Good to see you back Rod
I know Ive only subscribed to this thread recently but Im bailing out for now, not just from the thread, but from Minimins in general for a bit
Im on anti depressants, anti anxiety tabs and sleeping tablets and Im not in a good place right now. I need to take a step back from here and from dieting to get my head sorted out. Im just not in a good place just now at all.
Be assured though, soon as Im back, Ill be back here with a vengance.
Thanks for all your support guys
*HUGS*
aw i hope you feel better soon, depression and anxiety is really awful, ive been there for a year after my middle child, i wouldnt wish it on my worst enemy. if you want to chat feel free to pm me hun, hope you feel better soon x
hey me again!
grr i came on here 4 weeks ago with a STS after not being 100% and now 4 weeks later ive only lost 3lbs! grrr dont even know where im going wrong! im sticking to plan nd this week i was even making sure i was drinlking 2llitres of water a day as i used to tend to forget to drink and i lost a poopy 0.5lb! grr ive started exercising too, i walk 3.6 miles a day (bt always have done (school run) and ive started going out on my bike for an hour 3x a week n i still get a small loss!
anything u think some tough love could fix? x
right, your entering your healthy bmi...i dont particularly go by bmi but still, apparently the lower it is the harder the weight seems to come off for the majority of people. it could be that as theres less of you you need to be cutting back even more. ive decided i hate this sayin ive been 100% cos what exactly does that mean? your 100% at 5 stone over weight is not really going to work when you only have 1 stone to lose is it? i think we should find a new saying, as really theres no such thing as 100% as this would suggest sticking to one set plan, but one set plan wont work for everyone and wont always work for the individual....one thing i have learnt is that the diet needs to be adapted, i hear so often people complaining of not losing weight but instead of changing something theyre are doing, like cutting down portions, reducing carbs/fats, they just plug away regardless hoping that the 'weight gods' favour them and miraculously make them lose that last bit of weight...well, it wont come off unless you change something your doing, the 100% that worked before isnt working now as there is less of you, your bmr will be lower (this is the amount of cals your body needs just to survive if it were in a coma or just laid down all day) there fore the amount of cals you need on a daily basis is lower so you need to reduc e this again to see a loss. if you 'cant' do this then dont, but then your not going to lose weight any quicker...the only other way is to drastically increase your exercise so your burning off a lot more. its not magic, its science...use more cals than you take in and you will lose weight its as simple as that.
Weighed in yesterday - back from holiday the night before - and 6lbs on! I'm really hoping there's a lot of water retention in there because I wasn't expecting it to be that bad. Anyway I want 2lbs off by next week at least. I'm cutting out the wine, sticking to the plan. I've some exercise planned but need to get more in. The running is def a struggle which I wish it wasn't because its so quick. Next couple of weeks are all over the place and .likely to be eating out so I need to really be careful if I'm going to hit my target!
I've been having a bit of a read through and you've all been very well behaved while I've been away - looks like even the fear of tough love is enough to keep people on the straight and narrow!
ok....6 pounds is a tad excessive dont you think? i know you were on holiday but thats almost half a stone in what? 1 week? yes we all suffer from water retention but a day of glugging down more water than you can stand should shift that....if the scales still show that amount of gain then im afraid you have really gone for it, whether you want to admit it or not. i put 5.5 pound on during christmas week....i was adamant i hadnt been that bad and i lost 3.5 pound by the following week, but i look at the pictures and you can so tell id put that weight on, i looked bloated my tummy was massive and i just look awful....then when i sat and was honest with myself id spent the whole week eating pork pies, crisps and dips, meat and other christmas favourites...i WILL NOT be doing that this year, ill be filling my fridge with healthy stuff as i have realised i dont need to binge to have a good time...by the sounds of it this is a link you make with food....'oh im on holiday i deserve to eat what i want' kinda attitude, well your an adult and can choose to eat what you want thats fine, its your choice, but afterwards dont sit upset wondering why youve put weight on, you made that decision and you knew deep down what would happen and if you didnt then this is something you really need to face up to...more food = weight gain, now, your back and you can get right back on it and your going to have to work twice as hard to get that weight off...6 pound for me is roughly 6 weeks worth of weight losses.....was it worth it? c'mon...big kick up the butt given!
another day of walking for me today, and excellent eating of course. im feeling very very swollen today, i dont know about anyone else but i always feel very swollen when its hot, i think i poosibly dont drink enough? its a bit cooler today which should make walking more pleasant!
