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By Groovybabe • Oct 22nd, 2007 • Category: being motivated, diet management, goals, insomnia, weighing in, weightloss, weightloss rules, xenicalI have just had the most blissful seven hours sleep known to man. It took some organising though. As we know my sleep has been on antipodean time lately. Not only that but I’ve been getting two hours at a time and well, on top of being ill, you can guess how that left me feeling. It didn’t help that I had no eating structure either.
So when I woke up fresh (not!) on Saturday evening at 8.30pm to start my day, I decided enough was enough. Even if I cannot sleep properly, I have got to get back into the weightloss. So I signed up to WLR again. I needed something that was going to encourage me to write down everything I consume again. I’d lost 2 stone in the past with this web site so I thought I would give it a whizz again. It’s only a free 3 day trial so if I don’t use it adequately then no harm done. Then I got to talking to my friend, Jackie, who it turns out as found the motivation she needs to lose weight and as we were talking she got me excited about weightloss again. I think that was one of the problems, the process had gotten boring.
So I wrote everything I ate and drank and chatted on the forums within the site and it really helped. I’d eaten all my calories by 7am (because my sleep was upside down) but I ended up forcing myself to stay awake all day to try and sort the insomnia once and for all. I lasted until 6pm (considering I’d been awake since 8pm the night before, that was good going) but didn’t eat a thing all day because I’d used all my calories. I was so pleased with myself. Normally I would talk myself into believing it was another day therefore the calorie count doesn’t count… or something! But I stuck at it rigidly, like the old days.
WLR tells me I can have 1470 calories per day and I ended up having 1570, so 100 over. I didn’t manage 2 litres of water but I did manage 1.5 litres so I am happy. It felt like my organs were floating around in water!! I didn’t do any exercise but I was having that as a rest day to get over the last remnants of the flu anyway, so that is cool. Overall I am very happy with how I managed my minigoals.
I did wake up after 4 hours sleep but forced myself back to sleep and ended up waking up after seven hours, just after 1am. A bit earlier than I’d hoped for but happy that I am well on my way back to a normal sleep. (I will stay awake until 8 or 9pm tonight.)
So I weighed in when I got up, just before my shower, and dun dun dun…. I weighed in at 15.6lbs! I absolutely cannot believe such a difference. A few days ago I did see 15.8 but then when my sleeping was bad it went back up to 15.10 but I didn’t take this as an accurate reading as I’d not been sleeping properly. I need 6-7 hours to get an accurate reading. So in a day or so I have gone down 4lbs, LOL. But I’ll take it as two pounds as I saw the 15.8 before. But whatever, it is so good to see the scales moving again and reminds me that if I am good and follow the rules then it will happen faster. I also started taking Xenical yesterday as I haven’t had that for a few weeks and I am sure that played a role too.
So do you know what 15 stones 6lbs means? I am less than 15 and a half stones, I have lost FIFTY POUNDS (at last)!! I have los 18.8% of my total body weight since I started. I have 13lbs to lose by Xmas to reach my goal of 14.7 (who knows if I might hit 13.13 by Xmas?). I am in the 34 bmi era. That is 9 bmi points less than when I started. I have 15lbs to lose until my half way mark… I could continue all day. You can view my stats here.
Groovybabe is 14.9 stones today and has lost 2lbs at her last weigh in.
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50 pounds!!! You are amazing!! Congratulations!!
With this new found motivation, you will make your Christmas goal for sure!
Yaaaaay! Congratulations.
I understand what you’re going through with the sleep so. much. When I was back in blighty I had a part time evening job from 5-10, and I would just sleep though ’til 4pm, be awake until 7am or 8am and sleep again. It was mad. Fortunately it set me up perfectly for Japan, but it used to drive me crazy. When I had problems getting up for work I knoew I was in trouble.
Diana - Thank you! The xmas goal definitely looks insight! This is the last christmas I am going to be overweight. I am on target to reach my final goal in August so am excited by the prospect of a healthy summer!
Zanitta - Thank you!! Yeah, its so bad dealing with insomnia. And close to impossible to lose weight while dealing with it. I’ve had to make myself self employed because at the moment with my sleep issues a 9-5 job is just out of the question. I did have one a few years ago and I went almost insane going to work on one hours sleep.
YEAYY! That is wonderful! Well done!
Wow C, you’ve lost more than double what you lost when you sent me my bday goodies. Remember that? It wasn’t that long ago!
Good job.
Thanks Sparkly!
Betz - August 1st I wrote that stuff to you, only 2 months ago!
Okay, nearly 3 but still! Thanks for your support, it means so much.
YAY! Congratulations!!! That is NO mean feat. It is nothing short of amazing. I hope you give yourself a huge pat on the back and really keep going. Hear that, diet buddy?
Thank you so much! You have given me a new lease on this dieting malarky and I cannot thank you enough! We will do this!
That is fantastic! You have done so well - I am so proud of you!!! :o)
Congratulations, well done. Nothing like a diet buddy to keep you going.
I hope you can go back to a normal sleep pattern soon, too. It does make a lot of difference to your energy levels.
I use sparkpeople.com to track my food, water and exercise ( it’s free) , discuss weight loss on forums and read a variety of articles to help in weight loss. . Another free site for tracking calories and exercise is calorie count plus (about.com), they have a very nice feature called recipe analysis. You enter the recipe and get full nutritional information about it.
I really enjoy reading your blog, and seeing your amazing progress. You inspire me. I am not losing, due to being a complete insomniac, and on medication for health problems, but I will get there, even if it takes me a couple of summers. 16 stone, aiming for 14.
All the best,
John
John - I am an insomniac too! (Why would I be upp at this time for any other reason lol?) It does play absolute havoc with a weightloss programme. I find the lack of structure the hardest. But it is not impossible. You just have to be really really focused. Good luck with your 2 stone loss!
W - I’ve used those sites in the past and they dont really do anything for me. weightlossresources.co.uk is in my opinion the best on the market, even exceeding weightwatchers. And much cheaper too.
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