Ramblings of a Bee on Exante

[Lois]

I'm giving you that proverbial kick up the backside!

I dunno how many re-starts I've had, but I do know how pissed off I am that I've wasted time and money doing this (dieting not Exante) year after year after year.

Don't go down that route, make this the diet that gets you to goal. We know it works, so find that motivation and bloody do it!


:hug99: xx

 

[notsoskinnymarge]

Well I'm back too Bee, and I will be watching, again, in a mad stalkerish kind of way
Lets go !!!

 

[BeeBeeSee]

I'm giving you that proverbial kick up the backside!

I dunno how many re-starts I've had, but I do know how pissed off I am that I've wasted time and money doing this (dieting not Exante) year after year after year.

Don't go down that route, make this the diet that gets you to goal. We know it works, so find that motivation and bloody do it!


:hug99: xx

Thank you!! Very helpful, I do feel much more motivated the last couple of days and very annoyed at myself for wasting time coming off plan and feeling terrible and sluggish when now back on Exante I feel so much lighter and energetic. It's madness!

 

[BeeBeeSee]

Haha, Marge, thank you, mad stalker, that's gonna keep me going, trying not to look over my shoulder all the time.

I've been having a bit of a rough time in work and with totm on full blast, I am feeling very hungry and a tad miserable but nevertheless, determined! Me stuffing my face isn't going to solve any work problems or anything else for that matter.

 

[from biffa to babe]

Hi. I'm new to this forum, but not to the feelings of self loathing and the binge, diet circle.

I laid in bed last night and thought. I'm 35 years old. I am more than likely at least half way through my life, and because of how big I am, have not done half the stuff I wanted to do! When I'm 70 am I gonna look back and remember that lovely Chinese I had, or will I remember the all the fun stuff I did and all the great people I met.

This thought has now got me happily into day 4. I'm hoping these things will give me the motivation I need to lose the 10 stone! I need to get rid of!

 

[BeeBeeSee]

Hey Mel, just read through your diary and you seem very determined. Having a long term ultimate goal is vital and, at the end of the day, the reason why we are here. But just looking at the long term goal far in the distance can really either not be enough motivation or even be discouraging, thinking how far you still have to go.
But with every lb you lose you're actively reaching your goal. And making small goals along the way is so important. Like maybe setting yourself a goal till the end of this month and say you want to have lost 10lb by then. And just think of how it's going to make you feel when you reach and even exceed that goal.
I know this all sounds a bit cliche but I can honestly tell you from my own experience what a difference your outlook makes.
I am still very much at the beginning of the weight loss journey and still have the main part of it ahead. And there are days when I think I wish I had lost more by now, I wish I hadn't interrupted my diet, etc etc etc. And I feel quite disheartened by the fact that there are still 6st to lose. But then I think how much more miserable I was a stone heavier. So the journey, the reaching of the goal, starts with the first pounds you lose.
Oh dear, I guess it's my hormones, so much cheese for you to read

 

[from biffa to babe]

Hey Mel, just read through your diary and you seem very determined. Having a long term ultimate goal is vital and, at the end of the day, the reason why we are here. But just looking at the long term goal far in the distance can really either not be enough motivation or even be discouraging, thinking how far you still have to go.
But with every lb you lose you're actively reaching your goal. And making small goals along the way is so important. Like maybe setting yourself a goal till the end of this month and say you want to have lost 10lb by then. And just think of how it's going to make you feel when you reach and even exceed that goal.
I know this all sounds a bit cliche but I can honestly tell you from my own experience what a difference your outlook makes.
I am still very much at the beginning of the weight loss journey and still have the main part of it ahead. And there are days when I think I wish I had lost more by now, I wish I hadn't interrupted my diet, etc etc etc. And I feel quite disheartened by the fact that there are still 6st to lose. But then I think how much more miserable I was a stone heavier. So the journey, the reaching of the goal, starts with the first pounds you lose.
Oh dear, I guess it's my hormones, so much cheese for you to read

I love cheese!!! Thanks for your advice, I have a hen weekend beginning of October. I'll have a think and see how much I want to lose before then!

 

[Lois]

Good morning, hope you're having a lovely weekend and managing to stay on track xx

 

[notsoskinnymarge]

You still on track Bee ?

I feel a mad stalkerish moment coming up

 

[Lois]

Good morning, hope you're managing to stay on track? xx

 

[BeeBeeSee]

Hey good morning everyone, yes I mostly stayed on track, apart from one home baked flapjack after I had made them for friends, I just had to have one. But it was only small, mega yummy and I thoroughly enjoyed it

It was my WI this morning and I'm now 4.5lb down on my 8lb gain which is pretty good going. So I'm pleased. But it will be a clean week of 100% TS so I'm hoping to be a lot nearer the 13s......fingers crossed.

 

[notsoskinnymarge]

Ohhhh well done Bee

 

[BeeBeeSee]

Thanks Marge, my clothes are just as loose now as they were before I went on a break so I'm pleased. Can't wait to try on old jeans from a stone or two ago, mine are so baggy now but I don't quite fit into the old ones yet. So maybe just another couple of weeks or so and I'll try again

 

[notsoskinnymarge]

Loose clothes is the best feeling

 

[Lois]

Good afternoon Bee and well done on the loss and the looser clothes! xx

 

[Shrimp]

It's a great feeling going down the dress sizes

 

[BeeBeeSee]

Good morning all, I seriously don't know why but I'm feeling really low about myself today. I know, feelings can't always be explained and there's no reason that I can think of. But suddenly my goals seem all so far in the distance. Patience is the order of the day but is the one thing I always struggle with the most. Anyways, one day at a time, eh.
How's everyone else doing?

 

[notsoskinnymarge]

Dont be down on your self Bee.
This is a hard diet !
There is no room for deviation on it, and when we do, we feel like we have failed.
The reality is, as long as we keep trying, we have not failed
We will get there

Have a wee pamper day if you can, to take your mind off things
Or go for a walk . Not a power walk, just something to let you breath in fresh air
Or both !

Please don't beat yourself up about it.
The bigger picture will eventually happen when your head is in the right place xxx

 

[BeeBeeSee]

.....The reality is, as long as we keep trying, we have not failed
We will get there

My favourite bit from your great post!

Thanks so much Marge, just what I needed to hear. Things are tough at the moment with me, work is hard going coz the firm is struggling and the future here is looking very uncertain. In the past, my remedy in those moments of anxiety and worry would have been food. Now that that's out of the equation, I wonder if I'm missing my "drug" to make me feel better.
But I keep thinking how much worse I would feel if I gave in to cravings now and blew it all, that would so not help. So here I am, plodding along, one pint of water at a time

 

[notsoskinnymarge]

Replace your food fix with something else.
Cleaning, walking, swimming, gyming, jigsaw puzzles, knitting......
Whatever you think will keep you on track