newbie facing many challenges

Hi Tracey, and welcome:)

Caz x
 
Hi all,

I'm really nervous. Have decided I have earned a treat meal. I've done really well and been 100% on this diet but yesterday and today I feel like a bottomless pit! Yep, it's totm approaching. I'm late and my body is obviously complaining at all the changes I've made.

I had forgotten how hungry I get at this time because for years I have been eating what I wanted when I wanted. Hungry isn't the word, sick and ravenous is more like it. I feel weak and shaky, sick with hunger and generally awful.

So I had a chat with hubby and he suggested I stick to my diet totally the rest of the time but plan to have a treat meal just at this time of the month. Sounds good to me as I know lots of people allow themselves a treat meal every week. Once a month can't be a bad thing surely. As long as I get right back on it. This isn't emotional eating or binging, just allowing myself one bad meal to try and fill me up a bit. It's not scoffing chocolate all night, it's allowing myself something I love, once a month only.

This diet is going to be the rest of my life so I need to incorporate my favourite foods occasionally.

Pie, mash and gravy it is! Total comfort food.

Now, if I can just allow myself to do it and not get torn up with guilt...I have to try and see it as a monthly 'treat' meal that I have earned by eating so well for the month. I can't help but think that if I never allow myself some food I love then I will end up falling off the wagon eventually.

It's a marathon not a sprint after all.

Caz x
 
caz78 said:
Hi all, I'm really nervous. Have decided I have earned a treat meal. I've done really well and been 100% on this diet but yesterday and today I feel like a bottomless pit! Yep, it's totm approaching. I'm late and my body is obviously complaining at all the changes I've made. I had forgotten how hungry I get at this time because for years I have been eating what I wanted when I wanted. Hungry isn't the word, sick and ravenous is more like it. I feel weak and shaky, sick with hunger and generally awful. So I had a chat with hubby and he suggested I stick to my diet totally the rest of the time but plan to have a treat meal just at this time of the month. Sounds good to me as I know lots of people allow themselves a treat meal every week. Once a month can't be a bad thing surely. As long as I get right back on it. This isn't emotional eating or binging, just allowing myself one bad meal to try and fill me up a bit. It's not scoffing chocolate all night, it's allowing myself something I love, once a month only. This diet is going to be the rest of my life so I need to incorporate my favourite foods occasionally. Pie, mash and gravy it is! Total comfort food. Now, if I can just allow myself to do it and not get torn up with guilt...I have to try and see it as a monthly 'treat' meal that I have earned by eating so well for the month. I can't help but think that if I never allow myself some food I love then I will end up falling off the wagon eventually. It's a marathon not a sprint after all. Caz x
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At least you have an excuse for the eating lol xx
 
That's what I thought lol. BIG mistake, I feel like I've just eaten the biggest meal of my life. Feel awful, will not be doing that again in a hurry lol

Caz x
 
caz78 said:
That's what I thought lol. BIG mistake, I feel like I've just eaten the biggest meal of my life. Feel awful, will not be doing that again in a hurry lol Caz x
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Aww I had nandos for dinner yest, pizza for tea & mds for dinner today OMG lol xx
 
Lol! Hope you enjoyed them! I'm definitely back on the wagon now. I'm glad I feel so stuffed actually cos it's put me right off treat meals....for now anyway;)

Caz x
 
caz78 said:
Lol! Hope you enjoyed them! I'm definitely back on the wagon now. I'm glad I feel so stuffed actually cos it's put me right off treat meals....for now anyway;) Caz x
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Hehe I did tbh I was feeling a bit down and had a nice weekend ready to be proper back on it Tomo like u fed up of eating crap now xx
 
wafflewaffle said:
Hehe I did tbh I was feeling a bit down and had a nice weekend ready to be proper back on it Tomo like u fed up of eating crap now xx
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Count me into the piggy weekend brigade, lol. :D As I've just said on Waffle's diary, it's part of the process, so we just accept it and move on with business as usual - that's the way you have to see it, that the controlled eating is the norm, and meals, or whole weekends, off plan are just occasional treats. :) xx
 
Sounds good both, onwards and upwards!

