Self Control...

It now almost 12:30pm and my self-control has been on point today; I feel accomplished! I haven't snacked at all since having my breakfast (1 cup of Special K and 200ml soya milk).  Anyone losing weight will tell you that that is one of the biggest hurdle to jump over (along consistency).

I went to a Caribbean shop today and saw all my favourite Caribbean treats, what did I get? Brunswick sardines to make one of my favourite meals for my lunch today... Yessir!

I only hope it lasts for the rest of the day :D

I Feel Sick After Eating...

...I feel sick when I'm full even if it's with water. The thought of eating makes me feel nauseous and the feeling of hunger makes me feel good/accomplished for some reason. I hope I'm not developing an eating disorder. I CANNOT go from one extreme to the next.

One Of My Favourite Meals... Sardine with Poached Eggs

Brunswick Tabasco Sardine with Poached Eggs and Salad - 233 cals

I ate this meal with utter satisfaction and pleasure.

So Today I Went To My GP Regarding My Weight...

For all the years I have been trying (and failing) to lose weight, I've never been to my GP about it - even though most meal plan/diet plan recommend you to do so. I've just always thought, I know what to do so what's the point - applying it and being consistent is my problem.

Anyway, I thought this time I'll do this properly.....

So it's been a week since I decided to 'start over'...

It's been a week of determination, pro-activeness, testing my willpower and a dash of failure. I started last Sunday due to my 5 year old daughter's homework. She had to 'cook'/assist in making a healthy meal to demonstrate what they have been learning about balanced diet. I made salmon and brown rice with steam veg, I really enjoyed it and remembered what it was like to eat a healthy meal - I loved it.


Fast forward to Thursday/Friday and failure set in. I joined the gym on Thursday though so can I use that to cancel out Thursday's failure? No? Oh. 


Saturday's diet was absolutely atrocious! It all started with going to the chemist to get my prescription, as I left the chemist, I noticed a cake shop........................... I guess I don't really need to say anymore.

So I'm starting my weight loss efforts once again...

I'm at my highest of 230lbs, this is ridiculous....

For the last three days, I've been weaning myself off my bad habits; I've been eating a lot healthier, I've cut out snacking and I've been drinking a lot more water/fluid. I will be visiting the gym tomorrow to see the facilities and also hopefully to join and next week I'll be seeing a weight management nurse at my GP's surgery.

As most perpetual re-starters know, every time is always "..this time I'm serious about it. I will do it this time..." - I've been saying that for the past 12 years (and I'm only 26! - granted I wasn't overweight then but I thought I was). This time I'm taking active steps in achieving a healthier body as I possibly can.

- Tre

Day 1 : July 2, 2012

So today I started my weight loss efforts again. It has been ok so far. I stayed within my 1200 calorie allowance but still had two Kinder Buenos :/.

I'm Starting Over Yet Again....

I'm at my highest of 230lbs, this is ridiculous. That's all I'm adding really - here's to a new start (again!).

Day 21: I have this cloud of sadness over me that I can't seem to shift.

After being on the depo-shot for three months, I've gained 1 stone (14 lbs). I'm not at my highest weight ever at 226lbs. I'm so sick of this.

Then I found out my ex might have a new girlfriend (and I've seen the girl) and she's thin it just makes me want to berate myself even more.

We've been separated now for almost 4 yrs and I thought I was well and truly over him but I don't know if this means I'm not or I just feel this way because deep down I feel as if no one wants me as I'm so fat.

I don't know...

Day 4: Today I'm well and truly pleased with myself *insert cheesy grin here*

Today I'm happy to announce that I was not defeated my this monster called greed! I was David and my epic gluttony is Goliath and I slayed him dammit! Slayed him I tell you!! A little dramatic? Oh... :


So, today I managed to dodge pigging out on the devilish custard creams - I picked up 5 custard creams amounting at a whopping 320 cals! :o What I bloody waste of calories. I took one bite in one of them and then binned the other 4 1/2! Yay me. Two days ago, I would have pigged out and then feel guily after.

Why am I letting food control me? This is stupid! I control what goes in my gut dammit! *now breathe*

Anyway, for breakfast I had a chicken sandwich (ie, real chicken and wholemeal bread). Chicken breast was cooked from the night before, I had it with avocado and tomato! Yummy!

This is my breakdown for today:

Not too bad! I want to keep it at the minimum though, so next time I'll aim for 1200 cals. But I'm really happy with myself. When I don't do so great, I'm down on myself, it's only fair that when I'm doing good - I recognise that as well.

The funny thing is, before I would have a 'celebratory treat' - but the feeling of achieving my dietary goals is enough for me. :)

Also, I added my own recipe on SparkPeople today and this is what my lunch and dinner looked like:

For clarity of serving size/portion: This is a 'salad (small) plate' with a diameter of 18cm.

