Shed half a stone in March challenge!

tara747

Welcome pinkneonmartini! You have come to the right place.

Well done on signing up for the 10k and all the gym-going, that weight will fall off you! You seem to be doing very well so far.

450 cals a day is starvation, I'm sure you're glad you're not doing Lipotrim any more! I'm trying to cut out sugary crap too, am off sweets, choc, biscuits etc for Lent so fingers crossed!

nickynoo08

Well done tara and clare:j

I'm not having the best of days today foodwise:rolleyes:. I was really good yesterday, ate smaller portions and more veg and did plenty of exercise but today i seem STARVING all the time.I'm just craving sugar and fat - not good!!! My OH thinks i'm maybe not eating enough for all the exercise i'm doing but i'm not sure. Just logged on to bOOts diets to add in what i've eaten and steps taken so far today and i've only got 305left:eek:, and that not including any drinks i've had (milky coffee etc..)I've not actually eaten loads , just the wrong stuff. I nearly died when i added the cheese pasty i wolfed down for lunch - nearly 600cals and 30grams of fat, worst part was i didnt even enjoy it, and i'm still hungry.
Walked close to 15000 steps and i will be going on my wii fit later so i'm thinking i'll just have a healthy filling dinner and go over my daily allowance for today otherwise i know i'll end up being a piggy later.

Today...
B - cereal
L - cheese pasty
T - soup and roll and mullerlight
S - banana and snackajacks
Ex - 15000+steps, 30mins on wii fit

Sorry for waffling on, i feel much better now tho x

katiejones

oooh count me in please - i know its not going to be easy, but it sounds so much better to say lose 7lbs in March than i need to lose however many stone.

Details are 5ft 3in

12st 0lb

age 40

Am doing RFL in june so would like to lose a little bit and tone up

thanks for all being here

never_too_late_2

Hello Everyone,

Count me in for March again - I was a late comer to Feb and only managed to lose about a pound (if that!) but this challenge and everyone's support has made me absolutely determined to lose the half stone this month.

That way, I hope I can be at my realistic weight in about 3 months which when put like that, is excellent - just in time for summer and skimpier clothes !!!

My plan is at least exercising 3 times a week and eating better - no naughty snacks or chocs and trying to cut back on the old boozing too. Likely to go out of the window this month with several birthdays and whatnot but I'll give it a shot (no pun intended!).

March is going to be the turning point guys - let's DO IT!

Hugs to all,
NTL
-x-

Horace

I havent done too badly today:

Breakfast - mug of coffee and slice of dry toast
walk to bus stop, bus into town then a 2 mile walk to the place where I was having a meeting, 2 miles back to the bus stop. Then after lunch, missed the bus so walked quarter a mile before getting on another bus to the terminus (I was off to another meeting), lift back but got dropped off near to shop, walked to shop then walked home. So I haven't done too badly for exercise.
Lunch was a cheese sandwich on wholemeal.
Tonight will be a thin pizza.

The_Dragon

It's great to see everyone! Hopefully there will be a lot less of us in 29 days time! I weighed and measured this morning to give me a start point and yep 293 so I HOPE to be 285 by the end of March - I started back on Rosemary Conley again today (and tracking my food - I discovered that I was back to really not eating - I consumed 400 calories yesterday and that was a day when I thought I had really eaten way too much :eek:) - Dr Dragon has just been to get the shopping so lots of tasty healthy veggies back in the house!

tara747

nickynoo, don't stress over what you've already eaten today hun! You've had a lot of exercise which will more than offset it. Just have a sensible dinner and you'll be fine xo

katiejones, welcome and good on you for signing up for the RFL!

never too late - good on you having plans and you sound very positive too, go girl!

Horace - are you still aching after your car washing antics?

Dragon - how do you manage to eat so little?? I'd be chewing the carpet hun! Take care of yourself and good luck with the RC. ((hugs)))

I'm not going to the LBT class tonight, OH has suggested the cinema and promised to have no popcorn and pick'n'mix so as not to tempt me! Bless him. I've done ok today anyway. I'm going to try going to the gym again tomorrow to fit an extra session this week, see how I get on. I want to step the exercise up a gear now that I'm feeling a little fitter.

The_Dragon

tara747 wrote: »

Dragon - how do you manage to eat so little?? I'd be chewing the carpet hun! Take care of yourself and good luck with the RC. ((hugs)))

The doctors kept telling me I was over eating (I must have been 'cos I was so fat ... right? ), so being a good Dragon I kept cutting down, then they told me to cut down more, so I did, then cut down more, so I did, then .... well you get the picture! Eventually I said I couldn't cut down any more (and Dr Dragon who was there with me agreed), the doctor humphed, asked me to keep a good diary for a fortnight and then to go back - the first thing she said was "you're not eating enough" :mad::eek::mad: BUT the outcome of this is that any sign of stress, illness, feeling down, feeling happy I STOP EATING! My metabolism is shot to pieces and I still have to take the medication which piles weight on *sigh*

tara747

Dragon - I remember you telling me this before, I just wonder how you physically manage to eat so little! Aren't you starving? And there I am trying to train my brain (and stomach) to accept that it can't be fed every two hours!!!

(((((big hugs))))) to you Dragon and boo hiss to those silly doctors!!!

never_too_late_2

Dragon,

When you're well, how often do you exercise and what sorts of physical activity do you do? I'm no expert but this is definitely the best way to control/cut down your weight WITH a sensible, healthy eating plan - not a no eating plan!

I'm sure that when you don't eat your body holds on to the food it does get and store it as fat, thereby defeating the object. And when you do start eating properly again, you'll just pile weight on so it doesn't sound like a good way of life to me

HTH!