Lose weight 27

Bananasplit

PepPop wrote: »

Hey I know what you mean although Billie Joe..... Does that mean we're getting old going for clean cut instead of tattoos I hope not seeing as OH wants a new tattoo for his Christmas pressie

I've never really been into Billie Joe. I tend to go for the slighter badder boys from the metal bands
But Nick Carter has always been my guilty pleasure. Well, not so guilty pleasure when I was 10 :rotfl:

I dunno. I just think tastes change as time goes by. You better make him get a nice one

victory

PepPop wrote: »

I'm gonna take a leaf out of Victory's book and do my plan for the week ahead and go food shopping.

Absolutely, nothing beats it and the weight comes off with it, priceless:D

beanielou

How did your meeting go then VIc?

victory

Fine thanks we get paid for it, an hour long about health and safety, how we should do better, keep the pharmacy cleaner, be more polite never say hi but hello or good afternoon, how to suck eggs basically:rotfl: dragged on then the shift then home to pre made dinner to be heated up in the microwave, just about getting sorted with bed times and read times and can I have times?:rotfl: it is tag day tomorrow at both the schools and call me a miser but I like to give what I give to whom I want to not be told I have to give £1 and then at cubs the shoe box £2 no do you want to but you will, everyone has their charities they give to willingly not because they say so:rolleyes: rant over:D been in the house and spent £6.50 and school stuff:rolleyes:

Hezzawithkids

I know exactly what you mean victory, sometimes it feels like it's a never-ending procession of letters home from the school asking for money. My DSs school has organised a maths day for after half term where they're getting people in to run workshops throughout the day. The letter from the school was along the lines of: "We've organised this thing, that will be £3 please". No other options given, no indication of what will happen if you dont pay up. It's a small amount but that's not the point; I'm tempted not to pay up just to see what will happen :rolleyes: but then I dont want DS to be singled out, he's sensitive enough as it is ....

grannynise

I don't think a school should be asking parents to pay for maths workshops in the school. You might like to contact the school or one of the governors to ask them what the school policy on charging actually says. Then ask them to discuss at the governing body whether the charging policy needs reviewing. We have, for example, a theatre group coming in tomorrow for our children. The PTA give us a contribution towards this, we don't ask parents for any money. If we have a charity fundraise then we never set an amount, we usually suggest that children should donate from their pocket money or do some chores to earn a little money - and we do stress the little.

The only time we really ask is for school trips whcih are now horribly expensive. Just the cost of a coach can be about £8 per child, with any entrance fees on top of that. Again we ask the PTA to contribute a bit and we pay for some of it directly from the school budget so that the cost to parents is no more than £10 - usually less. It is a challenge now thought with school funding going down ....

SO off topic. Sorry

honeyD

Hello.
First time posting in this thread but I have been trying to lose weight since June with no success.
In June/July/August I did quite well with exercise, 1 hr nearly everyday on a cross trainer. I was weighed at the start of August which showed I had lost no weight at all so I was disheartened and it went downhill from there. I was weighed again in September and had lost no weight but put none on either. I was weighed again last week and I had put on 2lbs and my nurse recommended I try portion control which I have been trying hard! I did try it before June but was so hungry all the time lol so gave up but its not too bad this time.
I was wondering if someone could look over my food diary (so far) and give me hints/tips or any changes you think I should make?

Thursday 15 October

Breakfast: 2 slices of wholemeal bread toasted with marg on top
2 Shredded wheats with semi skimmed milk, sprinkle of cinnamon
and sugar, cup of tea with 2 sugars and milk
Dinner: small portion of chips and a bread bun
cup of tea 2 sugars and milk
Tea: portion of pasta shells with 2 portions of soy mince and
a portion (125g) of tomato pasta sauce with mushrooms
glass of water
Snack: Apple
glass of water

Friday 16 October

Breakfast: 2 slices wholemeal bread toasted with marg on,
omelette: 2 eggs, 2 small mushrooms, spinach, drop of milk
and small slice of cheese. cup of tea, 2 sugars drop of milk
Dinner: 2 portions of rice with stir fry, veg, beansprouts etc.
soy sauce and quorn chicken pieces. glass of water
glass of water
Snack: Orange and a couple of handfuls of grapes
1 Small cookie biscuit
Tea: Quorn pie, potato, brussel sprouts, carrots, cauliflower
and brocolli and gravy
glass of water
1 small cookie

Saturday 17 October

Breakfast: Beans on 2 slices of wholemeal toast, cup of tea
2 sugars drop of milk
Snack: handful of crisps
Dinner: 2 tortillas, 2 eggs scrambled drop of milk, spinach,
mushrooms
glass of water
Tea : Stew, potato, celery, lentils, carrots, peas etc. 3 cream crackers
glass of water

Sunday 18 October

Breakfast: Beans on 2 slices of wholemeal toast, cup of tea 2 sugars drop of milk
Snack: handful of crisps
Dinner: tomato soup
Snack: peach slices and a banana
glass of water
Tea: 2 portions of pasta with 2 portions of quorn mince and a tomato pasta sauce
glass of wataer

