Up early for work and I had a late breakfast (hot chocolate) at about 10am. Lunch was a huuuuuuuuuge portion of piping hot soup and then off to uni lectures. Working hard for once, I didn't leave the library until I was kicked out, and so dinner was a later one, a delicious hot mint choc shake at about 8.30pm.
Today I had a bit of a chocolate craving again, but I just cracked on with work and ignored it. I don't think I'm drinking enough water (still) - must work on this.
Tomorrow I'm going away for a week (working) - I'll be living in a mobile home in the middle of nowhere so in some respects it'll be easier to stick to the Lipotrim, but the people who I'll be working with eat a lot of chocolate biscuits and I must resist! Once of my friends will be coming over for a girly night, so we are likely to get some food (either go to the pub or get a takeaway) - I'm going to suggest going to the pub as it's easier to make healthy, low-carb choices that won't knock me out of ketosis. I shall also be boycotting the usual wine!!
I'll also not have internet access while I'm away so I'll have to update this when I get back.
Monday 19 November 2007
Sunday 18 November 2007
18/11/07 - Day 18
I slept in really late after my late night, so didn't have my breakfast shake (a hot chocolate) until 11am. Then I left the house and did plenty of walking and horsey-chores, and came back in very very soggy and cold indeed!
I had a hot vanilla shake with cinnamon in at about 3pm - yum yum. Another hot chocolate for dinner and another day done!
I had a hot vanilla shake with cinnamon in at about 3pm - yum yum. Another hot chocolate for dinner and another day done!
17/11/07 - Day 17
Woke up still feeling full from the meal! I had another busy day. Started the day with a chocolate shake, then we all went out. I took my lipotrim shaker and a chocolate sachet with me and had that at lunch while we were out and about. I was very very active and came home slightly craving food.
Having learnt my lesson last time I decided to have some protein, and while I cooked my friends gammon, chips and beans (very healthy!!) I cooked myself a lean pork chop. It was just the ticket, and that together with the soup stood me in good stead for a night of dancing!
Having learnt my lesson last time I decided to have some protein, and while I cooked my friends gammon, chips and beans (very healthy!!) I cooked myself a lean pork chop. It was just the ticket, and that together with the soup stood me in good stead for a night of dancing!
16/11/07 - Day 16
Another busy day! I started the day with a lovely hot chocolate shake, and then went shopping with my friends. We were out for a long time, so we popped into a cafe for them to get some lunch and I had a pot of tea. When we got home, I had some soup.
In the evening, we all went out for a carefully planned meal. We went to the pub and I ordered garlic mushrooms for started - unfortunately, I hadn't expected them to be coated in breadcrumbs so not as low-carb as I had planned (but bloody DELICIOUS!!) followed by a lovely lean gammon steak with fried egg and vegetables - I'd ordered extra green veg instead of chips / potatoes. It was delicious but I got full quickly! I just drank water all night.
I enjoyed the meal and am glad I decided to have it, but I still felt like I was cheating and am not keen to do that too often, even though I made careful choices and stayed in ketosis.
In the evening, we all went out for a carefully planned meal. We went to the pub and I ordered garlic mushrooms for started - unfortunately, I hadn't expected them to be coated in breadcrumbs so not as low-carb as I had planned (but bloody DELICIOUS!!) followed by a lovely lean gammon steak with fried egg and vegetables - I'd ordered extra green veg instead of chips / potatoes. It was delicious but I got full quickly! I just drank water all night.
I enjoyed the meal and am glad I decided to have it, but I still felt like I was cheating and am not keen to do that too often, even though I made careful choices and stayed in ketosis.
15/11/07 - Day 15
A very hectic hectic day today, which always works well on the diet for me because I don't have time to think about cheating, let alone do it!! Good day all round. Some friends arrived to stay late afternoon, and I cooked for them and then sat down with my soup and had a meal together. That's the first time I've sat down to have a 'meal' with other people, and it was great, I didn't feel jealous at all!
2nd Weigh In
Second weigh in this morning. I decided I wanted to know how different my home scales were from the pharmacy scales, so I could weigh myself most accurately at home, first thing in the morning, naked.