So yeah, I'm a very happy bunny today! Check in tomorrow. Toodles!

Day 3: Hmmmmm

Re yesterday:

So after my great start yesterday morning, I was pumped with motivation and determination but after not having lunch, come 3pm I was so hungry. All my good efforts in the morning was scrapped, who told me to go grocery shopping on an empty stomach?

I picked up the most ridiculous shit that shouldn't even be labelled as food. I pigged out. But today is another day. I would say my diet today has been about 70% good.

My chicken breast is just in the oven cooking as we I speak type (no oil added may I add) :D

Anywhoo, assignment time! Toodles.

Day 2: So far so good...

So at this very moment, it's 12:42pm; I've had breakfast looking something like this:

My daily 'allowances' (based on SparkPeople's recommendation) are:

So so far I'm doing good. :D



I'm thinking of making some 'season rice' with steam veg today for dinner, ingredients include:

JJamaican Season(ed) Rice Ingredients:

Main-

• Brown rice
• 2 cans of Brunswick sardine with tabasco peppers or Mackerel/Pilchards in tomato sauce
• Cock Soup
• 1 Onion
• Thyme

Compliments-

• Pumpkin/Butternut Squash
• Mixed vegetable (carrots, peas etc) fresh or frozen (I use frozen)
• Pimento

For the steam Veg (whatever ingredients I have lol):

• Cabbage
• Carrot
• Okra
• Thyme
• Mixed veg (fresh or frozen)

So you can see that the ingredient are really healthy. I have my complex carbs in there in the brown rice, my veg and my 'good' fats and protein in the oily fish = bingo! Not to mention how delicious this meal is.

I'm trying to change my outlook on food. Healthy can indeed mean tasty! Don't get me wrong though, I still love me some Nandos! lol

I'll check in at the end of the day to document how the whole day went. Toodles!

Day 1: I have a confession...

In my last post I mentioned that I threw my scale (batteries) away. After doing so I began to eat anything and everything, knowing that I didn't have a scale to weigh myself to feel guilty, allowed me to indulge; when I say 'indulge' I mean eat crap.

Today for instance I had a good breakfast, I had Heinz chicken country soup but for lunch I had Roosters chicken meal and I had the same again around 4 hours later! Sigh.

I'm constantly reviewing my actions and today I came to the realisation that I didn't get rid of my scale batteries as some sort of liberation; I got rid of it so I didn't have to face the consequences on the scale of bad food choices.

So I got me some new batteries, jumped on the scale weighing in at a massive 226.6lbs. This is officially my highest weight. Prior to this my highest weight was 224lbs or 16stones.

I cannot do this anymore, I will not do this anymore. I've said this a thousand times and I always end up right back to square one. Tomorrow is another day; one day at a time.

I threw away my scale!!!!

.... well not exactly; (that scale was expensive) but I threw out the batteries!  

Ever since I weighed myself 2 years ago clocking 16st (224 lbs) I was so shocked at how much I weighed I became obsessed. At my worst I would weigh myself 15 - 20 times per day everyday! If I 'relieved' myself, I would instantly weigh myself after. I eventually got my 'weighing obsession' down to 2 - 4 times per week. 

What I find is sometimes I'm sticking to my diet and exercise, but I still feel fat so I quickly get on the scale only to find out that (despite how 'fat' I feel) I've actually lost weight; but then what do I do? Eat to celebrate or eat because I'm thinking I'm doing so good it won't matter, but then I'm unable to get out of that celebratory binge.

On the flip side, when I feel as sexy as shite  and I'm thinking "oooh, I must have lost atleast 2lbs" only to jump on the scale and see that I've actually gained 2lbs, then instantly becoming depressed which leads to self deprecation which only makes me think eff it - I'll eat which consequently brings me back to square one! Phewww I'm so tired of that bullshite!

So yesterday I took some pics feeling sexy and stuff thinking I've lost weight, got on scales and saw that I gained - I was done. Sigh. Pics below:

Taken in November 2010:




April 2011 below:

I won't weigh myself again until June (may the Heavens be with me) but I'll continue to be a good girl. LOL.

Mid Season Sales

Mid Season Sales

So I just emailed a Cambridge Diet consultant....

As the title suggests... I will update more over time. <3

Fierce Fit Fab Official Stats/Intro Post...

As mentioned before, I'm a member of this brilliant new forum called 'FierceFitFab' sailed by Jia from 'MissJia.com'. So far it seems to be a brilliant forum filled with helpful, fun and dedicated people - which is always a plus.

Anyway, today I weighed myself and I weigh 213.8 lbs; it's quite shocking really but I won't wallow in self pity - on and upwards (well downwards in weight lol) I say.

Exactly a year ago:

Disclaimer: Excuse the toes LOL

So today I weighed approximately 6lbs more than I did a year ago :/

The challenge over at 'FierceFitFab' starts Jan-3-11 and I won't make another video but coincidentally my challenge last year started the exact same day! See the video below:





In the video above, it shows my preparation etc and I will be doing the same thing this time around.

