25 stone to 19 stone in 8 months.

[TracyGWill]

Sounds gorgeous - aside from the sprouts Napolina is good stuff but it is very very sweet

Ooh I love sprouts, they're one of my favourite veg! xx

 

[TracyGWill]

Thanks, Helena! Lol, one of my friends at work keeps egging me on to write a book - somehow I don't think many people would be willing to follow my somewhat less than conventional way of calorie control! xx

 

[PrincessSparklePants]

Ooh I love sprouts, they're one of my favourite veg! xx

Always knew there was something odd about you, Tracy

 

[TracyGWill]

Always knew there was something odd about you, Tracy

Cheek, lol. I've always loved them, even as a child. When I was at uni, and vegetarian, one of my staple meals was a bowl of sprouts with cheese melted on top, yum yum! xx

 

[Bigbear]

I like sprouts too, but only if they're not overlooked. Mushy sprouts are the WORST x

Glad things are moving in the right direction for you again Helena, and the new recipes sounds yum x

 

[366to266]

Thanks, Helena! Lol, one of my friends at work keeps egging me on to write a book - somehow I don't think many people would be willing to follow my somewhat less than conventional way of calorie control! xx

I'm sorry, Tracy, I am afraid I haven't yet had time to find out what you mean by unconventional. Where would I find your blog or diary please?

But, well, maybe, if I lose as much as you ~ no, maybe if I lose 100lb, that will be enough to impress ~ I will publish a book specifically aimed at the super morbidly obese, the purpose being to show them that, even a person who has failed and tried so many times can, even in her late 50s, be successful. And, mainly, to show that it is possible to lose weight without starving, and without buying any "special" foods, just supermarket foods. I can't deal with the psychological aspects of it, but then there are books out there that deal with these matters. I'd stick purely to the foods consumed and the weight lost each month whilst eating them.

Down another pound today. The weight loss is painfully SLOW.... grrrr!

Helena

 

[Llamasoks]

Morning

Are you still weighing and logging every day? I know sometimes it seems slow, but stick with it, every little helps as they say!
X

 

[366to266]

Hi everyone and thanks for dropping by and leaving your comments and good wishes.

This weight loss is just too slow for my liking. I am so impatient. But I will carry on.

Helena

 

[366to266]

Morning

Are you still weighing and logging every day? I know sometimes it seems slow, but stick with it, every little helps as they say!
X

I am trying to give it up, Llama. :sigh:

The pattern I seem to have adopted is to weigh every day, to weigh 5 times to make sure it's accurate, and to log it if there is a loss, and to ignore it if no loss or a gain.

I need to see the losses on the screen. It spurs me on. Also, on MFP I really need to see all those "likes" and positive comments coming in, in response to my losses. Those gals over there have no idea how much happiness I get from all the emails I get informing me that someone "liked" my status!

To my mind, the most important thing about successful dieting is to make sure you are not hungry. And I believe that I have cracked it! As I sit here right now, at 11am, having not eaten since 1800 yesterday, I am not hungry. And I think that tells me that my body is at long last being properly nourished.

Helena

 

[Llamasoks]

I am trying to give it up, Llama. :sigh:

The pattern I seem to have adopted is to weigh every day, to weigh 5 times to make sure it's accurate, and to log it if there is a loss, and to ignore it if no loss or a gain.

It's hard I know. But that's why the losses seem so slow, because you're only seeing a days worth of change, if you started doing it weekly the losses seem bigger, I've just loss 4lbs, which weighing every week seems like a good achievement, but if I weighed daily and logged it I'd have been thoroughly disappointed as it wasn't happening quickly.

You've got to focus on all the changes, the things you can do now that you struggled with before, it might not show on the scales, but that's huge!

X

 

[366to266]

You've got to focus on all the changes, the things you can do now that you struggled with before, it might not show on the scales, but that's huge!

