Just Peachy
Slowly But Surely
Hi all, I've been reading the forum for a little bit now and it's been really helpful. I came across this amazing article: http://www.minimins.com/strugglers-restarters/23697-interesting-article-emotional-eating.html and it actually made me realise that I eat my emotions for pretty much everything. I always knew I did it, but I didn't know it was to that extent.
The article was my motivation as I finally understood what my problem was. I also recently reached a shocking 220 pounds, nearly 16 stonnes and that was shocking to me. I went to the doctor's and I was considered obese in their files, which I never thought I was. It really depressed me when I saw that and shopping's only gotten even more difficult than it's ever been and I love clothes so much, it just sucked. Also been through a tough breakup and basically, so many things have motivated me that I wanna do it, properly this time! Which is why I'm asking experts; you guys hopefully.
I'm keeping track of all my numbers, from sizes to calories but I weighed myself in the morning, before being dressed or having eaten and I was a half a stonne lighter than at night, when I'm fully dressed and have eaten. What then is my real weight?
Also, I don't have a scale here at uni, and I've always found it wasn't an accurate measure for me so I'm going with inches. How much weight does one need to lose aproximately to lose an inch around the waist or anywhere?
I'd also like to establish some sort of reward system because that's motivating. However, I'm a student and I don't have much money to spare. I obviously don't want to reward myself with food. I also buy quite a bit of clothes (not expensive ones) because I'm able to shop cheaply, so that's not a real reward for me cos I do it to make me feel better about myself anyway.. even if that sounds lame. Any ideas that don't cost too much?
What a rant! Thanks for anything you can help out with x
The article was my motivation as I finally understood what my problem was. I also recently reached a shocking 220 pounds, nearly 16 stonnes and that was shocking to me. I went to the doctor's and I was considered obese in their files, which I never thought I was. It really depressed me when I saw that and shopping's only gotten even more difficult than it's ever been and I love clothes so much, it just sucked. Also been through a tough breakup and basically, so many things have motivated me that I wanna do it, properly this time! Which is why I'm asking experts; you guys hopefully.
I'm keeping track of all my numbers, from sizes to calories but I weighed myself in the morning, before being dressed or having eaten and I was a half a stonne lighter than at night, when I'm fully dressed and have eaten. What then is my real weight?
Also, I don't have a scale here at uni, and I've always found it wasn't an accurate measure for me so I'm going with inches. How much weight does one need to lose aproximately to lose an inch around the waist or anywhere?
I'd also like to establish some sort of reward system because that's motivating. However, I'm a student and I don't have much money to spare. I obviously don't want to reward myself with food. I also buy quite a bit of clothes (not expensive ones) because I'm able to shop cheaply, so that's not a real reward for me cos I do it to make me feel better about myself anyway.. even if that sounds lame. Any ideas that don't cost too much?
What a rant! Thanks for anything you can help out with x