Caz x
 
Or onwards and downwards :D

It's hard, you don't want to end up depriving yourself so much that you break and give up the diet completely - there has to be something that you allow yourself :) After all, it's life and we'll be forever keeping an eye on what we eat fullstop - you've got to allow yourself a bit of a treat :)

(but yes, the guilt does creep in when you treat yourself and you get the reallyreally full feeling ;) )
 
Lol, it's funny, when I typed that I hesitated over 'upwards' or 'downwards' great minds think alike lol.

Oh yes the guilt definitely kicked in. I was up half the night with indigestion too. I am soooo keeping my treats smaller in size. I must admit I'm pleased that after only a few weeks I can't face huge meals anymore.

Wish I'd just had some cheese and crackers or a piece of bread and real butter now. I'll know better for next month ;)

Caz x
 
I won't hun, and thanks x
 
OMG I'm so excited. Had a sneaky weigh in this morning and......

I'm not telling you til my official weigh in on Thursday lol :sign0151::sign0151:

Sorry, I can't resist a wind up!

I do have some more good news. I was meant to go for monthly weigh in's cos of the Orlistat. I was meant to go this afternoon and was dreading it cos I know I have lost and I was worried they wouldn't believe me about losing it all in wk 1 and would want me to go back on it, I'm a worrier. Also Dr didn't put metformin on my repeat prescription but we couldn't get an appointment to see her before I would run out of pills and I didn't want to see another dr in case he didn't like me being on it.

So I got in a bit of a tizz.

Hubby rang her this morning and explained we were struggling to get an appointment with her and the weigh in's would be tough cos of him working. God love her as soon as he told her I was doing fine on the metformin she immediately put the met on repeat and said I don't have to go for weigh in's. She's a star.

I'm also really happy I'm not getting any problems from the metformin as it can cause side effects every bit as bad as Orlistat. It did when I was on it before, that's why I stopped it, but the problem continued long after I stopped it and that's when we realised I had a problem with milk. All the same I was terrified of fighting to get it and then having problems and realising I couldn't tolerate it after all. That would have been awful and really embarrassing to hold my hands up and say I had screwed up.

I don't know if it's cos it's a lower dose or it was the milk originally but - no side effects this time! I know cos they start bad then improve but I've been on them a few days and no probs.

Woo hoo!!:wee:

Thanks for being my sounding board through this guys, I'm up and running now!

Can't wait to post Thursday and it would be cruel to make you wait.....

I've lost 3 lbs already this week!!

Eek!!

Caz x
 
Woohoo, that's a fab loss! It's great to hear you sounding so positive, Caz! I'm glad you got your repeat prescription, that's really good news. :) xx
 
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Like Tracy says, it's all falling into place for you now! :) I'm so glad you sound so much happier! :) Well done you xx
 
Thanks both:)

Official weigh day and it's 3 lb off - yay! Not changed since my sneaky weigh in. I'm really happy with that. I'm also chuffed I've made it through the first 4 weeks!

So, altogether, for month 1 I have lost 8lbs and 4 inches off my waist :D

Thanks for all your help guys.

Caz x
 
caz78 said:
Thanks both:) Official weigh day and it's 3 lb off - yay! Not changed since my sneaky weigh in. I'm really happy with that. I'm also chuffed I've made it through the first 4 weeks! So, altogether, for month 1 I have lost 8lbs and 4 inches off my waist :D Thanks for all your help guys. Caz x
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That is so awesome! Well done 4 inches is loads so the exercise is clearly working :) how u getting on with your elliptical machine? X
 
Thanks Waffle!

errrmmmmm, I've got to be honest...it's gathering dust:eek: I kinda fell off the wagon exercise wise lol.

I will get back into it. I'm just so lazy. Think I will make it my priority for month 2. I think I only used it about ten times in month 1.

Caz x
 
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