Hello all
well today is the start of my 10 stone journey

Age: 28
Height: 6ft
Waist: 44in
Chest: 52in
Weight 21st 6lb
BMI: 41

Im going to post up my progress once a week to be honest more for my own benefit so i dont feel im doing this alone

Good Luck Kirk

I started my journey last year and lost just over 2 stone. Then hit a 'plateau'.

So part two of my journey starts today - 3 stone to loose this year.

Not only did I follow a diet, but I looked at the psychological reasons behind why I ate the wrong things. Changing the way I viewed eating really helped - listening out for those negative sabotaging voices and taking no notice of them worked for me. It was hard at first a bit like re brainwashing myself to think like a thin person.

For example - I can remember a friend saying to me 'Someone brought cakes into the office today and I thought why not life is for living and I had two. Then a really thin person said that she mustn't eat them 'cos they'll ruin her appetite, and I thought - for goodness sake just enjoy them'

And that's the difference between the way thin people think, so I have tried to think like a thin person!!!

I am going to post a thought of the week, so that we can look at the way we eat and this week my thought is..........

I WANT TO BE THIN MORE THAN I WANT TO EAT............ chocolate/bread/butter whatever it is that I eat when I am not hungry.

let me know how you get on.

Hi Kirk

Welcome to diets

I look forward to following your progress and adding input to your journal

10 stone is a massive weight to lose, but I am sure you can do it, and we are all here to help you and motivate you - go for it mate !

Chat soon
Frank

Hey everyone

Welcome to Diets....

Look forward to reading more on your journals... i may start one myself as i have at least a stone to lose maybe 2.
Havent been the same since having my 3rd daughter, so need to kick my butt into gear.

Keep posting Kirk! Why dont you check out the general forums too..

Gem (tu)

thanks all just hope i dont let myself down or my daughter

Have Received a referral to see a dietician, i think i remember the Liver specialist saying about it, will post up what they reckon

Hows things going Kirk?

Gem :-)

Hello Gem
Well i weighed myself this morning and im officially 21st 3 1/2lb so not exactly a blinding start but i have been quite inactive this week as i was driving to newport every afternoon and then back so sitting in a van doesnt exactly help with good eating habits or exercise

kirkyfosh Wrote:
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> Hello Gem
> Well i weighed myself this morning and im
> officially 21st 3 1/2lb so not exactly a blinding
> start but i have been quite inactive this week as
> i was driving to newport every afternoon and then
> back so sitting in a van doesnt exactly help with
> good eating habits or exercise

When going on a long car journey I used to take loads of crap with me. Mainly crisps, chocolate bars, sweets (haribos) and fizzy drinks.

I don't think it's because I am hungry, it's part of dealing with the boredom of a long drive. I think it's almost like having a bit of company.

Replacing the crap food and drink with something healthy can make a difference.

My friends take the piss, but I now replace a bag of crisps with a bag of mixed salad leaves. When I am driving along it is the same experience of shoving my hand into a bag of something and stuffing my face. Except I am having leaves instead of crisps.
Strange at first but you get used to it. Instead of chocolate and sweets I take fruit and nuts. Without the crisps and sweets I much prefer to drink water instead of fizzy drinks.

At the end of the journey I don't feel half as sluggish and tired.

I'm sure you will all take the piss also :P

What's your diet like at the moment, can you post up a typical days eating and drinking.
This could well be where adjustments can be made