Whitby Diet

Huzzah!

2005-01-09T14:27:22Z

Mon 178.6
Tue 176
Wed 174.4
Thu 173
Fri 172.5
Sat 171.8
Sun 170.8

Total week 1: 7.8lbs
That's pretty damn pleasing :oD
Though it won't keep to that rate (which wouldn't be healthy over the ling run anyway) as this next week sees the introduction of protein and man-made carbs, though not at the same meal. And I have dinner on Mon and breakfast and lunch on Tue at a works meeting but will adhere to the principles.

Target loss next week 4lbs.

whitby_diet @ 2005-01-08T12:21:00

2005-01-08T12:24:49Z

I like the Whitby icon so will continue in here too stephanielay

Down to 171.8 this morning despite TOM so 6.8lbs in 6 days. Not bad. And yes I expect it to slow waaaaaaaay down next week LOL

Good news

2005-01-04T11:43:11Z

2lbs off from yesterday. Long may this constinue.

So just the 46lbs to go *sigh*

Happy New Year

2005-01-03T19:30:39Z

I'm back on the health and weightloss wagon, though I've still never been to Whitby *blush*

My Mum died in April last year and things pretty much went to pot for a while- I left LJ and didn't feel I could communicate much with anyone BUT I did decide that I wanted to get fit and healthy and between July and Oct I went from 183lbs to 158. Dunno what happened to knock me so soundly "off plan" but I stopped exercising (which didn't make much difference for about a month- yay muscles!) and began eating processed crap again and lo! come Xmas all bets were off. Weighed in at 178 this morning, curses.

One good thing (overall) is that I stopped drinking completely in November- I used to do about 30 odd units a week. I used EFT therapy for that - 1 session and now I couldn't care less about white wine. Believe me this is a Big Deal. Unfortunately I assumed the weight would miraculously fall off even if I shovelled crisps/cookies/fat in and of course have been thoroughly disabused of that. Hey ho- my liver is thanking me. I'm back for more EFT on Friday and using it for weightloss primarily though am pretty sure there's self-esteem stuff in there I need to address- you know, why I sabotage myself/use food emotionally etc etc. I had a sesh before I went on holiday in July and amazingly didn't touch chips/kebabs etc and ate pretty much healthily (drank every night mind you LOL ) and only put on 2 lbs.Again- couldn't believe it, didn't feel deprived at all. I really need to get that mentality back- that feeling of "non-attachment" to particular foods (do excuse me if therapy speak invades my posts).

I've tried Atkins/lowcarb many times (giving it "THIS time it'll work" *sigh*) with minimal success, I guess the idea of being able to eat cheese/mayo/fat was what appealed but I only started to lose at the rate I wanted when I cut out fat. I guess it horses for courses and that's mine, dammit :0/ So my "plan" was lots of fruit and veg and then fish/white meat for my main meal. The odd Slimfast shake thrown in here and there. Exercise wise I did 45-60 mins cardio a day- nothing mega hard- I used Leslie Sansone's Walk Away The Pounds as it counts how many miles you do (I aim for 4 a day), or a Susan Powter vid. The on alternate days I did Upper Body with a Susan Powter weight training video Lower Body by using Callanetics. 6 days out of 7. Once I got past about 2 weeks I was loving it- largely as the wieght was falling off. I even got up at 6am one morning to get it in as I had a meeting and knew I woudn't have had time later. Mad!

Anyhow I'm now following a 21 Day Kickstart concocted by Jason Vale the juicing guy (his "Slim For Life" is a really good read) I must admit I've found having juice in the morning DOES stop me obssessing about what I'm going to eat next- balances the blood sugar apparently. After the 3 weeks it's back to healthy eating, no pre-packed meals and no carbs after 6pm til I get to goal (130). After that I plan to do a 5 days healthy/2 days 'sod it' but I'll see how I go.

Christ that must have bored you to tears. Good luck to everyone that's embarking on their own plans.

Oh and reading back- Slimming World- bloody cheek- you're right total money making exercise. Pah.

