Hey gang, thought I'd pop back and say hi! Ican, glad to hear you are happy with your decision
so much of losing weight is mind over matter - if you're not happy with what you're doing, you won't succeed. This I have learned recently.
I did WW for a week and although I regained 7lbs of water having done CD I kept the remainder of my weight loss off, which is good. I re-assessed last weekend as I had not been happy counting points - it all felt like a lot of hard work having to calculate points for everything and I found myself cheating here and there which I knew I couldn't allow to continue.
So I have actually gone right back to basics - I'm eating 3 meals a day (which I have never done in my life!), and if I get hungry in between am snacking only on fruit. My meals are cereal for brekkie, a jacket potato with spaghetti in tom. sauce and fruit for lunch, dinner changes each night but every Monday I will be having roughly the same, every Tuesday etc. I have a weekly meal plan so I always know what I'm due to be eating. I have found this week that knowing what is for dinner has really helped me to stay motivate, and the dinners have all been really quick and easy to make, but made from scratch to be more healthy than my previous ready meal selection!
At the weekends I have a strategy for eating out which means that the choice of what to eat will be quite easy. I also have an exercise plan - which I know I need otherwise I will get lazy. Exercise is the one thing I really need to be tough with myself about, so I have a plan.
Monday - gym, Tuesday - aqua, Wednesday - off, Thursday - gym or aqua, Friday - gym or aqua, Saturday - off, Sunday - off or swim.
So I have stuck to the plan this week although Tuesday's aqua was moved over to Wednesday and went to the gym rather than the pool. Had yesterday off so will be doing both aqua and gym today and will probs go to the gym on Sunday before a swim, to make up for my lost day (I needed to do some cleaning so did that last night instead of aqua).
My bloods were completely normal and GP said she thinks I have basically worn my body out with yo-yo dieting. She said she was concerned that if I continued to push my body to survive on low cals on CD (having done it many many times before) I would make myself more ill, but that she couldnt recommend another diet for me in my situation as she was worried that it would only encourage me to continue on my yo-yo lifestyle. So she said, as cliched as it sounds, that the only way for me now to lose weight healthily will be to eat a more balanced diet, eat healthy quantities, and exercise regularly.
I scoffed at the suggestion at the time, but now I do indeed agree that this is the best thing for me. It's not quite as simple as she makes it sound and I do need a plan to stick to, but once the plan was in place it has been incredibly easy, I have hardly thought about food or dieting all week, and it's only a message on my hotmail that came up with a PM from Enough that made me think to come on here and update you all. Sorry it's a long one.
So it's working for me. Hope you guys who are still sticking to CD are holding firm in your resolve and those pesky lbs are just falling away. My way is going to take much longer than yours, and that does make me a bit sad, but I have to accept it's the only way for me.
xxx
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