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By Groovybabe • Aug 3rd, 2007 • Category: eating healthily, food, health, self esteem, weighing in, weightlossAnd here we are… reaching yet another weekly weigh in. This week I have been doing this for two whole months without a break - what an achievement. I don’t recall lasting this long on any diet attempt, ever. So… without further ado this week I have lost 2.25lbs! Yay yay yay! To be honest, I do think I could have done better, I had a few days where I ate on or two too many pieces of fruit, but it’s goin’ d’n and that is what matters - plus it is considered a very good loss by industry standards. I guess I have just been spoilt by larger losses!
I am pleased to announce though that this 2lbs was all body fat that disappeared as my fat weight reduced by 2lbs as well. I lost .3% of my overall body fat and my water ever went up by .2, something that surprises me no end because I have been baad with my water consumption this week. Perhaps another reason the weightloss slowed down.
I am getting really eager to get into the 16’s now though. It’s so near and yet seems so elusive! At least, two weeks from now I should be there. I have only 3 pounds to lose now until I achieve losing 10% of my original body weight, something the professionals agree is very beneficial to my health.
I have been thinking about my body image a bit the last few days. When I was at my highest it was, quite rightly, pretty bad. I’d gotten myself into a phunk where I thought I was too grotesque to let anyone (a man) near me. That wasn’t such an issue really because I had no men wanting to come near me! I think I was this weight the last time I had sex and at that point although I felt quite big my body image wasn’t bad enough to stop me from having sex. Now it would stop me. I am much harsher on myself these days. I think that is a good thing. I’ve always said (to myself at least) that a part of the reason I put on weight was because I felt I looked better than I actually did. The fact that I am now completely aware means I am far more likely to succeed at weightloss. But I am wondering at what size will I be open to the opposite sex again? I always thought I’d feel a different person at 14 stones but then I thought I would at 17 when I was 19. It’s true I have gained in confidence from losing two stones (well, almost two stones) - my best friend noticed that - but I guess I still have a way to go.
I made some progress on the food front this week. I have stopped putting butter or margarine on my sandwiches. Go me! That was so hard! I tried a few times over the ast eight weeks but always went back to it. I’ve finally developed a taste where I don’t need it.
I don’t often write about my day-to-day diet as I find talking about food makes me hungry but I like to write my daily diet down from time to time, so here is what I ate yesterday:
- Breakfast - Optivia Cereal with Soya milk and a few chopped strawberries.
- Lunch - 2 slices of cranberry Burgen bread, thin chicken slices, watercress, tomato and pickle with one ww yogurt.
- Snacks - 2 apples, 2 satsumas and a peach (I got hungry!)
- Dinner - Cauldron Mushroom burger (veggie), Charlotte potatoes (like new potatoes), asparagus (yummiola), 1/2 advocado, red and yellow peppers, cherry tomatoes, watercress/rocket combo, runner beans with 20g tomato sauce.
I don’t think that is too bad! I did a rough estimate of calories and come to a sum of 1250 calories. This is lower than I should have really (I should have 1700) but because I have been eating lower for so long now, if I ate what I should then I would put on weight (I know because I have tried). It’s okay though, I feel I am being pro-active like this and I don’t feel starved. I felt full up after dinner last night and it was the loveliest, gorgeously nutritional dinner that I love to have!
Anyway, here is to another weeks loss and may it bring me what I want (to look, feel and be healthier)! As usual you can view my complete stats here.
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WELL DONE on the weight loss this week.
Where are you? I’m in the UK
I will be popping back
Linda
Well done on your achievement! I don’t have to tell you to keep up the good work because you already sound so determined
Congratulations Sweety! We lost about the same this week.
When I’m on stabiliser plan(which I think is equivalent to what you’re eating), the book suggests ‘low fat butter replacement’. What I did find was Philadelphia extra light cream cheese spread. It spreads really well, provides all-important dairy and is only 5% fat. I’m sure you’d have a similar product in the UK. It tastes pretty good, too. Anyway, just a heads up.
Ser Kai - Yeah we have Philadephia here but it tastes too bland to me. I almost bought some last week but decided its extra calories that I don’t need. I can’t have anything over 4% fat anyway due to my tablets but really, I am fine without butter or marg. I went 4 years without using it and only got back into it last year when I was uber depressed.
Oh, Linda. I am in Hampshire, where are you?
Fantastic weight loss! Congrats
Thanks for coming to my site with the encouraging words 
Your days food intake sounds quite delicious! 
you’re doing so well, your focus and progress is really awesome
Hi
Great to read another UK blog!!
I’m in the North East, just outside of Newcastle and about 7 mile from Whitley Bay.
Man I wrote a huge reply and my computer crashed! Isn’t it always the way??
My two main points were that you’ve got 2 pounds till you’re 240, 9kgs till you’ll be only 100kg! 4 pounds till you’re an even 17… wahoo! If you lose 2lbs of pure fat in a week, that means 1000 cals restricted through diet and exercise per day. Any more weight lost than that And it would be muscle (bad!) or water (who cares about water?)
And 2nd point was that dumbells at home are a good plan. You should get the adjustable kind so you can add more weight when it gets too easy. Do you do situps or crunches or anything?
Yeah, Betz, I know. I was just having a silly five minutes, as we all tend to do from time to time with sustained weightloss. I did feel my resolve weakening over “only” a 2lb loss, which is ridiculous. But I went to the gym later that day and felt brilliant after my workout. Then I went dancing, and we walked for ages after the club and then in the morning I walked home - 30 minute walk up hills. Then I weighed myself again and I was down another lb so it is all good. I think it is partly because I am so desperate to get in the 16’s now, which is a few pounds away! If I keep on track then by christmas I will have lost 6 stones (38kg!)!! I’ll have a BMI of 29 and will no longer be considered “obese”. What a fantastic christmas present that will be!
I’ve done a couple of sessions of situps at home but I ended up not keeping it up. I do 4/15 reps of crunches at the gym 3x a week on the abs cruncher machine though.
oh…i can relate here. i have been having body issues of late. not really digging this body i have…and though at first what you said seemed kind of harsh about being harsher on yourself. i can understand. seeing myself as others see me has attributed to my success so far. i was too comfortable before and wasn’t really seeing what was there, but instead, what was in my head.
i believe that when we finally get to our destination, we wont have to make this journey again. i’m gonna put myself on a 5 or 7lb maximum. anything over that (aside pregnancy) and i will have to tighten up my regime and get back down.