Zeke's Fabulous Forties
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lass321
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You are doing great. All these little daily drops add up to respectable weekly drops. I know you want it to be faster but you really are doing amazingly, especially considering you really don't have a vast amount to lose to get to a healthy BMI. You are definitely getting there!
zeke
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Thanks Lass
I am only making a reference really to this expected period of slowness for TOTM coming to an end, hopefully, tomorrow! This was all very predictable and I am completely fine with it. Tomorrow I won't be though, not as much anyway! I need a bit of excitement in the morning!
zeke
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I have brought no work home today and tomorrow I will be home at 9.45 am (closest I get to a day off once a fortnight - although I usually work anyway - not tomorrow!). I guess I had better tackle the housework - that's the plan anyway.
I've managed to get myself stuck in some bad habits again regarding how I spend my time!
Anyway, today I wore a pair of work trousers that I had been too snug and I felt great in them - they fit really well now and are more flattering than some of the trousers that are becoming a little loose. They are still a size 16 though. I have a Karen Millen skirt in a size 12 that I tried just for interest - I could barely get it past my knees! Soon (ish)!
I've managed to get myself stuck in some bad habits again regarding how I spend my time!
Anyway, today I wore a pair of work trousers that I had been too snug and I felt great in them - they fit really well now and are more flattering than some of the trousers that are becoming a little loose. They are still a size 16 though. I have a Karen Millen skirt in a size 12 that I tried just for interest - I could barely get it past my knees! Soon (ish)!
zeke
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I guess no whoosh then...not yet anyway.
0.4 lbs today - which is perfectly respectable. I've lost 1.4 lbs so far this week. Another two days of 0.4 lb losses would bring me up to 2.2 lbs for the week - so I guess fine for a TOTM week. My issue is that previously this hasn't affected me too much - midcyle is usually more of an issue!
I am going to go and pull up my stats from last time...
Last time I did this I didn't have the big drop down in the first week as I had cut down for a couple of weeks previously (down to 1200 kcals/day) and had already lost my water weight and a bit of fat (6 lbs). So my 9 weeks of SnS looked like this:
Start 0: - 0.0 lbs (BMI 32.0 ) 196.6 lbs Total Loss = 0.0 lbs
Week 1: - 4.4 lbs (BMI 31.3 ) 192.2 lbs Total Loss = 4.4 lbs
Week 2: - 3.8 lbs (BMI 30.6 ) 188.4 lbs Total Loss = 8.2 lbs
Week 3: - 3.4 lbs (BMI 30.1 ) 185.0 lbs Total Loss = 11.6 lbs
Week 4: - 3.8 lbs (BMI 29.5 ) 181.2 lbs Total Loss = 15.4 lbs
Week 5: - 2.6 lbs (BMI 29.1 ) 178.6 lbs Total Loss = 18.0 lbs
Week 6: - 3.6 lbs (BMI 28.5 ) 175.0 lbs Total Loss = 21.6 lbs
Week 7: - 4.0 lbs (BMI 27.8 ) 171.0 lbs Total Loss = 25.6 lbs
Week 8: - 3.2 lbs (BMI 27.3) 167.8 lbs Total Loss = 28.8 lbs
Week 9: - 1.0 lbs (BMI 27.1) 166.8 lbs Total Loss = 29.8 lbs
I just enjoy the numbers - yeah to the point of obsession but it mainly stems from interest and enjoying looking at them/recording them. Honestly!
Anyway, off to work and then almost straight back home for my housework day! I am going to have to be disiplined to make the most of it!
0.4 lbs today - which is perfectly respectable. I've lost 1.4 lbs so far this week. Another two days of 0.4 lb losses would bring me up to 2.2 lbs for the week - so I guess fine for a TOTM week. My issue is that previously this hasn't affected me too much - midcyle is usually more of an issue!
I am going to go and pull up my stats from last time...
