Very disappointingly I have maintained my weight at 26 Stones 8 Pounds (370 lbs / 168 KGs).
That brings the total to 2 stone 5 pounds (15 KGs / 33 pounds).
Started at 28 stone 13 pounds
Currently 26 stone 8 pounds
Short Term Target 26 stone 0 pounds (Should reach this by 18/04/2011)
Long Term Target 14 stone (hope to reach this by 01/02/2014)
Some of the reasons I think I've maintained and not lost:
1. Wednesday we ate out. I only had a starter ceased salad (Figured my Syns would cover the croutons and ceased dressing) and I had a Chicken Fajita an essentially ate out the chicken, rice and beans filling leaving the Sour Cream and Tortilla behind. (I guess the bean sauce on the rice must have had some Syns too)
2. I've avoided bread this week, just using the hifi bars for my Healthy Extra Option B. But replaced the bread with Crackerbread (1 Syn each). Not sure that was the best plan!
3. I've been eating more Syns each day, often going to 12 or 15 Syns. I'll decrease that massively this week!
4. Food Diaries! Back onto the food diaries this week. I tend to track my food and Syns fairly well in my head (I think), but just in case, I'm doing food diaries this week!
Over all I'm not too worried although a little disappointed, I had a good 6 pound loss last week and thought this week would be a struggle to lose as much. I still feel great though, so it's all been worth it. I'll be a little more strict on Syns this week, and next week should be another good week!
hey you!!
ReplyDeletejust came across this on your page today. i don't think i knew you were blogging about your diet… :/
or maybe i just forgot. getting old, man.
i know it can be very disappointing to fall short of the mark we set for ourselves. the only thing more disappointing is quitting. as long as you do not stop trying, you're doing an incredible job of facing the challenge that was set before us in this lifetime, namely to endure to the end.
that doesn't mean we need to succeed and excel in everything we do our whole life, it just means we should never stop trying.
i think you're doing a bloody marvelous job, my dear old friend. keep it up!!!
xoxoxo
Brendan
Hi there Duane. i am so chuffed when i read your blog. you should be very proud of yourself. My husband is on weighless and i somehow think that you guys do better at this than the women. He has lost his first 10kg. I am very confused with your weights, when you speak stones and pounds. can't you also put in the Kg's for your SA friends ? Keep up the good work. I think you will lose the weight you want faster than 2014. Take care. PS are we seeing you at the reunion in May ?
ReplyDeleteThanx Brendan. Everyone seems to think I'm in danger of giving up. :S I am disappointed, very disappointed, but The "failure" of no loss this week has actually revitalized my determination. Ive been coasting on this diet for 9 weeks. The losses have been effortless. I eat well, and because of that, avoiding the junk I used to eat has been easy.
ReplyDeleteI was THOROUGHLY warned that weeks like last week would come. There were some minor things I could have done differently, but at the end of the day, I just think it was my body defending itself and its "stores" :P
So this week, I fighting back showing it who is boss here! Stepped up the exercise, which is becoming a bit of an addiction itself, and cutting out some of the carb meals I would have had, and having extra veg instead. Instead of Pasta for lunch, I had some leftover curry (which is actually seriously healthy when cooked right) and salad. Even the Salad today had Carrot in which I normally would not have done. Last nights supper, had a tiny portion of Rice with the curry.
So please, no one worry that I'm going to quit. because of 1 disappointing week. I am very disciplined and motivated at the moment. Despite not losing weight this week, I feel AMAZING! I feel like Charlie Sheen! TIGER BLOOD! I haven't felt this good in probably 7 or 8 years.
Thanx Tracy. I am proud of myself, but also very aware I have soooo much further to go. When I can start showing of some seriously big numbers, that's when i will be sooo proud people will simply find me irritating :P
ReplyDeleteSorry about the stones and pounds. It's all confusing for me too and I have been living in this metric forsaken county for 12 years now! But all my weights and targets and losses etc keep getting given in stones and pounds. I do try and give the conversions, but sometimes get so carried away with what I'm trying to say I forget to convert it all. Worst of all its not easy conversions either. I mean seriously....14 pounds to the stone?? 2.2 pounds to the KG? :s and 6.8 odd KG to the stone! What were they thinking? And why so stubbornly cling to these weird measurements when a nice neat internationally accepted Metric system is ready and waiting??
The conversions:
That brings the total to 15 KG
Started at 183.7 KG
Currently 168.7 KG
Short Term Target 165 KG (10% Loss)(Should reach this by 18/04/2011)
Long Term Target 89 KG (hope to reach this by 01/02/2014)
I too hope to lose it before 2014, and the rate I'm losing now will see it done much sooner, however, to keep up this rate to the end, is VERY unlikely. Losses will slow, especially closer to Target. Losing it all by 2014 is considered a HEALTHY speed to lose the weightand so thats the time line im focusing on. However, as noticed in this weeks loss and my impression of it, I am pushing myself currently to lose faster. The main reason for that is I want to get to a point where I can quit walking, start running, and start doing some serious and fun physical exercise. I have gone sooo long being lathargic, and now I have started doing some exercise...and I started SLLLLOOOWW like 200m walks a day. Now my body has woken up and remembered how it felt when I was active and wants more ... and it wants it NOW! :P
Also I am sooo over weight, and have changed my eating habits so drastically, I don't think its unreasonable to expect bigger losses, or to be disappointed by no or small loses when I am working so hard at it.
But the fact I have made this as public as I have posting on Facebook and in my blog, should testify to my resolve at seeing this through! I dont want to look the idiot who just stops after making sucha big "WHOHAA" about it. I made that decision with the intention that it would help keep me focused and motivated because all my work friends, old school friends, church friends and all my family can see what im doing, HOW Im doing, and Pester me if I show any signs of letting up or giving up!
So in some ways my previous reply to Brendan, was out of place and really his response aand others response to my dissapointment is exactly what i asked for. Please ALL Keep tellign me not to quit! I need you all Poking and Prodding me! :P This is a long long difficult road, and I definately need all the support and encouragement I can get to see it through!
Duane , you won't quit because I'm keeping a very close eye on you ;-) Just remember why you're doing this - it's not just about numbers on scales . It's also about reprograming your mind and adapting a new & healthy approach to food/ eating - one which will benefit both you and your beautiful family .
ReplyDeleteThanx Lesley. That does basically sum up my thoughts on it. Disappointed the scales aren't showing it, but if I keep at this approach to eating, and exercise, the weight will follow in its own time. There is no way I can stay this size eating the healthy food I do, and constantly increasing the exercise I'm doing.
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