Hi everyone

A bit about me. I'm 25, 5'4...and a bit and weigh 123 pounds (I was 125 pounds 2 weeks ago). Im not vastly overweight (I wear a UK 8-10) but I have put on 7 pounds or so recently...and that was the top end of what I felt comfortable with.

The fat has mainly gone on my hips and I just feel really uncomfortable.

I'm finding it a bit hard because my family just say - how can you think you're fat when you wear a UK 8? But I'm fat based on what I was a year ago and what sits comfortably on my frame.

I also can't talk to my friends who are dieting because they dont take me seriously because they say 7-10 pounds is an 'easy' weight to lose. That may be so but they are losing 2-3 pounds a week eating a lot more than me and I am just about making the pound a week. I'm not saying its easy for them. I know its not. I just wish they'd take me seriously too.

So anyway. Here's my food diary for the last 2 weeks and I'll try and update it as we go on.

I try to eat 1200 calories a day (sometimes I'm full at 1000, sometimes I go up to 1250) as I was eating about 1700 before to maintain.

Hoping to lose a pound a week

If anyones got an advice, tips, suggestions or is in a similar situation to me I'd love to hear from you.


Monday

Special K 200
2 Slices Brown Toast and Half Can Beans 350
Grapes 20
Apple 50
Grilled Chicken and Salad 350
2 Rich Tea Biscuits 100
Banana 150

= 1250ish


Tuesday

2 Rich Tea Biscuits 100
Special K 200
2 Slices Brown Toast and Half Can Beans 350
Banana 150
Grapes 20
Pork, Vegtables and Gravy 430


= 1250ish


Wednesday

Special k 200
Beef Broth Soup and 2 Slices Brown Bead 350
2 Cheese Snack a Jacks 80
Fish and Salad and 1 Slice of Brown Bread 450

= 1100 ish


Thursday

2 Rich Tea Biscuits 100
Special K 200
Beans on Toast 350
2 1/2 Slices of ham 50
2 Snack a Jacks 80
Chilli 400
2 Rich Tea 100

= 1280


Friday

Special K 200
Beef Broth Soup and 2 Wholemeal Rolls 450
2 Snack a Jacks 80
Large Tomato 50
Salmon and Vegtables 500
2 Rick Tea Biscuits 100

= 1380


Saturday

Special K 200
Beef Broth Soup and 2 Wholemeal Rolls 450
Brown Pasta Bolognese 550
2 Rich Tea Biscuits 100

= 1200


Sunday

Special K 200
Chargrilled Chicken and Cherry Tomatoes 275
Satsuma 25
Gammon and Tomatoes 350
Grapes 50
Low Fat Yoghurt 50
2 Rich Tea Biscuits 100


= 1050


Monday

Melon 75
Yoghurt 50
Snack Biscuits 100
Chicken, Tomatoes and 1 Small Brown Pitta 375
Salmon and Vegtables 600
Grapes 25

= 1225


Tuesday

Special K 200
Grapes 50
Chicken and Tomatoes 250
Sushi 175
Fajitas with Quorn 550

= 1225


Wednesday

Special K 200
Fruit Sticks 100
Chilli Chicken and Tomatoes 350
Chicken and Salad 400

= 1150


Thursday

Special K 200
Yoghurt 50
Chicken and Tomatoes 250
Fish and Salad 400
Snack Biscuit 100

= 1000


Friday

Special K 200
Chicken Noodle Soup 50
2 Boiled Eggs 200
Yoghurt 50
2 Rich Tea Biscuits 100
2 Quorn Grilled Burgers, Cherry Tomatoes and Spoonful of Beans 400

= 1000

Are you doing any exercise?
1250 is low but you are already pretty tiny... I am always afraid that if I go so low whenever I eat "normal" again I will put on weight again, which is why I try to eat in a way that when I reach goal I will still eat about the same and not gain (because my body wants that amount of food at that weight if that makes sense).
Losing 7 pounds when you are thin already is not easy at all. The last few pounds are hard, I lost the first 20 fairly easily, but these last 15 are way harder to lose and sometimes I manage to lose 5 and then they creep back up if I have a holiday at my parents for instance. But I am also on the smaller side already (I am 5'4 also and weigh about 137 pounds, I don't look fat to the world, I just look fat to myself).
The good thing of being there and just needing to lose a few pounds is that we do it for aesthetical reasons and not for health reasons, we could live at our current weight and be fine, so it is not of absolute necessity, it is just a wish. I am not saying we shouldn't lose our fewer pounds, we should for our emotional wellbeing, but if we were very obese we would need to lose because of our health as well.

