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This is the 17th day I am in diet. It's tough.
My brain can't ignore my hunger.
My favorite food is bread, and i have gotten rid of breads, cookies for 17 days.
But now, my motivation begins to flag, i am bored with 1 banana for breakfast, steam vegetables for lunch and dinner.
I always need the help of black coffee and tea to raise my emotional and mental every morning.
I am not sure whether i can reach my goal.
 
Hi, Kim & welcome to the forum. You really need some protein. You must be really hungry!
 
As Cate said, you need protein, not just because it is an essential nutrient, it helps keep you feeling full for longer.
 
Hey Kim, and welcome to the diaries! Trying to live off fruit and veggies alone is not going to get you to a healthy, trim body. In order to function well you need not just vitamins and minerals but also protein and even fat. Cutting out carbs is no big deal for many people but you do need protein (for healthy muscles, skin, organs, bones...) and fat (for your nerves and brain but also in order for your intestines to work).
 
Hi Kim,
Welcome to the forum :)
This is a great place to get info & support.

Remember, it's just one day and one meal at a time!
 
To finish my 17th day of being diet, yogurt for my dinner, sweetened yogurt. I have found some advice from the Internet that i shouldn't eat anything after 7pm, but the truth is I am a night eater, i can't manage the stress levels in order to avoid stress eating, so i end up resorting to unhealthy foods that are load with calories. With only yogurt, i have tried to make myself busy and sleep well, get good rest but unfortunately i woke up at night because of the hunger.

5:30 AM, i wake up and go out for walking. This is the most comfortable time of mine, put my headphone on, music, and walking. In no time, i get more energetic and this improvement in mood may last throughout the day.

6:30 AM, this time for my breakfast: 1 small bowl of glutinous rice mixed red baby jackfruit + 1 medium banana. In my country, red baby jackfruit has known as "gac fruit". It's not rare but very healthy with a lot of vitamins (vitamin A + beta-carotene) and minerals.

8.00 AM, i am at work right now, i have my coffee and green tee for all this morning. Luckily, i am not hungry at all. Hope my day will treat me well. I so appreciate all your advice, thank Cate, Trusylver, LaMaria, M2M. All of you make me feel like I am not alone with this diet battle.

This picture is my breakfast: rice with Gac fruit.
 

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I´ve only ever had (canned) green jackfruit. Your red jackfruit looks a bit like just the seeds from one of the giant ripe jackfruits they sell in the market! By the way: if the portion in the picture is all you had for breakfast it´s quite normal to be hungry. I´m aware that in some countries people expect women to be tiny but undereating isn´t helpful in the long run. Best of luck finding a healthy balance.
 
Yesterday i didn't feel like doing anything. Have you ever had any day like this? It's the combination of exhaustion from a few days of hard working and preparation of diet plan, and lack of sleep.
I couldn't motivate myself to do anything important, I just feel completely drained. Then i started overthinking things and doubting myself, and wondering whether anything I do is worthwhile.
Should I just forget about that day?
Should I just give up on this diet plan, because I am not as good as I thought I was.
But after a while i figured out one truth: It was MY choice.
I was choosing...
to blame...
to complain...
to feel hate...
to feel insecure
to be stuck...
to ignore good advice....
to give up...
And I could choose differently.
And with all people has the same problems like me remind me that i am not alone.
So I just take a deep breath and think better about my present circumstances. At the end of that day, before close my eyes, be grateful for what I've have. Life is good.
 
If you don't eat enough to sustain your basic bodily functions your body will decide to burn as few calories as humanly possible. Typical examples would be fatigue and feeling cold.
 
Thank you so much for your advice. I am going to have a medical check-up for everybody in the company on 1st April, it makes me feel quite stressful. I am scared of judgement from other people about my appearances.
 
I understand that would make you anxious: society judges us very harshly sometimes. But if it´s a medical check-up surely health should matter more than appearance? Are you overweight in a medical sense? Either way crash diets like the one you´re doing rarely if ever have lasting effects. I´d suggest you try and define a healthy, sensible goal and focus on getting and staying there for next year´s check-up. Your body will thank you for it.
 