Kinda 2 questions in 1

2004-12-09T15:53:00Z

So, how do you guys measure your weight loss? I don't have scales in the house as i think i'd become obsessed with weighing myself. However, i was weighed about 2 weeks ago by my doctor and told i had lost approx 7 pounds in 1 1/2 months. I went to the dietician on Tuesday, and got told that i hadn't lost or gained anything in the last 4 months since i saw her! Don't know who's right, but if i haven't lost anything, i am loosing all willpower and hope! I've been cutting down cheese, bread, pasta and junk foods as well as using my stepping machine religiously, so if that isn't working, i don't know what will!

whitby_diet @ 2004-11-02T16:37:00

2004-11-02T16:44:15Z

After buying that 'you are what you eat' book,i've been eating a lot more seeds and nuts and lentils.
Problem is, i've started to get really bad pains in my tummy (like period pains) when i eat the nuts and seeds.
Not sure if this is my bodys' way of telling me it's getting rid of horrid toxins and the like, but it just seems odd. Any ideas? My mother, who's also eating a lot more nuts and seeds is also getting this pain.

Oh yeah, while i'm at it...
what excersises are very very good for sorting out bums and tums? I'm rather crap at sit upas and the like due to damaged shoulders and back.

whitby_diet @ 2004-09-22T11:56:00

2004-09-22T11:00:39Z

So, i had a bit of a health scare, and thought that i had a blood clot. Turns out that it was because i'm stupidly obese ( 8 stone overweight), and because my muscles just aren't use to walking that far.

So, i need some tips. I do like walking, and swimming and all the rest, but that problem i have with all that is that i get out on breath, panic, and get really really embarassed. Any tips for excersise that is gentle enough to not physically leave me all hot and red within 5 minutes, but enough to get my fitness levels up?

Also, eating: I try to be good and have a salad, or nibble on fruit and stuff instead of crisps, cheese and chocolate, but i find myself being good,but still being starving after eating healthy stuff. And so i eat the unhealthy stuff as well!! Any tips for willpower?

how to lose two pounds after a large meal!!!

2004-09-20T14:37:41Z

great new diet tip!

worried you're not meeting your diet target for whitby?

concerned that men buying you yummy meals is interfering with your slimming plans?

worried that those last few pounds arent shifting???

TAKE OUT YOUR HAIR EXTENSIONS!!!!

mope

2004-09-20T08:55:35Z

I'm looking forward to another chubby Whitby :( I've got an excuse but it's scant consolation.

Long-standing occasional stomach problems have deteriorated over the last year or so, and now I've been diagnosed with gastritis which might be a stomach ulcer. Antacids have a limited effect and all that relieves the pain is to keep eating, preferably every 2-3 hours. I've forgotten what hunger feels like, all the natural appetite triggers have been overtaken by real pain if I don't eat. The more I exercise the more I need to eat, and in any case I'm usually too tired/in pain to consider anything energetic. Drug therapy didn't work and I'm on the waiting list for gastroscopy. In the meantime, I have to just manage the symptoms.

Whitby will be interesting. I've decided to stop drinking alcohol for the duration, *sob* and I dread to think how my poor guts will react to being laced into a corset. Big fryups and pig inna bun are probably a bad idea.

So, if you see me frantically munching an apple with a look of pained concentration, that's why. If in desperation I resort to chips at the Spa, it's medicine, not pigging out.

Still, I should save money. I resent buying new clothes now, so I'll pack the ones that still fit and save my pennies for healthy snacks. In the Land of Lard.

It took some kind of particularly malevolent deity to inflict a stomach problem that causes weight gain. Pah.

cheapo's guide to diet foods....

2004-09-13T22:21:07Z

tip: tesco own brand meal replacement pasta and rice sachets in packets of 3 are 79p for the mushroom pasta and chinese rice ones, which works out about 27p a portion.

something odd with their pricing which they might fix, but if you ancy cheapo slimfast style pasta meals theyre not bad for the price!
oh and its just add boiling water and stir.... so can be taken to work even if a kettle is all that they have! even 2 packets is only 450 calories!

ps: diet not going well, keep going out for meals with boyfriend who thinks 3 course dinners are romantic and stuff... ARGH!!!!!

must try harder. i will be buying loads of the pasta packets if i dont die after a week on them....

countdown....

