Hello everybody,
Okay, I'm 164cm (5'4 1/5) and weighed 62.2kgs (136.8 lbs) a week ago, Tuesday 2nd January.
This is the heaviest I've ever weighed, so am not feeling "good in my skin" right now.
Some of my clothes are starting to feel tight, I'm not happy at this weight.
I mostly hate the ways my thighs splay out when I sit down.
I hate my husband touching my upper arms cos I feel they've got "chunkier".
Although he says he hasn't noticed, bless him.
I'd like my butt to feel less "padded" too.
My aim is to get back to my usual weight of 55kgs (121 lbs).
Which means a weight loss of 7.2 kgs (15.8 lbs).
I am not looking for any criticism or negative judgement here.
I'm doing the best I can step by baby step.
Thank you for any support and encouragement
I won't be happy until I get back to the weight I was before all this started, my usual 55kgs.
So, what's the best diet for me?
I need to be able to eat whatever I want, no holds barred, no taboo foods, no weird diet with food groups missing or strange combinations, etc
I love baking and discovering new recipes, so need to be able to continue cooking whatever I like.
I am a bit OCD with numbers and calculating, so don't mind counting calories.
It'll be less time consuming than having to change my wardrobe, lol.
Sometimes people seem not to like the idea of counting calories.
But for me it's so much easier because otherwise you're always wondering "I should have seen a result by now".
But if it's just the maths then you know what's happening, you can't go wrong, and you don't have to wonder
If I create a deficit of 3500 calories each week (that's 500 cals a day) through both diet and exercise,
I will lose about one pound of body weight on average weekly.
So the whole 16lbs (7kgs) will be gone by springtime.
Limiting myself to 1,600 cals a day seems doable, difficult but doable.
I should probably normally consume around 1,850 cals for maintenance.
So that's a 250 daily calorie deficit through diet (=1,600 cals a day).
And at least 250 calories less through exercise (I'll do more if I can, I enjoy it).
Slow and steady wins the race, I don't like freaking myself out.
So starting Tuesday 2nd January.
If all goes well, I should reach my goal in 16 weeks, or 4 months time, by end April.
I'll also have a cheat meal from time to time where I go out for a nice meal somewhere.
My husband and I usually do that once a week.
I'll just increase the exercise around the cheat meal to compensate.
Day 1: Tuesday 2nd January
Starting weight: 62.2kgs (136.8 lbs)
Goal weight: 55kgs (121 lbs)
Total weight to lose: 7.2kgs (15.8 lbs)
Daily limit: 1,600 calories
Weight loss rate: 1 lb a week
Date Ideal weight: end April
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8am coffee 87c
Cappuccino 87
* Indoor bike (49 mins) burned 250 cals
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10am-ish Breakfast (muesli) 505c Crikey!
20g organic unsalted cashew nuts (623) 124 + 30g dried juicy apricots (231) 69 + 15g Bjorg organic sugarfree muesli (367) 55 + 15g Jordans sugar-reduced granola (437) 65
10g organic oatbran (359) 35 + 5g organic chia seeds (449) 22 + 100g fresh forest fruits (55) 55 + 175g organic soy milk (46) 80
Total cals so far today: 87+505=592c
*Another Indoor bike (44 mins) burned 250 cals
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4pm Lunch (croque monsieur salad) 828c Bloody hell!
100g Iceberg lettuce (17) 17 + 156g tomato (18) 28 + 35g bell pepper (20) 7 + 20g onion (40) 8 + 30g avocado (165) 49 + 2g fried crispy onion (590) 10 + 10g mayo (441) 44 + 10g pesto (520) 52 + 124g rye bread (214) 265 + 32g cheese (352) 112 + 10g chorizo (498) 49 + 5g mustard (245) 12 + 320g organic orange juice (54) 175
Total cals so far today: 87+505+828=1,420c
180c left for rest of the day. Oh dear!
Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, and dinner like a pauper, lol.
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4.30pm Snack (latte and biscuits) 170c
Latte macchiato 80 + 3 small vanilla lemon protein biscuits (20g) 90
Yikes, guess I'll have to skip dinner, no more calories left.
Can't say I'm hungry though (mustn't grumble!)
Will just have to distract myself till bedtime now.
Total cals so far today: 87+505+828+170=1,590c 👍👍👍👍
Indoor bike (93 mins) burned 500 cals 👍👍👍👍