Lynn_
On A Mission!
So today I hit my target, and I am at a weight I am very happy with, and feel good at.
So this is my maintenance journey. Ive no idea where im going or how the hell im gonna get there. Never been down this road before.
I can do weight loss, been doing it years, but never have i been in a position before to say, ok thats its ive lost the weight, now lets see how im gonna stay here.
I guess the best place to start is to get to the bottom of why the weight always goes back on. Sweet stuff isnt my problem, im not saying i dont like it, ill eat a box of chocolates if im given one. But i dont crave sweet stuff. I do crave carbs though, and carbs are the issue. It was cutting out the carbs finally that got me to where i am now.
My danger foods
Burger King
Mcdonalds
Chinese Takeaway ( and im not even that keen on chinese food to be honest, but i sure used to eat a lot of it)
Indian food ( now we are talking)
Pasta, especially spaghetti bolognese. Did i ever tell you about my 'dry' bolognese? No? Lets not even go there, i could eat it till the cows come home, and often did.
Pizza, my personal belief is that pizza is the work of the devil.
Im not that keen on Mcdonalds burgers , the big problem was 8am on my way somewhere, no breakfast and hungry. How convenient to stop at Mcdonalds for Sausage and Egg muffin, potato cake thing and a coffee. Set me right up for the day that did, well at least till lunchtime anyway.
Burger King Whopper with Cheese. mmmmmmmmmmmm.......................... now those really are the work of the devil at about 800 cals a go. And i was never really satisified with just 1 either. Dont do chips though, dont like them. Pity really cos they would have filled me up and been half the calories of a second whopper. Oh dont forget the diet coke.............that has to be the biggest joke in the fast food industry, burger chips and ............wait for it............diet coke. My car was always full of empty Mcdonald and Burger King bags. I have to confess though, i still stop at Mcdonalds once or twice a week, but its for a black coffee and nothing else
. I need it to keep me awake on the road.
Chinese Takeaway. Because i travel such a lot for work, by the time i get home i cant be assed with going to tesco, and then coming home and cooking the wretched stuff. The local chinese is on speeddial, and they recognise my voice when i ring them. Now thats a BAD sign. I dont even like chinese that much, much much prefer Indian. We used to get chinese about 3 times a week?
Indian food. lets face it, ill never give it up. This is the one thing that i have to make a concession to, somehow.
Pizza. Oh I love pizza, all those carbs and fat. uggg im not even gonna think about it.
Pasta. Now when it comes to spaghetti bolognese, even i can get off my (previously) fat behind to cook it. I make truely great spaghetti bolognese. My 'dry' bolognese is legendary. And how about my carbonara? Its pure heaven. But im so far off carbs now, its out of sight. I think i would be scared to eat it now, and quite honestly it should stay that way.
So these are my danger foods, and the reason the weight goes back on again. They are the reason I was 17st 5lb (actually have been heavier than that, i think i hit 18 and half stone at my heaviest ever) and giving them up (bar the Indian food) is the reason im now 11.8.5
I know that the day i order a chinese takeaway because i cant be bothered to cook, is the day I have lost it. So thats my number one indicator that ive lost the battle. Having a takeaway with friends is different, because thats an occasion, and we are all allowed occasions. Having a takeaway because im hungry but too lazy to shop and cook is a totally different scenario.
So, Rule Number 1, I will not order chinese takeaway in preference to cooking a meal. This means I have to go shopping and have food in the house that i can prepare and eat. You know, i dont even LIKE chinese that much, it was just pure lazyness. There can be no excuse to ever do that again.
Rule number 2, I will have breakfast every day, I will not skip breakfast. Then i wont have to stop at Mcdonalds or anywhere else to get food.
Rule number 3 has to deal with the fast food burgers, pizza, fish and chips, et al. Im not going to say I will never have them. But I cannot have them every time i pass a burger king ect. So i think this rule will be no more than maybe once or twice a month. And it has to be instead of a meal, not as an inbetween snack. The carb is an issue too that will limit it
Rule Number 4, Pasta. Hmmm, I dont know how to deal with this one. Carbs are not good for me, and the diabetes meds make it difficult to eat carbs anyway. I would have to miss an injection to have it. So im not saying never again, i think its just got to be something i indulge in for a special occasion.
Rule number 5. Im never going to give up Indian food, but i think this also has to be about being a special occasion. Like the chinese, i wont have takeaway again. If I want Indian food then we have to go out to a restaurant and make an occasion of it. The same really with any eating out.
Going out for meals is not the reason i was fat, we go out about once a week or so, and theres no problem with that. I rarely eat dessert, I dont much like desserts. I might have a starter and a main meal, or just a main meal. I just need to make sensible choices when we eat out, which i do really. Eating out is a really nice thing to do, whether its just me and hubby, or out with friends. The cost of eating out is a natural limiter though, so it aint gonna happen more than once a week anyway and probably once a fortnight.
So those are my rules for limiting the damaging foods. If i never had sweets chocolates biscuits cake etc ever again, it woudnt bother me. Those things are not the problem, its the carb laden fat laden food that i was seriously addicted to that was the problem. Its a road i cannot go down again. Ever.
Finally Rule Number 6. I must never forget that I am not a thin person. I am a fat person trapped in a thin body. And that fat person is desperate to get out, I just have to keep her locked up.
