Updates (and more kitty pictures)
8Dec2008 Filed under: General Author: iconisedghostAnyway, not much more to report here weight loss wise. I did pretty well this week to lose a bit more than i had lost since wednesday, giving me 900g lost over 2 weeks (since my battery died on my scales) which sounds spot on. So im pretty happy with that, especially since the xmas parties and lunches are picking up and it is becoming harder and harder to track calorie wise. I weigh in today at about 73.3kg (about 161.6 pounds?), 100g higher than the lowest weight i have ever been recorded at in my adult/adolescent life. Which is kind of scary to think about. I think i have been 72kg (prob around 159 pounds) before though, so once i get down to 71.999999kg i’ll be pretty damn over the moon. First things first, gotta hit 72.99999999 or lower. I would be totally stoked to see 72 point something this week. All i have to do is lose about 400g which shouldnt be too hard as long as i am disciplined in my eating and exercise. Which shouldnt be too hard, right? Right?? Since its summer i can go to the gym and then cross the road to the beach to have a swim 
Yes, my gym is that close to the beach. I should totally take photos for you guys. Just to make you jealous in your winter months 
Not much else interesting. I was talking to a friend who is also trying to lose weight but finding sticking to her trainers plan hard. I totally sympathise. My experience with personal trainers is that they think they know what works, and any deviation from that absolutely wont work. My personal belief is that you have to find what works for you. Maybe having 5 meals a day isnt for you. If its not, dont do it! For me, having 3 meals a day would be impossible- im a grazer. I would rather graze all day and juts have one main meal of breakfast if it were entirely up to me. I understand that there are lots of arguments, and that not everyone can keep up to date with theories on weight loss and the psych behind it. Things like eating late at night- my thoughts on this are as follows.
1. A calorie is a calorie, no matter what time of day it is. You cant change that. Your body gets the same amount of energy if it eats a calorie at midday as it would if it ate it at midnight
2. Yes, perhaps the way the body stores energy is different at different times of the day. I dont know a lot about it, seems plausible to me that the body might be more inclined to hold on to fat and store energy late at night, because you’re not going to need that energy over night, since all you’re doing is sleeping. However, i also think (and i am aware i may be wrong here) that the difference in how you store energy at different times of the day/night is not going to be huge. Its not going to be the difference between losing 1kg and 5kg a week. It might be the difference between losing 400g and 500g a week. Perhaps thats important for some people. Its not for me, and its not something i worry about if i am eating at night within my calories for the day
3. Snacking, in itself, is not ” bad” or inherently evil. Maybe it boosts your metabolism to eat little and frequently, but again i doubt this is a huge influence on weight loss really. I DO believe that people can very easily go overboard on snacking without realising it. One almond leads to thirty. A handful of chips leads to a whole family bag eaten in a sitting. This doesnt mean that the snacking itself is bad for you. Its the moderation in which you are using snacking. It is the same as everything else- probably not too bad for you in moderation and when used with a healthy dollop of self control
I quite strongly believe that in order to be successful you MUST find what suits YOU. Thats not to say “eating McDonalds all day everyday suits me so i will lose weight doing that”. Of course not. Everyone wanting or needing to lose weight will have to make sacrifices of some sort that they wont like. Perhaps what i mean is that you must find or develop a plan that suits you best. If you dont tailor to yourself, your job is twice as hard.
And thats why i dont appreciate personal trainers who continue to take people’s money, keeping them on the same plan, and seeing that they arent making the progress that they should be, and are entitled to be, making.
This probably sounds very pompus coming from a person who has only lost about 11.7kg since feb. But this is my first attempt to lose weight, and this is what i have learnt so far. Perhaps i will look back on this in 6 months time and disagree with myself totally.
inkheartmeg
December 9th, 2008 at 7:09 pm
Hi! Thanks to Eileen (again, she proves to be a good source of information like so many others on 3FC) I’ve finally captured the Ghost. I don’t think you have to be logged in for your link to show up.. maybe. But this might work permanently and only takes a minute. I’ve helped a couple others get it working for them. I’m starting to feel like the 3FC computer geek.
If you go to Site Admin, then in the upper right hand corner click your user name (probably iconisedghost). Scroll down to contact info and paste your link http://3fatchicks.com/diet-blogs/iconisedghost/ in the website box. click update profile.
Your kitty is cute and looks like a rascal. Lucky you with the beach near the gym. Would be nice to get in a good workout, skip the shower, head to the beach for a quick swim and then lay out in the sun! I don’t know g and kgs much, too bad we can’t all be brought up on the same weights and measurements and languages! Maybe one day everyone will understand everyone, after all we all know what Love is.
Keep up the self reflection, gaining of knowledge and trial and error to find what works for you! I can say this, if it weren’t for my gym membership and regular exercise there, I would’ve gave up on this a LONG time ago, like week 3. I’m now at almost 11 weeks and 20 lbs. Best of luck to you!
sterling
December 10th, 2008 at 2:24 am
Molly is adorable and definitely is in possession of some big old feet!
Do you metric people really use all those tenths and thousandths of a weight? I wondered, when converting for you, how many numbers to place behind the decimal. LOL!
I agree for the most part about trainers. Many are in a super power position, people look to them in times of desperation and that has to be an ego inflating place to be. A good trainer would examine the current diet, their client’s personality, get to know them and then customize a plan. Unfortunately, with larger gyms, that’s a rarity.
For instance, my trainer’s husband own the gym we train at. He has a diet plan that he charges $400.00 per consultation for. People flock to him in droves, forking over money. Few have succeeded, but only because the plan happened to suit them.
He dislikes me, intensely. He’s jealous of my success and resents that I don’t need his help. He’s one of those who gets off on his ‘high’ position. I don’t need him or his diets, and have always made that clear.
The problem with his master plan is that it’s HIS. It allows no modifications for individual needs.
You’re spot on about finding what suits oneself.
Trainers are mostly dumb meatheads. Blah!
Be your friend’s diet adviser, if it doesn’t step on her toes. Go over the trainer’s plan together and modify it to suit her. She could use your help it sounds like!