So, on my scales first thing this morning I showed as 12st 2lbs. Then I got dressed and weighed myself again, as I would be at the pharmacy - and showed as 12st 6lbs!! Heavy clothes!
I trundled straight to the pharmacy (so was weighed within 30 mins of weighing myself at home) and those scales showed me as 12st 3lbs - so, pharmacy scales are 3lbs lighter, and pharmacist assures me they are expensive, super-accurate ones, so todays 'true' naked weight is... 11st 13lbs! Hurrah, broken another stone barrier!! Especially pleased after chocolate incident.
So, on my scales first thing this morning I showed as 12st 2lbs. Then I got dressed and weighed myself again, as I would be at the pharmacy - and showed as 12st 6lbs!! Heavy clothes!
I trundled straight to the pharmacy (so was weighed within 30 mins of weighing myself at home) and those scales showed me as 12st 3lbs - so, pharmacy scales are 3lbs lighter, and pharmacist assures me they are expensive, super-accurate ones, so todays 'true' naked weight is... 11st 13lbs! Hurrah, broken another stone barrier!! Especially pleased after chocolate incident.
14/11/07 - Day 14
Got weighed this morning (see next entry!) and got my next week of TFR - this time they were short of vanilla, my favourite, so I got 7 soups, 3 vanilla, and 11 chocolate.
A good day today, no dizziness, generally feeling much better but I've realised I'm not really drinking enough water.
A good day today, no dizziness, generally feeling much better but I've realised I'm not really drinking enough water.
13/11/07 - Day 13
Very much hoping that the chocolate binge hasn't done any serious damage - I guess tomorrow will tell!
Today I was good, no cheating - no thoughts of cheating, even - though feeling a little wobbly still and bloated (TOM).
I'm still really loving the shakes!!
Today I was good, no cheating - no thoughts of cheating, even - though feeling a little wobbly still and bloated (TOM).
I'm still really loving the shakes!!
12/11/07 - Day 12
GAH!! I'm so stupid!!
I've had a really bad day. Looking back I think it's low blood pressure - time of the month, diet change and so on and it simply dropped too much. Every time I moved I felt dizzy and on the verge of passing out. I very much was craving food - ANY food - but ignored it as far as possible. I managed until after my lunchtime shake, then I passed out twice - not good. What I SHOULD have done was have some protein. What I actually DID was eat a giant bar of galaxy - yes, the 150g bars. Silly me!! I assume the caffeine picked my BP up (and the guilt, probably!!) as I certainly did feel better, but I'm sure I'd have felt better with some chicken or ham, and that would have been much healthier. Still, we live and learn!
I've had a really bad day. Looking back I think it's low blood pressure - time of the month, diet change and so on and it simply dropped too much. Every time I moved I felt dizzy and on the verge of passing out. I very much was craving food - ANY food - but ignored it as far as possible. I managed until after my lunchtime shake, then I passed out twice - not good. What I SHOULD have done was have some protein. What I actually DID was eat a giant bar of galaxy - yes, the 150g bars. Silly me!! I assume the caffeine picked my BP up (and the guilt, probably!!) as I certainly did feel better, but I'm sure I'd have felt better with some chicken or ham, and that would have been much healthier. Still, we live and learn!
11/11/07 - Day 11
Today I felt quite low - lethargic and quite dizzy on occasions. I pushed through though - drank an awful lot of water and had all of my shakes hot; I had a hot mint shake and a cinnamon vanilla hot shake as they're real 'treats'.
No cheating, hurrah! Role on Wednesday, I need to see that weight down to give me more motivation.
No cheating, hurrah! Role on Wednesday, I need to see that weight down to give me more motivation.
10/11/07 - Day 10
Another break-through day. I had a pony-clinic thing on, and so knew I'd be out for the whole day, in the cold, typical trigger for eating for me at this time of year! I had a nice hot shake before I left, and took loads of water and my Lipotrim shaker with a strawberry shake packet. After my lesson, I had to go and get someone else some lunch from the garage - well! I bought them a sandwich, chocolate, crisps and a drink, stood amongst all the chocolate and the delicious-smelling hot bakery goods and resisted the lot! I just had my shake as soon as I got back to the venue. Then I had some lovely hot soup when I got home in the evening - it was a very active day, so I was really pleased that I wasn't tempted to cheat.