My plan will look a little something like this:


Nutrition:

1. Stick to 1200 - 1550 cals per day (and alter it when necessary based on 'SparkPeople's' recommendations)

• 163 - 236g Carbs
• 32 - 56g Fat (good fats)
• 60 - 127g Protein
• Drink atleast 2lt water per day
• Eat mainly fish ( mainly veg )
• Take multivitamin
• Rest
• Play
• Have Fun
• Stick to it!

A lot of the ladies (over at FFF) are doing Jillian '30 Day Shred' so I've ordered mine from Amazon which should be arriving on the 5 or so. But until then, I'll be doing TAE Bo by Billy Banks.

That's pretty much it really.

Start Weight 213.8 lbs
January '11 Goal: 203 lbs
Comfortable Goal Weight: 147 lbs
Ultimate Goal Weight 135 lbs

Good Luck everyone.

BTW: When I was about 20 I looked like this:

I was between 180 lbs - 193 lbs here.

So I'm preparing for yet another 'diet'...

Everytime I say "this is it" and slip up but with a new found support group and just being sick of being 'fat' and 'unhappy' with it, I'm ready!

Tomorrow, I'll post pics, stats etc - Are you ready? I am! :D

Yesterday was horrible...

My dedication level last week was 'satisfactory' but yesterday it was straight binging. I didn't have anything to eat until 11:30 am and that was a Big mac meal; then I took the kids cinema and had toffee popcorn, and I came home about 3pm and had mash potatoes with sardine and cheese (mad yucky combination but it's really nice).

Around 8pm, I had another portion of mash and sardine and cheese, fast forward to midnight I couldn't sleep so I thought lemme come downstairs and do some laundry but I ended up not doing the laundry but watching CSI and eating the final portion of mash and sardines at about 1:00am. 

Terrible right?

This morning though, I'm back being good. For breakfast, I had steam veg and a 1/4 of chicken breast and I only used about 1/4 teaspoon of olive oil to make it. It sounds like dinner doesn't? But the important bit is that it was a healthy breakfast. High in fibre, low in carbs, good enough protein, low in fat but just the right amount 'good fat', low in sodium = all good.

I think I'm back on track now. :)

What is my problem and why can't I stick to a regime?

The word 'regime' sounds so strict doesn't it? Could that be the problem?

I know what my problems are though and they affect not just my weight loss but every crook and cranny of my life. I'm a perpetual procrastinator and daydreamer.

Thinking back to when I was a child/teen I can now see what were early signs are now major problems. For example, you know when you start a brand new term in school (say September) I would say '' I'm gonna write my notes really neat '' or '' I'm going to do so and so '' and within a day or two that just goes out the window. I never stick to anything or I'll put it off until the very last minute.

I went Jamaica in May and I was still packing even when the cab came! The other day I had 6 assignments for college and on my way to one of the exams I snuck in just 6 minutes of revision before the exam and that was the only time I revised in the two weeks notice we received that we had an exam coming up. I managed to pass though but that is besides the point - this aspect of my personality can kill me. Obesity is no joke.

Now on researching ways to drop this 'habit' or 'personality trait' I came across this article

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How to Stop Your Procrastination Now

1. Procrastination is the great killer of our goals and aspirations. We always get caught in the cycle of hopeful enthusiasm, then second guessing, and finally resignation. The first step in stopping your procrastination now is MAKING A CLEAR DECISION OF WHAT YOU WANT. Do you want to be a writer? Do you want to do better in school? Make a clear decision what you want first and foremost.
2. The second step in stopping your procrastination now is LESSENING YOUR MOODINESS. For example, if you want to quit smoking, you are going to have to go through withdrawal sysmptoms before you stop having the craving. Sometimes you have to be strictly logical with yourself about your strengths and weaknesses in your life in order to make the desired changes.
   
3. The third step in stopping your procrastination now is to STOP DAYDREAMING. Daydreaming is great in the beginning because it'll let you know that you are not living the full life you are entitled to; after that, it becomes a hindrance as you get caught in your fantasies. Start doing and stop thinking about doing. I hope this has been a helpful article on how to stop procrastinating. Good luck! [Source]

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Number 3 suits me to the T! My heart actually sank when I read that bit; I'm such a daydreamer and I've been doing it since I was 12/13. I remember all my fantasies from they started to this day. I can't be without music as that is when I live in my own world. 

My virtual 'world' is also a hindrance, I live online and in my thoughts and while I live in a virtual reality my true reality is sliding pass.

Oh, did I also tell you guys that I'm a recluse? :( Oh boy, anyway I'm signing off for now. I'll continue another time.

“Success means having the courage, the determination, and the will to become the person you believe you were meant to be” -  George Sheehan