Re-evaluate

I'm having to change my way of thinking a bit.


For the last year I've been losing weight fairly steadily at an average of about 2 pounds per week (possibly less than that if I also include my weeks of holidays), but at a bmi of obese (and indeed morbidly obese) 2 pounds per week seems to be a very healthy average.  Now though I'm merely "overweight" -  granted, only by about 4 pounds, but still, for about 4 weeks now - which means that my caloric needs to lose 2lbs per week would be 1200 a day. Now, I know that I have done quite well on 1200 calories in the past (see the majority of the side bar), but, it now seems like that's going to cause my poor abused bod to think that I'm trying to starve it. So I need to change my ways.


Having done a bit of reading around the interwebs it seems to be that 1 pound per week is about the right level once you're under the magic bmi number of 30. Which is about 500 more than I have aimed for for the past year. The thought of that number of calories frightens the life out of me, the control that I exercise over my food these days is a little bit iron fisted. I know I have eaten that in the past, but the majority of the time I've been eating around 1200 - 1600 so it's not that big a deal really. I guess this is just the next step to intuitive eating and "normality".  So lets do the sum:


BMR = 655 + (4.3 x 197.5) + (4.7 x 69) - (4.7 x 30) +20% = 1687.55+20% = 2025.06 
To lose a pound a week now will be 1525.06 calories per day.


So there we go.
That will be my new daily target. And I'm not allowed to be disappointed by small losses anymore.  It doesn't take a quick amount of time to lose weight. Remember missy, it took you 29 years to put it all on, It will be ok if it take 3 years or more to take it off.


*sigh* 
I'm completely freaked out by this, really annoyed that I don't have anyone that I can talk to about it here "Oh boo hoo you, you have to eat more food than you used to waa waa waa" but hey, lets give it a couple of months and see how it goes.


Head melt 

The Problem with Shapewear

Ok, so, I've tried my new suckyin pants.

I'm not terribly impressed.

I always get the feeling that shapewear pants are made for people with the tiny teeny lumps and bumps that I'll be honest with you don't show up that much anyway and all you're doing in putting a bit of scaffolding up to make sure nothing shifts about too much.

Sadly I do not fall into that category. I actually need my shapewear to do the following things:

1) Help my waistline look like the hourglass that my shape actually is (who knew?!)

2) Not cut in to my thunder thighs - I can't wear the body suit/thigh slimmer type ones because they sit on a wonderful bit of the thigh I like to call "That bloody bit there!" and I end up with a line under my clothes. Two lines actually. On my Thighs. Usually at different heights.  Not strong.

3) They need to stay up!!! There is nothing worse than feeling your big pants rolling down your back.  The ettiquette of when to pop out to the bathroom to pull your frock over your head to pull up your pants is something that I don't think they teach in finishing school. Maybe Gok Wan has some suggestions?

4) Speaking of Gok! I got an underslip one of his a while ago, those ones (on me I hasten to add) DON'T STAY DOWN!!! So I ended up with my "Thigh slimming Slip Underwear" up round my waist and backside thus adding an extra michelin man style tyre just wanted it to sod off from.

5) Finally, and the main point of this blog. Who would buy underwear that cuts them at the hip? Just at that bit where your knickers sit on your leg. Where your leg starts.

 I'll tell you who, apparently me! The brand new BodyWrap ultimate tum sucker pants have got the elastic from hell around the tops of your thighs, thus adding what my dearly beloved called "A new bumpy bit on the side" on your brand new shapely sillouhette!!! AAAAAAARRRRRRGH!!!!!! So that's those relegated till I firm up these wobbly bits then.....




*Deep healing breath, deep healing breath*


Anyway.


My recommendation to you lovely people who, like me, need a wee bit of help now that you've lost some weight and are not as toned as some people is the Marks and Spencers Ultimate Magic Body Define Waist Cincher:

Sucky in knickers 

They have a good high waist to them, they stay up, they don't come down to the thigh so no rings round the legs and they have a nice soft edge where they meet your legs so there's no harsh elastic cutting in to your hip joint.

Now if they'd just add an extra bit of suckyin-ness to the lower abdominal region I would be laughing!!

21 days to go till my pretty dress. Better start doing crunches I guess.......

1, 2, 3, 4........ow