Last time I did this I didn't have the big drop down in the first week as I had cut down for a couple of weeks previously (down to 1200 kcals/day) and had already lost my water weight and a bit of fat (6 lbs). So my 9 weeks of SnS looked like this:
Start 0: - 0.0 lbs (BMI 32.0 ) 196.6 lbs Total Loss = 0.0 lbs
Week 1: - 4.4 lbs (BMI 31.3 ) 192.2 lbs Total Loss = 4.4 lbs
Week 2: - 3.8 lbs (BMI 30.6 ) 188.4 lbs Total Loss = 8.2 lbs
Week 3: - 3.4 lbs (BMI 30.1 ) 185.0 lbs Total Loss = 11.6 lbs
Week 4: - 3.8 lbs (BMI 29.5 ) 181.2 lbs Total Loss = 15.4 lbs
Week 5: - 2.6 lbs (BMI 29.1 ) 178.6 lbs Total Loss = 18.0 lbs
Week 6: - 3.6 lbs (BMI 28.5 ) 175.0 lbs Total Loss = 21.6 lbs
Week 7: - 4.0 lbs (BMI 27.8 ) 171.0 lbs Total Loss = 25.6 lbs
Week 8: - 3.2 lbs (BMI 27.3) 167.8 lbs Total Loss = 28.8 lbs
Week 9: - 1.0 lbs (BMI 27.1) 166.8 lbs Total Loss = 29.8 lbs
I just enjoy the numbers - yeah to the point of obsession but it mainly stems from interest and enjoying looking at them/recording them. Honestly!
Anyway, off to work and then almost straight back home for my housework day! I am going to have to be disiplined to make the most of it!
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zeke
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I'm home already !
I so rarely get to actually do this (I usually have enough work to fill the day so stay at work anyway) I must not waste it. I will indulge myself a little here whilst enjoying a coffee before making a big effort with the housework.
I cannot stop myself thinking about the next phase and all that unknown territory. SnS is such an easy diet (in terms of planning and no exercise) but I cannot live like this forever and my real issue is stopping the 'up phase' between diet campaigns.
The reality is that after these ten SnS weeks I should be lighter than I have been in a decade and a true size 14 (but fit some big size 12). That will be amazing. I will almost certainly want to lose more but it really doesn't have to be fast. More important that losing weight at this stage is not gaining it. If I go back to drinking lots of wine every night, eating bags of sweets and having copious amounts of snacks then...yep!
This is my plan:
*The day I stop SnS will be my 40th birthday - I am just planning a nice day out with my husband. I will enjoy a nice lunch and dinner and a few glasses of wine! I am not going to start having the most fatty food on the menu or massive portions or getting plastered though! We will probably go to a fish restaurant anyway.
*The very next day I will start SW with my own modifications. I will have 2/3 superfree (so lots of veg and fruit) and 1/3 free and do EE. I will limit myself to 5 syns a day and limit what I can 'spend' them on (healthy food - extra porridge or crispbread and a little dark chocolate). I will try to stick to 4 'meals' a day (and be quite repetitive with most of them to start - because it makes planning easier and that has been an issue for me) as I am now with only superfree food inbetween and only if really needed. As I am limiting myself to 5 syns a day I will have one cheat meal a week and also allow myself to drink wine on one evening a week (probably Saturday). I just cannot stand the whole counting and measuring aspect so I think this will work out better for me. I also know that having things like crisps and snack food are triggers for me so are best avoided.
*I will start exercising - gently to start with but starting the 30 day shred as soon as I feel ready (and being 100% with that!)
*I fully expect to gain weight for the first week or two but I am hoping that after 4 weeks my weight will be back down to whatever it was on my 40th birthday.
*I don't think that going back on SnS will work out for me until the start of July, so I am really hoping that this works!
*If I follow this 100% and I'm not losing weight then I will have to accept that going any lower just isn't realistic for me and I now will need to keep this up to avoid gaining weight.
!I so rarely get to actually do this (I usually have enough work to fill the day so stay at work anyway) I must not waste it. I will indulge myself a little here whilst enjoying a coffee before making a big effort with the housework.
I cannot stop myself thinking about the next phase and all that unknown territory. SnS is such an easy diet (in terms of planning and no exercise) but I cannot live like this forever and my real issue is stopping the 'up phase' between diet campaigns.
The reality is that after these ten SnS weeks I should be lighter than I have been in a decade and a true size 14 (but fit some big size 12). That will be amazing. I will almost certainly want to lose more but it really doesn't have to be fast. More important that losing weight at this stage is not gaining it. If I go back to drinking lots of wine every night, eating bags of sweets and having copious amounts of snacks then...yep!
This is my plan:
*The day I stop SnS will be my 40th birthday - I am just planning a nice day out with my husband. I will enjoy a nice lunch and dinner and a few glasses of wine! I am not going to start having the most fatty food on the menu or massive portions or getting plastered though! We will probably go to a fish restaurant anyway.
*The very next day I will start SW with my own modifications. I will have 2/3 superfree (so lots of veg and fruit) and 1/3 free and do EE. I will limit myself to 5 syns a day and limit what I can 'spend' them on (healthy food - extra porridge or crispbread and a little dark chocolate). I will try to stick to 4 'meals' a day (and be quite repetitive with most of them to start - because it makes planning easier and that has been an issue for me) as I am now with only superfree food inbetween and only if really needed. As I am limiting myself to 5 syns a day I will have one cheat meal a week and also allow myself to drink wine on one evening a week (probably Saturday). I just cannot stand the whole counting and measuring aspect so I think this will work out better for me. I also know that having things like crisps and snack food are triggers for me so are best avoided.
