miss_malone
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I weighted myself this morning and I am 23 stone. My heaviest weight ever. At another time I would have been really upset about this, but today I am happy! I'm happy because it is ok that I weight 23 stone, because I will never step on the scale and see that number again. Ever.
Today I very happily start my Exante plan and I am excited! In 42 weeks on 24th December 2012 I will be 11.5 stone. And that is something to be excited about!
For the next 42 weeks I will have my 3 packs of Exante every day and drink lots of water. That's it. No worrying about what to eat, when to eat, how many calories is in anything. No food choices that I can make the wrong choice about. Simple.
I am not going to weight myself everyday, I'm not even going to weight myself every month. In fact I am only going to weight myself 3 times in the next 42 weeks; on my goal days as noted in my signature.
I have been obsessed with my weight for more than 20 years. On a traditional diet you weight yourself weekly to see how your doing, so you can adjust your plan etc. Exante, like LighterLife and Cambridge Diet, is VLCD that has you eating the same everyday. If you stick to it it is impossible not to lose weight, And you will always lose about 1 stone a month (more in the beginning, and more if you have lots to lose like me). So really, what is the point in weighting yourself?
Weighing myself weekly always turns into weighting myself daily, sometime twice daily. I then become obsessed with every fluctuation, and literally end up sabotaging my own weight lose because I start feeling like the VLCD isn't working because everytime I step on the scale it hasn't plummeted another few pounds.
This morning I was 23 stone, the next time I step on the scale on June 11th (14 weeks from now) I should be 4.5 stone lighter.
I'd ask you to wish me luck, but then that sounds like I feel I need it.
Start: 23st 5' 8" BMI 49
Goal 1 - 18.5st -11 Jun BMI 39
Goal 2 - 14.5st - 17 Sep BMI 30
Goal 3 - 11.5st - 24 Dec BMI 24
Edit: I caved on the not weighing in thing! Not sure if that's good or bad in the long run, but knowing the weight is dropping off and how I am doing is motivating me right now!
Today I very happily start my Exante plan and I am excited! In 42 weeks on 24th December 2012 I will be 11.5 stone. And that is something to be excited about!
For the next 42 weeks I will have my 3 packs of Exante every day and drink lots of water. That's it. No worrying about what to eat, when to eat, how many calories is in anything. No food choices that I can make the wrong choice about. Simple.
I am not going to weight myself everyday, I'm not even going to weight myself every month. In fact I am only going to weight myself 3 times in the next 42 weeks; on my goal days as noted in my signature.
I have been obsessed with my weight for more than 20 years. On a traditional diet you weight yourself weekly to see how your doing, so you can adjust your plan etc. Exante, like LighterLife and Cambridge Diet, is VLCD that has you eating the same everyday. If you stick to it it is impossible not to lose weight, And you will always lose about 1 stone a month (more in the beginning, and more if you have lots to lose like me). So really, what is the point in weighting yourself?
Weighing myself weekly always turns into weighting myself daily, sometime twice daily. I then become obsessed with every fluctuation, and literally end up sabotaging my own weight lose because I start feeling like the VLCD isn't working because everytime I step on the scale it hasn't plummeted another few pounds.
This morning I was 23 stone, the next time I step on the scale on June 11th (14 weeks from now) I should be 4.5 stone lighter.
I'd ask you to wish me luck, but then that sounds like I feel I need it.
Start: 23st 5' 8" BMI 49
Goal 1 - 18.5st -11 Jun BMI 39
Goal 2 - 14.5st - 17 Sep BMI 30
Goal 3 - 11.5st - 24 Dec BMI 24
Edit: I caved on the not weighing in thing! Not sure if that's good or bad in the long run, but knowing the weight is dropping off and how I am doing is motivating me right now!
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