So I'm starting again on a weight loss regime. I do it at the end of every holidays just before I get back to school to shake that summer flab. Most of the time I put on a marginal amount of weight over the summer, but I'm a paranoid, self-obsessed, narcisstic, self-conscious self-loather - so something has to be done.

Wish me luck. I've had a yoghurt for breakfast, not having lunch, and I'm having a small portion supper for dinner.

Also walking the 2 miles back home. - I would run but I hate the treadmill in our gym. I'll start the gym when I'm at UCL. In the meantime, walking, dieting, and maybe some push-ups/sit-ups before bed if I'm not too tired should help.

Oh, and no more beer in the evenings. - home-made ginger&lime tea (made from grated ginger, grated by no less than my own hand!) instead.

Let's do this!

Spookymuffin said:

GOOD LUCK!! but don't starve yourself during the day tho

Yeah right.. boring..

hello Spooky

There's nothing of you..is there?


Good luck with that..sounds like you have a good plan.

jami0mckay said:

Fuck my metabolism. It's all for looks - not health. The health part comes when I've lost the weight I want. Hell, I bought a pack of fags so I can calm the hunger cravings while I lose weight. Once it's lost, dropping the fags again and starting weights. I do this every year.

shanti0608 said:

I end up nursing a small beer belly...I dunno - I guess no one's more self-conscious than yourself, right? But I lose all confidence when I feel fat and lethargic. My body loses any tone very quickly, and I notice. I want tone back.

Spookymuffin said:

The circle of life

Spookymuffin said:

I hear ya!

Good luck mate!

shanti0608 said:

I'm so vain. I like it when I can see the muscles in my arm when I fold them, and so on. And it's not for girls! It's for my own self-indulgence.

PANDURITO said:

I want to hit him in the face.

Did you seen the Argentina pics Benjo?

JDInteractive said:

Where? Where?!

Spookymuffin said:

Nothing wrong with wanting to look good for yourself

shanti0608 said:

It's a guilty pleasure.

Spookymuffin said:

There are far worse guilty pleasures - that's for sure.

Doing the best thing for you and your body should not make you feel guilty.

shanti0608 said:

Nice words Shanti but the kid's saying he's having NOTHING for lunch.
Don't you have any motherly instict? Tell him he must eat It doesn't have to be a greasy, fattening meal. Some vegetables, juices, fruit...will do.

He'll listen to you

PANDURITO said:

If u skip meals u screw up ure metabolism and out on more weight when u do eat

PANDURITO said:

NO!

I know my body. It'll just remain as it is if I do that. to lose weight I have to stop so that I get a carbohydrate deficit, putting my body into ketosis which triggers lipolysis, stimulating weight loss. Then I can resume eating as normal, but carefully.

chillichocaholic said:

See above.

If his stomach is telling him he is hungry he should eat something even if it is something like a veggie or fruit.
I think that we have this mindset that we HAVE to eat...we should eat when we are truly hungry.
Not bored or stressed but hungry.
As far as motherly instincts...I have NONE when it comes to Spooky...
He is a grown boy

shanti0608 said:

Damn right!


I may have a banana for lunch in 45 mins, but I'm not hungry yet.

OH MY GOD HUNGER.

fuck this shit I'm going to go get a sandwich.

(by the way guys, that there is willpower)

still haven't gone yet. toying with the idea of an innocent smoothie and banana, as there is FUCK ALL to eat here in Gunwharf Piss.

Well I managed not to pork anything. - just drank a smoothie.

Spookymuffin said:

jami0mckay said:

Spookymuffin said:

stupid! this is lovely and all, but then you'll just end up pissed off at yourself that you're smoking again, like always.

evenstar3 said:

I walked outside, lit one up, took one drag and was like "EUGH! DISGUSTING" - so no, I haven't smoked. Perhaps I can give up then.