*I will start exercising - gently to start with but starting the 30 day shred as soon as I feel ready (and being 100% with that!)
*I fully expect to gain weight for the first week or two but I am hoping that after 4 weeks my weight will be back down to whatever it was on my 40th birthday.
*I don't think that going back on SnS will work out for me until the start of July, so I am really hoping that this works!
*If I follow this 100% and I'm not losing weight then I will have to accept that going any lower just isn't realistic for me and I now will need to keep this up to avoid gaining weight.
zeke
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0.6lbs today - at least it is coming off steadily again
It is now much easier to get up in the mornings now! As soon as the alarm goes off I am up and in the bathroom to weigh myself! I then go back to bed enter my weight onto my graph, then minimins via the ipad - by the time I have done that I am more awake and ready to get up. Another little positive from SnS!
Getting a little excited about getting into the 160s range now - hopefully within the next week
It is now much easier to get up in the mornings now! As soon as the alarm goes off I am up and in the bathroom to weigh myself! I then go back to bed enter my weight onto my graph, then minimins via the ipad - by the time I have done that I am more awake and ready to get up. Another little positive from SnS!
Getting a little excited about getting into the 160s range now - hopefully within the next week
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zeke
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Limping in at the end with a 0.2lb loss bringing me to a 2.2lb loss this week - rather good for the dreaded 3 week slow down combined with TOTM!
Weekly graph update:
Getting there! A 2.8lb loss this week will take me into the 160s so I am hoping for at least that. So close to 11 st something now as well - should get there in about 10 days. Lots of mini targets to keep me focused and motivated!
I am going to *try* and cut down on my diary entries again. Really - I have pretty much said it all now! I will still come on and update profile/sig every morning but unless I have something new to say then I will keep my diary entries for Saturday!
Weekly graph update:
Getting there! A 2.8lb loss this week will take me into the 160s so I am hoping for at least that. So close to 11 st something now as well - should get there in about 10 days. Lots of mini targets to keep me focused and motivated!
I am going to *try* and cut down on my diary entries again. Really - I have pretty much said it all now! I will still come on and update profile/sig every morning but unless I have something new to say then I will keep my diary entries for Saturday!
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zeke
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I have news! Ok, it isn't that exciting - I guess I am just bending my own rules:
I was down 1.0 lbs today - so week 4 has got off to a good start.
Bumped into two people today who both commented independently that I had lost weight.
I bought a kindle and the first thing I ordered was 'The Dr Beck Diet Solution' - hoping to train my mind and stop the gain between diets - I have no intention of stopping SnS before my birthday
Yesterday I put in another SnS order (84 items) - I have loads of packs left but they aren't balanced - not enough bars and shakes but loads of meals and porridge. That's me committed for another few weeks now!
I keep looking at the items in my wardrobe and I'm itching to get rid of many, many items - things I don't particularly like anymore but cannot justify getting rid of until they are too small - like my Winter coat.
Ok - that's enough!
I was down 1.0 lbs today
- so week 4 has got off to a good start. Bumped into two people today who both commented independently that I had lost weight.
I bought a kindle and the first thing I ordered was 'The Dr Beck Diet Solution' - hoping to train my mind and stop the gain between diets - I have no intention of stopping SnS before my birthday
Yesterday I put in another SnS order (84 items) - I have loads of packs left but they aren't balanced - not enough bars and shakes but loads of meals and porridge. That's me committed for another few weeks now!
I keep looking at the items in my wardrobe and I'm itching to get rid of many, many items - things I don't particularly like anymore but cannot justify getting rid of until they are too small - like my Winter coat.
Ok - that's enough!
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zeke
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Just reminding myself of my aims (gifts I potentially have the power to give myself for my birthday!):
* Have a weight that is (or very close to due to small fluctuations on the day) the lowest on my 3 yr graph. I just have to lose an average of 1 lb week to achieve this and consistently lose/maintain for the whole 7 weeks. PLEASED.
* Be at the lowest weight for a decade since giving birth, which is my 2008 low of 158 lbs - just need to lose 14 lbs for this or 2lbs/week. VERY PLEASED.
* Be in the healthy BMI range (BMI 24.98 = 153.6 lbs) = 18 lbs to lose - average about 2.6 lbs/week VERY, VERY PLEASED.
