Day 5

I've already finished eating for today, so I might as well post this now. I have an early night tonight, because I'm getting the train to visit my boyfriend tomorrow. I'm hoping that keeping to the calorie thing isn't too difficult while I'm there! I don't think it will be, though, because often I'm finding that 1,200-1,300 calories is actually really generous. :] Just enough room to avoid accidents.

How'd it go?

• Bowl of cheerios with semi skimmed milk -- approx. 150 kcal.
• 2 chocolate chip cookies -- approx. 190 kcal.
• Portion of Greek olives -- approx. 162 kcal.
• Bowl of tomato soup -- approx. 232 kcal.
• 4 fish fingers -- approx. 184 kcal.
• One portion of sweetcorn -- approx. 63 kcal.
• Portion of spicy dried beans (full of fibre!) -- 123 kcal.

Total for today: 1104 kcal. I think that's a perfect amount.

Today I've eaten a lot, not been hungry much at all and actually felt slightly nauseous, probably due to the Metformin. However, I think it's been an alright day. Could have done with more exercise, but I'm so tired lately - I think that's the Metformin again...

On another note:

I weighed myself. I went to the doctor's at the same time that I went on Thursday, just to see what would happen, even despite only being on Met for 5 days. On Thursday I hadn't eaten breakfast (just in case of a blood test) and weighed 70kg exactly. Today I went again having eaten a bowl of cheerios and weighed 69.8kg. I know it sounds stupid, but I was so excited! I weighed myself three times and got the same number. I haven't weighed below 70kg in YEARS. So, in five days I've lost like... half a pound? I know I shouldn't get too excited because it's probably just normal fluctuation, but still. It's the lowest number my fluctuation has ever hit. <3 I'm pleased. Please keep going Metformin!!

Day 4

I think these late posts are becoming a habit!


How'd it go?

• Cheerios and semi skimmed milk -- approx. 150 kcal.
• 2 chocolate chip cookies, snack sized -- 190 kcal.
• Dried fruit and dark chocolate -- approx. 177 kcal.
• Pasta and roasted vegetable sauce -- approx. 445 kcal.
• 'Low fat' popcorn -- approx. 390 kcal.

Total:  1352 kcal. Most so far, but I was really hungry yesterday and nothing would satisfy me. :(

Day 3

Another late post, I'm afraid! Yesterday wasn't bad. I went into town and wandered around there, then we hear fireworks on campus and chased them until we found where they were coming from. Good exercise there, I'm telling you. This was followed by an impromptu midnight walk to Tesco's. :) I didn't run or do yoga though because I was pretty tired.

How'd it go?

• Yoghurt -- approx. 78 kcal.
• Korean chilli rice crackers -- approx. 146 kcal.
• Tuna sandwich -- approx. 345 kcal.
• Packet of Marks and Spencers salt and vinegar crisps -- approx. 200 kcal.
• Half a peanut butter sandwich -- approx. 150 kcal.
• Cookies -- 240 kcal.
• Apple - 90 kcal.

Total for today: 1249 kcal.

Eh, not bad. I probably burnt a couple of hundred calories off just running about randomly yesterday. XD

Day 2

This is the post for yesterday. I was late posting because last night the Metformin made me feel a little queasy and gave me some godawful stomach ache so I was in bed early.

Anyway:

How'd it go?

• Yoghurt -- approx. 78 kcal.
• Dried blueberries and raisins -- approx. 130 kcal.
• KFC Zinger burger (couldn't get out of this one...) -- approx. 481 kcal.
• KFC fries -- approx. 322 kcal.
• Lettuce & Salsa -- approx. 95 kcal.

Total for the day:  1105 kcal. Not too bad considering the KFC slipup.

How about exercise?

• 30 minutes yoga, burning approx. 120 kcal.
• 30 minutes running, burning approx. 300 kcal.

