Winning the weight loss battle….

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Ilovecake

11:06 am
1 Jun 15
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I have posted elsewhere several weeks ago and ‘started’ my story. Life then got really busy again and took over. I lost my focus and, as has happened many, many times before, I have given myself permission to eat with abandonment and gained back any weight I had lost. I feel I need to leave that thread behind- it’s buried somewhere in the forums anyway and move on with a fresh start.
After a week’s holiday (the first actual week away in five years) I have returned rested and with renewed enthusiasm to get my weight under control and reach the goal I have been striving for for 20 years. Having had my holiday marred by the embarrassment of having to don a swimsuit I have decided- that’s it!
I’m hoping to get away this time next year and my aim is for a slim body that won’t make taking my clothes off a source of humiliation.

So, my stats!
38 years old
5ft 8in
12 st 8.8lb

My plan-
5.2 each week (mainly mon and Thurs to fit around work and other stuff)
Keeping between 1600-1900kcal on most non fast days
Limiting white carbs and sugar- cake is a serious downfall of mine!
A slice of cake when I feel like it but not all the time!
12 000 steps a day at least using my Fitbit and riding my horse three times a week.
I will weigh in on a Monday and post my results and diary here each week.

The aim-
To have lost some, if not all, of my 36lbs (taking me to 10st and a UK SIZE 10) by the end of the year.

See you on Monday!

Looney41

9:40 pm
1 Jun 15
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Good luck!! It is hard as I love cake also!! I love baking it and I love eating it lol x

Ilovecake

7:27 am
7 Jun 15
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Hey looney41
Yes- homemade cake is the best!!! I have a recipe for a nice sugar free carrot, Apple and sultana cake which makes me feed slightly more virtuous! But my other half made some choc brownies yesterday- seriously good ones too. The family have demolished the lot already (and I helped)!
What is your favourite cake?

Looney41

1:04 pm
7 Jun 15
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Lol. Favourite cake?? Cake is cake 🙂 lol

Erm…if I had to pick one I would probably always used to go for chocolate cake but my other half loves carrot cake and I’d never tried it till last year as I never likes the sound of it (veg in a cake??) you can see why I’m having to lose weight can’t you??!! 🙂 but I have to admit I’ve baked that now to perfection and it is lovely with the cream cheese frosting on so I guess it would just beat the chocolate cake now as my fave. But then there’s birthday cake…!!! I made my fella a 3 tiered minion birthday cake this year and it was awesome. I drool just thinking about it 🙂 x

I don’t drink hardly unless it’s out for a special occasion and I don’t smoke but I’m afraid chocolate and cake are my downfalls. I just make sure it’s not in the house now unless it’s Saturday and then I can have 1 or the other as a treat x

Ilovecake

1:24 pm
8 Jun 15
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So, Week One!

I have weighed in and have lost 1.4lb which is a good start and I’m pleased!

Last week was a difficult week rushing around trying to fit everything in from 6am until I fall onto the sofa around 9pm generally. And a spate of ‘things going wrong’ hasn’t helped. Car breaking down, followed by flat tyre, followed by washing machine, then car alarm, overflow pipe, printer and now a lame horse. Add onto that my partner has been really busy with work so I have been trying to help him out by doing as much child pick ups/ dog walks/ jobs as I can between my work.
On the plus side the fast days were actually easy (no time to think about being hungry) but on the NFDs I was more inclined to think I might reward myself with some cake ‘keep me going’. It’s a mindset I struggle to get out of because having a chance to sit down and have a cup of tea and slice of cake is a treat!
That being said I guess if I continue to lose every week even whilst having my cake then I shouldn’t feel guilty- another mindset to conquer!!
I have also bought myself a second hand juicer on ebay. Am thinking on NFDs I might make myself a juice and replace a meal just to help get more nutrients into the system. I have been inspired by the documentary film ‘Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead’. I eat a lot of plant based food anyway, being a vegetarian, but you can always fit more in!
I tend to save up most of my kcals on a fast day for one big meal early evening but I do have one cup of tea and one coffee through the day, both with skimmed milk, just to have something to look forward to! I dont think I want to blow any of my precious kcals on juice on a fast day as I’d rather have something solid.
Well, that’s it for now. Until next week…..

Scotti

1:45 pm
8 Jun 15
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Best of luck. Thing is not to be defeated by it. Fast when you are feeling strong and are geared up for it mentally. I started and gave up earlier in the year, just couldn’t do it. However, after reading loads of posts on the forum and working out what suits me best I am succeeding now a bit at a time. I have discovered that if I eat on a fast day then I want to keep on eating but if I drink and keep hydrated then I am not hungry at all, so then I can enjoy my full allowance of 500kcals in the evening.
Good luck with it.

lolo

4:04 am
9 Jul 15
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i am keen to know how you are going over a month in to your diet!

Please keep us updated!

Ilovecake

12:20 pm
13 Jul 15
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Hi lolo

Well, admission time. It’s not gone so well! I have been fasting here and there but eating whatever I want the rest of the week- and I have eaten A LOT. I have managed to gain 4lb. I just think my heart wasn’t in it and there was a lot going on at home (which isn’t an excuse). For me, losing weight is my most difficult challenge in life- I have had issues with food since my childhood and I think I will always have to keep on battling. I want a healthy, easy relationship with food and I understand my issues and where they stem from but it’s still hard. Anyway, I do not want to give up hoping that I can get this 2 1/2stones off and with that create an easier relationship with food.
So, as a result I have decided to set myself a six month challenge. I think I might set it up on the other forum for others to join but keep this open so I can jot down my thoughts.

So, I’m 12st 12lb. I want to be 10st.

I’m going to-
– fast twice a week
– walk 12 000 steps a day
– stick to roughly 1660kcal on my non fast days (using MFP)
– have one fresh juice today
– limit sugar to a treat
– limit white carbs and try to have a carb free meal a day

I’m going to weigh in once a week. Will keep you posted….

lolo

1:22 am
15 Jul 15
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Hello Ilovecake,

I’m sorry to hear that you put on 4lb but in the grand scheme of things it isn’t a lot and you can totally bounce back from this! I too have an unhealthy relationship with food, i eat it when I’m stressed, sad and angry, and I eat it when I’m happy too!! Ok i just love food!! lol But you’ve set a goal and I know you can do it. I will find your other thread if you have set it up.

I weigh 87KG and would love to lose 20kg,so i will join you in your challenge!!!