* Anything beyond that is a bonus.
*Give up because I don't feel I am losing the 3.5 lbs/wk and end up not achieving any of the above. NOT HAPPY!
Just putting it all into perspective for myself!
I came home early to 'work' as well
* Have a weight that is (or very close to due to small fluctuations on the day) the lowest on my 3 yr graph. I just have to lose an average of 1 lb week to achieve this and consistently lose/maintain for the whole 7 weeks. PLEASED.
* Be at the lowest weight for a decade since giving birth, which is my 2008 low of 158 lbs - just need to lose 14 lbs for this or 2lbs/week. VERY PLEASED.
* Be in the healthy BMI range (BMI 24.98 = 153.6 lbs) = 18 lbs to lose - average about 2.6 lbs/week VERY, VERY PLEASED.
* Anything beyond that is a bonus.
*Give up because I don't feel I am losing the 3.5 lbs/wk and end up not achieving any of the above. NOT HAPPY!
Just putting it all into perspective for myself!
I came home early to 'work' as well
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zeke
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Thanks Lou!
zeke
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You're doing really well. I like the wee pep-talks you give yourself, it's good to find ways to get things into perspective
Thanks Lass
I have since read more of the Dr Beck book - I am clearly not using it in the way she described but I feel it is all good training for the 5th May and beyond. I am going to try and do as much of it as I possibly can. It is weird I *almost* don't feel as if I have started my diet yet - like this is a pre-diet. Maybe, finally, I have realised that my real challenge will come when I start eating 'real' food & making exercise a lifelong thing.
I am slowly becoming more accepting of a goal weight that may not be what I wish it to be. My 'dream' goal weight may be 128 lbs but I am prepared to accept that my maintainable goal weight may be as high as 150 lbs.
Anyway, step 1 was to right down in cards and then somewhere else (here!) my reasons for losing weight:
*I want to enjoy clothes shopping
*I want to feel pride in my appearance
*I want to minimise my risk of cancer
*I want to make exercise easier
*I want the social advantages of exercise
*I want to look forward to social situtions
*I want to be in photographs
*I want to improve my relationships
*I want to enjoy planning and getting ready for social situations
*I want to enjoy holidays
*I want to do more things with my son
*I want to look professional at work and set a good example
*I want to socialise more with colleagues
*I want a 'can-do' attitude
*I want to get rid of clothes from my wardrobe
*I don't want to feel inferior to anyone because of my weight
*I want to enjoy running again
*I want to really live now
*I want to challenge myself and succeed
That will do!
I could do with applying this cognitive behaviour therapy to other areas of my life...maybe I should look for another book!
zeke
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This is becoming 'interesting': I am the same weight today as I was on Sunday - so after 4 days this week I am down 1 lb.
I remember in a post a while back by someone pretty experienced talking about a week 3&4 slowdown and then after that going back to losing about 14lb/month. I have done this before but not in exactly the same way - no big drop at the start due to doing a LCD for nearly two weeks previous. Of course, I could lose quite a bit in the next three days and come in at 3+ lbs this week still...
This time:
Last time (ten weeks from start even though I stopped after nine weeks - to make the scales the same):
I remember in a post a while back by someone pretty experienced talking about a week 3&4 slowdown and then after that going back to losing about 14lb/month. I have done this before but not in exactly the same way - no big drop at the start due to doing a LCD for nearly two weeks previous. Of course, I could lose quite a bit in the next three days and come in at 3+ lbs this week still...
This time:
Last time (ten weeks from start even though I stopped after nine weeks - to make the scales the same):
zeke
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Killer headache today Ending up feeling sick - to the extent where I thought I actually would be!
I am pretty sure now, thinking about it, it was caffeine withdrawal. Ran out of coffee so didn't have my normal morning cup (had decaffeinated instead) - also had no coke zero at work. I think/hope that was it anyway! Feel much better now after taking some pain meds and having a lie down in a darkended room for over an hour. Got to head back into work for a couple of hours this evening so pleased it has lifted.
That is my exciting news for the day. Hope I can actually report a loss on the scale tomorrow!
Ending up feeling sick - to the extent where I thought I actually would be!I am pretty sure now, thinking about it, it was caffeine withdrawal. Ran out of coffee so didn't have my normal morning cup (had decaffeinated instead) - also had no coke zero at work. I think/hope that was it anyway! Feel much better now after taking some pain meds and having a lie down in a darkended room for over an hour. Got to head back into work for a couple of hours this evening so pleased it has lifted.
That is my exciting news for the day. Hope I can actually report a loss on the scale tomorrow!
