trudijoy Member

Thanks i appreciate that x

I'm hypothyroid and I lost 30kg last year... If your condition is managed correctly in terms of medication etc then you should be fine :) I found I needed to up my meds slightly but I did 30kg in 360 days so it's doable x

Especially when I already have a metabolic disorder and starvation causes me to retain weight! Can't win on that path :)

Needed to read that. Have had a checkered history with a starvation ED to feel like I'm in control and def don't want to go down that road again. You're right. I can control most of this once my heads back on - again, holidays will probably help

The water retention thing is interesting. I also have a metabolic condition (hypothyroid) which does affect digestion and water etc and is exacerbated by stress so that probably isn't helping. Also I'm the same size and wearing the same clothes, just weighing more, so I guess that points to water etc too when I've lost…

Thanks x

Yeah. It's 6 and a half years since he got sick and 2 and a half since we found out for sure it would take him, so it's been a long, hard slog for everyone, but I've also got a super stressful job and have been seriously ill/injured myself in that time as well as losing 30kg and trying to be there for Mum. Work can be an…

it's more that i lost it, then gained it back over winter, and now it won't re-leave! I'm on hols for 8 weeks starting next week so that will probably help. Thanks, you're right, it's not the most important thing right now but it's about having a little control I guess

I think I'm saying that the stress is the major barricade to me having the energy and focus I did the first time...there are a few changed habits but when I *am* doing everything i was doing last year I'm not seeing the same results (granted: could be because am trying to effect a 5kg loss not a 30 kg one) and the major…

When I say stress I mean 'parent is dying, am only support person for other parent' stress so it's genuine stress, not the kind several of you seem to think I mean. It's not stress that you an just make go away.

Pleased to see this thread - I bought some yesterday after my naturopath recommended them and instantly saw a difference. Had them for dinner (with strawberries and yoghurt - we'd had a big lunch) and was full and satisfied when normally I'm a night snacker. Had them again for breakfast with yoghurt and cereal and normaly…

I don't, as a rule. I did it over a week to see how much I was fluctuating over a day, out of interest.

If I had fluctuated down to 75 I wouldn't be worrying about it. I'm 78/9 in the morning and 80/81 at night when I bother checking both. I know how my body worked over the 30 kg loss and it's not following those patterns any more. I'll be finished when I feel finished and for me that will be when I'm seeing the 75 more…

agreed. goal range is 73 to 78. but I'd like to get to the middle of that and remain in that zone before I consider myself 'finished'

Stats are GW 75 kg CW 78/9 kg TDEE 2150 BMR 1564 Currently targeting 1750, but closer to 2000 on the weekend and have a couple of days a week around 1400/1500 Light exercise (1-3 times a week) consisting usually of some walking/swimming, a netball training/coaching session and a netball umpiring session. I'd love to hit…

thanks... I'm eating fewer cals now than I was when I lost all the weight... maybe that's stupid? I go over at the weekends, but stay under maintenance

thanks I'm not really interested in weight training, I don't have time for it and don't enjoy it, so my strength/resistance comes from netball mostly, but I was thinking I might add swimming back in. I don't want 'muscles' I just wonder if the final results would look better a little more toned. I also have a bit of a…

any insight appreciated :)

Lol do you not believe me or something? Plenty of pics on profile

I feel like 'why did no one tell me this ten years ago' sometimes, so I share it with as many ppl as poss

thanks! dunno about inspiration but stubborn for sure :p

whatever your fave food is. Seriously. Speaking from experience, getting through depression is about finding out what makes you happy and doing that (at least in part). Some things, like coffee and green apples, have been said to lift your mood, but for me, at least as far as diet goes, it was all about spoiling myself…

i prefer udon, hokkien, or yakisoba noodles myself :)

Lord I hate this. I especially hate men who never spoke to me when I was fat suddenly asking me how I am and essentially sucking up. If I wasn't good enough for you then, you're not good enough for me now!

I get colder more easily, I still get sore where I have bones that used to be cushioned but now aren't, and I can't handle my drink anywhere near as well. Would I trade it back for the extra kg? Hell no.

I love getting asked this by people. 'But you're eating chips/drinking wine/eating chocolate! How are you losing weight?' BECAUSE I"M NOT DIETING, I'M JUST EATING :D It really is that simple, IMO. Eat to the numbers and your weight will behave (for the most part) (goddamn fluctuations)

Go figure. Felt 17 kinds of frustrated all day, and kinda weird, and now, all of a sudden, I'm like 5 kg less than I was last night. Scales. make. no. sense.

I tell those who ask what I'm doing, and try not to go on about calories etc to people who may or may not care. At the end of the day though it's your mouth and thus your choice as to what goes in it. I encounter the most negativity from the 'excuse brigade'. You've thrown out the excuses, so..... they hate on ya.

I was diagnosed with situational depression in Feb '11. Took the drugs, felt strong enough to come off them, went through pretty dire withdrawal. Been off them almost two years now and have developed strategies to avoid sinking deep into the black. SO far, so good - even if I feel myself slipping into despair I'm able to…

very true. My GW is actually the middle number in my target range. Technically I'm inside target range at the moment, but at the higher end