Greeneyes will PERSEVERE.........

just caught up with your diary - you are loking FABULOUS adn well done on getting in the 9's Im proud of you.

Keep up the good work you have inspired me to try and get down to the 9s now!
xxx
 
Hey linda, just caught a bit more on your diary...wow!! you reached 9.13!! well done you!! how fantastic, love the pic from the concert you look amazing you must be soooo chuffed!
So you are done the CD now that's excellent, if you are anything like me the lack of goal made me a little bonkers at the end but lots of reading on 'head stuff' and learning a new approach to eating healthily and happily I wanted to learn how to live with eating but no longer be a dieter so this was my next goal and its been a longer slower harder journey so far with a few ups n downs but 7 months on i'm still here...and it's been so worth it and i'm still learning every day.

Wishing you a fab maintenance journey hun, have a fab day!:D

xxx
 
Hope you're ok hun - I'm desperately trying to follow in your footsteps!
I'd love eventually to get to around 9 stone 12, possibly a little lower so I don't fall into the 10's again, but aiming for BMI 25 first.

I will be watching your diary with real interest to see how your maintenance goes now you are CD free. xx
 
Ooohhh the 9's! I can't believe you're done with CD...... please keep posting on your thread so we can keep up to date with how you're getting on with life after CD :

Have a fab weekend and well done you xxx
 
Hi there, I am still lurking but not feeling good at the moment. Normally, I can have a meal out and then go back to normal eating and the weight comes back off but for some strange reason over the last week, the weight didn't come off, it started to creep up.... still felt I was eating the same "normal" stuff though and had even stopped making desserts, so wasn't eating them. So when I realised I had put on 3lb I decided I had to do something about it, so decided to go back to 1000 plan as I have some Cambridge Diet meals left (I am just so frightened the weight would keep on creeping on), but although I lost 1.5lb the first day I followed 1000 plan, I have now put weight on again today despite actually going to the toilet (TMI I know) before I weighed (I still have to take tablets to "go", all the fibre I eat hasn't helped). So now despite following the plan have put on weight and dont know what to do... I feel like everything is out of control. I never wanted to go back on Cambridge to control my weight, and I have had to... I wanted to eat "normally" to maintain my weight and appear to be failing at that although I was succeeding at first. So nothing is going right at the moment. Maybe I am not drinking enough water, but I am fed up running to the toilet every 5 minutes, but am trying to up my water today... and I have no idea about my TOTM as 2 packs of pills ago I was on holiday so due to really horrendous periods where I cannot leave the house for a couple of days doctor said to take 2 packs one after the other so didn't have a period, then this time my doctor has changed my pills so told me to take one pack after the other which I have done, so period should be due when this packet is finished which is another 2 weeks away, so shouldn't be weight gain because of this. Grrrrr just when I thought I had everything under control too.....
 
Ok I see what you mean! :) I'm not the only one to feel like they've lost control. It's a hard one. I'm gonna talk to my cdc tomorrow when I see her. I don't have the answers for you as I haven't passed that stage yet. All I know for sure is that I will def work up all 3 higher plans each for 2 weeks for fear of piling the weight back on.

Like you never wanting to be back on CD food I never wanted to go back to 810. But hey ho I'll do whatever I can to get to my goal. I've included a further 2lbs of my new goal, the weight I still had to lose and the extra I've put on which takes me to 10lbs in total to lose. This time I won't stray from 810 as it just takes too long with a load of blips.

We'll get there..... it's just frustrating isn't it xxx
 
Oh sorry to hear that. I hope KD can give you some advice as I don't know what to suggest. May want to PM her to come over here as she is pretty busy recently.

My instinct was to go back to around 1500 calories if you know your BMR but 1000 was pretty drastic. Remember on normal diets we lose 1 - 2 lbs a week so keep your expectations realistic.

Do you ever measure your food to get an idea of the quantities? Don't know if that'll help but just thought I'd throw it out there. Planning food for the day can also help..

Oh and how a gentle walk if you are feeling up for it ;) Good idea to keep drinking the water too.

Do your clothes feel tighter? If not, it may be partly water retention??
 
Hi Laura, yep I weigh absolutely everything, am sticking to 1000 plan 100%, maybe slightly more veg as hard to measure 3 tablespoons...

