The Weight Loss Rollercoaster
Thursday, May 22nd, 2008 at
12:55 am
I have been on the weight loss roller coaster for years. At different times I have watched what I put in my body, I have exercised and I have lost weight. Then I get lazy and the weight creeps on again until I can’t stand it anymore and then I diet all over again. The problem is I am not a very good dieter. I lack will power and the discipline needed to lose weight and keep it off.
In the past I have eaten good food, drunk lots of water, cut out soft drinks and snacks and exercised but after a short time I have burnt out and given up. I have done this over and over and over again!
When I look in the mirror I can’t stand the way I look and more importantly I hate the way I feel. I don’t feel healthy and that scares me. After all I have 5 babies and a husband that need me. I can’t afford to get sick or worse.
I have come to the realisation that my roller coaster dieting habits are not working for me (It took me a while but I finally got there!). So I have decided to take things slowly and to get myself healthy and in shape over time.
My first step is to cut out drinking Coke Zero. I could easily drink 2 litres a day and that is scary!
Yesterday was my first Coke Free day in a long time and apart from the headache (which was fixed with Panadol) it was relatively easy!. Again this morning I was a little headachey but apart from that I really haven’t missed the coke.
I’m going to let myself have a few weeks to totally get the coke out of my system as well as up my water intake before moving onto the next goal. Wish me luck!
If there is anyone else trying to lose weight and lacking the motivation needed, let me know and we can try to keep each other on track 
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Hey Rachel. Been there, done that, still doin’ it, should know better by now! LOL.
Just do a search on weight loss at Lizzie’s Home (http://lizzieshome.com) and work through the results. I cannot keep my mind in the game on this one, and its depressing and horrible and I just want to alternatively curl up in a ball and cry, or smack myself stupid, KWIM? I have a family history of heart disease – both parents had heart attacks, Dad at age 50 (survived), Mum at age 55 (did not). Mum also had cervical cancer at my age, 28. Dad was prediabetic (much of the reason he had his attack I guess) and Mum was probably as well, and both were obese.
Even with all this, I can’t get going. I have ALL the enthusiasm in the world the day before I start a diet and most times I can’t last into a second day, I have such little willpower. This time last year I went through a phase where I walked nearly every day for like three months straight. Would like to get back into that, have tried setting goals, still can’t make myself become consistent. I think it boils down to not accepting your own excuses, which I’m not that great at, at the moment, LOL. With five kids you’re probably similar to me (and worse!) in that everyone else comes first? I think losing weight is one of those incidences where the others will have to fend for themselves (husband supervised of course!) for the hour you go for a walk, you know?
I have to schedule exercise. I built a window into my daily schedule and the idea is to make myself just GO. Once I’m out, I’m mostly fine. Not Decastella or anything but I can walk moderately for about 60 mins easily. The food on the other hand – oh gosh, the food trips me up big time. Most diets are complete rubbish, I can’t stand Atkins, meal replacement shakes actually kind of rub me up the wrong way so I have come to the conclusion that you probably get better results and stick with it longer by re-educating yourself about food and devising your OWN plan to get you there. I recently read The Click Diet – Australian, so will be in any good bookstore where you are – and it was one of the better books on the market because it didn’t give you a regimented plan.
I’m also a big fan of laminators. This does have bearing on weight loss, promise! I have a ‘build a great salad’ article up on my pantry door and I was actually going to run myself a ‘cheat sheet’ up with good visual guides to portion sizes, what a ‘good meal plate’ should contain etc. I know this information already, but somehow having it on a chart on the fridge door makes for a stronger impact, LOL. If I subscribe to any particular weight loss theory it is the ‘cals in must be less than the cals out’ one. But I can take even this to the extreme, getting all OCD about tracking calories, fat grams and so on. I was (kind of still am) a big fan of the CalorieKing.com.au website for their food database and online food diary. But I made an effort to ‘bring it back to basics’ and I now just look things up in the calorie book occasionally. Once you have a good idea of appropriate portion sizes, and the right kinds of foods, it really shouldn’t be that hard to eat healthy, right? Doesn’t exactly work out that way though…LOL.
I will be your weight loss buddy if you like
You can email me at lizzies.home(at)hotmail(dot)com. Maybe we can swap tips, LOL. If you give me your home address I’ll print and laminate a copy of my cheat sheet if you like, 
Cheers,
Lizzie
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I recently detoxed myself from diet coke for a couple of weeks. I was drinking 3 cans a day. I have started back this week having 1 a day, but I know I should go back to 0 but I can’t seem to make myself commit. I will keep up to date with your progress and hopefully find inspiration there!
Rachel you have hit the nail on the head! I have the same lack of will power. Have you seen the Paul McKenna shows? Talk about eye opening. He talks about self esteem and reducing portion size to lose weight.
My hubby is going to buy me the Wii Fit and I’m so excited to be able to track my progess. It is so much fun it doesn’t feel like excercise.
I have a heart condition and seriously need to lose a few pounds. That and I want to feel and look sexy for my hubby! Thanks for opening up your heart.
I could use a weight loss buddy!