The Tummy tucking flab busters of BYC 2012

[oesdog]

Hi. I hope I can care enough to try again someday. Good luck to those of you still trying.

We are all trying - keep trying together there is safety in numbers!!!!

Oes

 

[3goodeggs]

Motivation is difficult to grab and hold on to isn't it?

I hope you can find something that interests you and can keep you busy, Sometimes that is a good substitute for motivation.
I think we see the effort as failure because change happens so slowly.
Even if you give up on the exercise, do not give up on thinking positively.

Hi. I hope I can care enough to try again someday. Good luck to those of you still trying.

 

[3goodeggs]

Well I know muscle weighs more than fat - it is a good excuse but in my case I doubt it is the reason. I am just ballooning since mummy died and can;t seem to stop. I am just about staying this side of 11 stone. I was so close to 9.7lbs. 8 lb off about 6/7 months ago. There are two major obsticals to my being thin - I love FOOD I hate Excersize!!!!! Everything seem to conspire against me and now all my lovely summer frocks I wore comfortably to Majorca at the end of last summer look tight and are uncomfortable to wear. SOme of the girls we met while away took a photo of me and DH so they would remember us. OMG - they sent me a copy on the Email of the phot they took and what with the sun burn and the double chin I look horendous like some hungover barmaid! I was scundered!!!!! Feel like I want to send them a better photo!!!!!! Why can't kids find the delete button when you want them too???? Feel pretty bad about myself right now.

Oes is FAT!!!!!!! - say it how it is and face facts!!!!!! I screwed up all the hard work from last year.

Oesdog,
I have been cleaning out our 10,000 sq feet worth of greenhouse, dumping, pruning, fertilizing, hauling, huffing puffing and dragging myself home in worn out misery. I have been eating vegetables and drinking water like a river. and... I GAINED THREE POUNDS!
I have two huge piles of debris that would not fit in my home... I am in so much muscle pain I can not let the ibuprofen run out... and I gained 3 pounds?

I dunno. We need to learn to love ourselves as we are, because our bodies apparently do not want to change.

 

[sonew123]

Oesdog,
  I have been cleaning out our 10,000 sq feet worth of  greenhouse, dumping, pruning, fertilizing, hauling, huffing puffing and dragging myself home in worn out misery. I have been eating vegetables and drinking water like a river. and... I GAINED THREE POUNDS!
I have two huge piles of debris that would not fit in my home... I am in so much muscle pain I can not let the ibuprofen run out... and I gained 3 pounds?

I dunno. We need to learn to love ourselves as we are, because our bodies apparently do not want to change.

Muscle weighs more! Bet you lost some fat and gained muscle!

 

[un-named543]

I've been struggling with depression so fighting weight is the last thing on my mind, but I am productive at work and chores yet, so that is something.
Oesdog, for some reason it won't allow me to answer your PM....
but I know we are in the same boat and you, dear, have had A LOT of things going on this past year.
Thanks, guys!

 

[3goodeggs]

I've been struggling with depression so fighting weight is the last thing on my mind, but I am productive at work and chores yet, so that is something.
Oesdog, for some reason it won't allow me to answer your PM....
but I know we are in the same boat and you, dear, have had A LOT of things going on this past year.
Thanks, guys!

I want you to know that I am thinking of you. I have been where you are.
We can not change the past or other people and that is difficult to accept.
I would just force myself to think something positive or try to just look at something positive when a sad or negative thought entered my mind. Breaking that spiral is hard work but you are worth it. YOU are worth the effort.

Weight will take care of itself when you are in a better mental spot. Please try to find half an hour a day to just walk and meander, not for weight loss, but to release the chemicals needed to help you feel better mentally.
It took me five years to climb out of my funk. I just had to get enough space between me and the events that threw me down.
I will send you positive thoughts, and do not worry about your weight. beating yourself up about your appearance is not a positive thought. Visualize your happy place and try to allow yourself to be happy and healthy there.

 

[oesdog]

Hi Everyone
I want to appologise for not being on here for you all. I know things have been hard for everyone in the weight loss department.
I ballooned up to over 11 stone. My mummy died and then my lovely old english dog in my avatar died and then DH was really ill again and has had another heart op. Our two disabled boys were causing us a lot of stress. So I have had my hands full.
I didn;t know if anyone was still posting on here or was even interested by the time I got my head around the damage I was doing to myself. So I took matters into hand 2 weeks ago and vowed to get myself into shape. I gave myself a very big kick up the rear end. Dh was very ill again and a lot of his heart issues was not helped by his diet. So I started the FAT COW diary. Basically I said it how it is - I AM FAT! I decided that if that ever was going to change I had to face up to it and do something about it. So in the diary I have written down every piece of food I ate and fluid I drank that contained cals. I cut out ALL cakes and ALL bread, Chocolate and sweets and crisps, No pasta and only a smigin of butter on the odd bit of fish. I have been doing this for 15 days and I have lost 10lbs. I am trying to get another 9 lbs off before I go away back to Majorca on 8th Sept. I am hoping that I will be able to help others but I advise that no one cuts back quite as radically as me and they get advice first. I am still FAT as my BMI states but it also tells me if I lose 9 lbs I will be officially a slim chick and no longer a FAT COW! I am wondering if I will be able to do this but I am hoping to be somewat towards it before I go away. I am despirate for a break as things have been extemely stressfull here of late.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/697056/diary-of-a-fat-cow/30#post_9513383

Oes

 

[Wink]

aw girl, do NOT rip yourself down with negative observations about yourself! I am sorry to read about your mom and your lovely dog, too. Its easy to reach for the comfort foods in times of sorrow....but you have already done a fabulous job of getting back on track....especially commiting to written words about what you want. And SO awesome for you to be honest and cut out the things that you know we don't need....(processed food).

I am doing good.....when I compare myself from last year to now, I am just so much more healthy. experimenting with clean eating, working out regularly to both crossfit or various home dvds. I guess I do not worry about my weight anymore because I have a lot more muscle, lol. I have the traditional flat asian butt, but now my pants fit tight because of my squats etc, that have given me a lifted, more muscled booty, lol.

I have switched to coconut oil for most cooking, have experimented with a 21 day reset in which I became vegan for that time period, have learned to make my own salad dressings, still drink my shakeology, have cut out lots of processed foods. I keep thinking, if I didn' start last year, I would't be where I am at right now. SO I am glad I started.

And I am glad that you got re-started, too. You are no fat cow!

 

[oesdog]

Thanks for that.
But don't get so hung up on me calling my diary the fat cow diaries. - Honestly I am fine with that or I would not have done it. I personally love cows I just don;t need to look like I have 4 stomachs? I don;t see how a fat cow referal can be a bad thing? I guess being the parent of a very disabled adult boy I am not very PC. I still call him Mentally retarded which seems to upset a lot of folk who think I should refer to him as Learning disabled ( like thats going to change anything?)

Oes

 

[karl E lutz]

Gosh it has been a long time since I've been on this thread.I have a positive report,I'm down a few pounds and working on more.
I gave up beer at the beginning of the year and while that went well the crutch did not work for this thread.I took up ice cream,yum!
Well with wifey's encouragement I also gave that up finally and I'm back "down " to where I was at the begining of the year.Let the dieting start anew!