Weight Loss the Old Style Way! Part 5. Please read posts 1 and 2 before posting.

taplady

Hi all!

rambler - you're doing great!:T

Lainie - You'll get there in the end! :T

Rockie - your pie sounds great,:T I put cheese on mine too but no garlic as DH cant stand it.

Never tried vegan cheese - I'm a bit boring when it comes to cheese - strong cheddar, red leicester or brie is all I really like.

chrisfh

Morning all,
I'm new to this board, but I really must start to lose weight. Not always easy as OH and I work away from home a lot at weekends and whilst we camp in the summer and I cook for us it's harder once we are staying in B&Bs with gorgeous cooked breakfasts. Still, that won't be until the end of September. Since we married 5 years ago I've gone up 2 dress sizes - he says just eat and enjoy yourself but I look in the mirror and don't like what I see.
Still, today is the first day of the rest of my life and tonight will be a nice healthy stir fry as we've been given some courgettes from an allotment and managed to get some reduced chicory and salmon last night. I'll add in some garlic, ginger, chilli, red pepper, onion and soy sauce. At present I'm just trying to fill up with lots of veggies and reduce the more fattening stuff. Any advice gratefully received.

recovering_spendaholic

Lainie and Rambler - it's nice to meet fellow bingers. I have had a problem with binge eating for years and, like Frogga, have lost the weight and re-gained it about three times in total, and many more times I have lost 3 or 4 stone and then gained that back. ATM I am 23st 6lbs and heavier than I have ever been, but I am trying very hard for August just to concentrate on the not bingeing and having three healthy(ish) meals a day. I think I have to re-learn how to eat "normally" before I will achieve any long term success with weight loss. I have considered weight loss surgery, but decided against it for now. I eat in response to stress or upset and since my husband left a few years ago I have really comfort eaten. I also have a very difficult teenager who has all but broken my heart and that is something which also makes me overeat. ANYWAY I don't want to focus on the negatives - I am trying to be more positive and work my way to a brighter future.

The various vegetarian shepherds pies sound nice - I am not a lover of meat shepherds pie, but might give a lentil one a go as I love the taste of any kind of lentils. I make a lentil soup which is lovely - it's just an onion, 2 sticks celery, 2 carrots, 200g lentils and 1.5 litres of veg stock, with a pinch of mixed herbs and a bay leaf or two. I just boil it for about an hour and a half and then blitz it and season.

Hope you are all having a good day - the weather here is nice and bright today, after the last few days rain!

meanmarie

Afternoon all,

Lainie...what a wonderfully positive post...go girl!

Frogga...realise that you are limited by being vegan and not liking some of the foods you can eat...that soup RS just posted sounds great...I find soup wonderful as a 'filler', especially ones like that as you can vary the veg, have a smallish bowl on its own without bread as a 'snack', or thicken it for a meal by adding lentils of any kind, rice, potato...couldn't eat tinned soup if you paid me, tastes of flour imho. You can get very fed up with the same food day in day out so mix and match what you will eat and try something new every week. I have eaten Tofutti and found it tasty, so give it a go.

Today I have eaten

B 40g muesli with chopped banana and milk, glass water, going to make coffee in a minute...only had it around 12 as I kept finding things to do and wasn't very hungry;
L...will be peach and apple;
D...making spag bol with soy mince
S...more fruit and water.

Have a good day all

Marie

angelnikki

Hi :hello:

Well done everyone for resisting binging.:T

My legs are killing me today from going around town on saturday. I thought I'd got away with it without any pain cos I was fine on sunday and monday but looks like it was just a delayed reaction. I had to ask exOH to stay off work today to look after DS cos I've not been able to sleep and my legs hurt too much. Its really annoying cos I've not been out for months because of this :mad: [/moan]

Food yesterday
B:none as didnt get up till 1 L: Toast, poached eggs & plum tomatoes on toast S: 5 choccy buttons

Food today
B: none L: toast chilli

take care everyone :grouphug:

Nikki x

RAMBLER

Hi all, thankyou so much for your positive comments and support - that's what I need and if I can help someone else along the way that would be bloody fantastic!!!!!

