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oh yeah, little side note. Besides the cakes/crisps/sweets/chocolate that gets brought in work for everyone. I am currently sitting here and the people around me have been talking about food for the past hour......

you see where the frustrations of it all comes in when they are all stuffing their faces or talking about food all the time? lol
 
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Ashtonian said:
In true light of the thread, just posting some thoughts on here. not the type i can tell anyone else without them think i'm fishing for sympathy which is entirely not the intention.

I am starting to think this whole thing is getting quite hard now. I noticed yesterday eating my salad at lunch that as much as they were great 2 weeks ago, it is starting to hit the repetition point now. I have little motivation to do workouts and when i do have it, other factors such as family get in the way of that. Avoiding so many different types of food as well that i would normally eat, or at least normal people eat no problem is a little grating now, It isn;t the eating better as such but being as careful as possible on what i eat, i don;t know, just getting to me a bit and making me feel a little lousy because i'd rather grab a butty rather than eat yet another salad. it creates a little vicious cycle because when i can't work out then i feel lousy and not getting anywhere yet i feel like i am not going out my way enough either.

But yeah, as much as i am made up at what i have done so far, i think it is the instant results not being quick enough that is the hardest part. If i can push myself to do the 4 pounds a week then i know its only going to be around 8 weeks before i hav
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They say it takes 28 days to form a habit, so you're halfway there. Guess it depends what will make you happier - being slimmer or eating more freely/not exercising. Everything you've said before makes me think it's the former. You've exercised willpower with this and with quitting smoking mate, so I really hope you'll persist. You can already feel the positive effects you were hoping for, and you've started to get positive comments, so keep going - it'll be worth it!
 
Ashtonian said:
Yeah that is what i try to do, compensate if i haven't eat fantastically well with exercise. but where you can over compensate with the whole cycling and stuff, it is harder for me to do that, which then directly has the knock on effect on what i eat. I mean 5 days a week i am literally having porridge in the monring (currently plain), 3 fruit, subway salad (everything but gherkins), then a veg themed tea. So always make sure veg is involved. As for treats, perhaps one or two a week but i'm finding i am getting to a point of the night where i have eaten then it is too late to eat anything else. I have got 4 muller light yoghurts in the fridge since saturday untouched, because i don;t want to eat too late.
But after 4-5 weeks of the same routine it does get harder to keep up with. Not in the sense i am slipping in terms of food, but less enjoyment out of it.

the most important thing for me is next monday. Whatever i weigh, if i have lost anything then i can directly track what i did well or wrong. If i lose the 4 pounds i am hoping then i know to keep going, weigh more excercise leading to more loss, albeit with muscle gain.
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I live like a monk during the week but allow myself my treats (beer and takeaway) on a Saturday. Might that work, bringing in the element of reward and something to look forward to?
 
Naisy'sCharitableLeanings said:
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They say it takes 28 days to form a habit, so you're halfway there. Guess it depends what will make you happier - being slimmer or eating more freely/not exercising. Everything you've said before makes me think it's the former. You've exercised willpower with this and with quitting smoking mate, so I really hope you'll persist. You can already feel the positive effects you were hoping for, and you've started to get positive comments, so keep going - it'll be worth it!
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It's actually the latter with me. My weight was not really an issue other than a bit of a self esteem one but considering I wasn't going to work to pull girls then makes no odds to me haha. What I actually want is to be able to eat freely knowing full well I can control it then. If I get a takeaway, I've eaten well all week so it's fine. I'd be able to notice if I was putting any pounds on as well so can control.

Naisy'sCharitableLeanings said:
I live like a monk during the week but allow myself my treats (beer and takeaway) on a Saturday. Might that work, bringing in the element of reward and something to look forward to?
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I will do once I shift more weight I think. I don't want to fall into any trap where I treat myself now and then slip up. I'll treat myself when I get down to around 14 stones.

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True - those dressings alone are very calorific. The South West one is the highest @Ashtonian.
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As much as I would get my salad elsewhere ideally there isn't many places where I work. If I can get to the asda during the week then I do buy salads in and have healthier options but it's getting there, out my way to a big one.

I try to look at it subjectively. Thst salad may end up having an extra 200 calories on top but the majority is still vegetables. Plus as my calories intake isn't massive anyway in the evenings it kinda puts the big calorie meal at lunch rather than dinner.
 
Ashtonian said:
It's actually the latter with me. My weight was not really an issue other than a bit of a self esteem one but considering I wasn't going to work to pull girls then makes no odds to me haha. What I actually want is to be able to eat freely knowing full well I can control it then. If I get a takeaway, I've eaten well all week so it's fine. I'd be able to notice if I was putting any pounds on as well so can control.



I will do once I shift more weight I think. I don't want to fall into any trap where I treat myself now and then slip up. I'll treat myself when I get down to around 14 stones.



As much as I would get my salad elsewhere ideally there isn't many places where I work. If I can get to the asda during the week then I do buy salads in and have healthier options but it's getting there, out my way to a big one.

I try to look at it subjectively. Thst salad may end up having an extra 200 calories on top but the majority is still vegetables. Plus as my calories intake isn't massive anyway in the evenings it kinda puts the big calorie meal at lunch rather than dinner.
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I've found that, having formed the healthy eating habit, I've come to enjoy the stuff I eat now more than some of the stuff (I thought) I used to enjoy. I really couldn't care less if I never ate burgers or KFC again - I genuinely enjoy a crisp salad with chicken, fish or whatever, more. Even the Saturday takeaway has changed from what I'd previously choose. I reckon you might find the same if you persist - it's all about getting over the mental hurdle and getting to a different sense of 'normal'.
 
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I've found that, having formed the healthy eating habit, I've come to enjoy the stuff I eat now more than some of the stuff (I thought) I used to enjoy. I really couldn't care less if I never ate burgers or KFC again - I genuinely enjoy a crisp salad with chicken, fish or whatever, more. Even the Saturday takeaway has changed from what I'd previously choose. I reckon you might find the same if you persist - it's all about getting over the mental hurdle and getting to a different sense of 'normal'.
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Yeah that is what I am hoping for. Spend e ough time doing it and meals suddenly become default rather than right now me going out my way to do it.
 
Naisy'sCharitableLeanings said:
I live like a monk during the week but allow myself my treats (beer and takeaway) on a Saturday. Might that work, bringing in the element of reward and something to look forward to?
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Called a " cheat day " by the bodies beautiful mate.

The only problem is that once you really start eating really healthy, you're body can't handle fried / fatty food and it goes right through you !
 
COYBL25 said:
Called a " cheat day " by the bodies beautiful mate.

The only problem is that once you really start eating really healthy, you're body can't handle fried / fatty food adj it goes right through you !
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I agree with you there mate! The whole change does pose, shall we say, 'digestive issues' for a bit, but that's all good nowadays. I had a one-off burger and chips about four months in to my new regime - the heartburn and 'movements' were insane.
 
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