I don't think that was too bad, to be honest. The exercise made me feel good after not running for so long, although I might rest my body for a couple of days before doing it again. The Metformin is taking it out of me. XD

Starting over, Day 1

Hello again guys! I'm so sorry it's been so long since my last update. A lot of things have happened recently that have totally thrown me off. Firstly my boyfriend came to stay for his birthday, so I just sort of let myself go then (although I didn't gain any weight at all... =D), and directly following that I had an exam. You know what happens with exams: revision eating, panic eating, celebratory Thank-God-It's-Over eating... The works.

And although I have two more exams, I'm not too worried.

Why? Well, today I finally got to see my doctor. For the first time in my life I got a doctor who knew what he was talking about, was well educated and had obviously been in the profession a long time. As soon as I explained to him about my Poly-Cystic Ovary Syndrome, and how the medications I've been on before have been ineffective, he came to the same conclusion as I had. Consequently he prescribed me with Metformin, which is exactly what I'd hoped he'd do.

I don't know if it will have any effect on my weight, but here's to hoping it will at least make me healthier! Today has been another celebration, and so I think I'll start again. I'll weigh myself every two weeks, I think, so see if the Metformin is doing anything. (I can't weigh more often than that, because I don't own scales. The only free ones are at the doctor's...)

So, todays aim has been to eat between 1,000 and 1,300 kcal.

How'd it go?

• Yoghurt -- approx. 78 kcal.
• Raisins & cranberries -- approx. 155 kcal.
• Some kind of vegetarian taco from the canteen -- approx. 350 kcal.
• Rice and steamed veg (carrots, peas, cauliflower) -- approx. 150 kcal.
• One chocolate chip cookie -- approx 200 kcal.
• One mug of coffee -- 50 kcal.
• One apple -- 90 kcal.
• One glass of coke -- 200 kcal.

Total for today: 1,273 kcal! I think that's pretty good, actually. I had a good amount of veg and fruity goodness, and to be honest I actually regretted that glass of coke. But hey, I was socialising with flatmates watching the UK election results. They were drinking alcohol, so I compromised and had coke (I've been drinking water all day!) I don't really like coke though, so I won't do it again.

As of today at 2:30pm, I weighed: 70kg exactly. (Or 154.323584 pounds).

I need to weigh (according to my doctor): 60kg. (Or approx. 132 pounds). That seems like a lot to me, still, but we'll see how I feel if I get there!

Kitty
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Day 8

My goal for the day is 1,000 kcal or less.

How well have I done?

3 fish fingers -- approx. 138 kcal.
One strawberry milkshake (I had milk that needed using...) -- approx. 158 kcal.
One serving of lettuce -- approx. 10 kcal.
One serving of Heinz baked beans -- approx. 151 kcal.
One serving of cucumber -- approx. 10 kcal.
One serving of chopped green beans -- approx. 22 kcal.
A drizzle of sweet chilli sauce -- approx. 45 kcal.
One bowl of mulligatawny soup -- approx. 216 kcal.
Granny Smith apple -- approx. 80 kcal.

Total for today: 830 kcal.

That I'm proud of. Unfortunately, today wasn't ideal because I didn't have time for breakfast before my lecture this morning. I've been trying to make up for that by eating earlier throughout the day. :)

Day 7

My goal for the day is 1,000 kcal or less.

How well have I done?

•  Selection of raisins infused with pineapple juice -- approx. 110 kcal.
• Greek style yoghurt -- approx. 134 kcal.
• Pineapple juice -- approx. 125 kcal.
• Two slices of brown bread with butter & chorizo -- approx. 360 kcal.
• Melon and grape selection -- approx. 64 kcal.
• Granny Smith apple -- approx. 80 kcal.
• One scoop of ice cream in a cone -- approx. 200 kcal.
• Salad (same as yesterday) -- 120 kcal.

Total for today: 1193 kcal.

So, I went over again today because of the ice cream. Damn you Natalie! I felt like I needed some food though, because I'd been revising all day and it made my brain hurt. Tomorrow will hopefully be better! I can smell a BBQ right now, though... :(

Day 6

Eh, I don't think that today has gone brilliantly; this is mostly because I caved in and bought myself a little square of brownie and a milkshake earlier. However, I did immediately regret this, and felt kind of sick afterwards. I think that getting down to 1,000 calories is easier now, and I feel less hungry throughout the day. When I first started I was hungry all the time...

