Diet & Weight loss support #4

**Mother Goose** · July 26th, 2009, 04:13 PM

Welcome Mr S. I also started at 116Kg and am now 108. My goal is 80ish though.

You girls are very motivated! 30Km bike rides?! You're all doing very well. I'm plodding along nicely. Still doing PT twice a week and home sessions 5 times a week. My food is my let down but is a work in progress (she says drinking coffee and eating chocolate!). Keep up the good work guys!

**luna moth** · July 26th, 2009, 08:15 PM

RED

FACE!

While my friends are on health kicks, I have been having a "self-destruction" weekend. It probably started Wednesday morning, post blood test, then had a late meeting Thursday, and in between have had all manner of biscuits, too much coffee, not enough water, booze, booze accompanying snacks, hangover food and not heaps of sleep. I know that the scales won't be kind to me; I feel a little bit **** for putting so much junk in my body. That said, I had a really good time - reconnected with my friends, and I think it was a little bit part of my emotional process. Back on the horse tomorrow then!

Thanks everyone for your Wednesday night ideas - chezzy pops I particularly liked the nail painting idea! Also the massage - there is actually a new cheap massage place on the way home from the hospital, and I've been hanging to try it out.

Welcome Mr Sq'pa! It might help to break up your goal weight into smaller chunks, and maybe set a reward for each one you reach, like the K-Lyss is doing? Good luck, anyway!

**Cherished** · July 27th, 2009, 08:21 AM

Red

Faces here too Snuggly.... went out for dinner 2 nights in a row and had a couple of glasses of wine each night too....

Mother Goose great to hear from you

it sounds like you are still doing great working out! with the food it really can be hard.... I love finding things which are lower cal to substitute with like my yummo low fat cheesecake flavoured yogurt and my ultraslim cherry bars YUM

Weigh day:
70.6kg UP to 71.9

Body fat down by 1.2%

Muscle up 1.5%

Calories burnt at rest up by 41 (so metabolism is increasing)
Fluid is also up by .9% (not good)
Plus not really any difference in my measurements either

Yeeeep... I would like to declare that I am VERY disappointed with myself. I am back heavier than I was after my 2nd week of calorie counting, Heck I am nearly back to where I was after just one week of calorie counting

so basically the last 4 weeks have been a waste of time

I know you all may say not to be so hard on myself but the scales speak for themselves and I really can't believe I let myself go over my calorie count on 3 different days this week (possible 4 or even 5 as I can only guess about the food I ate when out) I have thought about why I did that I the only reason I can come up with is that I thought I would just eat less the next day or do a bigger workout (I'm sure you've all thought that before). The lesson here for me is not to go over the calorie count thinking I will 'make it up' . Which brings me to the other valuable lesson I learnt last time I calorie counted... don't eat the food before calorie counting it... (I remember weighing everything for a meal that I had presumed would be low cal because I'd made it before etc etc and I happily ate 1st it only to find that when I actually worked it all out dh had put more of an ingredient in and the calorie amount skyrocketed! I was so disappointed that I had eaten way over the limit...... Anyway that's enough raving from me, thanks for reading and I hope everyone else has a better week than me.

**Mr Squidipa** · July 27th, 2009, 07:57 PM

thanks for the welcomes

my plan it to do an hour walk each day and change my diet around a bit and to drink at least 8-10 glasses or water.

**krysalyss** · July 28th, 2009, 06:29 AM

Hey Cherished - I don't think you need to worry. The extra weight has to be the fluid and extra muscle. You have lost fat percentage so I think you are doing really well.
I totally understand you feel disappointed but I don't think you should feel disaapointed in yourself from your measurements. They really sound good despite the total extra on the scales.
Sending big hugs and fat burning dust your way.

I am going to weigh in now at work. From my sneak peeks this week I think I am about the same as last week but my hone scales are so shocking that it doesn't mean much - will see when I get on I guess. Chat later everyone!