Friday 9 November 2007
09/11/07 - Day 9
Hurrah! I woke up late this morning and didn't fancy a shake so decided to go to work first. When I got home, I weighed myself before hopping in the shower and.... 2lbs off since Wednesday! I'm really pleased - and delighted to report I'm not suffering any of my cravings of yesterday. I feel really proud that I didn't give in - it would have been so easy. I've not even been tempted by the posh biscuits that my parents bought in for a meeting.
I had a large strawberry milkshake for breakfast when I got home (made up to almost 1/2 litre) and for a late lunch I had a hot mint-chocolate shake. I really wanted a soup for lunch, so I must make sure I get at least 7 soups next Wednesday. I can kind of take or leave the strawberry, it's more of a 'I better have one because they need to be used at some point' so I think I might go for 7 choc, 7 vanilla, and 7 soup.
I had a large strawberry milkshake for breakfast when I got home (made up to almost 1/2 litre) and for a late lunch I had a hot mint-chocolate shake. I really wanted a soup for lunch, so I must make sure I get at least 7 soups next Wednesday. I can kind of take or leave the strawberry, it's more of a 'I better have one because they need to be used at some point' so I think I might go for 7 choc, 7 vanilla, and 7 soup.
08/11/07 - Day 8
Goodness - WHAT a day. It started well - in fact, most of the day was good. I had a vanilla shake for breakfast, some of the deeeeeeeeeeeeelicious chicken soup for lunch, and I have a mint hot chocolate for dinner (make some peppermint tea from pure peppermint leaf teabags and add to the chocolate power - it's like a mint options.)
Pre-mint drink, I had been getting some chocolate cravings. I realised earlier in the day I must be pre-menstrual (get various other symptoms AND was snapping at everyone!) so figured it was that. After dinner I was getting on with some work and the cravings got worse, and worse, and worse. All I could do was fantasize about different foods, couldn't concentrate on anything else. I finally took an early night and fell asleep still with all my favourite foods running through my mind. I even dreamed about food, and generally had a very poor nights sleep. If I'm brutally honest, I had pretty much decided if I felt that DESPERATE for food by the next day, I'd give up and eat something.
Definitely the worse day ever!
Pre-mint drink, I had been getting some chocolate cravings. I realised earlier in the day I must be pre-menstrual (get various other symptoms AND was snapping at everyone!) so figured it was that. After dinner I was getting on with some work and the cravings got worse, and worse, and worse. All I could do was fantasize about different foods, couldn't concentrate on anything else. I finally took an early night and fell asleep still with all my favourite foods running through my mind. I even dreamed about food, and generally had a very poor nights sleep. If I'm brutally honest, I had pretty much decided if I felt that DESPERATE for food by the next day, I'd give up and eat something.
Definitely the worse day ever!
Wednesday 7 November 2007
07/11/07 - Day 7
Started with a chocolate shake and looooooads of water before shooting off to the pharmacy to get weighed and the my sachets for the rest of the week.
At lunch I had a vanilla shake, made with a hand whisk whilst at uni - lush. I do think they're my favourite!
I'm decided to brave a chicken soup for dinner. I get the impression from other Lipotrim users that it's a bit of a 'love it or hate it' thing. As it turned out I wished I bought a lot more than the 2 packets to 'try it' - completely adored it!! Really really creamy, such a pleasure to have something savoury again!
At lunch I had a vanilla shake, made with a hand whisk whilst at uni - lush. I do think they're my favourite!
I'm decided to brave a chicken soup for dinner. I get the impression from other Lipotrim users that it's a bit of a 'love it or hate it' thing. As it turned out I wished I bought a lot more than the 2 packets to 'try it' - completely adored it!! Really really creamy, such a pleasure to have something savoury again!
