Half a stone or Fight the Flab in Feb challenge!

zzzLazyDaisy

Leothecat wrote: »

That's a good idea - cutting out rubbish 2 nights a week. That should be a bit more achievable. Thanks!.

Hi Leo, I'm an evening snacker too. I usually try and work backwards - I check the calories on the particular carp I want to eat that evening, then see if I can find a lower calorie acceptable alternative (usually a smaller size), then I try and budget the calories so I leave enough for the evening, or if I'm well enough, I do some housework or go for a walk to 'earn' enough extra calories to cancel out the evening treat.

Frozen grapes and chopped up fruit like melon is also a good idea as it takes a while to eat, tastes like ice-lollies, and doesn't have many calories.

My downfall is eating out - I alsways MEAN to make healthy choices...

Nanuq

zzzLazyDaisy wrote: »

Hi Leo, I'm an evening snacker too. I usually try and work backwards - I check the calories on the particular carp I want to eat that evening, then see if I can find a lower calorie acceptable alternative (usually a smaller size), then I try and budget the calories so I leave enough for the evening, or if I'm well enough, I do some housework or go for a walk to 'earn' enough extra calories to cancel out the evening treat.

Hi, I'm an evening snacker too, I don't have too much difficulty eating healthily during the day, but I sabotage myself late at night. I've managed to cut out the beer and family sized bags of crisps but have replaced them with ever-larger bowls of mueseli/cornflakes and raisins :rolleyes:. I'm desperate to lose weight, ease the strain on my joints so I can exercise more, and so on, but just can't seem to resist food when I'm tired.

Planning ahead, and choosing lower-cal alternatives, is a great idea, so I'll try that, thanks!

Charlie1986

Well tomorrow is the day . I've just got a bargain on ebay and brought a weight watchers pack, i'm going to try and follow the points system as I can stick to things like that when I know there is only a certain amount I can eat and I will have to find foods to stick within the amount.
Next week i'm not working much so have planned to go out on lots of walks with OH. My problem isn't so much the eating to much its getting off my backside and doing some exercise :rolleyes:
Secretly i'm quite excited about this :rotfl:

The_Dragon

Well done Charlie - has the pack actually arrived? I hope you have success with it (I could never get my head around the WW points system - I will confess :rotfl:)

Is everyone else good to go on the morrow?

Charlie1986

No it should arrive Tuesday so a little after the start date, must admit i've tried working out the points system online and from what people have said but still don't have a clue. Hopefully the pack will give me a better understanding

stargirl90

Hey, could I join please? :hello: I'm currently on WW but would love the added motivation of joining this challenge if that's ok! Will check in and let you know my start weight for Feb tomorrow, and a BIG good luck to everyone else doing this! xxx

The_Dragon

Welcome stargirl90! I hope you and the rest of us are successful from now on!

sarah.roberts85

I'm definitely in for tomorrow my weigh in day will be a Tues though so might be out of sync with everyone else.
Good luck to everybody!

Charlie1986

I forgot we actually had to weigh ourselves! I shall be doing my first weigh in when i get up at 5.30 am in the morning :rotfl:

The_Dragon

Charlie1986 wrote: »

I forgot we actually had to weigh ourselves! I shall be doing my first weigh in when i get up at 5.30 am in the morning :rotfl:

*snerk* how else do you tell if you have lost 7 pounds or not and :eek: to the 5.30 bit!