My goal for the day is 1,000 kcal or less.

How well have I done?

• A selection of green raisins, jumbo raisins and white chocolate buttons -- approx. 181 kcal.
• Pea and ham soup (from uni canteen) -- approx. 184 kcal.
• One slice of chocolate brownie -- approx. 396 kcal.
• Strawberry frappe milkshake -- approx 475 kcal. (I never realised this was so bad until I looked it up!)
• Salad (sweetcorn, pepper, lettuce, tuna, dressing) -- approx. 120 kcal.

Total for today: 1,356 kcal. You have no idea how much going over has upset me today. However, the brownie didn't fill me up and so I still needed to eat supper tonight. I feel like such a failure! I'm going to learn from this and make sure it doesn't happen again. I will only be bad on bad days, damnit! D=

Days 4 & 5

So, yesterday was bad as I predicted. I don't know quite how much I ate, because we ate out during the day so I couldn't keep track. However, I did notice that I couldn't eat as much in the restaurants as I normally would have, leaving a few of my chips/fries and only having a couple of spoons of the strawberry sundae I shared with a friend. Plus, the food ending up going straight though me. :( It wasn't nice, but it did mean that I didn't feel really bad afterwards.

Today... I haven't really done much, so haven't needed much energy at all.

My goal for the day is 1,000 kcal or less.

How well have I done?

•  400g raw strawberries (a whole punnet, because they were going out of date) -- approx. 100 kcal.
• 2 slices of brown bread and butter -- approx. 280 kcal.
• 5 fish fingers -- approx. 230 kcal.
• Half a can of sweetcorn (one portion) -- approx. 63 kcal.
• One serving of carmelised onion mayonnaise -- approx. 89 kcal.
• One glass of red grade Tropicana juice -- approx. 150 kcal

That's a total of 912 kcal! That's the lowest I've managed to get it! =D

Also, I've discovered that having a syndrome like Poly-cystic Ovary Syndrome means that I should cut out things like bread and pasta because my body can't handle them. This will be a difficult transition, so rather than cutting them out entirely I'm just going to aim to limit how often I eat them. Hopefully that will make losing weight a possibility (the internet sources that losing weight with PCOS is almost impossible :( )

Anyway. I'm doing okay! Go me? :)

Day 3

Today I went to the cinema, and I'm very proud of myself! I only allowed myself one small treat, and that's because I got invited out by a couple of my coursemates for icecream. I only had a small one, and made sure I did a bit more walking than I might have otherwise done to counter it.

My goal for the day is 1,000 kcal or less.

How well have I done?

• 2 slices of brown toast with butter -- approx. 280 kcal.
• 80g raw strawberries (one portion, 6 strawberries) -- approx. 20 kcal.
• One scoop of ice cream in a cone -- estimated 200 kcal.
• One serving of Pret's Chorizo and Butterbean Soup -- approx. 179 kcal.
• Two slices of brown toast with butter, and 100g tuna -- approx. 380 kcal.

Total for today: 1059 kcal!


Tomorrow is going to be a bad day, so I may have to up my goal a little. We're eating out with our new housemate to get to know her, and I don't want to have to worry too much about what I eat. However, it WILL be my goal to focus on how full I'm feeling and STOP EATING before I normally would. Hopefully this will stop me from getting too full, which is usually one of my biggest problems. >_>


We'll be walking around all day, too, because we're going dress shopping for our end of year ball. Should be fun! :) I'll eat a decent breakfast and hope that I don't go too over my calories later in the day.


Any exercise?


Didn't do much again today as I'm still trying to get used to eating so few calories. If I were to do any more exercise, I think I would have to eat more. I'll just wait for my body to adjust for a couple of weeks first. However, I am doing 50 situps a night to (like I said) get my body ready for when I start yoga again. :)


Eventually I want to post a picture of myself up here. But right now I'm not ready. I don't have scales here with me at university, so I can't weigh myself either. It's frustrated, so I'll have to just focus on seeing if I FEEL any different...