Frogga - Yes I am a professional binger - had alot of practice and will give my qualifications now...lol... and I'm nosey to, its not so much being nosey as wanting to help....bless....

Anyway i'm 13.7 ish now - this is the best I've been for years, but I don't take it for granted - I'm been 18 stone for a long time in my life, got down to 11 stone once and it went back on plus the extra stone or two... So yes at times I really have to work at this program and I don't take any sucesses for granted. This is why I like talking about it with you guys - another reminder.

Plus if I'm having a bad day - I will equally feel free to moan - again that's were my new found honesty comes in.

Bigsmoke - its been 104 days since my last binge - and i'm feeling good - had a few close shaves, but yes I think my current good habits are helping me (jelly, health bars, loads of water)
My biggest problem is that I can't exersise and so any weight loss has to come from my food - but in some ways I get a bigger buzz when I lose because I know I've done it myself now!!!!!!

Lainie75 - I love it when people are honest - and you are - its important for me to be able to share my feelings - otherwise I use them to eat instead and I know then that i'll hate myself even more - so I try and resist. I'm not perfect by any means - but as long as I get more good days than bad - I'm happy


I also want to say a big hello and thanks so far to everyone else (feels like the oscars - I'm going to blubber) and I will look forward to getting to know you all and help each other keep positive at losing weight.....

Big hugs
RAMBLER :A

mummygems

Afternoon everyone.

Its so nice to come on here and see so many people being honest and helping one another. I am also a professional (and secret) binge eater. I have been known to hide food and eat in the bathroom, bedroom and car when no one is looking. Lately I have been very good and am just watching myself more carefully to make sure it doesnt sneak up on me. I allow myself something each day be it Jelly or a skinny cow etc as I am less likely to binge if I know I can have something nice if that makes any sense.

I went on the Wii Fit again last night and had to do "Super Hula" and do you know what? I found out that I cannot for the life of me hula to the left lol.

I was also thinking about Frogga and RS and thought that sometimes everyone could use a helping hand and wondered if people posted where they were from there might be someone else nearby who can "buddy" up? Was just a thought - if no one is interested then thats okay. I shall start, I am in Basildon, Essex.

Have a good day everyone.

frogga

What a possitive bunch we are on here today

Hi Newlywed, rocks and Tappy ~ Think I will just give the cheese a miss then I've never eaten toffu but I bet I wouldn't like it :cool: You know me I had to have Roasted Veg Houmous this week as the normal one wasn't there :eek: I was very concerned about trying it but it was Yummy!! I want that one again this week.

Meanmarie I have NEVER made soup Perhaps I should give it a go. I havent got a whizzer machine though does that matter? It would have to be easy without any yucky stuff in it.

Mummygems ~ having a "buddy" is a brill idea but RS and I don't live near each other. I am in Suffolk and she is in Liverpool (and yes, she does talk dead funny:rotfl: ) but we TXT and phone. We are not too far apart if you are ever up my way give me a shout

mummygems

Ah Frogga thats even nicer the fact that you guys dont live near one another.

Its good to know that your not too far from me and ditto if your in my neck of the woods please feel free to PM me.

rockie4

Soup is soooooooo easy (and cheap:money: ) and MUCH nicer than tinned.

As for a whizzer thingie, I use a stick blender rather than my blender machine. You can get cheap ones for about a fiver in tescos, I think mine was abour £20 but it's got other gadgets with it

I just chuck loads of veg in a pan, just cover with stock (marigold veg boullion is excellent) simmer until the veg is soft then whizz, season if you like - Voila! Soup fit for a king (or a frog)

Carrot and coriander, leek and potato, pea and rocket are all in my freezer at the moment:cool: