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Lostinmy30's said:
Ok I'm here!! You lovely ladies have talked me down off the ledge and I am making some commitments right here and now....you ready?

  • 30 minutes a day moving...even if its just step on the wii
  • 2.5 litres of water a day...I'm so bad at fluid intake
  • NO MORE KITKAT CHUNKIES
  • Sticking to no fluids 30 mins before or 60 mins after
Thats enough for this week...I'll be on here annoying you I promise lol:D
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I am so glad!!! It is really hard to come back to the forum after being stuck...I felt like a right twit when I stopped losing , too scared to come back and say so...and then you see acres of bypassers (love em honest) shedding truckloads of weight and it feels so damn unfair.
I think pretty much everyone of us has felt like tearing our hair out most weeks...blasted scales!

What you are planning sounds great!
The main thing is to do something that you can realistically do consistantly everyday.

We need to build the habits first ..even 10 minutes of exercise everyday, no excuses....is so much more valuable than we realise..
Once you do that minumum daily, THEN when you have that as much as a habit as brushing your teeth every morning and night....THEN you can build time and intensity.

Going in all guns blazing is really hard to maintain and you only feel awful if you can't keep to what you promise yourself...life gets in the way etc.

Just tweaking a couple easy things daily is going to begin a profound difference.

I think as we said in the other thread, get that fill level tweaked a tiny bit, please don't be afraid to have a little taken out.
At the moment you need to get some proper nutrition down you so you have energy to exercise and just feel so much better.

Have one kit kat one day a week..You can still have that to look forward to but the rest of the time , with your plan above and having some real healthy food again..you should hopefully feel good and lose some more x
 
hiya ladies

i had my second fill last wednesday, and i cant believe the difference. i did go a couple of days thinking it might be a little too tight, because i had constant heartburn, was really uncomfortable & could only eat 2 mouthfuls & have to be sick.
it seems to have settled down now though...and wow this is proper restriction.
yesterday i had 2 water crackers & cheese for lunch, i got halfway through the second one & that was me..done! a water cracker and a half...seriously. gone are the days of half a packet with 1/4 of a block of cheese. i could take you through each meal & tell you how little ive had...because its shocked me a little each time..but i will spare you that.

i have been sick a couple of times, but i think thats with eating too fast...as its all that frothy stuff (sorry for tmi).i need to be careful with that though, as for the first few days it came as second nature...have 2 monthfuls & be sick. ive totally slowwed down now..not even 20minutes anymore...it took me an hour at lunch time to eat a mini tortilla with tuna salad inside. yesterday it took me 45 minutes to have 1/4 of braised pork steak with bbq sauce & 2 florettes of broccolli.
 
yeah, ive been having my protein & veg first even when i was having bigger portions...just to get into the routine xxx


also, ive had quite bad heartburn for the past few days...especially after going to the gym. do you think it could it be band related?
 
Hello ladies. I'm back again.I have been lurking but decided to post as you all sound fired up. I've dusted off the cross trainer again and instead of talking to it I've spoken to my cardiologist who has now said that I can do 10mins a day and see how I get on. Damn - no excuse now. Foodwise - have sinned greatly - found pistashio ice cream - it is now removed from shopping list never to darken my doorstep again. Weightloss slow but sure - will only get on scales every few weeks or I'll get paranoid about the lbs. I'm hoping that by starting to exercise I will get the bug and keep going. I'm sticking to the "eat protein first then veg then carb" when eating dinner for now as it seems to suit me. I have slimfast every morning for breakfast and homemade soup of some sort for lunch with 3 carrs water biscuits. I've tried eating a more substantial lunch but I either feel sick or am sick. Still can't eat salad, bread, eggs of any discription or pasta but that's just the way it is. Over all I am pleased. Of course I would have loved to have lost all my excess weight in a year but I knew from the off that it wouldn't happen. I appear to be rambling so I'm off out with the dog. Bi for now.
 
well done for coming back Archiesmum it takes alot but we are all going through the same journey so we all make mistakes but at least here there is always someone to ask or that has had the same thing happen. I love it here just wish whilst at work (now) that I had longer than 30 minutes computer use!!! I am addicted to refresher chews and I am not sure how but they go through the band no problem gulp~!!!! oh well willpower has to take over and kick my arse!!!

Good luck
 
Could still be your tummy getting used to the adjustment still Em.
If you continue to take it steady this week to let everything settle, then hopefully it will right itself.
See how you go..I don't think it sounds like the band as such but just the stomachs reaction to the fill.
I hope so anyway.
A glass of milk is really good after exercise so maybe that is a good thing to try and possibly might calm your tummy down a bit?

:553:Yeah Jayney! after all...looking at banding in the dictionary, it does mean joining and assembling together in a group:553:
 
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A glass of milk is really good after exercise so maybe that is a good thing to try and possibly might calm your tummy down a bit?

