Lose Weight 26

x_raphael_xx

funkyfunkymonkey wrote: »

By the way, the link is http://www.vetuk.co.uk/

FFM

Oops my mistake

PinkLipgloss

Evening all,

My new regime didn't start at the beginning of the week as planned - however I got off to a great start today.

I read online that if you are trying to lose weight you should aim to walk 12,000 steps per day - does anyone know if that's a load of tosh or not?

Anyways - I walked 13,705 steps today which is a significant improvement upon my usual couple of hundred! Let's see if I can keep it up as the week progresses - I'm hoping for a big loss next Saturday I couldn't believe my weight this morning - def the heaviest I've ever been!

sarymclary

ffm - I've registered on the Geocaching site, and hoping I can encourage OH and the kiddies to get hunting. I must admit I found it a bit confusing reading the terminology, but think I just need to spend more time reading up about it. Is a 'coin' a virtual thing, or an actual thing?

victory - pick lettuce leaves as soon as they look big enough to do so, even if they're only a few inches long, as if you don't your lettuces will 'bolt', which basically means they reach the end of their growing cycle, and begin to die. By picking leaves, you encourage the plant to continue to grow. Having given birth (on 4 occasions, although 1 was via the 'sunroof'), I don't anticipate that my stomach will ever be flat. In fact, my stomach has never been flat. I was a podgy pubescent, and teen, and have been at varying stages between slightly podgy, to downright fatso over the years since. I believe only 'magic pants' can conceal my podgy tum now, or surgery, which quite frankly I can't imagine being vain enough to have. My wobbly thighs are my bugbear, and wide calves. No matter how much weight I seem to lose (so far), my calves remain a nice big 16" in diameter, with is far too wide to get boots for a normal person. I'm hoping that in another couple of stones time, I just might begin to feel more normal, as that's all I'd like to be.

BM - cute kitty, bad, evil gulls, and worse landlord! Is there any chance you can go to somewhere like Trading Standards to complain about that? If it's a frequent occurrence, or something the landlord is aware can happen, then surely he has a duty of care to warn his customers, have signs up, etc., and from a H&S point of view, it's certainly a health issue with the awful diseases birds carry (gulls being the rat of the sky too).

Raph - *wolf whistle* well, hello there hot stuff! ha ha Glad you enjoyed being back at the gym, and why not with compliments like that, but you thoroughly deserve them, I've seen the pics and you DO look fab!

Granny - Cheers! and congratulations on your lovely new kitchen. Glad to hear you've christened it. Looking forward to see the end result.

Polka - just to say 'hello', if you're checking in with the thread, and to let you know that we're thinking of you, and your family. Hope you're enjoying the warm weather, and feeling OK.

feefee - well done on your loss. Way to go! As for chips; far too little grub, for far too many points/calories by my reckoning. If you love your chips that much, then why not have them as a 'mini-goal'? I absolutely love chinese food, so I set myself the target and challenge in order to get it. Lose 7lb by the end of the month, and be really good during the last week, and I can have a chinese (I do have it in moderation mind you). The feeling of it being a reward, on the back of it having been hard won makes it all the more delicious. Why not say you can have your favourite chips, whether home fries, chip shop, etc., as a reward for a stunning weightloss at the end of June? I also find that if I have a particular food that's my achillies heel, then I am best to avoid it for several weeks to get out of the habit of eating it, before I allow it to become a treat every now and again. For me that means foods like french bread, crisps, etc. They have to remain a food I have in moderation, and every now and again.

I was busy doing housework and general cleaning, tidying stuff yesterday, plus food shopping, etc. Yesterday evening I was at my sister's to see her and my b-i-l for their birthdays (a day apart). Today was spent pottering about, trying to get out in the fresh air, and then we went for a lovely walk this evening to a gorgeous woods, where there is an avenue of yew trees that have been cut into various shapes/designs. It is simply stunning. We took 3 of the children with us, and they had fun, although 1 was a bit tired and grumpy by the end, but he'd also been swimming for about 4 hours today.

