Feb starters thread
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crazylilblondie
Pizza addict
loling @ wet food dreams! I get them all the time!
crazylilblondie
Pizza addict
Hey lovely! Yep it is my 1 month on Tuesday. Its been up and down for me... when Im at work and have structure to my day it's fine. But it's the evenings and weekends when Im at home and watching tv as this is usually when Im slobbing and snacking and continuously eating! And Ive become really obsessed about food, fantasising about it continuously - reading recipe books, and watching cooking programs (?!)
How are you finding it?
xxx
Food Lover
Real Loser!!!
I am!!! but funny enough, I'm not craving sweets or biscuits (my downfall!!!), but big steaks and vegetables
Tomorrow I start my 4th week... in some ways, finding it harder than the beginning... :sigh: I have never cheted so far, but any smell of food makes me hungry... does this mean I'm not in ketosis???
emmie86
Angelic Fruitcake
hi Food Lover yes I don't crave sweetie things I think because I only drink the chocolate and mint choc shakes I crave meat and pasta and salmon for some reason I have never cheated either. You will definatly be in Ketosis by now but I think sometimes the notion is put out there that you never ever feel hungry in Ketosis whitch is untrue you still do get hunger pangs just not as severe as if you were not in Ketosis I think Icemousse said somewhere that if it has been more than four hour since eating or a shake then it is proberbly real hunger if it has been less then the four hours then it's proberbly dehydration. And remember sometimes the mind plays tricks on us I can smell food and really want it but it's not hunger its more the taste I am craving for. I hope that helps keep strong my love xxx
aussieraquel
loving minimins!
Emmie, that is a great bit of advice to know that it is genuine hunger after 4 hours or dehydration. I'll keep that in mind from now on, thanks
Food Lover
Real Loser!!!
So far so good, glad the 4 weeks are over!!!! after day 21, I stopped struggling, still amazed at the fact that I can "live" without food!!!! I've to be honest, some of the excitement of the beginning isn't here anymore, but I'm still delighted with the weight loss... and have never cheated, but it's like if this diet has become just part of me, "normal" in some ways...
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crazylilblondie
Pizza addict
5 Weeks today no cheating! Think ive loost 3-4 lbs this week but not sure as scales have broken.. argh!
aussieraquel
loving minimins!
crazylilblonde, I was becoming a serial weigher with the scales, every morning and night, had to get OH to hide them! ahhh, now I am about to go for weigh in and all I wanna do is have a sneak speak to see how I have done!
Chelsea Lou
Gold Member
Hi all you Feb starters. Been a long time since anyone posted on this thread and I just thought it would be nice to see how we are all going.
A lot has happened since we all started in February. Remember the snow we had and how it was impossible to get into work? Well, myself and Mrs Lampard were over two stones heavier then and both feeling pretty rubbish about ourselves. Now, it is mid-April and we are both feeling terrific about how we look. We are both working up the plan and we can both get into a size 12 jeans. I am amazed by this as I was bursting out of my 16s and absolutely refused to go out and buy 18s!!! We also have taken out a swimming membership at the local leisure centre. The pool is literally a stones throw from our new apartment, so it would have been rude not to
Be good to hear your story of where you were in February and where you are at now.
xx
A lot has happened since we all started in February. Remember the snow we had and how it was impossible to get into work? Well, myself and Mrs Lampard were over two stones heavier then and both feeling pretty rubbish about ourselves. Now, it is mid-April and we are both feeling terrific about how we look. We are both working up the plan and we can both get into a size 12 jeans. I am amazed by this as I was bursting out of my 16s and absolutely refused to go out and buy 18s!!! We also have taken out a swimming membership at the local leisure centre. The pool is literally a stones throw from our new apartment, so it would have been rude not to
Be good to hear your story of where you were in February and where you are at now.
xx
Food Lover
Real Loser!!!
Hi Chelsea, I've lost 32lbs, feel great and can't wait to lose the rest!!!! fitting just about in a size 12 jeans (still 14 on top), but can't wait for the 10!!!!!
Not finding hard so far, but I'm a little bit afraid of reaching BMI 25 and having to start the AAM plan...
Not finding hard so far, but I'm a little bit afraid of reaching BMI 25 and having to start the AAM plan...
Chelsea Lou
Gold Member
Food Lover, you have done so well with your weight losses. If someone had said to me on February 14th that by 20th April people would be telling me I shouldnt lose any more weight as I would look too scrawny, I would never have believed them. 9 weeks that have been life-changing!!!!
Food Lover
Real Loser!!!
Lorrayne, at times I'm getting the same, but I know I still need to lose weight!!!! it's just that I look so different, that they see me slimmer (but not slim enough!!!!)
Chelsea Lou
Gold Member
Lorrayne, at times I'm getting the same, but I know I still need to lose weight!!!! it's just that I look so different, that they see me slimmer (but not slim enough!!!!)
I feel the same way. Trouble is, the skin on my upper arms is starting to look a bit wrinkly and it does not look attractive in sleeveless tops/dresses, so I might have to think again about getting down to my target of 10 stones, which is still over a healthy BMI for my height. These recommended guidelines dont take into account someone's age. For insurance purposes, for instance, they would look at my height/weight/BMI and decide to charge me more for my premiums for being in the 'overweight' category. Yet I am already looking like a deflated balloon all over :sigh:
I feel the same way. Trouble is, the skin on my upper arms is starting to look a bit wrinkly and it does not look attractive in sleeveless tops/dresses, so I might have to think again about getting down to my target of 10 stones, which is still over a healthy BMI for my height. These recommended guidelines dont take into account someone's age. For insurance purposes, for instance, they would look at my height/weight/BMI and decide to charge me more for my premiums for being in the 'overweight' category. Yet I am already looking like a deflated balloon all over :sigh:
Food Lover
Real Loser!!!
I know what you mean... but... better this than being fat, don't you agree????
I'm not doing bad so far, of course I'm not what I used to be, but I don't mind too much now...
and it's a disgrace that they charge more for people overweight, I understand the reason, but I'd say they should only do that if a person is obese, as there are a lot of people that are in the overweight range!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Chelsea Lou
Gold Member
Like I said, 5'2" means you should range from 7.5 stones to 9.5 stones, so 10st would make me officially overweight :-(
Food Lover
Real Loser!!!
What weight should you be to be in a BMI of, say, 24.9?
Chelsea Lou
Gold Member
For me it would probably be around 9.5 stones. For you being taller, it would be the upper weight in your healthy range