Never heard this before, Plz explain Oh wise one ;)xxLoL
 
archiesmum said:
Hello ladies. I'm back again.I have been lurking but decided to post as you all sound fired up. I've dusted off the cross trainer again and instead of talking to it I've spoken to my cardiologist who has now said that I can do 10mins a day and see how I get on. Damn - no excuse now. Foodwise - have sinned greatly - found pistashio ice cream - it is now removed from shopping list never to darken my doorstep again. Weightloss slow but sure - will only get on scales every few weeks or I'll get paranoid about the lbs. I'm hoping that by starting to exercise I will get the bug and keep going. I'm sticking to the "eat protein first then veg then carb" when eating dinner for now as it seems to suit me. I have slimfast every morning for breakfast and homemade soup of some sort for lunch with 3 carrs water biscuits. I've tried eating a more substantial lunch but I either feel sick or am sick. Still can't eat salad, bread, eggs of any discription or pasta but that's just the way it is. Over all I am pleased. Of course I would have loved to have lost all my excess weight in a year but I knew from the off that it wouldn't happen. I appear to be rambling so I'm off out with the dog. Bi for now.
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Brilliant that you are really going to go for it! 10 minutes might not sound like it will make any difference but as I said above, what we have to do is make exercising daily as natural as brushing our teeth..a daily habit that we just do without thinking about too much and we would never dream of missing.
I find when I say to myself, I'll just do 10 or 15 minutes, once I am on the machine or whatever it is, I more often than not do more than the minimum anyway.

It becomes a choice you want to make rather than a chore you feel you have to do if you keep the minimum low and achievable.
What you are doing is making it easier to be successful which is what is going to boost you up and make you want to do more & make it enjoyable, rather than feel like it's a big pain in the butt.
 
BlueDiamond said:
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A glass of milk is really good after exercise so maybe that is a good thing to try and possibly might calm your tummy down a bit?

Never heard this before, Plz explain Oh wise one ;)xxLoL
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This is a tip I picked up from Bob (trainer on the Biggest Loser USA) ...apparently just really great for putting back nutrients right when your body is searching for a good shot of protein calcium etc
 
Hi folks.

For lunch I@ve just eaten:

1 fishcake
150g tin of baked beans
and slightly less than half a jacket potato (small-to medium sized)

Is that a lot? Because I'm thinking it is. I don't feel 'full', but I know that if I were to eat the rest of the potato I'd be sick (if you know what I mean).

I'm probably talking in contrary terms here, but still can I get some opinion on this please I'm in a quandary. :eek:
 
I think maybe a bit of head hunger is mixing in there.
I had a similar thing happen at lunch time as far as the feeling...I had two prawn sandwiches (light version) had one and felt the restriction but had the other one because I was allowed it and was sick a bit.

I think what I mean is when food is left our brains are telling us we should have it rather than leave it- specially when it's a small portion anyway.

Does that make sense? Bit hard to explain
 
Yeah I think you make sense Neen.

I didn't eat the other half of the jacket, but I knew I couldn't eat it even though I didn't feel full.

Strange huh? This is why I've been slow on getting fills done because I wanted to get used to eating this way gradually rather than have it done quickly and constantly be prone to vomitting etc.

CHeers - CC
 
Jeeezzz....it has taken me all day (literally) to do a 7 day kick start menu for myself and the MIL---- what a pain in the bum.....I know SW and it is easy to do (relatively speaking) but this kick start first week thing, is just annoying. I may just end up just using my cups to portion everything out and then have a normal menu....and see how I get on. Cuz this menu has just ended up costing about £70 for the two of us for 1 week, and that isn't even including my OH, and 2 children to eat...so that is rather expensive in my book.

So I will see how I get on I will start in two weeks yesterday.....but looking at the amount of food i am meant to have I honestly think I will struggle to eat it all....having not eaten by that point for over 4 weeks.
 
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ok...I am teetering on what to do....Kelly, I am still with ya on the friday weigh ins...cuz i need to lose as much as I can before D day...

I am just thinking my OH will have a terrible diet...and not look after himself the right way,if he is not made to make good healthy meals....which is what he was doing before I went on the milk diet. Plus we have a budget...and I do worry about the costs....

SO I am not sure if I am going to just do the SW, or just do as I was before, and just use my portion pots to measure out small amounts...and do the normal, stop just before I am full...eat slowly, exercise, and use a small plate to ensure I don't PILE on any foods.
And just cut fats sugars where possible.

I think I could do it. I was doing it.....so I know I can, I just know too my MIL wants to lose weight and she likes having everything portioned out for her and no thought involved in it....but she too is on a limited budget...so we shall see..... I reckon she could use the portion cups too...just not sure she will stick with it. Plus if she actually eats a breakfast like she is mean to and have a lunch instead of fasting all day and eating like a horse at night, she would be much better off.
 
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