Week 1 Weigh In
I'll keep this short and sweet - lost 7lbs. Hurrah! Current weight 12st 5lbs, BMI 27.9
When I lose 3lbs, I will have a BMI of 27.4 and that means I'm closer to 'normal' than 'obese'.
When I lose 3lbs, I will have a BMI of 27.4 and that means I'm closer to 'normal' than 'obese'.
Tuesday 6 November 2007
06/11/07 - Day 6
Gaaallllaaaaxxxxxxyyyyyyyy NOW!!!
I am having chocolate rage. Or, more accurately, lack of chocolate rage.
Ok, let's get this into perspective. I have had a particularly active day (non-stop heart rate and breathing rate elevating exercise from 8am to 1pm, then pottering until 5pm, then active again until after 6pm) and so I will have been burning up extra calories (and fat). Hurrah! However, I have also been hungrier today - rumbly tummy. On the plus side, I haven't had a single low-blood-sugar-dizzy-spell since going on the diet (obviously - it's low carb) which backs up my theory I have insulin-resistant problems.
I have had a nice cold vanilla shake for breakfast, a cold slightly thicker chocolate for lunch, and a gorgeous hot vanilla (with some cinnamon as a treat due to stress - see below!) for dinner. Yum!
However. STRESS in the name of... well, too much to do, really. I am a full time student (no, but really - I'm one of the rare collectible ones that actually DO some work) plus run a company and have 2 other part time jobs. Oh, and I work occasionally for a friend's business when it's busy, and given that said friend is on holiday this week, I've definitely got my hands full.
Particular work stress with uni peers tonight very nearly drove me to galaxy - well. Probably not - that would have required effort to go and buy some. But the thought was there. Mental note - angry = need for chocolate. I'm really hoping this diet can help me solve these various issues with food.
First weigh in tomorrow - eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeekkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk!!!
I am having chocolate rage. Or, more accurately, lack of chocolate rage.
Ok, let's get this into perspective. I have had a particularly active day (non-stop heart rate and breathing rate elevating exercise from 8am to 1pm, then pottering until 5pm, then active again until after 6pm) and so I will have been burning up extra calories (and fat). Hurrah! However, I have also been hungrier today - rumbly tummy. On the plus side, I haven't had a single low-blood-sugar-dizzy-spell since going on the diet (obviously - it's low carb) which backs up my theory I have insulin-resistant problems.
I have had a nice cold vanilla shake for breakfast, a cold slightly thicker chocolate for lunch, and a gorgeous hot vanilla (with some cinnamon as a treat due to stress - see below!) for dinner. Yum!
However. STRESS in the name of... well, too much to do, really. I am a full time student (no, but really - I'm one of the rare collectible ones that actually DO some work) plus run a company and have 2 other part time jobs. Oh, and I work occasionally for a friend's business when it's busy, and given that said friend is on holiday this week, I've definitely got my hands full.
Particular work stress with uni peers tonight very nearly drove me to galaxy - well. Probably not - that would have required effort to go and buy some. But the thought was there. Mental note - angry = need for chocolate. I'm really hoping this diet can help me solve these various issues with food.
First weigh in tomorrow - eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeekkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk!!!
Monday 5 November 2007
Why bother?
No this is not a 'Why bother dieting anyway, woe is me' blog entry. Au contraire - this is to remind myself exactly why I DO bother, on those days it all gets a bit too much. Let's list the reasons why I want - even NEED - to be a skinny minx.
Oh. And I am going to find a gorgeous, rich husband with land. Hurrah!
- I've never been thin. Not ever. I'm one of the 'lucky' fat people - I've never been bullied (the closest I recall was being called 'thunder thighs' - by a boy right after I found out he had a crush on me and was embarassed, so that kind of washed right over me...) but even so, it would be nice not to be fat ALL my life.
- I have shocking joints. Both hips, knees, and ankles are already complaning - I have hypermobility disorder anyway, so my joints are generally a bit feeble and unsupported, which is all the more reason to stop them carrying excess weight. My knees creak, crunch, click AND grind (quite the party piece) so I want to help them.
