Health Link: Looking to gain muscle? Buy Blue-arsed Fly
By Groovybabe • Sep 12th, 2007 • Category: diet management, exercise, food, gym, life, self esteem, stugglingI am having a rare five minutes break from life to bring you this. Seriously, the last few days I have not had any time to myself, I cannot wait for the weekend! This is mainly because I am too shattered in the day time so have to have a cat nap and then in the evening am running around like a blue-arsed fly getting everything done. I am getting more used to the two hour walks now too. At first I was physically exhausted. I mean, I thought I was used to exercise and considered myself quite fit “for my size” but I had no idea! I have not been going to the gym quite so often (last time Sunday, next time Thursday) in order to help my body adjust to the walking but I am more used to it now and will try to up my routine again.
Earlier in the week I was having a real battle with my fat self. There was a day I had a major binge and put on 2lbs. That night I lay in bed and mentally willed myself to continue. For a few hours I wasn’t sure I would, despite every inch of my body still wanting to reach goal. I kept repeating in my head that I have come so far and I cannot let all that I have achieved to date go out of the window in an almost mantra style. The next day I stopped eating any junk at all and despite severe headaches and stomach cramps from the binge the day before I managed to stick to it. I did however eat more than I should (natural food though) but when I added it up it came to about 1800 calories so wasn’t a complete disaster.
I have started just having a banana for breakfast. I find if I take my son to school at 8am I am back by 9am. I then potter around for a bit and usually have the banana about 10am. This helps me sooooo much to control my calories for the rest of the day. I’d go without breakfast completely if I could manage it because I always manage my diet better if I do, even though I understand skipping breakfast is far from ideal.
It’s now been four days since I stopped eating any kind of junk. Today I was in town, it was just gone 4pm and I was starving after only having about 500 calories all day. We went into a shop and I was going to pick up a packet of crisps and even though I could afford the calories I decided against it. I am not even allowing myself an odd packet. When I first started this journey crisps were the one thing I still allowed myself to indulge in now and again but it gets so I can’t go without them. I really thought that before but now I am not having any and do not feel the need to have them. Cutting things out completely seems to work for me. I haven’t had a single bar of chocolate, or even a taster, for almost 14 weeks now. 
I need to try to make time to post in here every day again, although I don’t know how feasable that is given my hectic schedule. Tomorrow, with the gym and filing some paperwork, getting some salad vegtables and taking and picking my son up and cooking dinner and housework, is spoken for. I love being busy though so it is all good.
I bought some cinnamon bagels today, they are delicious. Especially with low fat garlic cheese spread, watercress and sliced tomato. Yummiola.
Oh I almost posted this without mentioning what I came here to mention: I bought a top in a UK 16 today and it fits!! I was a UK 24 when I started! You can convert it to your country’s size here.
Groovybabe is 14.11 stones today and has lost 6lbs at her last weigh in.
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I find cutting things out works better for me, too.
Also, that garlic spread sounds much like what I actually meant when I said l.f. cream cheese spread– we have flavoured ones here, too. I’m simply having extra trouble making myself understood of late.
Woot at a size 16! You are doing so well! :o)
I am so glad that you said that thing about breakfast.
I, too, do better when I only have a cup or two of coffee and keep myself busy until lunch. But if I mention to anyone that I skip breakfast, they act as I am worse than a murderer. After reading this post I think that i might stand a little taller when I say that sometimes I skip breakfast.
By the way… I am so proud of your new pant size. You are about to pass me. I better get my behind in gear!
wow!!!!! i’m dancing for your UK 16! and thanks for that little conversion thing, thats cool. now i can finally figure out what people are talking about when they mention their size. lol.
it happens to the best of us. its very true. the important thing is that your still in the game….your still up at bat. i’m proud of you! you’re doing sooo well! according to the conversion chart we were the same size when we both started, and you have blazed on ahead! wow!
dont forget, a few “bad” decisions dont undo all the great decisions before it.
blessings!
I am so, so proud of you for not giving up when you hit a bad patch! I know how easy it is to throw in the towel. This whole thing takes so much effort and guts. Well done.
And being a size 16 - what an incentive for all your hard work!
Ser Kai
No worries, that stuff is lovely though, eh?
Jo
Thanks! I’m not completely in a 16 just yet but that one top I bought in that size fits. It felt so good wearing it today! I am still a 18-20 bottoms atm…
Rachel
The thing is there are all these weightloss rules (weigh once per week, always eat breakfast etc) and while they are generally good advice they cannot apply to everyone all of the time. I think the key to successful weightloss is knowing your body, knowing you limitations and what works for you. If skipping breakfast works then so be it. I certainly eat much less over the whole day if I miss breakfast, that’s for sure. Where weightloss is concerned everybody thinks they are an expert, lol. Just be confident in the decisions you make and you’ll be successful. (As long as they’re good decisions)
Lady T
You’re so right. Glamazon said to me the other day, no one is good 100% of the time and as long as you make good choices 90% of the time then there is no harm done. Its good advice because I sometimes lose sight of this.
Jackie
Thanks, you’re a star too! The fact that you’re thinking about it all in the way you are says to me you will get there. x
Size 16, awesome!! Go you!