1 Pound - 3500 calories

Hello

Well this week I lost just the one pound, but that's OK. I still feel very confident and happy with my progress. Mainly my fitness. Doing something every day I'm sure is the key. I didn't completely stick to my points last week, had a few binges. Probably due to me feeling low. I've been working 2 low income jobs for a few months and scraping by. Food choices have been effected greatly by the lack of money and that has put pressure on my goals. I just want to be healthy.

I spoke to my doctor the other day about pains in my hands and feet and bad circulation and she said these symptoms are a reaction to lack of exercise, being overweight for so long and also side-effects from being Bulimic for so many years. So my healthy lifestyle change for me has become my number one goal.

The good news is that I have been offered full-time in a care home (which isn't ideal) but I can afford now to eat well, study, a gym  membership perhaps and save for trip to Japan in December to visit family. Which is actually my weight loss target. I want to be a size 12 for that trip, I've been overweight forever and would love to be a healthy size in Japan because I've always visited and been jealous at how youthful and more energetic my grandparents out there are. I'd like to stay out there secretly for a while and teach, I love Japan and being near my siblings.

Anyway I now have 63 pounds to lose so my goal this week is 3 pounds!!! That should sit me nicely in the late 50's but it will get smaller Mwa ha ha!!

The Magic of 64

Hello,

 

Have been following Weight Watchers as mentioned before. I honestly cant put enough confidence in this diet. The fact that all fruit and veg (apart from a couple) are  zero points really makes it easy.  Also I'm impressed with the weekly allowance that you have which means that if you really need to eat out or have a bit more you have a lot of points available, it kinda takes the panic eating moments away and that feeling that "i ate too much already, might as well carry on".

The best thing is in this last 3 weeks I've lost 6 pounds!!! making it only 64 left to go.  I cant wait until I'm in the 50's. There's a few things that I feel is helping me. I hate to say it but I feel the initial increase in exercise is helping a great deal. I've walked to work a few times (roughly 7 miles there and back) been cycling to my other job (5 mile round trip) and going on the Wii fit for 40 mins when I have a day off.

I've also found it hard to stick to my points so I've been naughty and decided to only have a banana and watermelon for breakfast. It might sound insufficient (I love big breakfasts) but it definitely stave's of my hunger and I can save my points for later in the day.

I'm also eating something before a meal like I'll have a small bowl of yogurt with ground almonds and honey before lunch, watermelon or peaches before dinner. just to help bulk out the meal so you feel satisfied. I'm enjoying this diet a great deal and although when i calculate my calories its around 1900 a day I'm eating, the exercise takes some away too so the diet isn't so bad in those terms. I also think that a high fiber high protein diet makes your body work better and your health increases to which excess weight will be flushed out quicker.

All in all am very happy, I feel healthy. Eating lots of watermelon and taking care of myself. Keep imagining me slim and healthy and so glad I'm in a good place to do this.