X

All that seems to have gone. I currently feel really heavy and everything I do seems to hurt. I do NOT feel like I have lost 11lb. More like I have gained it!

I went into town by bus yesterday for the first time in over a week and my feet really hurt, and walking felt terribly laborious, like I was just waddling slowly. I almost got a taxi back because I didn't feel I could bear the discomfort of bus travel, or the walk home from the bus stop (2 mins!) But maybe that is partly because it was very muggy yesterday.

I did an hour's floor painting two days ago and had to lay on the sofa for the rest of the day. I am still feeling achey all over from that, but I had to do a bit of touching up again this morning. All this is done bent double and when I stand up I feel giddy. My legs, shoulders and feet hurt from all the stretching and twisting involved. Again I feel like I don't want to do anything today except lay on the sofa. A flat-pack cupboard has arrived, and so I will assemble that whilst sitting on the sofa so I can have a rest whenever I need to. My carpenter has just cut 20 feet of new plinth for the kitchen and is leaving me to stain and varnish it (he will return to fit it on Monday) So there is more physical activity for me to do. I don't feel any enthusiasm for it.

I guess it's just phases we go through: ups and downs, fluctuations in energy, the weather and air pressure, humidity and mood, all play their parts in this. I will just do what I can and rest in between.

Some people would say that, for a 56-year old who weighs over 24 stone, I am doing well in that I can still paint a floor and do other DIY.

Helena

 

[366to266]

These are some photos of me at my fattest. The two in Cyprus (black skirt) were taken when I weighed 26 stone 9 (373 pounds) my highest ever weight. These spur me on because I never want to look like that again.

 

[Llamasoks]

We definitely all get times like that, I spent the entirety of last weekend (bank hol) on the sofa, watching TV and not moving, which isn't like me at all but my body just felt exhausted. You've been doing so well, don't blame your body for the blip, there are loads of factors that could contribute, I definitely think the weather affects us all, and it has been terribly muggy lately!

The good thing is you're still trying, it doesn't matter that it knocks you out and you need to rest afterwards, take a rest, you've earned it, you'll get used to doing a little more each time and until it barely crosses your mind to think about how much you're doing.

I know those pictures are of you at your heaviest, but you carry your weight well, I'd never have guessed that was 26 stone - imagine how fabulous you'll look at target!

X

 

[366to266]

take a rest, you've earned itX

Thanks for your words of compliment, support and encouragement. It means the world to me that strangers "out there" in webland care about what I am trying to achieve and are here to spur me on and gee me up when things get hard.

Those were really the worst pics, I think. I look better in other ones.

In this photo, taken in 2010, you can see that I still have an hourglass shape, despite being 25 stone plus.


Helena

 

[366to266]

I would dearly love to get back to the weight I was in these photos, taken a whopping 30 years ago. I think I weighed about 14 stone then, but I was so fit that I used to play tennis and cycle. Those photos were taken after just winning a tennis match against a tall, slim girl seven years my junior.

 

[PrincessSparklePants]

You're still keeping going despite it all Your body will ache and curse you - but it's continuing on (within reason! not pushing it to its absolute limit) that keeps you going that bit further each time. You've done a hell of a lot and you do deserve a break! Like Llama says - give yourself a break and a rest

 

[366to266]

You're still keeping going despite it all Your body will ache and curse you - but it's continuing on (within reason! not pushing it to its absolute limit) that keeps you going that bit further each time. You've done a hell of a lot and you do deserve a break! Like Llama says - give yourself a break and a rest

Cheers, Sparkle. I have done exactly as you said. Just painted half the plinths and am now resting on the sofa. I will do a bit more painting on the office floor before bedtime, so it's dry in the morning.

