for the first couple of weeks.
I'm not stupid and I know how much 17lbs in 2 weeks is and maybe I should just stop being a pratt but I keep thinking off all the occasions over the next few months where I'm going to miss good food and drink and genuinely thinking I don't want to not eat on those occasions.
I feel like I could do sole source for a few weeks at a time but everytime there's a social event where I'd have the oppertunity to eat something really tasty and probably quite unhealthy I could just stop for the evening and then start again the next day but I know that totally misses the point of the diet. Having a break from food and teaching yourself to appreciate what food really is, is the key here and I'm just not feeling it right now.
I'm thinking how am I going to go till Xmas day without something really tasty and then will it be too much at once. Yummy food has always been something to make myself feel good and without it I'm just starting to feel unhappy I think. I've not been slim since I was about 9/10 years old and as much as I want to look good I don't think I'm going to break this bad relationship with food as a pick me up. I feel like I need therapy!
Help!
I had my week 2 weigh in and lost 5 lbs. Jo my gf lost 3 lbs. Which puts us both on an even keel at 17lbs each in 2 weeks.
Now this is going to sound a bit ridiculous but the more I dwell on it the less 5lbs seems to me. I'd like to clarify for all the slimmers out there losing 2-4 lbs a week calling me a pratt you are probably right.
However, I have a friend doing lighter life who has managed to average about 7 lbs a week and has lost over 4 and a half stone in 9 weeks. Now the diets in terms of what you are putting in your body are virtually identical and so I was really looking forward to losing half a stone a week and losing 5 just makes me think... well if I only lose 5lbs a week it's going to take me so much longer to get to goal.
My 15 stone goal I've decided is actually not really low enough as it simply takes me within a BMI of 30 and leaves me overweight and I really want to get to a healthy BMI which means I actually need to lose about 9 and a half stone instead of 7.
Now 7 stone scared the pants off of me. 9 stone or more and I need a new pair! I think I'm just getting overwhelmed by everything and I really don't know how to pick myself up back into the motivated person I was for the first couple of weeks.
I'm not stupid and I know how much 17lbs in 2 weeks is and maybe I should just stop being a pratt but I keep thinking off all the occasions over the next few months where I'm going to miss good food and drink and genuinely thinking I don't want to not eat on those occasions.
I feel like I could do sole source for a few weeks at a time but everytime there's a social event where I'd have the oppertunity to eat something really tasty and probably quite unhealthy I could just stop for the evening and then start again the next day but I know that totally misses the point of the diet. Having a break from food and teaching yourself to appreciate what food really is, is the key here and I'm just not feeling it right now.
I'm thinking how am I going to go till Xmas day without something really tasty and then will it be too much at once. Yummy food has always been something to make myself feel good and without it I'm just starting to feel unhappy I think. I've not been slim since I was about 9/10 years old and as much as I want to look good I don't think I'm going to break this bad relationship with food as a pick me up. I feel like I need therapy!
Help!