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Hi Im Clare aged 30, 4ft 11. Currently 152lbs which brings my bmi to 31 (and the heaviest iv ever been)
My target weight is 120lb bringing my bmi down to a healthy 24. I am definitely what you would call a yoyo dieter,tried various different diets not to succeed. After my 1st child I did manage to drop 35 pounds just from healthy eating (not following any plan as such) then went on to have twins,piled it all back on plus more, they are 3 year old now so really not an excuse lol.
Planning to just healthy eat as I did before,may calorie count to begin with just to get an idea of how much I am actually consuming,seeing if I need to eat more or less.
Feeling very positive in life at the moment and nothing 'in my way' hoping this is the start of a new me so here goes,day 1 today,wish me luck :) x
 
Week 1 Day 1
  • 1 weetabix with milk. handful of grapes. 180cal
  • wafer thin turkey and ham. cucumber. salad cream. 130cal
  • half rack of ribs. oven chips. beans. 395cal
  • banana. 90cal
795 calories in total. Possibly a bit on the low side but had to make a good start on day 1 :)
 
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Ok so blipped already :-(...made the kids hot chocolate fudge cake and couldnt resist ooops! I had a small slice and worked out about 225 calories, brings me up to 1020 calories,still not bad going (must try harder though!!!!)
 
I wouldn't worry about your slip up. I'd say given your height, 1,000-1250 calories a day is a good amount for you to lose weight on (1,000 calories a day would translate to roughly a pound a week, 1250 would be more like half a pound). I would caution you against going below 1,000 though and might suggest you be willing to take a little slower and let yourself eat closer to the 1250 area.
 
Hi, Clare & welcome to the forum. It's hard to restrict calories when you have small children. You pick & finish off what they don't & it's really hard to stick to your well-intended plans. Factor in that you are usually tired as well & it becomes even harder. Around 1200 would be good for you I think. Adding some protein to your breakfast, by either adding some almond meal to your cereal or having some yoghurt, would help sustain you until meal time. 100g of Greek yoghurt has 10g of protein. If you can get your kids to get used to the unsweetened, healthy stuff at this age you will be doing them a big favour. Adding some fresh fruit helps get used to the lack of sweetness.
By doing this sensibly & getting off the yo-yo path you will also be teaching them that eating is about nutrition & good health. I made the big mistake of talking in front of my kids about dieting & one ended up with a serious eating disorder in his teens. I was always "dieting".
With your Summer coming up there are so many ways of eating healthy. Raw veg can be made look so good. I always loved doing funny faces with them. Do you have some space to grow any veg?
 
Be kind to yourself, you are bound to make mistakes, as you are bound to have good days. I remember someone telling me that a diet is not about what you eat but how you live, it needs a change of whole system so you need to start small.
I don't know what you will take from it but I'll start small and just by trying to learn to watch what I eat. That's my small goal - notice what I eat. So if I slip up with what I eat now it's not going to make me feel bad because my goal is not to "eat less than 1300" but "watch what you eat". The final goal is to change the way I feel and think about eating.
I hope you have a good day tomorrow :)
 
Hi Clare, how are you doing?
 
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