Seraphine
Full Member
Hi all!
I'm really trying to get down to 140 lbs (10 stone), and even though it's in my sights, the last few months have been full of distractions and holidays and illnesses and holidays and a birthday... now it's time to GET SERIOUS!
So I've started this thread so I can come here and be more accountable for my actions. I stayed-the-same during my weigh in this week, but after popping on the scales today I've realised that my weekend birthday binge did more damage than showed on Sunday. I'm up to 160 lbs, a whopping 6 pounds more than Sunday.
Still, onwards and upwards... I started back on induction on Monday (yesterday) and other than being ravenous, I'm okay. I'm eating a LOT but I know that usually peters out in a few days until my appetite drops so I'm trying not to stress about it. Plus, I think my *week is about to start, which doesn't help the water retention.
The one thing I'm really concerned about it odour... I feel terribly smelly all of a sudden! I have been showering twice a day and it's not really helping... I still smell like I've been working out and not getting clean. I'm guessing this is a ketone thing, so I'll up my water intake, but I've been low-carbing since last May so I don't know why it's so bad now?
So, some goals... I need to find a way to fit some exercise into my life. I have two wee kids and I am loathe to pay for a babysitter so I can exercise (husband travels for work, so he just isn't around to help me). I also have to learn how to introduce some carbs into my diet so I can maintain without going off into the abyss of carb-fest... I'd like to be able to have a portion of chips or some sushi every week or so without dissolving into a Galaxy-craving heap.
So I'll check in here as I go, and hope that the regular posting will force me to stay the course. I know I can do it - I've done so well already, and I'm fitting clothes I never thought would see daylight again. But a dinner at my inlaws or the aroma of chips shouldn't unhinge me the way it does now. So - time to be really SERIOUS.
Okay, I'll stop flagellating myself now! Off to drink some water!
I'm really trying to get down to 140 lbs (10 stone), and even though it's in my sights, the last few months have been full of distractions and holidays and illnesses and holidays and a birthday... now it's time to GET SERIOUS!
So I've started this thread so I can come here and be more accountable for my actions. I stayed-the-same during my weigh in this week, but after popping on the scales today I've realised that my weekend birthday binge did more damage than showed on Sunday. I'm up to 160 lbs, a whopping 6 pounds more than Sunday.
Still, onwards and upwards... I started back on induction on Monday (yesterday) and other than being ravenous, I'm okay. I'm eating a LOT but I know that usually peters out in a few days until my appetite drops so I'm trying not to stress about it. Plus, I think my *week is about to start, which doesn't help the water retention.
The one thing I'm really concerned about it odour... I feel terribly smelly all of a sudden! I have been showering twice a day and it's not really helping... I still smell like I've been working out and not getting clean. I'm guessing this is a ketone thing, so I'll up my water intake, but I've been low-carbing since last May so I don't know why it's so bad now?
So, some goals... I need to find a way to fit some exercise into my life. I have two wee kids and I am loathe to pay for a babysitter so I can exercise (husband travels for work, so he just isn't around to help me). I also have to learn how to introduce some carbs into my diet so I can maintain without going off into the abyss of carb-fest... I'd like to be able to have a portion of chips or some sushi every week or so without dissolving into a Galaxy-craving heap.
So I'll check in here as I go, and hope that the regular posting will force me to stay the course. I know I can do it - I've done so well already, and I'm fitting clothes I never thought would see daylight again. But a dinner at my inlaws or the aroma of chips shouldn't unhinge me the way it does now. So - time to be really SERIOUS.
Okay, I'll stop flagellating myself now! Off to drink some water!