- I want to LIKE photos of myself. I often get all dressed up for a night out, feel fabulous, look in the mirror and LIKE what I see, have a brilliant night out, get the photos back and HORROR!! "I left the house like THAT?! I spoke to people like that?! Hide me away forever..." Those days shall be no more!
- I want to wear the kind of outfits that 'only look good on skinny people'. I damn well want to go out in town and have women gaze at ME in envy, thinking "I wish I could get away with that..." Selfish and bratty, yes - but I want it all the same.
- I have horses and I want to make their life easier. One of them in a baby, and I want to be light enough to ride her when she's first broken in, without causes undue stresses and strains on her growing body. I also want to be a better rider - I want to be able to wrap my damn legs around the horse without all the thigh-flab getting in the way! I don't want to be breathless and ineffective and 30 mins because of the fat holding me back. I also want to ride my little broodmare, who's maximum weight limit will be about 11 stone.
- I have a family history of heart disease, and as being overweight is a major factor, I need to lose weight to reduce the risk.
- Similarly, both my weight and sugar addiction predisposes me to Type II Diabetes - and I am NOT doing that to myself.
Oh. And I am going to find a gorgeous, rich husband with land. Hurrah!
Exercise!! And 10... and 9... and 8...
I'm a pretty active person. That is: I am fairly active. Not I am a pretty and active person. Sadly. This is where the lack of understand of punctuation in today's society is highlighted.
Anyway, I digress. I have an active lifestyle, and a physical job. However, I would like to tone up and in particular, once the spare tyre(s) have gone, I want a TONED midriff. Hell, I have a gorgeous tattoo on my back and a pierced belly button, I damn well want to show them off!
So as of Day 3, I have been doing sit-ups twice a day. I do 15 x normal sit-ups; 12 to the right, 12 to the left, and 12 lower ab crunches - the evil ones where you cross your ankles, bend the knees, and use your lower abs to lift your bottom slightly off the floor as you crunch up... and crunch is the word. Ouch.
Ok so that no big boast - we ARE only on Day 5. But this morning, they felt a lot easier! Hurrah, progress already! I hope that if I can continue doing them twice a day for a fortnight, they will become habit, part of my daily routine and I won't have to think about them so much.
Anyway, I digress. I have an active lifestyle, and a physical job. However, I would like to tone up and in particular, once the spare tyre(s) have gone, I want a TONED midriff. Hell, I have a gorgeous tattoo on my back and a pierced belly button, I damn well want to show them off!
So as of Day 3, I have been doing sit-ups twice a day. I do 15 x normal sit-ups; 12 to the right, 12 to the left, and 12 lower ab crunches - the evil ones where you cross your ankles, bend the knees, and use your lower abs to lift your bottom slightly off the floor as you crunch up... and crunch is the word. Ouch.
Ok so that no big boast - we ARE only on Day 5. But this morning, they felt a lot easier! Hurrah, progress already! I hope that if I can continue doing them twice a day for a fortnight, they will become habit, part of my daily routine and I won't have to think about them so much.
05/11/07 - Day 5
I started the day FAR too early (started work at 7.30am) and had a full chocolate shake before I left. I got a bit of a rumbly tum while I was at work (physical job) but didn't feel 'hungry' - I suspect just lack of water. For lunch I had a lovely frothy vanilla, and today as it's cold I've been drinking a lot of hot water.
Tonight I felt a bit peckish quite early so decided to split a shake so that I could have half to satisfy me then, but some for later when I got hungry again. It's 9.40pm now and I'm actually not hungry, but it's important to have all 3 shakes every day to give you the RDA of vitamins / minerals / nutrients so I'm just off to have the other half now - it'll be hot again, proper bedtime drink!
I'm going to weigh myself in the morning again - my official weigh in will be first thing on Wednesday morning at the pharmacy. I'm looking forward to it!
Tonight I felt a bit peckish quite early so decided to split a shake so that I could have half to satisfy me then, but some for later when I got hungry again. It's 9.40pm now and I'm actually not hungry, but it's important to have all 3 shakes every day to give you the RDA of vitamins / minerals / nutrients so I'm just off to have the other half now - it'll be hot again, proper bedtime drink!
