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I was just reading a post about how quick fix solutions didn’t work - which I completely agree with. Faddy diets and diet pills are really not the way to go.  And it got me thinking, I didn’t gain weight quickly so why should I lose it quickly? It came on gradually over a period of months so it isn’t going to go in weeks. But, why did I put it on in the first place?

 This is a question which I think is so important. What was it that lead to us all being on this site trying to lose weight. We weren’t born overweight were we? Is it because of decisions we have made, food we have eaten and excercise we haven’t done? If yes, why did we do that? And why, when we began to gain a little weight did we not do something about it then? Why did we allow it to get so out of hand? And most importantly, what was it that then made us realise we had to do something about it? What was the trigger which lead to realising we needed to lose weight? 

 So come on buddies, share your stories and hopefully it can help us to never have to  go through this again.

Last night I broke my food plan and I really don’t understand why.

I had been following my food plan successfully for 1 1/2 weeks and had lost 5lbs which is great so why is it that last night I decided for no reason to eat when I wasn’t really hungry.

 I can understand why people use food for comfort when they have had a hard day at work, or broken up with their boyfriend, but honestly nothing bad had happened. I knew that I wouldn’t be happy by breaking my food plan and I was right it made me feel rubbish. But, I still did it.

 Anyway, I can’t let this blip ruin the rest of my efforts - I am back on track - and really hope that I haven’t done too much damage.

Have a great weekend everyone! xxx

standing in the changing room I caught sight of myself in the mirror and I actually had to do a double take - what had happened to me?!

I knew that I had been slack but had in no way realised that I had put so much weight on. I couldn’t actually believe that was my body. But, sometimes you need that shock and disgust to spur you into that action.  And it was really scary how in just a few months without keeping a vice like grip on eating habits can cause such a crazy amount of weight gain - it certainly isn’t so quick to lose as it is to gain.

But that was a few weeks ago and since then I have lost 5lbs (I told you it was bad!)

So, that mirror with the unflattering light which all changing rooms have, has really done me a favour because it spurred me onto begin the necessary weight loss. 

Long may it continue! xxx

So, am back from France. Had a glorious time - the weather was lovely, the company fantastic and the food was yummy!

I am quite pleased that I only put 1.5lbs on considering the amount I ate and drank. We did do a lot of walking and sight seeing which I guess helped.

I am now  looking forward to being able to start attempting to lose weight again, although I am going to have to wait another week as am about to go to a music festival this weekend and camping and dieting really do not go together!

I do wonder where all this motivation goes though when it comes to actually implementing all the grand plans! It is so easy to be determined to lose weight when you don’t have to actually start until next week and then next week comes, and there is yet another reason why starting tomorrow is for the best.

One thing I have been thinking about though is the concept of losing weight as opposed to losing fat. I really love weight tracker however worry that it can be misleading because it is possible to lose fat and gain muscle which will make you look smaller and is healthier but isn’t actually lighter. This is one reason why I also like measuring myself. It would be great if we could have a similar tracker thing but for measurements. What do other people think? I have a pair of jeans that I try on once a week and that is a great way to judge whether I need to loss more weight (needless to say at the moment they don’t do up!)

Right I am going to France on Saturday for a week which I am so looking forward to as I really need a rest….but, I worry that I am just going to lose all my will power and not only will I eat anything and everything I want, I will also hardly do any exercise which can only lead to one thing. Weight gain.

Also, this is my first holiday with my boyfriend (which is a really big thing in any relationship) and we are going with his friends (all men) so I don’t want to come across as some neurotic girl who will only eat salad and just thinks about food all the time because that is so boring. But, I don’t want to make it even harder for myself when i get home by piling on loads of weight on holiday.

How have other people copied with holidays? Help!

and it really does seem to go on forever. I sometimes wonder about all the things I could achieve if I didn’t focus so much on weight loss!

How many times have diets begun with all the best intentions only to be forgotten or for a lack of willpower to undo our best efforts? The thing that I find difficult to understand though…the only thing that is stopping me being what I want to be is well, me. It is my choice to eat the cake and ice cream (or to be precise the second bowl of museli) even though I fully appreciate the consequences. We are all responsible for who we are and what we look like so how is it that we can want something so much but at the same time sabotage any progress we make?

It is enough to make me feel as though I have a split personality (which I really don’t!)

I hear that by keeping a food diary it can help you keep a control of your eating habits…has anyone found that this works?

So wish me luck everyone and if anyone fancies a ‘diet buddy’ well let me know. Am good at encouraging people to put the pie down…if only I could do it with myself! xxx