Good bye muffin top!!!

[Clairexo123]

Thank you for your advice!

I’ve started fresh AGAIN today. Took your advice and had weetabix for breakfast. My problem is that I don’t eat much for breakfast cause I would rather have that extra 10 mins in bed but if I wanna loose weight I can’t be lazy!!

I do think about food all the time as well even when am not hungry I just can never stop thinking or looking in my food draw at work to see if there is anything I have. I bet people at work think ‘is she opening that draw again!’

I’m drinking as much water as I can, while at work I will maybe have 3 pints then when I get home at night I try to just have as many as I can. Need to up that really but I like a good cup of tea more than water!

On a good note, I bought a car on Friday so I can start the gym and exercise more. Picking it up on Tuesday J dead excited, just hope all this bloody snow melts!!

Claire xx

 

[Clairexo123]

Hey guys!!

I’m in a very good mood today, going to pick my car up tonight but extremely nervous about driving in this awful weather!! But it’s all on main roads until the road to my house which is a country road so not looking forward that.

Anyway on the food front, yesterday back on track went medioka!! I had weetabix for breakie then dinner had WW sweet and sour chicken and dinner got a cooked chicken from morrisons and had chicken sandwich with salad. For snacks I had pack of quavers, apple and cereal bar. Had 8 pints of water and 2 cans of diet coke! Feel like I’ve eaten too much though so bloated today. I’m just not doing well at all just cant get my head around stuff to be honest.

I know I shouldn’t moan because knowing me I’m probably not eating the right things or anything. Just wish I understood it all but then how can I not understand how to count calories!!

Oh well todays another day had 2 slices of toast this morning for breakfast and a cereal bar.

Claire xx

 

[mcv]

A girl after my own heart, I too would rather 10 mins extra in bed or better still have some one bring me breckie in bed lol. No such luck here tho!!
Yr right there's nothing to counting calories but it's making sure u also get good nutrients from that food like iron, vitamins, calcium, protein, good fats etc. there is my fitness pal app for the phone which keeps a track of nutritional values, and the ap is free.
I think about food if im hungry or not I even dream about it lol.
It will get easier, think of one thing at a time, ie drinking a good amount of fluid, or adding 5 portions of fruit/veg. It's then just working out what foods make you feel bloated, coke bloats me terrible so I don't drink it
Well done on persevering x

 

[MalibuStacey]

Hi Claire,

I'm in the same boat as you, I have about the same amount to loose as you but again im finding it really hard to get motivated since new year. My fella's mother bakes cakes and there has been a cake for every occasion this last month to the point where im actually quite sick of it. so this is my problem I'm fine at work have my soup n toast n everything is great, I get home n there is cake in abundance and what do you know I eat it, I've even started eatting it for breakfast :S My birthday is in 2 weeks n im tempted to donate the cake to a homeless shelter or something lol.

I really need to get my mojo back or im just going to end up heavier than when i started, my only plus side is that ive been to the gym loads lately and I agree if i didnt have my car I'd be buggered for exercise. so enjoy you car it makes things in life so much simpler. n fingers crossed you get your mojo back, if you happen to find it see if there is some going spare and send it my way please

Malibu xx

 

[Clairexo123]

Well guys I thought I had my mojo back yesterday until I finished work and wasn’t going home from work so me and my friend ended up at the pizza shop. We got TO SHARE a medium margarita and chips – I had 2 pieces and a few chips and he had the rest, even though he had already had his tea at home before picking me up from work!! God knows where he puts it.

Then went on to get my brum brum and never ate anything else. Suppose it could have been worse could of eaten the full pizza to myself!

My meal plan for today (if I can stick to it)

Breakfast: Weetabix
Snack: Quavers and Cereal bar
Dinner: Soup, 2 slices of 50/50 bread
Tea: Going to be eating out… Probs a mcdonalds cause going to cinema (not good) but they put calories on now so will see what takes my fancy that’s lowish!!

My car is fantastic, feels like a huge weight has been lifted, no relying on lifts and can get where I want when I want!!

Anyway best get some work done!

Claire xx

 

[mcv]

Congrats on yr new found independence, don't know what I'd do without my car, but there again I am a driving instructor lol.
Who suggests the pizza house if yr friend already has had T?
May be you could ask for a bit more support while loosing weight?
Can I make a suggestion, yr soup and bread, a wholemeal roll is less calories than 2 slices of bread, or make yr bread into a ham salad sandwich ? Would fill you up more/ longer (just a thought)
Hope u have good night at cinema, what you going to watch?