I'm going to weigh myself in the morning again - my official weigh in will be first thing on Wednesday morning at the pharmacy. I'm looking forward to it!
04/11/07 - Day 4
I probably shouldn't have done, but when I woke up, I weighed myself.
What I hadn't mentioned re: Day 1 was I weighed myself first thing that morning (naked!) and my home scales said 13st. The pharmacy scales then said 12st 12lbs (wearing jeans, polo shirt and jumper - no shoes) and as soon as I got home I weighed myself wearing the same clothes and the scales said 13st 1lb. So for now I'm assuming my scales make me 3lbs heavier.
So, my scales show a loss of 5lbs - so I am now 12st 7lbs. Back to pre-uni weight - hurrah! Anyway, must not get carried away. Most of the weight lost in the first week is water and general detox - the real fat burning starts in earnest next week.
Right, back to Day 4. I generally found today very easy - I was really able to appreciate the smell of my family's dinner without actually craving any, hurrah! I didn't feel hungry today - had to remind myself to have my 3rd shake (hot vanilla - delicious, like a large horlicks) and I felt REALLY full afterwards.
What I hadn't mentioned re: Day 1 was I weighed myself first thing that morning (naked!) and my home scales said 13st. The pharmacy scales then said 12st 12lbs (wearing jeans, polo shirt and jumper - no shoes) and as soon as I got home I weighed myself wearing the same clothes and the scales said 13st 1lb. So for now I'm assuming my scales make me 3lbs heavier.
So, my scales show a loss of 5lbs - so I am now 12st 7lbs. Back to pre-uni weight - hurrah! Anyway, must not get carried away. Most of the weight lost in the first week is water and general detox - the real fat burning starts in earnest next week.
Right, back to Day 4. I generally found today very easy - I was really able to appreciate the smell of my family's dinner without actually craving any, hurrah! I didn't feel hungry today - had to remind myself to have my 3rd shake (hot vanilla - delicious, like a large horlicks) and I felt REALLY full afterwards.
03/11/07 - Day 3
Gah - I woke up with a headache. My own fault - dehydrated. Drunk loads of water, then shake (vanilla), then more water, then set off on a day out. I took 4 large bottles of water with me, plus my stuff for lunch. Still had a headache on the drive there so popped some ibuprofen and drank even more water. I got quite cold today (outdoors) but resisted the lure of the cafe! I can quite see why people are tempted on day 3 - not that I was, but it was much harder than the first 2 days.
I had a strawberry shake today for lunch - made all frothy on top - yum! For dinner I had a hot chocolate shake. As my taste buds adjust and are not being bombarded with sugars and fats all day long, the shakes just get better and better - not bland at all now.
I had a strawberry shake today for lunch - made all frothy on top - yum! For dinner I had a hot chocolate shake. As my taste buds adjust and are not being bombarded with sugars and fats all day long, the shakes just get better and better - not bland at all now.
02/11/07 - Day 2
Day 2 was pretty easy too. I started with half a strawberry shake - I decided to split the packet because early in the morning I usually struggle to eat / drink much. I was out for most of the morning and had the other half when I got in. A lunch chocolate and an evening vanilla (cold, no coffee - VERY nice!) completed the day.
Stupidly, because I was out and about, I didn't drink quite as much as I should, and felt a little hungry and headachey in the late evening. Had plenty of water before going to bed - another successful day!
Stupidly, because I was out and about, I didn't drink quite as much as I should, and felt a little hungry and headachey in the late evening. Had plenty of water before going to bed - another successful day!
01/11/07 - Day 1
So, to do Lipotrim you have to either do it through a GP or trained pharmacy. My nearest pharmacy is a bit of a trek, but you know - excuses excuses. So off I trundled first thing in the morning (having had nothing but water to drink and nothing to eat as I'd already read up on the diet) and had all the necessary health checks, bought my packs (21 sachets of powedered 'meal') and off I trundled.
