LauraZee - half way to the new me!!

[TaraTeal]

Morning Laura,

I am not looking forward to work today either! Got almost a week off from this weekend so looking forward to that! It does help get the water intake up when I am at work like you too.

14st 4!!! Bloody hell, so close, I hope you get a nice whoosh before thursday! Hope we both see the back of the 200s for good this week x

 

[cloud*]

Morning Laura, well done on your loss & you'll see those 100's soon xo

Sent by Mrs Cupcake to be <3

 

[LauraZee]

Thanks ladies, I feel really excited today! Everybody at work has started to say they can see the difference (although of course nobody said they noticed the difference when I put on 3 stone last year!) which makes me feel good. Only another 11lbs and I'll be back to my wedding weight and another 7lb after that and I'll be losing new weight I didn't already shift last year.
I just get so impatient though, this diet is quick and easy and fab but I wish it was quicker!!! I do know if I'd have carried on counting calories I never would have been so disciplined and would still be hanging around the 16 stone mark so it's all good.
I bought a lovely dress for my hen night, which only got seen by the lovely A&E workers lol, so I'm hoping I can wear it for a night out at the end of march. It's a 16 but was quite tight and I need to shift a bit before it actually looks good. Might try it on tonight and see how far off I am
Hope everyone is having a good day, just sipping my milk caramel now and about to have my 9th wee break of the day lol x

 

[cable]

aw laura you hubby is an angel for doing a spreadsheet for you, what a sweetie,
i notice my weight goes up and down by up to 3lbs through the week as i am a morning daily weigher, but i know now that on weigh in day i will be ok, so no more stressing, you have done so fab to lose whilst away, it is such a positive, like me you just want it now eh...

i think maybe you should have another hen night!!!! in the dress. x

 

[LauraZee]

Honestly he is great, he does so much to help me. When I was counting calories he'd make me low calorie meals and healthy snacks only to get a text from me the next day saying I've just stuffed myself on chocolate. He must have got so frustrated with me when I used to do that all the time. But he always says he loves me how I am but truthfully I hate how I am and how I look and will never believe someone if they say they don't. I'm very lucky though. He has a little bit he wants to lose but no point in him rushing and then not watching what he eats at all for 6 months while I diet. He even offered to do S&S with me to help but I said I wouldn't be happy about that as he works long shifts.
Anyway, just got home and there's some lovely veggies dry roasting in the oven. My OH is roasting a chicken but I'll try my hardest not to have any. I know I could but after a few protein days last week I want to stick to 4 packs for as long as I can now. Really need a good loss this week to prove to myself I can

 

[LauraZee]

Here is the lovely dinner my husband made me! Cottage pie, yum, with roast swede and shallots, steamed cauliflower, broccoli and leeks! Stuffed now!!!

 

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Here is the lovely dinner my husband made me! Cottage pie, yum, with roast swede and shallots, steamed cauliflower, broccoli and leeks! Stuffed now!!!

Oh yum that looks so good! Xo

Sent by Mrs Cupcake to be <3

 

[LauraZee]

Whoop Whoop! Todat is a good day, today the scales budges just a little and my weight is now 14st3.8lbs also known as (drum roll please!) 199.8lbs! I finally kissed goodbye to the 200s, and I'm never going back there. No longer am I 'over 200lbs'!!
This is a great milestone and I'm really excited about the next one (getting into the 13st bracket), I can't wait!
Only 3 weeks and 3 days until my big night out, I'm crossing my fingers and toes I can get back into my hen night dress! I was about 13st exactly when I bought it, so I need to be as close to that as possible!

Anyway, was bak at work yesterday, i forgot how easy it made this diet! I had my shake for breakfast, shake for lunch, massive cottage pie dinner made by my OH and then my bar for supper. No time to think about snacking! Only problem is i did a Swiss pilot a favour yesterday and that can only mean one thing, swiss chocolate today! I could be wrong, but if not my husband will be putting on weight tomorrow morning
Everyone have a great day x

 

[TaraTeal]

OMG congrats Laura!!! That's excellent under 200lbs now!!! amazing. I agree, work does make it easier on the diet, I only had 2packs yesterday and had tuna salad when I got home, didn't even really want to eat anymore, felt full with water too xxx

 

[LauraZee]

Haha, just to clarify as thatmight have sounded odd, I work in aviation so doing pilots favours is kind of my job..........