Monday 19 October

Breakfast: 2 crumpets with marg, banana, orange juice and a cup of tea
Dinner: tomato soup
Tea: Jacket potato, marg, cheese, beans, and a small salad
glass of water

Tuesday 20 October

Breakfast: 2 crumpets with flora marg, 2 weetabix with milk and a little sugar,
glass of orange and cup of tea
Snack: Low fat probiotic black cherry yoghurt
Dinner: 1 hot dog in a finger bun with a bit of onion, ketchup and a side of lettuce, cucumber and carrot
glass of water
Snack: banana
Tea: 4 small new potatoes, 2 quorn fillets, vegetables and gravy
cup of tea

Wednesday 21 October

Breakfast: 2 crumpets with flora, 2 weetabix with cinnamon and a sprinkle of sugar, cup of tea
Dinner: (at event all morning, sounds like more than it was! Not even a full plate) small piece of quiche, small portion of vegetable lasagne, piece of garlic bread, small bread bun
and a small bit of butter, small portion of sweetcorn green beans and kidney beans. sweet: handful of grapes, slice
of orange and 2 small crackers. glass of water and glass of orange juice, cup of tea.
Snack: Low fat probiotic yoghurt peach and apricot.
Tea: stir fry - 2 portions rice, vegetables bean sprouts etc, half of a small courgette and 1 big mushroom, soy sauce and
quorn meat. glass of water
tea and 2 digestive biscuits

Thursday 22 October

Breakfast: 2 crumpets with flora, 2 weetabix with cinnamon and a sprinkle of sugar, cup of tea, glass of orange
Dinner: 2 slices of granary bread with flora, 1 boiled egg no yolk, half a tomato, 2 slices lettuce
and 2 small thin pieces of cheese
Snack: small orange and handful of grapes
cup of tea
Tea: mashed potato, vegetables - brocolli, brussels, carrots, peas, soy "meat", gravy
Snack: low fat yoghurt

I am vegetarian so only eat quorn/soy type things like meat. Tonight is the only night I have been full the whole time! I am using a "bowl" for my food rather than plate as ours are really quite big which didnt help with portions and the bowl is just a bit bigger than a small plate so it is helping with not eating too much. Some days I feel Im not getting enough food (like 19th Oct) and I was so hungry that day. Ive cut out sweets totally since June, havent had chocolate for 2 weeks and only crisps because I had them to test for a company so wont be having those again.
Im just not sure what else I can do, and I really really want and need to lose weight!
Any advice greatly appreciated. And sorry if this post is long!

victory

GS I do hope yesterdays rant did not offend you:rolleyes: it is just that here at his school the theatre company do ask for a contribution or rather as hezza says you will pay £2.50, then tag day £1 then the shoe box from cubs £2.50 then give us tins, then £2.50 for the school disco (fair enough) then can you contribute towards new projects like the eco friendly outdoor library and the new p.e hockey sticks and on and on,can you bake cakes for the school fairs, it is just like hezza says hardly bank braking but I can honestly say I don't think there is a week that goes by that I don't get a letter home asking for money and they say education is free for all:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
School trips have no probs with, it is just the constant drip drip demanding of money that I don't have a choice to give(as I would never not because my child would be mortified) and am expected to give without questioning whether I want to donate to the shoe box,or sponser a teacher to climb a mountain, or cycle round the corner:rotfl: or whether I want to pay for tag day is besides the point you will and that is that,what happened to freedom of donation?:rotfl:

victory

honey write a food diary everything you drink and eat, add the cals up at the end of the day, portion control is vital, I see you have a lot of carbs in the diet, cut those down, cut out the sugar or to it's bare minimum, eat more veg, less carbs, more fruit, have sugar free based cereals for breakfast such as shreddies, muesli, weetabix, kellogs special k, try skimmed milk if you can saves the cals, low fat spreads like flora extra light, drink loads of water or water and lemon or I drink hot bovril, work out how many cals you are allowed per day and divide those into breakfast, lunch and dinner, try not to snack and if you have to make it fruit or a small salad with cherry tomatoes and cucumber, go for the things that have no points (I am on WW) and lots of veg ha no points and salad stuffs no points, switch all your sauces and dressings to low ones or no points one, make your own foods so you know what is in them, quorn is great love the sausages, buy a better smaller plate, eat slowly, enjoy your food, never force yourself to eat something you don't like it won't work and you will end up resenting it and finding it harder than it is.
Try to exercise, walking is fine, or swimming, it does not have to be the full on gym thing, make sure you keep moving,wear a pedometre for the 10,000 steps a day.
Plan, organize, prepare all the foods in advance so you know what you are having, saves trips to the supermarket, works out cheaper, takes the guess work out of it all and you feel comfortable you know how many cals you are having that day and what you are having.

Bananasplit

Hopefully going to have a fairly good day here today! I need to be extra good during the day as going for a meal later before the gig tonight! Lots of fruit and water I think! :rotfl:

Mega annoyed though. Bon Jovi just announced their tour dates for next year. Every single UK Date is in London. in fact every single European date is in London. I'm sorry but I can't get to London for a show and i'm sure many others can't either.
I really want a choc bar now but as above I'm going to behave!