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21 May 2013

I'm going to start my weight-loss again - haven't been on "Fat Secret" since Feb but I'm going to try to go on at least once a week and gain motivation from others/ hopefully provide some motivation to others like me who are struggling. I was inspired by a friend of mine last year who asked herself "What is the heaviest you are prepared to let yourself be before you take action?". She decided on 100kg. Never did I dream of being 90 kg let alone 100kg. The last 10kg just seemed to creep on, almost unnoticed. I stopped caring.
I want to be a fit and healthy mum, around to see my grandchildren. My cholesterol is high (mostly genetically based but increased with weightgain).
Motivation is my biggest hurdle, since I have suffered from post-natal depression and I am a comfort eater. I don't have much babysitting support but starting my son in occasional care at 15 months of age has been good for us both.
My new approach is going to be multi-pronged - I think that I need to set myself up for success.

Some strategies I am going to work on (please keep me accountable!) are:

Eating no food and drinking nothing but herbal tea/water or tea with a splash of milk (no sugar) after 8pm
Bringing my own food to family functions
Preparing meals and snacks the night before
Putting my husband's snack food in a container so it's off limits to me
Banning chocolate from being stored in the pantry/ in my view
"Bake and take" - only keep a tiny amount of slice/ biscuits etc if I bake and share the rest with friends, Connect group, playgroup etc
Increase my vegie/ salad component of my meals until I am adjusted to eating on the Perfect Plate plan (3 100 calory snacks in between Perfect Plate meals per day)
Drink at least 2L water a day (1L by 1pm and 1L by bedtime)
Go to bed by 10pm latest 5 nights a week (and by 11pm if having a late night)
Create a box of activities I can do (or a list and easily accessible activities to implement) when I am feeling vulnerable to binging. These may include:
*cross-stitch
*knitting
*card-making
*scrap-booking
*reading a magazine or book
*journalling
*Bible-study and praying for people
*gardening
*playing piano
*listening to music (Ipod) whilst doing housework
*go for a walk (with my son if he's not being cared for by others)
*write a letter (good old fashioned snail-mail)
*write a chapter of my book I'm working on
*do some stretching and my physio exercises

Has anyone got any further suggestions for when I'm vulnerable to binging? I figure, if I'm trying to weed out a deep-seated set of poor habits, I need to replace them with new ones (I can't resist with will-power alone).

Additionally, I have found great power in meditating on the Bible - the word of God. I am going to aim to memorise scriptures which remind me about God's limitless power and ability to help me change.

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21 May 2013

For some reason, my profile won't save my diet description, so I'll include it here. It's called Perfect Plate (Portion Perfection)

http://www.greatideas.net.au/about-portion-perfection

I have been instructed by my dietician (Best Food Forward) to eat
1/4 protein
1/4 carb
1/2 low starch vegies

for main meals

and three 100 calory snacks a day (two of these should be fruit)

I need to aim to drink 2L water a day (including herbal tea or black tea).

By reducing portion sizes, weightloss is supposed to be steadily sustained over time. Then, after the goal weight is reached, a weight maintenance plan is followed in a similar manner (but the snacks become 200 calories instead of 100)

Weigh-in: 220.5 lb

lost so far: 0 lb

still to go: 66.1 lb

Diet followed N/A

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20 May 2013

Weigh-in: 220.5 lb

lost so far: 0 lb

still to go: 66.1 lb

Diet followed N/A

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01 February 2013

I am currently struggling to adhere to the "Perfect Plate" guidelines from the dietician (I've been seeing her since late December). I need some support and I find it hard to talk about my weight with people I know. Thought "Fat Secret" may help. I can do Perfect Plate meals (1/4 protein, 1/4 carb, 1/2 free (non-starchy) vegies or salad filling the base of the plate, but then my snacking sabotages my weightloss efforts. I have begun power-walking and a bit of swimming (only managing 150m in little 25m laps cos I can't swim in deep water, but still, it's better than nothing). Aiming to swim twice a week and increase the number of laps, having short breaks but still trying to keep the heart rate up. It's hard with a toddler, but I go Saturday mornings whilst hubby looks after him and also on the day he is in childcare. I am thinking of utilising the creche at the pool. It is affordable, and anyhow, I think the cost of exercise is worth it when I am so overweight. I got overweight because I ate from boredom and depression, lost a bit of weight during pregnancy and after having my son, then stacked on another 10kg when I went on antidepressants for Post-natal depression. To complicate things, I've had disc problems in my back, I have very creaky, weak knees, extremely tight muscles in the hips (seeing a physio 1-2 times a fortnight) and so I can't do any high impact sport like running.

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26 January 2013

Weigh-in: 220.5 lb

lost so far: 0 lb

still to go: 66.1 lb

Diet followed N/A

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