 

[Clairexo123]

That is a very good point it was me who suggested it cause I thought it would be easier with me not going home, these are the areas I really need to improve!

We never ended up going to cinema cause it was my treat to pay and I left my bank card in Mcdonalds and went back and was gone, and my friend had no money on him cause I was mena pay. I’m very bad at leaving bank card places!!

I will try that next time, not had chance to have big shop yet so having to live with what I have got and now that I have lost my card gunna have to wait even longer for new one to come!!

The area’s which I’m definitely improving in is not drinking as much I haven’t been out since my 21st birthday so im saving money and saving calories!! I still haven’t weighed myself, I’m going to on Monday morning going to try my hardest to stick to it for next 4 days and hopefully have a loss!

 

[mcv]

What are you like loosing your bank card?.... Almost as bad as me... That's something I'd do which is why I don't have one any more!
When I go to cinema I take my own sweets Saves me getting a pick n mix for mega amounts of money and god knows how many calories!
Yes the alcohol certainly does increase those calories, well done on cutting down x

 

[Clairexo123]

Well I normally take my money out of the bank when get paid enough to last me all month and set in money bags week 1, 2, 3… etc so I know where I’m at but cause of new car and insurance I kept it all in the month so I could work it out after that but didn’t get chance yet.

Well its weekend again J Me and my friend are going sledging tomorrow in the snow up a huge hill so hopefully ill burn some calories trekking up and down that a few times especially in wellies!! We have had some extremely bad snow want it all to go so I can get back to normal and not be scared to drive.

Food wise – it’s not doing to good, need to get to the shop but got no money till card comes thru! I bet you all think all I ever say is food not going good, cause I just cant get in the zone but I will eventually and will stick to it I’m sure! A lad at work is extremely skinny, good skin and real energetic and he used to be a lot bigger, I watch what he eats and he has a routine which is…

Breakfast: (not sure, don’t see what he eats but he says he would just have a cup of tea and slice of toast)
Snack 10am: Apple, banana if still peckish
Dinner: 2 ham salad sandwiches, tomato, pile of lettuce (random) and a apple.
Snack: 2.30pm: Apple
Dinner: Cooked meal with veg or salad (I asked him ha)
Drinks: Water, the occasional cup of tea but no milk, he uses coffee mate powder.

And he does that every day with out fail, I feel like copying everything he eats cause he has lost weight with that maybe took him a bit of time but he still lost it, prob a good 2 stone!! But then I would find it extremely boring!!

But anyway enough of mumbling… time to do some work.

Tarraaa xx

 

[mcv]

Similar to my routine I suppose,
B usually cerial and a bannana
S fruit
L packed lunch, roll, yog, 2 satsuma
S while waiting for T, vegetable sticks
T WW meal with extra veg or such like
S treat for evening( tonight's curlywurly)
Loads of water
About 3 cups t during day
I TRY not to get too hungry

 

[Clairexo123]

As of today I’m trying that to! I think weight watchers meals are really tasty and filling and low calories but people always say to me there not good for you so I thought I best not live off them as much as I was but I’m gunna get a few in when go shopping tonight and veg or salad to go with them. I still haven’t weighed myself at least am not obsessed like I used to be with them hopefully ill have a big loss on them when I get on them next!

How are you anyway? Good weekend?

Claire xx

 

[Clairexo123]

Hello all! Happy Valentines Day!!

I’m extremely depressed today as it’s my first Valentines Days in 5 years I’m alone! I have a ‘friend’ but we aren’t official or anything so we said not to celebrate it and it’s all commercialised anyway but a card would still have been nice or even a happy valentines day!

After following my colleagues routine I did ok, didn’t feel hungry at all through the day until it got to half 4 leaving work time. I was starving!! And couldn’t wait for tea but had to go to supermarket before I went home for my tea then weight half an hour for it to cook but I had this lovely pasta and Bolognese WW meal with salad and filled me right up for rest of night! Same again today though had Weetabixs for breakie, a apple, a cereal bar and made my self a salad last night while waiting for tea so having that for dinner prob have a cup a soup aswell if I still feel hungry.

I’m definitely going to weigh myself on Friday, Fridays are now my weigh in day but only going to weigh every 2 weeks. I haven’t properly weighed myself I was around 10.8 at New Year time but will see what I am on Friday and go from there.

Well hope you all get spoilt today!!

Claire
xx

 

[Clairexo123]

I’m in a blabbering mood and need to get it all out so…..

