Help! I have so much weight to lose

[zand]

Hey Zand, congratulations on reaching your goal and getting your stone award!

Are you not happy with your progress? From what I can gather you are counting calories, counting carbs, counting steps etc. you must be seeing numbers in your sleep! Serious suggestion here, have you thought of doing slimming world? I know you go for the weigh in obviously, but do you not fancy following the plan? Red days, loads of super free veg and low carb syn choices? The plan does work and it might give you a focus free from counting everything. Just an idea. Don't hit me

Yes I am very happy with my progress, just scared that it will all stop now, like so many times before. Slimming World, Yes I have thought of it, I can see that there are some parts of it which are very good, I was so put off by all the low fat and processed foods that they were plugging that I didn't fancy it. But, I could adapt their plan to suit me. I just wouldn't be staying for the meetings! I have a few ideas for when I need a rest from this for a couple of weeks. I am counting lots because that's what I like doing. I have always enjoyed playing with numbers, even taught myself times tables before I knew what they were, so counting isn't a chore to me, it's a pleasure. I know I'm weird but I can't help it. And why would I even want to hit you????? You have helped me loads, and anyway I'm over that wobbly now.....for a few days at least!

 

[popsy]

I am now in the dog house! I could be joining @andy 1234 as I decided to make a pastry free quiche ( thanks @popsy for inspiring me) so I needed more filling . The local shop had no crab so I trundled off to sainsburys. God it's heaven but the kids were starving so they had dessert first and have just finished the quiche now! I am living dangerously and having a glass of wine! Walk on the wild side by the late great Lou reed!

Great post Scandi! You always manage to make me smile

 

[jack412]

@zand

Yes I am very happy with my progress, just scared that it will all stop now, like so many times before. !

Hi, I didn't think you had enough opinions, so I'm giving you mine
it sounds like your your body is taking a hit. can you swap your walking for non weight bearing exercise?
walking one or 2 days, swimming/hydro therapy, bike/rowing machines etc the others.
but you exercise for fitness, not weight loss
https://www.google.com.au/search?q=...hannel=sb&gfe_rd=cr&ei=UoVyU4v4G8fC8gfj4oGoBw

 

[connie104]

Hi Zand just been catching up with your posts as yesterday was not able to read the forum as spent most of the day at hospital having my pre op tests and meeting the anesthetist .
On reading through your posts I felt you were disappointed with your weight loss this week. As you know I have followed your progress and am so pleased for you every week when you lose weight. Just think of that pound you lost sitting on the end of your nose you would be so glad to lose it then !
You have done really well nothing at all to be disappointed about . A stone is a lot of weight to lose so the next one will make a real difference to your health and well being . Keep it up girl we are all routing for you


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[zand]

@jack412 Yes thanks, I have been thinking about this myself overnight. I am trying to think round this a bit to come up with something I actually like doing. I know weight loss isn't everything and the scales aren't really that useful because fitness is more important than weight, and muscle is heavier than fat, but muscle also burns more fat. I was hoping not to have to think about this for a while yet and I'm not sure if you have noticed.....I can be a little stubborn....just a little. I have some great walks planned over the next 2-3 weeks and If I can't do them I will be so cross with myself, and disappointed. I may have to rethink those walks, but I may just stubbornly carry on regardless and hurt myself....that's just the way I am. I'll involve my family and see what they suggest. Thanks

 

[zand]

Hi Zand just been catching up with your posts as yesterday was not able to read the forum as spent most of the day at hospital having my pre op tests and meeting the anesthetist .
On reading through your posts I felt you were disappointed with your weight loss this week. As you know I have followed your progress and am so pleased for you every week when you lose weight. Just think of that pound you lost sitting on the end of your nose you would be so glad to lose it then !
You have done really well nothing at all to be disappointed about . A stone is a lot of weight to lose so the next one will make a real difference to your health and well being . Keep it up girl we are all routing for you Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

Yes Connie, exactly that, I was disappointed with my weight loss this week, even though my common sense (yes I have some sometimes) was telling me that it's fine and a pound is good and that weight loss does slow down after a while. I am really struggling with lots of emotions which have been bottled up for years and I seem to be able to express myself best here, so I'm afraid you guys see the stroppy side of me. I do try to keep my emotions under control but am finding this difficult because I am not turning to comfort eating/drinking/shopping/gambling anymore. I am also scared that something will change and I will start to put on weight again even though I am doing the same things; this has happened to me so many times before, so I daren't believe this time will be different.