So this is my maintenance journey. Ive no idea where im going or how the hell im gonna get there. Never been down this road before.
I can do weight loss, been doing it years, but never have i been in a position before to say, ok thats its ive lost the weight, now lets see how im gonna stay here.
I guess the best place to start is to get to the bottom of why the weight always goes back on. Sweet stuff isnt my problem, im not saying i dont like it, ill eat a box of chocolates if im given one. But i dont crave sweet stuff. I do crave carbs though, and carbs are the issue. It was cutting out the carbs finally that got me to where i am now.
My danger foods
Burger King
Mcdonalds
Chinese Takeaway ( and im not even that keen on chinese food to be honest, but i sure used to eat a lot of it)
Indian food ( now we are talking)
Pasta, especially spaghetti bolognese. Did i ever tell you about my 'dry' bolognese? No? Lets not even go there, i could eat it till the cows come home, and often did.
Pizza, my personal belief is that pizza is the work of the devil.
Im not that keen on Mcdonalds burgers , the big problem was 8am on my way somewhere, no breakfast and hungry. How convenient to stop at Mcdonalds for Sausage and Egg muffin, potato cake thing and a coffee. Set me right up for the day that did, well at least till lunchtime anyway.
Burger King Whopper with Cheese. mmmmmmmmmmmm.......................... now those really are the work of the devil at about 800 cals a go. And i was never really satisified with just 1 either. Dont do chips though, dont like them. Pity really cos they would have filled me up and been half the calories of a second whopper. Oh dont forget the diet coke.............that has to be the biggest joke in the fast food industry, burger chips and ............wait for it............diet coke. My car was always full of empty Mcdonald and Burger King bags. I have to confess though, i still stop at Mcdonalds once or twice a week, but its for a black coffee and nothing else
. I need it to keep me awake on the road.Chinese Takeaway. Because i travel such a lot for work, by the time i get home i cant be assed with going to tesco, and then coming home and cooking the wretched stuff. The local chinese is on speeddial, and they recognise my voice when i ring them. Now thats a BAD sign. I dont even like chinese that much, much much prefer Indian. We used to get chinese about 3 times a week?
Indian food. lets face it, ill never give it up. This is the one thing that i have to make a concession to, somehow.
Pizza. Oh I love pizza, all those carbs and fat. uggg im not even gonna think about it.
Pasta. Now when it comes to spaghetti bolognese, even i can get off my (previously) fat behind to cook it. I make truely great spaghetti bolognese. My 'dry' bolognese is legendary. And how about my carbonara? Its pure heaven. But im so far off carbs now, its out of sight. I think i would be scared to eat it now, and quite honestly it should stay that way.
So these are my danger foods, and the reason the weight goes back on again. They are the reason I was 17st 5lb (actually have been heavier than that, i think i hit 18 and half stone at my heaviest ever) and giving them up (bar the Indian food) is the reason im now 11.8.5
I know that the day i order a chinese takeaway because i cant be bothered to cook, is the day I have lost it. So thats my number one indicator that ive lost the battle. Having a takeaway with friends is different, because thats an occasion, and we are all allowed occasions. Having a takeaway because im hungry but too lazy to shop and cook is a totally different scenario.
So, Rule Number 1, I will not order chinese takeaway in preference to cooking a meal. This means I have to go shopping and have food in the house that i can prepare and eat. You know, i dont even LIKE chinese that much, it was just pure lazyness. There can be no excuse to ever do that again.
Rule number 2, I will have breakfast every day, I will not skip breakfast. Then i wont have to stop at Mcdonalds or anywhere else to get food.
Rule number 3 has to deal with the fast food burgers, pizza, fish and chips, et al. Im not going to say I will never have them. But I cannot have them every time i pass a burger king ect. So i think this rule will be no more than maybe once or twice a month. And it has to be instead of a meal, not as an inbetween snack. The carb is an issue too that will limit it
Rule Number 4, Pasta. Hmmm, I dont know how to deal with this one. Carbs are not good for me, and the diabetes meds make it difficult to eat carbs anyway. I would have to miss an injection to have it. So im not saying never again, i think its just got to be something i indulge in for a special occasion.
Rule number 5. Im never going to give up Indian food, but i think this also has to be about being a special occasion. Like the chinese, i wont have takeaway again. If I want Indian food then we have to go out to a restaurant and make an occasion of it. The same really with any eating out.
Going out for meals is not the reason i was fat, we go out about once a week or so, and theres no problem with that. I rarely eat dessert, I dont much like desserts. I might have a starter and a main meal, or just a main meal. I just need to make sensible choices when we eat out, which i do really. Eating out is a really nice thing to do, whether its just me and hubby, or out with friends. The cost of eating out is a natural limiter though
, so it aint gonna happen more than once a week anyway and probably once a fortnight.So those are my rules for limiting the damaging foods. If i never had sweets chocolates biscuits cake etc ever again, it woudnt bother me. Those things are not the problem, its the carb laden fat laden food that i was seriously addicted to that was the problem. Its a road i cannot go down again. Ever.
Finally Rule Number 6. I must never forget that I am not a thin person. I am a fat person trapped in a thin body. And that fat person is desperate to get out, I just have to keep her locked up.
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