Have a look-see:



Food today:
B - honeynut shredded wheat
L - banana & promax bar
D - salad, with corned beef & tomato pasta

victory

Morning:D off to the boot fair in a bit, more clothes:D beautiful sunny day for it, I agree with sary far too few chips for the points, more food can be eaten for those points. I go through longings for foods and in the last few weeks it has been sausages so they have been either quorn ones or the WW ones in a ready meal, at the BBQ the other day there were sausages as long as the plate, well I couldn't wait to be in line to get one so I got 2:rolleyes: they were revolting so my sausage fetish has now diminished:rotfl::rotfl: now it is red thai which I can't get enough off, WW again:D like the 10 diet tips prog said have what you want but keep it low varieties, I like what they said about the soup for lunch because more often than not I have soup and it keeps you fuller for longer and protein is also a great hunger curber. Just by taking the stairs, getting off one stop earlier etc can take off 240 cals a day, see all the little things do work:D

So, diversity one BGT:j:jSusan Boyle will be fine, someone prob Simon will snap her up:D

Oh by the way my dress I wore to the wedding has already got a bid on ebay, won't be wearing it again so someone else can enjoy the dress and I can have my money back

victory

Oh by the way missy my son finally got lego agents mission 6:D we got it off Amazon for £55:D I have never seen so much lego on the floor:rotfl::rotfl:there is a reminder, everything comes to those who wait:j(apart from the lottery every week I only get 2 numbers:rotfl:) he is one happy kid now:D

katiepoppycat

morning all - for some reason i blew it last night on a box of chocolates. still they're gone now and i'm back on track. GOing to stay minimal on syns for the next few days to compensate. I had such a lazy day yesterday that I need to pull my finger out a bit so lots to do today!

I decided to look at a new credit card for when i start the work ont he house - initially looked at a cashback one, but the deals weren't that great so i went for a tesco clubcard one - figured buy stuff on that, get the points and pay it off so free money! The application took abut 5 mins online, digital signature, no posting stuff off - the card is now in the post with a £4300 limit. IS it just me, or is that a little scary? how easy would it be to lie and get one and run up a debt?

funkyfunkymonkey

Sary, the coins are real, we've collected 2 so far to move on to other caches. I'm planning to take them to the Lake District next weekend as they both have a water theme and it would be good for them to 'visit' there.

If you search on Ebay for geocoin you will see some examples, they are quite pricey and it is a real shame that so many go 'missing in action'. People probably pick them up with good intentions of relocating and then perhaps lose them or go off of geocaching.

FFM

x_raphael_xx

sarymclary wrote: »

Raph - *wolf whistle* well, hello there hot stuff! ha ha Glad you enjoyed being back at the gym, and why not with compliments like that, but you thoroughly deserve them, I've seen the pics and you DO look fab!

All the hard work is paying off

Off out for another run today while C plays cricket. I really want a Garmin forerunner 205 just building up the courage to spend £125 on it!
It tracks your distance, speed and pace (amongst other things) and you can connected it to the laptop to make up graphs of your progress

Glad Diversity won BGT (or You've Been Talented as C's mum called it ) I heard someone put a £7000 bet on Susan Boyle winning, bet they feel a prat now! She was good but all that hip shaking stuff turned me right off!

funkyfunkymonkey

x_raphael_xx wrote: »

She was good but all that hip shaking stuff turned me right off!

My thoughts exactly, OH couldn't understand why I didn't want her to win, but she just made me cringe. Diversity were brilliant, although I did want Stavros Flatley to win - they made me laugh so much, the Dad was so funny - what a great guy.

I think Diversity could put together a whole show of just them - that would be so good.

FFM

funkyfunkymonkey

x_raphael_xx wrote: »

I really want a Garmin forerunner 205 just building up the courage to spend £125 on it!
It tracks your distance, speed and pace (amongst other things) and you can connected it to the laptop to make up graphs of your progress

Missy has got a similar thing and loves it, if you can afford it I say go for it. It will spur you on even more.

Off out now geocaching on my mountain bike with OH.

FFM