My first shake was a cold chocolate one. It tasted 'ok' - I suppose my taste buds were expecting something sweeter so it was a bit bland, but perfectly drinkable. Later on, I tried a hot vanilla shake with a spoonful of coffee. EURGH! Should have known; I only drink coffee with 2 sugars and cream and it blatantly wasn't going to taste like that!! Mental note: do not do that again. In the evening I had another chocolate one.
Overall, I found Day 1 easy. Like, really easy. I suppose in a way it helped that I tend to not eat breakfast, so by the time I'd been to work, then town, then on to the pharmacy and home again my first shake was midday-ish and so all 3 that day were quite close together. Also because it was on my mind I drunk loads of water.
So far, so good.
My first shake was a cold chocolate one. It tasted 'ok' - I suppose my taste buds were expecting something sweeter so it was a bit bland, but perfectly drinkable. Later on, I tried a hot vanilla shake with a spoonful of coffee. EURGH! Should have known; I only drink coffee with 2 sugars and cream and it blatantly wasn't going to taste like that!! Mental note: do not do that again. In the evening I had another chocolate one.
Overall, I found Day 1 easy. Like, really easy. I suppose in a way it helped that I tend to not eat breakfast, so by the time I'd been to work, then town, then on to the pharmacy and home again my first shake was midday-ish and so all 3 that day were quite close together. Also because it was on my mind I drunk loads of water.
So far, so good.
Goals
No, not football, hockey, or anything vaguely energy related.
Aiming for a healthy weight - there are various factors. The most obvious one is BMI and for my height, I ought to weigh between 8st 12lbs and 11st 1lb. I have broad shoulders and muscley legs (really, not just 'I'm heavy because I'm BIG BONED) so I think I'd be unrealistic to aim too low. I'd like to maintain at around 10st 7lbs so my goal weight will be 10st to give a bit of leeway.
On the other hand, my dream dress size is 10 (maybe 12 on top - considerable assets...) so if I got there before I got to ideal weight, I'll stop.
Can someone point me back in this direction when I tantrum and say I don't care and I only wanted to stick at a size 14 ANYWAY, SO THERE??
Aiming for a healthy weight - there are various factors. The most obvious one is BMI and for my height, I ought to weigh between 8st 12lbs and 11st 1lb. I have broad shoulders and muscley legs (really, not just 'I'm heavy because I'm BIG BONED) so I think I'd be unrealistic to aim too low. I'd like to maintain at around 10st 7lbs so my goal weight will be 10st to give a bit of leeway.
On the other hand, my dream dress size is 10 (maybe 12 on top - considerable assets...) so if I got there before I got to ideal weight, I'll stop.
Can someone point me back in this direction when I tantrum and say I don't care and I only wanted to stick at a size 14 ANYWAY, SO THERE??
Who Am I?
Without wishing to digress into a philosophical daydream, I thought I'd better expand on the 'About Me' section, and explain a bit about what has lead me to this point.
So. I am 24.5 years old (and now feeling very like Adrian Mole - but you can learn a LOT in 6 months. You can also lose a lot of weight in that time, so yes, it IS relevant...) I overuse the ellipsis (...) which will no doubt annoy me as much as it annoys you (eventually). I live in the country, I love the outdoors, and I love food.
I have been overweight since I was a child - not huge, not obese (some of the kids nowadays.... Christ! You wouldn't have got many of those in a Titanic lifeboat) but overweight. Solid, maybe. I have clear recollections in primary school of never wanting to be the volunteer for those fun little 'calculate the weight and convert it to imperial' type exercises - I'm pretty sure my weight as a 9/10 year old was 50kg which is 7 stone 12 lbs. That seems like a teeny tiny amount to me now, but when you consider that the average for a 10 year old girl is 5 stone 7 lbs... not good.
At the age of 14, I weighed almost 12-and-a-half stone. That was 10 years ago! From then, my weight didn't fluctuate much and when I finished my GAP year and went to uni, I still weighed about the same. I am 5'6" (1.68m), by the way, so that was a BMI of 28. Click here for a BMI calculator, by the way. That's officially FAT.
