EDIT
If you want to see my before / after picture - this takes you to the page in my diary where I link to them... http://weight-loss.fitness.com/weigh...tml#post654420
Well this is the start of my diary.
I introduced myself in the newcomers section.
Briefly - my name is Margaret - I am a 48 year old married lady living in England.
I am a PCOS lady and therefore find it particularly easy to gain weight and particularly difficult to lose weight.
At the start of this year I was 21
stones (i.e. 294
pounds). I am 5ft 3 inches tall. I have a small frame.
I have been really good with my
diet and exercise and am in the middle of my most successful
diet ever (veteran of many many failed attempts).
I just hope that I can stay motivated and get there this time.
My husband (we have been married over 20 years) is overweight too - and I do worry about him. He is about 25 and a half
stones (i.e. 357
pounds) and 5ft 8 inches tall. He is 45 years old and I am very aware that his father was overweight and died as he turned 47 of a heart attack.
I can only write my diary entry for Friday - because it is Saturday morning and I don't know what is going to happen today yet.
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Friday 28/09/07
Exercise:
The weather started dull but thankfully not raining. I set out on my morning long walk about 7.30 a.m. I had my storm jacket in my backpack but did not need it. I prefer to walk in a thick cardigan. I did my basic 6.3 miles.
The road that I live on is a crescent from a straight road. I class this D shaped route as going round the block. It is about 0.6 to 0.7 miles long.
Later on it was raining - but I still went round the block 4 times.
When my husband came home he said that he would walk round the block if I went with him. I was delighted and we went round the block in the rain.
I have a little
exercise routine which I sometimes do to music. I did this too. There was a bit of dancing and 40 sit-ups, some high steps and kicks. It sounds silly and is of my own invention but at the start I had got so that I had such poor balance I would sit down to put on trousers. My balance has certainly been improving this year.
I wear my pedometer for the entire day from when I get dressed in the morning until bedtime. Some pedometers ignore steps at the start - but mine counts everything. My readings were:
Steps 33,779
Distance 12.52 miles
The distance is a simple multiple of detected steps by a sample step length. Since some steps around the house are not as long as others out walking this is a very rough guide.
Weight:
I weigh myself at the end of my morning long walk wearing daytime clothes - but no shoes.
14st 5.0lbs (i.e. 201
pounds)
This is down 0.4
pounds on the previous day.
I certainly don't get that kind of drop every day to put it into context my previous week and a half of weighings are
17/09/07 14st6.2
18/09/07 14st6.4
19/09/07 14st6.8
20/09/07 14st6.8
21/09/07 14st8.0
22/09/07 14st7.2
23/09/07 14st7.4
24/09/07 14st7.2
25/09/07 14st7.2
26/09/07 14st6.8
27/09/07 14st5.4
Food / Drink:
1 very large banana
1 Finger-pinch of sultanas (certainly not a handful)
5 grapes
3 weetabix, 1 heaped teaspoon of sweetener (a level teaspoon is apparently 1.9
calories) and the (large) bowl topped up with skimmed milk.
Cooked ham 120g - apparently 150
calories
1 glass (200ml) grapefruit juice
1 glass (200ml) orange juice
1 whole rainbow trout (medium sized) cooked in foil with small knob olive spread and 1/4 lemon sliced in cavity) 4 small new potatoes (served with small knob olive spread), 130g sweetcorn
2 litres of cold water
some
diet cola
3 wine gums
1 Fox's glacier fruit boiled sweet
Supplements:
1 multivitamin
1 omega 3
1 starflower oil
Other things I do:
I have been watching quite a few
plastic surgery TV shows recently as I wonder what my loose skin situation will be if I get anywhere near
goal.
Although there have been some on tummy tucks and
body lifts - there have been others on face lifts.
This has led me to wonder whether I will get wrinkled if the layer of
fat under my skin goes. I dont want to lose the weight and have a heap of other problems if I can help it. I am a coward at heart and really dont want to be in pain if I can prevent it by taking action.
I know that I am inclined to neglect my appearance. This contributed to me getting to be 21
stones in the first place.
For the record the other bits that I do are
Put light moisturiser on face and neck and vaseline on my lips and use handcream in the morning - all before going out on my long walk.
Bio-oil 5 minute massage my abdomen late morning and night-time.
Body lotion thighs, breasts and upper arms once a day.
Night time thick moisturiser at bedtime.
I recognise that many of the ladies on this list probably have always done these things - but I havent and I certainly have to try and remind myself to do them.