Anyway, I'm glad your pre-op test day is over, they take forever don't they? I hope everything went well. I can't remember have you got an actual date for the op yet? I know you said you were on the waiting list which meant it would be fairly soon. Is it really warm where you are now?

 

[connie104]

Glad your feeling better today . You may have failed in the past but that was then and this is now and you have all your forum friends to support you . There are going to be weeks when you don't lose any weight and weeks when you have a great weight loss so you have to look at the bigger picture not the weekly figure.
I have a final meeting with surgeon on 25 June so looks like early July fingers crossed . I think you have better weather than us today really cloudy here last couple of days.


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[zand]

OK, finally managed to put breakfast into myfitnesspal. I was impressed that my fish oil is listed there too. I think it might be easier just to stay in bed all day and not eat anything though.

When my husband was safely leaving the house this morning and just about to lock the door behind him, he 'politely suggested' that I can be a 'stroppy cow' at times. So sorry everyone, I was very cross with one person only on this thread yesterday (no, not Andy12345..and 'Happy Birthday' to MrsAndy12345), I was really mad with myself, not you guys. I will try to keep a lid on it in future, but can't promise anything. Hubby has suggested I stay away from all technology when I am in a mood.

 

[Pipp]

OK, finally managed to put breakfast into myfitnesspal. I was impressed that my fish oil is listed there too. I think it might be easier just to stay in bed all day and not eat anything though.

When my husband was safely leaving the house this morning and just about to lock the door behind him, he 'politely suggested' that I can be a 'stroppy cow' at times. So sorry everyone, I was very cross with one person only on this thread yesterday (no, not Andy12345..and 'Happy Birthday' to Mrs12345), I was really mad with myself, not you guys. I will try to keep a lid on it in future, but can't promise anything. Hubby has suggested I stay away from all technology when I am in a mood.

Good morning zand and everyone else.
So, zand, you have started with myfitnesspal? Me too. I didn't like it last time round, but pledge to try it for one week for a start.
Also, in view of the grief MrsAndy12345 will be giving him today, I am not going to be mean to andy12345.
That will be a challenge.
Pipp

 

[zand]

Yep, I suppose I could grow to like myfitnesspal, it does stop me even wanting a snack because I can't be bothered to add things. And it does agree with my own previous calculations so far, so I suppose I could trust it eventually.

I am very happy because I have been to the chiropractor and I have been well and truly chiropracted. So my pelvis is back where it should be and she said it was probably pain from my pelvis radiating to my right knee. And she did heaps of work on my ribs(ouch) and sternum (ouch) and neck and jaw and ankles. She wants me to see a doctor about my right foot because the phlebitis is back again. She is amazing, I have only been to her 3 times (my old one left in February). She asked me if I had been tense at all. She asked me what exercise I have been doing because my leg and back muscles are so much stronger than a month ago, she warned me not to take too much notice of the scales because my muscles would be heavier now! I told her about the walk I want to do on Saturday and she did extra work on my back and legs and said as long as I rest today, including some bed rest and am sensible tomorrow, then Saturday should be fine. So I am happy, very happy.

 

[sanguine]

That's great Zand, just what you need for your holiday. Keep in that zone!

 

[Pipp]

Wonderful, zand

More positive. Also great that you were convinced you would not like the myfitnesspal app, but gave it a go.

The weather will, I hope be good for your walk at weekend. Good to get out and soak up the vitamin D.

Pipp


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[zand]

Thanks Pipp,
I suppose my 'problem' with MFP was that I already know the carb/cal content of most of the things I regularly eat, so it's a bit laborious keying it all in for nothing. This morning, for instance, I couldn't find the right choice for my cup of tea and ending up trying a few and then rejecting them when I knew the calories were wrong. So I kept trying till I found the one which matched the calories I knew were in it! Seems a bit daft, To me the main advantage of MFP would be to use it when I am out and about, so I probably will get a new phone to use it properly.

How are you today?

 

[Pipp]

Have had a good day, so far. Day six on Newcastle diet. First couple of days I was freezing. The only thing that made me feel better was the solitary deviation of eating a custard cream. (Oh well that and the support and banter on here, plus Andy12345 taking one for the team and being so good natured about my, out of character, threats of aggression towards him).

Have managed to have a couple of sessions of (dare I mention it, zand?) water based exercise. Absolutley knackered, so today I just pottered about, and actually did some housework. Extremely dischuffed to find that housework does not count as exercise on myfitnesspal app. Grrrrrr!

I am looking forward to weighing myself on Friday. Also looking forward to HbA1c blood test tomorrow, then results from nurse after bank holiday.