I have dieted on and off since the age of 16. I think the lightest I got to between the age of 14 and 19 was 11st 12lbs (BMI just under 27 - so heading in the right direction). Then uni happened - and a few weeks in, I got a bad case of glandular fever and ended up in hospital. After going home, I still couldn't eat for a few weeks and dropped to my thinnest since my pre-teens - and yet STILL weighed over 11-and-a-half stone. No bloody justice!! Needless to say, once I started eating again I had to make up for lost time and put on weight very quickly! Over the next few years I tried the odd half-hearted diet and yo-yo'd a little.
On 1st January 2006 I decided enough was enough - I HAD to lose weight. I started on a low-carb diet, and was pretty successful. I dropped the first stone relatively quickly, but then weight loss slowed and motivation diminished (would you like to get the violins out now?) and I'd have a naughty period, put a few lbs back on, then be good and drop half a stone - so overall I was losing weight gradually, but a bit like 2 steps forward and 1 back - ie getting nowhere fast!
So. Action IS needed!! Since 01/01/06 I have lost 2 stone (hurrah!) but weighing in at 12st 12lbs with a BMI of 29 there's still plenty to go to be 'healthy'. I know people who have been very successful on the 'Lipotrim' diet - initially total food replacement, going onto the careful re-feed, and finally maintenance program. I feel I need the kind of program which will help stop me cheating (and surely not eating any food will help stop me having 'just a little bit more'!) and help me get to my target weight quickly.
More on targets and goals in the next entry!
So. I am 24.5 years old (and now feeling very like Adrian Mole - but you can learn a LOT in 6 months. You can also lose a lot of weight in that time, so yes, it IS relevant...) I overuse the ellipsis (...) which will no doubt annoy me as much as it annoys you (eventually). I live in the country, I love the outdoors, and I love food.
I have been overweight since I was a child - not huge, not obese (some of the kids nowadays.... Christ! You wouldn't have got many of those in a Titanic lifeboat) but overweight. Solid, maybe. I have clear recollections in primary school of never wanting to be the volunteer for those fun little 'calculate the weight and convert it to imperial' type exercises - I'm pretty sure my weight as a 9/10 year old was 50kg which is 7 stone 12 lbs. That seems like a teeny tiny amount to me now, but when you consider that the average for a 10 year old girl is 5 stone 7 lbs... not good.
At the age of 14, I weighed almost 12-and-a-half stone. That was 10 years ago! From then, my weight didn't fluctuate much and when I finished my GAP year and went to uni, I still weighed about the same. I am 5'6" (1.68m), by the way, so that was a BMI of 28. Click here for a BMI calculator, by the way. That's officially FAT.
I have dieted on and off since the age of 16. I think the lightest I got to between the age of 14 and 19 was 11st 12lbs (BMI just under 27 - so heading in the right direction). Then uni happened - and a few weeks in, I got a bad case of glandular fever and ended up in hospital. After going home, I still couldn't eat for a few weeks and dropped to my thinnest since my pre-teens - and yet STILL weighed over 11-and-a-half stone. No bloody justice!! Needless to say, once I started eating again I had to make up for lost time and put on weight very quickly! Over the next few years I tried the odd half-hearted diet and yo-yo'd a little.
On 1st January 2006 I decided enough was enough - I HAD to lose weight. I started on a low-carb diet, and was pretty successful. I dropped the first stone relatively quickly, but then weight loss slowed and motivation diminished (would you like to get the violins out now?) and I'd have a naughty period, put a few lbs back on, then be good and drop half a stone - so overall I was losing weight gradually, but a bit like 2 steps forward and 1 back - ie getting nowhere fast!
So. Action IS needed!! Since 01/01/06 I have lost 2 stone (hurrah!) but weighing in at 12st 12lbs with a BMI of 29 there's still plenty to go to be 'healthy'. I know people who have been very successful on the 'Lipotrim' diet - initially total food replacement, going onto the careful re-feed, and finally maintenance program. I feel I need the kind of program which will help stop me cheating (and surely not eating any food will help stop me having 'just a little bit more'!) and help me get to my target weight quickly.
More on targets and goals in the next entry!
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)