Lose Weight 25

moonflower_2

Scarymclary
i am doing WW menus ,which are accessable on their web site even though I havnt joined,I am following the discovery plan - breakfast /lunch /dinner.

Also I typed in 300 calories meals not WW just to see and it came up with great and healthy and filling ideas.Not expensive meals

I am not hungry,have a look. Have lost 5kg.

Missy™

Raphael - absolutely not taking anything away from Hannah's fab loss (great stuff Hannah!!!!), but doesn't your 5.1lb off make YOU the slimmer of the week? Are you being modest?

Well done to everyone else who's had a good result too

victory

That is true a 5.1 loss makes you slimmer of the week:j:j:j

retiredlady missed ya':D

moonflower WW is made to not make you feel hungry been doing it for over 2 years now and yes sometimes hungry but there is plenty of 0 points like the veg or salad stuff that you can eat to your hearts content, sugar free jelly is my saviour along with cucumber slices cherry toms if I get peckish and it not time to eat, no added sugar angel delight in chococlate flavour for the sweet bit, frozen fruit on top of porridge in the mornings,banana for snack or apple for the natural sugars, it is all good, their meals are great, the bread is not the most fab but it is wholemeal and does the job, their WW baked beans less sugar, salt and cals than the normal, WW rules:D

moonflower_2

I have never ever done a diet before and thought I would be starving every day. Very pleased so far,didnt expect food to be interesting.It has really improved my cooking skills.
I have porridge and fruit and fromage frais which is delicious and no hardship whatsoever.

Victory all/any advice welcome.Moonflower

sarymclary

retiredlady wrote: »

Hi Everyone, just read through all the posts and am impressed by the sheer number of them!
I had a great time with my sister and her husband (I managed to escape from the Remoska ) to the extent that I have gained 8 lbs!:eek::eek::eek:

I have however been as good as gold since Mondays weigh in and hopefully we will have a good loss next week. I have changed my subscription on the forum to daily updates rather than instant email since I am spending far too much time sitting on my backside with my computer than getting out and about and moving said backside:o.

So I will be here but any replies will be later than normal!
Have a good weekend everyone, am still happy to help with and SW queries - when I get back from walking;) I got one of those pedometer thingies and only did 1007 steps - which is what prompted me to move about more - how I will manage 10,000 I don't know!!:p

Love
Marion The Tender and Tasty:D

Yay! Marion you're back! We have been missing you, and I always loved hearing your mealplans for the day (they sound so tasty), although too much food !!!!!! isn't good for us here! Glad to hear you're back on plan, and the pedometer is a brilliant idea. It is tricky to get up to the 10,000 if you don't have a job that entails being on your feet all day, or you don't go on very long walks, but just keeping a tally, and seeing where you can fit more steps in will be a great idea.

Victory - thank you so much for sharing that with us. I feel exactly the same as you, and it's encouraging to know that. I have sneaky peeks at the scales every few days, sometimes daily, but as a way to keep me on track, and understand my body's natural fluctuations. I aim to get that next pound off at a time, sometimes 2. I guess what prompted me was my friend thinking I should be at the end of my weightloss, when I feel I'm only about halfway. A size 14 is a fab thing for me, and I feel more comfortable than I was at an 18, but I am only short, and it makes me look bigger than I am. So I feel a size 14 on me looks more like a 16, if I were taller I'd be able to carry it better. I've gained my weight over recent years, and it also went on predominantly around my middle, which is bad news health wise. As the only surviving parent of my children, I have a huge responsibility to remain healthy and fit for them, and that is my motivator.

Polka - I used Slimfast a couple of years or so ago and lost 2 stone using it, and agree it's a good supplement. The shakes are better than the bars because they are low GI, and give you a balance of nutrients.

Right, the electrician is next door blasting away at the walls to channel new wires through, and the noise is just dreadful. 3 days in of a 2 week job apparently

Off up to my house to pack in preference to it, and will see my friend for a cuppa this afternoon. More later. Have a good day everyone.