Did I mention I don't get out much?!
Pipp


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[Pipp]

I am now in the dog house! I could be joining @andy 1234 as I decided to make a pastry free quiche ( thanks @popsy for inspiring me) so I needed more filling . The local shop had no crab so I trundled off to sainsburys. God it's heaven but the kids were starving so they had dessert first and have just finished the quiche now! I am living dangerously and having a glass of wine! Walk on the wild side by the late great Lou reed!

Just love that song, but my grown up son was horrified then fell about laughing when I told him I used to sing that to him to get him to stop crying when he was a baby. Thinking about it, I guess the lyrics are not exactly lullaby material! I only sang the "hey babe....." Line though!


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[zand]

Sorry Zand but if you are not losing weight then you are eating too much for the amount of exercise you do.

@this is too difficult now that I have had time to think about this I realise I have been looking at the problem the wrong way round. It's true my metabolism is slow. My basal temperature is 1.9 degrees below normal on average. It's true I don't lose weight as easily as most people. So what I have always tended to do is to cut calories in order to lose weight, but this only slows the metabolism more. What I need to do is exercise more and use different types of exercise to help my muscles to burn more so that I do lose weight like everybody else. So I think I am going to try eating the recommended amount for a while, even if I don't lose weight or I put on weight, and then try to exercise to that. This is going to be a long haul for me, so there's really no point trying to lose weight too quickly in the beginning if I am going to jeopardise future weight loss and mess up my body even more.

Thank you so much for your comments yesterday. I am beginning to see that when I react badly to something someone says on here then that's probably the very comment I really need to be listening to.

 

[zand]

@Totto Walked away from computer after making my last comment and thought of other comments I have reacted badly to. Instantly the swimming one came to mind!!! We have a holiday soon and I have just asked an astonished husband if there is a pool at the hotel. There is, so I have torn house apart looking for old costume - one size too small - so I have ordered a new one. I can't promise I will continue going to a pool after my holiday, but I will try to swim while I am away.

 

[Scandichic]

Just love that song, but my grown up son was horrified then fell about laughing when I told him I used to sing that to him to get him to stop crying when he was a baby. Thinking about it, I guess the lyrics are not exactly lullaby material! I only sang the "hey babe....." Line though!


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We were all young and foolish once! I have been known to sing a rant with some swear words in it to a lullaby tune when kept awake by my eldest for the 10th consequtive night at the hospital when she was a baby. She was premie (3 months) then at 10 months old grabbed the remote control, hooked it through the handle of a mug of coffee and it went all over her. My hubbie didn't speak to me for 24 hours and we were both interviewed separately at the burns unit to check we weren't battering our daughter. At 2am i was singing very quietly I wish you'd beep beep go to sleep, you're doing my beep beep head in. I was also driving 60 miles a day to do our washing and feed the cat. A nurse appeared and said "I often wonder when a rock becomes a shake! " On day 11 I went into the nurses station and they were not quite quick enough with the monitors and I saw that they had cameras in all the rooms and were monitoring people. Hope they had fun watching me get dressed. It was then that I realised they had sound. My own mother blamed me too so we didn't speak for 2 weeks. It was at Christmas too. My hubbie did appologise afterwards. My work arranged for me to have counselling and it was brilliant. So if you're considering it - go for it! It works!

 

[Totto]

@Totto Walked away from computer after making my last comment and thought of other comments I have reacted badly to. Instantly the swimming one came to mind!!! We have a holiday soon and I have just asked an astonished husband if there is a pool at the hotel. There is, so I have torn house apart looking for old costume - one size too small - so I have ordered a new one. I can't promise I will continue going to a pool after my holiday, but I will try to swim while I am away.

 

[this is too difficult]

@zand


Hi, I didn't think you had enough opinions, so I'm giving you mine
it sounds like your your body is taking a hit. can you swap your walking for non weight bearing exercise?
walking one or 2 days, swimming/hydro therapy, bike/rowing machines etc the others.
but you exercise for fitness, not weight loss
https://www.google.com.au/search?q=exercise doesn't lose weight&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-USfficial&client=firefox-a&channel=sb&gfe_rd=cr&ei=UoVyU4v4G8fC8gfj4oGoBw

@Totto Walked away from computer after making my last comment and thought of other comments I have reacted badly to. Instantly the swimming one came to mind!!! We have a holiday soon and I have just asked an astonished husband if there is a pool at the hotel. There is, so I have torn house apart looking for old costume - one size too small - so I have ordered a new one. I can't promise I will continue going to a pool after my holiday, but I will try to swim while I am away.

Good for you Zand, and remember we have an advantage in the water. We cant sink