 

[LauraZee]

OMG congrats Laura!!! That's excellent under 200lbs now!!! amazing. I agree, work does make it easier on the diet, I only had 2packs yesterday and had tuna salad when I got home, didn't even really want to eat anymore, felt full with water too xxx

and i know you'll be there in only a couple of days too, you're doing so well!
I drank all day long and probably had about 1 hours worth of wee breaks yesterday, still its all exercise walking 20 yards to the bathroom and back!! x

 

[TaraTeal]

Haha did a swiss pilot a favour hey? haha Perks of the job.

Yeah I took lots of toilet breaks too, our staff toilet is miles away haha Its up 2 flights of stairs too, ok so not like floors and floors away but it's good that I am popping up them a few times a day more now! x

 

[cloud*]

Haha, just to clarify as thatmight have sounded odd, I work in aviation so doing pilots favours is kind of my job..........

Lol, I was gona ask what you worked as.

Morning & well done on being in the 100's xo

Sent by Mrs Cupcake to be <3

 

[LauraZee]

Haha yep, I'm paid to pander to pilots every whim!! Sometimes it's fun, sometimes it's just like being a child minder lol!!
Feeling excited today, proper weigh in on Thursday, fingers crossed the scales are in a nice mood and do me the honour of dropping a decent amount x

 

[cloud*]

Fingers crossed for your wi xo

Sent by Mrs Cupcake to be <3

 

[LauraZee]

So I’m sat at my desk bored out of my brain and something has just dawned on me, I love ketosis and I think I am a little scared to enter the real world without it. I had my shake for breakfast as soon as I woke up (because on obese a year to save my life USA they said if you don’t eat as soon as you get up your body already starts out in starvation mode and that’s a technique sumo wrestlers use LOL) and then delayed lunch because I had some jobs to do and figured I’d do those first. So basically ketosis means food isn’t ruling my life right now. Usually I’m desperately figuring out where I can get my next snack or treat from to keep me going until my next meal. I was either eating or hungry, that’s it, nothing in between.
I think this is a good thing, but it is scary for being in maintenance. Luckily I don’t have to worry about that for a while yet, maintenance is a looong way off, but it is ‘food for thought’ ha.

So tonight, I’ll get home, have a nice dinner with some veggies and I’ll feel full and happy then I’ll just save my bar as a treat, I could probably live without it. SO don’t get me wrong, I still do get hungry, but not to the point where all I care about is food. It has to be a good thing.

I’m not entirely sure what the point of this post is, guess I’m just feeling positive and happy but a little apprehensive for the future J

 

[Lots2lose36]

That's really interesting about eating first thing. I always do that anyway but you learn something new every day

 

[LauraZee]

Yeah I generally eat early anyway but it was interesting to hear it put like that! I don't want my diet to be anything like a sumo wrestlers

 

[Lots2lose36]

Lol yes we don't want to look like sumos lol

Skinny minis is what I'm aiming for

 

[LauraZee]

I was trying to think to myself last night why I am doing this. Obviously I want to look better and feel better but I was trying to dig a little deeper and Im not really sure what to think. I guess in my head being the 'fat' one makes me the outcast, the sympathy vote, an outsider. So I guess once I feel happy about my weight and how I look I will be an equal, as good as everybody else.
I think it has a lot to do with my self confidence, which is currently about 0. When I was at school my confidence was through the roof, but the story is as old as time, I got a boyfriend at 14 who I actually stayed with for 8 years. Biggest waste of my life ever, I wasnt allowed to talk to other guys, wasnt allowed to go out with my friends in case it led to me talking to other guys, so I lost most of my friends who thought i was shunning them and then I got fat and miserable. I'm not going to dwell on it much, I'm out of it now and far happier than I thought possible with my hubby but I need to get that confidence back, and I will!!
Anyway, scales budged a little bit more again this morning, so I've done 2.5lbs so far this week. It would be really nice to drop a little bit more for my official WI tomorrow but I'm not going to complain either way. Next week I'll be gunning for the 13st bracket!! Can't wait.
I can't beleive I was feeling down earlier this week with one of my "I'll never lose weight, what if its slowed right down" moods. If I do that again just tell me to shut up, this diet is great and it works!!