Good luck to everybody out there!

Day 2

Today I tried a new method, eating a heavier breakfast/lunch (I woke up too late to eat anything for actual breakfast and didn't want to cram in an extra meal I didn't need) and then having a regular supper. If I'd eaten lunch I would have made my supper smaller and lighter.

My goal for the day is 1,000 kcal or less.


How well have I done?

• Two large eggs -- approx. 140 kcal.
• Two slices of toasted brown bread with butter -- approx. 280 kcal.
• A little tomato sauce -- approx. 30 kcal.
• Half a packet of noodles -- approx. 90 kcal.
• 5 fish fingers -- approx 230 kcal.
• One glass of red grape Tropicana juice -- approx. 150 kcal.
• 80g gramms raw strawberries (one portion, 6 strawberries) -- 20 kcal.
• One tin of sweetcorn -- approx. 100 kcal.

Total for today:  1040 kcal!! I'm SO proud of myself for doing this today. If I can keep this up regularly, I know I'll soon adjust to the limit and then I'll be able to start running and yoga again without worrying about my energy levels too much.

Any exercise?

Well, I didn't do much exercise today, besides walking to my seminar and back. However, I plan on doing situps tonight before bed, just to get me in shape for when I start doing yoga again. Also, today I got a free pedometer that I ordered in the mail. Now I can keep track of how many steps I make every day, which will be a great way to figure out how to be more active!

Tomorrow I have another seminar, and then I'm heading to the cinema. I'll be careful not to buy any sweets or popcorn, and I'm also avoiding fizzy drinks like the plague.

If there's anybody out there reading this: wish me luck!

Day 1

Today has been a good day so far as good days go. At the moment it's only 6pm, so I've still got the lonely evening to get through, but I will stay strong!

My goal for the day is 1,000 calories or less.

How well have I done?

• One slice of brown bread, toasted with butter -- approx. 140 kcal.
• Half a can of Heinz vegetable soup -- approx. 86 kcal.
• One slice of brown bread with butter -- approx. 140 kcal.
• 80g grams raw strawberries (one portion, 6 strawberries) -- approx. 20 kcal.
• 250g raw watermelon (one portion, 4 thin slices) -- approx. 80 kcal.
• One glass of red grape Tropicana (one portion) -- approx. 200 kcal.

Calories left for supper: 334. This could be interesting... I'm having stirfry, so I'll probably go a little over, but at least I'll get that extra portion of veg! :D


EDIT:
Supper!

• Singapore noodles -- approx. 181 kcal.
• Mixed vegetable stirfry -- approx. 33 kcal.
• Soy sauce (light, drizzle) -- approx. 70 kcal.
• Sweet corn flavoured crisps -- approx. 100.

I didn't finish my stir fry, but I might eat some more later if I get hungry again.

So, today's total for food now comes to: 1050!

That's the best I've done in a long time. I'm proud. And I won't eat any more calories than that because I've still not finished the stir fry. Well done me. :D


Any exercise?

• Walked to and from lecture/library from my flat. 10 mins swift walking.
• Walked to and from the school office and the box office. 15 mins swift walking.

A brief induction into madness...

Well, here we are. After trying (unsucessfully) to lose weight for a very long time, I guess it's about time to do something serious about it. I figured what better way to keep track of myself, my food and my exercise than in a place like this? It's online, so humiliation is entirely possible - and fear is probably the only way I'm ever go to achieve anything - and for a computer savvy 18 year old, it's perhaps the best place to keep track of The Big Diet.

For anybody out there reading this, I feel like this is my last chance before I lose hope. I'm 18, female, and only 4'11" in height, yet I weigh an amazing 71.5kg on a bad day. That's 157.6 pounds! Now, I'm no expert, but I assume that I should be at least 20 or 30 pounds lighter than I am, if not more -- and this is where the blog comes in. I will try and update every day, keeping track of what I have eaten, how many calories involved and how much of it I have burnt of. With any luck, this just might work!

For all those interested, feel free to follow me on this quest of mine, or even join in yourself! Hopefully it'll bring us some results.

Good luck,
Kitty
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