I have 280-380 calories left today. Might have a chocolate bar later. Or not..... LOL

Foods	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein	Cholest	Sodium	Sugars	Fiber
Morning
Glenryk - Pilchards In Tomato Sauce, 155 g of total product (not drained)	194	6g	11g	20g	0mg	1mg	2g	2g
Weightwatchers - Bread, Multigrain, 2 slices (41GRAM	100	18g	1g	6g	0mg	170mg	0g	4g
Afternoon
Tesco - Sandwich Piccalilli, 30 g tablespoon	22	6g	0g	0g	0mg	0mg	5g	0g
Tesco - Thin Smoked Ham, 80 g	84	1g	3g	14g	0mg	2mg	0g	0g
Weightwatchers - Bread, Multigrain, 4 slices (41GRAM	200	36g	2g	12g	0mg	340mg	0g	8g
Last meal
Heinz - Tomato Ketchup 15ml, 45 ml	54	12g	0g	1g	0mg	300mg	12g	0g
Cottage Pie - Home Made, 3/8 of a serving	608	49g	27g	35g	0mg	0mg	0g	0g
Drinks/treats
Tesco - British Whole Milk, 50 ml	33	2g	2g	2g	0mg	20mg	2g	0g
Lemon juice - Raw, 2 fl oz	15	5g	0g	0g	0mg	1mg	1g	0g
Twinnings - Various Fruit Tea, 5 cup	10	0g	0g	0g	0mg	0mg	0g	0g
TOTAL:	1,320	135g	46g	90g	0mg	834mg	22g	14g

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[TracyGWill]

I'm sorry, Tracy, I am afraid I haven't yet had time to find out what you mean by unconventional. Where would I find your blog or diary please?

But, well, maybe, if I lose as much as you ~ no, maybe if I lose 100lb, that will be enough to impress ~ I will publish a book specifically aimed at the super morbidly obese, the purpose being to show them that, even a person who has failed and tried so many times can, even in her late 50s, be successful. And, mainly, to show that it is possible to lose weight without starving, and without buying any "special" foods, just supermarket foods. I can't deal with the psychological aspects of it, but then there are books out there that deal with these matters. I'd stick purely to the foods consumed and the weight lost each month whilst eating them.

Down another pound today. The weight loss is painfully SLOW.... grrrr!

Helena

By unconventional I just meant that I eat at strange times, don't eat breakfast, live on ready meals and other processed foods, don't drink water, don't exercise etc. It suits me, but I know it wouldn't be a lot of people's cup of tea, lol. We all find our own way, I suppose. I don't have a food diary on here, just my diary in the calorie counting section that I'm a bit hopeless at updating!! xx

 

[Bigbear]

The fact you're doing all these things and getting the bus into town Helena is BRILLIANT and well down you for making progress. also looks like you're doing really well at sticking to calorie limit. Im sure all this will be rewarded on the scales soon.

Stick with it xxxx

 

[366to266]

Not good news!

Yesterday I worked really hard all day, twisting and bending and lifting and carrying and walking and standing, because I was painting. In the evening I was constructing a flat pack cupboard and drawers by myself.

I felt a desperate need to eat chocolate. I went out to buy a Ripple but ended up with a 125g Galaxy. I then had baked potatoes with butter and tuna and sweetcorn and ended the day on 2300 calories. But you know what, as my sedentary TDEE is 2,600, and I was active all day, using maybe 3,000, I thought 2300 wasn't going to affect my weight loss.

Today I am up by 2.4lb.

Of course after all that activity I was expecting to be under 340 today.

I weighed EIGHT times to make sure the scale was correct. I am up from 340.8 to 343.2.

I have been stuck between 340 and 344 for over a week, despite a massive increase in my activity (been housepainting all week) whilst keeping to an average of 1600 calories every day.

It feels like I will never get under 340!

I feel like eating NOTHING today just to FORCE the scale to go down.

Could it be the potatoes? Or the chocolate? Maybe I should try a week with no potatoes or chocolate, just wheat and yoghurt and fruit.

I KNOW I should not be ruled by the scale, but I cannot help myself I feel really despondent and frustrated.