Weight Loss the Old Style Way! Part 6. Please read posts 1 and 2 before posting.

mlz1413

newlywed wrote: »

... guess all the apple juice and cordial added to the water hasn't helped the weight Must drink more (boring) water.

Hi NW,
try some of the sparkling favoured waters available, sainsbury's do 3 for £1 and calories are 4 per 100ml from memory.

Also serving in a wine glass with dinner makes me feel a lot better!

slowlyfading

Evening everyone

b - shredded wheat with semi skimmed milk
l - salad sandwich, an apple and a satsuma
d - pork chasseur with chips and carrots
s - mistletoe kisses

jem1276

Monday:

B: Porridge made with skimmed milk with half a chopped banana, some golden linseeds and a few sultanas.

Reduced fat hummus mini pot and http://www.mrscrimbles.com/corncakes.htm which I really like and they are only 21 calories each and a trace of saturated fat.

T: Corned beef hash and beans.

S: 2 finger kit kat.

miss_cupcake_2

Yesterday went mostly to plan, except I did have 3 slices of HM veggie pizza for dinner instead of the 2 I told myself I'd have. And I had a biscuit with my cup of tea afterwards. And a small glass of non-diet coke. Hmm ok so maybe yesterday didn't go to plan at all In my defence I did have a friend over for dinner and that's something I rarely get to do these days, so it was only right that I enjoyed myself Back on track today...

B: Porridge made with water, small handful raisins
L: Cheese and beetroot salad, muller light yog, pear
Snack: Banana
Spicey bulghar with roasted veg
Snack: Handful of grapes

Exercise: Run 5K at the gym and do some arm toning weights

Have a good day all x

katiesmummy

hi all

after losing 5 stone last yr due to stress, then regaining 2 due to laziness and intake of rubbish foods, i am determined to get back down to 10 stone again!!

i have been given a weightwatchers book by my friend who tried it and said it was fab so i'm gonna be following that.....now here comes the naughty bit....its my mil's birthday on sunday and we're all going out for dinner at bella italia (YUMYUM!!). i don't really know what i should be eating there to at least try and stay low fat- should i just go for a salad?

mlz1413

Hi katiesmummy,

Italian food can be a real downfall for me too, all that cream and lovely meats. But it is possible to eat at a restaurant without sitting with a plate of shredded lettcue drooling over everyone else's choice.

Try to stick to tomato based sauces and order the veggie or fish option, prawns are really low in calories. I also like the melon & parma ham for starter.

Do watch the portions they give, I love our local Italian but I seem to get 3 times the spaghetti that I would have at home and I hate leaving any!

The desserts maybe to die for but the sorbets are better for dieters.

Good luck and if you do over eat can you go to gym/running and burn off the excesses?

katiesmummy

mlz1413 wrote: »

Hi katiesmummy,

Italian food can be a real downfall for me too, all that cream and lovely meats. But it is possible to eat at a restaurant without sitting with a plate of shredded lettcue drooling over everyone else's choice.

Try to stick to tomato based sauces and order the veggie or fish option, prawns are really low in calories. I also like the melon & parma ham for starter.

Do watch the portions they give, I love our local Italian but I seem to get 3 times the spaghetti that I would have at home and I hate leaving any!

The desserts maybe to die for but the sorbets are better for dieters.

Good luck and if you do over eat can you go to gym/running and burn off the excesses?

thank you

erm, i'm not really a gym type of person tbh- would be terrified of messing up on a machine and shaming myself in front of everyone!!

i do a lot of walking anyway with my ds during the day, and i am going to make a real effort to walk the dog in the evenings for at least an hour- we have a massive field behind the house and i usually just take the dog over there and let him run about for half an hour or so rather than walking with him

i don't eat fish, so i'll have a look out for a veggie based tomato option. im gonna assume no starters or desserts as there will be 7 adults and 5 children all under 3 so it'll be a case of in and out!

taplady

afternoon!

katiesmummy - if it was me I'd just have a small portion of whatever I fancied as it is a one-off celebration then get straight back to it the next day. 1 bad day wont ruin a good week, its when 1 day runs into several that the trouble starts. Thats just my opinion as I have terrrible trouble with willpower when faced with other people eating what I like:D

plan for today

B - 2 400g wholemeal toast and marmalade

S - alpen light bar

L - jacket spud, large salad small portion grated LoLo cheese

D - quorn cottage pie and SW chips and peas

fruit and yoghurt.

have a good day all and welcome to any new faces x

miss_cupcake_2

taplady - I recently stocked up on that Lo-Lo cheese from Asda (£1 special offer) I think it's great! One of the nicest 'low fat' cheeses I've ever tried. I'm having some with salad for lunch today too.

taplady

miss_cupcake wrote: »

taplady - I recently stocked up on that Lo-Lo cheese from Asda (£1 special offer) I think it's great! One of the nicest 'low fat' cheeses I've ever tried. I'm having some with salad for lunch today too.

I agree, its really nice. I got mine on offer from Morrisons for £1. I tried another type the other week called leskol(I think) which is even lower fat and good for cholesterol but I didn't like it as much although friends of mine did so ita all down to taste.