Missy™

sarymclary wrote: »

Missy always says that if she feels she's been undereating, those are the weeks she sees a gain!:eek:

Hmmm, yes and no... if I don't take on enough calories for my heaviest exercise days (due to it being beyond my appetite), I'll see an immediate gain the day after. This usually happens once, sometimes twice a week. It doesn't tend to translate to a weekly gain, because I keep to a 'small loss' plan on the other days of the week - so it averages out. If I could eradicate these gains, I'd have more leeway on the other days which would be nice

The principle is obviously the same though - starvation mode, fat store, reduced metabolism... you can take the healthy weight loss deficit only so far before it starts to become counter productive.

victory

moonflower wrote: »

I have never ever done a diet before and thought I would be starving every day. Very pleased so far,didnt expect food to be interesting.It has really improved my cooking skills.
I have porridge and fruit and fromage frais which is delicious and no hardship whatsoever.

Victory all/any advice welcome.Moonflower

First consider it not as a diet(conjures up in the brain that you are starving, restricting yourself, that life is no fun because you can't have x y z that it becomes a chore) but as a healthy living eating plan that you have colourful food that fuels your body in the right way, not loads of fat, carbs, junk, choc that slows you down makes you feel lethargic and zappy. Gillian always says never have beige foods, like chips chicken nuggets fish in batter all the junk if you put it on a plate is not appetising to the eye, not colourfull and full of nutrients, vitamins that are essential for the body and energizing.
I have porridge with frozen fruit or banana on top with skimmed milk, lunch is soup no bread rice cakes or ryvita crackers with hummus or a salad with fish for the protein or turkey snacks sugar free jelly, salad stuff, fruit, dinner WW meals tonight is chilli con carne not the massive portions I used to have but an adequate portion cal controlled.
However much weight you have to loose, break it down don't get disheartened and think you have to loose 1 stone or whatever, say to yourself that you can loose 2lb by next week and so on, have a goal, a wedding to go to in the dress you have seen, or the bikini that looks fab on the model in the window, reward yourself not with food but a new hair cut, nails done, never eat when bored, get up go out do something, keep motivated, determined patient and it will come off, don't comfort eat, it bring none:rolleyes: tell others what you are doing and surround yourself with support, with good people that want the best for you.
Always look to hte future, see yourself slimmer, that you have conquered it, that you can wear what you like, that you have so much more get up and go, I found out I love fish, salmon, sword fish, never really bothered cooking from scratch but now always do unless there is no time then I grab a WW ready meal that does the same job as it tells you the cals points etc and it takes the guessing out of it all, buy loads of WW mags, go to the library and get the recipes, look forward to the dinner rather than dread it, don't make yourself eat what you know you don't like, I am not keen on parsnips and kept trying but the fact is I don't like them but there is plenty of other veg that is 0 points and lovely:D fill up on veg all the 0 Points stuff.

dmv_2

VICTORY - thats an amazing post as usual. You really are an inspiration.

moonflower_2

Thanks Victory - You are a great motivator ,I have just looked at your signature what a success.

I am try to lose weight for the upcoming wedding and also I have just been told that I have very high blood pressure 190/155.Must lose weight for the good of my health. Thanks again.

dmv_2

Have just had a bit of a play around on the healthy bmi calculator and found that before i started losing weight last year i was in the obese class 2 category (just before morbidly) and am now in the obese class 1! And whilst my next mini goal is to break through the next stone barrier (another 7lbs to go!) have found that if i lose another 10lbs (from my current weight) then I will go down into the overweight category and no longer be classed as obese!

The only downside now is i dont think that will happen for a very long time. Could just about do the 7lbs before holiday, but know I will put on, even if i show some restraint, about a stone. Not only will i be eating and drinking out, but I lose 2 hours of dog walking a day compared to normal. I will make sure I do some proper swimming in the pool, but I always put that on and love my holidays so will just have to accept it and get back on the wagon after.

I was excited at the start of this post, I dont know if i still am now?!

MARION AND THOSE WITH PEDOMETERS - where did you get your pedometer from/ which one is it? I bought a cheap one a few years ago and it kept turning itself off 30 seconds after you stopped moving and you had to physically turn it on again as it lost your previous steps. Would love to get one that keeps working all day so I can see how many im doing and work on it.