Feeling really down, still no weightloss this morning despite sticking to 1000 for 3 days now, in fact Sunday I weighed 10 stone exactly, today the scales have crept up slightly. Have thought that I have recently changed my pill so looked up side effects, says may gain or lose weight.... guess they are covering all options... lol But I thought if you gained it was because you got more hungry and ate more which I definately am not. Dont think my clothes feel tighter but maybe psychologically I feel fatter because I know the scales say I am.... really at a loss with what to do now... will maybe give KD a PM later...
 
Rightyo. Please bear with me though...going to do this in bits as I'm multitasking here :D Will keep coming back til' I'm finished. :eek:
 
Greeneyes11 said:
but for some strange reason over the last week, the weight didn't come off, it started to creep up.... still felt I was eating the same "normal" stuff though and had even stopped making desserts, so wasn't eating them.
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Yay...you're doing fab. Okay, scales getting you down huh?

So you are counting well. You're eating is under control. You're not putting on fat.

That's magic eh :cool:

Will explain more in a mo.
 
Greeneyes11 said:
So when I realised I had put on 3lb I decided I had to do something about it,
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Umm. Read my 'leaway' thread?;)

So...this 3lbs.

3,500 cals to burn a pound of fat, so it makes sense to say 3,500 to gain a pound of fat.

That's pretty static, but the body isn't. There are loads of variables. For example, eat 3,500 cals and your metabolism will go up. you will also burn more calories just by eating the extra.

So, just say the body is static and that meal out was an extra 2,000 above your maintenance cals. That would be the very most, and still not take into account speeded up metab, TEF (Thermal effect of eating). So, that is the worst it could be.

That would be approx 2/3lbs pound. The rest is water.

More in a mo.
 
Back again :D This is going to be kind of embarrassing doing this in bits...but the only way I can do it at the mo

So 2/3rd lbs of fat. Tragic eh ;)

BUT, I'm not mocking. I know how scary it is to see those scales go up and how important it is to try to keep the weight stable.

But, it's a learning curve getting to grips with interpreting what the scales are saying along with what is actually happening.

So, you want to get rid of that 2/3lb fat and it's not so tough, because your head around food issues seems to be in the right place :clap: You are still in control, just letting the scales dictate your actions. Fantastic (as long as you are interpreting them correctly that is)
 
Personally, I would just cut down a bit, or move more...or even not do anything, but it's early days for you, so more scary (for you) and calorie counting is useful in this phase.

But, 1500 cals is enough (as Laura suggested). And be patient. Less panicking over the scales and just concentrate on what you are eating.

BTW, it looks like your 'creeping up' has just been over the week, so even less reason to panic.

BTW (again), it's been a rubbish week for a lot of people with the scales. Read on one forum about a lady doing 100% SS, first week of CD and gained 4lbs :eek:

Now that is scary! obviously not fat, but enough to make a person think that there's no hope.

I blame the weather. Not particularly hot here, but something weird is going on because lots of people are reporting lower losses this week.

Either that or the scales have got together for a meeting and decided to gang up against everyone for treading on them :D
 
Yep, me again :D

Greeneyes11 said:
So now despite following the plan have put on weight and dont know what to do... I feel like everything is out of control. I never wanted to go back on Cambridge to control my weight, and I have had to... I wanted to eat "normally" to maintain my weight and appear to be failing at that although I was succeeding at first.
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Maintenance is weird. You're not failing at anything. Just got to suss out what you need to eat and let the body do it in it's own way.

but am trying to up my water today...
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Well, I suppose that could help if there's some fluid retention there...but what if your new weight is what your body wants. What if you are now hydrated, when you may have been dehydrated before?

If the scales hadn't reported a gain, would you be happy? Content you were doing it right? Because it sounds to me that you are doing everything correctly anyway, so no need to change anything (well, except to up your calories again).

Does the extra 3lb mean you are now fatter, or do you feel the same? Just the head making you feel rubbish about it?
 
I'm getting there :D

The Pill

Well, not my area really. Post menopausal, looking forward to grandchildren :D

From what I gather, the jury is out about weight gain and the pill. Seems that weight gain can be caused through increased appetite (obviously not an issue in your case), but also possibly fluid retention up for 3 to 4lbs.

So, this is possible in your case. Since they say only 3 to 4lbs, that should be your lot.

If you decide that the pill is to blame, you could perhaps ask your dr for another type? There are ones with different hormones that are supposed to give the same side effects.

Or you could say..."hey ho..so they make the scales say a few more pounds, but I'm still fab, and still sorting food issues magnificently..and still look brilliant...who cares" ;)
 
It is possible that I have finished now :D
 
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