Anyhow, I hope you have a great weekend, Camy

Thanks Camy!

So another day done. It's weird because I felt really guilty eating that cupcake. And the silly thing is it was within my calories and I half ate it just to make up my calories as I didnt really fancy anything! Need to get out of that mentality!


Saturday

Special K 200
Chicken and Tomatoes 250
2 Pieces of Chicken 400
Fairy Cake 250

= 1100

Another day done. Went out for Sunday lunch so I deliberately had a light breakfast and just had a snack for tea. Lunch wasn't bad just alot of calories (3 big slices of beef, big yorkshire pud and some veg - no potatoes!).

Could have had another snack but not really hungry. Im not sure what you're supposed to do when you're under calories and not hungry. I see a lot of posts about making sure you hit your calories so you body doesnt go into starvation mode - but surely you shouldnt eat if you dont need to?


Tomorrow is weigh in

Sunday

Melon 100
Sunday Lunch 800
Yoghurt 50

Well I weighed in this morning and I lost 2 pounds! That's 4 in total over the last two weeks. I'm now 121 pounds.

Very happy with that boost as we go into week 3!

First day of Week 3!

Monday

Special K 200
Chicken and Tomatoes 250
Sirloin Steak and Mushrooms 600

Ugh I'm coming down with the lurgy which means my appetite is a bit weird but still going strong!

Tuesday

Yoghurt and Strawberries 100
Chicken 250
Fish and Beans 450
2 Jaffa Cakes 100

Still got a horrible cold and been feeling rough all day. Ive also been starving all day! Havent eaten anything extra though - I've been lying in bed all day. My body doesn't need any extra calories

Wednesday

Yoghurt 100
2 Jaffa Cakes 100
Chicken and Lettuce 250
Fish and Beans 450

So as mentioned in the last couple of posts I really did come down with the lurgy and didnt get out of bed for 3 days. Also eating was horrible. But hey feeling well enough to get up and move around today so everything will continue again.

Its funny. I realised yesterday how hard it is to stay under 1200 cals sometimes. As soon as you add even wholewheat bread, tortilla's etc I'm over. Its easy if I have some sort of protein and salad. But any deviation on that and I'm over.

Anyway just thinking aloud -


Thursday

Special K 200
4 Jaffa Cakes 200

= 400


Friday

Special K 200
4 Jaffa Cakes 200
Twirl 250

= 650


Saturday

Porridge 250
Nachos (25g chips, 25g low fat cheese, table spoon salsa) 350
2 Burritos (mince, lettuce and tomato on wholewheat tortilla) 750

= 1350

Not as well as I thought I was today. Struggled to eat but managed to get lots of water as with the cold I'd become very dehydrated the last couple of days.

Hate that I got ill when I was doing so well. Start eating healthy and end up sick = irony

Sunday

Fruit 125
Quorn and Salad 325
Aero Mousse 100

= 600

So weigh in this morning and I've lost another 2 pounds making me 119 pounds - and I'm now at my first target (7 pounds lost)!

119 pounds was always the top end of what I felt comfortable with in my body so I'm going to continue to work down to 112 pounds (my lightest) and stop on whatever feels right for me.

The lurgy is almost out of the way apart from a cough and sinus headache so hopefully Week 4 will be a better week!

Need to get some real food into me after not eating much last week!

7 pounds lost in 3 weeks? way to go!

Thankyou! Unfortunately I suspect it was because I got really unwell at the end of last week and didnt really eat for a few days. Not ideal weight loss but I'll take it! And will work hard this week to get some nutrients back into me!

Congrats on your weight loss too. Was just reading through your diary - well done!

^^ Thanks!!

Good luck girl!

Ugh still can't seem to eat. No appetite. And when I do eventually feel a bit hungry its tinged with nausea and I can only get through half of whatever im eating. But Ive just been eating as much as I can then putting the rest in the fridge and trying again later.

Monday

Special K 200
Yoghurt 50
Chicken and Tomatoes 250
Banana 150
3 Rice Cakes and Hummous 200
Peanut Butter 50

= 900