2004-08-20T23:43:44Z

only.. um... 9 1/2 weeks to go????

*panic*

what's everyone's new trick for magic pre-whitby weight loss?
my current one is to avoid eating meals til after 6pm.

if it doesnt work after 3 more weeks (this is week 1, i have 1 stone to lose) ie, no significant weight loss, it's onto plan B which will involve some kind of swallowing of stones or something to keep my tummy feeling full.

i hear high dose H2 antagonizts (eg zantac) are supposed to reduce appetite.
of course, i'd never recommend or condone such a thing, but....

then there's the usual outfit panic. have one dress in mind to buy, two i could fit into if i lost abovementioned stone and at least 2 i have ideas for making.

but time and patience and stuff are in my way, damnit!

i will look good this whitby!

(to make up for not fancying watching any of the bands apart from the last dance, and possibly corrosion!)

*tears hair out*

did i mention i have no idea what to do with my hair?

and no, it's never too early to panic!

thought this may be of help :-)

2004-08-02T12:56:03Z

http://www.skinnycow.co.uk/

Gorgeous, low fat ice cream. I've found heaven!

health benefits of chocolate...

2004-07-15T22:04:14Z

http://www.chocolateinfo.com/images/chocolate_facts.pdf

note sponsorship on page 2.

;)

it's actually gone...

2004-03-28T14:45:43Z

for now...

still at 75+

the crunch is will it stay below 76 after a "normal" week.

if it does, i'll be happy. my target is kind of 70-72 by the 22nd of april, so ive got 3 1/2 weeks to lose another 3-4kg... pushing it... unless maybe i go on another alcohol bender ;p

yay i lost 4lb!!

2004-03-27T21:06:56Z

well, 2kg, to be exact, i tend to weigh myself in kg as im used to it.

yesterday: 77+kg
today: 75+kg

the trick?

go out after late breakfast of low fat yogurt, take one banana along for lunch, eat said banana at 3pm, go to pub at 5pm, drink wine til 11pm, be sick on way home, and be unable to keep any food down for next 18 hours!!

see, its great!

i dont feel great and it'll probably creep back on once i make/eat my dinner etc, but i still lost 4lb :)

.. right.. back to the healthy kick. making beans, salsa and rice for dinner :)

Motivation

2004-03-26T11:40:41Z

Since deciding not to go to Whitters in April, and possibly not even in November either, i seem to have no motivation at all.
While shopping last night i just thought to myself while skimming the cheese,chocolate and pizza shelves "Ah. nobody's going to see me!" because i rarely go out in the town i live in. Well.. not to goth nights and the like anyway.

Any tips on getting my wilpower back? I don't really want to stay a size 20 all my life, ta very much!

feeling less than enthusiastic...

2004-03-24T17:07:34Z

i need to feel inspired to exercise more, i just wish i had the willpower.

i'm currently lacking in willpower.

i joined the gym, specifically to go to the yoga classes and in 3 weeks ive not been to a single one and theres one on almost every day!!

i just need the willpower.

but i dont like routine.....

my gym bores me.

mind you, currently, my life isn't that exciting either.

i think i'm going to start again properly next week with the exercise. somehow i need to fit it into my day without making it seem like it's taking over my day.

not that there is anythign else to do in my day, i just get this nasty feeling that the gym sucks my whole day away, like some kind of strange vortex....

perhaps i should try going first thing in the morning and get it over and done with.... it's too easy to relax with my breakfast, the laptop, television, stuff... and let the days drift by.

this is what happens when you're not working

justification?

2004-03-23T17:55:59Z

so, i haven't been to the gym. but for the past 2 1/2 hours ive hoovered, dusted, washed, scrubbed, polished, tidied, etc... and apparently, thats not too bad... just got the dishes left to do and some laundry to sort....

Housework - Fitness & Calories Burned:

Instead of viewing housework as a chore, see it as your workout time.
Vacuuming, polishing and cleaning windows are all great fat-burners.
You can burn up to 250 calories an hour - about the same as you would walking for an hour.

