7 pounds Junked in July :-)

poshstock66

Hi all,
Dragon........can you count me in for next month pleeese??
I just love this thread, keep's me motivated and i love reading what your all eating and doing to lose those hard to shift pounds!

Personally i eat special k with red berries for brekkie and maybe a bicky for snack or some twiglet's. Lunch is either, soup and a slice of bread (wholemeal), or a tuna sandwich, ryvita's or cracker's with ham or a small amount of cheese or egg and mayo (light of course!) pitta bread stuffed with salad/tuna or ham, whatever is in the fridge really. tea is a *normal* meal, just smaller! Evening snack's might be sf chocolate bar or twiglets or value crisps (cos there usually smaller in size and calories) I drink one can of diet pepsi with my dinner, and the rest of the day i have water.

I want to lose another 21lb's by august bank holiday which is 8 weigh ins away :eek:, so that's an average of 2.6 lbs a week, just hope that i can do it!!! :rolleyes:

Anyway, here's to the july challenge - good luck everyone!!! :beer:

The_Dragon

Will just go and add you to the first post poshstock - welcome back!

AdrianHi

lightisfading wrote: »

Yup.. count me in for July.

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

Across my whole diet I've reduced carbs and pulled them earlier in the day because, for me, that's what it took to get rid of mid-afternoon snack craving which often ended up being Snikers bar or biscuits.

Today:
Mug of tea plus semi-milk 20 cals
2 weetabix plus semi skimmed milk 170 cals
Coffee plus semi milk and 1/2 tsp sugar 30 cals
Mug of tea plus semi-milk 20 cals

Soup 150 cals
2 slices bread no marg/butter 210 cals
Glass water
Coffee plus semi milk and 1/2 tsp sugar 30 cals
Mug of tea plus semi-milk 20 cals

Pint of weak squash 20 cals
Mash Potatoe 175 cals (about half portion size compared to pre-"diet")
Cordon Bleu Chicken 305 cals
Green beans 50 cals
Carrot 25 cals
Sweet corn 50 cals
Gravy 44 cals
1 square chocolate 30 cals
Fruit tea

Total 1339 calories. Bit under my target 1500 but I must have been 1800+ on Sunday due to beer at party so balancing it out. Have not felt unusually hungry all day

tara747

AdrianHi - I might start calorie counting, does it take long to look them up and record them? And do you weigh everything?

lightisfading and poshstock, thanks for your food journals also, your methods are obviously working!

sharronloves2spend - no chocolate OR booze? I can do one but not both. OK, no chocolate for me (let's see how long that lasts).

I ate ok today (with only one minor chocolate slip-up), can't remember exactly what I had from start to finish so no point in posting an incomplete food diary. I'll start properly tomorrow. I also walked for about 3 hours and 15 minutes, and did 33 flights of stairs. So I am feeling positive. :j I really have to do this. This thread has kept me on track all year, it was only when I abandoned it for a few weeks that I put weight on. So I am sticking with you guys from now on!!! :A

Edit: oops, I should really still be posting on the June thread!

lostkelly

good luck sharronloves2spend, i know i cant live with out chocolate, but i've cut down on it.
Your so lucky your boyfriend is joining and supporting you carol22 i wish my husband would do it with me because we usually eat the same thing as as he isn't too worried what he's eating i end up with the same as him.
Thank you for your kind encouragement Dragon, good luck with your weight loss too.
I have lost a total of 7lbs in two months, so really want to push myself this month to do it in one month. I shall weigh myself at the gym tomorrow to start myself off. I'm not at the gym on wednesday because i have my driving test in the morning then i have to work! I'm getting really nervous now. Fingers crossed.
i'm working now til the 15th july then i have a week off! yay. So should be disciplined into going to the gym before work and less eating. Whereas when i'm off for week the gm would likely to be missed.
I'm off to bed now, night everyone.
Take care x

Rainbowchild

Hi Dragon and everyone else,
Can I join in too please? Aimed to loose 7lb in June but failed. I'm sure the support and motivation on this thread will spur me on.
Good luck everyone xx

The_Dragon

tara747 wrote: »

AdrianHi - I might start calorie counting, does it take long to look them up and record them? And do you weigh everything?

lightisfading and poshstock, thanks for your food journals also, your methods are obviously working!

sharronloves2spend - no chocolate OR booze? I can do one but not both. OK, no chocolate for me (let's see how long that lasts).

Edit: oops, I should really still be posting on the June thread!

No problem with posting on here! the last couple of days of the month tend to be a bit of a cross over!

The calorie count site takes a bit of getting into and yes you do need to weigh/measure everything (they work in US cups a lot so if you have some of those you are well away! Mind you I have two unused set of Rosemary Conley portion pots if anyone wants them!), once you get into the habit though it takes a few mins a day

The_Dragon

Rainbowchild wrote: »

Hi Dragon and everyone else,
Can I join in too please? Aimed to loose 7lb in June but failed. I'm sure the support and motivation on this thread will spur me on.
Good luck everyone xx

I think you have just joined Rainbowchild :rotfl:, welcome aboard and jump right in!

teaspoon1

The_Dragon wrote: »

No problem with posting on here! the last couple of days of the month tend to be a bit of a cross over!

The calorie count site takes a bit of getting into and yes you do need to weigh/measure everything (they work in US cups a lot so if you have some of those you are well away! Mind you I have two unused set of Rosemary Conley portion pots if anyone wants them!), once you get into the habit though it takes a few mins a day

I don't suppose I could be so bold as to ask for them? I suffer terribly from 'portion distortion'...

Crap_with_money.com

Hi guys,

Can I join again purlees? Although I'll be on hols from the 3rd - 18th, so won't be around that much 'til then!

I'll try not too go to mad on hols - spec since I have my bridesmaid dress to squeeze into midway through the hols!!

Good luck to everyone - here's to seeing 7lbs less of you all!! :beer:

xx