LosingPounds.org

ExtraPounds.com was the first weight loss community that I discovered online about a year and a half ago. I saw a friend mention it on a forum some where and went to check it out and decided to register, this was before I even really knew what a calorie was…never mind how many I was consuming per day. It was also before I was ‘brave’ enough to let people know my weight, so when I registered I did so with a ‘false’ name so that no one could tie the account to me, ha.

The main features I like at ExtraPounds.com are the weight logger…which does exactly what it says on the tin, but also creates graphs and tickers and the like for you. It’s great to see your progress and watch that little graph heading down and down. I also enjoy the member group for the UK members, as it is mainly an American based site - it’s nice to hang out with some fellow Brits some times

I have mentioned before that I frequent quite a few community weight loss sites, such as caloriecount.about.com and extrapounds.com - and I have seen people posting images of ‘virtual’ thems…I always wanted to try it, because one of my problems is that I don’t think I see myself as I really am - I am sure I always weigh a stone or two more in my head than I do in reality, so I thought it’d be cool to just set my statistics into a machine and let it create the visual for me - but I could never find the site for some reason, and when I asked people they wouldn’t tell me, I always thought it was strange.

A few days ago however I finally found the site, MyVirtualModel.com if any one else is interested…and I had a lot of fun with it, I found myself sat imagining what life would be like if it was really that easy to lose 50% of your body weight in just a few moments lol

I ended up making this little image - that’s me at my start weight, looking like a big heffer. Me at my current weight, looking like a little heffer. Me at my goal weight, looking aiiiight and me at my absolute ideal weight, looking like a little thinny!

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I have spent the last few days going threw my wardrobe, in preparation for my upcoming holiday, I tried on every single item - including all of my underwear - and got rid of every thing that is now too big for me and here’s what I am left with:

I showed that picture to my boyfriend, he said that it looked like a lot to him Men, huh? I am sure the females reading this post can sympathise more. That is my entire wardrobe, the only things not in it are my 2 coats and my dressing gown. Pants, skirts, tee shirts and fleeces/jackets - that’s the lot. Those on the left titled ‘no good’ either almost fit me so are being kept around in the hopes they soon will fit me, or are stuff that fits but isn’t suitable to actually wear in public for whatever reason.

I need more clothes.

You know, it wasn’t until a few years ago that I learned that the British are known for having ‘bad teeth’ by America - it wasn’t something I had ever thought about until that point, so I find it strange at first - but thinking about it, they may have a point, of course it varies per person…not all Brits have bad teeth and I am sure those who say it know that it’s just a stereotype, my teeth are lovely because I know the importance of dental hygiene…I don’t like to think of it as the British having bad teeth though, more Americans all having perfect teeth! It’s true, it’s rare to see Americans on TV at least without thier perfect, straight, shiny white teeth…I wonder how much of that is ‘Au Naturale’ and how much of it is thanks to a trip to a dentist in Beverly Hills such as Dr. Maddahi though?

I found a new BMR calculator, at Phord.com - I always use the one over at Caloriecount.about.com usually but this one seems like it could be more accurate as there are a lot more options to set. There are several options for lifestyle for example - rather than just the basic 3 (sedentary, average, active) you see on most site - I never know what to choose as I work from home so am sat at the computer most of the time, but work out hard 5 days a week, so I usually just go for sedentary to be on the safe side. It confuses me somewhat though because it has my natural burn as 200 more than the one I have been using previously - which means I should be eating even MORE calories, I am already having a hard enough time increasing it by 200, I can’t imagine increasing it by 400!

So I have been back for 6 days now, and I have only worked out once - ooops. It’s hard getting back into a routine when you have been out of it for two weeks, but in my defense I was really quite unwell for three of those days. Monday - Wednesday I felt just awful, almost ended up taking myself off to A&E - thankfully I feel a lot better since yesterday, but I still don’t know if it’s a good idea to hop on my elliptical…I am itching to, but I’d do anything in the world to avoid feeling that unwell again, ugh.

I have continued to eat an extra 200 calories per day, it’s bloody difficult though - I know it’s only 200 calories but it makes me feel like a pig, I feel like I am constantly eating and trying to ‘up’ them. It’ll be interesting to see what the scale says this Sunday - for once I have no idea what to expect or hope for.

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Back in February I came across a deal that allowed for me to create my own custom greeting card online, for just the cost of postage. I’d already got my other half a Valentines day card and had no birthdays or the like coming up, so wasn’t sure what to do with it. In the end I went for getting the other half an extra Valentines card, but with a twist…I thought about writing a silly poem, making it flirty and dirty, going cute…in the end I went with humour, because my other half and I share the same sense of humour completely. We’re mean to each other, because it amuses us. Yeah, it’s not to everyones taste but it works for us haha.

Tonight I came across a site called CardsDirect.com who also create custom photo cards, and this reminded me of the Valentines card and got me thinking about what other personalised cards it would be fun to send each other - and I have decided I want a card from him when I reach my goal weight! I already have the ‘perfect’ card in my head, it’ll have a picture of me at my goal weight, all posing and pert like and looking hot like after they have had the makeovers on The Biggest Loser and the caption will read ‘Congratulations, you’re not fat now!’, haha. The best part is, if I actually sent him the link to CardsDirect.com and told him I wanted a goal weight card, I get he’d come up with a very similar idea…only knowing him he’d go a bit meaner, and rather than a picture of me looking slim and hot, he’d go for one of me looking beastly

You know, I have being doing this weight loss thing for over a year now, and in that time I have discovered what is the single worst part of it…going to bed hungry. It’s not often I find myself in that position, because I eat enough to fill me up and plan ahead, but some times it gets to the end of the day, I have had all my calories but I still want to eat - in the past I would try to ignore it, go to bed any way and then not be able to sleep because of it, other times I would fill up on water and then go to bed, but not be able to sleep because I was getting up for the toilet every 10 minutes.

What I have finally realised is, I hate it…it’s the most awful feeling….and I don’t do it any more, if I am hungry before bed - even if it’s ridiculously late, even if I already ate all my calories….screw it, I am going to eat before bed.

I just had a 200 calorie bowl of cereal at 4.30am and I don’t care, because at least I will get a good nights sleep