7 pounds Junked in July :-)

Barneysmom

I would like to be in please.
I haven't got scales in the house though.

I have a pair of M&S trousers that are beautiful - they're a size 10, I've only worn them a couple of times and can't get in them any more, I'm wearing a 12 now.
So tht's my main ambition, to get into them.
I've decided to stick with my old bras and not buy any new till I'm a size smaller so I have to lose weight now!

I don't drink booze as I've a very low tolerance to it, I've virtually cut out coffee but still have tea with sugar and a bar of chocolate every day, like a Fry Chocolate Cream or creme egg.

Good luck everybody!

The_Dragon

taka wrote: »

Count me in again please!

I'd love to loose 8.5lb this month as that would rather nicely take me to the next stone mark...

Ooh that would be good taka! Best of luck with hitting your next target!

The_Dragon

Barneysmom wrote: »

I would like to be in please.
I haven't got scales in the house though.

I have a pair of M&S trousers that are beautiful - they're a size 10, I've only worn them a couple of times and can't get in them any more, I'm wearing a 12 now.
So tht's my main ambition, to get into them.
I've decided to stick with my old bras and not buy any new till I'm a size smaller so I have to lose weight now!

I don't drink booze as I've a very low tolerance to it, I've virtually cut out coffee but still have tea with sugar and a bar of chocolate every day, like a Fry Chocolate Cream or creme egg.

Good luck everybody!

Good luck to you as well Barneysmom , are you going to try and weigh in at somewhere like Boots? or are you basing your weight loss on fitting in a smaller size?

Hmm cutting down the sugar in the tea and maybe smaller amounts of chocolate? A Cadbury's finger of fudge or something so you still get a mini choc hit but not so large a hit!

tara747

AdrianHi, thanks for the breakfast tip. I'll give it a go.

lostkelly

Count me in please, this month i will lose the 7lbs target!

The_Dragon

lostkelly wrote: »

Count me in please, this month i will lose the 7lbs target!

I've gotcha lostkelly! Trust me if I could lose 6 pounds last month then anyone can hit their target so here's looking at half a stone less of you in 32 days!

Lillys_mum

Yes please I would like to join in.

I am feeling awful in this weather, I am just melting as soon as I do anything.

I am currently 13st 13lbs - in an ideal world I would be around 10st but I am happy with trying for 7lbs for July xx

The_Dragon

Lillys_mum wrote: »

Yes please I would like to join in.

I am feeling awful in this weather, I am just melting as soon as I do anything.

I am currently 13st 13lbs - in an ideal world I would be around 10st but I am happy with trying for 7lbs for July xx

Good to see you Lillys Mum and welcome to the crowd (which is on the whole getting thinner and thinner!)

Do you want your starting weight on the opening thread?

lightisfading

Yup.. count me in for July.

re. breakfast - I've actually done the opposite - I'm eating less carbs and more protein.

I was thinking it might be helpful if we all post examples of what we eat - in terms of giving each other ideas etc (and reassuring each other that we all crave junk!)

Typical day:
b. banana and yoghurt. if I'm swimming before work I add a low cal cereal bar. (4)
l. salad w/ protein (2 hardboiled eggs/veggie sausages/quorn etc), or say 1 egg and a couple of oatcakes. I fill up on loads of veggies. Then I usually have some fruit salad, jelly or yoghurt and a low cal 'sweet' (WW choc, milkyway, snackajacks popcorn, or 1 or 2 of biscuits). I have a really sweet tooth and work in an office with lots of chocolate about so if I don't have this I'm more likely to eat junk! (8)
d. 'normal' food rather than 'diet' food: pasta w/ veggie sauce, spaghetti bolognese, a fajita with homemade oven chips, stir fry, curry (co-ops low fat sauces w/ quorn and veggies is good), etc. Basically fairly normal stuff just easy on the cheese and oil in cooking! I'm veggie which does make the protein part *generally* lower cal. then something sweet such as an ice lolly, WW dessert, meringues w/ yoghurt and berries. (12)
snacks. 1 or 2 snacks a day such as snackajacks, banana, low fat crisps, cereal bars etc. I modify dinner based on how snacky I've been during the day so on 'bad' days go for stirfry, veggie stew, pasta with veggie sauce etc. (3)

I wouldn't say this is by any means perfect but I'm finding it a 'livable' diet for a sweet-addicted obese person! (I'm on 29 WW points per day, BTW) - I'm also getting in loads of fruit and veg but because I allow for sweet stuff and a relatively normal dinner (I just can't live on jacket potatoes, salad and stirfry!!) I'm managing to stick to it for the most part. (apart from last week LOL)

The_Dragon

Good to see you again lightisfading and it sounds as though you have found something that works for you - here's hoping it is nice a successful (and quickly!)