I've got to take this seriously

Posted on December 10, 2015

So this is like the 5th Dietbet game I've joined. I completely failed 2 games I joined in November and actually ended up pound heavier at the end of the month.

Stupid really because it's my money I wasted and it's not like I'm loaded with money.

I think I had quite a bit of difficulty connecting with the other participants because I'm located in the UK and they were all from the US. So time zones in communications were an issue. But that's just a lame excuse.

This game starts just after Christmas, so I'm going to enjoy Christmas and then focus.

I know I have 3 issues.

1. Lack of exercise. I use my Rheunatoid Arthritis as an excuse. But if I was serious, I would find 25-30minutes each day to exercise.

2. I love sweets. The last few months I have been under incredible amounts of stress. Husband had mini stroke and is now unemployed, lots of stress at work with breakdowns in working relationships and just generally losing confidence in me as a person. I seem to have a bag of Sours or mint humbugs permanently on me. I'm always munching on something sweet.

3. I can't decide what is the best way to eat for me. I like low carbs and high protein. But various fitness/ nutritional experts on the web like Joe Wicks seem to advocate eating high carbs to refuel after doing HIITS. I signed up to The 90 Day SSS. But I absolutely hated the food in cycle 1 and I didn't have the time or energy to do the food prep required. I also signed up to Josie Gibsons Slimmables and the 21 Day Fix. I joined all 3 of these in the last 3 months. And I followed each of them for 2-3 weeks max. Each one worked, not so much the 21 Day Fix. But I felt restricted by each of them and then gave up. Then I feel disheartened especially when I read the online posts of people who started the programmes the same time as me and are having fantastic results.

Do I have a problem with commitment and believing in myself. What I need is a personal coach who works with me and challenges me daily. But I can't afford that not when I work in the Public Sector and my job security is weak

So I'm hoping that doing this DietBet game will make me accountable to myself and I can work out what is going on in my head.

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Ruthi

01/04/2016 7:21AM

We can do this! I am almost at my all time high.

L. K.

01/03/2016 4:12AM

Hi, we are in a new year and I hope that great new things come your way to improve the circumstances that have been so challenging in your life. Best to you in 2016!!!

Kelli

12/17/2015 9:24AM

Hey Sandra! Congratulations! I just saw you won the weekly weigh in. I should have bought some tokens to join the fun! Maybe next time. Have fun shopping!!

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LilyN

12/11/2015 10:34AM

I'm so sorry to hear about your husband and the stress that you are dealing with at work. Life can get in the way of even our best intentions. Try to be kind to yourself and look for non-food stress relief. What do you like to do? I've recently started doing adult coloring books. It is great to do something mindless like that and just let yourself focus on the act of coloring. Also, connect with folks here on DietBet, it's a great outlet to talk to people with similar goals that won't have any IRL judgments about you.

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Kelli

12/10/2015 2:03PM

Hello Sandra, I'm here in the States. I am fairly new to dietbet, this is my second round of playing. I won my first 3 dietbets, but I had to make some serious changes to the way I was living. I had a total of 85 lbs. to lose. Joined on 10/26/15 and have lost a total of 20 lbs. so far. I see your challenges. I like you, loathe exercise of any type. I have a million excuses not to break a sweat. However, I made one small change. I committed to walking for 30 minutes during lunch. Next, I have a heavy addition to carbs but the salty, bready, chip type. I can't stop. Since joining dietbet, I have been following a very low carb diet of under 25 grams a day. I have not gone over, even on Thanksgiving. I just added low carb dishes to my holiday fare. I will do the same at Christmas and New Years (in fact, I am already searching for my low carb recipes on Pintrest!) Finally, I stopped drinking the enormous amounts of wine on most days of the week. I have switched to zero carb tequilla and will only have a drink or 2 on the rocks on Holidays. You need to make small changes that you can live with and stick too. I know I will have to make more changes myself, but for now I am doing this. You can too! Don't stop trying --- you got this!!

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LilyN

I weigh myself every morning as well, there's usually fluctuations, but over time I can now tell what is a real weight gain/loss. What really helped me was to start a food journal, an actual physical book in my case. I wrote down everything I ate or drank and was pretty surprised when I started adding up all the calories. Google a calorie burn calculator to get an idea of how many calories your body uses just to exist. If the number of calories that you're eating exceeds that, then you know you'll gain weight. These calculators also usually give you an idea of how many you should eat for different levels of weight loss. Now that I'm doing a better job of estimating what food serving sizes look like, I'm starting to look at macros, but what I really needed was an objective way of looking at what I was actually eating.

L. K.

Hi, pardon the delay getting back to this thread. I was ill yesterday. Also, I am not sure why at the end of my comments there are "?s" ????- that is not intentional. Please ignore them. ????. Sandra, regarding the coach I said I would provide the website for, her name is Sandra Jimason and she is phenomenal! Www.sandraslifesecrets.com. Hoping all is well.