Yes you are right, my original idea is following the crash diet to get my desirable weight in a short time. After that, i will try to sustain weight by some healthier plans. But soon i am getting tired of it, rapid weight loss can slow my metabolism and be dangerous. The scale has been hidden since the first day i decided to be diet, and now i don't even know how much i weigh right now (feeling both curious and worried)
 
It's probably better not to know what you weigh right now. If it's a low number (because your stomach and intestines are empty and your body expelled all the water it could) you'll be disappointed when you start eating healthily again and you get back to what you'd realistically weigh right now. If it's a high number (because your body is stressing out and fighting your crash diet) you'll be frustrated right away! So it's probably best to switch to a wholesome, sustainable diet right now and weigh yourself in a week or so.
Best of luck!
 
I agree 100% with LaMa!
Crash dieting has so many negative ramifications - one of which is gaining more than you ever lost back.
It's soooooo not worth it!

You are definitely not alone Kim :)
 
LaMaria said:
So it's probably best to switch to a wholesome, sustainable diet right now and weigh yourself in a week or so.
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:iagree: totally with LaMa, too. We want you to be healthy. Crash dieting is SO unhealthy & usually ends in people regaining their lost weight & more. Try to concentrate on getting good nutrition & don't be in a hurry to lose weight.
You are far from alone :)
 
Day 20: Let’s call it Diet Break!!!!
No one can understand my feeling when I had a large cup of chocolate ice cream for the breakfast yesterday. I felt like my life is back again, especially when I find myself getting sick a lot even though I am taking care of myself. I had steamed Chinese dumpling for lunch and ate until I was satisfied, didn’t count my calories at the dinner. Sweets may not be the healthiest solution to happiness but surely be the fastest way to boost happiness to me.
 
Day 25

I have asked myself some questions everyday such as how to motivated myself, how to get myself to use good eating habits, how to withstand hunger and how to get myself back on track immediately when I make a mistake.

Every morning when I get to the office, I have tried to write down some reasons that I want to lose weight and get healthier, have second thoughts about what I did yesterday, how much calories I ate and burned, and I keep this list handy, and refer to it when I feel I need a reminder.

I have realized that hunger is never an emergency, it’s only mildly uncomfortable. And stop looking for the perfect diet of the perfect combination of foods. After a long working day, dinner never make me happy and satisfy. So just stop thinking about it, brush my teeth, and get in bed.

I am always surrounded by junk foods. It’s tough, especially when I am at home. Other family members want to keep these food around and I can’t keep them hidden. So i always have to tell myself that it’s not necessarily the calories I need, it’s just the habit. I can eat whatever I wan whenever I want OR I can be thinner. I can’t have it both ways.

It’s so hard to find a way of eating and exercising that I enjoy, but hope that I can figure out what works best for me and can stick to in the long run.
 
Kim said:
Every morning when I get to the office, I have tried to write down some reasons that I want to lose weight and get healthier, have second thoughts about what I did yesterday, how much calories I ate and burned, and I keep this list handy, and refer to it when I feel I need a reminder.
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Sounds like an excellent way to keep up your motivation!
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After a long working day, dinner never make me happy and satisfy. So just stop thinking about it, brush my teeth, and get in bed.
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That concerns me a bit. Skipping dinner´s fine in and of itself, but only if you eat enough earlier in the day. You say you keep track of how many calories you eat: how many would you say you have on average?
 
I use an application which is installed on my phone as a weight loss calculator. It’s fun and interesting (^^) even if you are not trying to change your weight.

Based on my age, gender, height,… and my current weight, I only need about 1850 calories per day to be healthy. I reduce calories to 1300 calories per day on average to get my goal weight.

After 20 diet days, I have figured out that my goal weight is different than an ideal weight, or I can say a perfect weight lol. So now I have set a goal that I believe to be attainable.

Sometimes I add calories to my daily food budget ( a big cup of chocolate milk shake for example), then I burn more calories with exercise to maintain the proper calorie deficit for weight loss. By doing this, I still can enjoy my favorite food and it makes diet plan less strict.
 
Attainable goals are the best goals. Glad to hear you´re not undereating to an extreme degree (although I would go crazy on that little food). Do note that at 1300 kcal a day it gets hard to eat a nutritionally balanced diet so you´ll have to choose wisely to get all the vitamins, minerals, healthy fats, and protein your body needs.
 
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