Day 15- My weekend, and a future worry.

[Chefmel]

Hey everyone,

So many of you saw my post on Saturday about my Friday weigh, that I am this far with my goals:

Lost 1.5kg out of the 8kg I want to lose.

Lost 1.2% body fat out of the 6.5% I was to lose.

Lost 1 inch off my waist out of the 4 I want to lose.

I want to see another shift in one of these targets by Friday. I am not sure how my weekend eating effected me- I basically eat the same on the weekends, but I don't exercise as much, so i'll see perhaps tomorrow how badly I'm doing. I think I was quite good though- Saturday night I cooked me and my parents (they are vegetarian) a lentil shepherds pie with veg and gravy, and sunday I made myself a really nice spiced Sweet potato and spinach dahl, which I had whole some wholemeal seedy bread (gimme a shout if you want the recipe).

I am hoping I finish work on time today so when I get home I can get dinner on but then go for a quick run. When my fella is off work and I actually have a chance to see him I don't tend to exercise, because otherwise i'd be in the gym until like 9 o clock and I wouldn't spend any time with him which is a little unfair. But if its not too late by the time I get back I can fit in a quick jog.

Mind you. On Saturday night I had a shower at my parents place, and they have a mirror like opposite the shower, and I saw myself in it, and it made me really upset, and ended up having a cry-y phone call to my boyfriend saying how fat and gross I was, and he was very nice and said I wasn't. We all have our moments I guess.

Oh and edit: my future worry is that I will be seeing some old friends in less than 3 weeks away now and I'm really worried that people in my hometown will see me and gossip and be like "gawd shes put on so much weight since she left". My proper friends would never say that but I like know everyone in my little hometown and theyre bound to gossip.

[VickyDLM 2 stone]

Hi Chefmel,

I think we all have those sorts of experiences with mirrors. It is upsetting, but you should take heart from the fact that you're doing something about it and so you'll no longer have to worry about what you see in the mirror in the future! I'm glad your boyfriend is helpful and supportive, it's good to have those shoulders to lean on sometimes. And of course you can always use the electronic shoulders around here!

As for the gossips (and I know this is easier said than done) don't let them get to you. I kind of get the impression they're not people whose opinions you value anyway. They'd probably find something mean to say no matter what! As you say, your real friends like you for who you are and not how much you weigh!

Chin up and just keep on in the fantastic way you are!

[Dorothy35]

I had started having health problems because of my weight and my GP advised me to eat healthier and drink natural Tibetan herbs for slimming. It's been 2 months since I started adhere to those advises and I've already lost 16lbs. Losing weight is not as difficult as I previously thought but it is really motivating especially while I weight myself on my scale and look at a mirror. My next plan is to hit a gym next month and hope I won't chicken out.

[Chefmel in reply to Dorothy35]

What sort of health problems are they? It seems very unusual for a GP to recommend Tibetan herbs??

[IndigoBlue61]

Morning Chefmel 😊 I'm sure that in 3 weeks you will look so healthy and glowing your friends are bound to think 'wow' 😊

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