Housework & Weight Loss
Despite claims by exercise gurus that women can get nearly all the exercise they need from dusting, polishing and vacuuming, a study by Bristol University doctors has shown that while it may lead to a clean house it will not help weight loss.
Among older women at least, heavy housework demands hard effort but produces few health benefits. In fact, the study found that women who do more than eight hours of heavy housework a week are slightly more likely to be overweight than those who do none at all.

hmmmm..

other links:

or add light disco dancing??

moping is exercise??? great news for goths!!!!

has your web browsing burnt any calories??

funny.. the shops are much closer than they used to be....

"People underestimate how much movement at home contributes to weight control," says Kate Geagan, a registered dietitian and co-director of iTnutrition, a Boston-based nutrition consulting group.

mental note to self...

2004-03-23T13:59:15Z

.. when measuring waist circumference, do not look down at the tape measure as it adds 2 inches, look in the mirror at where the tape measure lies.

yay. ive lost 2 inches off my waist by standing up straight!

...feeling very foolish.....

5 weeks to go???

2004-03-15T18:33:56Z

and a stone to lose.....

:(

joined the gym last week.

been 3x

somehow, my waistline seems to have *grown* a lot over the past week.

i do hope its trapped wind! according to the next catalogue, my current measurements have me as a size 18!!!

i was a 14 a few months ago! ... ok, a good few months ago...

but all my size 16 trousers still fit... kind of.

*exploding sound*

ok ok.

5 weeks to shift this michelin man suit!

My inspiration

2004-02-29T20:52:10Z

One day, i will buy this and have the body to look good in it. http://whorehouse-designs.co.uk/pictures/rubber_diamond_large1.jpg
Though i feel it may be some time yet *sniff*

On the plus side though, i appear to be addicted to Tondos rather than crisps. That's got to be good :)

Rant

2004-01-09T03:25:28Z

Further to rainbowskye's post:

I got the recent magazine and saw the whole "Syns mean Synergy" business and barfed! It was annoying enough when they called them Sins.

Changing the sins is such a scam - I just bought £20+ of books and presumably the values are meaningless. Pisspots. Because I don't go to classes I depend on the magazines, books and website. It sounds as if they are trying to eliminate people like me who follow the diet but have no intention of paying £4 a week for the privilege.

Of course I know that SW is class-based and the books are there to support class members. In that case, they've got a nerve selling them to the general public. The magazine used to have updates on changes in Sin values and new products, but it doesn't have anything this month. I could try following the old-style plan but my info will be increasingy outdated.

Bugger this for a lark, I'll go back to calorie counting. Boring as hell but much, much cheaper.

Fat Club misery!!

2004-01-09T00:07:31Z

Anything that happened today has now been eclipsed in the Rainbowverse by going back to Fat Club and finding that I have put back the weight of a double decker bus over Christmas. Yes, yes, I know I reported that I was eating like a pig, and I deserve it, but even so I am a bit shocked.

Worse still is that Slimming World is now Radically Different!! They have added another A choice daily, but loads of things have different sin values now (or SYNS as they are now called) thus *wait for it* the staple of my life, tinned Macaroni cheese, is now about THIRTEEN bloody syns. Argh. Even corned beef now has syns on red days! It's all very bad and I am going to go and eat lettuce and mope in a corner!!!

Also the slimming world website is now no longer free to anyone but you have to have a code to look up sin values, which they are going to change weekly and give out at classes, but it is supposed to be a lot better. Will have a look shortly...

So, how are YOU all doing...

whitby_diet @ 2003-12-23T14:50:00

2003-12-23T14:54:28Z

Started excersising again after buying a punchbag,aerobics step, and one of those gawd aful ab rocking things (does anyone knnow hoe to actually use those things properly?). I've noticed that i have little desire to eat now i'm excersising again. Is that normal?

2lb weight loss this week

2003-12-08T12:48:43Z

:)

So that makes a total of 9lbs since 11th November. Still another 32 to go until I reach target, hopefully I might be somewhere near there come April whitby.

How's everyone else doing ?