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Kitty's tips...
So I posted this as a reply on my latest sucess pics thread You don't need to go look but incase people haven't seen and don't want to use tips without seeing what I have achieved so far with the (my journey is still far from over) then you can click my name and ask to see all threads started by me and it's like "another jouney picture post" or something...
Anyway it was suggested I post this as a post of it's own, hopefully it'll give more of you a chance to see them. The tips are posted like "no nonsense" because that's the approach I've had to take with myself but if it comes across like mean or shouty then I really don't mean it to (ask anyone... I'm like a proper girl... made of sugar and spice and all things nice.. and lovely) lol.
I don't think I did anything spectacular but here are the main tips and things that helped me... and these are all while not on phen... None of these are meant to be patronising or condescending and what worked for me may not work for everone else of course...
Firstly I had to view this as a lifestyle change and not as a diet. I'm not dieting... this is my new ongoing attitude to food and, while I may increase my calorie intake slighty when I want to maintain and not gain, this is my way of life now foodwise. A also needed a serious attitude change and I had to accept that there is no miracle cure... losing weight you have to make your body effectively eat itself and it is hard work and needs determination and dedication... I'd never really committed before.
I had to take a big hard look and fact is you can't eat crap all day everyday and not be a huge chuffer... I was like "If you wanna eat crap for lunch then you might as well enjoy being a lardie" lol...
...with that in mind though if i banned myself from all the food I liked then this wouldn't be a maintainable new lifestyle choice as treats like a little chocolate bar or going to MacDonalds with a hangover are things that are always going to be part of my life... if I banned everything then I'd end up craving, binging and failing... I just had to make it very very obvious to myself that those things were now treats and a rarer occurance and when I do eat them I just eat a lot less of them.
NEVER EVER EVER EVER EVER eat in front of the TV or at your desk at work... or at least not until you are 100% confident that you can eat the same amount and get the same satisfaction by doing so. I watched this TV program where at the cinema people had eaten stale popcorn they were given AND DIDN'T EVEN KNOW IT WAS STALE (!!!!!!) because they were blind eating and distracted by the film.
Drink as much water as humaly possible... I don't say that for all the usual weightloss reasons (although they are very valid)... my simple view is that if you're full of water then you can't be full of food. Lol!
Try your best as a rule to not eat after 6pm... I'm not saying that if you're invited to a meal and the table is booked for 8pm then to not go, or go and not eat... but try your best on most days to avoid food after that time... and if you must eat later (some people really find it hard to not eat in the evening) then try and have protein ans not carbs. Cheesestrings are good and cooked chicken breasts.
ALWAYS have ready to eat healthy stuff available... prepped fruit and veg, snackajacks popcorn, Special K bars, Cheesestrings, Quorn sausages etc... whatever does it for you. There's nothing worse than being really hungry... not having a healthy snack to hand and then binging on rubbish instead. I've done it and nothing makes you feel like a failure quicker.
Try not to have over 400 cals a meal as a general rule... again treat etc or special occassions are fine to go over every now and then but as a general rule under 400cals... it's a lot easier than it sounds once you get an idea of teh calories in certain foods.
Look back at your fat pics everyday or as often as you can... I know they are upsetting and hard to look at, particularly if you're near the beginning of your journey and so the picture you see may not be a huge distance from where you are now. I found that it really helped keep me on track... like "You want the PIE?? YOU really want the pie?? Ok well that's fine to eat the pie but remember wat you'll look like if you do" lol.
Weights and sit ups... I can't do much cardio due to an ongoing knee issue but weights for your arms to tone the bingo wings and sit ups to help that stomach are good. I started by doing like 10 reps, resting and then another 10 later but now I can manage like 50 reps or so at a time... it's a good measure of your fitness improvements. Walking is a good one as well, particularly if you enjoy it (and are lucky like to me to have the beautiful wiltshire contryside to walk in) and also find an exercise you enjoy and do that... I put music on loudly when I clean and get ready for work and dance around the house like a fool... burns calories though even if I do look like an idiot.
Take responsibilty. At the end of the day each one of us chooses each day what to put in our mouths and what to eat. If you want to eat a pie then that's fine but before so you need to acknowledge that you are making a concious decision to do so... you are chosing to eat that. If you're happy you may show a bit higher tomorrow on the scale as a result then that's fine but you need to make sure you have that little conversation with yourself first. No-one else is making you eat it and so feeling bad tomorrow is pointless. If I have to do something where I know I will gain (Eg a friends birthday where a night out with a meal and then cocktails etc is the plan) I will just look at the scales that morning and be like "Right so you weigh X today, you deserve to go out tonight and let your hair down and treat yourself, tonight you wont obsess about calories and tomorrow you will weigh **lbs more (try and overestimate) but that's ok as you will work hard next week to get back to where you are now".
Control your feelings. I do this with pain as well... you are making those feeling of hunger (it's your body after all and who you are)... they're not like an external invader and a factor you cannot influence.... if your body is making hunger feelings then try and make your body not acknowledge them... I find distracting yourself for 30 mins or so helps.
That's about it really.... really long post and loads of this may not work for you... also I find I have a bigger issue now in that I'm addicted to the control I have over what I eat and find myself wanting to restrict more and more so I have to watch that I don't end up with a bigger eating issue that I origionally did... but if one of you tips can help one of you then I'll be happy I shared xxxxx
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