Well this morning I decided to weight myself I know I wasn’t going till until Friday but I saw the scales in bathroom and thought screw it I may as well and since New year when I weigh 10.8lbs, I’ve lost 3lbs. I’m now 10.5lbs. I know its only 3lbs but it’s in the right direction and considering the amount of McDonalds and takeaways I’ve had I’m surprised I’ve lost anything to be honest but at least I know what I actually weigh now and can go on from there.

I’m still sticking to the same routine of eating, thought I would be bored by now but am not. I guess I’m not calorie counting as such well I am cause I always look at the calories and have a little add up at end of days or be like ‘ohh no maybe shouldn’t eat that could be over calories a lot’ and I don’t actually have a set amount of calories just stay quite low and see how I get on.

I find some of your diaries very interesting and the amount of weight some of you have lost is incredible. I sit for hours some days just reading through your diaries, such an inspiration. And some of the food sounds lovely!! I love cooking but sometimes just can’t be bothered to cook and can’t really afford to get slimming things in as much at the moment after getting my car but roll on 24th PAY DAY! Woooo!! Then ill be able to start the gym and get stocked up on good foods and hopefully will stop been so god damn lazy!!

 

[Clairexo123]

Food, food, food, food, food, food, food, food, food!!
That is all that goes through my head!!

I have been on a good CC for a good few weeks now, not stuck to it as much as I should of but I’ve still been on it and surely by now I should be able to stick on track and not think of food as much. Well I kind of am sticking on track now to be honest and I’m not hungry all the time or hardly even get hungry but I’m still constantly thinking of food and looking in my food draw at work. Everything in it is low calories or healthy but I shouldn’t have to keep eating it when am not hungry I need to learn to tell my mind NO! I guess I just like the nice food taste in my mouth and when it is gone I feel like I need another taste in my mouth. I try to drink lots of juice to keep a nice fruity taste in my mouth. Hmmm just sitting here I’m looking at the clock thinking its 11:15… only 45mins till dinner but I’m not even hungry. I guess that’s just cause I cant wait for a break even though all I do is sit on my arse all day and work on a computer.

Things are starting to look up in my personal life now. I’m to a new house in town which is closer to my work and near my friends. So I will save money on fuel and even be able to walk to work or maybe bike! Ill be able to see my friends more also! And got my car anyway which is going well, other than having a flat tyre the other day!!

I’m hoping to of lost 3 pound on Friday so I can treat myself to a Chinese on Saturday night. I’ve started jogging again as well, went last night and god I could tell I haven’t been for a while.

Now I have finished writing/blabbing it is dinner time THANK GOD! But I’m still not hungry so I’m wasting food really but may as well eat something and get a nice taste in my mouth.

 

[sunnyrae]

Keep going and u will get there. Maybe eat half lunch now and save half for when u start feeling peckish this afternoon

 

[NumNums]

Tried chewing gum hun? Or Tic Tacs xx

 

[Clairexo123]

Thanks for the tips, I only ate half of my dinner and saved it till now and ill get some Chewing gums in.

A lad at work (the one with the routine) said I could do to loose some weight L I could of cried cause I was asking about his life style and everything he said can I give you my honest opinion on your weight so I said yes, he said you are good looking but you could do to loose a bit of weight, he said am not fat but would be better if you lost some. Oh dear. I feel like not even eating my tea now all my hunger or wanting food has gone, I fell so down and don’t feel like eating at all!! I know I have a belly on me but I thought the fact that all I wear is black and cover myself up people didn’t notice but now all these people are mentioning things to me, maybe I’m bigger than I think. Maybe I am fat and look pregnant. I hope this gives me a kick up the arse and makes me want to loose the weight even more. Nothing like been down in the dumps now!!

 

[sunnyrae]

Oh my word what is wrong with him the insensitive man!!!! Do not feel bad about this!! You are making the effort to do something about it, make sure you do eat tea tonight it's important to lose it the right way and in a way you can keep it off. You can prove him wrong. I once had a guy say that to me i wasnt even over weight but it hurt so much!! You need supporting not nasty comments especially when u are already dieting. He needs a slap i bet he's single!!!

 

[Legomom]

He totally needs a slap. And you need something other than black to wear!!! Some people just enjoy sticking there noses in where it's not needed.

 

[Clairexo123]

He is single and I’m not just saying this but he has never had a girl friend he is 32 and still lives with parents, and as awful as I sound he’s still a virgin so says it all really. Just bit of a downer really. I still had tea wasn’t gunna let him get me down. I told people at work today and they said its very inappropriate and if I wanted to I could get him into trouble for it but am not that pathetic about it to be honest. Just gives me a lot more motivation!!!